ChainCatcher news, 1confirmation founder Nick Tomaino posted on the X platform introducing the top ten cryptocurrencies suitable for beginners:BTC: OG, has won the favor of institutions with a simple digital gold narrative;ETH: OG, pioneered all new crypto use cases (DeFi, NFT, stablecoins, etc.);XRP: OG, has good marketing appeal to Wall Street professionals;BNB: OG, has good marketing appeal for speculators;SOL: OG, a VC coin, attracts attention from Silicon Valley tech enthusiasts;DOGE: the original Memecoin;ADA: a Memecoin disguised as a tech platform;TRON: has good marketing in the Asian market;SUI: a VC coin;AVAX: a VC coin.(Note: OG generally refers to veterans in a particular field.)

ChainCatcher news, according to Whale Alert monitoring, around 23:19 Beijing time today, USDC Treasury minted 250 million USDC on the Solana chain.

ChainCatcher news, according to monitoring by @ai_9684xtpa, three addresses (either belonging to the same person or institution) have cumulatively sold 26.52 million SWARMS in the past three days, amounting to approximately 8.08 million USD, suspected to be the main driving force behind the recent decline in coin prices.Address HikmG...S2Yat sold 16.52 million tokens in the past three days (approximately 5.16 million USD), one of its funding source addresses has currently sold 75% of its position and made a profit of 3.73 million USD, with 5 million tokens still in profit of 1.256 million USD, at a cost as low as 0.02291 USD;Address 384zS...g8RUL sold 5 million tokens in the past 11 hours, approximately 1.4 million USD;Address BqbfX...k6pd1 sold 5 million tokens in two days, approximately 1.52 million USD.

ChainCatcher news, according to on-chain data tracking service Whale Alert, at around 5:33 PM Beijing time, 149,999 SOL (27,919,102 USD) was transferred from an unknown wallet to Binance.

ChainCatcher news, according to Blockworks, Toronto-based Cypherpunk Holdings has rebranded to Sol Strategies since September 2024, and the company's stock price has risen over 1700% since its debut.It is reported that the holding company has acquired two independent validator businesses, holding a total of over 142,000 SOL, valued at approximately $27 million at current prices. Previously, the company hired a former senior engineering director from Kraken as its staking lead and applied for a listing on Nasdaq. This week, the company signed a credit agreement with its board chairman to purchase $17.3 million worth of SOL tokens and announced a private placement agreement with ParaFi Capital valued at approximately $19 million.The company's CEO Leah Wald previously stated that the difference between Sol Strategies and MicroStrategy is that it also operates validator businesses and invests in Solana ecosystem projects, making its approach "more dynamic."

ChainCatcher news, according to Lookonchain monitoring, 2 hours ago, a SWARMS whale sold 5 million SWARMS for 7,232 SOL (approximately 1.35 million USD).The whale spent 458,000 USD to acquire 20 million SWARMS 14 days ago and currently holds 15 million SWARMS (approximately 4.02 million USD), with a total profit of 4.9 million USD.

ChainCatcher message, Zhu Su posted on platform X stating that a (suitable) perpetual contract portfolio should have equal weights like these:Bitcoin;USDe;Sui;Sol.

ChainCatcher news, according to on-chain data analyst Yu Jin's monitoring, a certain whale address sold 110 billion PEPE on-chain more than 30 minutes ago, exchanging it for 1.916 million USDC, incurring a loss of 1.31 million dollars on high buying and low selling of PEPE (yield -22%). It is reported that this address spent 4.666 million USDC to purchase 265.8 billion PEPE in December 2024. Then, since this decline, it sold 245.8 billion PEPE, exchanging it for 4.314 million USDC. Now it still holds 20 billion PEPE (approximately 350,000 dollars).

ChainCatcher news, aimed at accelerating the integration of cryptocurrency and artificial intelligence (AI), the new decentralized autonomous organization (DAO) Aiccelerate announced on the X platform that its website is currently inaccessible due to high traffic and is working hard to resolve the issue. Additionally, Aiccelerate stated that with the DAO officially launched, there will be some updates in the next 1-2 weeks, including:Initial investment in the team;Strategy and roadmap of the internal development team (currently building agents and infrastructure);Establishing key partnerships with leaders.

ChainCatcher news, according to The Block, Fidelity Digital Assets stated in its 2025 outlook report that although Solana has performed impressively in the short term, Ethereum has stronger fundamentals and is more suitable for long-term investment.The report also predicts that Bitcoin will maintain its value across various economic environments, stablecoins and DeFi will continue to innovate, and the growth of tokenized assets will persist. Fidelity believes that it is not too late to enter the cryptocurrency market now and expects a new era of digital assets to emerge in the coming years.

ChainCatcher news, the Matrixport weekly report points out that macroeconomic headwinds and changes in global liquidity may lead Bitcoin into a consolidation phase. Although ETF inflows remain stable, the Federal Reserve's hawkish stance may limit further gains.The report suggests that Bitcoin's upward momentum is more influenced by Federal Reserve policies rather than the launch of ETFs. Technical analysis shows that the "shooting star" candlestick pattern indicates that the mid-term upward trend may be nearing its end.In a context of low implied volatility, options are seen as effective risk management tools. Traders can capture upward opportunities through call options or protect profits with put options.

ChainCatcher news, South Korea's acting president Choi Sang-mok stated that he demands the ruling party and the opposition to reach an agreement on the special prosecutor bill to resolve the ongoing conflict triggered by the arrest of South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol. (Jin Ten)

According to ChainCatcher news and the official website, the Shenzhen Development and Reform Commission launched the application scenario innovation project solicitation on January 9. This plan aims to collect application projects of new technologies such as artificial intelligence large models, generative artificial intelligence, and blockchain from government departments, enterprises, and institutions.In the financial sector, the focus is on application scenarios such as big data risk control for small and micro enterprises, intelligent anti-fraud, blockchain cross-border convenient payment, and digital RMB business circles. The project solicitation deadline is January 22, 2025, and selected projects will be included in the opportunity list for application scenarios and receive "online + offline" promotion support.

ChainCatcher news, according to Onchain Lens monitoring, in the past 48 hours, a certain whale wallet sold 4.7 million SPX at an average price of $1.22.

ChainCatcher news, according to Lookonchain monitoring, a certain whale unstaked 245,922 SOL 8 hours ago and deposited it into Binance, worth approximately 45.85 million dollars.

ChainCatcher news, Real Vision CEO Raoul Pal predicts that the crypto market is entering the "Banana Singularity" phase. He divides the current market into three stages: the breakout in November 2024, the current consolidation period, and the upcoming altcoin season.Pal stated that as Bitcoin's dominance (currently at 58%) declines, the market will experience a comprehensive bullish trend, with core winners creating higher peaks. He also noted that the current market trend is similar to the 2016/2017 cycle, and the consolidation period is expected to end soon.

ChainCatcher news, Binance announced a collaboration with the re-staking protocol Renzo (REZ) to launch the fifth phase of the BNSOL Super Stake project. From January 13 to January 31, 2025, BNSOL holders or SOL stakers will receive additional REZ token rewards. The total reward pool is 10,406,000 REZ, with approximately 547,700 distributed daily. Users can manually claim rewards on the SOL Staking page daily at UTC 05:30, and any unclaimed portion will be automatically credited to the spot account on February 1.

ChainCatcher news, Renzo Protocol announces the launch of the bzSOL (re-staked Binance Staked SOL) token. Users can exclusively mint bzSOL within 24 hours starting from January 14 at 8:30 AM Eastern Time, using SOL or BNSOL for minting.bzSOL will initially provide security services for the Jito Tip Router, allowing users to earn additional staking rewards with automatic compounding. bzSOL has liquidity advantages, enabling holders to trade at any time and earn additional yields in DeFi protocols. The project is currently advancing more DeFi ecosystem integrations.

ChainCatcher news, according to coinglass data, the total liquidation amount across the network in the past 24 hours was $373 million, with long liquidations amounting to $264 million and short liquidations amounting to $109 million. Among them, the liquidation amount for BTC was $95.44 million, for ETH was $67.46 million, and for SOL was $22.49 million. A total of 130,332 people were liquidated, with the largest single liquidation occurring on Bitmex - XBTUSD, valued at $5.5 million.

ChainCatcher news, according to Lookonchain monitoring, a certain whale "layercake.sol" is selling 3.63 million WIF through a DCA strategy, worth 5.81 million dollars.The total profit of this whale on $WIF has reached 4.43 million dollars.