ChainCatcher news, according to Messari's latest in-depth report, the energy DePIN project Starpower, supported by Solana Ventures, Alliance DAO, Framework Ventures, and others, has recently made significant progress.The report indicates that the number of devices connected to the Starpower network has surpassed one million. Its co-founder Dr. Jia and the team have had their research paper on nanostructured new energy accepted by the international top journal Nature Nanotechnology in March 2025, marking a substantial advancement in its technology development in the field of decentralized science (DeSci).It is reported that the three-phase "Proof" incentive mechanism proposed by Starpower is the core highlight of its system design. In the first phase, "Connection Proof," users only need to connect their devices to the network and stay online to receive rewards, aiming to rapidly expand the network scale. In the second phase, "Capacity Proof," the system begins to require devices to provide data on energy storage or generation capabilities, forming a real energy contribution curve. Finally, in the "Response Proof" phase, user devices must respond to real-time scheduling signals to earn STAR rewards. This mechanism design, which transitions from shallow participation to deep collaboration, makes Starpower one of the most sustainably incentivized representatives among current Web3 energy projects.

ChainCatcher news, according to CNBC, U.S. public company Janover announced on Monday that it has raised $42 million by issuing convertible notes and warrants to several investors, including Pantera Capital, Kraken, and Arrington Capital. This funding will be used to purchase SOL as a financial reserve.Janover may be the first company in the U.S. to adopt an acquisition strategy targeting Solana. The company plans to rename itself to DeFi Development Corporation and modify its stock ticker. The newly appointed chairman and CEO Joseph Onorati revealed that his team plans to "immediately" start accumulating SOL. Janover also plans to acquire validators (computers that help run the Solana network and validate transactions), which can be used not only to acquire SOL tokens but also to "stake" them, earning rewards by locking SOL tokens on the network.

ChainCatcher message, GameStop announced that it plans to privately issue $1.3 billion of 0.00% convertible senior notes (due 2030) to qualified institutional investors. Depending on market conditions, the company may also grant initial purchasers the option to purchase up to an additional $200 million of notes within 13 days.GameStop stated that the proceeds will be used for general corporate purposes, including the purchase of Bitcoin in accordance with the company's investment policy.

ChainCatcher news, USDC stablecoin issuer Circle plans to bring its recently acquired Hashnote tokenized money market fund under Bermuda's regulatory framework and incorporate it into Circle's existing Digital Asset Business Act (DABA) license.According to data from rwa.xyz, Hashnote has issued one of the largest tokenized money market funds, USYC, managing nearly $1 billion in assets.

ChainCatcher news reports that, according to 4E monitoring, the U.S. stock market ended February poorly due to weak economic data and the impact of Trump's tariffs, with the Nasdaq leading the decline by nearly 4%, marking the worst monthly performance since April last year. The S&P 500 index fell by a cumulative 1.42%, and the Dow Jones by 1.58%. The seven tech giants saw a continuous decline in the first four days of last week, with stock prices plummeting collectively, only rebounding on Friday. For the week, Tesla had the largest drop of 13.27%, followed by Nvidia with a 7.07% decline, resulting in a total market value loss of $2.2 trillion for the seven giants compared to the December peak.The cryptocurrency market experienced significant volatility, plummeting last week due to U.S. tariff policies, weak macro data, the unlocking of SOL institutions, and the largest outflow of spot ETFs for the week. Bitcoin fell to a low of around $78,000, the lowest since November 11 of last year. ETH and SOL crashed, with many altcoins dropping to all-time lows. Amid extreme market panic, Trump personally "called out" on Sunday, advocating for BTC, ETH, XRP, SOL, and ADA to be included in the national cryptocurrency strategic reserves. The market quickly rebounded on the news, with Bitcoin briefly surpassing $95,000. As of the time of writing, Bitcoin rose 8.5% to $92,969, ETH increased 11% to $2,439, SOL surged 20% to $171, ADA skyrocketed 60% to $1.06, and XRP rose 24% to $2.78.In the foreign exchange and commodities sector, the dollar overall trended downward, with a cumulative decline of about 0.8% in February. International oil prices fell after two consecutive months of increase, with a cumulative drop of over 3% in February, marking the largest monthly decline since September last year. Spot gold plummeted over 2.7% this week, but still saw a cumulative increase of over 2.1% in February.Several U.S. economic data points performed poorly, raising investor concerns about the risk of stagflation. Last week, the U.S. January core PCE met expectations, somewhat alleviating inflation worries. This week, key focuses include the U.S. February non-farm payroll report, the Federal Reserve's economic conditions beige book, Powell's speech, and the White House cryptocurrency summit.

ChainCatcher news, Greeks . Live macro researcher Adam posted on the X platform that the most noteworthy event this week is the cryptocurrency summit to be held in the U.S. on March 7, where every move of Trump greatly influences the cryptocurrency market. This week is a macro big week, with impactful news almost every day. This Friday, in addition to the crypto summit, there are two significant data points: the unemployment rate and non-farm payrolls, which are very worth paying attention to. Moreover, the U.S. is about to switch to daylight saving time, making it more convenient to monitor the market. On Tuesday, Trump's tariff policy on the U.S. and Canada takes effect, and there are also important economic events on other days, creating rare trading opportunities driven by events.Cryptocurrency market outlook: The cryptocurrency market rebounded significantly over the weekend, with a single tweet from Trump reversing the prolonged bearish sentiment in the crypto market. Bitcoin has returned to the fluctuation zone of $94,000, and the sudden change in market conditions caught participants off guard, shifting market sentiment from very pessimistic to very optimistic. In terms of options, the volatile market has driven a rebound in implied volatility (IV) across all maturities, with the at-the-money IV for the current month rebounding to 55%, and short-term IV soaring to 70%. The intense market movements and the uncertainty brought by multiple economic events this week will likely keep the IV at a relatively high level, but buying options remains very cost-effective.Regarding the cryptocurrency interest rate market, the Bitfinex interest rate market has been relatively stable recently, and suitable interest rate orders can be actively executed, especially during market movements, which are worth paying special attention to.

ChainCatcher news, Michael Saylor announced on the X platform that the Strategy has completed the issuance of $2 billion in convertible notes, with a coupon rate of 0%, a premium of 35%, and an implied exercise price of approximately $433.43.

ChainCatcher news, according to official news, Strategy (formerly MicroStrategy) announced the pricing of a $2 billion convertible senior notes offering.The initial conversion rate of the notes will be 2.3072 shares of MicroStrategy Class A common stock for each $1,000 principal amount of the notes, equivalent to an initial conversion price of approximately $433.43 per share.

ChainCatcher news, Russian brokerage Finam is about to launch an investment product linked to BlackRock's iShares Bitcoin Trust ETF (IBIT), giving qualified Russian investors their first opportunity to access a spot Bitcoin ETF.Finam will start offering structured notes based on BlackRock's iShares Bitcoin Trust ETF (IBIT) on February 17. The IBIT bonds to be issued by Finam will be denominated in Russian rubles, and the yield will be calculated in US dollar equivalent based on the exchange rate of the Central Bank of Russia.

ChainCatcher news, according to official sources, Huobi HTX Global Advisor and TRON founder Justin Sun will be invited to attend the 2025 Consensus Hong Kong conference and deliver a keynote speech titled "TRON: A Year of Momentum." He will also participate in the panel discussion "TRON and T3 FCU: Global Adoption while Balancing Decentralization, Security, and Scalability."Additionally, it is worth noting that the "2025 HTX DAO Victoria Harbour Night - Confidence Journey Hong Kong Station," hosted by HTX DAO, will be held on February 21. At that time, Huobi HTX spokesperson and HTX DAO ambassador Molly (Huobi HTX Liu Ye) and many other crypto KOLs will attend, and Justin Sun may also make a surprise appearance to unveil the future development plans of HTX DAO, enhancing users' understanding and confidence in it.

According to ChainCatcher news and the official announcement, MicroStrategy will redeem $1.05 billion of its 2027 convertible bonds and settle all conversion requests in stock.It has issued a full redemption notice to the trustee of the outstanding 0.0% convertible senior notes due in 2027. The total principal amount of the redeemed notes is approximately $1.05 billion, equivalent to the total principal amount of the outstanding notes held by investors. The notice requires the redemption of all outstanding notes on February 24, 2025, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal of the notes to be redeemed, plus any accrued and unpaid special interest (if any) up to but excluding the redemption date, unless the bonds are converted prior to that date.

ChainCatcher news, according to streetinsider, the U.S. publicly traded company Semler Scientific announced an increase in the issuance size of its convertible preferred notes to $85 million. The company had previously disclosed plans to issue convertible preferred notes with a total principal amount of $75 million, maturing in 2030, through a private placement to qualified institutional buyers.Semler Scientific intends to use a portion of the net proceeds from the issuance to pay for the costs of the capped call option transactions described below, and the remaining net proceeds will be used for general corporate purposes, including the purchase of Bitcoin.

ChainCatcher news, according to CoinDesk, Circle has acquired the tokenized money market fund USYC issuer Hashnote, with a total market capitalization of USDY reaching 1.3 billion dollars.Circle also announced an agreement with Cumberland, a cryptocurrency trading company and market maker under DRW, to provide liquidity and facilitate settlement for USDC and USYC. This collaboration aims to expand the use of USYC as collateral for exchanges and custody platforms.

ChainCatcher news, according to Jinshi reports, the Tianyancha App shows that Xiaohongshu Technology Co., Ltd. has applied to register multiple "REDnote" trademarks in May 2024, with international classifications involving communication services, education and entertainment, scientific instruments, and more.Recently, the company's application for the communication services and social services category "REDnote" has been successfully registered, while the remaining trademarks have been rejected and are under review.It is worth noting that recently, Xiaohongshu Technology Co., Ltd. has applied to register multiple "REDPlayer" trademarks, with international classifications involving scientific instruments and education and entertainment, and the current trademark status is awaiting substantive examination.

According to ChainCatcher news, data from Google Trends shows that the search interest in "Xiaohongshu" (translated as "little red book" in English) in the United States has significantly increased.With the U.S. crackdown on ByteDance, some TikTok users have started to turn to Xiaohongshu, jokingly calling themselves "TikTok refugees," and even jokingly stating that they are learning Chinese and planning to "move to China." Xiaohongshu users have responded enthusiastically, welcoming American users and even asking them for help with their English homework.Data shows that Xiaohongshu (RedNote) has now risen to the top of the free app download rankings in the Apple App Store in the U.S. region.

ChainCatcher news, according to Jinshi reports, the yield on the U.S. 2-year Treasury bonds has widened its increase, rising by 13 basis points during the day.