ChainCatcher news, according to CoinDesk, informed sources revealed that the Trump family-backed crypto project World Liberty Financial will purchase tron (TRX). It is currently unclear how much TRX cryptocurrency reserve World Liberty plans to increase.World Liberty raised $90 million through the sale of WLFI. The company previously invested seven figures in AAVE and LINK, which are tokens issued by projects partnered with World Liberty.

ChainCatcher news, the investment division of the blockchain security company CertiK, CertiK Ventures, announced on social media that it has invested in Mantis.This project is the first second-layer scaling solution built on the Solana Virtual Machine (SVM), aimed at enhancing the interoperability and user experience of decentralized finance through AI agents. Currently, Mantis's cross-chain trading feature has been launched, with a trading volume reaching $35 million, and it is undergoing a security audit by OtterSec.

ChainCatcher news, Binance announced that it has reached an agreement with the Uzbekistan National Prospects Project Bureau to provide services in the country. (Jin Shi)

According to ChainCatcher news, the Suqian Court's official WeChat account disclosed a case of online pyramid scheme disguised as an investment in virtual currency financial projects. The criminal suspects created the "ACORNS" online platform, and without any actual business operations, they issued virtual currencies such as "ACO" and promoted these currencies as a means to participate in financial management for high returns. They required members to pay 100 USDT as a threshold to obtain static income. By the time the case was reported, the platform had over three thousand active members and had accumulated nearly 3.16 million USDT in funds.After hearing the case, the Suqian Court sentenced the defendants to prison terms ranging from five years and three months to three years for organizing and leading pyramid scheme activities, and imposed fines ranging from 170,000 to 100,000 yuan.

ChainCatcher news, RootData released the "2024 Web3 Industry Investment Research Report." The report shows that, according to incomplete statistics, the total number of applications on Ethereum exceeds 2,500, still ranking first among public chains. The Ethereum ecosystem completed a total of 282 financing rounds throughout the year, with a total financing amount reaching 1.78 billion USD.The number of projects in the Base and Solana ecosystems grew faster than other public chains, with growth rates of 164.8% and 69.6%, respectively. In addition to performance factors such as speed and low gas fees, the combination of blockchain and AI experiments is an important factor driving the prosperity of public chains, with Virtuals Protocol and Pump.Fun attracting a large influx of hot money.In terms of financing capability, mature Layer 2s (such as Optimism and Arbitrum) show sluggish data, but the growth rate of ecosystem dApps remains around 20%, indicating a trend of breaking free from VC difficulties and becoming self-reliant.

ChainCatcher news, according to CoinDesk, blockchain entrepreneur Michael Lewellen has filed a lawsuit against U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland, seeking a court ruling that his upcoming crypto crowdfunding project Pharos does not violate unlicensed money transmission laws. Lewellen accuses the Department of Justice of prosecuting crypto software developers (such as Tornado Cash developer Roman Storm and Samourai Wallet co-founder Keonne Rodriguez) in violation of the First and Fifth Amendments of the U.S. Constitution, and contradicting the Department of Justice's previous public statements that developers are not considered money transmitters.Lewellen's project Pharos is an Ethereum-based crypto crowdfunding platform that uses smart contracts to ensure that projects that fail to secure funding automatically return funds and protect donor privacy.

ChainCatcher news, BNB Chain today announced the launch of the AI Agent competition, aimed at encouraging innovation and discovering promising AI decentralized applications. This competition is designed to foster innovation and development in the AI field, aligning with the development direction of BNB Chain AI First.The competition consists of 8 rounds, in each round, the best-performing AI agents will be selected based on specific criteria, including market capitalization ranking, market cap growth, community member influence, and community engagement. The BNB Chain Foundation will use BNB to purchase $10,000 worth of the winning AI project tokens in each round and distribute them through airdrops to 1,000 users holding these tokens.Competition DetailsCompetition Period: February 11, 2025, to April 7, 2025, with multiple rounds of competition.Eligibility: All AI agents deployed on BNB Chain; the leaderboard will be updated daily to track progress.Winner Benefits: Eligibility for the upcoming AI Fast Track program, market exposure opportunities, and marketing support.Real-time Leaderboard: The leaderboard will go live on February 6, 2025, providing key performance data for all participants.

ChainCatcher news, the Web3 asset data platform RootData released the "Solv protocol project market capitalization comparison forecast" chart. According to the chart, as of January 16 at 2 PM, among the listed projects, the token price ranges from $0.06 to $1.6.It is reported that previously, Binance launched the third phase of the Megadrop project, the Bitcoin staking protocol Solv Protocol (SOLV). Binance will list Solv Protocol (SOLV) at 18:00 Beijing time on January 17, and open trading pairs SOLV/USDT, SOLV/BNB, SOLV/FDUSD, and SOLV/TRY. Seed tags will be applied to SOLV.

ChainCatcher news, 1confirmation founder Nick Tomaino expressed the view that the focus of the crypto industry will eventually shift from chasing weekly short-term narratives to providing on-chain financing for high-risk projects that aim to change the world. These projects include Network States, public goods DAOs (such as military, police, fire services), space exploration, lucid dreaming technology, and other high-risk initiatives.Tomaino emphasized that these projects struggle to secure funding through traditional financing channels, while the innovative financing mechanisms of the crypto ecosystem will offer new possibilities for them.

ChainCatcher news, the Mantle APAC Hackathon co-hosted by Mantle, OpenBuild, and HackQuest has successfully concluded, and the winning projects in each track have been officially announced.This hackathon attracted over 360 developers, who submitted more than 170 innovative projects. In the end, 9 projects stood out, winning substantial prizes and resource support. High-quality projects that did not win will also receive ongoing attention and support from Mantle. All participants received recognition and guidance from a top-tier jury including Mantle DevRel, Gumi Cryptos, Hemera, NovaSeed & Novabits, Hashkey Capital, GMA, Fenbushi Capital, YGG, OKX Ventures, CoinSpire, SNZ Capital, and others.The final evaluation results of this hackathon are as follows:DeFi Track:1st Place: ellipse2nd Place: FLIP NFT3rd Place: Payroll ProtocolInfra & AI Track:1st Place: Mantle Contract Builder2nd Place: Web3Insights3rd Place: StealthPassGaming Track:1st Place: Vortis2nd Place: Truman AI Live3rd Place: Dunk VerseThe above winning projects will not only receive a total prize pool of $30,000 but will also be eligible for project funding of up to 20,000 MNT. Additionally, they will have the opportunity to receive support from the $200 million ecosystem fund from the Mantle Eco Fund, as well as AWS Activate Credits, and will directly enter the interview phase of the HackQuest X Mantle global accelerator.

ChainCatcher news, SendAI announces the results of the Solana AI Hackathon:First Place: The Hive (@askthehive_ai): Simplifying decentralized financial tools through composable on-chain AI agents.Second Place: FXN (@joinFXN): A connector for the autonomous agent economy, creating a framework-agnostic way for agents to share resources and profit from them.Third Place: JailbreakMe (@jailbreakme_xyz): The first fairly launched AI security platform, where users can earn bounties by testing AI agents.In 15 days, over 400 projects competed for more than $275,000 in prizes, with 21 projects selected.

ChainCatcher news, according to Onchain Lens monitoring, an hour ago, a whale invested 2 million USDC to buy 133,333,333 WLFI tokens from the Trump family's crypto project WLFI.

ChainCatcher news, according to official sources, the Meme project Neiro on the Ethereum mainnet stated: "Our Neiro multi-signature wallet has increased its holdings by 28.6 million DOG tokens. The total holdings account for 0.98% of the DOG supply."

ChainCatcher news, according to DL News, 10 months ago, a team led by Zion Thomas raised $650,000 with plans to project the Solana meme coin Dogwifhat onto the Las Vegas Sphere. Despite reaching the fundraising goal, the plan has yet to be realized.As the price of Dogwifhat has fallen to a several-month low, there are questions about whether the event organizers will still proceed as originally planned. Fund manager Mihir stated that the team still intends to realize the project and emphasized that "timing is crucial," expecting to make an announcement soon.

ChainCatcher news, according to Scam Sniffer, the official Twitter account of the decentralized autonomous wireless network project DAWN @dawninternet has been hacked and used to post phishing tweets. Please pay attention to fund safety.