ChainCatcher message: According to an announcement from the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) in the UK, between December 30, 2021, and March 12, 2022, London resident Osunkoya operated unregistered cryptocurrency ATMs at 28 different locations through his company GidiPlus Ltd, with a value exceeding £2.5 million. He was ultimately sentenced to 4 years in prison. This ruling marks the first time in the UK that someone has been sentenced for unregistered crypto asset activities.Previously, the FCA collaborated with law enforcement agencies to crack down on illegal crypto ATMs nationwide. In 2023, the FCA visited 38 locations and dismantled 30 machines. The number of crypto ATMs advertised on CoinATMRadar in the UK has decreased from over 80 in 2022 to zero in 2024.

ChainCatcher message, according to Whale Alert monitoring, about 3 hours ago, USDC Treasury minted 100 million USDC on the Ethereum network.

ChainCatcher news, according to Binance founder Changpeng Zhao (CZ) who posted on social platform X, he will personally add hundreds of BNB in liquidity to the weekly winning projects of the "Meme Coin Liquidity Support Program" on BNB Chain.Previously, it was announced that BNB Chain will launch a $4.4 million Meme Coin Liquidity Support Program.

ChainCatcher news, according to Fox Business reporter Eleanor Terrett's post on the X platform, U.S. Senate Banking Committee's Digital Assets Subcommittee Chair Cynthia Lummis revealed that strategic Bitcoin reserves in U.S. states may be launched before the federal strategic Bitcoin reserves. She mentioned that currently "there are not enough candidates in the House and Senate to do (the federal Bitcoin strategic reserve) this."

ChainCatcher news, the yield on the U.S. three-year Treasury bond has fallen below 4% for the first time since October last year.In addition, the yield on the U.S. ten-year Treasury bond has dropped to an 18-day low, recently down 6.5 basis points to 4.222%; the two-year Treasury bond yield has fallen below 4%, reaching its lowest level since October 21 of last year, recently down 8.5 basis points to 3.995%. (Jin Ten)

ChainCatcher news, U.S. Senate Banking Committee on Digital Assets Chair Cynthia Lummis posted on the X platform: I spend dollars and save bitcoin.

ChainCatcher news, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's crypto-friendly commissioner Hester Peirce stated that the SEC is addressing the case against Coinbase with bias. She personally does not support actions against Coinbase and is concerned that using enforcement tools to regulate the crypto industry could become part of a larger strategy for the SEC.Currently, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has engaged with the public by establishing a cryptocurrency working group to create a regulatory framework that serves the American public. This new approach has led to the dismissal of charges against Coinbase, but it does not indicate that the SEC will terminate enforcement when appropriate.

ChainCatcher news, DeFi protocol Elixir released a video, possibly hinting at the upcoming launch of its protocol token.ChainCatcher previously reported that the DeFi protocol Elixir announced the completion of a $8 million Series B funding round, co-led by Mysten Labs and Maelstrom, with participation from Manifold, Arthur Hayes, Amber Group, GSR, Flowdesk, and others.According to Web3 asset data platform RootData, Elixir is a modular liquidity network that allows anyone to provide liquidity directly to the order book, bringing liquidity to long-tail crypto assets. The protocol serves as an important decentralized infrastructure, enabling exchanges and protocols to easily direct their ledger liquidity.

ChainCatcher news, according to Bitcoin Laws, two Bitcoin reserve bills in Arizona, USA, have currently passed the Senate and are submitted to the House for review.It is reported that SB 1025 passed with a vote of "17-11-2".

ChainCatcher news, Fox Business reporter Eleanor Terrett posted on the X platform revealing that two insiders said the U.S. SEC's cryptocurrency working group will hold a series of roundtable meetings with industry participants, themed "Spring Sprint Towards Crypto Clarity."The first session is scheduled for March 21, to be held at the SEC office in Washington, D.C., and the topic of the first meeting may be "Defining the Status of Security."

ChainCatcher news, according to Arkham monitoring, about three hours ago, BlackRock transferred Bitcoin to Coinbase Prime again. Its Bitcoin exchange-traded fund IBIT transferred a total of 2397.232 BTC to the Coinbase Prime Deposit address, approximately 192.8 million USD.

ChainCatcher news, according to PR Newswire, the CME Group announced today that it plans to launch Solana (SOL) futures on March 17, which will be cash-settled and based on the CME CF Solana Dollar Reference Rate, a daily reference rate for the SOL dollar price calculated at 4:00 PM London time. The trading unit for the micro contract is 25 SOL, and for the standard contract, it is 500 SOL.It is reported that the relevant listing is still pending regulatory review.

ChainCatcher news, The ETF Store president Nate Geraci stated on social media that the CME plans to launch SOL futures on March 17, which will be cash-settled, benefiting SOL ETF applications.

ChainCatcher news, Michael Saylor announced on the X platform that the Strategy website has added a tag page to support tracking the performance of STRK.Previously, Strategy's new convertible preferred stock Strike (STRK) was listed on NASDAQ, and the company set new performance targets, including reaching $10 billion in Bitcoin revenue by 2025 and a Bitcoin yield of 15%.

ChainCatcher news, trademark attorney Josh Gerben stated on social media that the Trump Organization has applied for the trademark "TRUMP" to launch a metaverse and NFT trading platform.

ChainCatcher news, Bybit CEO Ben Zhou disclosed on social media that the platform has processed 2,167 reports since its launch.Ben Zhou stated that the Lazarus bounty platform has released a major update for version 1.1. The new version adds a hacker address analysis feature, allowing bounty hunters to view all stolen assets across chains and gain a comprehensive understanding of fund flows.The platform has also added a Discord channel for hunters to submit bounties, equipped with an automatic blacklist address checking system to avoid duplicate submissions.In addition, the update ranks the balances of hacker wallets and displays the names of bounty hunters in verified reports.

ChainCatcher message, Bloomberg's senior ETF analyst Eric Balchunas posted on the X platform revealing that BlackRock has added the Bitcoin ETF IBIT to a smaller model portfolio. This is a small allocation within an alternative category, but it is the first time BlackRock has included a Bitcoin ETF in its investment model, making it very noteworthy, as if they are testing the waters.

ChainCatcher news, according to Jinshi reports, the U.S. January core PCE price index year-on-year recorded 2.6%, hitting a new low since June 2024, in line with expectations.The U.S. January core PCE price index month-on-month recorded 0.3%, in line with expectations, reaching a new high since October 2024.

ChainCatcher news, according to Jin10, the U.S. January core PCE price index month-on-month is 0.3%, expected 0.30%, previous value 0.20%.The U.S. January core PCE price index year-on-year is 2.6%, expected 2.60%, previous value revised from 2.80% to 2.9%.