ChainCatcher news, according to Bloomberg, Mexican billionaire Ricardo Salinas plans to privatize his company Grupo Elektra SAB as early as May to escape the constraints of the public market and operate the business independently. Salinas is currently involved in legal disputes with the Mexican government over a tax issue amounting to 6.3 billion pesos (approximately 300 million dollars), while also trying to recover funds lost due to a loan fraud.In November 2023, Elektra applied for a trading suspension to prevent the sale of shares pledged for loans by Salinas, which subsequently led to a 70% drop in stock prices, resulting in a loss of about 5 billion dollars in his net worth. Salinas stated that after privatization, Elektra would restructure its business divisions and might seek partners instead of financing through debt or equity. He also revealed that 70% of his investment portfolio consists of Bitcoin-related assets, while 30% is in gold and gold mining company stocks.

ChainCatcher news, Bitget PoolX launches AB, with a total prize pool of 165,607,000 AB. The current yield rates for BTC, ETH, and BGB are reported at 31.6% APR, 43.8% APR, and 63.22% APR, respectively. The lock-up period is from March 3rd, 18:00 to March 10th, 18:00 (UTC+8), details are as follows:BTC Lock-up Pool: Total airdrop amount: 38,966,000 AB, individual lock-up limit: 1 BTC;ETH Lock-up Pool: Total airdrop amount: 38,966,000 AB, individual lock-up limit: 15 ETH;BGB Lock-up Pool: Total airdrop amount: 87,675,000 AB, individual lock-up limit: 8000 BGB.In addition, you can participate in the CandyBomb special event, where you can recharge and trade to share the AB airdrop. The event is open from March 3rd, 18:00 to March 10th, 18:00 (UTC+8).

ChainCatcher news, according to The Wall Street Journal, informed sources revealed that under a plan expected to be announced by U.S. President Trump later on Monday evening local time, TSMC (TSM.N) plans to invest $100 billion in the U.S. over the next four years to build chip manufacturing plants. This investment will be used to construct cutting-edge chip manufacturing facilities. This expansion plan will promote the long-term goal of revitalizing the U.S. semiconductor industry.TSMC established its presence in Arizona in 2020, when the company announced it would invest $12 billion to build a chip factory there. Since then, the company's ambitions for the site have rapidly expanded, with two additional factories built at the same location, totaling an investment of $65 billion. The company's first factory began mass production at the end of last year.U.S. White House officials later confirmed that President Trump and chip manufacturer TSMC (TSM.N) will make an announcement at 1:30 PM Eastern Time (2:30 AM Beijing time tomorrow), expected to announce TSMC's $100 billion investment in the U.S.

ChainCatcher news, according to CoinDesk, Bitcoin mining company Core Scientific, Inc. (CORZ) announced the appointment of investment banking veteran Jim Nygaard as the new Chief Financial Officer, who will officially take office on March 17.Nygaard has nearly 30 years of financial experience, having worked at XMS Capital Partners and Morgan Stanley, specializing in mergers and acquisitions, corporate finance, and capital markets operations.

ChainCatcher news, according to Jinshi reports, the White House stated that U.S. President Trump will release a statement regarding investments today.

ChainCatcher message, Zhao Changpeng responded to community users on the X platform, expressing his willingness to interact with the community.He stated: "For the big V coming to BSC, I’ll just interact a bit. If every interaction on X requires background checks, how can I reply to you? I strive for more interaction with the community, not less. It will be the same in the future. The investments and advisors of Labs are 'first look good,' and 80% of Labs' investment projects also lose money."

ChainCatcher message, Zhao Changpeng responded to community users on the X platform, expressing his willingness to interact with the community.He stated: "I will interact with the big V coming to BSC. If every interaction on X requires background checks, how can I reply to you? I strive for more interaction with the community, not less. It will be the same in the future. The investments and advisors of Labs are 'first look good', and 80% of Labs' investment projects also lose money."

ChainCatcher news, CoinShares' latest weekly report shows that digital asset investment products have experienced outflows for the third consecutive week, with last week's outflow reaching a record $2.9 billion, bringing the total outflow over three weeks to $3.8 billion. CoinShares analysis suggests that this round of outflows is influenced by multiple factors, including the recent Bybit hacking incident, the Federal Reserve's more hawkish stance, and profit-taking after a cumulative inflow of $29 billion over the previous 19 weeks.The report indicates that Bitcoin bore the brunt of the impact, with an outflow of $2.59 billion last week, while short Bitcoin products saw a slight inflow of $2.3 million. Ethereum also did not escape, with a record single-week outflow of $300 million. Solana and TON saw outflows of $7.4 million and $22.6 million, respectively. The best performer was Sui, with an inflow of $15.5 million, followed by XRP, which saw an inflow of $5 million.

According to ChainCatcher news, the official social media announcement states that the Huobi HTX themed column "Dialogue with HTX Partners" will be held today at 20:00 (UTC+8) via Huobi HTX Twitter Space.At that time, crypto KOLs Sasaki Hoshino, Vito, DzT DAO's Dazhi, 24Hours, and Cyber Curator will be invited to attend and discuss the theme "Reshaping the 2025 Track Landscape: Meme Frenzy, RWA Empowerment, Chain Game Self-Rescue, What Imagination is Left for Web3?" focusing on the investment direction of the crypto market in 2025.

ChainCatcher message, Binance founder Zhao Changpeng expressed his support for early innovative projects through angel investment, stating, "I am trying. I generally have a good sense of people, but it takes time.To understand an entrepreneur, one needs to observe how they make decisions and execute under various pressures, financial temptations, and user interests. Also, whether they are hardworking, flexible, market-aware, have a worldview, and possess leadership qualities. It's not something you can fully grasp just by chatting for a while. At least I don't have that ability.When I invested in Trust Wallet, I only met them once before investing. But I had been observing them for a while beforehand.In fact, this is what YZi Labs is doing. However, investing requires a significant amount of time commitment. There is no magical 'insight'."

ChainCatcher news, according to the Hong Kong Wen Wei Po report, the Hong Kong Investment Funds Association announced that the fund sales figures for Hong Kong in 2024 show that the total retail fund sales for the entire year reached 81.698 billion USD, an increase of 47% compared to 2023, marking a three-year high. Last year, the net inflow of funds also recorded 12.319 billion USD, a nearly 65-fold increase compared to 1.87 million USD in 2023.The CEO of the Hong Kong Investment Funds Association, Huang Wang Ci Ming, stated that the net inflow of funds in Hong Kong for 2024 recorded 12.319 billion USD, a nearly 65-fold increase compared to 1.87 million USD in 2023. Fund tokenization and virtual assets are still in their infancy, but these areas are expected to bring new business models, which will undoubtedly be significant for the future development of the fund industry. The success of the virtual asset market depends on an appropriate regulatory framework and infrastructure. The SAR government is about to launch the second virtual asset policy declaration and looks forward to participating in discussions before its release.

ChainCatcher message, Zhao Changpeng stated: "Pullbacks are a part of the free market, this is not financial advice. If you feel stressed about this, you might need to reduce your investment size (if you consider cryptocurrency as an investment). For me, this is a shift in worldview. I exited the old world 11 years ago."

ChainCatcher news, according to CoinDesk, the cryptocurrency exchange platform BitMEX is seeking to sell and has hired boutique investment bank Broadhaven Capital Partners to assist with the sales process at the end of last year. BitMEX, established in 2014, is known for launching perpetual contract trading. Sources reveal that the exchange is looking for buyers, which is expected to spark interest in mergers and acquisitions in the industry.Currently, the crypto derivatives market is actively consolidating, with Kraken and Coinbase competing to acquire Deribit, while FalconX has acquired Arbelos Markets to expand its derivatives business. BitMEX was charged in 2020 for insufficient anti-money laundering measures and subsequently pleaded guilty. Co-founders Arthur Hayes, Ben Delo, and Samuel Reed later resigned.

ChainCatcher message, Mask Network founder posted on X, "Thank you very much for your attention, and I ask everyone to remain rational. Please do not speculate on the situation. Offline is one possibility, and I hope it is not anyone I know. I have already involved professionals.The stolen funds are my personal assets and have no relation to the company, fund, or associated investment projects. Please do not worry about any business concerns.The reason why humans are different from beasts is very rare; the common people abandon it, while the gentlemen uphold it. When heaven is about to confer a great responsibility on a person, it will first temper their mind and spirit, labor their muscles and bones, starve their body, and expose them to poverty, thereby making them endure hardship and increase their capabilities."

ChainCatcher message, according to official news, MEXC Ventures made a strategic investment of $16 million in Ethena.In addition, MEXC invested $20 million to promote the development of the USDe stablecoin, while launching a $1 million reward program.

ChainCatcher news, according to on-chain analyst @ai_9684xtpa's monitoring, the 1inch investment fund spent 1.14 million dollars to buy 4.7 million 1INCH tokens, at an average price of 0.2439 dollars.