ChainCatcher news, on Tuesday morning local time, Elon Musk praised the Canadian opposition leader Pierre Poilievre for supporting Bitcoin, after Musk had been attacking European politicians for several days. Musk posted a video on X where Poilievre explained that the best way to tackle inflation is to cut government spending, aligning with the goals of the U.S. Department of Efficiency (DOGE) co-led by Musk.After Justin Trudeau announced his resignation on Monday, Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre will run for Prime Minister. Polls show that Canadian voters are particularly concerned about the cost of living. "Clearly expressed," Musk wrote on X.For years, Poilievre has supported Bitcoin, having appeared on cryptocurrency podcasts and expressed a desire for Canada to become the "world blockchain capital." As early as 2022, this Conservative politician stated that "Canadians should have the freedom to use other currencies, like Bitcoin," because the government is "destroying" the Canadian dollar. Trudeau at the time criticized this statement as "reckless."Polymarket predicts an 89% chance of Poilievre being elected as the next Prime Minister of Canada, far ahead of second-place Chrystia Freeland. (Decrypt)

ChainCatcher news, publicly traded company Sol Strategies (stock code: CYFRF, HODL.CN) announced on Monday that it will invest 25 million Canadian dollars in the Solana ecosystem through an unsecured credit facility.The unsecured revolving credit facility will accrue interest at a rate of 5% per annum, compounded daily. Sol Strategies has drawn 4 million Canadian dollars in principal and plans to use "the remaining funds to make large-scale purchases of Solana tokens to support its staking operations and acquisitions." According to the statement, it must utilize the entire facility by January 6, 2027.The company, headquartered in Toronto, is the latest initiative following the rebranding of Cypherpunk Holdings to become one of the major Solana stakers and ecosystem participants.In July last year, Cypherpunk Holdings appointed Leah Wald as CEO, shifting its focus to the Solana ecosystem. The company has sold several investments, including equity in Animoca Brands, which was previously its second-largest holding after Bitcoin, and it has also directly invested in SOL and Solana validators.As of December 31, 2024, Sol Strategies has staked over 1.5 million SOL (worth approximately 450 million Canadian dollars) in its validator operations, including over 140,000 SOL owned by the company.Last December, the company announced its intention to seek a listing on Nasdaq. From Wald's appointment as CEO to the end of last year, the price of HODL has increased by over 2,000%. (The Block)

ChainCatcher news, according to The Block, GoMining provides a way for retail users to earn Bitcoin rewards by tokenizing actual Bitcoin mining power, and the company is expanding to Solana.The company announced on Tuesday that its platform GOMINING utility token is set to add the Solana ecosystem ahead of the NFT launch on Magic Eden later this month, and will also be traded as an SPL token on Solana DEX.

ChainCatcher news, according to CoinDesk, Bitfinex analysts indicate that the Bitcoin miners' Net Unrealized Profit and Loss (NUPL) remains very optimistic, hovering around 0.5, which suggests that miners are still in a strong position, holding substantial unrealized profits, and are inclined to hold onto their Bitcoin at this stage.In the broader market, some traders are attempting to buy December 2025 ETH call options at prices as high as $11,000.

ChainCatcher news, according to CoinDesk, as interest in digital assets continues to grow, the corporate adoption of Bitcoin seems to be entering a new phase, with several publicly traded companies following MicroStrategy's lead by incorporating Bitcoin into their balance sheets.In 2024, multiple companies began to emulate and adopt Bitcoin financial strategies, such as Metaplanet (3350), Semler Scientific (SMLR), and MARA Holdings (MARA). The first company in the second wave is KULR Technology Group (KULR), which is listed on the NYSE.As of January 7, it seems that some publicly listed companies have announced Bitcoin financial strategies but have not yet made any Bitcoin purchases. First is Acurx Pharmaceuticals (ACXP), listed on NASDAQ. Its board approved a Bitcoin purchase plan of up to $1 million on November 20. Since November 19, its stock price has dropped by 35%, but it has risen by 30% year-to-date.Similarly, NASDAQ-listed Hoth Therapeutics (HOTH) also had its board approve a $1 million Bitcoin purchase plan on November 20, but it has not completed the purchase. However, since November 19, its stock price has increased by 2%.The third company is NASDAQ-listed LQR House (YHC). The company announced on November 19 that it would accept cryptocurrency payments and retain up to $10 million in Bitcoin payment funds through policy. To date, its stock price has risen by 56% since November 19.The last one is NYSE-listed SOS Limited (SOS), which approved a $50 million Bitcoin purchase plan on November 27. At the time of the announcement, the price of Bitcoin was $93,000 each. Since November 19, its stock price has dropped by 30%.

ChainCatcher news, according to Coinglass data, Solana's open interest has reached an all-time high, surpassing $6.68 billion, with a 14% increase in 24 hours. Meanwhile, the price of SOL has risen 14% this week, poised to challenge its all-time high of $264.

ChainCatcher news, Web3 mobile infrastructure provider Jambo announced the launch of the token $J on the Solana chain in January, with a total supply of 1 billion.Jambo stated that $J will be the core of its mobile ecosystem, aimed at providing cryptocurrency solutions for the 3 billion people worldwide who lack smartphones.

ChainCatcher news, 21.co strategy analyst Tom Wan posted that the current market cap ratio of BTC to ETH is 4.5:1, while the AUM (Assets Under Management) ratio for ETFs is as high as 9:1. BTC ETF holdings account for 5.9% of the total supply, while ETH ETF is only 2.9%, indicating that there is still significant growth potential for ETH ETFs. By 2025, it may catch up, potentially driving up the price of ETH.

ChainCatcher message, the data sovereignty open protocol vana states that users who invested in VANA during the first cycle can now claim DataDAO rewards. The rewards are distributed from a dedicated VANA reward pool and will be continuously unlocked block by block over 21 days. The DataDAO staked by users must remain in the top 16 to be eligible for rewards. Rewards are based on the total amount invested and weighted by DataDAO ranking. Rewards will be unlocked over the next 21 days.

ChainCatcher news, Musk retweeted an interview video of Canadian prime ministerial candidate Pierre Poilievre, commenting "another masterpiece." In the video, Pierre Poilievre casually eats an apple while answering questions from reporters.It is reported that as the new leader of the Conservative Party, Pierre Poilievre is preparing to compete with current Prime Minister Trudeau for the position of Prime Minister in the 2025 federal election. Poilievre has been a public supporter of Bitcoin, having stated, "I want to make Canada the center of the world's blockchain." He also promised that during his tenure as Prime Minister, he would fire the central bank governor, audit the central bank's activities, and halt the development of central bank digital currency (CBDC). In a campaign event in March 2022, Poilievre used Bitcoin to buy a shawarma. He has also made many statements supporting cryptocurrency, including a post in 2022 where he promised that "buyers and sellers have the right to freely choose Bitcoin and other technologies."According to Polymarket data, the current prediction for "Canada's next Prime Minister" on Polymarket shows that candidate Pierre Poilievre has a support rate of 88%.

ChainCatcher news, according to cryptocurrency analyst Miles Deutscher's analysis on social media, the altcoin season will not be like it was in 2021 because:The loose conditions of 2021 were an extreme anomalyThe surge in the number of new launch projects and the dilution of altcoinsThis does not mean it won't thrive like before (and may even thrive more), just that the approach will be different:It will no longer be that all altcoins rise simultaneously, but rather there will be larger yet more limited rotations (e.g., AI and Meme coins)Liquidity will gradually flow in, rather than spiking sharply as it did during the 2021 stimulus periodStrong ETF liquidity has reduced the impact of Bitcoin (BTC) price increases on liquidity flow (now more of a psychological effect rather than a real one)The market will shift more towards a trader's market, as the strategy of "holding many coins waiting for a rise" will no longer be as effective as beforeThere are still huge opportunities in this field, but trading/investment styles need to be adjusted according to current market conditions.

ChainCatcher news, according to Blockworks, the second phone developed by Solana Mobile, Solana Seeker, is expected to launch in mid-2025. As of last October, Solana Mobile's general manager Emmett Hollyer stated that the Seeker is priced at $500 and has received 145,000 pre-orders.In addition, members of the Jito team indicated that their re-staking platform is expected to launch in about a month.

ChainCatcher news, according to official sources, the Solana Foundation has initiated the SIMD-0215 proposal, aimed at scaling Solana's infrastructure to billions of user accounts. This proposal adds a new hash, called "Accounts Lattice Hash."It is reported that the "Accounts Lattice Hash" uses homomorphic hashing to maintain the hash of the entire account state, allowing for quick updates while being secure, enabling:(1) each block to include the hash of all accounts, not just the accounts that changed in that block, and(2) the removal of Epoch Accounts Hash.

ChainCatcher news, DefiLlama data shows that the 24-hour DEX trading volume on the Solana chain has surpassed the total of Ethereum and Base. In the past 24 hours, the daily trading volume of Solana-based DEX reached $3.982 billion, while the daily trading volume of Ethereum-based DEX was $1.706 billion, and the daily trading volume of DEX on the Ethereum Layer2 network Base was $1.207 billion.

ChainCatcher news, CryptoQuant analyst Crypto Dan stated in an article on January 6 that the bull market that began in January 2023 is likely to reach a cyclical peak in the first quarter of 2025 or at the latest in the second quarter. The article stated: "With a large influx of new investments and additional funds from existing investors, we can reasonably expect that the market is currently in the later stages of this cycle."The post stated: "Therefore, the expectation of a significant rise in Bitcoin and altcoins is still worth looking forward to. Nevertheless, from a conservative perspective and considering risk management, it is advisable to proceed with caution."

ChainCatcher message, Whale Alert monitoring, at 4:16 Beijing time, USDC Treasury issued an additional 250 million USDC (249,925,000 USD) on the Solana chain.

ChainCatcher news, as Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is set to resign, prediction market Polymarket data shows that crypto-friendly Pierre Poilievre has a 91% chance of being elected as the next Prime Minister of Canada.It is reported that Poilievre has been a strong supporter of Bitcoin, having publicly stated, "I want to make Canada the world’s blockchain capital." He has also promised that during his tenure as Prime Minister, he will fire the central bank governor, audit the central bank's activities, and halt the development of a central bank digital currency (CBDC).

ChainCatcher news, according to Decrypt, the meme coin issuance platform Pump.fun has accounted for over 70% of the token issuance on the Solana network in the past two days, contributing more than 56% of decentralized exchange trading activity. In just the past 24 hours, Pump.fun has issued over 45,000 tokens, with a total issuance exceeding 5.5 million for the year.Although only 0.0085% of the issued tokens have a market cap exceeding 1 million dollars, the platform still stands out with significant revenue performance, reaching 79.94 million dollars in December, surpassing mainnets like Tron and Bitcoin.

ChainCatcher news, according to CoinDesk, two major Canadian newspapers, the Toronto Star and the Globe and Mail, have reported that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is set to resign. The Toronto Star expects the resignation announcement to be made as early as Monday, while the Globe and Mail predicts it will be announced before Wednesday. However, users on the betting platform Polymarket have differing opinions on whether Trudeau will resign early.According to Polymarket's prediction market, the likelihood of a resignation on Monday is only 24%, the likelihood of resigning before Wednesday is 72%, and the likelihood of resigning before Friday is as high as 80%. The most heavily bet contract is the one predicting Trudeau will resign before this Friday, which has attracted over six figures in funding. Additionally, Reuters reports that Trudeau has not yet made a final decision regarding his resignation. According to polling agency Angus Reid, Trudeau's approval rating is only 22%, and if an election were held immediately, his Liberal Party is expected to win only 46 seats, while the Conservative Party could secure 225 seats, easily winning a parliamentary majority.

ChainCatcher news, according to cryptocurrency analyst Miles Deutscher on social media, although BTC is approaching $100,000, the on-chain transaction demand for BTC is sharply declining towards historical lows.He pointed out that this market cycle is driven by institutions/ETFs/nations, so it is not possible to truly compare this cycle with past cycles.