ChainCatcher Weekly Report

The TON Foundation confirms that the founder of Telegram has regained freedom, supporting the defense of online freedom of speech and privacy rights; the crypto payment company Mesh has completed a $82 million Series B funding round, led by Paradigm; Binance CEO: Trump's pro-cryptocurrency stance is a milestone.

The Australian government currently has no plans to establish a strategic reserve for cryptocurrencies; Robinhood pays a $26 million fine to settle with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority; Zhao Changpeng: Voting by user count benefits large communities, while value voting will benefit whales.

The Ethereum Foundation appoints Hsiao-Wei Wang and Tomasz Stańczak as co-executive directors; Vitalik: Ethereum needs a large number of young people with a cypherpunk vision; Bybit hacker has only 156,000 ETH left unlaundered, remaining funds may be cleared within 3 days.

Bybit CEO: Even if the losses are irreparable, Bybit has the ability to fully compensate; Data: The stolen funds from Bybit involve over 400,000 ETH, more than 90,000 stETH, 15,000 cmETH, and 8,000 mETH; Strategy announced the issuance of $2 billion in convertible bonds to support future Bitcoin purchases.

Jiangsu High Court: Overseas virtual currency investments are not protected by our country's laws; Binance includes token unlocking plans in information related to market value and circulating supply; Vitalik: Even in an L2-dominated Ethereum, L1 Gas limits need to be increased.

The Czech president signed a new law exempting capital gains tax for holding Bitcoin for over 3 years; the unemployment rate in the U.S. in January is 4%, expected 4.10%, previous value 4.10%; the Ethereum block gas limit has been raised to 36M, with L1 transaction volume increasing by 20%.

Trump: "Very likely" to give TikTok a 90-day grace period on the day of taking office; Supreme Procuratorate: Lawfully crack down on crimes that use virtual currency to illegally transfer assets abroad; VanEck submits on-chain economy ETF application to the U.S. SEC.

The U.S. Congress officially certified Trump's election as president, and Vance was elected vice president; the cryptocurrency exchange VOOX Exchange received a $50 million investment from Pinnacle Capital; after the USD0++ decoupling, Usual plans to activate the yield switch function and launch a 1:1 early unstaking to stabilize the ecosystem.

Binance Labs Outlook 2025: Focus on cryptocurrency, AI, and biotechnology, optimistic about DeSci, RWA/stablecoins, and AI agent tracks; Eric Trump, son of Trump, meets Michael Saylor at Mar-a-Lago and mentions Bitcoin; the United States accounts for over 40% of the global Bitcoin hash rate.

Powell: The Federal Reserve is not allowed to hold Bitcoin and has no intention of seeking to change the law; Craig Wright was sentenced to 12 months in prison for contempt of court, with a two-year probation; Zhao Changpeng wrote four years ago: BTC "crashed" from $101,000 to $85,000, waiting for news headlines.