ChainCatcher news, according to CNBC, SoftBank Group CEO Masayoshi Son will visit President-elect Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate on Monday and announce a $100 billion investment in the United States over the next four years.Sources revealed that Masayoshi Son will also commit to creating 100,000 jobs focused on artificial intelligence (AI) and related infrastructure, with the funds to be deployed before Trump's term ends. It is reported that this funding may come from various sources controlled by SoftBank, including the Vision Fund, capital projects, or chip manufacturer Arm Holdings (ARM.US).

ChainCatcher news, according to Solana Floor monitoring, the FARTCOIN token based on Solana is currently the largest AI Meme coin by market capitalization among all chains, with a market cap of $832 million.

ChainCatcher message, Vana posted on platform X that it has completed the airdrop of testnet community rewards. Users can check the airdrop by adding the Vana network to their wallet.

ChainCatcher news, Binance announces the launch of the fourth and fifth projects in the HODLer airdrop - Simon's Cat (CAT) and Pudgy Penguins (PENGU).Binance will list CAT on December 17, 2024, at 09:00 (UTC), and will open trading for the USDT, BNB, FDUSD, and TRY pairs, with seed tags applied to CAT.Binance will list PENGU on December 17, 2024, at 14:00 (UTC), and will open trading for the USDT, BNB, FDUSD, and TRY pairs, with seed tags applied to PENGU.

ChainCatcher message: Due to excessive traffic, many airdrop eligibility features cannot be accurately displayed. Vana will conduct manual airdrops.

ChainCatcher news, Bitcoin Yield Enhancement Network Ola announced that it will open the second round of airdrop address registration from December 17th, 8 AM to December 24th, 8 AM Beijing time, supporting Gate.io UID, Arbitrum, and Ethereum on-chain addresses, with the claim opening on December 25th.According to the official announcement, this airdrop will distribute 42 million OLA tokens to users of its mobile ZKP verification network Massive S2. Users who have not yet claimed the first round of airdrop rewards should register their addresses before 8 AM on the 24th to receive the airdrop. In addition, the gas fee subsidy for the first round of airdrop will also be distributed on the 25th.Currently, the OLA token has been listed on Gate.io and will be listed on MEXC at 7 PM on the 17th. A Kickstarter campaign with a bonus pool of 6,250,000 OLA tokens is now open.

According to ChainCatcher news and the official announcement, the Vana mainnet is now officially online, along with the launch of the VANA staking feature. The testnet community rewards include:Users who participated in the early DataDAO pre-mining through the Aurora Cohort (as Data Heroes or by direct participation);Community builders on Vana Discord;Holders of V on vana NFTs.The snapshot was completed on December 13, 2024, and the eligibility check for airdrops has been opened.

ChainCatcher news, former Coinbase CTO Balaji Srinivasan tweeted that AI originates from academic research and large tech companies, thus having a higher reputation; whereas cryptocurrency technology originates from anonymous forums and internet communities, initially having a lower reputation.However, AI makes everything easy to forge, while cryptocurrency technology makes forgery difficult, and the reputations of the two may gradually converge. He believes that although AI is widely recognized as an important technology with civilizational significance, the value of cryptocurrency technology is underestimated, and in the future, the reputations of both will gradually approach each other.

ChainCatcher news, Slow Mist founder Yu Xian tweeted that the main role of AI Agents in the cryptocurrency industry seems to focus on providing incentive mechanisms through token issuance, while major players outside the cryptocurrency industry are concentrating on defining interoperability protocols and developing more practical AI applications. Compared to technological advancements in non-cryptocurrency industries, the cryptocurrency industry's focus remains more on the token level, showing a clear sense of disconnection.

ChainCatcher news, according to Cointelegraph, OpenAI co-founder Ilya Sutskever stated at the NeurIPS 2024 conference in Vancouver that the era of AI pre-training is coming to an end, and the era of AI superintelligence is approaching. He compared data to fossil fuels, pointing out that the growth of internet data has peaked, while the growth rate of computing power has surpassed the total amount of available training data.Sutskever predicts that the next phase of AI development will be dominated by three main directions: autonomous AI agents, synthetic data, and computational reasoning.

According to ChainCatcher news and SoSoValue data, the entire cryptocurrency market segment has risen, with the NFT segment leading with an increase of 8.53%. The AI Agents segment continues to perform strongly, with a 24H increase of 4.36%.Within the NFT segment, Moca Coin (MOCA) has risen by 352.21%, LooksRare (LOOKS) has increased by 15.65%, SuperVerse (SUPER) has risen by 4.98%, and ApeCoin (APE) has increased by 4.96%.In the AI Agents segment, Fartcoin (FARTCOIN) has risen by 16.71%, while Vituals Protocol (VIRTUAL) and ecosystem-related tokens AIXBT and GAME have increased by 8.47%, 11.83%, and 10.36% respectively over 24H.The RWA segment has risen by 4.12%, possibly influenced by the purchase of Trump's cryptocurrency project WLFI, with Ondo Finance (ONDO) in the segment rising by 9.34%.In other segments, the DePIN segment has risen by 3.14%, the AI segment by 3.09%, the Layer 2 segment by 2.97%, the GameFi segment by 2.75%, and the Meme segment by 2.07%.

ChainCatcher news, according to Cointelegraph, yesterday The Block co-founder Mike Dudas posted on social media revealing that OpenSea has registered a foundation in the Cayman Islands. An anonymous researcher of the Azuki NFT series, Waleswoosh, also released a screenshot of OpenSea's registration in the Cayman Islands. Typically, Web3 projects register foundations in preparation for token issuance, which has sparked speculation about an upcoming token and user airdrops.On November 4, OpenSea co-founder and CEO Devin Finzer announced that the NFT marketplace is planning a comeback. Although Finzer revealed few details, he promised that the revamped OpenSea will launch in December. Matter Labs' community manager "Golem" expressed hope that OpenSea would reward its early users and stated that OpenSea has the opportunity to reverse its current competitive disadvantage in the NFT market. Community users generally speculate that OpenSea may follow the practices of competitors like Blur and Magic Eden by issuing tokens to incentivize users.OpenSea is trying to win back users from competitors and announced zero transaction fees on February 18 this year, attempting to reclaim the ground lost to Blur and Magic Eden.

ChainCatcher news, Artemis data shows that only AI tokens outperformed Meme coins at the beginning of 2024. By mid-November, the returns of Meme coins were 6 times the average of the cryptocurrency market.Market insight platform Kaito AI points out that a quarter of cryptocurrency investors prioritize discussions about Meme coins. In other words, the focus is more on short-term profits rather than long-term value returns.From a narrative perspective, year-to-date, the following categories of altcoins have outperformed Bitcoin: Meme, RWA, prediction markets, PolitiFi, AI, Solana, and smart contract platforms.

ChainCatcher news, UAE-based AI company G42 has made an investment in the tokenized data platform Inveniam, with the specific amount undisclosed, having raised over $120 million to date. G42 has 25,000 employees spread across seven AI subsidiaries, with operations in sectors such as energy, healthcare, and data centers.Inveniam officially announced in 2021 that it secured $25 million in Series A funding led by fund management company Apex, with Cushman & Wakefield also leading. Inveniam's system uses DLT to provide data sources for pricing calculations, most of which may come from AI, and data access is permissioned. It also employs privacy technology that enables institutions to share data without exposing sensitive information. Inveniam utilizes technology from the tokenization startup Tokeny.Inveniam CEO Patrick O'Meara stated, "We are collaboratively building a system that allows for the sharing, analysis, pricing, and trading of private market assets while ensuring that sensitive source business data remains protected and controlled by its owners."

ChainCatcher news, according to official sources, Network3 has upgraded its reward program for physical miner users: the first 20,000 N3 Edge V1 miners will receive an additional batch of token airdrop rewards based on the users' pre-mined N3E situation. Furthermore, the project token N3 is expected to be listed for trading by early January at the latest.Previously, Network3 launched a points redemption and staking activity for N3 Edge V1 miner users, allowing users to exchange points for N3 tokens at the real-time price of N3E, and receive additional rewards upon choosing to stake. Additionally, Edge V1 miner users were allowed to choose to exchange up to 60% of their N3E for $IOTX once the points redemption was opened.With this new reward mechanism, miner users can not only profit from daily mining but also benefit from Network3's continuous incentives for the community ecosystem. The official announcement stated that the specific airdrop timing and details will be released through official social media, and users can stay updated on the latest developments at any time.

ChainCatcher news, Bitwise CEO Hunter Horsley posted on the X platform that less than 200 years ago, the United States passed a law allowing the widespread creation of non-human autonomous entities, which are companies. The inventions and history of companies may be the best analogy for understanding the future development of autonomous AI agents. Most of the infrastructure in today's world is not designed to serve humans, but rather to serve businesses. They transact using fiat currency, borrow through the bond market, determine ownership through the stock market, and reach agreements through courts and contracts.For AI agents, a completely new system is needed, one that will be decentralized, will use stablecoins and Bitcoin for transactions, will engage in DeFi lending, and will utilize smart contracts without the need for courts. They will have tokenized ownership and governance. It may still be too early to have such discussions, but cryptocurrency is not just a digital version of gold and stock investments; it aims to create a completely new independent financial and property system for people and entities in the digital world.

ChainCatcher news, Up Network announced that it has received support from the Movement Foundation and will distribute 11 million $MOVE airdrop rewards exclusively to the first 11,000 users of Up Mobile: Mover Edition.It is reported that each eligible user will receive 1,000 $MOVE and additional rewards, all of which have no lock-up period and can be claimed after the Movement mainnet goes live in Q1 2025. Meanwhile, Up Network's next phase of sales and incentive programs will also be launched.This airdrop plan is an important milestone in the development of the Up Network ecosystem and will accelerate the advancement of the "First Movers" program. As the Movement mainnet gradually goes live, users within its DePIN and AI ecosystem are also expected to receive more innovative incentives.