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According to CNBC, U.S. President Trump will honor several tech executives at the Science: A New Golden Age Summit on Thursday. The White House confirmed that SpaceX and Tesla founder Elon Musk, Google co-founder Sergey Brin, NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang, and AMD CEO Lisa Su will receive the National Medal of Science, while Dell founder Michael Dell and Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella will receive the National Medal of Technology and Innovation. Fox News was the first to report this. White House Assistant Press Secretary Liz Huston stated that the Trump administration appreciates the contributions of these science and technology leaders, and the awardees are helping to ensure that the U.S. continues to lead the world in innovation.The summit comes just over a week after Trump hosted a lunch at the White House focused on artificial intelligence, where he stated that he had signed a morally binding document with tech leaders. CNBC reported that the aforementioned awardees have financially supported Trump or the Republican Party: Musk contributed over $290 million during the 2024 election cycle and led efforts to reduce federal employees as a special government employee under the Trump administration; Brin attended the inauguration and donated hundreds of thousands of dollars to the Republican National Committee in 2025; Huang donated to the fund for building the White House banquet hall, and NVIDIA donated $1 million to the inauguration; Dell and his wife Susan pledged $6.25 billion to provide seed funding for Trump Accounts, and AMD also contributed to Trump-related funds.

On September 27, Doubao Mobile Assistant released a statement in the official community regarding the abnormal usage of the Nubia NaviX Ultra phone in Honor of Kings, stating that starting from the evening of September 24, they have received feedback from users that the Nubia NaviX Ultra equipped with Doubao Mobile Assistant displays an abnormal device environment prompt when logging into Honor of Kings or during matchmaking, and users are forcibly kicked offline.Doubao Mobile Assistant stated: Upon confirmation, they have not made any operations on the Tencent game system throughout the process, and there are no violations such as unauthorized clicks, cheats, or simulation behaviors by the AI. The team is still in communication with relevant parties at Tencent, and as of now, they have not received a clear response, for which they apologize. The assistant also advises users not to repeatedly attempt to log into Honor of Kings on this model. If the account has been banned, users can appeal through the official game customer service channels.Tencent has not publicly responded. On September 28, a reporter learned from informed sources that Honor of Kings ensures game fairness through various security risk strategies, and these strategies have been consistently used over the past period without targeted adjustments.

ChainCatcher news, Zhao Changpeng posted on platform X that he is honored to be invited by the President of Kyrgyzstan, Sadyr Japarov, to join the National Cryptocurrency Committee. He also called for joint efforts to promote industry development.

According to ChainCatcher news, Sophon has announced a brand new smart contract account system called Sophon Account. This innovative design aims to make crypto interactions as simple as using everyday apps. Users can log in with their Google account, Passkey, or existing wallets, customize security rules, and enable multiple recovery options, completely bidding farewell to the troubles of mnemonic phrases.Sophon Account is one of the five core modules of the SophonOS operating system, which also includes Sophon Home (exploration center), Sophon+ (rewards and reputation system), a blockchain based on ZK-stack, and a Social Oracles data platform supported by zkTLS.With its modular design and seamless interaction experience, Sophon Account will serve as the "universal key" for users to access the entire ecosystem, significantly enhancing the popularity and usability of crypto products. The official statement indicates that this account system will be fully launched in the Sophon ecosystem, supporting various application scenarios such as gaming, content, and digital culture.Sophon also revealed that relevant developer documentation and integration guides will be released soon, aiming to enable more developers to build the next generation of crypto consumption experiences based on this.

ChainCatcher news, TRON founder Justin Sun has appeared on the cover of the English version of Forbes. Forbes featured an interview with Justin Sun titled "The Crypto Billionaire Who Helped the Trump Family Make $400 Million," stating that Justin Sun "is accelerating the construction of a global payment system through the TRON platform, which has reached 300 million users and is still growing."Justin Sun is the second Chinese entrepreneur to appear on the cover of the English version of Forbes, following Jack Ma. In the field of cryptocurrency exchanges, he is the fourth after CZ, SBF, and Brian Armstrong. As a global advisor, the Huobi HTX under Justin Sun's leadership was recently selected as one of the most trusted cryptocurrency exchanges for 2025 by Forbes. On the X platform, Justin Sun stated, "From vision to global leadership—it's a great honor to be on the cover of Forbes."

ChainCatcher news, according to TheBlock, the SVM Layer1 blockchain project Fogo has completed a $8 million financing round, led by The Echonomist, with participation from 4 CMS Holdings, Big Brain Collective, and Patrons.It is reported that the Fogo chain is a new Layer 1 blockchain based on the Solana Virtual Machine (SVM), which completed a $5.5 million seed round financing last month, with Distributed Global leading the seed round with $5 million.

ChainCatcher news, on January 21, Swiss time, the "2025 Winter Davos Forum · Future Financial Technology Summit" hosted by OKG and supported by several media outlets was held in Davos, Switzerland. The event featured an in-depth dialogue with Sheila Warren, the honorary CEO of the U.S. Crypto Innovation Council, discussing how policy and regulation shape the future of cryptocurrency.When asked whether it is possible to establish a new regulatory framework for cryptocurrency that facilitates cooperation between different regions and governments, Sheila believes that many have long called for a balance to be found between promoting innovation and protecting consumer safety. Many also hope to establish a new regulatory framework for virtual assets to achieve cooperation between different regions and governments. However, a major gap in global cryptocurrency regulation is the lack of any rules-based system at the federal level in the United States.Regarding the further development of cryptocurrency integration into traditional finance, Sheila believes the future depends on whether regulatory policies in various countries can promote the rollout of new blockchain and token-based products and services.It is understood that the "2025 Winter Davos Forum · Future Financial Technology Summit" is hosted by OKG during the World Economic Forum, aiming to find a path to reshape the global financial landscape under the theme of "Cooperation in the Smart Era," exploring the vision of global fintech—linking innovation, linking the future.

ChainCatcher message, Gary Gensler allegedly posted a farewell on the X platform, stating: It has been my honor to serve as the Chair of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Public service is about giving back to our communities, whether they are neighborhoods, counties, or states; or, as part of this agency, I firmly believe that capital markets, competition, and common-sense rules benefit both investors and issuers. This is why the SEC and its staff play a critical role in overseeing the markets and ensuring compliance with common-sense rules of U.S. securities law:We have reduced costs and risks and enhanced the integrity of our two largest markets—the nearly $60 trillion stock market and the $28 trillion bond market;We have helped improve the transparency and integrity of corporate governance for public companies, including implementing new cooling-off periods and other conditions before insiders of companies that may possess significant non-public information trade their company’s securities;We have established rules requiring regulated broker-dealers and investment advisers to notify clients of data breaches that may put personal information at risk;We have laid the groundwork for important debates regarding the growing applications of artificial intelligence in the financial sector;We have updated the rules for the stock and bond markets, shortening the settlement cycle;We have returned over $2.7 billion to harmed investors.

ChainCatcher news, according to Sina Finance, the US stock market will be closed on January 9 (Thursday) in observance of a national day of mourning for the late 39th President of the United States, Jimmy Carter. Normal trading will resume on January 10 (Friday).Trading in stock index futures under the CME will end early at 22:30 Beijing time; trading in interest rate and agricultural futures will end early at 02:15 Beijing time on January 10; trading in Treasury futures will end early at 03:30 Beijing time on January 10; trading in precious metals, energy, foreign exchange, and cryptocurrency futures will proceed as usual.

ChainCatcher News, U.S. President Donald Trump announced the appointment of David O. Sacks as the "White House Artificial Intelligence and Cryptocurrency Affairs Czar (AI & Crypto Czar)."Sacks responded on social media, saying, "Thank you for the trust, Mr. President. I am deeply honored and look forward to advancing America's competitiveness in critical technology areas. Under your leadership, the future is bright!"

ChainCatcher news, Paradigm and Wevm have collaborated to launch the Frog toolkit based on Farcaster Frames, allowing developers to build high-quality, high-performance, and lightweight frameworks with minimal code.In addition, Frog comes with a built-in debugger that supports live reloading, enabling developers to establish a tight feedback loop between the code and the framework interface. Frog is integrated on top of the small and fast JavaScript web framework Hono, allowing users to build frameworks using JSX and integrate them into any platform or runtime, such as Cloudflare, Vercel, Next.js, Bun, etc.

ChainCatcher news, according to News1, Binance has denied reports that it is "considering building a new cryptocurrency exchange in South Korea with Kolon Honorary Chairman Lee Yong-ryeol." Binance stated that last year we discussed the development of the blockchain industry in South Korea and the implementation of charitable initiatives with Kolon, but we have not discussed the establishment of a new exchange.Previously, according to Yonhap News Agency, Lee Yong-ryeol, Honorary Chairman of the Kolon Group in South Korea, would establish a joint venture with Binance to collaborate with the South Korean government and financial authorities to create a new virtual asset exchange. (source link)

ChainCatcher news, global distributed ledger and blockchain company DLTx ASA announced the acquisition of the U.S. node infrastructure company NachoNodes, including the company's intellectual property and its management and technical teams. The specific acquisition amount has not been disclosed.The management team of NachoNodes includes two core founding members of Pocket Network, who have now officially joined DLTx ASA and will focus on expanding DLTx ASA's node infrastructure and node operations. (Source link)