The Daily: MicroStrategy buys over $1 billion more bitcoin, Wormhole brings Worldcoin’s World ID to Solana, Starknet community approves staking vote and more

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It's Friday! In today's Daily, MicroStrategy buys an additional 18,300 bitcoin for $1.1 billion, Wormhole brings Worldcoin's World ID to Solana, the Starknet community votes to implement STRK token staking and more.Meanwhile, the SEC claimed that when it said "crypto asset securities" it never meant tokens were actually securities.Let's get started.MicroStrategy buys additional 18,300 bitcoin for $1.1 billionBusiness intelligence firm and corporate bitcoin holder MicroStrategy bought another 18,300 BTC for approximately $1.11 billion, raising its total holdings to 244,800 BTC — some 1.2% of bitcoin's total 21 million supply.MicroStrategy's latest acquisitions were made between Aug. 6 and Sept. 12 at an average price of $60,408 per bitcoin, according to a form 8-K filing with the SEC on Friday.The purchases were made using proceeds from the issuance and sale of 8,048,449 shares, corresponding to the equivalent value of $1.11 billion.The move follows MicroStrategy's acquisition of 12,222 BTC for $805 million in August when it also introduced a new key performance indicator for its bitcoin strategy.The firm's total bitcoin holdings are currently worth over $14.6 billion, having been acquired for a total cost of around $9.5 billion an average purchase price of $38,585 per bitcoin, according to the company's founder and executive chairman, Michael Saylor.MicroStrategy's stock is up 7.9% on the day, trading at around $141.10, according to TradingView.Wormhole brings Worldcoin's World ID to SolanaWormhole has integrated Worldcoin's World ID into Solana, allowing developers to "prioritize real humans" in their blockchain applications, a feature that was previously more accessible to Ethereum developers.Worldcoin assigns digital identities to people via its eyeball-scanning Orbs in exchange for WLD tokens, aiming to foster trust on the internet by distinguishing between human and non-human actors.The project claims to have around 6.6 million sign-ups and has drawn additional attention as Tools for Humanity, the core contributor to Worldcoin, was co-founded by OpenAI CEO Sam Altman.The Worldcoin Foundation provided a grant to Wormhole contributors in June to complete the integration.Starknet community approves vote to implement STRK token stakingStarknet approved a governance proposal to implement staking on the network by the end of 2024, allowing STRK token holde...

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