According to a report by Jin Ten, Goldman Sachs CEO Solomon said that he believes bitcoin poses little threat to the dollar.
It is reported that ByteDance has invested more than 12 billion US dollars in artificial intelligence infrastructure this year, of which 40 billion yuan is prepared for the purchase of AI chips in 2025, which is twice the expenditure in 2024. Another plan is to invest about 6.80 billion US dollars overseas. In response, ByteDance officials responded to reporters: The relevant information is not accurate. ByteDance attaches great importance to the development and investment in the field of artifi...
On January 21st, Web3 mobile infrastructure provider Jambo announced the launch of the token J airdrop program, which will distribute 100 million J supplies to core users and Solana community members, and 100 million J supplies to core users and Solana community members, including JamboPhone 1, JamboPhone 2 users and active JamboApp users (task and Jpoints earners). Eligible users can check the Galxe collection page from January 22nd, and J will not start trading until 18:00 on January 22nd. Off...
On January 21, Eugene Epstein, head of trading and structured products at Moneycorp, said in an interview: "We've been through cyclical bull markets in cryptocurrencies before, but I remember that this was the first time the hype really happened at the government level. So far, there's just been a lot of talk, but in terms of acceptance, this is still the farthest cryptocurrency has ever gone."
Decentralized Data Infrastructure announced the launch of the AI Agent Hub, which aims to solve the problem of interoperability and scalability of AI agents in different fields. By providing a unified entrance, the CESS AI Agent Hub aggregates and connects AI agents in industries such as healthcare, finance, science, and education, serving a variety of developers and AI enterprises. The CESS AI Agent Hub helps users efficiently connect with the most suitable AI agent services to achieve cross-do...
On January 15th, Startale Group announced the establishment of a new investment division, Startale Ventures, which will mainly invest in Sony L2 network Soneium and Astar ecosystem projects. In addition to providing funding, it will also provide comprehensive support including marketing, business development and strategy formulation, and be able to leverage cloud infrastructure such as RPC nodes and account abstraction provided by Startale Cloud as a Service to improve Web3 development efficienc...
SYNTHR announced that it has completed 5 rounds of financing to raise a total of 10 million US dollars, with participation from Kronos, NGC Ventures, Morningstar Ventures, etc. In addition, the project has also received 11 grants.
Nevermind announced the completion of a $4 million seed round of financing led by Generative Ventures, with participation from Polymorphic Capital, Halo Capital, NEAR Protocol, Factor Capital, FLyrik Ventures, and Arca. The new funds will support its construction of a decentralized financial infrastructure that supports AI commerce, and develop protocols that turn every AI interaction into a permissionless economic transaction, allowing each AI agent to become a sovereign economic actor that can...
The GoPlus Foundation, a crypto-security infrastructure project, announced that its token GPS will have an initial coin offering (TGE) on January 16, and details such as airdrop rules and eligibility criteria will be announced on January 15.
Alpen Labs, a financial infrastructure on the Bitcoin blockchain, announced the completion of a $8.50 million strategic financing round, led by DBA and Cyber Fund. Ribbit Capital, Castle Island Ventures and Geometry were the largest investors in its seed round and once again supported Alpen in this round of financing. This round of funding will help it accelerate the development of Bitcoin ZK Rollup "Strata" and release it to the mainnet in 2025.
On January 13th, M ^ 0 has adopted the Chainlink infrastructure to provide its "decentralized" stablecoin M with net asset value (NAV) data on Ethereum. By leveraging Chainlink's SmartData Asset Service Solution Suite, they are "increasing the transparency of $M." It is understood that M is an alternative token that can be generated by "locking eligible collateral in a secure off-chain facility". With the integration of Chainlink SmartData, it is now possible to "accurately and securely access o...
According to official news, Sol Strategies, a Canadian-listed Solana blockchain and ecological infrastructure company, announced the acquisition of Orangefin Ventures, an on-chain validator service provider. The specific acquisition amount has not yet been disclosed. Max Kaplan, founder of Orangefin Ventures, will join the company as the head of the pledge business. According to the disclosure data, the number of SOL tokens pledged by Sol Strategies in its validator business has increased to 1,5...
On January 7, Bridgewater, the world's largest hedge fund, cut 7% of its workforce on Monday in an effort to keep the company's organizational structure lean and ensure it can hire top talent flexibly, according to a person familiar with the matter. The cuts affect about 90 employees. The company's current headcount has returned to 2023 levels and will continue to hire selectively, the person said. A spokesperson for Bridgewater said, "For the past three years, Bridgewater has focused on growing...
On January 4th, the 2025 People's Bank of China Work Conference was held from January 3rd to 4th. The meeting emphasized that give full play to the central bank's macroprudential and financial stability functions, and hold the bottom line of no systemic financial risks. Improve the macroprudential policy framework, strengthen the study and judgment of systemic financial risks, and enrich the toolbox of macroprudential policies. Improve the monitoring, assessment, early warning and response mecha...
AlloyX, a stablecoin infrastructure company, announced the completion of a $10 million Pre-A round of financing, with the participation of Arbitrum Foundation, Offchain Labs, PMT Capital, Ming Capital, Fern Win Capital, Whitecove Capital, and Kiln SAS. The new funds are expected to be used to expand its business in stablecoins and crypto payments in the UAE, ASEAN, and African markets.