ChainCatcher message, Base protocol head Jesse Pollak posted on platform X stating: "The open-source generative AI platform Venice will become one of the most important AI tools in the world, supporting rapid model addition, comprehensive privacy protection, and on-chain construction."

ChainCatcher news, Clanker co-founder proxystudio.eth tweeted on Base's meme coin launch platform, "I believe more than ever that our core value proposition will come from iterating around creating simple, open markets. Creating tokens around them and linking tokens to reward mechanisms that do not require increasing supply or diluting holders. We will work towards this direction in the upcoming experiments, focusing on content and networks. We must provide creators with better tools and more attention."

ChainCatcher news, according to The Block, Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin stated on social media Thursday that political tokens could lead to "unlimited" bribery. Vitalik's comments are part of a broader discussion about trends in the cryptocurrency industry, especially in the context of political leaders like U.S. President Trump embracing cryptocurrencies. Vitalik pointed out that certain parts of the industry conflict with each other due to their short-term and long-term values, comparing them to "highly addictive mobile games" and chess.Vitalik wrote on X: "Over the past year, we are entering a new order, and now the most powerful people in the world are cheering for the idea of creating tokens for anything, on any scale, for anyone. Therefore, it is time to discuss the difference between the short-term 'sugar high' fun that is not recommended for newcomers and the long-term sense of achievement and wealth accumulation. This is not to say that 'fun is bad,' but rather the distinction between modern highly addictive mobile games and chess or World of Warcraft. It is time to discuss the fact that large-scale political tokens cross another line: they are not just a source of fun, whose harms are limited to the mistakes made by voluntary participants; they are tools for unlimited political bribery, including bribery from foreign governments."The two recently launched large-scale political tokens are TRUMP and MELANIA, both related to President Trump and First Lady Melania Trump. These two tokens were launched before Trump took office as the 47th President of the United States on January 20 and soon experienced significant price drops.

ChainCatcher news, Du Jun, the Executive Director and CEO of New Fire and founder of ABCDE, stated that in 2025, he plans to donate $1 million to 10-20 tool projects in the crypto field and recruit an assistant in Base Singapore to assist in this effort.The assistant will be responsible for developing the donation plan, screening projects, and maintaining communication relationships. Fluency in English is required, along with a helpful attitude and the ability to empathize with entrepreneurs. A background in technology or mathematics is preferred.

ChainCatcher news, according to Beijing Business Daily, on January 10, the Ministry of Public Security held a press conference where spokesperson Zhang Ming introduced the telecom network fraud issues related to Myanmar that have garnered attention from various sectors. Since the deployment of a special operation to combat telecom network fraud crimes related to Myanmar in July 2023, the Ministry of Public Security has relied on the China-Myanmar law enforcement security cooperation mechanism, directing police forces in Yunnan, Zhejiang, and other regions to conduct joint operations, fully engaging in case investigations. By the end of 2024, over 53,000 Chinese nationals involved in fraud have been arrested, completely dismantling the notorious "Four Families" criminal group in Kokang, Myanmar. The large-scale telecom fraud parks near our border in northern Myanmar have been eradicated, and the special operation has achieved significant interim results, leading to a substantial decrease in the number of telecom network fraud cases and losses nationwide. Currently, cases involving the "Four Families" criminal group have begun to enter the litigation phase.Despite the significant achievements in combating and managing these issues, the current crime situation remains severe and complex. This includes: an escalating offensive and defensive confrontation, with fraud groups continuously updating and upgrading their criminal tools using new technologies such as blockchain, virtual currency, and AI intelligence.

ChainCatcher news, OKLink has officially released the 2024 Security Annual Report, which states that the cumulative losses from on-chain security incidents across the network amount to approximately $1.945 billion. The losses due to private key leaks have decreased by 65.45% compared to 2023, totaling about $305 million, which accounts for 16% of the total losses. Among these, phishing scams caused losses of $705 million, accounting for 36% of the total losses. REKT incidents and RugPull incidents caused losses of $383 million and $141 million, respectively.Mainstream public chains remain the primary targets for hacker attacks, with losses for major public chains such as BTC, ETH, and ARB reaching $744 million, $902 million, and $228 million, respectively. In 2024, OKLink continues to make efforts, providing core technical support to over 120 municipal-level units and successfully assisting in handling more than 300 cases, with a total amount involved of approximately $685 million.At the same time, OKLink also offers a variety of on-chain security tools and features, such as address monitoring and token authorization queries, helping users quickly check and manage the assets authorized to smart contracts by addresses, identify suspicious transactions and addresses, thereby preventing fraudulent transactions.

ChainCatcher news, Optimism stated on social media that since the launch of Retro Funding, it has rewarded over 15 million OP tokens to Ethereum core developers, development tools, and educators.

ChainCatcher news, regarding recent AGI-related product developments in the field of OpenAI and AI, Ethereum founder Vitalik Buterin posted on the X platform, "My definition of AGI (Artificial General Intelligence) is: AGI is a sufficiently powerful artificial intelligence that, if one day all humans suddenly disappear and this AI is uploaded into a robotic body, it will be able to independently continue civilization.Clearly, this is a very difficult definition to measure, but I think it captures the core of the intuitive distinction between 'the AI we are used to' and 'AGI' in many people's minds. It marks a shift from a tool that constantly relies on human input to a self-sufficient form of life. ASI (Artificial Superintelligence) is a completely different matter—my definition is when humans no longer add value to productivity in the loop (like in board games, we actually only reached this point in the past decade).Yes, ASI scares me—even the AGI I defined scares me because it brings obvious risks of losing control. I advocate focusing our work on building intelligence-enhancing tools for humans, rather than creating superintelligent life forms."

ChainCatcher news, according to The Crypto Basic, the developer of the innovative enterprise platform Atua AI, KaJ Labs, announced an investment of $100 million specifically to create advanced AI tools for the Ripple (XRP) ecosystem. The plan aims to leverage Ripple's efficient and scalable infrastructure to enhance AI-driven solutions in DeFi and enterprise operations.The funds will be used to support research, AI model training, and the deployment of AI solutions based on XRP, with a focus on real-time analytics and automated workflows.

ChainCatcher News, the well-known American financial services company Cantor Fitzgerald pointed out in its latest biweekly macro report that although the Federal Reserve plans to start a rate-cutting cycle in September, the core inflation rate has remained above 2% for four consecutive years, and there are still significant upward risks to inflation pressures.The agency advises investors to pay attention to Bitcoin and gold as hedging tools. Cantor Fitzgerald explicitly stated, "Our view is to buy Bitcoin and gold to address the inflation theme."Although the agency expects the stock market to rise by the end of the year, it believes the mid-term outlook is not optimistic and may be a poor investment choice.

ChainCatcher News: The U.S. Department of Justice has announced the seizure of the cybercrime platform Popeyetools and the indictment of its administrators Abdul Ghaffar, Abdul Sami, and Javed Mirza, accusing them of selling stolen financial data and assisting in ransomware and fraud crimes. Since 2016, the platform has profited $1.7 million through methods such as cryptocurrency payments, involving the sale of stolen credit card data and personal identification information. Law enforcement also seized $283,000 worth of cryptocurrency from a wallet controlled by Sami.U.S. prosecutors stated that this operation was made possible through international law enforcement cooperation, successfully dismantling a platform that provided services such as "Live Fullz" and financial data verification tools. If convicted, the defendants face up to 10 years in prison for each charge.

ChainCatcher news, according to The Block, the crypto wallet Phantom has reached a historic high in the iOS free app rankings, ranking ninth, surpassing WhatsApp and Instagram (ranked thirteenth and fourteenth, respectively). The Block data shows that Phantom's ranking has rapidly risen this month, climbing from 377th on November 12 to its current position.According to appfigures data, the crypto wallet Phantom has surpassed Google to top the U.S. App Store utility app rankings.

ChainCatcher news, according to Bloomberg, U.S. federal prosecutors stated that FTX co-founder Gary Wang provided "outstanding" assistance to federal prosecutors in the SBF case, having created "tools" to help the U.S. government uncover other fraudulent activities and advocating for leniency for Wang.In a sentencing report submitted on Wednesday, federal prosecutors wrote: "Wang also provided substantial assistance and took steps to correct past mistakes in the process, utilizing his extraordinary computer programming skills to detect potential fraud in the stock and cryptocurrency markets." Details of Wang's code were heavily redacted in government documents.The U.S. government stated that, unlike his co-conspirators, Wang did not deceive customers, lenders, or investors, nor did he misappropriate customer funds. While prosecutors did not recommend a specific sentence, the submitted memorandum requested the court to consider Wang's outstanding cooperation.

ChainCatcher reported live that at the "DeInsight 2024" annual summit held during Devcon in Bangkok, SOEX co-founder Rizz J shared a keynote speech on "Web3's AI-in-One Social Trading Terminal."Rizz J stated that SOEX is a social trading platform that connects traders to maximize user profits. SOEX provides users with a seamless trading experience through Nostr+, TradeDivi, and Sketch protocols.Rizz J pointed out that users can accumulate SOX through trading, recommending trades, and various other activities, which can then be exchanged for SOEX tokens. Currently, SOEX has over 100,000 user addresses, with a trading volume exceeding $120 million and more than 3,000 active traders daily.In addition, SOEX plans to launch SOEX tokens through CVT minting and fair issuance in Q4 2024, develop TradeDivi DEX aggregation, and gradually integrate with mainstream DEXs like Uniswap, with AI trading tool development and open collaboration for ecosystem growth planned for 2025.

ChainCatcher news, Scroll announces the launch of Scroll SDK and tools. The Scroll SDK is a production-ready infrastructure for deploying sovereign blockchain networks, while the tools are optional modules for customizing and enhancing the Scroll SDK chain.At the same time, the project also released its development roadmap, with enhanced features to be launched in the first quarter of 2025 and further tool integration in the second quarter.