ChainCatcher news, according to Cointelegraph, Catizen announced that it has partnered with Google Cloud to jointly develop an AI-driven virtual pet, AI Cat. AI Cat provides users with a smarter and more personalized virtual pet interaction experience by combining Web3 technology and artificial intelligence.Currently, Catizen has completed the construction of its application center advertising system, and its ecological game Cattea has achieved 60 million ad views, having completed all roadmap goals for Q1.

ChainCatcher news, according to Financial界, when U.S. President Trump expressed his views on DeepSeek and whether it poses a national security threat, he stated that this is an evolving technology. If developed correctly, we will benefit from it, as the costs associated with the artificial intelligence involved will be much lower than people initially imagined, which is a good thing. Trump emphasized viewing it as a very positive development rather than a negative one.

ChainCatcher news, according to Bitcoin.com, after spending nine months in a Dutch prison, one of the developers of Tornado Cash, Alexey Pertsev, was temporarily released on Friday, but he still faces a 64-month (5 years and 4 months) sentence. In a recent positive turn of events, the court released Alexey Pertsev and placed him under house arrest and electronic monitoring until his trial date.Pertsev posted on the X platform: "Freedom is priceless, and my house arrest could only be achieved through the efforts of my lawyers, who are paid for by your donations. My struggle is not over, and for the ultimate victory and confidence, I still need everyone's help."Previous news, Tornado Cash developer Alexey Pertsev has been granted conditional release to appeal.

ChainCatcher news, according to Shanghai Securities News, reporters learned at the press conference of the Global Developer Pioneer Conference held in Xuhui, Shanghai on February 7, that for the 2025 Global Developer Pioneer Conference to be held in Xuhui, Shanghai from February 21 to 23, the conference organizing committee has contacted the DeepSeek team, and DeepSeek will actively participate in the entire conference.

ChainCatcher news, according to Wired, the government efficiency department (DOGE) led by Elon Musk is developing a custom generative AI chatbot GSAi for the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA). The project aims to enhance the daily work efficiency of approximately 12,000 GSA employees and utilize the chatbot and other AI tools to analyze vast amounts of contract and procurement data. This move is part of President Trump's "AI First Agenda," aimed at modernizing the federal government through advanced technology.

ChainCatcher news, according to Alexey Pertsev, the Dutch court has approved the suspension of his pre-trial detention, and he will be released on February 7 at 10:00, but will be subject to electronic monitoring.

ChainCatcher news, according to local media Share2Trade, the Director of the Thailand National Economic and Social Development Council (TIDC) Wai Man Raymond Chu announced the appointment of dao5 founder Tekin Salimi and Movement Labs co-founder Rushi Manche as advisors. Both advisors have a background in Polychain Capital and will assist Thailand in developing blockchain infrastructure.Rushi revealed on social media that his work will focus on national stablecoin tokenization and issuance, decentralized AI network training, as well as strategic reserve plans for assets such as Bitcoin, Ethereum, and MOVE. TIDC, as Thailand's first institution focused on the digital ecosystem, aims to promote the country's digital economic transformation.

ChainCatcher news, following the American AI leaders such as OpenAI and Meta allowing their models to be used for military purposes, Google has also "sneakily" joined this camp recently.Local media discovered on Tuesday that Google has removed a commitment from its AI principles that promised to avoid using AI technology for weapons and other potentially harmful applications. Google's Senior Vice President James Manyika and DeepMind head Demis Hassabis subsequently defended this move in a blog post. They argued that businesses and governments need to collaborate on AI that "supports national security."

ChainCatcher news, according to prnewswire, cross-border payment giant MoneyGram has announced the appointment of Luke Tuttle as Chief Technology Officer, who will be responsible for leading product development and technology, overseeing engineering, platform operations, information security, and emerging technologies such as blockchain, and will report directly to MoneyGram Chairman and CEO Anthony Soohoo, who has previously worked at companies like Klarna, Experian, and eBay.

ChainCatcher news, according to CoinDesk, Bitcoin technology company Blockstream has announced the opening of a new office in Tokyo and has partnered with Japan's leading Bitcoin strategy consulting firm Diamond Hands and investment company Fulgur Ventures. The company plans to promote the adoption of Bitcoin's second-layer network and self-custody technology in the Japanese market, as well as support the tokenization of physical assets.Blockstream's investment division had previously invested $75 million in Bitcoin into Komainu, a crypto custody company jointly established with Nomura Securities, Ledger, and Coinshares. CEO Adam Back stated that the clarification of Japan's regulatory environment and the rising interest from institutional investors make this the best time for the company to enter this important market.

ChainCatcher news, according to Cointelegraph, cybersecurity company Kaspersky Labs has stated that a malware development kit used to create applications on the Google Play Store and Apple App Store is scanning user images for cryptocurrency wallet recovery phrases in order to steal funds.Kaspersky Labs reported that once the malware named SparkCat infects a device, it uses optical character recognition (OCR) tools to search images for specific keywords in different languages. The intruders steal the recovery phrases of cryptocurrency wallets, which are sufficient for them to gain full control over the victim's wallet and further steal funds.The flexibility of this malware allows it not only to steal secret phrases but also to extract other personal data from the photo gallery, such as message content or passwords that may be left on screenshots. The report advises against storing sensitive information in screenshots or mobile photo galleries and recommends using password managers. Additionally, it suggests deleting any suspicious or infected applications. The report states that the source of the malware is unclear and cannot be attributed to any known organization, but it is similar to an activity discovered by ESET researchers in March 2023.

ChainCatcher News: Ethereum's first base layer rollup network Taiko announces a collaboration with liquidity platform Avalon Labs to launch the brand new Taiko Takeoff program, giving Taiko users the opportunity to participate in an exclusive airdrop to promote the development of the network's decentralized finance (DeFi) ecosystem.As Avalon prepares for its token generation event (TGE), Taiko community members have the chance to participate and earn rewards, with users able to claim with zero Gas fees on the Taiko network.Ways for users to participate include:Staking TAIKO tokens on Avalon: Avalon Finance App;Registering and selecting TAIKO as the target chain: Avalon airdrop registration.

ChainCatcher news, according to Jinshi reports, SoftBank Group announced a partnership with OpenAI to jointly develop and sell an advanced enterprise artificial intelligence named "Cristal intelligence." SoftBank will invest $3 billion annually to deploy OpenAI's solutions across its group companies.SoftBank and OpenAI also announced the establishment of a new joint venture called "SB OpenAI Japan," which will specifically promote OpenAI's enterprise technology to large companies in Japan, with both parties holding a 50% stake.SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son stated that he believes general artificial intelligence (AGI) will become a reality in less than 10 years and that "AGI can first be realized in large enterprise businesses." To achieve this goal, "a considerable amount of funding is needed," and this funding "is currently only available to large enterprises."

ChainCatcher news, Binance co-founder Zhao Changpeng posted on the X platform stating that the only way for Binance to grow and develop is for the entire Web3 industry to thrive.

ChainCatcher news, Ethereum developers stated in the 204th Core Developer Execution Layer meeting (ACDE) that due to a new consensus bug in Pectra Devnet 5 affecting the Nethermind client, the developers decided to postpone the determination of the specific upgrade time for the public testnet.The Nethermind team stated that the bug caused by BLS precompile optimization has been fixed and will not affect the launch of Devnet 6. Developers plan to revisit the testnet upgrade timing in next week's ACD meeting. Additionally, the meeting discussed a security vulnerability affecting the Geth client, which could impact Ethereum's peer-to-peer layer and Layer-2 scaling solutions. Nodes running Geth version 1.14 and above need to update to the latest version immediately.The Pectra upgrade schedule is as follows:Week of February 3: Launch Devnet 6;February 6 (Thursday): Next ACD meeting to decide on the upgrade timing for Holesky and Sepolia testnets;February 10-11 (Monday or Tuesday): Official announcement of the testnet upgrade;Around February 19: Holesky testnet upgrade;February 20: Developer meeting to decide on Ethereum mainnet upgrade timing;Around February 26: Sepolia testnet upgrade (planned about a week after Holesky upgrade);February 27-28: Release final version of mainnet upgrade;Mid-March: Ethereum mainnet upgrade.

ChainCatcher news, Aave founder Stani posted on the X platform stating that all the discussions around the Ethereum Foundation in the past few weeks have been great. This means that Ethereum is still alive, the community cares about Ethereum, and everyone wants Ethereum to succeed. But seriously, if we want to accelerate the development of Ethereum, we need to build more utility; in any case, all the bad meme coins should disappear.

ChainCatcher news, DeAgentAI officially announced the integration of DeepSeek's AI inference model to further optimize on-chain governance and AI-driven trading capabilities. As the largest AI Agent infrastructure on BTC and BSC, this integration by DeAgentAI will significantly enhance the autonomous decision-making and execution efficiency of smart agents.Based on the DeepSeek R1 model and technical report, DeAgentAI is building a Web3 Rule Based Reward mechanism, combining "smart money" behavior patterns with yield assessment rules to optimize AI's adaptability in the on-chain economy. At the same time, a large amount of Web3 social data with thought processes has been collected and trained, fine-tuning R1 with the RBR mechanism to enable AI to better understand the flow of Web3 information and market behavior.This integration not only propels the autonomous AI era forward but also accelerates the landing process of decentralized AGI (Artificial General Intelligence), and we may witness a truly decentralized future driven by intelligent agents.