ChainCatcher news, CoinDesk senior analyst James Van Straten stated that Goldman Sachs sparked heated discussions on Twitter in the crypto space after disclosing its holdings of a small amount of spot Bitcoin ETF shares in its 13F filing, but the reality is not as people expected.First, these ETFs are not entirely a bet by Goldman Sachs' trading desk on the price of Bitcoin (BTC). These shares are almost certainly held by the bank's asset management division, Goldman Sachs Asset Management, for its clients.Second, while the filing (ownership snapshot as of December 31, 2024) shows it holds $288 million in shares of the Fidelity Bitcoin ETF (FBTC) and $1.3 billion in shares of the BlackRock Bitcoin ETF (IBIT), it also shows a nominal value of over $600 million in put option positions (as well as a small amount of call option positions).James stated, "Goldman's position is similar to many other banks and hedge funds and is not a net long position. It is a strategy that reflects underlying trading, also known as cash and arbitrage trading, balancing the potential profits and risks of Bitcoin price fluctuations. The ETF recently received options approval, so this is likely directional hedging."

ChainCatcher news, according to The Block, Offchain Labs has launched the Arbitrum BoLD protocol on the mainnet to enable permissionless validation. After being approved by governance voting, BoLD is now in use on the Arbitrum chain, One, and Nova.The system replaces the previously whitelisted validators with a permissionless mechanism, allowing anyone interested in network security to participate.

ChainCatcher news, Sky co-founder Rune posted on social media that the decentralized application Sky (formerly MakerDAO) will soon launch on the Arbitrum network.

ChainCatcher message, Arbitrum officials posted on X platform that they will release big news tomorrow.

ChainCatcher news, according to Cointelegraph, Tether has chosen Arbitrum as the infrastructure provider for the company's new cross-chain dollar stablecoin USDT0.Steven Goldfeder, CEO of Arbitrum developer Offchain Labs, stated that the Legacy Mesh technology provides users and developers with a deep and liquid market that can be achieved regardless of which blockchain is used.

ChainCatcher news, according to token unlocking data from the crypto asset data platform RootData, Arbitrum / Offchain Labs (ARB) will unlock approximately 123,527,800 tokens at 9:00 AM Beijing time on February 16, worth about 56,049,000 USD.

ChainCatcher news, Astherus, a multi-asset liquidity hub strategically invested by Binance Labs, recently announced the official integration of the Arbitrum network. Through this integration, Arbitrum users can trade on the Astherus platform to continuously earn Rh points; mint ALP to earn Au points, generating stable returns with low risk.It is reported that Astherus aims to address inefficiencies in DeFi by focusing on maximizing the real yield of assets, providing sustainable and substantial returns. Its ecosystem product AstherusEx offers a comprehensive decentralized trading experience, featuring products such as the Degen mode, which supports up to 1001x leverage, and the Dumb mode, which predicts the value of underlying assets fluctuating minute by minute. AstherusEx attracts numerous traders with its trading experience and generous reward mechanisms, with a trading volume exceeding $2.5 billion per week.

ChainCatcher news, WhaleWire founder Jacob King posted on social media that the main reason for the sharp decline in stock futures is that yen arbitrage traders have to sell off assets, and this week could be very bloody.Jacob explained that in August 2024, Japan raised interest rates from 0.1% to 0.25%, leading to a flash crash. Now, Japan has raised interest rates to 0.5%, with a 2-year yield of 0.71%. Japan's higher interest rates are ending yen arbitrage trading, where investors borrow cheap yen to invest in other assets. Now, borrowing costs are rising, which means they have to sell assets to repay loans.

ChainCatcher message, the encrypted exchange Phemex announced on platform X that deposits and withdrawals on Arbitrum One, Optimism, BSC, Polygon, and BASE chains have now resumed.

ChainCatcher news, Brazilian oil giant Petrobras intends to incorporate Bitcoin mining as a supplementary business. The state-owned oil company Petrobras has a daily crude oil production of nearly 3 million barrels and is currently exploring how to integrate Bitcoin mining into its operations.The goal of this exploration is to develop a business model that can reduce the company's carbon emissions through operations such as Bitcoin mining. Marcelo Curi, Petrobras's blockchain and token economy architect, revealed that the company is in the core stage of "historic R&D," attempting to support the value chain and network in transitioning to a low-carbon economy through this "innovative framework."An interdisciplinary team at Petrobras, composed of climate change researchers, oil researchers, and crypto experts, will also investigate the potential applications of blockchain, tokenization, and Web3.

ChainCatcher news, Circle announced on social media the launch of Circle Paymaster, which supports USDC payments for gas fees on Base and Arbitrum.Users no longer need to convert tokens between blockchains; they can simply use USDC for payments, transfers, and gas fees.

ChainCatcher news, Anime has updated the details of the token airdrop for its cooperative community on its official website. Among them, the top 12,000 HYPE stakers on Hyperliquid can receive the token airdrop.In addition, key participants from the Arbitrum ecosystem projects AAVE, AIArena, Camelot, GMX, InfiniGods, Pendle, Pirate Nation, and Xai can receive corresponding airdrops.According to previous news, the ANIME token will be available for claiming on January 23 at 21:00 (UTC+8).

ChainCatcher news, the staking protocol Lido announced on platform X that Lido v3.2 Liquid eModes has expanded to Base and Arbitrum. Users can now use LRT as collateral to borrow wstETH, thereby opening up DeFi use cases with reduced gas costs.

ChainCatcher news, according to CoinDesk, SEC General Counsel Megan Barbero will leave on January 20. Previously, SEC Enforcement Division Director Gurbir Grewal left in October 2024, and Accounting Division Director Paul Munter also announced his upcoming departure this week. Barbero has served as General Counsel since February 2023, responsible for guiding the SEC in legal disputes with crypto companies in federal court.

ChainCatcher message, Degen posted on X that the DEGEN mainnet will upgrade to ArbOS 32 on January 16, 2025, at 1:00 without any downtime.Highlights of this upgrade include faster withdrawal speeds: the Orbit chain can achieve final confirmation in about 15 minutes (a fast withdrawal feature will be enabled later); integration of Stylus: support for building contracts using Rust and WASM; and a 99% reduction in signature costs: significantly lower costs for secp256r1 verification.

ChainCatcher news, according to Cointelegraph Magazine, African waste collectors earn cryptocurrency through ReFi to support their households.The Aquapurge project, led by Ibrahim Aziz, addresses the ocean pollution crisis in Kenya through cryptocurrency. The project incentivizes community participation in cleanup activities through its PURGE token ecosystem. The project has held 23 cleanup events, collecting over 5400 kilograms of waste.

ChainCatcher news, Arbitrum has changed its official X account avatar to Azuki NFT.Previous news, the anime project Animecoin jointly launched by Arbitrum and Azuki announced that the ANIME token will be launched on Ethereum and Arbitrum in January 2025.