AgriFORCE Growing Systems (AGRI) has acquired a 5 trillion-watt bitcoin mining facility in Ohio for $4.50 million. The facility is powered by natural gas, houses more than 900 mining units, and reduces environmental impact through waste heat reuse and carbon capture technology.
Class A share's first annual report in 2024 was released, and Jucan Optoelectronics' net profit in 2024 was 195.50 million yuan, an increase of 61.44% year-on-year.
Bitcoin payments startup Breez announced the completion of a $5 million funding round, with participation from Entrée Capital, ego death capital, Plan Fund and Timechain.
Blockchain analytics platform bitsCrunch has launched a $5 million ecosystem grant program to support Web3 developers with funding, API credits, and token-based assistance.
According to @thepfund monitoring, IBIT's pre-market trading volume reached $105 million today, of which active buy orders accounted for 31% and active sell orders accounted for 31%.
On January 20, according to Whale Alert monitoring, 40 million XRP worth about $125 million was transferred from the unknown wallet to Binance at 13:12 Beijing time.
TRON founder Justin Sun announced an additional $45 million investment in World Liberty Financial (WLFI), bringing its total investment in the project to $75 million.
On January 18, according to Lookonchain monitoring, a whale spent 8.50 million USDC to buy 1.03 million TRUMPs at an average price of $8.28.
US "Internet celebrity broker" Robinhood will pay $45 million to end a series of securities claims.
MoonPay acquired Helio for $175 million to expand its crypto payment infrastructure, and the acquisition of Helio will integrate its technology into MoonPay to enable crypto transactions on e-commerce platforms such as Shopify and Discord.
Starpower, a DePIN startup, announced the completion of a $2.50 million financing round led by Framework Ventures, with participation from Solana Ventures and Bitscale Capital.
Crypto data platform SoSoValue raised $15 million led by Hongshan, SmallSpark, Mirana Ventures and Safepal. The round values the company at $200 million, bringing the total raised to nearly $20 million. The company plans to use the new funds to continue launching new investment products as part of its SoSoValue Index protocol, which uses smart contracts to automatically purchase digital assets and package them into encapsulated tokens.
A whale (0x9C55) transferred 195 million TLM to Binance worth 2.80 million USD.
Arbitrum DAO's previously approved 225 million ARBs (approx. $190 million) Gaming Catalyst Program (GCP) has officially launched. According to the latest Transparency Report, the program has generated approximately $1.20 million in spending, with 93.5% going to management fees such as legal entity establishment and team compensation. CP plans to fund 100 projects over the next three years, and has received 64 project applications so far.
Axel Adler, an analyst at CryptoQuant, said bitcoin still needed to accumulate more trading volume if it was to rise above $105,000 in January. "The market structure is still bullish and there are no clear signs of overheating," Mr. Adler said. "We lack enough volume for a strong push. So we are waiting for the market to recover from the holiday season." On January 3, Bitcoin's daily trading volume exceeded $66.70 million, compared to $743 million when it first broke through the $100,000 mark on...