In the latest news, DeFi Options Protocol Pods Finance announced that it will raise a $5.6 million seed round with participation from IOSG, Tomahawk, Republic, Framework Ventures, 4RC and others. The funds will be used to create structured products for crypto assets. 

Pods Finance, formerly known as ohmydai launched in November 2019, is said to be a decentralized, non-custodial American options protocol designed to steer the market for any ERC20 token using algorithmic pricing and option-specific AMM.Pods Yield is a series of open-source smart contracts that algorithmically run known investment strategies, receive deposits, and process withdrawals.

Lidcoin blockchain asset trading platform, providing a wide range of digital currency fiat currency exchange, spot trading, contract trading, ICO trading, coin information, blockchain asset issuance, premium funds, blockchain education and other services to the world.

● H5 Browser and APP
Lidcoin officially launched the H5 version of its Cryptocurrency Exchange Platform on August 28, 2017, and the APP went live the following month.

● System
The system of Lidcoin's Cryptocurrency Exchange Platform comprehensively optimizes the user experience, with multi-point load diversion technology to maximize system smoothness, and provides multi-level servers to guarantee transaction speed. Lidcoin's Cryptocurrency Exchange Platform system fully optimizes the user experience.

● Strength
Lidcoin Cryptocurrency Exchange Platform is committed to building a safe and reliable cryptocurrency trading platform. The team has decades of experience in financial risk control. Core members graduated from Harvard University, Yale University, MIT, Cambridge University and other prestigious schools. Lidcoin Cryptocurrency Exchange Platform holds a number of financial licenses and continues to improve global qualifications.

Product Features
1）Support spot, fiat, contract, ICO and other transactions.
2）Support the whole chain of stored value and coin withdrawal services.
3) Support global banking system transfer and withdrawal services.
4）Support market price, limit price, take profit and stop loss orders.
5) 7*24h multi-language online customer service.

Lidcoin Academy
Lidcoin Academy is a brand new open learning center, aiming to provide one-stop learning resources for blockchain and digital currencies, and to solve the problem of content fragmentation of current knowledge about blockchain and virtual coins on the Internet by providing relevant educational articles or videos.

● ICO Platform
Lidcoin Exchange is a platform that provides tokens for the issuance of high-quality blockchain projects around the world.

●Lidcoin Research Institute
The Lidcoin Institute provides professional, data-driven insights and analytical reports to investors in the cryptocoin industry, increasing transparency and improving the quality of information within the current cryptocoin ecosystem. The team consists of professionals with backgrounds and experience in blockchain engineering, investment banking, strategy consulting, academic research and data science.