ChainCatcher news, BlackRock's head of China, Fan Hua, stated at a media communication meeting that in 2025, BlackRock China will restart the QDLP project. They are currently communicating with channels and preparing for operations, planning to issue related products such as global bonds and stocks. The Chinese market still presents significant investment opportunities, and in the future, BlackRock Group will continue to actively layout in the fields of active equity and enhanced indexing.It is reported that this year, BlackRock funds plan to launch products such as the A500 Enhanced Index, short bonds, multi-asset, consumer, and technology categories. (Jinshi)

ChainCatcher message, a research report from CICC states that AI Agent is an intelligent entity capable of perceiving the environment, autonomously planning, making decisions, and executing actions to achieve goals. It possesses fundamental characteristics such as autonomy, interactivity, reactivity, and adaptability, with its core driving force being large language models.With breakthroughs in underlying technologies empowered by large models, we see AI Agents gradually landing in application scenarios focusing on verticals and multiple intelligent agents collaborating. According to market.us, the global large model market size is expected to grow from $4.5 billion in 2023 to $82.1 billion by 2033, with a 10-year CAGR of 33.7%. There are optimistic investment opportunities arising from the future development trends of AI Agents and changes in the upstream and downstream industrial chains. (Jinshi)

ChainCatcher news, according to Caixin reports, former Binance CEO Zhao Changpeng stated at the second Gulf Investment Forum held in Bahrain: "Many people do not know the benefits here."Zhao Changpeng also mentioned that he has learned that Hong Kong peers are actively exploring RWA, but the price fluctuations of real-world assets are relatively small, making it difficult to form sufficient trading volume in the secondary market, and liquidity tends to gradually shrink. We need to wait for innovators to propose use cases that truly bring liquidity.In addition, Zhao Changpeng expressed great optimism about investment opportunities in the Middle East, focusing not only on blockchain investments but also strategically positioning in AI, biotechnology, and other fields in the GCC countries.It is reported that after obtaining the cryptocurrency service provider license granted by the Central Bank of Bahrain, Binance has also received approval for a banking license from the CBB, which means Binance has legal currency entry and exit channels in the region.

ChainCatcher news, DWF Labs co-founder Andrei Grachev stated on the X platform: "We have been looking for excellent investment opportunities: GameFi, SocialFi, Meme coins, derivatives, L1/L2/Infra. If there are projects looking for suitable partners and funding, DWF Labs is here, discussing dozens of deals every week."

ChainCatcher news, according to Decrypt, Grayscale has launched two new investment trusts that offer investment opportunities in Bitcoin Layer 2's Stacks and Near Protocol.Grayscale's Chief Product and Research Officer stated that they are committed to launching new products that allow investors to access the emerging and developing parts of the crypto ecosystem.

ChainCatcher news, Franklin Templeton's Chairman and CEO Jenny Johnson attended a seminar hosted by the Financial Academy in Hong Kong, reiterating that mainland China and Hong Kong are important components of its investment strategy.Jenny Johnson believes that AI applications are still in the early stages; although they help improve work efficiency, the answers provided by generative AI still require human review. Jenny Johnson also expressed a relatively optimistic view on disruptive technology blockchain, admitting that she feels quite positive about the future application prospects of blockchain, which will also bring a large number of investment opportunities. (Ta Kung Pao)

ChainCatcher news, according to official sources, BlockBooster and ALEX have announced a strategic partnership. Both parties will jointly explore incubation and investment opportunities in Bitcoin ecosystem projects and co-organize activities related to Bitcoin ecosystem builders.Blockbooster is a startup studio focused on Asia, dedicated to incubating high-quality projects in the Web3 field, including infrastructure, social, and gaming sectors.ALEX is a Bitcoin-native decentralized finance (DeFi) platform that combines Bitcoin security with Stacks smart contract technology. ALEX aims to build a fast, robust, and programmable financial layer for Bitcoin. In addition, ALEX offers a range of vertically integrated DeFi tools, including but not limited to decentralized trading markets, cross-chain bridges, Bitcoin data oracles, and project issuance platforms, to optimize the DeFi experience for users on Bitcoin.Currently, Alex holds a leading position in TVL on Stacks, and the team will continue to integrate liquidity across all layers of the Bitcoin ecosystem, including all layer one meta protocols and the evolving Bitcoin layer two solutions.