Daily | Today is the 16th anniversary of the birth of the Bitcoin genesis block; Binance Alpha has added ELIZA, METAV, and FLOCK; the mining company Bitfufu purchased 80,000 mining machines from Bitmain
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01/03/2025·3MOrganized by: Luan Peng, ChainCatcher
Important information:
- Do Kwon was charged with additional money laundering conspiracy, but pleaded not guilty to all charges when he appeared in court
- Today is the 16th anniversary of the birth of Bitcoin’s genesis block
- Binance Alpha adds ELIZA, METAV, and FLOCK
- Binance will list BIO 1-75 times U-based perpetual contract
- Lawyer Yin Xiyue: It is illegal to execute the arrest warrant against Yin Xiyue and legal measures will be taken
- Mining company Bitfufu purchases 80,000 mining machines from Bitmain
- Yin Xiyue’s supporters chanted Trump’s mantra: Stop the steal
- Matrixport: Bitcoin could be strong in 2025, but could see a correction in 2026
"What important events happened in the past 24 hours?"
According to Cointelegraph, Terraform Labs co-founder Do Kwon has been charged with a new crime: money laundering conspiracy. This is an additional charge in the superseding indictment unsealed on January 2 by the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. The indictment alleges that Do Kwon conspired with others to facilitate financial transactions involving more than $10,000, knowing that the transactions involved illegal proceeds.
Kwon has previously been charged with eight felonies for his role in the collapse of the Terra ecosystem in 2022, and was arrested in Montenegro in 2023 for forging travel documents. Kwon was handed over to the United States in December 2024 after an extradition dispute between the United States and South Korea. Kwon currently pleads not guilty to all charges when he appears in court on January 2 and agrees to be detained. Whether a plea deal or a criminal trial will be reached remains uncertain.
The case has similarities to that of former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried, who was extradited and later sentenced to 25 years in prison.
Today is the 16th anniversary of the birth of Bitcoin’s genesis block
The Bitcoin genesis block was dug out by Satoshi Nakamoto on the afternoon of January 3, 2009 (02:15:05 on January 4, 2009, Beijing time). The block reward is 50 BTC. As of today, it has been 16 years after its birth, the current total block height of Bitcoin reaches 877566.
In the genesis block, Satoshi Nakamoto recorded the front page headline of The Times that day in the CoinBase data of the genesis block: “The Times 03/Jan/2009 Chancellor on brink of second bailout for banks (The Chancellor is standing On the verge of a second bailout of the banking sector).”
Binance Alpha adds ELIZA, METAV, and FLOCK
Binance wallet shows that Binance Alpha has added ELIZA, METAV, and FLOCK.
Binance will list BIO 1-75 times U-based perpetual contract
Binance financial management, one-click currency buying, flash exchange trading platform, leverage, fixed investment platform and Binance contracts will be listed on Bio Protocol (BIO). Binance will list BIO 1-75x U-margined perpetual contract.
Yonhap News Agency reported that South Korean President Yoon Seok-yue's lawyer stated that it is illegal to execute an invalid arrest warrant and legal measures will be taken.
According to previous news , South Korean law enforcement agencies set out to execute Yin Xiyue's arrest warrant, and the South Korean President expressed his readiness to take decisive measures in response to market fluctuations.
Mining company Bitfufu purchases 80,000 mining machines from Bitmain
Nasdaq-listed Bitfufu has shared details of a new two-year framework agreement with Bitmain. Under this agreement, Bitfufu will purchase up to 80,000 S-series mining rigs from Bitmain, including models like the S21 XP and S21 Pro.
Bitfufu CEO said: “Our deep strategic partnership with Bitmain ensures a stable supply of the latest mining machines, allowing us to rapidly expand our global mining infrastructure by the end of 2026, with the goal of adding 1 GW of capacity. These new mining machines It will be used to strengthen our self-operated mining operations and cloud mining services, providing highly cost-effective and energy-saving solutions.”
Yin Xiyue’s supporters chanted Trump’s mantra: Stop the steal
South Korea's investigative agency executed an arrest warrant for impeached President Yoon Seok-yue today. His supporters shouted Trump's mantra "Stop the Steal" and expressed the hope that Trump, the incoming U.S. president, could help Yoon Seok-yue.
Supporters of Yoon gathered outside his residence on Friday to try to prevent his arrest, with some holding signs that read "Stop the Steal" in English, a phrase used by Trump and his supporters to question Slogan for 2020 US presidential election results. "Invalid impeachment," chanted some protesters, some waving American flags, a common sight at conservative protests in South Korea. Trump, who will begin his second term on January 21, has not commented on Yin Xiyue's condition, and there is no clear connection between his campaign team and Yin Xiyue's supporters. Trump was impeached twice but never convicted. (Golden Ten)
Matrixport: Bitcoin could be strong in 2025, but could see a correction in 2026
The latest weekly report released by Matrixport indicates that 2025 may become a key turning year for Bitcoin. The report combines Chinese zodiac culture and Bitcoin's four-year cycle model and analyzes that the Year of the Snake (2025) symbolizes change, wisdom and hidden potential, which is consistent with Bitcoin's innovative features and potential technological breakthroughs.
The report mentioned that since the birth of Bitcoin in 2009, its four-year halving cycle has had a significant impact on market trends. 2025 may usher in further maturation of Bitcoin’s regulatory framework, as well as important advances in technology, such as improved network scalability or energy efficiency improvements. These changes could give Bitcoin greater adaptability and long-term growth momentum while addressing some of the current market criticisms.
In addition, the report predicts that Bitcoin may perform strongly in 2025, but may usher in a correction in 2026, which is consistent with the historical cycle pattern and the explanation of the Chinese zodiac. Analysts believe that 2025 may be a year full of opportunities and changes for the Bitcoin market.
Musk posted on his social platform the controversial issue of taxation on crypto transactions. The original text was "The customer purchased a cumrocket worth $7,000 and pledged it for 3 months to earn 6,900%. They then sold it and withdrew the profits to invest in NFTitties. , but the developers rug the project and they only succeeded in liquidating 10% of the funds. Can customers deduct the gas fee for minting to balance short-term capital gains taxes?”
Affected by this news, the token of the same name CumRocket (CUMMIES) rose by 124% in a short period of time.
Dennis Porter, co-founder and CEO of Satoshi Action Fund (SAF), posted on the X platform that at least 13 states in the United States are enacting legislation related to "strategic Bitcoin reserves." January is shaping up to be a record-breaking month for Bitcoin policy.
According to the Xiamen Evening News, a man stole other people’s virtual currency and cashed out more than 1.6 million yuan after helping a friend lose money by investing in futures. Recently, the Procuratorate of Huli District, Xiamen, China, reviewed and prosecuted this theft case.
In September 2021, the defendant Chen met the victim Hong after being introduced by a friend. Hong entrusted Chen to help with virtual currency investment, and also provided his account number and login password.
At the end of September 2022, Chen made up the lie that his account was offline, so as to defraud Hong into various verification codes. Then he successfully changed the login password of the account and replaced the email address bound to the account with his own email address. At this point, Hong’s account has been controlled by Chen.
Afterwards, Chen repeatedly used the excuse that his account was offline to defraud Hong of real-time verification codes, and continued to transfer the virtual coins in Hong's account to his own account. Subsequently, he quickly sold these virtual coins and made a profit of more than 1.6 million yuan, which was all used to repay personal debts.
In May 2024, Chen took the initiative to surrender to the Public Security Bureau and truthfully confessed his crime.
The Huli District Procuratorate prosecuted Chen for theft in accordance with the law. According to Article 264 of the Criminal Law, whoever steals public or private property if the amount is particularly huge or if there are other particularly serious circumstances shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than ten years or life imprisonment, and shall also be fined or have property confiscated.
Binance pledged lending will remove tokens such as ADX and AMB as loanable assets
According to the official announcement, starting from 13:00 on January 3, 2025 (Eastern Eighth District time), Binance pledged borrowing currency (current interest rate) will remove the following assets as loanable assets. Users will not be able to create new pledged loan demand interest rate orders involving the following assets. All ongoing pledge loan demand interest rate orders will not be affected until the user repays the loan order.
List of currencies: AdEx (ADX), AirDAO (AMB), Alpine F1 Team Fan Token (ALPINE), BakeryToken (BAKE), Dent (DENT), FUNToken (FUN), Lazio Fan Token (LAZIO), Manchester City Fan Token ( CITY), OG Fan Token (OG) and Voxies (VOXEL).
Trump’s son Eric Trump met with Michael Saylor at Mar-a-Lago and mentioned Bitcoin
Trump’s son Eric Trump met Michael Saylor at Mar-a-Lago and said: “Two friends, a common passion: Bitcoin”
Bitcoin financial services company Fold announced that it has completed US$20 million in convertible bond financing provided by ATW Partners, and the two parties have reached an agreement to potentially provide an additional US$10 million in financing after merging with FTAC Emerald.
The financing is secured by the company's assets, including a portion of Bitcoin, and the bonds will mature three years after Fold becomes a public company and convert into common stock of the combined company at a fixed conversion price of $11.50 per share.
Fold said the initial $20 million in funding will be used to support growth plans and accelerate product development, while the remaining $10 million in financing will provide additional capital flexibility upon completion of the business combination with FTAC Emerald.
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Dialogue with UXLINK CMO: Our breakthroughs, innovations and challenges in 2024
ChainCatcher recently had a conversation with UXLINK's CMO Eric about the breakthroughs, achievements, challenges and New Year's plans in 2024. Just like there are two sides to a coin, UXLINK’s achievements are due to the many challenges faced by the team, but Eric said that no matter how the market environment changes in 2024, the point that UXLINK will firmly grasp is real user growth, “Any meaningful The construction of Dapp must serve C-end users. Web3 and Crypto cannot always play financial games. They need to truly benefit the public for the industry to explode. "
In addition, in terms of plans for the new year, Eric revealed that in order to achieve the goal of 100 million users, UXLINK will still be based on Telegram in 2025 and will continue to invest and grow in LINE. Attract new users by continuously enhancing the Web3 user experience, such as innovative features such as One Account One Gas. In terms of user incentives, in addition to the second season airdrop that will be launched soon, UXLINK will also have the third and fourth seasons to fully ensure the interests of the community.
This survey ultimately collected 1,570 questionnaires, providing valuable first-hand information for the industry to understand the Web3 individual investor group.
2024 is the first year of the meme explosion, and the meme craze lasts throughout 2024. As of press time, CoinGecko data shows that meme has exceeded 100 billion US dollars. Meme is not only a battlefield for retail investors, but also a battleground for major institutions, CEX and public chains to compete for traffic.
Compared with the past, which mainly focused on zoo-type memes, in 2024 it can be said that everything can be memes, and there are always angles you can’t think of. This article reviews the main types of meme hype concepts in 2024, as well as investment research institutions’ predictions for meme development trends in 2025.
As a company with Bitcoin reserve as its core strategy, MicroStrategy (MSTR) has been favored by US stock investors in recent years due to its firm support for Bitcoin and the frenzied Bitcoin market environment.
However, since hitting an all-time high of $589 on November 21, MSTR shares have fallen more than 44% to $300, and its market value has fallen by as much as 34% in the past two weeks alone. As an outstanding cryptographic target in the U.S. stock market, subtle changes in the market environment have also evolved into violent fluctuations in stock prices. And in the end, can the narrative of the “crypto Fed” continue to maintain its former glory?
Go back to 2013 and explore the short-lived "Bitcoin News Center" on Bitcoin.org.
A set of data to understand the 2024 Meme coin: the ecological changes behind the 600% growth
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Meme Hot List
According to the Meme token tracking and analysis platform GMGN market data, as of 19:40 on January 3:
The top five popular Ethereum tokens in the past 24 hours are: KEKIUS, SPX , TRUMPIUS , DOGE , VIRTUAL
The top five popular Solana tokens in the past 24h are: NYNC, DEJAVU , FOG , Grind , SP00GE
The top five popular tokens in the past 24h Base are: VIRTUAL , dork , alien4ever , BRETT , AKUMA
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