ChainCatcher news, according to Onchain Lens monitoring, in the past 24 hours, a whale spent 2.1 million USDC to purchase 107.89 billion PEPE at an average price of 0.0000194 USD.

ChainCatcher News, Senate Majority Leader Schumer: The U.S. should continue efforts to find an American buyer capable of acquiring TikTok. (Jin Shi)

ChainCatcher message, according to Onchain Lens monitoring, an insider spent 6.34 SOL ($1,353) using 2 different wallets on PumpFun to purchase 39.78 million AGiXT.Later, the trader sold these AGiXT for 2,806.38 SOL, worth $602,000.

ChainCatcher message, on-chain analyst Yu Jin monitoring indicates that an early buyer whale purchased 24.85 million AIXBT using only 1.8 ETH (approximately $4,946) and continued to transfer 1.649 million AIXBT (approximately $1.38 million) to Binance 9 hours ago.

ChainCatcher news, according to Lookonchain monitoring, a certain smart money has bought Virtual ecosystem tokens with unrealized profits exceeding 13 million dollars:Spent 166,000 dollars to purchase 8.5 million $AIXBT (770,000 dollars), with unrealized profits of 7.5 million dollars.Spent 702,000 dollars to purchase 20 million $GAME (5 million dollars), with unrealized profits of 4.3 million dollars.Spent 90,000 dollars to purchase 8.07 million $VADER (905,000 dollars), with unrealized profits of 814,000 dollars.Spent 119,000 dollars to purchase 1.45 million $COOKIE (846,000 dollars), with unrealized profits of 727,000 dollars.

ChainCatcher news, according to the Financial Times, pension funds are trying to buy Bitcoin. Pension funds in Wisconsin and Michigan have become one of the largest holders of U.S. stock market funds focused on cryptocurrency, while some pension fund management agencies in the UK and Australia have also made small allocations to Bitcoin through funds or derivatives in recent months.As of the end of September, the Wisconsin Investment Board became the 12th largest shareholder of the BlackRock Bitcoin ETF, with shares worth approximately $155 million. Michigan is the sixth largest shareholder of the Grayscale Ethereum ETF, with holdings valued at $12.9 million, and is also the 11th largest shareholder of the ARK 21Shares Bitcoin ETF.Since U.S. Election Day, the UK pension fund consultancy Mercer has received a large number of inquiries, as trustees do not want to be ignorant of popular asset classes. Most pension funds have turned to the regulated U.S. spot Bitcoin or Ethereum ETFs approved last year. In the UK, the pension consultancy Cartwright has facilitated the first Bitcoin transaction, with a small undisclosed pension plan directly investing about £1.5 million in Bitcoin, hoping to fill funding gaps through excess returns.At the same time, more than 50 individual savers wish to transfer their entire pensions into cryptocurrency. Cartwright is exploring the possibility of establishing a Bitcoin fund with two multi-employer pension funds. Australia's AMP Capital has also utilized Bitcoin to enhance returns. AMP Senior Portfolio Manager Steve Flegg stated that although cryptocurrencies are high-risk and novel, their scale and potential cannot be ignored, thus the AMP portfolio has made a moderate allocation to Bitcoin futures.However, funds allocating to Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies remain in the minority within the pension industry, and most advisors are reluctant to recommend that clients venture into cryptocurrencies.

ChainCatcher news, according to the official announcement, Binance Wealth Management, One-Click Buy, Flash Exchange, Leverage, and Contracts will launch Sonic (S). Binance will launch the S 1-75x USDT perpetual contract on January 16, 2025, at 18:00 (UTC+8).

ChainCatcher message, the on-chain options protocol Derive indicates that the Derive DAO will initiate a buyback of DRV on the open market. The first buyback will amount to $205,000, which is equivalent to 25% of the fees generated so far in January.

ChainCatcher news, UniSat announced on social media that, based on the recommendations from the CAT Protocol team, some CAT20 market functions have been reopened, but the creation of new buy orders is restricted. Functions related to sell orders are unaffected, and existing sell orders can still be executed. UniSat specifically reminds users with existing buy orders to cancel their orders as soon as possible to avoid potential risks.The CAT Protocol team previously announced that they discovered and successfully prevented an attack attempt against the protocol, confirming that no user funds were lost.

ChainCatcher news, according to @aixCB_Vc, Virtuals Protocol previously announced the repurchase and destruction of approximately 13 million VIRTUAL (about 40 million USD) proxy tokens through the TWAP mechanism. Data shows that the top five benefiting proxy tokens and their allocation amounts are:GAME: 1.616 million VIRTUAL (about 4.736 million USD);CONVO: 1.107 million VIRTUAL (about 3.243 million USD);AIXBT: 882,000 VIRTUAL (about 2.584 million USD);SEKOIA: 712,000 VIRTUAL (about 2.088 million USD);MISATO: 690,000 VIRTUAL (about 2.023 million USD);ChainCatcher previously reported that Virtuals Protocol announced an update to the value accumulation mechanism to better support builders of the Virtuals ecosystem. The post-bonding tax will be allocated as follows: 30% to proxy creators, 20% to proxy affiliates, and 50% to proxy subDAOs for future governance decisions.

ChainCatcher news, according to Jinshi reports, Bitcoin prices rose slightly today, but remain below $100,000 after falling from last month's record high. Standard Chartered analyst Geoffrey Kendrick stated in a report, "Caution may be the best choice for digital assets in the next week or so."He noted that tonight's U.S. inflation data may be stickier than expected, and there are high expectations for positive cryptocurrency news following Trump's inauguration on January 20, which brings significant macroeconomic risks.The report predicts that if Bitcoin falls below the $90,000 support level, it could further drop to $80,000, but this would present "an excellent mid-term buying opportunity." Based on Trump's supportive stance on cryptocurrencies, Standard Chartered maintains its forecast that Bitcoin will reach $200,000 by the end of 2025.

ChainCatcher news, according to Onchain Lens monitoring, in the past 6 hours, a whale spent 1.79 million USDC to purchase 101 billion PEPE.This is the whale's fifth transaction of PEPE, with previous four transactions totaling a loss of 1.66 million dollars.

ChainCatcher news, according to the official announcement from Maple, governance proposal MIP-013 has been released, suggesting that 20% of the protocol revenue for Q1 2025 be used to repurchase SYRUP tokens and distribute them to SYRUP stakers (stSYRUP). This move aims to reward long-term stakers, strengthen the alignment of interests between the protocol and stakers, and enhance staking incentives.Proposal highlights:• The current annual revenue (ARR) of the Maple protocol is approximately $5 million, proposing to use 20% of Q1 revenue for monthly market repurchases of SYRUP.• The repurchased SYRUP will be allocated to stSYRUP holders through a smart contract, expected to provide stakers with an annual yield of about 5.0%.• 20% of the inflation supply will also be added to staking rewards, with the remaining 80% retained in the DAO treasury for other strategic projects.Voting will open on January 20, 2025, and is limited to stSYRUP holders.

ChainCatcher news, Lin Chen, Head of APAC Business at Deribit, posted on X that the largest BTC block options today are: a certain user paid a premium of $1.858 million to buy a $80,000 put option expiring at the end of the year, while selling a $180,000 call option expiring at the end of the year, with a total of 1,250 BTC on one side.

ChainCatcher news, Standard Chartered's Head of Digital Asset Research Geoffrey Kendrick stated that Bitcoin is currently under pressure from macro risks, and any pullback below $90,000 represents a "mid-term" buying opportunity.In a research report dated January 14, Kendrick emphasized the value of strategic accumulation during ongoing market turbulence. He added that a drop in Bitcoin's price below key support levels could provide a favorable entry point, as the bank's long-term forecast for Bitcoin remains unchanged. Kendrick stated, "If we do break below (and potentially fall further below $80,000 after dropping below $90,000), I would view it as an excellent mid-term buying opportunity."Despite short-term risks, Standard Chartered still maintains its long-term price target of $200,000 for Bitcoin by the end of 2025, reaffirming its previous forecast. This prediction is supported by expectations of strong institutional inflows and favorable economic policies under the new U.S. administration.Meanwhile, Standard Chartered advises investors to adopt a cautious approach in the short term while monitoring strategic buying opportunities.

ChainCatcher news, according to The Block, Bloomberg cited sources saying that the cryptocurrency derivatives exchange Deribit has hired a financial advisor to "review opportunities" after attracting the attention of potential acquirers. The company has invited Financial Technology Partners LLC (FT Partners) to participate in this potential deal, and the cryptocurrency exchange Kraken has also expressed interest in being involved.Bloomberg reported that Kraken has not pursued the acquisition and stated that Deribit's valuation could exceed $5 billion, with Kraken declining to comment on the matter. In a statement following The Block's request for comment, Deribit wrote: "Deribit is not currently for sale.Over time, we have received strategic investment interest from various parties, and we will not disclose these interests. As a regular business operation process, Deribit appointed FT Partners as a consultant for general advisory services and potential secondary market investments at the beginning of 2023."

ChainCatcher news, the official collaboration project Eliza Wakes Up (also known as "capitalized ELIZA") has released a lite version of its white paper (Litepaper) and a new token economic model.Ava, the developer of Eliza Wakes Up, posted on the X platform stating that Eliza Wakes Up is a comprehensive AI companion framework supported by the ELIZA token on Solana, aimed at combining advanced companion AI with sustainable token economics.The technical highlights of Eliza Wakes Up include: persistent memory architecture, core memory system, daily logging, and a natural evolution relationship mechanism that does not require XP.The new token economic model of ELIZA emphasizes: 10% of net profits for the buyback and burn of ELIZA, 10% converted to ELIZA and donated to the ai16z DAO, and 80% for development, infrastructure, and marketing.

ChainCatcher news, Orbit releases GRIFT token economics. The 12% of tokens held by the team will be allocated as follows: liquidity pool (2%), fund reserves (5%), community (2%), and team and investors (3%). The liquidity pool has been fully released; fund reserves will be released at a rate of 1% per month over the first five months; community tokens will be released linearly each month until completed within a year; team and investor tokens will be released in one lump sum after a 12-month lock-up period.In addition, 30%-50% of the project's monthly net income will be used to purchase stablecoins and mainstream cryptocurrencies, and the repurchased tokens will be distributed to long-term holders and stakers.

ChainCatcher message, according to Lookonchain monitoring, a trader spent 6,357 SOL (1.19 million USD) 2 days ago to purchase 11.49 million AIOS, and at one point after the purchase, the loss reached 570,000 USD.Currently, these 11.49 million AIOS are worth 1.95 million USD, with an unrealized profit of 755,000 USD.

ChainCatcher message, DWF co-founder Andrei Grachev stated on his social platform: "When influential people start proclaiming that the market is over, we feel a good atmosphere and a buying opportunity."