ChainCatcher news, DuckChain announced its governance token DUCK's economic model, with a total supply of 10 billion, of which 77% is allocated to community and ecological development, including 50% for airdrops, 4% for liquidity provision, 3% for marketing, and 20% to support ecological development.The remaining 10% is allocated to investors, 10% to the team, and 3% to advisors.$DUCK is DuckChain's governance token, supporting core functions such as governance, staking, and paying Gas fees, and serves as the primary currency within the ecosystem to promote long-term development.DuckChain is the first consumer Layer project based on Telegram, integrating AI-driven tools, the StarFi system, and EVM-compatible technology.

ChainCatcher news, on January 8, the Financial Services Commission of South Korea announced its main work plan for 2025, stating that it will gradually allow corporations to open real-name accounts for virtual asset trading through discussions at the Virtual Assets Committee. Currently, although the law does not explicitly prohibit the issuance of real-name accounts for corporations, financial regulatory agencies have previously guided banks to avoid issuing such accounts to corporations. The Financial Services Commission plans to start with non-profit corporations and gradually develop a specific implementation plan.In addition, the Financial Services Commission will promote the "Second Phase Virtual Assets Bill," which covers the regulation of the issuance and circulation of virtual assets. Future discussions will focus on listing standards, stablecoin management, and rules of conduct for virtual asset exchanges, aligning with global regulatory frameworks.

ChainCatcher message, Kye, the developer behind AI Agent swarms, posted on platform X: "Every artificial intelligence should be open source. Every single one. I am not a die-hard fan of the AI safety community, but non-open-source AI is very dangerous. With open source, people can make changes to align AI with humanity. If it's closed source, that's impossible. We should encourage everyone to open source their AI, or we will face unimaginable consequences.At @swarms_corp, all our work is open source. Everything is on our GitHub, and we commit to always open sourcing all our work."

ChainCatcher news, Hyperliquid posted on X, stating that in response to recent misunderstandings in the community regarding the validator mechanism, the project team made the following clarifications:All validators are qualified based on their performance in the testnet; the claim of "buying a seat" is not true, and the related accusations are unfair to the validators who are seriously committed. As the network develops, the validator pool will gradually expand;The previously announced foundation delegation program will support high-performing validators, further achieving network decentralization;Anyone can run an API server pointing to any node; although the example client code sends requests to a specific API server, this is not a fundamental requirement of the network;The black market trading behavior on the testnet HYPE is unacceptable, and the project team will continue to optimize the user experience on the testnet;The current node code is in a closed-source state, and it will be open-sourced in the future after development is stable and secure;Currently, there is only one binary file; even for mature networks like Solana, most validators run a single client.Hyperliquid stated that the project will iterate at a faster pace and larger scale, and will continue to listen to community feedback and improve the ecosystem in the future.

ChainCatcher news, according to Cointelegraph, the Layer-1 blockchain network Hyperliquid has become one of the most valuable blockchains since it launched the HYPE token through an airdrop in November, with a market capitalization of approximately $25 billion. However, VanEck pointed out that Hyperliquid's emerging smart contract platform "has not yet attracted a large number of developers." VanEck warned, "If Hyperliquid fails to meet the growth expectations of its community, many newly wealthy HYPE holders may quickly face a prisoner's dilemma." They added, "We are seeing another Icarus-like story of cryptocurrency arrogance." (Icarus is a figure from Greek mythology who fell because he flew too high, symbolizing failure due to pride and hubris.)

ChainCatcher news, according to Jinshi reports, Federal Reserve's Barkin stated that the Federal Reserve is highly committed to achieving the 2% inflation target, and businesses affected by tariff changes must respond flexibly.

ChainCatcher message, Act I: The AI Prophecy announced on X that the ACT community will provide funding to GNON to support the development of a decentralized communication network called Echo Chambers. This network aims to provide a censorship-free, ban-free peer-to-peer real-time communication platform, allowing developers to freely deploy, test, and optimize models, fostering innovation and collaboration.

ChainCatcher news, according to official sources, the Ethereum Layer 2 network Optimism has released its 2024 review:The Superchain built on the OP Stack has seen significant growth, with nearly 50% of L2 transactions on Ethereum now supported by the Superchain ecosystem;Permissionless fault proofs have been launched, paving the way for the first phase of decentralization for OP Stack Chains;Interoperability has been enhanced;Optimism has strengthened its support for ERC-7683 and developed ERC-7802;The Optimism Collective continues to innovate in the direction of scalable Ethereum;Through two airdrops, over 20 million OP have been distributed to users making meaningful impacts;Four major initiatives have driven user engagement, with over 3.3 million OP distributed to winners.At the same time, Optimism has made projections for 2025, focusing on interoperability in the coming year and aiming to make Superchain the best DeFi platform while attracting more developers through developer tools.It is reported that Optimism aims to become a simpler and more valuable platform for building and guiding applications through comprehensive development tools, and to unite Ethereum through interoperability and other means.

ChainCatcher News, the White House spokesperson stated that President Biden is considering more pardons and commutation measures.

ChainCatcher news, according to Protos, the Aave governance forum recently proposed to peg Ethena's USDe to USDT at a 1:1 ratio, raising concerns in the community about potential conflicts of interest. The proposal suggests replacing the current Chainlink USDe/USD oracle with the USDT price to avoid bad debt caused by liquidations.It is worth noting that the two authors of the proposal, ChaosLabs and LlamaRisk, have previously collaborated with Ethena. MakerDAO community member ImperiumPaper expressed concerns, stating that this is similar to "a real estate agent representing both the buyer and the seller."Critics point out that USDT is fully backed by off-chain assets, while USDe relies on a delta-neutral strategy of ETH long and short positions, facing the risk of negative funding rates when market sentiment shifts. Meanwhile, Ethena founder Guy Young denied any conflict of interest, emphasizing that the company has established a risk committee to ensure external oversight of product management.

ChainCatcher news, according to Solana co-founder toly's tweet, multiple L2s are meaningless. If a single L2 can handle parallel execution, then it can exhaust all blobspace and run every use case. More importantly, there are not infinite useful smart contracts; there are only 6 important main smart contracts.In response, Ethereum community member @ryanberckmans commented that there is not only a lack of imagination for future L2s but also a lack of understanding of current L2s. Toly's post implying "only 6 main smart contracts are important" should become one of the proudest, most absurd, and most mundane predictions in cryptocurrency history. This will be proven time and again in the years to come. 1confirmation founder Nick Tomaino retweeted in agreement with this viewpoint.

ChainCatcher news, Solar (the official Chinese community of Solana) has established a monthly contribution fund sponsored by LBank Labs with a monthly prize pool of 1500 USD. This fund rewards the top ten most active members who contribute the most to the Solar community each month, encouraging community members to continuously contribute to the Solana ecosystem and the Chinese-speaking region of Solana. Currently, the Solar community has over 80 active members, covering various fields such as developers, project teams, KOLs, analysts, developer communities/NFT communities/blockchain association initiators, exchanges, and VCs.In addition to the 1500 USD monthly contribution fund rewarding top contributors, Solar community members can exchange 50 XP for a basic reward of 100 USD. Members can accumulate XP through various means, including participating in Solar community online/offline events, displaying the Solar community member badge on their personal X profile, publishing research tweets on Solana ecosystem projects, participating in hackathons, recommending projects for hackathons, and translating Solana technical tutorials.Moreover, Solar periodically initiates various projects such as X writing bounty tasks, meme creation tasks, etc., connecting talents and project teams in the Chinese-speaking Solana region, discovering and rewarding talents in development, content, and design, while also helping project teams gain more exposure and growth in the Chinese-speaking region.

ChainCatcher news, according to Decrypt, in November 2024, a U.S. court ruled that 21-year-old Berman Jerry Nowlin helped orchestrate a $400,000 NFT "Rug Pull" incident, with charges including telecommunications fraud and money laundering. According to Nowlin's family, Nowlin has since committed suicide.Berman Jerry Nowlin, along with 25-year-old Devin Alan Rhoden, sold two collections of Solana NFTs in 2022, the first series being "Undead Apes," the second series being "Undead Lady Apes," and the sale of the third series "Undead Tombstone" was halted. The two earned nearly $400,000 in total from these sales before being convicted.A report from the U.S. Department of Justice explains that the success of these projects was due to "completely false statements," including collaborations with "well-known companies" and promises of utility for holders. Additionally, the Department of Justice defined the canceled third series as a "Rug Pull," as the team deleted their Discord and Twitter accounts after collecting payments.

ChainCatcher news, Crypto.com has expanded its product offerings in the U.S., launching stock and exchange-traded fund (ETF) trading on its platform.According to a statement on January 3, the company said its users can now manage stocks and ETFs directly through their app, alongside their cryptocurrency portfolios. The platform offers zero-commission trading, zero-commission stock options, and seamless asset transfers. This feature will initially roll out in Pennsylvania, Ohio, Washington, and Arizona, and will soon be available nationwide.

ChainCatcher news, UXLINK has won the K-Community Best Participation Project of the Year at the 2024 Korea Cryptocurrency Awards, hosted by CoinNess, the largest cryptocurrency media and community platform in Korea.The Korea Cryptocurrency Awards aim to celebrate the most popular cryptocurrencies in the community for 2024 and the most anticipated projects for the new year. The winners are selected based on a comprehensive analysis of 10 metrics derived from surveys of Korean community users and data insights (MAU 700K+), including popularity, engagement, and returns.

ChainCatcher news, according to Cointelegraph, Terraform Labs co-founder Do Kwon has been hit with a new charge: conspiracy to commit money laundering. This new charge was added in the superseding indictment unsealed by the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York on January 2. The indictment states that Do Kwon conspired with others, knowing that transactions exceeding $10,000 involved illegal proceeds, yet still facilitated these financial transactions.Previously, Kwon had been charged with eight felonies for his role in the collapse of the Terra ecosystem in 2022 and was arrested in Montenegro in 2023 for forging travel documents. After a dispute over extradition between the U.S. and South Korea, Kwon was transferred to the U.S. in December 2024. Currently, Kwon pleaded not guilty to all charges during his court appearance on January 2 and agreed to be detained. It remains uncertain whether a plea agreement will be reached or if he will enter a criminal trial.This case bears similarities to that of former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried, who faced additional charges after extradition and was ultimately sentenced to 25 years in prison.

ChainCatcher message, MEME coin KOL Murad posted on the X platform stating that Memecoin is a test. Treating them as jokes or funny images is a failure; recognizing them as an unstoppable tokenized community is seeing the light.

ChainCatcher news, Xterio announced on the X platform that the tokenomics has been released, with a total supply of 1 billion XTER tokens.Among them, 28% is allocated to the community, with 20 million tokens fully unlocked at TGE; 26% is allocated to the ecosystem, with 20 million tokens fully unlocked at TGE; 15% is allocated to investors; 12% is allocated to the team; 9% of the tokens are allocated for marketing, with 15 million tokens fully unlocked at TGE; 4.25% of the tokens are allocated to the treasury, and 5.75% of the tokens are used to provide liquidity and staking during TEG.In summary, the initial circulating supply of XTER is 112.5 million tokens.ChainCatcher previously reported that, according to official news, the game infrastructure and AI game studio Xterio announced that its official token XTER will be issued on January 8, 2025.

ChainCatcher message, according to official news, the decentralized communication infrastructure Sending Network is about to launch the public sale of the first batch of WatchDog Agents. Sending Network is a DePIN project that achieves secure communication through a decentralized node network. This node sale aims to further enhance the security and stability of the network.This public sale will offer 16,000 WatchDog nodes, with an initial price of 500 USDT per node, which will gradually increase. Users can purchase using wETH or USDT on the BNB network. The Sending Network community members and partners will receive reserved whitelist spots, and the remaining limited nodes will be available to the public on a first-come, first-served basis. These nodes are expected to be installed and operational by the second quarter of 2025.As an important driver in the field of decentralized communication, Sending Network aims to ensure optimal performance of the network in terms of decentralization, stability, and communication capabilities by introducing Watchdog nodes.

ChainCatcher news, Quantlytica announced that the AI fund manager "Agent Quant," originally aimed at institutional users, is now officially open to TG community members, launching two fund signals: "Bitcoin Enhancement" and "Volatility Sniper," designed to help users optimize their investment decisions.It is reported that the image of Agent Quant was designed by the community, inspired by the Finnish character Moomin. The launch of this meme-inspired AI Agent signifies that AI asset management solutions for retail investors are about to be realized.At the same time, Quantlytica announced that the new official website has officially launched and plans to release the 2025 roadmap soon, while hinting at the introduction of a new AI Agent to further enhance product functionality and coverage.