ChainCatcher news, according to Decrypt, Grayscale has adjusted the proportion of Bitcoin and Ethereum in its cryptocurrency large-cap fund to 90%, with the remainder consisting of XRP, SOL, and ADA. It has also removed AVAX from its digital large-cap fund.

ChainCatcher message, according to Arkham monitoring data, in the past hour, Jump Trading transferred over 20 million dollars in stablecoin transactions to CEX, including USDT and USDC, as follows:Transferred 2.107 million USDT to Binance, worth approximately 2.11 million dollars;Transferred a total of 18 million dollars in USDC to Coinbase, including a transfer of 10 million dollars and another transfer of 8.913 million dollars.

ChainCatcher news, according to Cointelegraph, IT engineer James Howells from Newport, Wales, has lost a lawsuit to recover a hard drive containing over $770 million worth of Bitcoin.The hard drive mined Bitcoin worth over $770 million in 2009 but was mistakenly discarded in a landfill, and due to environmental permit reasons, Howells is currently prohibited from entering the landfill.According to the BBC on January 9, Keyser stated that the legal case is "impossible" to win in a full trial.

According to ChainCatcher news, as reported by CoinDesk, concerns about the U.S. Department of Justice potentially liquidating 69,370 Silk Road bitcoins (approximately $6.5 billion) are exaggerated. Analysts point out three key reasons:Although 69,370 bitcoins is a large amount, the government must follow the principle of optimal pricing during liquidation, and it is expected to proceed in an orderly, phased manner. At the same time, the market has long anticipated this possibility, and the related impact has already been partially absorbed.From the perspective of market absorption capacity, since September 2024, the holdings of long-term holders (those holding for more than 155 days) have decreased by over 1 million bitcoins, with current total holdings around 13.1 million. Despite such a large-scale sell-off, the price of bitcoin has risen from $60,000 to over $100,000, indicating strong market demand.The German government completed the sale of approximately 50,000 bitcoins (about $3.5 billion) between June and July 2023, providing an important reference for a liquidation of similar scale. At that time, the market had already bottomed out while the German government still held 25,000 bitcoins, indicating that such a scale of sell-off is not sufficient to dominate market trends.

ChainCatcher news, according to The Block, the FTX estate claims that the announcement of the acquisition of FTX EU by Backpack Exchange was made without its knowledge and states that Backpack did not participate in the process approved by the U.S. bankruptcy court for returning funds to any FTX creditors.Backpack clarified that in February 2024, the FTX group sold its European assets (including FTX EU) to a former insider, a transaction that was approved by the bankruptcy court and completed in May 2024. German court records show that Backpack later purchased these assets from the insider in June 2024. The transfer of FTX EU to Backpack required regulatory approval from the Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission, which was obtained in December 2024.Backpack stated, "After obtaining approval, FTX Asset Management is obligated to transfer shares in accordance with the court-approved sale and purchase agreement. We look forward to the completion of the transfer so that we can begin returning customer funds to former FTX EU customers, just like the FTX bankruptcy asset management company."

ChainCatcher news, according to Bitcoin.com, Emotimi Agama, the Director General of the Nigerian Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), warned that some applicants for virtual asset service provider (VASP) licenses will be rejected for failing to meet regulatory requirements. The SEC issued crypto licenses to Busha Digital and Quidax Technologies for the first time in August 2024 through the Accelerated Regulatory Incubation Program (ARIP).Agama stated that the VASP registration process involves not only onboarding but also monitoring, education, and oversight. The SEC will continue to accept feedback from stakeholders and may amend rules based on reasonable suggestions. Although Nigeria is one of the largest crypto markets globally, the country has yet to establish dedicated cryptocurrency laws and regulations. Following adjustments in the leadership of the SEC and the central bank under the Tinubu government, the SEC has begun to take the lead in crypto regulation.

ChainCatcher message, OKX will launch J (Jambo) spot trading, with the J/USDT spot trading opening time set for January 22, 2025, at 7:00 PM (UTC+8).

ChainCatcher message, according to Onchain Lens monitoring, a newly created wallet withdrew 1.39 million USDT from Binance and purchased 328,608 $JLP tokens at an average price of $4.24.

ChainCatcher message, the proposal submitted by the VitaDAO community to distribute 6.9 million BIO tokens to VITA and VITA IPT holders has been rejected.According to the proposal, the allocation plan was set to distribute 5.52 million BIO to VITA holders and 1.38 million BIO to VITA IPT holders, using multiple snapshots and a tiered mechanism to ensure fairness, with plans to implement it between January and March 2025. However, the proposal failed to gain community support.

ChainCatcher news, L1 public chain Kava announced plans to transform into the first decentralized artificial intelligence (DeAI) blockchain in 2025.Kava will release three important updates in January: the DeAI light paper, the 2025 AI development roadmap, and a product that supports developers in embedding AI features in dApps.

ChainCatcher news, Bitget officially launches BGBTC Season 1. During the event, users participating in the BGBTC subscription can continuously accumulate BGPoints and unlock a series of exclusive benefits, including fee-free subscriptions and redemptions, receiving airdrop rewards from multiple BTCFi projects through BGPoints, and flexible income plans, with the option to settle BGPoints in advance.The main advantage of BGBTC is that users can participate in the DeFi ecosystem while holding BTC, achieving asset appreciation. Bitget collaborates with multiple DeFi projects in the Bitcoin ecosystem to provide users who stake BGBTC with multiple project stacking reward points (BGPoints). The points earned can be converted into token airdrops after the project's TGE (Token Generation Event).

ChainCatcher news, according to Spot On Chain monitoring, just before the news of the U.S. government's approval to sell BTC was announced, a whale with a $234 million portfolio deposited 300 WBTC ($28.5 million) into Binance.This whale has been trading WBTC since March 2023, frequently buying low and selling high. Currently, the whale holds 195 WBTC ($18.4 million) on Aave.

ChainCatcher News: The Japanese cryptocurrency exchange Coincheck announced that it will launch a new service called "Coincheck Staking" for Ethereum (ETH) in January 2025, allowing users to earn staking rewards on their held ETH without any special procedures.