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According to official news, Gate will officially launch the joint earning coin event from February 13, 12:00 to February 23, 12:00, 2026 (UTC+8), with a limited-time distribution of one million USDT, totaling a prize pool of 1,000,000 USDT.During the event, users can open exclusive red envelopes, invite friends to register and complete identity verification, and designated tasks to jointly receive cash red envelope rewards with friends, with a maximum of 50 USDT per single opening. The more invitations, the more rewards, easily achieving joint earnings with friends.

According to the Wall Street Journal, crypto-friendly bank Erebor Bank has become the first newly established bank to receive a national banking charter during Trump's second term.The bank has a startup capital of $635 million and aims to fill the market gap left by the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank. Previously, it was reported that U.S. regulators approved the launch of the billionaire-backed new bank "Erebor."

According to the Wall Street Journal, the crypto-friendly bank Erebor Bank has become the first newly established bank to receive a national banking charter during Trump's second term. A spokesperson for the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), which oversees national bank charters, has confirmed the approval of Erebor Bank's charter application.

According to the official announcement, Gate has officially launched the new "Learn and Earn" platform feature, and from February 5, 17:00 to February 19, 17:00 (UTC+8), the "Learn and Earn" learning incentive activity will officially commence. As a user-friendly educational system for new users pioneered by Gate, this activity is centered around systematic contract courses, combined with a learning incentive mechanism, helping new users to understand contract trading knowledge with a low entry barrier, gradually building contract awareness and risk consciousness, while also earning USDT & SLVON rewards during their learning.This event offers a total of 6 contract courses, each consisting of multiple lessons. After completing the lesson study, users can participate in quizzes, with each lesson containing 5 questions; answering just 1 question correctly will earn 5 credits. Additionally, achieving full marks in a lesson and completing the entire course will unlock extra credit rewards. Furthermore, during the event, new users who complete designated learning tasks can receive a 10-credit novice reward, and inviting friends to participate in the event allows both parties to earn credit incentives, with a maximum of 20 people that can be invited.In the future, Gate will continue to lower the learning threshold for contracts through structured courses and incentive mechanisms, enhancing users' long-term trading capabilities and risk management levels.

According to Cointelegraph, Brazil's crypto-friendly digital bank Nubank has received conditional approval from the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) to establish a national bank in the United States.

According to the official announcement, Binance will launch a brand new trading upgrade challenge on January 28, 2026, at 20:00, with a total prize pool of up to 10,500,000 SENT.All eligible users and Binance Super Rebate members can invite friends to trade, participating in two major leaderboards: trading volume and successfully recommending new users, competing for generous rewards. The event will run from January 28, 2026, at 20:00 to February 26, 2026, at 07:59.

Liquid Capital founder Yi Lihua posted on platform X that crypto-friendly policies are gradually being realized, especially with the high likelihood of the crypto structural bill passing. This means that the crypto industry has ended its previously obstructed state and entered a new phase of healthy development in a favorable macro environment, where a large number of excellent founders and high-quality projects will emerge. At the same time, it clears the obstacles for U.S. financial institutions to participate on a large scale in the construction of crypto finance, allowing the crypto industry to fully integrate into the mainstream financial system.

Yi Lihua posted on platform X, stating that crypto-friendly policies are gradually being realized, especially with the high probability of the passage of the crypto structural bill. This means that the crypto industry has ended its previously obstructed state and entered a new stage of healthy macro development, where a large number of outstanding founders and quality projects will emerge. At the same time, it clears the obstacles for large-scale participation of U.S. financial institutions in crypto financial construction, and the crypto industry will fully integrate into the mainstream financial system.

Liquid Capital (formerly LD Capital) founder Yi Lihua stated, "The crypto-friendly policies we have been talking about are gradually being realized, especially with the high probability of the crypto structural bill passing. This is a landmark event for the industry, meaning that the crypto sector has ended the past period of severe obstruction and entered a new stage of healthy development in a macro environment. There will definitely be a large number of outstanding founders and quality projects emerging, while also clearing the obstacles for U.S. financial institutions to participate on a large scale in the construction of crypto finance, allowing the crypto industry to fully integrate into the mainstream financial system."

According to GMGN monitoring, the market capitalization of the Meme coin PsyopAnime on the Solana chain has started to rise from a low of about $5 million today, reaching a peak of $13 million, with a cumulative increase of 140% during the day. It has currently retraced to about $9.6 million, with a current price of $0.0096. It is reported that this round of price increase may be mainly due to the well-known Canadian singer Grimes (X: Grimezsz), who is also Elon Musk's ex-girlfriend, responding to PsyopAnime's official Twitter yesterday, indicating a discussion on Friday, which propelled the Meme coin to start its first round of price increase early this morning.At 9 AM today, Grimes responded to the PsyopAnime-related updates, stating that she had received the news but had not delved into it due to being "very busy" recently. Additionally, according to GMGN monitoring, the second round of increase was driven by a trader with a certain qqP3 address, who made a large purchase of 9.41 million tokens at 9:32 AM, amounting to about $95,000, briefly pushing the token price to $0.0135. This was the largest purchase address in the past 24 hours, with an average holding price of $0.0101. This Meme coin is based on the X platform account PsyopAnime, which generates AI-created anime shorts interpreting global news and current events. Previously, on January 13, influenced by Musk's attention to the official PsyopAnime account on the X platform, the similarly named Meme coin on the Solana chain surged over 3600% within three hours, reaching a market capitalization peak of $27 million. ChainCatcher reminds users that trading in Meme coins is highly volatile, largely relying on market sentiment and speculative hype, with no actual value or use case, and investors should be aware of the risks.

According to the official announcement, Gate Web3 has launched the "Warm Heart Cash Prize" challenge for returning old friends. This event does not require registration; the system automatically identifies old users who have not traded in the past 30 days. Users can share a total of 10,000 USDT universal benefits by completing interactions on the BNB chain, and those who strive for the top of the trading leaderboard can unlock the "Flying Moutai + 200 USDT" tiered grand prize.Gate Swap is an AMM DEX deployed on the Gate Layer ecosystem, focusing on providing deep liquidity support and an efficient trading experience for the Gate Layer ecosystem. Through optimized trading mechanisms and intelligent liquidity management, it helps users achieve seamless and cost-effective asset exchanges.

Regarding Solana's mockery of Starknet with "only 8 daily active users and just 10 daily transactions," and Starknet's subsequent response, "Who told this little brother Solana the data?" He Yi responded on social media, stating: "Take a deep breath and relax, we are all friends, and harmony is precious."He Yi also added "peanuts, sunflower seeds, and mineral water," calling for the outside world to view the related discussions with a more relaxed mindset, avoiding excessive controversy due to on-chain data comparisons.

According to Bloomberg, the crypto-friendly lending institution Old Glory Bank will go public through a merger with the blank-check company Digital Asset Acquisition Corp.Old Glory Bank has deep roots as a traditional lending institution in Oklahoma but rebranded as a digital bank in 2022, claiming plans to fully integrate cryptocurrency into its lending, deposit, and investment products.

The AISIM Foundation announced a collaboration with the World Friendship Foundation (WFF) aimed at the official launch in 2026. This partnership will further strengthen the implementation of the AISIM project as the core of the next-generation model of "life infrastructure × Web5" within the WFCA ecosystem, which is based on the concept of "World Friendship." By integrating decentralized networks with real-life infrastructure, it will promote the expansion of the WFCA stablecoin economic circle.As an "AI + Communication" project that connects Web5 through communication eSIM, AISIM is continuously expanding its community with a focus on Southeast Asia and Africa. Starting from "communication that is used every day," AISIM is building a user path that allows anyone to naturally participate in Web5, aiming to expand the real usage scale of AISIM's communication services and AI Agent services.AISIM stated that it will continue to promote the social implementation and application expansion of the WFCA ecosystem based on real assets and daily usage paths.

U.S. Senator Cynthia Lummis has announced that she will not seek re-election, with her term ending in January 2027. As the chair of the Senate Banking Committee's Digital Assets Subcommittee, she has been actively involved in legislative efforts regarding cryptocurrency regulation at the congressional level, collaborating with Kirsten Gillibrand to promote the establishment of a regulatory framework for digital assets that clarifies the regulatory roles of agencies such as the U.S. SEC and CFTC. The related legislation is currently progressing through the Senate Banking Committee and the Agriculture Committee, and will need to be voted on by the full Senate and reconciled with the House version.

According to sources from the police and informed individuals speaking to the New York Post, a tech investor who previously dated OpenAI co-founder Sam Altman had their San Francisco residence robbed at gunpoint last Saturday night, resulting in a loss of $11 million in cryptocurrency assets.Surveillance footage shows the suspect, disguised as a delivery person with a white package, ringing the doorbell of the $4.4 million home. When the suspect falsely claimed to be delivering a package for "Joshua" and identified themselves as a UPS partner employee, the victim opened the door and confirmed they were indeed Joshua. After pretending to ask for a signature and borrowing a pen, the suspect followed the resident inside, where a loud noise was heard shortly after.Police reports indicate that the suspect held the victim at gunpoint inside the house, bound them with tape, emptied their cryptocurrency accounts, and stole their phone and computer. When police arrived at 6:45 PM, they found the victim with multiple bruises. Sources close to the investigation revealed that the gunman stole $11 million worth of Ethereum and Bitcoin, believed to be a targeted attack by an organized crime group.According to insiders

According to official news, the Kyuzo's Friends (KO) airdrop event displayed an incorrect "claimed" status for users who did not successfully receive the airdrop due to issues with the airdrop system.The Binance Alpha platform will fully refund Alpha points to all affected users. There will be no point deduction for this claim, and affected users do not need to take any further action.

According to the official announcement, the Binance Alpha platform will launch Kyuzo's Friends (KO), and Alpha trading will open on November 23, 2025, at 17:00. Users with at least 256 Binance Alpha points can claim an airdrop of 640 KO tokens on a first-come, first-served basis.