Featured News
1. The market value of AI meme coin LLM briefly exceeded 100 million US dollars, and the 24-hour trading volume exceeded 330 million US dollars
2. VitaDAO's proposal to "airdrop 6.9 million BIO to VITA and VitaDAO IPT holders" has been rejected
3. Eliza Labs and IoTeX reach a strategic cooperation to open a new era of perception AI enabled by DePIN
4. Arthur Hayes responds to "The U.S. Department of Justice is allowed to sell $6.5 billion worth of Bitcoin": Ready to buy at the bottom
5. The total market value of AI agent tokens dropped to $15.1 billion, a 24-hour drop of 4.9%
Trending Topics
来源：Overheard on CT（tg：@overheardonct），Kaito
BERA: Discussions about BERA were active on Twitter today, highlighting important developments at Berachain, including the announcement that 127 projects have qualified for the RFA program, which is designed to support builders in the ecosystem. Berachain’s pre-deposit campaign has attracted over $1 billion in TVL (Total Value Locked), demonstrating strong community interest and engagement. In addition, Berachain’s unique economic model and its integration with multiple DeFi protocols such as Pendle and Concrete have also attracted a lot of attention. The ecosystem’s focus on NFTs and AI-driven DAOs such as 3 Beras Capital further highlights its innovative approach, attracting attention from investors and developers.
XRP: XRP gained a lot of attention today for several key developments. Ripple's president announced that an XRP spot ETF is likely to be approved soon, following the Bitcoin and Ethereum ETFs, which sparked optimism in the community. In addition, reports that Bank of America uses XRP for all internal transactions further enhanced its credibility. Ripple's partnership with Chainlink to promote the use of its RLUSD stablecoin in DeFi was also a highlight. These factors, coupled with XRP's resilience throughout the crypto market volatility, made it one of the hot topics.
FARTCOIN: FARTCOIN has become a hot topic today, with discussion focusing on its "emoji" appeal and market performance. Despite the overall market correction, FARTCOIN still has a market cap of over $1 billion and is often compared to other meme tokens such as LLM and AI16Z. Some tweets mentioned its future growth potential, while others expressed caution about its speculative nature. The popularity of the token is attributed to its humorous brand image and high community engagement, with many tweets mentioning large purchases and its status as a trending topic grower.
MOVEMENT: Movement Labs, a San Francisco-based blockchain development company, is closing in on a $100 million Series B funding round at a valuation of approximately $3 billion. The round was co-led by CoinFund and Nova Fund (part of Brevan Howard’s digital asset division). The funding will support Movement’s expansion of its Ethereum-based second-layer blockchain using Facebook’s Move programming language. The news sparked a lot of discussion on Twitter, with many talking about its potential impact on the crypto market and the anticipation of the Movement mainnet launch.
STORYPROTOCOL: Today’s discussion around STORYPROTOCOL has focused on its latest collaboration with Stability AI, which aims to combine AI and blockchain for IP management. The collaboration is seen as a major step towards creating a programmable IP blockchain, and many are bullish on the impact it could have on the AI and crypto industries. The collaboration has sparked interest in the future of the project and its role in the evolving IP economy, with several tweets highlighting the project’s innovative approach to IP protection and monetization.
Threads & Tweets
1. ai16z member’s comments on tokens like LLM, @dankvr
2. AI market summary for the past 24 hours, @S4mmyEth
Featured Articles
1.(Buzz triggers wealth effect, a comprehensive review of DeFAI track projects in one article)
BlockBeats
DeFAI, which stands for DeFi + AI, simplifies the complex DeFi interface and operations through AI technology, lowers the threshold for ordinary people to participate, and makes DeFi more accessible. DeFAI has built a grand vision - in the future, through AI Agent and various AI-enabled platforms, users can manage their investment portfolios as easily as chatting with ChatGPT, and everyone can participate in transactions in the decentralized market without any barriers.
2. (69,000 Bitcoins to sell? What impact will the Silk Road sale have on the market?)
shushu, rhythm worker, BlockBeats
This article discusses a review of the famous Silk Road case and the market impact of the 69,370 Bitcoins (a total of $6.5 billion) seized by the Department of Justice.
Biggest gainers & losers
Token volatility on January 9, sorted by trading volume
Top Gainer
1.$AQT
2.$STRIKE
3.$SBD
Top Loser
1.$XTER
2.$BUTTHOLE
3.$BULK
On-chain data
On-chain fund flows on January 9
