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Laser Digital, the digital assets subsidiary of Japanese financial services giant Nomura, has launched a new investment fund targeting institutional adoption of NEAR. The Laser Digital NEAR Adoption Fund will offer long-term exposure to NEAR ( NEAR ), the native token of the artificial intelligence-focused blockchain, NEAR Protocol. Laser launched a Bitcoin ( BTC ) adoption fund in Sept. 2023. According to Laser Digital, the new fund will be powered by TruStake, an institutional-grade staking solution developed by the crypto platform TruFin. The fund will allow ecosystem participants to engage in blockchain consensus and earn rewards from staking. Laser Digitalb CEO Jez Mohideen commented : “The Fund gives Investors a seamless way to gain exposure to digital assets through a long orientated exposure to the NEAR protocol that combines two major investment themes of digital assets and AI, alongside a carry overlay via the staking.” This initiative provides institutional investors with an opportunity to leverage NEAR Protocol for economic returns while supporting its growth and adoption. With NEAR a top AI token focused on the future of decentralized AI, the fund may be the gateway that brings this future into reality. Growth for AI and web3 includes the explosion of AI agents and NEAR stands at this intersection with crypto and blockchain. The outlook is down to NEAR Protocol’s key features, including user-owned AI, Chain Abstraction, sharded blockchain and intents, the new transaction model also championed by the Ethereum Foundation. According to Laser Digital, the NEAR Adoption Fund will be available to eligible institutional and professional investors in selected jurisdictions, but it will not be available to investors in the U.S. Laser Digital and TruFin plan to offer the fund in both traditional formats and via wealth management platforms. The Fund will be available in traditional format, after registration, in selected jurisdictions (with the exclusion of the US) to eligible institutional and professional investors. The Fund will also be available through various wealth management platforms.

OpenSea has staged a dramatic comeback, reclaiming 71.5% of the Ethereum NFT market share in the past week. Just four weeks ago, its share stood at 25.5%, with Blur dominating the space. The Block reports that this surge coincides with OpenSea’s long-awaited announcement of its native token, SEA, on Feb. 13. Since the token reveal, OpenSea’s daily trading volume has skyrocketed, averaging $17.4 million, nearly five times its pre-announcement average of $3.47 million. The number of daily transactions also more than doubled, jumping from 6,100 to 14,700 trades. The bulk of this growth came in the past week, as OpenSea’s market share spiked from 42.4% to 71.5%, largely at Blur’s expense . OpenSea has encountered obstacles in its incentive rollout, despite the momentum. After users accused the platform of promoting wash trading and giving fee production precedence over actual ecosystem engagement, it recently suspended its XP-based incentives system. Devin Finzer, CEO of OpenSea, recognized the criticism and said the team is reassessing its strategy even though liquidity incentives are still crucial. In place of the XP system, OpenSea has introduced “XP shipments,” a new rewards model targeting early adopters of its OS2 marketplace . Users who provided feedback via Discord have already received the first batch of XP rewards, while a second round is being distributed to those who have purchased NFTs on OS2. In addition, XP multipliers are available for those who’ve held top-volume NFT collections for more than three months. Although information about the SEA token is still limited, OpenSea has stated that U.S. users are eligible for the airdrop and that allocation will be based on past platform activity, which could potentially compensate traders who were active during the 2021 NFT bull run.

New FBI director holds $115K in Bitcoin The newly confirmed director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) in the United States,  Kash Patel, personally holds $115,000 worth of Bitcoin ( $BTC ), Watcher Guru reported via X.

U.S. SEC to respond to Grayscale's XRP ETF application by October 18 Fox Business reporter Eleanor Terrett reported via X that Grayscale's spot $XRP exchange-traded fund (ETF) application (19b-4) has been officially published in the Federal Register. This means that the U.S.…

Bybit CEO: Pi Network project is a fraud Ben Zhou, co-founder and CEO of global cryptocurrency exchange Bybit, outlined via X that he thinks that the Pi Network ( $PI ) is a fraud, and on that basis, Bybit will not list the PI token. Zhou referred to a warning regarding fraud…