Hong Kong police recently busted a virtual currency fraud group that used deepfake technology to lure others into investing through social media platforms, involving about 34 million yuan. Hong Kong police's commercial crime department arrested 31 people between the ages of 20 and 34 last week in two office buildings in Kowloon Bay, some of whom claimed to be students or unemployed, involved in the same fraud group, and seized their pre-set "scripts".

According to Blockworks, Solana Mobile's second mobile phone, Solana Seeker, is expected to be released in mid-2025. As of October last year, Solana Mobile's general manager, Emmett Hollyer, stated that the Seeker was priced at $500 and had received 145,000 pre-orders. Additionally, a team member of Jito stated that their re-mortgage platform is expected to be launched in about a month.

DeFi Technologies, a listed digital asset company, has released its monthly business data. Its subsidiary Valour had an asset management scale of CAD 1.18 billion (USD 819 million) as of December 31, a decrease of 11% from the previous month. In addition, DeFi Technologies disclosed that it increased its holdings of DOT and sold some CORE tokens in December. Its diversified investment portfolio currently includes 208.8 BTC, 121 ETH, 586,683 ADA, 126 DOT, 14,375 SOL, 490.5 UNI, 433,322 AVAX, and 1,701,703 CORE, with a total value of about CAD 58.9 million (USD 40.7 million), a decrease of 16% from the previous month.

Arkham has announced the addition of a Market Data page, which supports users in tracking important token data for spot, futures, and options products across multiple CEX.

 the Solana Foundation has initiated the SIMD-0215 proposal, which adds a new hash called "Accounts Lattice Hash". It uses homomorphic hashing to maintain the hash of the entire account state, which can be updated quickly and securely. This allows for (1) each block to contain the hash of all accounts, not just the accounts changed in that block, and (2) the removal of Epoch Accounts Hash. If adopted, it will replace Epoch Account Hash with a lattice-based approach, enabling efficient and real-time updates to the account state without reprocessing all accounts.

market shows ETH has broken through $3,700 and is currently trading at $3,700.67, with a 24-hour increase of 0.91%. The market is volatile, so please be prepared for risk control.

Dennis Porter, co-founder of Satoshi Action Fund, stated on X platform that up to 20 "strategic Bitcoin reserve" bills will be proposed at the state level in the United States, with multiple bills possible within the same state. Dennis Porter said that legislators are competing fiercely to become the first in history.

DePIN Network Hivera recently announced that it has received a $2 million investment from the IPN Foundation. Hivera is a decentralized physical infrastructure network (DePIN) supported by Ton Incubator, which allows users to contribute data for AI training through a Telegram mini-program and receive token rewards based on device bandwidth speed.

Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse tweeted that 75% of Ripple Labs' job vacancies are currently in the United States, and the company's transactions and partnerships in the US will exceed those of the previous six months after the November 2024 election. The Trump team has already promoted innovation and job growth in the United States, even before taking office. However you want to interpret it, the "Trump effect" is already making cryptocurrency great again.

Nansen has announced a partnership with HypurrCollective to promote innovation and governance within the Hyperliquid ecosystem. This partnership is centered around the Genesis Validator (one of only 16 available validators) and aims to "sustainably grow and empower community stakeholders." Through the Nansen x HypurrCollective validator, HYPE token holders can fully utilize their digital assets while "contributing to the development of the Hyperliquid ecosystem." (Crowdfund Insider)

in October 2024, the amount of ETH locked in liquidity collateral platforms exceeded 14 million, but the total amount of ETH held in these protocols is currently below the record level at the end of November (13.85 million ETH). As of January 5, 2025, about 13.78 million ETH are still locked in liquidity collateral platforms, a decrease of 70,000 since the end of November. Among them, Lido occupies the dominant position, accounting for 69.96% (holding 96.4 million ETH collateral, worth 34.9 billion US dollars). However, the amount of ETH collateralized on Lido has decreased by 160,000 since November 30, 2024, when it collateralized 98 million ETH. Meanwhile, Binance's liquidity collateral platform has added 150,000 ETH in the past 36 days, while Rocket Pool has experienced continuous outflows of funds, losing 479,374 ETH from October 29 to the end of November and another 7,743 ETH in the past 36 days. Currently, the 13.78 million ETH locked in these LSD platforms account for 11.44% of the circulating supply of ETH (120,474,080 ETH). (Bitcoin.com)

Adam Back, the founder of Blockstream, wrote on X platform: "I believe that MicroStrategy has completed the purchase of Bitcoin, but must announce it to the market through an 8-K file before or after the normal trading hours of the stock market." Earlier news, MicroStrategy founder Michael Saylor released Bitcoin Tracker related information for the ninth consecutive week.

Bitcoin mining company MARA Holdings recently announced that it has used 16% of its BTC holdings (about 7,377 coins) for short-term third-party loans to generate moderate single-digit returns. In 2024, MARA Holdings bought 22,065 BTC at an average price of $87,205 and mined 9,457 BTC. Currently, its reserve totals 44,893 BTC, with a total value of over $4.4 billion.

on-chain analyst Ali wrote in an article on X that despite the market's volatility, Ethereum is still maintaining strong growth within a parallel channel, pointing towards $6,000.

as monitored by Onchain Lens, 5 hours ago Vitalik Buterin sold 340 billion LDOG (DOG) for 5.2 ETH, worth $18,937.

today's panic and greed index rose to 76 (yesterday was 72), and the level changed from greed to extreme greed.

 US President Biden said, "Tomorrow is January 6th. We are gathered here to certify a free and fair presidential election result to ensure a peaceful transfer of power." 

the market shows that AAVE has broken through $330 and is currently reported at $330.04, with a 24-hour increase of 6.07%. The market is volatile, so please be prepared for risk control.