Daily Report | Binance Alpha adds swarms, TAOCAT, degenai; XRP market cap surpasses USDT, returning to the top three in cryptocurrency market cap; Founder of "Ethereum News Weekly" announces shutdown
January 2 News OverviewOrganizer: Luan Peng, ChainCatcher
Important News:
- Musk has changed the nickname of the X platform back to "Elon Musk"
- Robinhood gifts $2.5 million worth of Bitcoin to Gold members participating in the New Year countdown
- OKX is about to launch SONIC (Sonic SVM) spot trading
- Binance Alpha adds swarms, TAOCAT, degenai
- SkyBridge Capital founder: The U.S. Senate will approve the Bitcoin purchase plan, but it's unlikely to buy 1 million coins
- In 2024, the total net worth of the world's top 500 billionaires exceeds $10 trillion, with Zhao Changpeng's wealth increasing by 60% to $55 billion
- Binance adjusts monitoring labels and seed labels
- Binance user count exceeds 250 million
"What important events happened in the past 24 hours"
Musk has changed the nickname of the X platform back to "Elon Musk"
Musk has restored the X nickname to "Elon Musk," and his profile picture has also been changed back to a personal photo.
According to Coingecko data, KM (Kekius Maximus) on the Solana chain has dropped about 83.86% in the past 24 hours, while KEKIUS (Kekius Maximus) on Ethereum has dropped about 46.9% in the past 24 hours.
According to Cointelegraph, Robinhood has gifted $2.5 million worth of Bitcoin to Gold members participating in the New Year countdown.
OKX is about to launch SONIC (Sonic SVM) spot trading
According to the official announcement, OKX is about to launch SONIC (SonicSVM) spot trading, with the following schedule:
- SONIC deposit opening time: January 2, 2025, at 8:30 PM (UTC+8);
- SONIC auction time: January 7, 2025, from 7:00 PM to 8:00 PM (UTC+8);
- SONIC/USDT spot trading opening time: January 7, 2025, at 8:00 PM (UTC+8);
- SONIC withdrawal opening time: January 7, 2025, at 12:00 PM (UTC+8).
Binance Alpha adds swarms, TAOCAT, degenai
Binance Alpha has announced a new batch of projects, including: swarms, TAOCAT, degenai.
SkyBridge Capital founder Anthony Scaramucci stated in an interview with Bankless that the U.S. Senate will approve a large-scale Bitcoin purchase plan because "Trump wants the plan to be realized, and he has gained support from the Senate Banking Committee."
Anthony Scaramucci revealed that the strategic Bitcoin reserve bill proposed by Senator Cynthia Lummis has received enough support, but he believes that the plan to purchase 1 million BTC is unrealistic. He expects the U.S. government to retain the current holdings of about 200,000 BTC and then purchase an additional 400,000 to 500,000 BTC.
According to Bloomberg, the total wealth of the 500 richest people in the world in 2024 has surpassed $10 trillion, with significant growth among tech billionaires. Tech leaders like Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg, and Jensen Huang lead the list, collectively adding $903 billion.
The article mentions that Trump's victory triggered a historic surge in digital assets, with Bitcoin first breaking the $100,000 mark. This wave of growth significantly increased the wealth of billionaires in the cryptocurrency space: Binance founder Zhao Changpeng (CZ) saw his wealth grow by 60%, reaching $55 billion; Coinbase co-founder Brian Armstrong's wealth increased by over 50%, reaching $11.1 billion.
Binance adjusts monitoring labels and seed labels
According to the official announcement, Binance will adjust monitoring labels and seed labels on January 2, 2025. The newly added coins to the monitoring labels include StormX (STMX) and TROY (TROY), while ConvexFinance (CVX) and Sun (SUN) will be removed from the monitoring labels. The coins removed from the seed labels include Arkham (ARKM), Blur (BLUR), Jito (JTO), and Celestia (TIA).
Binance user count exceeds 250 million
Binance stated that 1 billion users is the benchmark for mass adoption, and the user count has exceeded 250 million, achieving a quarter of that goal.
Evan Van Ness, founder of Week in Ethereum News (WiE), announced on social media: "Due to a conversation with the leadership of the Ethereum Foundation (EF) earlier this year, I am announcing the termination of this newsletter, as the communication indicated that they believe continuing the operation of Week in Ethereum News is not valuable.
In the remaining time of 2024, WiE has received very little funding support from the Ethereum Foundation. Although this support is mostly symbolic, the EF leadership's decision to cut this meager support clearly indicates that it is time for WiE to end.
The withdrawal of support from the Ethereum Foundation tells me more clearly than any other way that it is time for WiE to conclude.
Week in Ethereum News once had good achievements. Over the years, many developers have told me at conferences that WiE has impacted their Solidity or security careers. They often mention that this newsletter influenced their decision to purchase ETH. Once upon a time, this established newsletter was the upstream source for most Ethereum news supporters.
But unfortunately, WiE failed to find a sustainable business model. Advertising and sponsorships are hard to sell because the marketing director does not value developers. I have high standards for content, but completing it in a profitable way is just too time-consuming."
SAF CEO: A U.S. state will start purchasing Bitcoin within 4 months
Dennis Porter, co-founder and CEO of Satoshi Action Fund (SAF), stated on the X platform that a U.S. state is almost 100% certain to start purchasing Bitcoin within the next 4 months.
He also mentioned that his team is actively pushing for the passage of relevant legislation, which is not just a prediction but a reality that is happening.
XRP market cap surpasses USDT, returning to the top three in cryptocurrency market cap
According to CoinGecko data, XRP's market cap exceeds $138.4 billion, surpassing USDT ($137.1 billion) to return to the third position in market cap.
"What are the exciting articles worth reading in the past 24 hours"
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Meme Popularity Rankings
According to the meme token tracking and analysis platform GMGN market data, as of January 2, 19:40:
In the past 24 hours, the top five popular tokens on Ethereum are: KEKIUS, TRUMPIUS, TRUMPIUS, DOGIUS, ALEXIUS
In the past 24 hours, the top five popular tokens on Solana are: TEK, SNAKE, DOGEUS, Dumpius, SHIKOKU
In the past 24 hours, the top five popular tokens on Base are: VIRTUAL, GMB, GOOF, BRETT, AKUMA
