ChainCatcher news, according to Jin10 data, a company based in Delaware has applied for the DeepSeek trademark, named Delson Group Inc.Delson Group claims that it has been selling AI products under the DeepSeek brand since the beginning of 2020. Its CEO and founder is named Willie Lu. Willie Lu and DeepSeek founder Liang Wenfeng both graduated from Zhejiang University.

ChainCatcher news, according to Decrypt, the 22nd District Court of Istanbul, Turkey, has dismissed the "organized crime" charges against Thodex founder Faruk Fatih Ozer, but still maintains the fraud charges and continues to detain him.Ozer is accused of defrauding over 400,000 users due to the collapse of the Thodex exchange in 2021, with the amount involved reaching $2 billion. In September 2023, he was sentenced to 11,196 years in prison. His legal team stated that they will push for further sentence reduction and emphasized that "the judicial process is not yet over."Thodex was a leading exchange in Turkey, which suddenly closed in April 2021, leaving 391,000 users unable to withdraw their funds. Ozer fled but was arrested and extradited from Albania in 2022. The court had previously found him guilty of money laundering, fraud, and other charges, but the latest ruling determined that some of the charges lacked sufficient evidence.

ChainCatcher news, Blur founder Pacman posted on the X platform that the total locked value (TVL) of Blast Mobile has reached 30 million dollars. Many people are wondering where the returns come from and how they can be sustained. In fact, these incentives will not last forever. Instead, it is a time-limited mechanism designed to guide the network. Ultimately, the incentives will decrease, and the yields will fall back.Some people are concerned that these incentives will suddenly drop to zero, but it should be noted that the current spending on these incentives is actually less than that on the points and gold plans. Again, all of this is to guide the network. Once the network is established, incentives can be reduced or even eliminated. Blur operates in the same way, now maintaining market share with minimal ongoing incentive spending.

ChainCatcher news, Ethereum development company ConsenSys founder Joseph Lubin stated on the X platform that, to his knowledge, a project from the Trump family recently purchased over $250 million worth of ETH with the aim of establishing a DeFi business.

ChainCatcher news, Jupiter founder Meow posted on social media, "The JUP voting season will soon reopen, and I am very excited to start the voting."

ChainCatcher news, Satoshi Action Fund (SAF) co-founder and CEO Dennis Porter disclosed in a post on the x platform that North Dakota Representative Toman has introduced a bill to protect the rights of Bitcoin users. The bill will safeguard four fundamental rights of Bitcoin users, including the right to mine, the right to self-custody, the right to peer-to-peer transactions, and the right to run a node.

ChainCatcher news, according to Bloomberg, a source revealed that FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried's parents are meeting with lawyers from Trump's circle and other figures believed to be closely connected to Trump, trying to seek a pardon for SBF. It is currently unclear whether they have contacted the White House. SBF was sentenced to 25 years in prison for fraud.

ChainCatcher news reports that, according to Arkham monitoring, Ross Ulbricht or someone with access to his wallet incurred significant losses when providing liquidity on Raydium due to incorrectly setting the initial price of the liquidity pool.Specifically, $1.5 million (5% of the total token supply) was immediately arbitraged by MEV bots and sold off in the existing pool. Subsequently, another loss of approximately $10.5 million (35% of the total token supply) occurred in a second operation.It is reported that Ross Ulbricht received 50% of the supply of ROSS (Ross Ulbricht Fund) tokens from developers last week. Despite losing 40% of the token supply, Ross still holds 10% of the tokens in another address and has correctly added liquidity in the Raydium concentrated liquidity pool.

ChainCatcher news, Aave founder Stani posted on the X platform stating that all the discussions around the Ethereum Foundation in the past few weeks have been great. This means that Ethereum is still alive, the community cares about Ethereum, and everyone wants Ethereum to succeed. But seriously, if we want to accelerate the development of Ethereum, we need to build more utility; in any case, all the bad meme coins should disappear.

ChainCatcher news, Aave founder Stani Kulechov responded on the X platform to Nansen CEO Alex Svanevik's discussion about "Aave DAO should acquire the Ethereum Foundation," stating: This is an interesting idea, why not? To this end, Aave will use GHO to establish a dedicated Ethereum Foundation (EF) market.

ChainCatcher news, Bitcoin Layer2 Stacks founder Muneeb Ali stated on social platform X: Congratulations to Trump and David Sacks on their historic victory, opening a new era for Bitcoin and cryptocurrency in the United States.He also mentioned that Stacks started in New York, being the first project to receive SEC certification, and we have reported for five years like a publicly traded company in the U.S.As a leading Bitcoin L2 network, we are not only excited about the on-chain economy of Bitcoin but also look forward to the possibilities created by American entrepreneurs through Stacks' infrastructure and programmable Bitcoin. America welcomes entrepreneurship once again, and with the support of the new government, the Stacks ecosystem is revitalized.

ChainCatcher news, according to Tokenpost, Unicornpartdust (UFD) token founder Ron Branstetter announced via an emergency live stream that his Phantom wallet was hacked, resulting in approximately 6.6 million dollars worth of UFD tokens and Solana being stolen.Branstetter stated that he has not sold any tokens or abandoned the project, but admitted that he failed to transfer the tokens to a cold wallet in time. According to CoinGecko data, UFD is currently trading at 0.132 dollars, down 5.1% in the past 24 hours, with a market cap of approximately 132.2 million dollars.

ChainCatcher news, a16z founder Marc Andreessen posted on the X platform that Deepseek R1 is the Sputnik moment for AI (the moment when people realize they are threatened and challenged, and must double down to catch up). He stated that Deepseek-R1 is one of the most amazing and impressive breakthroughs he has ever seen, and it is open source, a gift to the world.

ChainCatcher news, Blur founder Pacman posted on the X platform stating that they have received questions and feedback regarding the release of the Blast mobile version. They are currently fixing user experience issues, with many fixes under review and expected to take effect in a day or two.

ChainCatcher news, according to Cointelegraph, the founder of the cryptocurrency Ponzi scheme Forcount, Antonia Perez Hernandez, has pleaded guilty to telecommunications fraud and has been sentenced to over two years in prison.On January 27, during a hearing at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York (SDNY), Judge Analisa Torres (who is also the judge presiding over the SEC's case against Ripple Labs) sentenced Hernandez to 30 months in prison for her involvement in the cryptocurrency scam. Hernandez admitted to collaborating with accomplices from 2017 to 2021 to promote cryptocurrency trading and mining on Forcount, stealing approximately $8.4 million from investors by promising substantial returns.Hernandez apologized to those who "suffered financial losses" due to her actions. The project's senior founder, Juan Tacuri, was sentenced to 20 years in prison in October 2024, while the indicted Nestor Nuñez was also sentenced to 4 years in November.

ChainCatcher message, Infini founder, crypto whale @Christianeth has launched a New Year lottery, randomly selecting a $10,000 red envelope from Infini. The participation requirement is to have a balance of over $100u in the @0xinfini account and a transaction record before January 28 at 20:00 UTC+8. Christian stated that the winner will be drawn using a random lottery method.Infini is a new type of digital bank built on stablecoin and blockchain technology, providing the safest and most transparent current asset management for global users, while allowing users to securely and conveniently apply for Mastercard/Visa debit cards. With Infini, you can recharge, pay, and earn daily interest through Infini's risk-free asset management strategies using stablecoins anytime, anywhere.

ChainCatcher news, KuCoin has reached a favorable settlement agreement with U.S. regulators, marking an important milestone in the company's development. According to the settlement agreement, the U.S. Department of Justice has agreed to dismiss all charges against KuCoin founder Michael Gan and co-founder Eric Tang upon meeting certain conditions.As part of the settlement agreement, Michael announced that he will step down from all positions related to KuCoin and its affiliates. In his statement, he expressed heartfelt gratitude for the trust and support from the KuCoin community and stated that he is confident in the leadership team led by BC Wong, believing that under their guidance, KuCoin will continue to grow and create value for users and the industry.Looking ahead, Michael stated that he will focus on new projects aimed at driving growth and innovation in the cryptocurrency industry.

ChainCatcher news, MicroStrategy founder Michael Saylor responded on the X platform to Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong's discussion about restructuring the token listing process, stating that establishing a reasonable digital asset framework will unleash the potential of the free market and drive the crypto industry to achieve a hundredfold growth.

ChainCatcher news, according to Tokenpost, Silk Road founder Ross Ulbricht is working on his first autobiographical documentary after receiving a presidential pardon from Donald Trump and being released on January 21.The documentary is led by filmmakers Jonah Tulis and Blake J. Harris, who have completed over 60 hours of interview content since 2019. The documentary is scheduled to be released in 2025 and will be produced and globally distributed by Submarine.

ChainCatcher message, MicroStrategy founder Michael Saylor posted on the X platform: "Volatility is a gift for the loyal."