U.S. Senator stated that he would invest in BTC every week, Vitalik called for optimizing Blob expansion

Golden Weekly is a weekly blockchain industry summary column launched by Golden Finance. The content covers key news of the week, market and contract data, mining information, project trends, technology progress and other industry trends. This article is a project weekly, giving you an overview of the progress of mainstream projects and star projects this week.

Bitcoin

U.S. Senator Ted Cruz: Bet on Bitcoin every week

According to Bitcoin Magazine, U.S. Senator Ted Cruz recently stated that he invests in Bitcoin through dollar-cost averaging and has been investing for several years. He noted that Bitcoin has roughly tripled in value during this period.

Former British Prime Minister Liz Truss: I support Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies

Former British Prime Minister Liz Truss said: "I support Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies, I think they are a good thing."

U.S. entities’ share of Bitcoin reserves hits record high, 65% higher than non-U.S. entities

Cryptoquant CEO Ki Young Ju stated on social platforms that the share of Bitcoin reserves held by U.S. entities has reached a record high and is currently 65% ​​higher than that of non-U.S. entities.

Oklahoma lawmakers have introduced the “Bitcoin Freedom Act” to allow state employees to receive wages in Bitcoin

U.S. Senator Dusty Deevers of Oklahoma has submitted the “Bitcoin Freedom Act” numbered SB325, which would allow Oklahoma employees to choose to receive wages in Bitcoin and allow vendors to accept Bitcoin payments . SB325 ensures that participation is completely voluntary, respects free market principles, and empowers employees, employers, and businesses to choose the payment method that works best for them. SB325 is eligible for consideration in the 60th legislative session, which begins on February 3.

Magic Eden Launches Trump Bitcoin Digital Trading Card

Magic Eden launches Trump Bitcoin Digital Trading Cards.

Billionaire Mark Cuba: Would rather hold Bitcoin than gold if economy collapses

Billionaire Mark Cuba says he would rather own Bitcoin than gold if the economy goes into trouble. Mark Cuba said, "I think Bitcoin is more valuable."

Ethereum

Vitalik Buterin calls for prioritizing key upgrades such as "Blob expansion"

Ethereum founder Vitalik Buterin posted on the X platform that Ethereum core developers need to better prioritize. He stated that if given the choice between "Blob target increased from 3 to 6" and "other improvements in Pectra", he would prefer the former. This indicates that data availability expansion (Blobs) is his top priority. Vitalik also stated that “peerdas” exploration is ongoing and suggested trying more ambitious versions to further promote Ethereum technology innovation and optimization. At the same time, he mentioned priority suggestions for projects such as Fusaka and G*, believing that "Blob expansion" is still the key, but also mentioned the importance of L1 layer EVM (Ethereum Virtual Machine) improvements. He specifically mentioned the focus on the complete account abstraction (AA) from EOF to 7701, SIMD+EVMMAX optimization, and moderately increasing the Gas limit.

Grayscale adjusts the proportion of Bitcoin and Ethereum in cryptocurrency large-cap funds to 90%

Grayscale adjusted the proportion of Bitcoin and Ethereum in the cryptocurrency large-cap fund to 90%, with the remainder made up of XRP, SOL and ADA. and has dropped AVAX from its digital large-cap fund.

USDC Treasury minted 50,052,848 USDC on the Ethereum chain

According to Whale Alert monitoring, around 23:14 Beijing time today, USDC Treasury minted 50,052,848 USDC on the Ethereum chain.

Compound now supports stablecoins USDe and mETH as loan collateral

Compound Finance is adding Ethena’s stablecoin and Mantle’s Liquid Staking Token (LST) to its decentralized lending platform, and community members have voted to add stablecoins USDe and mETH (Mantle’s LST) as lending collateral Taste. Compound is one of the most popular DeFi lending protocols on the Ethereum network, with a total value locked (TVL) of $2.7 billion, according to DefiLlama.

Abraxas Capital deposited 42,300 ETH to the exchange, with a total value of US$155 million

According to monitoring by on-chain analyst @ai_9684xtpa, Abraxas Capital Mgmt-related addresses have deposited a total of 42,300 ETH to the exchange, with a total value of US$155 million. The institution withdrew 70,000 ETH from Bitfinex five days ago at an average price of $3,333. If sold this time, it would make a profit of $13.76 million.

Other items

Standard Chartered Bank obtains license to launch digital asset custody services in EU

Standard Chartered Bank has obtained a Luxembourg license to launch digital asset custody services in the EU

JP Morgan: MiCA regulations may increase adoption of euro stablecoins

The EU’s landmark Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) regulation, which comes into effect on December 30, 2024, could boost the market share of euro-pegged stablecoins, JPMorgan analysts said. JPMorgan analysts said in a report that currently, euro-pegged stablecoins account for only 0.12% of the stablecoin market share, but MiCA can meet customer demand and regional-based adoption by encouraging European banks and financial institutions to adopt euro stablecoins. Financial settlement on the blockchain, thereby improving this situation. Notable examples include Société Générale’s EURCV stablecoin and BBVA’s planned launch of a stablecoin in partnership with Visa, analysts said.

Turkish AI studio Grand Games received $30 million in Series A financing, led by Balderton Capital

Turkish AI studio Grand Games has received $30 million in Series A financing, led by London investment firm Balderton Capital. Other investors include Bek Ventures, Laton Ventures and angel investor Mert Gür. The company plans to use the funds to expand its workforce and expand its workforce in Continue to develop the game while maintaining the existing structure. Grand Games is a mobile game publisher based in Turkey that was founded less than a year ago and is known for casual games such as Magic Sort and Car Match.

Base considers launching tokenized COIN stocks

Base developer Jesse Pollak said in a post on the Pollak said that non-U.S. users can already obtain tokenized COIN shares through protocols such as Backed, a tokenized RWA platform, and implementing COIN on Base is "something we will look into in the new year," adding that eventually "Every asset in the world will be implemented on Base." Jesse Pollak added that Coinbase has “no concrete plans yet” and is in an “exploratory phase” as the exchange works to understand how to comply with U.S. regulations.

Sam Altman: 2025 could see the first AI agents join the workforce

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said in his latest blog post that the company is convinced that it has mastered the method of building AGI (artificial general intelligence). He predicted that 2025 could see the first AI agents “join the workforce” and materially change business output. Altman reviewed the two-year anniversary of ChatGPT, noting that the product has grown from an initial 100 million weekly active users to more than 300 million. He emphasized that OpenAI is shifting its goal to the development of superintelligence, believing that this will significantly accelerate scientific discovery and innovation and bring greater social prosperity. Altman called last November's "flash firings" a "major failure of governance" but said the experience made him a more thoughtful leader. He specifically thanked Ron Conway and Brian Chesky for their help during the crisis, saying that without their support, OpenAI may have fallen apart.