Latest Technology and Financial Trends: North Carolina Bitcoin Reserve Bill, Nvidia Robot Launch, ChatGPT Exploits, etc.

1. **North Carolina Bitcoin Reserve Bill**: North Carolina's Bitcoin Reserve Act SB327 allows the state treasurer to allocate up to 10% of public funds to Bitcoin, with a $9.5 billion general fund. Custody is through multi-signature cold storage, and sales are restricted to serious financial crises.

2. **Nvidia's GR00T N1 Launch**: At the NVIDIA GTC 2025 conference, CEO Huang Renxun introduced GR00T N1, the first open-source humanoid robot model, and announced collaborations with DeepMind and Disney on a robot platform called Newton.

3. **ChatGPT SSRF Vulnerability Exploitation**: Hackers are using SSRF vulnerabilities in ChatGPT to target U.S. financial and government organizations, as reported by SlowMist Technology.

4. **Director Carl Rinsch's Arrest**: Carl Rinsch, director of "47 Ronin," was arrested for allegedly embezzling $11 million from Netflix to invest in cryptocurrencies and luxury goods.

5. **MyShell's Shell Launchpad**: MyShell launched Shell Launchpad, a platform for creating and tokenizing AI agents, offering three modes for different user levels.

6. **Dubai's Tokenization Sandbox**: The Dubai Financial Services Authority invites companies to join its tokenization regulatory sandbox, offering a controlled environment for testing tokenized financial solutions.

7. **Coinbase vs. US Treasury**: Coinbase CLO Paul Grewal criticized the U.S. Treasury for not removing Tornado Cash from the sanctions list despite a court ruling.

8. **Justin Sun's $ETH Pledge**: A suspected address linked to Justin Sun pledged 60,000 $ETH to Lido, valued over $100 million.

9. **Institutional Crypto Optimism**: A Coinbase survey shows 83% of institutional investors plan to expand their cryptocurrency allocations, with stablecoins gaining favor.

10. **Ethereum Testnet Upgrades**: The Ethereum Foundation announced the activation of the Pectra upgrade on the Hoodi test network, with support for the Holesky network until September 2025.

11. **US Stablecoin Bill Progress**: The US stablecoin regulation bill may reach President Trump within two months, with bipartisan support.

12. **Coinbase's Verified Pools**: Coinbase launched "Verified Pools" for transparent on-chain liquidity, available to verified users in select regions.

13. **Raydium's LaunchLab**: Raydium plans to launch "LaunchLab," a meme coin issuance platform, to compete with Pump.fun.

14. **Peer's $10.5 Million Funding**: Peer Global Inc. raised $10.5 million to enhance its AI-driven metaverse platform.

15. **Cathie Wood on Tokenization**: Ark Invest CEO Cathie Wood plans to tokenize company funds if US regulations allow, emphasizing the importance of tokenization.

16. **EOS to Vaulta Transformation**: EOS will be renamed Vaulta and transformed into a "web3 bank," with plans to launch a new token.

17. **Filecoin's GLF Token Launch**: Filecoin's DeFi protocol GLIF launched GLF governance tokens and airdropped 94 million tokens.

18. **Bitcoin and Ethereum ETF Inflows**: Bitcoin ETFs saw a net inflow of 3,008 $BTC, while Ethereum ETFs had a net inflow of 287 ETH.

19. **Coinbase's $BTC Transfer**: Coinbase Prime hot wallet transferred about 102 $BTC to Grayscale Bitcoin Mini Trust.

20. **Binance's Bubblemaps Launch**: Binance announced the launch of Bubblemaps (BMT) on multiple platform products, including airdrops and trading pairs.

21. **Sky's $1 Billion RWA Investment**: Sky plans to invest $1 billion in tokenized U.S. Treasury products from BlackRock, Superstate, and Centrifuge.

22. **Crossmint's $23.6 Million Funding**: Crossmint completed $23.6 million in financing to expand its crypto development platform.

23. **Nasdaq's Polkadot ETF Application**: Nasdaq submitted a rule change application to list 21Shares Polkadot ETF.

24. **Halliday's $20 Million Series A**: Halliday completed a $20 million Series A financing to develop its Web3 workflow protocol.

25. **Ethena's USDe Deployment Plans**: Ethena plans to integrate its stablecoin USDe on the Hyperliquid network.

26. **Google's WizNet Acquisition**: Google announced the acquisition of cybersecurity company Wiz for $32 billion in cash.

27. **Strategy's Bitcoin Reserve Strategy**: Strategy Inc plans to issue 5 million preferred shares to raise funds for its Bitcoin reserve strategy.

28. **Level's $2.6 Million Financing**: Level completed a $2.6 million financing round to expand its stablecoin protocol.

29. **North Korean Hackers' $1.4 Billion Laundering**: North Korean hackers laundered $1.4 billion, highlighting security issues in the crypto industry.

30. **Binance's BMT Airdrop**: Binance launched Bubblemaps (BMT) as the 12th airdrop project on its HODLer Airdrops page.