ChainCatcher news, according to official sources, Huobi HTX Global Advisor and TRON founder Justin Sun will be invited to attend the 2025 Consensus Hong Kong conference and deliver a keynote speech titled "TRON: A Year of Momentum." He will also participate in the panel discussion "TRON and T3 FCU: Global Adoption while Balancing Decentralization, Security, and Scalability."Additionally, it is worth noting that the "2025 HTX DAO Victoria Harbour Night - Confidence Journey Hong Kong Station," hosted by HTX DAO, will be held on February 21. At that time, Huobi HTX spokesperson and HTX DAO ambassador Molly (Huobi HTX Liu Ye) and many other crypto KOLs will attend, and Justin Sun may also make a surprise appearance to unveil the future development plans of HTX DAO, enhancing users' understanding and confidence in it.

ChainCatcher news, according to a thirdweb announcement, the company has officially acquired the decentralized social platform Yup to enhance its Web3 social SDK capabilities and support the Farcaster and Lens Protocol ecosystems.Yup was founded by Nir Kabessa (CEO) and Vernon Johnson (CTO), focusing on decentralized social and identity protocols. The founders will serve as senior product manager and senior software engineer at thirdweb, respectively. This acquisition aims to promote the development of portable identities, anti-censorship mechanisms, and monetization tools for creators, further accelerating the growth of Web3 social applications. The Yup platform will gradually shut down in the coming weeks, but the YUP token will remain in circulation on-chain.

ChainCatcher news, according to reports from China National Radio, recently, in Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture, Jilin Province, China, a criminal network involving underground banks with a case amount exceeding 1 billion yuan and spanning 10 provinces across the country was cracked down, with over 20 criminal suspects arrested. At the same time, the successful investigation of this case has also unveiled the criminal underbelly of using virtual currency to provide channels for fund transfers. This case is characterized by family-style operations, meaning that the gang members are mostly relatives and friends. They disguise themselves as overseas companies, engaging in low buying and high selling in the domestic and foreign exchange black market, profiting from the exchange rate differences.The main suspect, Zhang Liang, confessed that they borrowed foreign exchange funds from "peers" or used methods such as "exchanging" virtual currency to purchase virtual currency with RMB from cryptocurrency traders and dealers within the country, and then sold the virtual currency overseas to obtain foreign exchange, thereby indirectly achieving the goal of transferring illegal gains from within the country to overseas. Yanbian Economic Investigation stated that by analyzing the sources and uses of funds in underground bank cases handled by public security organs in the prefecture from 2020 to 2023, it has been verified that a large proportion of the involved funds are from labor services, commerce, and tourism, while the rest are suspected funds related to fraud, corruption, and other illegal activities.

ChainCatcher news, according to a press release, Nasdaq-listed company and holographic technology service provider MicroCloud Hologram Inc. announced that the company plans to raise up to $200 million to purchase Bitcoin or other digital currencies and their related securities derivatives, incorporating these assets into its capital reserve strategy.The company currently has cash reserves of approximately $257 million, and the $200 million it plans to deploy will primarily be used to invest in Bitcoin or other digital currencies with market influence and growth potential, as well as related securities derivatives. The company stated that purchasing Bitcoin or digital currency derivatives is an important initiative for exploring and practicing in the digital currency field.Through this plan, HOLO will be able to gain a deeper understanding of the operational mechanisms, price fluctuations, investment strategies, and more in the digital currency market, thereby accumulating valuable experience for future business expansion and capital operations in the digital currency sector.

ChainCatcher news, according to Jinshi reports, the promotional price experience period for the DeepSeek-V3 API service has ended, and starting from February 9, the new prices will be adjusted to: 0.5 yuan per million input tokens (cache hit) / 2 yuan (cache miss), and 8 yuan per million output tokens.When DeepSeek-V3 was released on December 26, 2024, a 45-day promotional price experience period was set, with the model going live until February 8, 2025. The API service price for DeepSeek-V3 was 0.1 yuan per million input tokens (cache hit) / 1 yuan (cache miss), and 2 yuan per million output tokens.

ChainCatcher news, according to Jiangxi Daily, recently, the Criminal Investigation Team of the Yongfeng County Public Security Bureau in Jiangxi Province, in conjunction with the Municipal Public Security Bureau's Criminal Investigation Detachment, successfully dismantled a money laundering gang that used virtual currency for "electric fraud scoring."Since late January this year, the suspects Liang Mouyong, Zeng Mou, and Zhang Mouyong formed a "electric fraud scoring" team for profit, gradually recruiting others and developing a network. Liang Mouyong was responsible for using "paper**" overseas chat software to contact fraudsters for orders, while Zeng Mou and Zhang Mouyong were responsible for finding card farmers, collecting more than 10 bank accounts through borrowing and inducement, which were used to receive illegal funds. After the illegal funds were received, they were converted into virtual currency to achieve the purpose of money laundering. From January 24 to February 3, the gang transferred over 100,000 yuan.Currently, Liang Mouyong, Zeng Mou, and 6 others have been criminally detained by the public security organs according to the law, while Wen Moubo and Gao Moubing have been administratively punished by the public security organs according to the law. The case is still under further investigation.

ChainCatcher news, Sun Yuchen posted on platform X stating that he welcomes CEX to contact for cooperation, offering a 20% annualized USDD reward, with a 1:1 lossless exchange between USDT and USDD.Previously, Sun Yuchen stated that USDD has zero exchange support and relies solely on on-chain traffic, with a supply exceeding 100 million within three days of launch.

ChainCatcher message, Sun Yuchen stated on his social media platform, "Li Lin's position has always been, I know there are 30 million that hasn't been returned to you, I need to verify, but as soon as you go to him for verification, he disappears. Then it's all about rationality, law, communication, and we have also sued regarding the Hong Kong issue."

ChainCatcher news, Li Lin responded to Sun Yuchen's recent comments regarding the HTX delivery process and financial situation. He stated that during the HTX delivery in October 2022, there were discrepancies between the two parties regarding the calculation of user assets. The "30 million dollar funding hole" mentioned by Sun Yuchen was actually a result of the exchange's margin trading business experiencing a margin call due to extreme market conditions, which has already been addressed in the company's financial statements.The delivery contract is governed by Hong Kong law, and Li Lin expressed his willingness to seek a fair ruling through the Hong Kong courts or a third-party arbitration institution, rather than making unilateral judgments on social media.Previous news, Sun Yuchen stated that Li Lin concealed due diligence materials when selling Huobi, and there is a 30 million dollar hole internally.

ChainCatcher news, Sun Yuchen posted on X: "Those who are familiar with the situation know that Li Lin concealed due diligence materials at the time (of selling Huobi), there was a $30 million hole internally, and in the end, after I discovered the manipulation, he played dirty and refused to give a single cent. I lent the company to fill it up."

ChainCatcher news, according to Whale Alert monitoring, Paxos minted 65 million PYUSD on the Ethereum chain at 00:04:59 UTC+8. It is reported that PYUSD is a stablecoin under PayPal, backed by reserves of dollar deposits, U.S. Treasury bills, and cash-like assets.

ChainCatcher message, according to Arkham monitoring, half an hour ago, Sun Yuchen's address withdrew 3 million USDT from JustLend and transferred the funds to Poloniex exchange.

ChainCatcher news, as the EU's regulation on crypto assets market comes into full effect, cryptocurrency exchange Kraken is preparing to delist several stablecoins for customers in the European Economic Area. The exchange announced that it will gradually remove margin trading restrictions for USDT, PYUSD, EURT, TUSD, and UST for EEA users starting from February 13. Spot trading will cease on March 24, pending orders will be canceled, and assets will no longer be convertible to cryptocurrencies or fiat currencies.Kraken stated that this move ensures compliance with MiCA and allows it to maintain long-term operations in Europe.

ChainCatcher message, Tron founder Justin Sun stated: "I also want to venture into large models, it's so great, born at the right time, Tron is very suitable for large models, the direct combination of blockchain and AI, I really can't imagine how great the potential will be, the website will be deployed after the New Year for everyone to try."

ChainCatcher news, according to official social media messages, on January 27 at 20:00 (UTC+8), HTX DAO will hold a charity ambassador awarding ceremony through a live broadcast and Twitter (X), officially granting the title of charity ambassador to post-00s Web3 builder Luyao LOYAL.It is reported that previously Luyao LOYAL donated all 2.1 million yuan earned from investing in Trump's official meme token TRUMP on Huobi HTX to build an education center in Gaocheng Town, Litang County, Garze Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan Province.Through this collaboration, HTX DAO aims to establish a model for Web3 charity, connecting more people who are passionate about public welfare, further supporting the development of decentralized charity models, and promoting broader global cooperation and charitable donations.

ChainCatcher news, in response to Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong's comments about rethinking the listing process for exchanges, TRON founder Justin Sun issued a statement.He pointed out that as a top ten cryptocurrency globally, TRX has been under review by Coinbase for seven years without being listed. During this time, TRX not only reached new highs but also gained the attention of the U.S. President, and the TRX ETF is about to be approved.Justin Sun questioned whether Coinbase would only consider listing TRX after it lands on the New York Stock Exchange and NASDAQ, and he believes this reflects that Coinbase has lost basic fairness and industry judgment in its decision-making for new project listings.