Compiled by: Luan Peng, ChainCatcher
Important news:
Musk has changed the nickname of the X platform back to 'Elon Musk'
Robinhood is giving away $2.5 million worth of Bitcoin to gold members participating in the New Year's countdown.
OKX is about to launch SONIC (Sonic SVM) spot trading.
Binance Alpha adds swarms, TAOCAT, degenai.
Founder of Bridgewater Capital: The U.S. Senate will approve the Bitcoin purchase plan, but it's unlikely to buy 1 million coins.
In 2024, the total net worth of the world's top 500 billionaires surpassed $10 trillion, with Zhao Changpeng's wealth increasing by 60% to $55 billion.
Binance adjusts monitoring labels and seed labels.
Binance's user count surpasses 250 million.
What important events happened in the past 24 hours?
Musk has changed the nickname of the X platform back to 'Elon Musk'.
Musk has reverted the nickname on X back to 'Elon Musk', and he has also changed his profile picture back to a personal photo.
According to Coingecko data, KM (Kekius Maximus) on the Solana chain has fallen about 83.86% in the past 24 hours, while KEKIUS (Kekius Maximus) on Ethereum has fallen about 46.9% in the past 24 hours.
Robinhood is giving away $2.5 million worth of Bitcoin to gold members participating in the New Year's countdown.
According to Cointelegraph, Robinhood is giving away $2.5 million worth of Bitcoin to gold members participating in the New Year's countdown.
OKX is about to launch SONIC (Sonic SVM) spot trading.
According to the official announcement, OKX is about to launch SONIC (SonicSVM) spot trading, with the specific schedule as follows:
SONIC open deposit time: January 2, 2025, 8:30 PM (UTC+8);
SONIC auction time period: January 7, 2025, 7:00 PM to 8:00 PM (UTC+8);
SONIC/USDT spot trading opening time: January 7, 2025, 8:00 PM (UTC+8);
SONIC open withdrawal time: January 7, 2025, 12:00 PM (UTC+8).
Binance Alpha adds swarms, TAOCAT, degenai.
Binance Alpha announces a new batch of projects, including: swarms, TAOCAT, degenai.
Founder of Bridgewater Capital: The U.S. Senate will approve the Bitcoin purchase plan, but it's unlikely to buy 1 million coins.
Founder of Bridgewater Capital Anthony Scaramucci stated in an interview with Bankless that the U.S. Senate will approve a large-scale Bitcoin purchase plan because 'Trump wants the plan to materialize, and he has gained the support of the Senate Banking Committee.'
Anthony Scaramucci revealed that Senator Cynthia Lummis' previously proposed strategic Bitcoin reserve bill has gained enough support, but he believes the bill's plan to buy 1 million BTC is unrealistic. He expects the U.S. government will retain the current holdings of about 200,000 BTC and then buy another 400,000 to 500,000 BTC.
In 2024, the total net worth of the world's top 500 billionaires surpassed $10 trillion, with Zhao Changpeng's wealth increasing by 60% to $55 billion.
According to Bloomberg, the total wealth of the 500 richest people in the world in 2024 surpassed $10 trillion, with the wealth of tech billionaires growing most significantly. Tech leaders like Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg, and Jensen Huang led the list, collectively increasing by $903 billion.
The article mentions that Trump's election victory triggered a historic rise in digital assets, with Bitcoin breaking $100,000 for the first time. This surge significantly increased the wealth of billionaires in the cryptocurrency space: Binance founder Zhao Changpeng (CZ) saw a 60% increase in wealth to $55 billion; Coinbase co-founder Brian Armstrong's wealth increased by over 50% to $11.1 billion.
Binance adjusts monitoring labels and seed labels.
According to the official announcement, Binance will adjust monitoring labels and seed labels on January 2, 2025. The coins added to the monitoring label include StormX (STMX) and TROY (TROY), while the coins removed from the monitoring label include ConvexFinance (CVX) and Sun (SUN). The coins removed from the seed label include Arkham (ARKM), Blur (BLUR), Jito (JTO), and Celestia (TIA).
Binance's user count surpasses 250 million.
Binance stated that 1 billion users is the benchmark for mass adoption, and Binance's user count has surpassed 250 million, achieving one-quarter of that goal.
(Ethereum News Weekly) Founder announces shutdown: The Ethereum Foundation withdrew support; it failed to find a sustainable business model.
Evan Van Ness, the founder of Ethereum News Weekly (Week in Ethereum News, abbreviated as WiE), stated on social media: 'Due to a conversation with the leadership of the Ethereum Foundation (EF) earlier this year, I announce that this newsletter will cease operations, as communication indicates they believe continuing to operate (Ethereum News Weekly) is not valuable.
In the remaining time of 2024, WiE received very little funding support from the Ethereum Foundation. Although this support was mostly symbolic, the EF leadership chose to cut this trivial support, clearly indicating that WiE will end immediately.
The Ethereum Foundation has withdrawn support, clearly indicating to me that WiE is time to end.
(Ethereum News Weekly) Once had good achievements. Over the years, at conferences, many developers told me that WiE impacted their Solidity or security careers. They often mentioned that this newsletter led them to decide to buy ETH. Once upon a time, this established newsletter was the upstream source of most Ethereum news support.
Unfortunately, WiE failed to find a sustainable business model. Advertising and sponsorships are hard to sell because the marketing director does not value developers. I have high standards for content, but achieving it profitably is just too time-consuming.
SAF CEO: A U.S. state will begin purchasing Bitcoin within 4 months.
Satoshi Action Fund (SAF) co-founder and CEO Dennis Porter stated on the X platform that a U.S. state is almost 100% certain to start purchasing Bitcoin within the next 4 months.
He also stated that his team is actively promoting the passage of related legislation, which is not just a prediction but a reality in progress.
XRP's market cap surpasses USDT, reclaiming the top three in cryptocurrency market cap.
According to CoinGecko data, XRP's market cap exceeds $138.4 billion, once again surpassing USDT ($137.1 billion) to reclaim the third spot in market cap.
What are the exciting articles worth reading in the past 24 hours?
Scammers, market makers, influencers... Highlights of Meme personalities of 2024.
In 2024, the Memecoin sector emerged strongly, growing into a super cycle amidst mixed reviews, surprising many Old Money.
In the trading battlefield of Memecoins, there are genius scammers setting 'wealth traps' with cunning means, market makers engaging in precise judgments and operations, influencers bringing traffic to tokens through their influence, and pumpers manipulating market trends through calls... These annual figures have come together to create the carnival of Memecoins.
Dialogue with Virtuals co-founder: The current value is driven by attention, and professional applications and economic infrastructure for agents are two major directions for generating unicorns in the future.
In-depth discussion on the profound impact of the concept of 'agent commerce' on the entire cryptocurrency field.
AI version of Chainlink, why did COOKIE surge by 300%?
Understanding the platform layout of Cookie and its flywheel effect.
Reviewing 30 crypto meme moments of 2024, which one do you remember?
Crypto KOL @100xgemfinder released 30 meme events in the crypto space for 2024, compiled by BlockBeats for readers.
Lazy earning secrets: Buy 10 BNB at the beginning of the year, use compound interest farming on Binance, how much can you earn by the end of the year?
In a bull market, there seem to be countless ways to make money. Some people MEME to find angles, some stay up all night trading contracts, and some work hard to get airdrops. Besides these methods, is there any way to profit without 'grinding', without gambling, and without heart palpitations? Some smart money is targeting Binance's Launchpool or Megadrop activities to achieve compound interest goals. In this article, PANews will review various activities on Binance over the past year and simulate how much profit can be made by holding 10 BNB until the end of the year.
Meme Popularity Chart
According to the meme token tracking and analysis platform GMGN market data, as of January 2, 19:40:
In the past 24 hours, the top five popular tokens on Ethereum are: KEKIUS, TRUMPIUS, TRUMPIUS, DOGIUS, ALEXIUS.
In the past 24 hours, the top five popular tokens on Solana are: TEK, SNAKE, DOGEUS, Dumpius, SHIKOKU.
In the past 24 hours, the top five popular tokens on Base are: VIRTUAL, GMB, GOOF, BRETT, AKUMA.
