ChainCatcher news, according to a report by Reuters, Jan Kubicek, a member of the Czech National Bank (CNB) board, holds a "skeptical attitude" towards incorporating Bitcoin into the bank's large reserve assets, primarily due to concerns about its legal uncertainty and the volatility of digital currencies. Earlier this year, CNB Governor Ales Michl proposed considering Bitcoin, and the bank has begun analyzing the possibility of expanding the asset classes in its reserve investment portfolio. However, CNB Vice Governor Eva Zamrazilova has stated that Bitcoin is not a suitable reserve asset.In an interview on Tuesday, Kubicek stated, "We will evaluate different categories of assets, and Bitcoin is just one of them. I have a fairly skeptical attitude towards Bitcoin." He pointed out that the legal status of Bitcoin is an issue, as directly holding Bitcoin would mean developing many new processes in areas such as accounting or auditing. He also mentioned that volatility is another concern, making it difficult to assess market price trends. He said, "We cannot be sure whether the volatility of Bitcoin in the coming years will resemble the patterns observed in the past decade, because I doubt that if more institutional investors accept Bitcoin as an investment asset, its performance will be different from what we have seen so far."Kubicek indicated that the bank's research on new asset classes may be completed before October, and this research could explore the possibility of holding international corporate bonds, as well as investing in more targeted stock indices (such as technology) and real estate investment funds.

ChainCatcher news, according to Crypto.news, FIFA President Gianni Infantino stated during President Trump's cryptocurrency summit at the White House on March 7 that the organization may develop its own cryptocurrency token.Infantino said while attending the event with President Trump: "FIFA is very interested in developing a FIFA token, starting from the United States, connecting the 5 billion football fans worldwide.If anyone is interested in collaborating with FIFA, we will conquer the football world with the FIFA token together with the United States." Trump responded positively, stating: "This token could ultimately be worth more than FIFA itself and could actually be quite a good token."

ChainCatcher news, according to a report by Yonhap Infomax, Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon expressed support for cryptocurrency ETFs and Security Token Offerings (STOs). In a post on Facebook, Oh stated that South Korea should establish a regulatory framework that integrates virtual assets with the real economy, similar to the models in the United States and Europe.He emphasized the importance of establishing foundational legislation for virtual assets, which would enable cryptocurrency ETFs, corporate cryptocurrency trading, and STOs, and pointed out that these practices have been widely accepted in leading countries.

ChainCatcher news, Solana co-founder Anatoly Yakovenko (toly) expressed his support for the SIMD-0228 proposal. Previously, David Grider, a partner at Finality Capital Partners, argued that the points mentioned in the SIMD-0228 proposal are flawed, stating that high staking rewards are detrimental to DeFi yields; inflation increases selling pressure and should be judged based on network fees; high staking rewards reduce the demand for ETFs; staking returns are not optimized for U.S. taxes like capital gains; higher staking yields do not lead to higher prices; and the relevant staking formula will optimize the staking ratio, thereby addressing security issues (which he views as the most significant security risk and a flawed approach).David Grider also stated, "The proposal does raise the right questions. How much inflation is needed? But before making changes, we have other questions to answer. Let's slow down and do more work to understand the impacts." In response, toly said, "This is crucial; reducing the inflation rate will actually slow down the process."SIMD-0228 introduces a market-driven release mechanism based on staking participation rates. This mechanism employs a static curve to reduce the total issuance rate through the square root coefficient of the staking participation rate.

ChainCatcher news, reported by Decrypt, based on analysis from The Kobeissi Letter, although Strategy's stock price fell over 11% in early trading on Tuesday, raising concerns about potential forced liquidation due to Bitcoin, the likelihood of this scenario occurring is low due to structural safeguards.Strategy primarily raises funds through convertible bonds, such as the $2 billion zero-coupon bond maturing in 2030, with an initial conversion price of $433.43 per share, allowing it to obtain capital without immediately diluting shareholder equity. As of now, Strategy holds approximately 499,096 BTC, valued at about $4.44 billion, while its $8.2 billion debt is highly dependent on Bitcoin's performance.This week's significant correction in the crypto market has led to a $3.7 billion evaporation in the market value of Strategy's Bitcoin holdings. Although there is currently no immediate risk, Polymath co-founder Trevor Koverko pointed out that if the market remains sluggish for an extended period, Strategy's collateral requirements and refinancing capabilities will be tested.Additionally, Strategy co-founder and chairman Michael Saylor holds 46.8% of the voting rights, and analysts believe that shareholder resolutions are nearly impossible to pass without his consent, thereby reducing the likelihood of forced selling due to bankruptcy or shareholder resolutions. The Kobeissi Letter also noted that even if the BTC price drops 50% to $33,000, Strategy's assets would still exceed its debts by over 100%, meaning that unless a "black swan" event occurs, forced liquidation is unlikely before the debt matures (earliest in 2028).

ChainCatcher news, recently, Perry strongly condemned FTX's refusal to compensate affected users in regions such as China, Russia, Egypt, Nigeria, and Ukraine. The Perry project stated that it has also suffered harm from shameless institutions and conspiracy groups, once facing the brink of zero and despair, and deeply understands the helplessness and despair of the victims.Perry stated: As a community built by a global community, with many Asian members (most of whom are Chinese users), Perry has always firmly stood by the vulnerable groups and will not tolerate any unjust behavior.Based on this, Perry will launch an activity to test community cohesion, planning to raise over 2 million Perry in donation funds, which will be entirely used to compensate the affected users in the FTX incident. All affected users can register through Perry's official Twitter, and will subsequently receive a uniform distribution of compensation.

ChainCatcher news, according to CoinDesk, informed sources revealed that the acquisition negotiations between the cryptocurrency options exchange Deribit and Kraken are still ongoing, and previous rumors about Kraken withdrawing from the acquisition are not true. According to Bloomberg, Deribit's valuation could reach $4-5 billion or higher.Another informed source stated that the U.S. listed exchange Coinbase is also evaluating the possibility of acquiring Deribit. It is worth noting that while there have been reports that Deribit is working with FT Partners to assess acquisition offers, Deribit CEO Luuk Strijers denied the claims of being acquired. Currently, both Kraken and Deribit have not made any official comments on the acquisition rumors.

ChainCatcher message, the Celestia community has initiated a proposal to set a lock-up limit on the staking rewards of locked tokens, aligning the unlocking time of staking rewards with that of the original locked tokens.In response to this proposal, Celestia founder Mustafa Al-Bassam expressed support in a post: "Let's get this proposal done. Currently, most PoS networks do not lock the staking rewards of investors' shares. This proposal addresses the issue for Celestia, and other Cosmos SDK chains can adopt this solution as well."

ChainCatcher news, Central African Republic President Faustin Archange Touadéra's X account posted a video stating: "Today, I stand before you once again to express my gratitude. The launch of $CAR has been a great success! I want to personally thank each and every one of you, our community, our supporters, and those who believe in our vision. We are working for long-term development!"According to GMGN data, the CAR token briefly surged by 170%, currently reported at $0.34.Note: Recently, there have been frequent account hacking incidents, please be aware of investment risks.

ChainCatcher news, NDV co-founder Christian posted on X platform stating that it can now be confirmed that Binance charges 0 listing fee for Memecoin, and has just locked all of his $CHEEMS tokens to express support for BNB Chain and the project.

ChainCatcher news, according to Cryptoslate, Russian legislator Anton Gorelkin posted on Telegram expressing concerns from Bitcoin miners regarding the government's requirement to include wallet addresses in a national registration system.Miners believe that if wallet address information is leaked, it could be exploited by geopolitical adversaries and lead to sanctions. In response, the Russian tax authorities stated that the relevant information is stored in an independent internal security system, with access strictly limited. Notably, this concern arises at a time when the demand for industrial-grade mining machines in Russia has tripled in 2024, and the government is promoting the establishment of a nationwide cryptocurrency mining equipment registration system.

ChainCatcher news, according to the popularity index data from the Web3 asset data platform RootData, as of January 25 at 10:00, in the Top 50 ranking of skyrocketing projects, Proton's ranking surged by 671 places, with its Token XPR experiencing a 24-hour increase of 105.55%.Proton is a Layer 1 proof-of-stake blockchain designed for consumer applications and peer-to-peer payments. Proton aims to provide a secure, verified identity account that integrates with a financial settlement layer, allowing users to directly associate this identity with fiat accounts, withdraw funds, purchase cryptocurrencies, and seamlessly use the cryptocurrency within applications, all without sending any privacy-sensitive information from users. Proton is jointly developed by Metal and Lynx.It is reported that RootData has launched the first "Web3 Popular Projects Ranking." This popularity ranking helps users capture the real pulse of attention through 4.3 million real user behavior data, improving the accuracy of user investment decisions. The ranking is calculated in real-time based on the weighted frequency of searches by platform users, project click rates, user votes, and the popularity and influence on platform X.

ChainCatcher news, according to market data from RootData, the Proton token (XPR) has increased by 80.61% in the last 24 hours, currently priced at $0.0042.According to the Web3 asset data platform RootData, Proton is a Layer 1 proof-of-stake blockchain designed for consumer applications and peer-to-peer payments. Proton aims to provide a secure, verified identity account that integrates with a financial settlement layer, allowing users to directly associate this identity with fiat accounts, withdraw funds, purchase cryptocurrencies, and seamlessly use the cryptocurrency within applications, all without sending any user-sensitive privacy information. Proton is jointly developed by Metal and Lynx.

ChainCatcher message, Ethereum founder Vitalik Buterin retweeted a post about Ross's release photo on the X platform, and posted: GM Ross, seemingly expressing support.

ChainCatcher news, Musk retweeted an interview video of Canadian prime ministerial candidate Pierre Poilievre, commenting "another masterpiece." In the video, Pierre Poilievre casually eats an apple while answering questions from reporters.It is reported that as the new leader of the Conservative Party, Pierre Poilievre is preparing to compete with current Prime Minister Trudeau for the position of Prime Minister in the 2025 federal election. Poilievre has been a public supporter of Bitcoin, having stated, "I want to make Canada the center of the world's blockchain." He also promised that during his tenure as Prime Minister, he would fire the central bank governor, audit the central bank's activities, and halt the development of central bank digital currency (CBDC). In a campaign event in March 2022, Poilievre used Bitcoin to buy a shawarma. He has also made many statements supporting cryptocurrency, including a post in 2022 where he promised that "buyers and sellers have the right to freely choose Bitcoin and other technologies."According to Polymarket data, the current prediction for "Canada's next Prime Minister" on Polymarket shows that candidate Pierre Poilievre has a support rate of 88%.

ChainCatcher news, according to Jinshi reports, lawyer for Yoon Suk-yeol stated that South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol will attend the Constitutional Court debate and express his opinion on an appropriate date.

ChainCatcher message, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman posted on the X platform, thanking the research teams and leaders who drive innovation.He pointed out that exploring new areas is filled with risks and uncertainties, but it is this courage that drives progress. He especially thanked leaders such as Ilya, Jakub, Bob, Mark, and the "Strawberry Team" led by @MillionInt (Jerry Tworek), calling their achievements one of the most outstanding demonstrations of leadership in OpenAI's history, and looks forward to more breakthroughs in the future.

ChainCatcher News, the elected President of the United States, Trump, stated that Congress should eliminate the debt ceiling. A day earlier, Trump publicly opposed the agreement reached by congressional members to fund the government before a shutdown.In a phone interview with NBC News, Trump said that completely eliminating the debt ceiling would be "the smartest thing Congress could do." "I would fully support it." "The Democrats say they want to get rid of it. If they want to get rid of it, I will take the lead." Trump stated that the debt ceiling is a meaningless concept, and no one knows exactly what would happen if the debt ceiling were ever breached—whether it would be a disaster or meaningless. "No one should want to know the answer." "It makes no sense other than psychologically," he said. (Jin Shi)

ChainCatcher message, regarding Google CEO Sundar Pichai's announcement of the new generation quantum computing chip Willow, Ethereum co-founder Vitalik commented and asked, "What is the largest semiprime you can factor?"Additionally, in response to a question from a user in the comments section about "how to formulate a plan to lead in quantum-resistant cryptography and integrate it with current blockchains (like Ethereum)?", Vitalik replied, "This question has been widely discussed in a recent blog post."

ChainCatcher news, according to DLNews, as the price of Bitcoin approaches $100,000 this year, New York City Mayor Eric Adams expressed satisfaction with his cryptocurrency salary decision. "Remember when I first got my Bitcoin salary and you all laughed at me? Now who’s laughing?" he said at a press conference on Tuesday.When he took office in January 2022, Adams converted about $30,000 of his salary for the first three months into Bitcoin and Ethereum. According to the latest financial disclosure statement, as of the end of 2023, the value of his Bitcoin holdings is between $5,000 and $54,999.In addition to Adams, Miami Mayor Suarez and Belgian MP De Beukelaer have also chosen to receive their salaries in Bitcoin.