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According to Bloomberg, TikTok is developing a "peer-to-peer" payment feature that allows users to transfer money to each other via private messages, with evidence coming from the code of the U.S. version of the TikTok App. The interactive design of this feature is quite complete, allowing the recipient to "click to accept" to complete the payment, while the sender can attach a text message. Changes in transaction status will be communicated to the sender in real-time via push notifications, providing an experience similar to PayPal's Venmo.TikTok responded that this feature "is not currently in testing in any market," and the report also noted that there are no signs guaranteeing that TikTok will definitely launch this feature. However, the existence of the code, combined with TikTok hiring for financial services positions in multiple markets including the U.S., indicates that the company is exploring this direction.TikTok has accumulated payment experience in Southeast Asia, with its payment product TikTok Pay operating in Vietnam, Malaysia, and Thailand, primarily used for shopping payments on TikTok Shop. In the first half of 2025, Thailand's TikTok Shop GMV reached $5.419 billion, a year-on-year increase of 162%. TikTok has over 1 billion monthly active users globally, with about 170 million users in the U.S. Following the news, stocks of companies like PayPal saw a significant drop that day. Analysts believe that if this feature is implemented, it will have a direct impact on Venmo's position in the peer-to-peer transfer market in the U.S., where Venmo has about 67 million monthly active users. However, regulatory factors remain the main challenge for TikTok in expanding its payment business in the U.S.

The on-chain data visualization analysis platform Bubblemaps has issued a warning that the Meme coin XST, which is being heavily promoted on TikTok, has a high risk of supply concentration—74% of its total supply is controlled by a small group, exhibiting typical Rug token characteristics. The current market value of this token is approximately 70 million USD.Bubblemaps urges investors to stay away from such projects and to ignore similar content if seen on TikTok's recommendation page.In recent years, TikTok has become an important distribution channel for low-quality Meme coins, creating an illusion of credibility through AI-generated celebrity videos and false associations, combined with the token's concentrated holding structure, resulting in typical high-risk Rug tokens after the hype fades.

ByteDance founder Zhang Yiming clearly stated at the Seed team all-hands meeting last month that the company will not use model distillation as a shortcut to catch up with large models, even if it temporarily falls behind domestic competitors. He urged the team to be willing to sacrifice short-term gains for long-term goals.Distillation refers to allowing a new model to learn from the outputs of a stronger model, which can save training time and computational power. Internally, ByteDance believes that this choice will make it more difficult for Seed's language model to catch up with domestic peers like DeepSeek, Kimi, and Qianwen in the short term. However, ByteDance is more concerned about political risks: the company has long faced scrutiny from the U.S. government due to TikTok, and if it is accused of massively extracting the capabilities of cutting-edge U.S. models, Washington may apply pressure on TikTok again. Previously, Anthropic accused DeepSeek, Dark Side of the Moon, MiniMax, Zhiyu, and Alibaba of massively extracting Claude's capabilities, but did not name ByteDance.

Blockchain and artificial intelligence infrastructure company Gency AI announced the completion of a $20 million financing round, led by TikTok, with participation from HF0, XYZ, Streamlined Ventures, Hat-Trick Capital, Arksteam, MH Ventures, ViaBTC, and Basics Capital.The company is currently focusing on the advertising market, introducing on-chain verifiable credentials and automated revenue distribution mechanisms. Utilizing smart contracts and privacy-preserving computing technologies, the number of ad impressions, conversion results, and revenue distribution can all be independently verified and automatically settled. The new funds will be used to expand its decentralized advertising execution and settlement network, strengthen the privacy-preserving computing stack, and accelerate product deployment and ecosystem collaboration in North America, Asia, and Europe.

According to IT Home citing The Information, two informed sources stated that TikTok's Chinese parent company ByteDance has suspended its global launch plan for the latest video generation model Seedance 2.0 after a series of copyright disputes with several major Hollywood studios and streaming platforms.The report stated that ByteDance originally planned to launch this new video model to global users in mid-March, but has now suspended the related plans. The report added that ByteDance's legal team is investigating and addressing potential legal issues, and engineers are also increasing protective mechanisms to prevent the model from generating content that may lead to further intellectual property infringements.

TikTok announced that it has established the TikTok USDS Joint Venture LLC. This joint venture will be responsible for data protection, algorithm security, content moderation, and software assurance for TikTok in the United States.The TikTok USDS joint venture is composed of three managing investors: Silver Lake, Oracle, and MGX, each holding a 15% stake. Other investors include the Dell family office, Vastmere Strategic Investments, LLC, Alpha Wave Partners, and Revolution, among others. ByteDance retains a 19.9% stake in the joint venture.

ChainCatcher news, recently, the Web3 version of the TikTok social media platform X.me officially announced the completion of a $30 million strategic financing. This round of financing was led by Tido Capital, with follow-on investments from Genesis Capital, Alpha Capital, Rollman Management, Parallel Ventures, WAGMi ventures, and Web3vision. The funds raised will primarily be used for the issuance of platform tokens by the X.me Foundation.The X.me platform encourages users to earn XPoints through social activities such as watching videos and interactions, which can be exchanged for platform tokens in the future. Additionally, this financing will also support the launch of live streaming features, as well as the development of a public chain and stablecoin specifically for media.

ChainCatcher news, according to Jin10 data reports, there are claims that ByteDance has agreed to sell TikTok's U.S. operations to an American consortium led by Oracle, while retaining a minority stake. In response, ByteDance stated that this information is false.

ChainCatcher message, Trump stated, "I just signed an executive order extending the deadline to shut down TikTok by 90 days (until September 17, 2025)."

ChainCatcher news, according to the Associated Press, U.S. President Trump will sign an executive order this week to extend the deadline for TikTok's parent company ByteDance to sell the app for another 90 days. This is the third extension since he took office, aimed at pushing the U.S. side to complete the acquisition of TikTok. Trump stated that he does not want TikTok to shut down and believes that Chinese President Xi Jinping will ultimately approve the divestiture deal. The TikTok ban in the U.S. is still in effect, and the sale negotiations have been repeatedly hindered by U.S.-China tensions.

ChainCatcher news, according to official sources, the Web3 social infrastructure UXLINK has officially launched the "AI Growth Assistant (Beta)" specifically designed for TikTok users. This tool optimizes account operation strategies through intelligent algorithms, enhances creators' fan growth efficiency, and builds a bridge for TikTok users to enter the Web3 world.The TikTok AI Agent tool will gradually feature automated content analysis, fan profile insights, traffic trend predictions, and will incorporate Web3 entry design, allowing users to seamlessly engage with decentralized applications and digital asset interactions while achieving account growth.The head of the UXLINK community stated that social traffic is key to the popularization of Web3. This tool aims to help creators achieve commercial success on TikTok while becoming participants and disseminators of the Web3 ecosystem, realizing the dual empowerment of "social growth" and "value interconnection." Users can experience the Beta version service for free from the official website link.

ChainCatcher news, UXLINK announced the integration of TikTok social accounts on the official X platform. Users can now log into the UXLINK ecosystem using their TikTok accounts, leveraging its self-developed OAOG protocol to achieve cross-chain access to Web3 decentralized applications (dapps), covering scenarios such as DeFi, NFTs, and the metaverse. At the same time, UXLINK's native token UXLINK will serve as a cross-chain universal Gas, lowering the usage threshold for users.

ChainCatcher news, according to Jinshi reports, U.S. President Trump announced on social media on the 4th that he will sign an executive order, granting TikTok a 75-day grace period for the "sell or be banned" law.

ChainCatcher news, according to the Financial Times, based on the terms of the deal, several informed sources revealed that a group of new external investors, including a16z, Blackstone Group, Silver Lake Partners, and other large private equity firms, will own about half of TikTok's U.S. business. These sources indicated that the U.S. business will be spun off from its parent company, ByteDance, based in Beijing.TikTok's existing major investors, including General Atlantic, Susquehanna, KKR, and Coatue, will also hold about 30% of the U.S. business.According to individuals involved in the process, these plans are still in the preliminary stages and may change. This was formulated ahead of the U.S. legal deadline on April 5, which requires that unless the Beijing owners sell to a non-Chinese entity, the app will be banned in the U.S.Officials from President Trump’s administration are scheduled to meet on Wednesday to discuss the negotiation status, with several individuals stating that if the president gives approval, the deal could be announced soon. A White House spokesperson stated, "If there is a statement regarding TikTok, it will be made by President Trump."One individual warned that the situation remains unstable, and the White House could still abruptly change plans. According to the terms of the deal, ByteDance will retain less than 20% of the business shares to comply with U.S. legislation, which stipulates that "foreign adversaries" cannot control more than one-fifth of the shares. Informed sources added that the plan will still require several months of further due diligence, structural adjustments, and other corporate financing commitments, which is typical in acquisition transactions, and the structure may change, with some equity supporters potentially increasing or decreasing their proposed investments. One individual stated that these groups will have three to four months to complete the divestiture process.

ChainCatcher news, according to Reuters, Onlyfans founder Tim Stokely's new company Zoop has partnered with a crypto foundation to submit a late-stage bid to acquire TikTok. It is reported that Zoop expressed its bidding intention to the White House this week in collaboration with the Hbar Foundation, which manages funds for the Hedera network.Previously reported, e-commerce giant Amazon is set to bid for TikTok in the U.S., as the company made a last-minute acquisition offer for TikTok.

ChainCatcher news, according to the New York Times citing informed sources, e-commerce giant Amazon is set to bid for TikTok in the U.S., as the company has made a last-minute acquisition offer for TikTok.U.S. President Donald Trump will consider the final proposal related to TikTok on Wednesday local time, and TikTok must find a non-Chinese buyer before the April 5 deadline, or it will face a ban in the U.S.

ChainCatcher news, according to Jinshi Data, U.S. President Trump stated on March 6 local time that if a deal is not reached by April 5, he "very likely" will extend the deadline for the sale of the social video app TikTok.Trump said, "There are many people interested in TikTok," "Now we have at least another month, so we don't need an extension." At the same time, Trump indicated that he is willing to extend the deadline if necessary.In January of this year, after being elected President of the United States, Trump signed an executive order requiring the short video social media platform TikTok to be "banned if not sold," which will not be enforced for the next 75 days. This also means that the enforcement deadline for the TikTok "banned if not sold" law has been postponed to April 5.

ChainCatcher news, according to The Block, Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian is seeking to acquire TikTok to "put the social media app on-chain." The app plans to integrate the Frequency blockchain, which is a "decentralized social media protocol" aimed at giving users control over their network content.Ohanian posted on X: "This is an exciting announcement for the digital world. I am now officially one of those trying to acquire TikTok's U.S. operations and put it on-chain. TikTok is a game changer for creators, and its future should be shaped by them. Users should own their data. Creators should own their audience."Ohanian has joined the bidding team Project Liberty, previously announced by former Los Angeles Dodgers owner Frank McCourt, which is focused on acquiring TikTok's U.S. operations and will serve as a strategic advisor concentrating on social media.

ChainCatcher news, the Trump administration recently proposed the establishment of a U.S. Sovereign Wealth Fund (SWF) before 2026, and hinted that TikTok could be a potential investment target for the fund. This proposal has attracted widespread attention against the backdrop of challenges facing the U.S. economy and a high fiscal deficit. Although this idea seems appealing, analysts warn that without clear planning and governance mechanisms, the fund could do more harm than good to the market and the economy.

ChainCatcher news, according to Xinhua News Agency, the short video social media platform TikTok confirmed on the 14th that the TikTok app has resumed being available on the app stores of Apple and Google in the United States since the evening of the 13th. The reporter saw that the TikTok app is back to normal use in both app stores.