ChainCatcher news, during the roundtable discussion "Trends and Rhythms of the New Web3 Cycle" hosted by Web3 data company RootData and Chaincatcher on February 19, UFLY Labs investment partner Neal shared his forward-looking insights and investment strategies regarding industry trends.Neal stated that AI technology is reshaping the logic of global productivity, and UFLY Labs has deeply integrated AI into the entire process of investment decision-making and team collaboration. "We require members to use tools like DeepSeek and OpenAI to optimize their work, and we even set a threshold of 'more than 50 hours of AI usage' during the interview process." He emphasized that AI is not only an efficiency tool but also a core criterion for screening "future-oriented talent." Only teams that actively embrace technological change can seize opportunities in the new Web3 cycle.In addition, UFLY Labs announced that it will officially start operations in February 2025, focusing on AI, PayFi, and the real demand track of Web3. UFLY Labs has also chosen to launch a special fund during market fluctuations, creating a unique "capital + growth + ecosystem" support system.It is reported that among the more than 10 projects invested by UFLY Labs during its cold start period in the fourth quarter of 2024, 50% have completed listings on leading exchanges, with several projects landing on platforms such as Binance, Upbit, OKX, and Bybit.

ChainCatcher news, Gate io announced that it has completed a strategic investment in the on-chain trading platform DEXX. The funds from this strategic investment will be used to support DEXX's relaunch plan, helping the platform's business to recover in an orderly manner and achieve long-term stable development in the future.Previously, on November 16, 2024, the DEXX platform suffered a severe blow due to a hacker attack.

ChainCatcher news, Gate.io announced that it has completed a strategic investment in the on-chain trading platform DEXX. The funds from this strategic investment will be used to support DEXX's relaunch plan, helping the platform's business to recover in an orderly manner and achieve long-term stable development in the future.Previously on November 16, 2024, the DEXX platform was severely impacted by a hacker attack.

ChainCatcher news, according to Jin10 reports, during the Q3 fiscal year 2025 earnings call, Alibaba Group CEO Wu Yongming stated that while continuing to focus on three major business types: domestic and international e-commerce, AI + cloud computing technology business, and internet platform products, Alibaba will increase investment in three areas centered around the AI strategic core over the next three years:First, investment in AI and cloud computing infrastructure construction. The AI era has a clear and enormous demand for infrastructure, and the investment in cloud and AI infrastructure over the next three years is expected to exceed the total of the past decade.Second, investment in AI foundational model platforms and AI-native applications. AI foundational large models are of great significance for the transformation of industry productivity. Alibaba will significantly increase R&D investment in AI foundational models to ensure technological advancement and industry leadership, and promote the development of AI-native applications.Third, investment in the AI transformation and upgrading of existing businesses. For e-commerce and other internet platform businesses, the upgrade of AI technology will bring tremendous opportunities for enhancing user value. Therefore, Alibaba will continue to increase R&D investment in AI applications and computing power, using AI to deeply transform and upgrade various businesses, seizing new development opportunities in the AI era.

ChainCatcher news, according to @ai_9684xtpa's monitoring, the quantitative investment firm Manifold Trading is suspected of reducing its position in the 3 million OM purchased at the low point in November 2023. If sold, it would yield a profit of 22.7 million USD. OM is replicating last November's surge scenario, and the institution's cumulative profit from OM has exceeded 50.57 million USD.

ChainCatcher message, Binance Wealth Management will remove the following dual currency investment trading pairs on February 21, 2025, at 14:00 (UTC+8):ALGO: ALGO/USDT, ALGO/USDCATOM: ATOM/USDT, ATOM/FDUSD, ATOM/USDC

ChainCatcher news, FOX Business reporter Eleanor Terrett shared that Canary Capital has launched the AXL (Axelar) trust fund, the Canary AXL Trust, which will include the native tokens of the Axelar network and is the first investment trust to offer investment in a universal blockchain interoperability protocol.

ChainCatcher news, according to The Block, Fidelity Digital Assets and the Lightning Network payment service provider Voltage jointly released a research report indicating that the development of the Lightning Network will enhance the value of Bitcoin as an investment asset.Data shows that since 2020, the average capacity of the Lightning Network has grown by 384%, currently holding approximately 5,358.50 BTC, which is about 509 million dollars at the current price of 95,000 dollars per coin, and this data does not include private and undisclosed payment channels.The report emphasizes that 2024 is a milestone year for the development of the Lightning Network, with mainstream exchanges such as Coinbase, Bitfinex, OKX, Kraken, and Binance completing their integrations in succession. The network is showing several signs of maturity: early inefficient payment channels are gradually being closed, replaced by larger-scale and more optimized channels; optimized node transaction fees can be as low as 0%, with payment completion times of less than 0.5 seconds; the network is evolving towards larger-scale and more interconnected nodes.In addition, Tether plans to integrate USDT into Bitcoin Layer 2, and according to the co-founder of Solv Protocol, this will lead to a 1197% increase in Lightning Network transaction volume.

ChainCatcher news, according to on-chain analyst Yu Jin's monitoring, currently YZi Labs' EVM address holds assets worth 67.78 million dollars obtained through investment attribution unlocking.The top four held assets are: 75 million 1INCH (20.09 million dollars); 60 million ID (18.49 million dollars); 1 million AXS (4.22 million dollars); 48.33 million HOPR (3.35 million dollars).

ChainCatcher news, according to Ember monitoring, YZi Labs (formerly Binance Labs) transferred $206,000 worth of 7 tokens to Gate exchange 4 hours ago.These tokens include ULTI, OLE, MAVIA, SQR, NLK, PBUX, and WNCG, all of which were obtained by YZi Labs through investment unlocks. Although these projects received investment from YZi Labs, they failed to launch on Binance.

ChainCatcher news, according to official social media announcements, Huobi HTX will hold a themed live broadcast today at 20:00 titled "Treating Retail Investors as ATMs? A Look at the Trust Crisis in the Crypto Market and Future Opportunities from Argentina's President $LIBRA."At that time, crypto KOLs including MEJ Mao Mao Jie, Zpp.Eth, 0xCloud, HarryChien, and 527 will attend to review the entire process of the Argentine president's token issuance and discuss how to uncover potential investment opportunities amid the "celebrity token issuance" crisis. This live broadcast will be simultaneously conducted through Huobi Live and Huobi HTX Twitter Space, with a massive airdrop to look forward to.

ChainCatcher news, Arbitrum DAO announced that the community has approved the allocation of 35 million ARB to various stable assets, with a total investment value of approximately 15.5 million USD.These funds come from the project's Stable Treasury Endowment Program (STEP), which previously allocated 35 million ARB to investments in six products in June 2024.It is understood that STEP is a program designed to invest 1% of Arbitrum DAO's funds in tokenized RWA, aimed at diversifying DAO funds while leveraging industry growth to generate returns.The latest allocation is part of Arbitrum DAO STEP 2.0 program. Combined with the 35 million ARB from STEP 1.0 and the 15 million ARB managed by the treasury, the total investment in RWA reaches 85 million ARB. Arbitrum DAO claims that this investment is currently one of the largest investments by the DAO.

ChainCatcher news, Ethereum Layer2 solution OpenZK announces early investment from Animoca Brands, and will focus on promoting the scalability and sustainable development of the Ethereum ecosystem.

ChainCatcher news, AISTO Chief Operating Officer Jack Wang was invited to attend the Consensus HongKong 2025 peripheral event, the summit "Future Investment Opportunities of AI + Web3" hosted by Web3Labs. During the roundtable forum, Wang mentioned that AISTO is promoting the development of the AI and Web3 ecosystem in collaboration with global partners through a compliant STO model and a transparent operational mechanism.It is reported that AISTO is an investment platform that combines artificial intelligence, blockchain, and high-performance computing, dedicated to providing investors with compliant, transparent, and high-yield opportunities through an innovative STO model.

ChainCatcher news, according to Jinshi Data reports, the news about "a certain employee of the well-known quantitative private equity firm KuanDe Investment accusing the company of using brain-machine weapons to persecute employees on social media" is continuing to ferment in the private equity circle.In response to the above "accusation," KuanDe Investment stated: "The company has noticed inappropriate remarks about it appearing on online platforms. After verification, the publisher of these remarks did indeed have a short-term employment with the company (joined in July 2022 and voluntarily left in early September of the same year, with an employment period of about 1 month). Currently, this publisher has terminated their employment relationship with the company, and their remarks are personal behavior, containing false and misleading information."Previous news reported that an unknown programmer named "Hu LeZhi" burned 600 ETH and donated over 1411 ETH to a charity organization. The information mentioned that with the large-scale military deployment of brain-machine chips, all military power controls citizens through base stations, radio, and nano brain-machine chips, calling for public attention to this new type of crime, warning that if one becomes a victim of this process, they may choose to end their own life.

ChainCatcher news, the Hong Kong-listed company Boyaa Interactive announced that it has signed a subscription warrant with MTT ESports Limited, and will invest further in MTT ESports with 4,180,749 USDT as consideration (the second investment). After the completion of the second investment, Boyaa Interactive will acquire 10% of the total issuance of MTT tokens, which is 210 million MTT tokens. The expected MTT tokens will begin to unlock linearly starting from January 2026, and will be fully unlocked within approximately 48 months. After the completion of the second investment, the total investment value of Boyaa Interactive in MTT ESports will amount to approximately 10 million USD.

ChainCatcher news, Hong Kong investment company HK Asia Holdings Limited disclosed that its stock price nearly doubled in trading on February 17 after purchasing one Bitcoin.HK Asia stated in an announcement on February 16 that it "purchased a total of 1 unit of Bitcoin for approximately $96,150" on February 13, with "funds coming from internal resources of the group."According to Google Finance, the company's stock closed up nearly 93% on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange on Monday, reaching HKD 5.50 (71 cents), close to the peak of HKD 6.50 (84 cents) in June 2019.

ChainCatcher news, according to Jinshi reports, based on market news, the Reserve Bank of India has relaxed investment regulations for all Indian financial institutions.

ChainCatcher news, Binance founder Changpeng Zhao stated on social media, "Some low-level, self-righteous Asian competitors are spreading FUD about Binance (the centralized exchange) being sold.As shareholders, Binance will not be sold. Top investors have always been interested in Binance. Over time, we may allow some investors to hold single-digit percentages of equity."