ChainCatcher message, the decentralized data value infrastructure CESS Network provides usable data solutions for DeFAI (the integration of DeFi and AI, decentralized finance and artificial intelligence) by simplifying DeFi operations, lowering user thresholds, and enhancing security to promote mainstream Web3 applications.CESS enables efficient and secure data sharing for DeFAI applications through its innovative AI-LINK protocol and AI Agent Hub aggregation platform, facilitating AI-driven DeFi automation and intelligent decision-making. With its own DePIN network's storage and computing capabilities, CESS advances the intelligent process of decentralized finance, laying a solid foundation for the future AI-driven financial ecosystem.

ChainCatcher news, the Pando Fund released a research report titled "Decentralized AI Changed by Deepseek," which points out that the narrative of decentralized AI is continuously reshaping. Web3 AI companies can focus on replicating DeepSeek's success while offering new advantages such as multimodality, user ownership, censorship resistance, and privacy. It is expected that the number of projects on the supply side will continue to grow, while consumer-facing projects will begin to compete with Web2 counterparts by building community-participated networks. In the coming year, AI models developed based on a complete Web3 AI stack will emerge one after another.In addition, companies combining AI and crypto are gradually adjusting their strategies to focus on infrastructure building rather than model development. For example, companies in the GPU market like Akash, Render, IoNet, and Exabits have developed sustainable revenue models. Meanwhile, businesses like Grass and Gradient, which allow users to share network bandwidth, have found their market positioning by providing distributed network services to Web2 clients. In inference tasks, the performance gap between small models and large models is narrowing, which means that Web3 does not need to rely on the massive computing power of traditional AI giants and can utilize these streamlined models for efficient inference operations. As this trend develops, we may see more inference endpoints driven by decentralized computing networks in the future.

ChainCatcher news, the "DBC Decentralized AI Ecosystem Conference・2025 Hong Kong Station" event held the founding ceremony of the Decentralized AI Ecosystem Alliance, where numerous industry leaders gathered to witness this important moment together.Guests attending the ceremony included Feng, founder of DeepBrain Chain; PARK JI HYE, Chief Operating Officer of DeepLink Protocol; Ze Ren Li, Market Manager of DecentralGPT; Ming Zhou, Senior Solutions Architect of Alibaba Cloud Financial Technology; YuShan Zheng, Co-founder and Managing Partner of Waterdrip Capital; Jihu Yoon, Market Manager of HYCONS; Brian, CEO of SuperImage; and Phillip Zhao, founder and CEO of DeepAgent.The establishment of the Decentralized AI Ecosystem Alliance signifies that all parties will work together to build a more open, collaborative, and efficient decentralized AI ecosystem, providing users with higher quality services and experiences.

ChainCatcher message, Vitalik stated: "I believe Ethereum is a decentralized ecosystem, not a company. If Ethereum becomes a company, we will lose most of the significance of Ethereum's existence. Being a company is the role of a company.In fact, there are many large companies in the Ethereum ecosystem: Consensys, various client teams (Nethermind, Nimbus, etc.), Coinbase, L2 teams (including, for example, Aztec and Intmax, whose privacy technologies are very interesting and underestimated by many). The best approach is to find ways to give these companies more opportunities to realize the advantages of being a company, with the foundation playing a coordinating role."

ChainCatcher news, during the "Trends and Rhythms of the New Web3 Cycle" event held at Consensus HK, SoSoValue co-founder Jivvva Kwan shared a keynote speech on the topic "Crypto------Investment Logic in the Era of Mainstream Assets."Jivvva Kwan stated that investing is a gradual accumulation process. In 1985, the total size of the U.S. securities market was $2.3 trillion, while this year it has grown to $80 trillion. Currently, the size of the crypto market is about $3.3 trillion, with a promising future ahead. Kwan emphasized that as more assets become tokenized, stocks, bonds, commodities, and others will gradually enter the tokenization era, while the decentralized finance ecosystem will also thrive, which is highly certain.In addition, he introduced the SoSoValue Indexes Protocol, which utilizes on-chain smart contracts to repackage multi-chain, multi-asset portfolios into wrapped tokens, achieving the effect of passive index investing and helping investors capture both beta and alpha returns.

ChainCatcher news, the decentralized AI neural network algorithm protocol Uswap.ai announced the completion of a $1.5 million financing round, led by Waterdrip Capital.According to the introduction, Uswap is a decentralized AI neural network algorithm protocol that integrates AI Agents into decentralized exchanges (DEX) and on-chain trading, enabling the rapid creation of liquidity pools for various consensus assets, among other features.

ChainCatcher news, HTX DAO ambassador Molly (Huobi HTX Liu Ye) was invited to attend the "Golden Star Sharing Session · Big 'Voice' Release" themed private meeting co-hosted by Jinse Finance and Twinkle, together with HTX DAO and OpenZK.At the meeting, Molly introduced the significant achievements of HTX DAO over the past year: $HTX has successfully been listed on 28 mainstream cryptocurrency exchanges, with nearly 750,000 users holding positions on the Huobi HTX platform. In terms of governance planning, 50% of the Huobi HTX platform's revenue is used to buy back and destroy $HTX to support its long-term value growth. As of now, the total amount of $HTX destroyed has reached 496.3 trillion, with the total value of donated and destroyed tokens amounting to approximately $95.22 million.Molly stated that HTX DAO, as a crypto builder, will play a positive role in the future development of the industry. Relying on Huobi HTX's advantages in quality assets, liquidity, content development, product innovation, and security, HTX DAO will work with the governance committee to implement user autonomy and community co-construction, strengthening decentralized governance.In addition, HTX DAO will also be committed to giving back to ecological builders, providing them with more opportunities and support, and jointly creating a more open, transparent, and inclusive crypto ecosystem. It is reported that this event received widespread attention both inside and outside the industry, and well-known Hong Kong actor and winner of the Best Supporting Actor at the Golden Horse Awards, Jiang Haowen, also attended at the invitation.

ChainCatcher news, MetYa COO and co-founder Christy shared MetYa's innovative vision and development direction at the Wave2025 roundtable.Christy emphasized that MetYa achieves personalized matching through an innovative AI Agent model and provides real-time translation across languages, breaking down language barriers and facilitating seamless interaction among global users. MetYa's goal is to enable users to gain economic rewards through social interactions via a decentralized economic model, thus promoting the popularity and development of Web3 social platforms.Currently, MetYa has launched a Mini App in the TON ecosystem, with over 500,000 monthly active users, and plans to expand to 10 million in the future. MetYa's native token MET successfully completed its TGE in January 2025, with stable market performance.Looking ahead, Christy stated that MetYa will continue to expand its decentralized social network, launching more new features such as live streaming and video social, further enhancing user experience. At the same time, MetYa will strengthen cooperation with the Web3 ecosystem, advancing cross-chain technology and diversified economic incentive mechanisms to enhance the platform's sustainability and attractiveness.

ChainCatcher news, the "DeepBrain Chain Decentralized AI Ecosystem Conference" co-hosted by DeepBrain Chain and MetaEra will be held on February 20 at Cyber Arena, Hong Kong Cyberport.As the largest decentralized AI event during ConsensusHK, this event will gather elites from the global AI field, with a full-day agenda covering core areas of AI; attendees will also have the opportunity to receive tokens worth $100.

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, the decentralized finance platform Legends announced the completion of a $15 million funding round, with participation from a16z and Coinbase Ventures.It is reported that Legends will attempt to become a more useful self-custody wallet than existing wallets like Metamask or Coinbase Wallet.