ChainCatcher news, according to Bloomberg, several tech industry executives plan to attend Donald Trump's presidential inauguration this month, indicating that the tech industry is seeking to strengthen its relationship with the new government. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, and Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi have all confirmed their attendance at related events.Coinbase Global Inc. stated that CEO Brian Armstrong has been invited to participate in inauguration-related events, including the presidential dinner. In addition to Altman, OpenAI President Greg Brockman and Chief Product Officer Kevin Weil also plan to attend the inauguration.Furthermore, Meta and Amazon have each donated $1 million to Trump's inauguration fund and are shifting towards more favorable platform rules by adjusting policies such as weakening content moderation. Altman personally donated $1 million to the Trump inauguration fund and stated that collaborating with the new government is crucial during this key period for the development of artificial general intelligence (AGI).

ChainCatcher news, a man impersonating an Uber driver in Scottsdale, Arizona, has been arrested for allegedly stealing a total of $300,000 in cryptocurrency from two passengers.According to the police, the man borrowed the passengers' phones while picking them up and used the phones to transfer funds and operate cold wallets, stealing crypto assets from multiple Coinbase accounts. In the case, the man also threatened one victim, telling them to "calm down, or bad things will happen."

ChainCatcher news, the latest data from Infinite Market Cap shows that as XRP's market capitalization continues to reach new highs, it has surpassed Uber and Siemens, rising 68 places to 114th in the global asset market capitalization ranking.The data shows that the current market capitalization of XRP is approximately $154.22 billion, with a 24-hour increase of 41.77%, while Siemens has a market capitalization of about $153.36 billion and Uber stands at $153.19 billion.

ChainCatcher news, according to Jinshi reports, 8 informed sources revealed that Trump's transition team is considering a former Uber executive and three current or former Republican congressmen (one of whom is now a Fox News host) to lead the U.S. Department of Transportation.Three sources stated that Trump's donor, tech entrepreneur with social ties to Musk, and former Uber executive Emil Michael has emerged as a leading contender.Seven sources mentioned that other candidates include Missouri House Representative and Chair of the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Sam Graves, outgoing Louisiana Republican Congressman Garret Graves, and former Wisconsin Congressman Sean Duffy, who is currently a Fox News host.

ChainCatcher news, OpenAI has hired former Uber executive Scott Schools as its first Chief Compliance Officer to support the startup's efforts to adapt to emerging global regulations surrounding artificial intelligence. Schools' most recent position was Chief Ethics and Compliance Officer at Uber, and he previously served as Deputy Attorney General of the United States. This hiring comes as regulators on both sides of the Atlantic weigh policies regarding OpenAI and other companies' cutting-edge artificial intelligence models.

ChainCatcher news, according to CoinDesk, the decentralized AI infrastructure platform Mira has hired former Uber executive Ninad Naik as Chief Product Officer.The Mira team stated that Ninad will lead product innovation in his new role, helping Mira expand global AI access through decentralized technology. Previously, Ninad was the global head of core market products for food and grocery delivery at Uber, and before joining Uber, he held several general manager and product leadership positions in AI, hardware, and marketplace businesses at Amazon.

ChainCatcher news, according to BITCOINLFG, Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi hopes to accept Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies as payment methods.

ChainCatcher news, the Ton ecosystem Launchpad platform XTON announced the launch of its first AI project Mubert (MBRT).It is reported that Mubert is the first AI-generated audio ecosystem and multi-chain Web3 infrastructure layer, with the mission of enabling the widespread adoption of AI music.

ChainCatcher message, Greeks.Live researcher Adam posted on social media that this week, there are only routine events such as speeches from some FOMC voting members and major central banks in the macroeconomic landscape, while the main crypto-related event is the ETH Denver 2024 main activities, with little driving force from events.Currently, the spot buyers in the mainstream coin market are very strong, and it is worth noting that derivative data has started to become active this week, with market leverage levels gradually increasing. The strong spot bull market has boosted market sentiment, and there is a significant expectation for an upward surge, but the experience of sharp declines in bull markets also needs to be taken into account.BTC is now in a spot bull market, gradually pushing the derivative bull market, with the implied volatility (IV) of major expiration options at its highest level in nearly a year. The current exuberant market sentiment can easily drive up prices, and the IV still has the potential to hit new highs.

ChainCatcher news, ZachXBT tweeted that Youtuber Ben Armstrong (BitBoy Crypto) Twitter account has been hacked, and $700,000 has been stolen. The attack on this Twitter account is consistent with previous hackers. (Source link)

ChainCatcher News, the Web3 payment platform Suberra announced that it will launch a new non-custodial crypto debit card in the second half of this year, with a waitlist now open for registration. This debit card allows users to purchase items using cryptocurrency while also earning up to 1% cash back rewards.ChainCatcher previously reported that the Web3 subscription and payment platform Suberra completed a $2.7 million funding round last October, with participation from Spartan Capital, Delphi Digital, Hashed, Newman Capital, Defiance Capital, Arcane Group, and Tsing Tech Ventures. (Source link)

ChainCatcher message, Optimism will perform some necessary upgrades to the infrastructure of the Kubernetes mainnet on January 27, with expected downtime not exceeding 15 minutes.It is reported that the Optimism team discovered early this morning that an earlier service provider interruption triggered an error in the Optimism node, leading to a decline in the performance of the Goerli testnet. The team has now deployed a fix for the Goerli testnet and is monitoring the results. If users are running an archived Optimism Goerli node, no action is required. If users are running a full node, they need to resynchronize the node from the migrated Bedrock Goerli data directory. (Source link)