Floki Inu DAO approves proposal to burn over $100M worth of FLOKI tokens

  • FLOKI’s price has rallied by over 100% in the past week.
  • It has hit a daily high of $0.00002973 today rallying on the news of the passed proposal.
  • The passed proposal will see Floki Inu burn about 4.97 trillion FLOKI tokens.

The Floki Inu DAO has finally passed the “Remove the FLOKI transaction tax and burn the bridge tokens” proposal. As reported in our earlier news, the proposal was opened for voting on January 27 causing significant price movements immediately after it was announced.

The voting proses was concluded on January 29 with 99.97% of the participants voting in favour of the proposal.

Screenshot of how Floki Inu DAO voted. Source: snapshot.org

 The price of FLOKI token has surged slightly because of the news, with the token gaining about 8% at press time to trade at $0.00002415.

What next after approving the proposal?

According to the information provided by Floki Inu, the proposal determined the future of two things for the Floki Inu community which are:

  • The original Floki cross-chain bridge.
  • The 3% tax on the FLOKI token.

The proposal sought to have the original cross-chain bridge disabled and the tokens in the bridge burned since the bridge posed some vulnerability threats. Floki Inu narrowly dodged a bullet last year when the cross-chain bridge was briefly exploited forcing the team to quickly disable the bridge to limit the exploit’s impact.

Now that the DAO has voted to pass the proposal, the team will go ahead and disable the main cross-bridge and embark on burning the FLOKI tokens that were in the bridge. The 3% buy and sell FLOKI transaction tax will also be drastically reduced to a 0.3% tax which is the default tax/fee on most decentralized exchanges like Uniswap (UNI/USD).

On timelines, the FLOKI transaction tax will be lowered to 0.3% effective 8 PM UTC on February 3, 2023, while the 4.97 trillion tokens will be permanently burnt at 8 PM UTC on February 9, 2023. As of the price of FLOKI today, the planned token burn is worth about $100 million.

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Pro: the recent rally in Bitcoin may not be ‘sustainable’

  • Katie Stockton expects a pullback in Bitcoin price ahead.
  • She explained her “neutral” view on CNBC’s “Squawk Box”.
  • Bitcoin has climbed roughly 40% since the start of 2023.

Bitcoin has now surpassed the key $23,000 level but Katie Stockton of Fairlead Strategies continues to recommend caution as the recent rally could reverse just as easily.

Stockton defends her stance on CNBC

Year-to-date, the first ever decentralised cryptocurrency has gained about 40% – a strength she says is an opportunity for investors to pull out.

Reiterating her “neutral” stance on Bitcoin, Stockton said this week on CNBC’s “Squawk Box”:

When you see such strong, steep rallies, they’re more characteristic of countertrend moves. At one point, we had 14 consecutive up days this month for BTC. So, we’re sceptical to its sustainability and see it as countertrend.

The upcoming week is a crucial one for Bitcoin because of the Fed’s announcement. The CME FedWatch Tool currently signals a more than 98% probability of a 25 basis points hike this time.

Bitcoin has broken above its 200-day MA

Also on Sunday, a top trader and analyst, Peter Brandt warned of a near-term pullback in BTC. Others, including Michael van de Poppe and Credible Crypto have a similar opinion as well.

Interestingly, Bitcoin is now trading meaningfully above its 200-day Moving Average. Still, Katie Stockton said:

This has happened before and it proved to be a false breakout. So, we’re not convinced we have a breakout here. But it’s an incremental positive. We hope this manifests in our longer-term indicators which still very much point lower.

She’s not particularly constructive either on the benchmark S&P index that’s up more than 6.0% for the year at writing.

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Crypto casino Stake partners with Alfa Romeo F1 Team

  • The partnership sees Stake become a co-title sponsor for the 2023 F1 season and beyond.
  • The Alfa Romeo F1 Team will take on a new identity as Alfa Romeo F1 Team Stake.
  • Stake co-founder Bijan Tehrani said the crypto casino will use the partnership to bring more people to the digital space.

Stake.com, a leading online casino and betting platform, has sealed a multi-million dollar sponsorship deal with the Alfa Romeo F1 Team.

According to a press release from the Formula One team, Stake has agreed to be the official co-title partner in a multi-year partnership that will help Stake increase its fan base across the world. The partnership will increase the crypto gambling platform’s brand recognition as it makes entry into a new market with diverse users.

Stake in ground-breaking partnership

Ahead of the 2023 Formula One season, the partnership will see Alfa Romeo’s team identity changed to Alfa Romeo F1 Team Stake. Meanwhile, Stake will use the partnership to bring more people to the digital space, the platform’s co-founder Bijan Tehrani said in a statement.

“We could not be more thrilled to join a legendary F1 team that shares with us the same ambitions of growth and success,” he noted.

The two companies will work together to expand the online casino’s opportunities, with fan engagement programs initiated alongside the Formula One calendar. The firms hope to make race weekends even more engaging and eventful for fans, with brand recognition enhanced via visibility on the Alfa Romeo F1 Team Stake.

The crypto gambling platform, founded in 2017, will also benefit from the Alfa Romeo F1 Team Stake’s partnership with live streaming platform Kick.com. The community-driven platform will further increase Stake’s visibility to a global audience.

With this deal, Stake’s portfolio now includes some of the best in the global sports and entertainment industry, including music, soccer and mixed martial arts. Two of the biggest names in the world of sports and entertainment who have deals with Stake are Canadian superstar Drake and Argentinian footballer legend Sergio Aguero.

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Floki Inu price soars on DAO proposal to burn 4.97 trillion FLOKI

  • Floki Inu will burn 4.97 trillion FLOKI tokens worth over $55 million if the DAO vote passes.
  • The meme coin project is also looking to cut transaction tax from 3% to 0.3% and permanently disable the cross-chain bridge.
  • The price of FLOKI rose 25% early Saturday to hit its highest level since August.

Floki Inu (FLOKI) holders are voting on a major governance proposal that could see the meme cryptocurrency burn millions worth of the nativ FLOKI tokens, permanently removing them from circulation. 

Floki to burn 4.97 trillion FLOKI and cut tax to 0.3%

Here’s the DAO proposal announcement as posted by the official Floki Inu Twitter account.

Notably, Floki Inu’s maximum supply is 10 trillion tokens, but more than half of it is currently held in a cross-chain bridge created when the mainnet launched on the BNB Chain.

The developer team highlights the security threats posed by this scenario, noting in the proposal that cross-chain bridge exploits have seen over $2.5 billion lost in the past two years.

“In Floki’s case, an exploit on our main cross-chain bridge would have a catastrophic impact on the project since this bridge currently holds 55.7% of what should be FLOKI’s total circulating supply,” the developers noted.

According to the proposal introduced Friday, the goal is to also cut the 3% tax on FLOKI transactions to 0.3%. This will enhance FLOKI’s utility and the Floki Inu ecosystem as one of the top platforms for decentralised finance (DeFi).

If the DAO vote on the two issues passes, 4.97 trillion FLOKI worth over $55 million will be burnt. The team will also permanently disable the cross-chain bridge. As of 9:00 am ET on 28 January 2023, roughly 99.97% of the votes were in support of the proposal.

Voting will end at 9:16 PM UTC (4:16 pm ET) on Saturday, 28th January.

FLOKI price jumps 25% on token burn proposal

As token burns reduce supply of a given token, the expectation is that the price of that token will go up amid the basic principles of scarcity. The outlook is no different for Floki Inu. 

There is excitement about what the future could hold for the FLOKI token, even as the meme coin continues to see upside momentum in 2023.

The price of the Floki Inu utility token surged early Saturday to hit $0.00001715, its highest level since August.  According to data from CoinGecko, FLOKI is currently more than 25% up in the past 24 hours, changing hands around $0.00001643. 

Weekly gains are nearly 50% while the token’s value has risen by 96% in the past 30 days.

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Hackers steal $750K after fake NFT link on Azuki’s Twitter account

  • The Azuki team managed to reclaim the Twitter account shortly after the attack.
  • Data shows the hacker was able to steal over $750,000 from one wallet, while several others were drained of ETH, USDC and NFTs.
  • The Azuki NFT collection brand has previously been used to lure unsuspecting users via other compromised Twitter accounts.

Hackers stole thousands of dollars’ worth of digital assets and NFTs after compromising the Twitter account of anime-inspired non-fungible token collection Azuki.

The incident, which happened on Friday, 27 January, saw the malicious actor(s) post a fake link regarding a land mint in Azuki’s The Garden metaverse.

Hacker drained over $750,000 from one wallet

According to on-chain data from Etherscan, the result of the attack was the loss of over $752,000 from one wallet. Blockchain data also shows the attackers drained 751,321.805231 USD Coin (USDC), or $752,073 from the unsuspecting Azuki fan to the attacker’s wallet.

Users who clicked on the malicious link also helped the hackers steal 11 NFTs, 3.9 Ether (ETH), and over 6.7k USDC.

While Azuki quickly reclaimed control of the Twitter account, users have been asked to be vigilant. The team has advised that the community ensures the announcements they respond to are those “simultaneously” posted on multiple Azuki channels, including Twitter, Discord and the Azuki website.

Notably, the Azuki name and NFT brand has previously been used to propagate a similar Twitter account attack. The Twitter account of India University Grant Commission was compromised in April last year, with the hackers using it to promote a fake Azuki NFTs airdrop.

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