ChainCatcher news, according to Fox reporter Eleanor Terrett, Senator Cynthia Lummis has officially become the chair of the Senate Banking Committee's Digital Assets Subcommittee. Other members of the subcommittee include Thom Tillis, Bill Hagerty, Bernie Moreno, Dave McCormick, Ruben Gallego (senior member), Mark Warner, Chris Van Hollen, and Tina Smith.

ChainCatcher news, Satoshi Action Fund (SAF) co-founder and CEO Dennis Porter posted on social media, stating that he met with U.S. lawmakers to discuss a proposal to establish a "strategic Bitcoin reserve," and mentioned that "now is the time."

ChainCatcher news, Ethereum founder Vitalik Buterin stated that no one is left behind. Following the release of Silk Road founder Ross Ulbricht, Tornado Cash has also won an important case today. Tornado Cash team members Alexey Pertsev and Roman Storm are next.

ChainCatcher news, according to Forbes reporter Eleanor Terrett, the U.S. Senate Banking Committee will vote to approve the chairs and members of its various subcommittees (including the Digital Assets Subcommittee) on Thursday at 10 AM Eastern Time (January 23 at 11:00 PM Beijing Time).

ChainCatcher message, Ethereum community member fishbiscuit (@not_qz) tweeted in response to multiple questions from the community regarding the foundation, clarifying the following facts:Social media activity: Similar to the Solana Foundation, the Ethereum Foundation primarily retweeted content in the past, but has recently begun to publish updates more actively.On-chain usage: The foundation has staked 42,000 ETH to support client development, while also funding on-chain projects such as EIP-1559 NFT and Beacon Book, and providing grants through the mainnet and L2. Events like Devcon also support crypto payments.ETH sell-off: In response to accusations of the foundation selling ETH, fishbiscuit pointed out that the foundation employs various strategies to balance market pressure and urged the community to avoid double standards, while emphasizing the regulatory challenges faced by the foundation.

ChainCatcher news, according to a report by Jinshi, multiple sources indicate that most members of the Bank of Japan's policy committee may be inclined to raise interest rates again at the monetary policy meeting held next Thursday and Friday, which would raise the Bank of Japan's policy rate to 0.5%, a new high in 17 years.Sources say that some of the 9 committee members are cautious, and the final decision will need to be made after U.S. President-elect Trump is inaugurated and makes a statement on Monday, which could impact the market. However, sources estimate that a majority of committee members will support further tightening of monetary policy by the central bank.

ChainCatcher news, according to Cryptoslate, members of teams from Coinbase, Google, ai16z, and other major players have joined forces to launch Aiccelerate, a new decentralized autonomous organization (DAO) aimed at accelerating the integration of cryptocurrency and artificial intelligence (AI).The announcement on January 9 revealed that the DAO will focus on promoting decentralized, open-source AI development and supporting high-potential projects across different ecosystems. Additionally, Aiccelerate positions itself as a DAO that balances investment and development. Its primary mission is to drive innovation in what it calls the "agent AI" space. The DAO aims to establish a collaborative community composed of top developers from various frameworks. These experts will contribute to a range of agents and tools designed to advance the organization's goals.Furthermore, Aiccelerate will unify its initiatives through a token called AICC. The DAO will use a portion of its profits to buy back its native tokens. The list of development advisors includes ai16z founder Shaw, core contributor of Virtuals Protocol EtherMage, developer relations lead at EigenLayer Nader Dabit, and co-founder of Story Protocol Jason Zhao. In terms of investments, Aiccelerate's advisors include Andrew Kang and Marc Weinstein from Mechanism Capital, Justin Lee from Coinbase Ventures, and Anil Lulla from Delphi Digital.

ChainCatcher news, the South Korean court has made a ruling against a gang involved in illegal foreign exchange transfers. Four members of the gang were sentenced for illegally transferring approximately 400 billion won in foreign exchange by exploiting price differences in virtual currencies. The main culprit A (43 years old) was sentenced to 3 years and 6 months in prison, while the other two defendants received sentences of 2 years and 2 months and 2 years, respectively. One defendant was sentenced to 1 year and 6 months, with a 2-year probation and 160 hours of community service.The court stated that the gang profited by having Japanese investors commission the purchase of virtual currencies in Japan and reselling them in South Korea, taking advantage of the relatively lower prices of virtual currencies in Korea. The total amount of foreign exchange they illegally transferred was approximately 400 billion won, with illegal gains of about 27 billion won.The court found that the defendants obstructed bank remittance operations through means such as forging invoices and contracts, indicating a strong organizational nature and severe nature of the criminal behavior.

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, 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.

ChainCatcher news, according to Cointelegraph, Robinhood is giving away $2.5 million worth of Bitcoin to gold members participating in the New Year countdown.

ChainCatcher news, BIO Protocol announces that former MakerDAO founding team member seanwbren.eth has joined to lead the AI agent sector of BioDAO.BIO Protocol states that BIO integrates various AI technologies, including maximizing integration using the ElizaOS framework, closely monitoring Prime Intellect to utilize its models when available, and building a decentralized knowledge graph in the SciGraph of ID Theory.

ChainCatcher news, Ethereum Foundation member Devansh Mehta announced that the AI-based project donation amount prediction competition has officially started. Participants are required to predict the relative funding ratios among 1023 groups of projects based on the provided 2387 training comparison data. This competition serves as a warm-up for the official contest at the end of January, which will involve 4303 Ethereum repositories and their dependent projects.Devansh Mehta stated that Vitalik will fund this event with $20,000, and the contributions of participants may influence the funding methods for future open-source projects, gaining recognition from the community and Ethereum developers.

ChainCatcher news, the composition of the Federal Reserve's rate-setting committee is about to change, while renewed inflation concerns are making central bank decisions more complex. Earlier this month, the Federal Reserve lowered the benchmark policy rate by 25 basis points and hinted that there would only be two rate cuts in 2025.Chairman Powell clearly stated that the central bank is entering a new phase, and future rate cuts may be more gradual, depending on whether inflation decreases. In addition to the seven members of the Federal Reserve Board and the President of the New York Fed, the presidents of 11 regional Federal Reserve Banks will also take turns voting on interest rate decisions in the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC). Institutions expect more divergence in the FOMC in 2025. An assessment of the committee's voting members along the hawkish-dovish spectrum reveals that the opinions of next year's FOMC voting members will become more polarized, with views scattered at both ends of the spectrum and less concentrated in the middle.

ChainCatcher news, according to The Block, the latest documents show that shortly before being included in the Nasdaq 100 stock index, Microstrategy's board increased its members by 3, bringing the total number of board members to 9.The documents indicate that the new board members include Brian Brooks, Jane Dietze, and Gregg Winiarski, all of whom have experience working with large companies dealing with digital assets. Each board member will receive equity worth $2 million, half in options and half in RSUs, which will vest over four years.Brian Brooks served as the CEO of Binance.US, the U.S. branch of the global Binance exchange, from May 2021 to August 2021, and was also the Chief Legal Officer of Coinbase from September 2018 to March 2020.Jane Dietze has been the Chief Investment Officer at Brown University since July 2018, responsible for managing the Ivy League school's $7.2 billion endowment fund. Since February 2022, Dietze has also been a board member of Galaxy Digital, a digital asset company founded by Mike Novogratz.Gregg Winiarski has been the Chief Legal Officer of the sports apparel and collectibles company Fanatics since February 2023. Winiarski served as a senior advisor to Fanatics from August 2021 until he took on the top legal position in February 2023.

ChainCatcher news, according to Jinshi reports, a video on social platform X shows U.S. House Democratic member DeLauro reprimanding Musk in Congress for "interfering" in congressional affairs, questioning who is really in charge? The U.S. Congress is in chaos.