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DogeDesigner posted that X has added a small rocket like button animation, possibly in response to the progress of the merger between SpaceX and xAI.

According to official data, on January 8 at 19:00 (UTC+8), Mallego Coin (Mallego Coin) was officially launched on Gate Fun. As of January 9 at 15:00 (UTC+8), the token's highest increase soared to 936.62%.As an ecological platform built on the Gate Layer public chain, Gate Fun focuses on "no-code token issuance + all-scenario trading," providing creators and investors with full-chain services from token issuance to circulation. The explosive growth of this dark horse token is a strong testament to the platform's ecological potential.Currently, users can directly trade this token through Gate Alpha, and during the trading process, they can also accumulate Alpha points, which can be redeemed for airdrops, participate in treasure hunts, and access various lucky prize pools.

The prediction market aggregator Rocket announced the completion of a $1.5 million Pre-seed funding round, led by Electric Capital, with follow-on investments from VCs such as Jsquare, bodhi ventures, Tangent, and Amber group.Rocket is a prediction market based on the accuracy of judgments for continuous profit distribution, featuring a non-binary betting structure, no liquidation mechanism, and an entirely open profit cap at the protocol level. Users can reuse the same capital to deploy in multiple predictions in parallel.

Lighter founder and CEO Vladimir Novakovski participated in a podcast interview with The Chopping Block today.In response to questions related to tokens, Vladimir stated: "From an expectation management perspective, this is a marathon, not a sprint. The team and early community do not actually expect a 'takeoff on the first day'; a more realistic expectation is to start from a relatively healthy position, and then, with continuous product development, the overall trend will gradually move upwards.Our goal is clearly not to maximize value on the first day, but to maintain it in a healthy state within the current market environment, and then iterate continuously on that basis. We have seen too many tokens launch with a big spike, only to decline afterwards."

According to Coingecko data, Bybit's MON spot trading volume market share has surpassed 15%, making it the largest MON trading center in the world.With the sharp rise in MON trading popularity, Bybit's ongoing "MON Alpha Token Splash" event continues to boost user activity and directly drives the trading and staking scale of the MON--USDC liquidity pool to expand rapidly, with the current annualized yield reaching as high as 946%. MON achieves a dual channel for trading and staking on Bybit Alpha, allowing users to participate in trading activities while earning staking rewards, effectively reducing overall trading costs.Bybit Alpha Farm provides users with on-chain access, enabling them to obtain higher yields from the on-chain liquidity pool simply by using their Bybit account to access Bybit Alpha. Meanwhile, other multi-period financial pools in Bybit Alpha Farm currently have annualized rates exceeding 100%.

Liquid Capital posted on platform X: "After the Ethereum Fusaka upgrade, the blob base fee surged by 15 million times, primarily due to the introduction of the 'minimum blob fee' mechanism in EIP-7918 ------ Previously, there was no minimum limit on blob fees, which were stuck at 1 wei (almost free) for a long time, causing nodes to bear costs like KZG verification without reasonable returns; after the upgrade, the blob fee must be ≥ 1/15.258 of the L1 execution base fee, directly anchoring to the real network costs. This design allows the price to reflect actual resource consumption (avoiding free occupation of network resources by L2), and also regulates blob traffic through price fluctuations to prevent congestion, while the PeerDAS technology enhances blob storage capacity; in addition, blob fees are included in the ETH burning mechanism, which is estimated to potentially burn 8 times more ETH in the future, with a contribution of 30-50% to the total burn amount expected by 2026 (depending on the growth of L2 transaction volume)."

According to The Wall Street Journal, OpenAI founder Sam Altman has repeatedly expressed interest in building data centers in space. Sources say that Altman has explored a potential acquisition or partnership with a rocket company, which would put him in competition with Elon Musk's SpaceX.It is reported that OpenAI has been negotiating potential deals in recent months, but recently the talks between OpenAI and the rocket company have become less active.

JPMorgan has submitted a proposal to regulators for a leveraged structured note product linked to the iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT) ETF under BlackRock. This product will allow investors to bet on the future price of Bitcoin.According to the prospectus, if by December 21, 2026, the price of the IBIT ETF is equal to or greater than the preset price, JPMorgan will redeem the note early, with each note (priced at $1,000) paying at least $160. However, if the price is below the preset price at that time, the note will continue to be held until 2028. In this case (if approved by the SEC), investors will be able to receive a 1.5 times return on the gains from the increase in Bitcoin's price, potentially leading to "unlimited" massive returns. This means that if Bitcoin surges by 2028, the amplified gains could be substantial. However, the document also notes that if the price of Bitcoin drops significantly (40% or more), investors will lose most of their initial investment. JPMorgan warns that Bitcoin has historically exhibited higher price volatility compared to traditional asset classes and may continue to experience extreme fluctuations. Bloomberg ETF analyst James Seyffart stated that the bank's operations on "any asset you can think of" are "very common."

Strategy founder and executive chairman Michael Saylor posted again on the X platform in response to the market downturn, stating: "If you want to ride a rocket, you must be prepared to withstand gravitational acceleration."

ChainCatcher News, American AI infrastructure company Lyzr has completed a $8 million Series A funding round, led by Rocketship.vc, with participation from Accenture, Firstsource, and others.The company focuses on the secure deployment and governance of enterprise-level AI agents, having run over 1 billion agent simulations, claiming over 1 million AI agents are in production. Clients include well-known companies such as NVIDIA and Under Armour, with approximately 70% coming from the financial services sector. Henry Ford III, a member of the Ford Motor Company board, will join the Lyzr board. With the EU AI Act categorizing credit scoring systems as high-risk by 2026, the demand for AI governance in the financial industry has surged, providing Lyzr with vast market opportunities.

ChainCatcher news, the decentralized trading platform Aster has announced the launch of a new product "Rocket Launch," aimed at establishing a launch platform for early projects that combines trading depth and long-term value, while allowing users to access emerging on-chain opportunities in advance.The operation works as follows: each event has a reward pool composed of ASTER tokens and the project’s own tokens; participating projects need to provide funds and tokens—Aster will use these funds to buy back ASTER tokens, and then inject both types of tokens into the reward pool, distributing them to eligible participants. To win rewards, participants must meet the following conditions: achieve the required trading volume in designated spot or perpetual contract trading pairs; maintain a minimum ASTER token balance in their spot and perpetual contract accounts during the event. Rewards will be distributed proportionally based on participants' trading volumes.The first project of Rocket Launch is APRO (AT), a specialized oracle protocol focusing on RWA, AI, and DeFi application scenarios, with a total prize pool of 200,000 USD equivalent in ASTER tokens, along with an additional AT bonus pool as extra rewards. The event will take place from October 24, 12:00 UTC to November 6, 23:59 UTC.

ChainCatcher news, according to Cointelegraph, analyst Crypto Gucci stated that Ethereum is experiencing unprecedented supply pressure, with 40% of ETH having exited circulation. With institutional demand at record levels, prices are expected to continue rising.The analyst pointed out that Ethereum has never experienced three "supply vacuums" simultaneously in a market cycle: first, Digital Asset Treasuries (DATs) have accumulated 5.9 million ETH, worth approximately $24 billion, accounting for 4.9% of the total supply; second, U.S. spot Ethereum exchange-traded funds have purchased 6.84 million ETH, worth $28 billion, accounting for 5.6% of the total supply; finally, currently, 35.7 million ETH are staked, worth approximately $146 billion, accounting for nearly 30% of the total supply. Due to a withdrawal queue lasting 40 days, most of the funds lack liquidity.Crypto Gucci stated, "When demand meets such a constricted supply, prices will not only rise but will also exhibit explosive growth." Entrepreneur Ted Pillows predicts the fair value of ETH in this cycle to be between $8,000 and $10,000.

ChainCatcher news, according to Defillama data, Aster's past revenue surged to approximately $13 million, surpassing Circle ($7.71 million), temporarily ranking second in the cryptocurrency revenue leaderboard.

ChainCatcher news, according to market news, Hyperliquid implemented a new mark price calculation method for pre-market perpetual contracts early this morning. This change caused the funding rates for WLFI and XPL to surge, with WLFI's annualized funding rate increasing from 11% to 100%, and XPL's annualized funding rate rising from 11% to 800%.As of the time of writing, the current price of XPL on Hyperliquid is $0.66, representing a 22.6% premium over Binance's $0.538. The current price of WLFI on Hyperliquid is $0.292, showing a 13.6% premium over Binance's $0.257.