fei

According to official news, Li Feifei's AI startup World Labs has completed a $1 billion financing round, with investments from AMD, Autodesk, Emerson Collective, Fidelity Management & Research Company, NVIDIA, and Sea.World Labs is dedicated to accelerating the mission of advancing spatial intelligence by innovating narrative methods, inspiring creativity, driving robotics, and promoting scientific discovery through the construction of world models.World Labs stated that its first product, Marble, allows anyone to create spatially coherent, high-fidelity, and persistent 3D worlds from images, videos, or text.

CoinW recently issued an official announcement reminding that a scam activity involving fake websites and mobile applications (Apps) has been detected. The scammers maliciously impersonated CoinW's name, graphics, logo, and brand image.The scammers targeted potential victims through publicly available information on the internet and social media platforms like LinkedIn. They used the victims' social profiles to verify their locations and establish initial contact, subsequently luring users to move the communication to Telegram. Scammers commonly employ manipulative tactics (including fabricating "luxurious lifestyle" stories) to deceive victims into transferring cryptocurrency to wallet addresses under their control. CoinW solemnly reminds: please be sure to access the official website or download the app through official channels. If you have doubts about the source of information, please contact the CoinW legal team for verification immediately. If you discover suspicious websites or counterfeit applications, please stop all operations and report them to the official channels. CoinW stated that it will continue to strengthen the construction of its security and risk control system, maintain a safe, fair, and transparent trading environment, and firmly support global anti-fraud, anti-money laundering, and sanctions compliance efforts.

According to reports from Zhong'an Online, the Hefei Xinzhan Public Security Bureau discovered that a virtual currency exchanger was providing money laundering services for a fraud gang while handling a telecom network fraud case involving 260,000 yuan. On January 15, 2026, the police arrested the suspect Liu in Sichuan.Investigation revealed that Liu had been engaged in virtual currency trading since 2020, contacting upstream buyers through overseas chat software and conducting transactions with fraudsters on illegal trading platforms. In June 2025, after selling virtual currency on an illegal platform, Liu withdrew the illicit funds that were transferred to his account to his personal WeChat account, which is suspected of concealing and disguising criminal proceeds. The case is currently under further investigation.

YZi Labs officially stated on social media that it has noticed some accounts impersonating YZi Labs investors on the X platform. To ensure user safety, please verify through the official website, where all social accounts of YZi Labs investors are listed.

Neo founder Da Hongfei posted on social media that he and Erik Zhang have agreed to stop their previous disputes, believing it to be harmful to Neo and the community.Da Hongfei stated that he is busy preparing the financial report and plans to release a comprehensive preview by February 15. This preview report will contain sufficiently detailed information for financial verification, budget planning, and governance reform. Relevant information will be updated regularly before the final version is released.

The Flow Foundation officially announced the progress of the security incident resolution, confirming the permanent destruction of 87.4 billion counterfeit FLOW tokens, marking the complete technical resolution of the security incident.The related destruction operations were executed on-chain by the community governance committee, and all seized counterfeit assets have been completely withdrawn from circulation, in accordance with the independent recovery plan disclosed in the previous technical review. Currently, the validation nodes completed the deployment of security patches within 24 hours after the incident, and the network has continued to operate normally since then, with additional security measures introduced at the protocol level. Furthermore, network operation data shows that Flow has returned to a fully healthy state, processing over 3 million transactions in the past week, with all core DeFi protocols operating normally. With the completion of all security repairs, future efforts will focus on ecosystem expansion and product development. Previously, it was reported that Flow suffered a loss of $3.9 million due to a hacker attack, but user deposits were unaffected. In mid-January, its community governance committee completed the final recovery of unliquidated counterfeit FLOW tokens from centralized exchanges, including Binance and HTX.

The Korea Customs Service Incheon Headquarters has cracked a case of counterfeit luxury goods sales, involving approximately 77,000 counterfeit items, valued at about 120 billion won (approximately 90 million USD) based on the market price of genuine products.The suspects profited 16.5 billion won (approximately 12.4 million USD) from selling counterfeit luxury goods through an online mall, and converted part of the criminal proceeds into cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin, with about 500 million won (approximately 380,000 USD) stored in a hardware wallet to evade confiscation. Law enforcement has seized related cryptocurrency assets and frozen assets including apartments, hotels, and luxury cars worth about 8 billion won (approximately 6 million USD).

According to a report from the Cyberspace Administration of China, based on clues provided by netizens, this year, relevant departments coordinated to verify and promptly handle 1,418 illegal and counterfeit website platforms, an increase of 1.7 times compared to last year. Among them: 323 websites impersonating state-owned enterprises such as State Grid and Sinopec published false investment and recharge information, misleading netizens into purchasing virtual goods and fake recharge fuel cards, resulting in scams; 61 websites impersonating financial institutions such as China Merchants Securities and CITIC Bank misled netizens into downloading apps for stock trading or purchasing so-called "stablecoins" and other financial products, causing financial losses.

According to the official account of the Central Cyberspace Administration's Reporting Center, by 2025, 1,418 counterfeit and fraudulent website platforms have been legally processed, including 61 websites impersonating financial institutions such as China Merchants Securities and CITIC Bank. These sites lure internet users into downloading apps to engage in stock trading or purchasing so-called "stablecoins" and other financial products, resulting in financial losses.The Central Cyberspace Administration's Reporting Center pointed out that counterfeit and fraudulent websites often illegally collect personal information from internet users under the guise of "receiving subsidies," "recharging consumption," "business cooperation," and "investment and financial management," committing fraud and infringing on the legitimate rights and property safety of the public, posing significant social harm.

Neo co-founder and core developer Erik Zhang accused NEO founder Da Hongfei of failing to fulfill financial disclosure commitments. Erik Zhang stated that, according to a clear agreement reached during a recent phone call, starting from January 1, 2026, Da Hongfei will focus on the operation and development of NeoX and SpoonOS, and will no longer participate in any matters related to the Neo mainnet. He called for Da Hongfei to immediately provide the community with a complete and verifiable financial report, including a detailed list of all assets managed by the Neo Foundation (NF) and a breakdown of all expenditures, to address the community's long-standing reasonable concerns regarding transparency and governance.NEO founder Da Hongfei responded by stating that Erik Zhang controls the vast majority of Neo funds, influences consensus node voting, and is unhesitatingly hijacking the protocol at the expense of the community and token holders. He had urged Erik to transfer the NEO/GAS tokens from his personal custody to the foundation's multi-signature address—while he himself still retains the identity of a key holder. However, Erik Zhang always finds excuses to delay this process.

According to the U.S. Department of Justice website, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Virginia successfully recovered 420,740.422314 USDT and 1,249,996.15 BUSD through civil asset forfeiture procedures, with a total value of nearly $1.7 million. These funds originated from cryptocurrency investment fraud proceeds and money laundering activities and are currently being returned to the victims.Court documents show that the scammers contacted victims via text messages and social media, posing as accidental contacts to lure victims into moving to encrypted chat applications. The scammers then gained the victims' trust and encouraged them to "invest" in cryptocurrency on a fraudulent investment website. This website mimicked legitimate cryptocurrency investment platforms but actually transferred the victims' funds to the scammers.

According to OKX market information, some altcoins have seen significant gains, including:TNSR is currently at $0.153, with a 24-hour increase of 54.2%;PARTI is currently at $0.103, with a 24-hour increase of 53.88%;DYM is currently at $0.116, with a 24-hour increase of 19%;BANANAS31 is currently at $0.0029, with a 24-hour increase of 18.9%;HIGH is currently at $0.238, with a 24-hour increase of 13.88%;ALICE is currently at $0.2428, with a 24-hour increase of 8.9%.

ChainCatcher news, according to a report by China Central Television, Beijing police recently discovered a strange transaction during their work. The transaction involved an image of a counterfeit currency template, and the police determined that the buyer was likely involved in producing counterfeit money. Based on this clue, the police followed the trail and arrested 15 criminal suspects, dismantled 8 counterfeiting dens, and seized more than 2.5 million yuan in counterfeit currency.It was reported that the suspects in this case were all born after 2000, and some were even minors. They first learned counterfeiting techniques through overseas software, then used printers to produce counterfeit money, and finally sold it using virtual currency for settlement. The suspects not only produced the counterfeit money themselves but also taught counterfeiting techniques to others for profit.

ChainCatcher news, according to market reports, renowned Ethereum developer Dankrad Feist has announced his departure from the Ethereum Foundation (EF) to join Tempo, a payment-focused Layer 1 project incubated by Stripe and Paradigm. Since joining EF in 2018, Feist has made significant contributions, most notably co-creating the Danksharding shard design to enhance Layer 2 scalability. Earlier this year, he was also appointed as a strategic advisor in multiple areas of the Ethereum Foundation.Feist stated that Tempo is "highly aligned" with Ethereum, both built on the same permissionless philosophy, and Tempo's open-source technology can be easily integrated back into the Ethereum ecosystem. Ethereum founder Vitalik Buterin responded, "Dankrad is an outstanding researcher who has made extremely valuable contributions to what we know as Ethereum today."

ChainCatcher message, FTX tweeted to remind users to be cautious of phishing emails that appear to be from Kroll or FTX Recovery Trust, as well as some websites that seem to be FTX customer portals. FTX emphasized that the official channels will not ask users to connect their wallets.Some users reported FTX fake compensation emails mentioning the need to generate an XPUB and requiring the download of a tool that is very dangerous. In response, Slow Mist's Yu Xian stated that this malicious tool appears to be cobbled together using AI, with a clear intention to steal recovery phrases; beyond that, there are no other dangers.

According to ChainCatcher's message, on-chain analyst Ai Yi (@ai_9684xtpa) monitored that a trader bet on the genuine YZY to break even at a high point and once had an unrealized profit of $830,000, but did not take profits and is now facing an unrealized loss of $106,000. Previously, the trader bet on the counterfeit Kanye concept meme coin YZY, incurring a loss of $700,000, and now the total loss exceeds $800,000.

ChainCatcher news, according to a report by Jiemian News, JD Coin Chain Technology stated that recently someone has impersonated JD to release a digital currency named JD-HKD on mainstream trading platforms, deceiving users into participating in transactions.These deceptive actions not only harm the legitimate rights and interests of JD Coin Chain Technology but also cause damage to users participating in the transactions. JD Coin Chain Technology has communicated with mainstream trading platforms to delist the related digital currency and has issued an announcement to alert users.JD Coin Chain Technology stated that as a participant in the Hong Kong Monetary Authority's stablecoin issuer sandbox, it fully complies with the process of implementing Hong Kong regulatory guidance. Before obtaining the Hong Kong stablecoin issuer license, any issuance of coins using terms like JD stablecoin, JD-HKD, JD-USD, etc., to attract users to purchase, as well as any issuance of coins under the guise of JD or JD partners, are scams. JD will also not issue any governance tokens other than the JD stablecoin.

ChainCatcher message, Slow Mist Technology's Chief Information Security Officer 23pds tweeted that the security company Koi disclosed over 40 counterfeit cryptocurrency wallet extensions in the official Firefox browser add-on store, imitating mainstream wallets such as MetaMask and Coinbase Wallet. These malicious plugins steal mnemonic phrases by embedding event listener code and send the data back to the attacker's server.

According to ChainCatcher, BleepingComputer reports that over 40 malicious extensions have been found in the official Firefox extension store, impersonating well-known cryptocurrency wallets, including fake versions of Coinbase, MetaMask, Trust Wallet, Phantom, Exodus, OKX, Keplr, and MyMonero.Security company Koi Security's research found that these malicious extensions monitor user input to steal wallet recovery phrases and private keys, transmitting the data to servers controlled by the attackers. Many of the extensions are cloned versions of legitimate open-source wallets but have added malicious code. Attackers establish trust by using real brand logos and a large number of fake five-star reviews.