● SEC Chairman Gary Gensler issues crypto investment risk warning

According to BlockBeats, SEC Chairman Gary Gensler issued a risk warning on social platforms, reminding crypto investors that those who provide crypto asset investments/services may not comply with applicable laws, including federal securities laws. He emphasized that investors in crypto asset securities should be aware that they may be deprived of key information related to their investments and other important protections.

● The US SEC quickly responded to the additional comments of the Bitcoin spot ETF applicant

Chamber of Digital Commerce founder and CEO Perianne posted on the X platform that the US SEC has just issued additional comments on the pending applicant's S-1 documents. Bloomberg ETF analyst James Seyffart confirmed the news and said there will be more amendments tomorrow, but he does not think the additional comments are a delayed signal. In fact, it is almost unheard of that multiple Bitcoin spot ETF applicants submit documents to the SEC in the morning and receive comments on the same day.

● Fox reporter: Several Bitcoin spot ETF issuers submitted updated documents and could be listed this week in theory

Fox reporter Eleanor Terrett tweeted that now that the official filing deadline of 8 a.m. local time set by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has passed, all Bitcoin spot ETF issuers, except Hashdex, have submitted updated documents. Issuers that could theoretically go public this week include Ark/21Shares, Blackrock, BitWise, VanEck, WisdomTree, Invesco, Fidelity, Valkyrie, and Franklin.

● Bloomberg ETF analyst: Bitcoin spot ETF issuers are caught in a fierce fee competition

Bloomberg ETF analyst Eric Balchunas tweeted that Bitcoin spot ETF issuers are caught in a fierce fee competition. BlackRock's fee rate is 0.20% in the first 6 months or before reaching US$50 billion, and 0.30% thereafter. BlackRock's low-fee strategy puts great pressure on its competitors.

● BlackRock injects $10 million into potential Bitcoin spot ETF

According to the latest modified S-1 form cited by The Block, BlackRock has injected $10 million into its potential Bitcoin spot ETF. Previously, Pantera Capital was ready to invest $200 million in Bitwise's potential Bitcoin spot ETF. VanEck plans to provide $72.5 million in seed funding for the potential Bitcoin spot ETF.

● MicroStrategy's Bitcoin holdings have a floating profit of over $3 billion

According to BlockBeats, as the price of Bitcoin briefly exceeded $47,000, MicroStrategy's Bitcoin holdings have made a floating profit of more than $3 billion. It currently holds a total of 189,150 Bitcoins, with an average purchase price of $31,168 per coin.

● CoinShares: Net inflows of digital asset investment products reached $151 million in the first week of 2024

According to CoinShares weekly data, inflows into digital asset investment products totaled $151 million in the first week of 2024, bringing the total inflows since Grayscale's lawsuit against the SEC to $2.3 billion, accounting for 4.4% of total assets under management (AuM). Although spot ETFs have not yet been launched in the United States, 55% of inflows came from US exchanges. Bitcoin had the largest inflows, at $113 million. On the other hand, Solana had a poor start to the year, with total outflows of $5.3 million. Other tokens with significant inflows included Cardano, Avalanche, and Litecoin, with inflows of $3.7 million, $2 million, and $1.4 million, respectively. Blockchain stocks also got off to a good start this year, with inflows of $24 million last week.

● Binance CEO Richard Teng: Support Bitcoin ETF. More products will help increase the number of users and large-scale adoption.

Richard Teng, CEO of Binance, said in an interview with Italian media IlSole24ORE that since he took over the leadership position in November 23, Binance has seen a return of funds and positive net inflows. In terms of technological innovation, Richard Teng said he is working on the combination of blockchain and AI, as well as asset tokenization. At the same time, he expressed support for Bitcoin ETFs, saying that more products will help increase the number of users and large-scale adoption, making the industry more popular.

● The BNB beacon chain integration plan will be implemented in April. Users need to plan BEP2/BEP8 asset transfers to ensure fund security

BNB Chain stated in its official blog that the BNB Chain community recently launched BEP333: BNB Chain Fusion, a proposal to gradually remove the BNB beacon chain from its ecosystem. The proposal focuses on improving the development efficiency of the balanced BSC, strengthening security, and improving asset utilization efficiency. The beacon chain fusion plan will be implemented in April 2024.

● Binance Research: AI-related Web3 project financing in 2023 totaled $298 million, exceeding the total financing in the previous 7 years

Binance Research recently released the latest data and developments on "AI x Cryptocurrency". In 2023, the funds raised by AI-related Web3 projects surged to $298 million. This exceeds the total amount of funds raised by AI projects from 2016 to 2022 ($148.5 million). AI-related tokens generally performed well in 2023, and the top five AI tokens by market capitalization performed significantly better than BTC and ETH. In addition, some trends and practical use cases emerging from the fusion of AI and crypto technologies have been observed, including promoting the development of decentralized physical infrastructure networks ("DePIN") and creating more interactive consumer-oriented applications.

● Binance released the reserve certificate for January 2024, and the BTC reserve ratio reached 103.79%

Binance released its reserve certificate for January 2024, with BTC reserve ratio reaching 103.79%, USDT reserve ratio reaching 123.20%, and BNB reserve ratio reaching 106.04%. This data proves that Binance has funds covering all user assets 1:1 as well as additional reserves.