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Hello, ApolloXplorer!Have you seen today’s key headlines yet?<h2 id="header-0">#1. BlockFi reportedly has $1.2B FTX exposure</h2>Bankrupt crypto lending firm BlockFi has reportedly uploaded uncensored financials by mistake.The unredacted filings show that as of January 14, BlockFi had $415.9 million worth of assets linked to FTX and $831.3 million in loans to Alameda.The previously censored financials were leaked as part of a presentation put together by M3 Partners, who is an advisor to the creditor committee. It has reportedly admitted the filing was uploaded in error.Source: <a href="https://cointelegraph.com/news/blockfi-reportedly-posts-uncensored-financials-revealing-1-2-billion-ftx-exposure" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Cointelegraph</a><h2 id="header-1">#2. Blockstream raises $125 million for crypto mining</h2>Bitcoin technology company Blockstream has raised $125 million to break further into Bitcoin miningThis comes as top players in the industry have been struggling to stay afloat.Miners use specialized, energy-intensive hardware to construct Bitcoin’s next block. They are then rewarded with a fixed amount of Bitcoin—6.25 BTC as of this writing.Blockstream is one of the world’s largest mining operators, with 500 megawatts in its development pipeline. Rival firm Core Scientific had filed for bankruptcy in December after dumping nearly all of its Bitcoin holdings and failing to pay down debt.Source: <a href="https://decrypt.co/119929/blockstream-raises-125-million-for-bitcoin-mining" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Decrypt</a><h2 id="header-2">#3. Porsche halts mint of NFT drop after backlash</h2>German sports car manufacturer Porsche is halting the mint of its first NFT collection after receiving negative feedback from Crypto Twitter.The mint opened on Monday morning. Each NFT – a digital replica of its iconic 911 model – was priced at 0.911 ether (ETH), or about $1,490 each.Criticism of the collection mounted on Twitter in the hours following the launch about the high mint price. Porsche said it would halt the mint without clarifying when, further inflaming the NFT community.Of 7,500 NFTs available, only 1,818 were minted at the time of writing.Source: <a href="https://www.coindesk.com/web3/2023/01/24/porsche-hits-brakes-on-nft-mint-after-backlash/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">CoinDesk</a><h2 id="header-3">#4. Uniswap holders propose ditching Ethereum for BNB Chain for v3</h2>80% of Uniswap voters have voted in favour of deploying v3 on BNB Chain, a rival of the Ethereum network, in a “temperature check” poll.In a proposal posted on January 17, Ilia Maksimenka, CEO of DeFi protocol Plasma Finance, argued that the Uniswap v3 protocol should be deployed to BNB Chain.The “temperature check” poll was then conducted to see if the community approved of the idea.Blockchain software firm ConsenSys supported the move, believing that it’s important for Uniswap to be “chain agnostic”.The Plasma Finance team estimates that the deployment of the necessary smart contracts to BNB Chain may take around five to seven weeks.Source: <a href="https://cointelegraph.com/news/uniswap-holders-ditch-ethereum-for-bnb-pos-chain-to-deploy-v3-protocol" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Cointelegraph</a><h2 id="header-4">#5. Buterin proposes &#39;stealth addresses&#39; to enhance privacy</h2>Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin released a new blog post proposing a &#34;stealth address system&#34; for enhanced privacy protections for blockchain users, given that transacting on the blockchain is public.Stealth addresses are generated by wallets and muddle public key addresses in order to transact in a private way. To access these private transactions, one must use a special key called the &#34;spending key.”Stealth addresses would provide a mechanism to also add privacy protections to NFT and ENS domain names.Source: <a href="https://www.coindesk.com/tech/2023/01/23/ethereums-buterin-proposes-stealth-addresses-to-enhance-privacy-protections/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">CoinDesk</a>--The ApolloX app is available on Apple Store or Google Play <a href="https://apollox.onelink.me/rf4R/cmccommunity" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">here</a>.Stay up to date with ApolloX!<a href="https://t.me/ApolloX_Finance" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Telegram</a> |<a href="https://twitter.com/ApolloX_Finance" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"> Twitter</a> |<a href="https://www.facebook.com/ApolloXFinance" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"> Facebook</a> |<a href="https://www.instagram.com/apollox_finance/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"> Instagram</a> | <a href="https://apollox.link/blog-discord" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Discord</a> | <a href="https://coinmarketcap.com/community/profile/ApolloX" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">CMC</a>

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