On January 14th, according to an announcement by the Eigen Foundation, the Protocol Council has officially launched and the Foundation has completed the final locked transaction to transfer control to the council. The Protocol Council is the core decision-making body for EigenLayer governance, responsible for reviewing and approving EigenLayer Improvement Proposals (ELIPs) to ensure all protocol upgrades meet security requirements and support the sustainable development of the ecosystem. Council members are composed of diverse representatives from the Eigen ecosystem, aiming to promote decentralized governance of the protocol.

 in a public letter on January 12th, Warren asked incoming Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent if the Treasury Department should have more power to sanction the cryptocurrency industry. Warren wrote, "Should the Anti-Money Laundering/Counter-Terrorism Financing and Sanctions Programs include a well-designed, risk-based provision to prevent money laundering or terrorist financing involving digital assets?" He is about to become the chief Democrat on the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee.

According to The Paper news, the Procurator-General of the Supreme People's Procuratorate, Ying Yong, made a work report of the Supreme Procuratorate at the third session of the Fourteenth National People's Congress, in 2024, the procuratorial organs prosecuted 825 people for securities crimes such as financial fraud and insider trading, and prosecuted 3032 people for money laundering crimes such as using "virtual currency" to transfer criminal proceeds.

According to official sources, Astar Network has announced that Astar zkEVM will be migrated to Soneium L2. Liquidity providers will need to withdraw assets and liquidity from DEX/DeFi projects on Astar zkEVM and transfer them to Ethereum using Astar Portal's native cross-chain bridge for ETH, DAI, MATIC, USDC, USDT, WBTC, or wsETH. vASTR holders will need to cancel their pledges through Omni and once the pledge period ends, ASTR tokens will automatically be transferred to Astar zkEVM. Other token projects should pay attention to relevant migration announcements. NFT holders do not need to take any action.

 Luo Zhuojian, a member of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and a consulting expert of the Ministry of Finance, called for the active development of stablecoins to maintain Hong Kong's financial center advantages. He pointed out that Hong Kong can cooperate with financial institutions in other regions in the application of stablecoins, explore their potential in international settlement and cross-border application models, and also encourage traditional financial institutions, payment platforms, and technology companies to cooperate in promoting the application of stablecoins. In addition to cross-border and payment, stablecoins can also be used in fundraising and asset management, further expanding their application scope. In addition, it is necessary to expand the participation scope of the sandbox, relax the application conditions, and allow more start-ups and innovative projects to test new products in a low-risk environment.

On January 14th, the AIOS Foundation announced that it has completed the destruction of tokens held in its wallet. Previously, the AIOS Foundation issued a statement stating that in order to further enhance the transparency and fairness of the AIOS community, and to promote the AIOS project with the highest standards of integrity, it will destroy all AIOS tokens held by the foundation within the next 24 hours. Two addresses held by the foundation held 64.03% and 2.58% of the AIOS tokens respectively.

 The Data Nerd has monitored that Amber Group deposited 2.2 million VIRTUAL coins with a value of approximately 5.19 million US dollars to Gate 9 hours ago. On the other hand, 2 whales accumulated a total of 1.17 million VIRTUAL coins (approximately 3.03 million US dollars) from Gate 2 hours ago.

On March 8th, a court in Georgia ordered the detention of George Bachiashvili, the founder of Mission Gate and a venture capitalist. He is currently facing trial for allegedly embezzling investment profits from former Georgian Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili.

Charles Hoskinson, the founder of Cardano, revealed that Cardano is discussing the possibility of integrating Ripple's new stablecoin, RLUSD. The aim is to strengthen Cardano's DeFi ecosystem and provide wider opportunities for the use of RLUSD.

Polymarket posted on X platform, stating that after an unauthorized interview with Tucker Carlson, SBF (Sam Bankman-Fried) has been placed under solitary confinement. Since this unauthorized interview aired, the possibility of SBF receiving a presidential pardon has nearly doubled.

According to JPMorgan's estimate, ETPs for XRP and SOL may attract nearly $15 billion in net inflows. Matthew Sigel, Director of Digital Asset Research at VanEck, said the forecast takes into account the market capitalization and ETP traffic performance of BTC and ETH.

Gryphon, a bitcoin mining company listed on NASDAQ, announced that its stock price rose by 20% on Friday after acquiring an 850-acre industrial site powered by natural gas from Canadian oil and gas company Captus Generation for $18.7 million.

reported by Bitcoin Magazine, the Kentucky State Senate unanimously passed a bill to protect the right to self-custody of Bitcoin and digital asset mining by a vote of 37-0. The bill, named "AN ACT relating to blockchain digital assets" (HB 701), has now been sent to the Governor's office for final approval.

 according to CompaniesMarketcap data, as the price of Bitcoin rebounds to the $85,000 range, its market value has now risen to $1.677 trillion, a daily increase of 4.51%, surpassing Saudi Aramco ($1.675 trillion) to rise to eighth place in the global asset market value rankings.

according to data, in the past 12 hours, the total amount of liquidation in the entire network reached 103 million US dollars, of which the amount of long liquidation was approximately 28.8747 million, and the amount of short liquidation was approximately 74.0293 million.

according to on-chain analyst Ember (@EmberCN), Chainlink completed its quarterly routine token unlock, with a total of 19 million LINK (approximately $2.62 billion) transferred from two non-circulating supply addresses. Of these, 14.875 million LINK (approximately $2.05 billion) were directly transferred to Binance exchange, while another 4.125 million LINK (approximately $57.04 million) were transferred to the multi-signature address 0xD50...8Af.

Bolivia's state-owned energy company YPFB is considering using cryptocurrency to pay for energy imports due to a shortage of foreign currency reserves and domestic gas production. A spokesperson for YPFB mentioned that a system has been established to use cryptocurrency for energy imports following government approval. Although the specific cryptocurrency for payments was not disclosed, stablecoins are commonly used for cross-border transactions. The fuel shortage in Bolivia has caused protests and strikes among workers, including farmers, as only a fraction of the public transport system is operational. YPFB's new purchasing system aims to support national fuel subsidies amidst the foreign currency shortage.

naked eye 3D and blockchain technology platform Pixel Powered Ledger (hereinafter referred to as "PPL") announced a strategic cooperation worth $2.4 million with DePIN X, an institution in the field of decentralized physical infrastructure (DePIN). This cooperation will accelerate PPL's layout in naked eye 3D technology and decentralized ecosystem, further promoting the global application of its EG3D content network and Soaring Eagle Pad device.

the AI full-chain tool Wayfinder announced early access to testing for all users who pledge PRIME in the Wayfinder caching program and link their pledge wallet to the Wayfinder application account. Wayfinder will use a completely random selection method for subsequent users.