ChainCatcher news, according to Crypto Briefing, the New York Stock Exchange Arca has submitted a 19b-4 form to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, planning to convert Grayscale's Dogecoin Trust into a spot exchange-traded fund. This move comes shortly after Grayscale announced the launch of the Dogecoin Trust Fund, which disclosed that Coinbase Custody Trust Company would serve as the custodian for the Grayscale Dogecoin ETF, while BNY Mellon would be responsible for management and transfer agency duties.It is reported that the application states: "Similar to Bitcoin and Litecoin, Dogecoin can be used to pay for goods and services, or can be exchanged for fiat currency, such as the U.S. dollar, with the exchange rate determined by digital asset trading platforms, or determined by individual user-to-user transactions under a barter system. In addition, Dogecoin can also be used to pay miners for transaction fees for validating transactions on the Dogecoin network."

ChainCatcher news, according to on-chain analyst Yu Jin's monitoring, a new BTC address has accumulated 1,052 BTC (approximately 107.85 million USD) through FalconX and Binance in the past day, with an average price of 102,511 USD.

ChainCatcher News: The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has postponed its decision on Grayscale Digital Large Cap Fund's conversion of its BTC, ETH, XRP, SOL, and ADA tokens into an ETF.

ChainCatcher news, according to official sources, ChainGPT announced the launch of a new feature called Launchdrops on ChainGPT Pad, providing a simple, fair, and tiered token distribution.Launchdrops allows projects that do not hold IDOs on ChainGPT Pad to distribute tokens for free. The distribution of these tokens is entirely based on tiers, meaning that the rights obtained by users through staking will directly affect the number of tokens they can receive, without any additional investment.

ChainCatcher news, according to Bitget market data, possibly influenced by the listing news from Upbit, VIRTUAL has risen by 20.01% in 1 hour, currently priced at 2.3846 USD.ChainCatcher previously reported, according to the official announcement, Upbit will list VIRTUAL KRW, BTC, and USDT trading pairs at 8 PM on January 31.

ChainCatcher news, Ethereum developers stated in the 204th Core Developer Execution Layer meeting (ACDE) that due to a new consensus bug in Pectra Devnet 5 affecting the Nethermind client, the developers decided to postpone the determination of the specific upgrade time for the public testnet.The Nethermind team stated that the bug caused by BLS precompile optimization has been fixed and will not affect the launch of Devnet 6. Developers plan to revisit the testnet upgrade timing in next week's ACD meeting. Additionally, the meeting discussed a security vulnerability affecting the Geth client, which could impact Ethereum's peer-to-peer layer and Layer-2 scaling solutions. Nodes running Geth version 1.14 and above need to update to the latest version immediately.The Pectra upgrade schedule is as follows:Week of February 3: Launch Devnet 6;February 6 (Thursday): Next ACD meeting to decide on the upgrade timing for Holesky and Sepolia testnets;February 10-11 (Monday or Tuesday): Official announcement of the testnet upgrade;Around February 19: Holesky testnet upgrade;February 20: Developer meeting to decide on Ethereum mainnet upgrade timing;Around February 26: Sepolia testnet upgrade (planned about a week after Holesky upgrade);February 27-28: Release final version of mainnet upgrade;Mid-March: Ethereum mainnet upgrade.

ChainCatcher news, according to Gate.io market data, possibly influenced by the news that "SBF's parents are reaching out to people in Trump's circle to seek a pardon," FTT surged this morning, reaching 2.4278 USD, and is currently reported at 2.2452 USD, with a 24-hour increase of 9.34%.

ChainCatcher news, according to The Block, an informal on-chain vote initiated by the Ethereum community supports Danny Ryan as the new leader of the foundation. Among 296 wallets holding over 50,000 ETH (worth approximately $160 million), 99% voted in favor of Ryan, but the vote has no formal validity.The poll was conducted at votedannyryan.com, where individuals could participate through a simple approval voting system, casting either a yes or no vote for Ryan using their ETH wallets. The voting process is designed to be gasless, allowing for broader community participation.Fabrice Cheng, who claims to be an "Ethereum OG builder," created the voting website. According to Cheng, he initiated the "votedannyryan" campaign and its associated website to provide a "peaceful and objective way" for the broader Ethereum community—ETH holders, stakers, and DeFi participants—to express their views.

ChainCatcher news, according to Onchain Lens monitoring, a newly created address has withdrawn 439 ETH worth 1.4 million dollars from Binance in the past 6 hours and purchased 173,407 VVV.

ChainCatcher news, Bitcoin Layer2 Stacks founder Muneeb Ali stated on social platform X: Congratulations to Trump and David Sacks on their historic victory, opening a new era for Bitcoin and cryptocurrency in the United States.He also mentioned that Stacks started in New York, being the first project to receive SEC certification, and we have reported for five years like a publicly traded company in the U.S.As a leading Bitcoin L2 network, we are not only excited about the on-chain economy of Bitcoin but also look forward to the possibilities created by American entrepreneurs through Stacks' infrastructure and programmable Bitcoin. America welcomes entrepreneurship once again, and with the support of the new government, the Stacks ecosystem is revitalized.

ChainCatcher news, according to official sources, the TokenPocket wallet has officially launched a new news section, supported by ChainCatcher, integrating the latest and most comprehensive market information, allowing real-time access to the latest blockchain market dynamics.Users can open TokenPocket, go to the "Discover" page and scroll down to enter the "Latest News" section to stay updated on market information.According to the Web3 asset data platform RootData, TokenPocket is a decentralized multi-chain wallet that provides users with mobile wallets, plugin wallets, and hardware wallets, supporting public chains such as Bitcoin, Ethereum, Binance Smart Chain, TRON, Aptos, Polygon, Solana, Polkadot, EOS, and all EVM-compatible chains. TokenPocket serves over 20 million users from more than 200 countries and regions.

ChainCatcher news, according to unfolded data, the number of global crypto mobile wallet users reached a record high of 36 million in the fourth quarter of 2024.

ChainCatcher news, Federal Reserve Chairman Powell stated at a press conference that it is too early to say what President Donald Trump's policies will do, and the Federal Reserve will take time to assess what the new government's policy regime means. Federal Reserve officials are "waiting" to see what policies the new president will enact. He said, "We do not know what will happen with tariffs, immigration, fiscal policy, and regulatory policy. We will closely monitor what is being implemented. The Federal Reserve will not rush to formulate a policy in order to (have time) understand what our policy responses should be." (Jin Ten)

ChainCatcher news, according to market news, Robinhood has begun to launch futures trading including BTC, foreign exchange, and stocks.

ChainCatcher news, according to official information, VitaDAO has initiated a new proposal to airdrop 2 million BIO tokens to VITA and VitaDAO IPT holders, with 50% of the airdrop available immediately and the remaining 50% to be distributed according to a 1-year linear unlocking plan.It is reported that this proposal is an improvement on VDP-161, adding Solana VITA holders as eligible participants, while excluding BIO Protocol Treasury or other bioDAO holders (those holding VITA in bioDAO) from the distribution.

ChainCatcher news, according to FinanceFeeds, the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has required cryptocurrency companies to comply with the EU's new stablecoin regulations by March 31.This regulation is part of the broader Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) framework, which requires companies to limit or delist stablecoins that do not meet the standards.The stablecoin provisions of MiCA will take effect in mid-2024, but ESMA now wants businesses to complete the changes by the end of the first quarter. The regulator stated that before this deadline, companies can keep non-compliant stablecoins for sale, but cannot purchase them. It warned that delays could disrupt the market.

ChainCatcher message, Ark Invest CEO Cathie Wood stated: "In terms of Bitcoin, it is the leader of a new asset class and a global monetary system."

ChainCatcher news, according to Jin Shi reports, "new bond king" Gundlach stated that the Federal Reserve's upcoming interest rate decision is the most predictable "hold steady" in recent years. However, despite the vast majority expecting the Federal Reserve to maintain stable rates at this week's meeting, traders have increased their bullish bets on U.S. Treasuries, hoping that Fed Chairman Powell will signal a possible rate cut at the March meeting.Gundlach stated that Powell's press conference should focus on the dual mandate of price stability and full employment, "the relationship between the two is currently under tension, making it more prominent than ever."