ChainCatcher news, Franklin Templeton predicts in a new report that AI agents will fundamentally change the way content is generated on social media and play an indispensable role across various industries and platforms.It added, "Just like today's human influencers, these agents can launch their own brands, products, music, movies, etc., bringing significant economic value to their ecosystems."However, the report believes that AI agents are still in the early stages of development: "Although these agents are not yet fully autonomous and are almost useless in their current state, this emerging field may have tremendous potential and is worth closely monitoring for its development and maturation."

ChainCatcher news, according to Bloomberg, the Bitcoin and broader cryptocurrency market has had an unstable start this year, influenced by speculation that the Federal Reserve's further rate cut window is about to close. Charlie Morris, Chief Investment Officer of ByteTree Asset Management, stated that it is pointless to try to predict a market turnaround before the market understands the true implications of the Trump administration. While it is expected that the Trump administration will support cryptocurrencies, it cannot escape the fact that major financial markets are expensive and the tech industry remains vulnerable to corrections.Fairlead Strategies LLC technical analyst Katie Stockton pointed out that Bitcoin is still in an "adjustment phase" at this stage, and market trends indicate that Bitcoin may test the "downward" support level of $87,500.

ChainCatcher message, the BNB Chain AI Agent platform BIG PUMP has officially established a community foundation. The major holders of PUMP tokens have unanimously agreed to transfer 60% of the PUMP tokens into the multi-signature wallet of the community foundation, ensuring the safety and transparency of the funds.The managers of the multi-signature wallet will be elected by community members, and PUMP officially enters the CTO phase of community-led operations. The foundation's funds will be specifically used to incentivize users of the BIG PUMP platform, the AI Agent development community, and the construction and development of the related ecosystem.

ChainCatcher news, according to monitoring by The Data Nerd, a certain Smart Money spent 23.76 SOL early on to buy 23.76 million LLM, and the value of this position has now risen to 1.36 million USD, with a return rate of 289 times. The address transferred 15 million tokens to another address but did not sell.

ChainCatcher news, NBA retired star Scottie Pippen posted on the X platform saying: "You might think you are late to invest in Bitcoin because the price of Bitcoin has reached $100,000, but I believe that investing in Bitcoin is still in a relatively early stage, as the market cap of Bitcoin is only about $1.7 trillion out of a global asset scale of $9 trillion. The next stop for BTC will be $1 million."

ChainCatcher message, Su Zhu posted on platform X stating: "Unless a black swan event occurs, I believe we are in the early stages of a super liquidity story, and the team has done an excellent job in designing a community around profitable products. There have been other successful perp trading platforms in the past, but these platforms often provide relatively little value accumulation for token holders. In some cases, tokens are directly used as emissions to generate dollar fees, which are pocketed by shareholders. This amounts to invisible dumping. In other cases, even if the token successfully generates a community, the usage of the underlying product itself is minimal. This defines most of the DeFi summer situation. Cases that have both are extremely rare.While centralized exchanges (CEX) have traditionally been extractive and opaque, often operated by founders from mainland China, high liquidity spot listings are simple auctions where value accumulation directly belongs to the tokens themselves. I think it is meaningless to discuss its idea as L1 before Hyperliquid truly launches, but I believe if the team continues to execute, it will pose the first significant challenge to recent memory's tier 1 CEXs. Overall, I think services and workflows will be simplified and purified, which will greatly benefit newcomers without legacy structures.I believe solana/pump.fun has a significant moat because all new attention is first attracted here. Competing with this will be extremely difficult, as what you need are thousands of permissionless launches every day, along with shared knowledge and beliefs, some of which will even reach billions of dollars. You cannot replicate this through a few pumps here or there or even community wealth effects—you need a culture and toolkit that has been gradually built around it. pump.fun is the worst in terms of crypto nativeness throughout the cycle (no points, no tokens) and the most profitable product, which is no coincidence, as it summons the energy of the external world into cryptocurrency."

ChainCatcher message, the Movement Foundation posted on the X platform reminding that at this stage, tokens need to be claimed on Ethereum, and there will be another option later, MoveDrop participants can wait and claim on the Movement Network public mainnet.In addition, MOVE will be listed on centralized and decentralized exchanges.

ChainCatcher news, according to Bloomberg, Bitcoin has retreated after reaching an all-time high, and some traders are seeking to hedge against deeper pullback risks. The funding rate is a key indicator of leverage in the cryptocurrency market and is currently approaching historical highs.This data indicates that traders are willing to pay a high premium to increase the leverage of their long positions, and perpetual contracts are one of the most commonly used products for investors to double down on the directional movement of Bitcoin prices. As past bull markets have shown, elevated funding rates may foreshadow a pullback.Nathanaël Cohen, co-founder of the digital asset hedge fund INDIGO Fund, stated that the funding rate is a good way to gauge how overheated the market is, but it can also be very dangerous, as it may remain elevated for longer than expected.

ChainCatcher news, according to The Block, at the Emergence conference in Prague, several cryptocurrency investors believe that the current bull market cycle is still in its early stages. Against the backdrop of Bitcoin breaking the historical high of $100,000, Rockaway X managing partner Viktor Fischer stated that although Twitter sentiment is bullish, U.S. politicians are beginning to support cryptocurrencies, and Federal Reserve Chairman Powell has referred to Bitcoin as digital gold, retail participation is far from the levels seen in 2021.Matthew Graham, founder of Ryze Labs, used a baseball metaphor to express that the current market is only in the fifth or sixth inning, and warned that "the best time to sell is when people start partying, dating supermodels, and buying yachts." Fischer recalled that in November 2021, when Solana reached $250, people were wearing LV and Off-White, which was the real time to sell.On the regulatory front, CMT Digital investment partner Charlie Sandor stated that the new Trump administration may be more friendly towards cryptocurrencies, which will drive innovation and adoption. In terms of investment trends, several VCs unanimously favor AI agents, believing this is the most important trend following DeFi. Ryze Labs has partnered with ai16z to launch a $5 million AICombinator program to support the development of the AI ecosystem.

ChainCatcher news, Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong stated on social media, "If you had bought $100 worth of Bitcoin when Coinbase was founded (June 2012), it would be worth about $1.5 million now. If you had held onto that $100, you could only buy about $73 worth of goods today. Bitcoin has been the best-performing asset over the past 12 years and is still in its early stages. Every government, especially those looking to combat inflation, should establish a Bitcoin strategic reserve. Happy 100k day to Bitcoin."

ChainCatcher news, the venture capital firm Cadenza, focused on blockchain and artificial intelligence, announced the completion of a $50 million fundraising for its early-stage AI venture fund. The new fund will focus on pre-seed and seed stage investments, with an emphasis on infrastructure and enterprise applications.Cadenza's current portfolio in the Web3 space includes: Web3 infrastructure Validation Cloud, Malaysian digital asset exchange Hata, Web3 API platform Uniblock, L1 blockchain Linera, and cryptocurrency wallet application Zulu, among others.

ChainCatcher news, according to Coindesk, ARK Invest research assistant David Puell stated that the current market environment is in the mid-bull market, and the price of Bitcoin could reach between $104,000 and $124,000 before January 1, 2025. He noted, "It is important to mention that this is not a recommendation, but so far, the price trend has been quite consistent with this prediction." The crypto market still has about 55% to 65% of the journey left before the bull market ends, and in the best-case scenario, Bitcoin's price could reach $1.5 million by 2030.