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- AI sector volatility highlights divergent outcomes as firms adopt agentic AI systems, with SoundHound AI and Rightmove exemplifying contrasting success and risk. - SoundHound AI's Red Lobster partnership and margin improvements reduced risk perception despite high valuation, driving analyst optimism about enterprise AI adoption. - Rightmove's 25% stock plunge followed AI investment plans that slashed 2026 profit forecasts, reflecting investor skepticism toward short-term profitability trade-offs. - C3.ai
- Chinese "Cryptoqueen" Zhimin Qian faces UK sentencing for orchestrating a $6.5B Bitcoin Ponzi scheme targeting 128,000 victims, including elderly investors. - Her Lantian Gerui company used patriotic marketing and false 200% returns promises, with proceeds funding a £17,000/month London mansion and £6B in seized crypto assets. - UK authorities seized 61,000 BTC (worth $6B) and are pursuing asset recovery, as Qian's case highlights risks of unregulated crypto investments amid global regulatory crackdowns.
- Pi Network's Testnet 1 achieves near-zero transaction failures, accelerating Mainnet v23 launch after successful high-volume stress tests. - Price jumps 3.5% as AI integration with OpenMind and decentralized computing prove scalability, while KYC streamlining boosts user onboarding. - Upcoming Mainnet will enable smart contracts and DeFi tools, but faces challenges including 10% price decline and only 296 active nodes currently operational.
- Andreessen Horowitz promoted Guy Wuollet to crypto general partner, focusing on infrastructure, DeFi, and DePIN to drive blockchain innovation. - U.S. regulatory clarity on crypto ETP staking and CFTC discussions on domestic spot trading align with a16z's advocacy for market-friendly policies. - The firm's investments in projects like Pakistan's ZAR stablecoin and stakes in Solana/EigenLayer highlight its strategy to bridge traditional and decentralized finance. - Wuollet's track record of 20+ crypto inv
- Rumble agreed to acquire Northern Data in a $767M all-stock deal to expand AI infrastructure and cloud computing. - Tether , owning 48% of Rumble, committed $250M in GPU services and advertising to support the merged entity. - The transaction requires regulatory approval and includes potential $200M cash payment if Northern Data sells a Texas data center. - Shareholders controlling 72% of Northern Data agreed to the 15% discounted stock exchange ratio, with 30.4% ownership in the combined company. - Rumb
- Uniswap proposes "UNIfication" to burn millions of UNI tokens annually and redirect protocol fees to stakeholders, aligning incentives for token holders. - The plan includes retroactive burning of 100M UNI, PFDA auctions for fee discounts, and v4's on-chain aggregation to expand revenue streams. - Governance restructuring merges Uniswap Labs and Foundation teams, halting product monetization to prioritize protocol growth and community alignment. - UNI surged 30-50% post-announcement, driven by supply red
- A whale opened a 10x leveraged UNI long 6 days ago, now holding a 480% gain ($3M) on Hyperliquid as Uniswap's buyback proposal boosts optimism . - The "Cool-headed Whale" also holds leveraged ETH/BTC/SOL positions, reflecting broader crypto bullishness amid UNI's 50% single-day Q4 2025 surge. - Uniswap's 0.05% fee buyback plan could funnel $38M monthly to repurchases, aligning with its EUR 1.12B 2025 net profit and strengthening token utility. - Ethereum's dAI roadmap and ERC-8004/x402 standards further
- 16:36Data: In the past 24 hours, total liquidations across the network reached $424 million, with long positions liquidated for $290 million and short positions for $134 million.ChainCatcher News, according to Coinglass data, in the past 24 hours, the total amount of liquidations across the network reached $424 million, with long positions liquidated for $290 million and short positions for $134 million. Among them, bitcoin long positions were liquidated for $74.7723 million, and bitcoin short positions for $38.679 million; ethereum long positions were liquidated for $58.9715 million, and ethereum short positions for $29.3934 million. In addition, in the past 24 hours, a total of 142,784 people worldwide were liquidated, with the largest single liquidation occurring on Hyperliquid - ETH-USD, valued at $3.9876 million.
- 16:18Curvance completes $4 million strategic financingChainCatcher reported that the decentralized lending platform Curvance has announced the completion of a $4 million strategic funding round, led by F Prime Capital and 0xPrimal, with participation from Auros, GSR, Flowdesk, Q42, v3v ventures, and others. The project is positioned as a decentralized lending and collateral platform, supporting collateralization of yield assets such as LST, LRT, stablecoins, Pendle PT, and LP tokens. The team stated that the architecture is self-developed, introducing security designs such as dual oracle pricing, circuit breaker mechanisms, and MEV capture liquidation auctions. The funds from this round will be used for launch, auditing, team expansion, and integration of additional assets.
- 16:18A certain whale purchased 523,007 UNI through FalconX, worth $4.44 million.According to ChainCatcher, Lookonchain monitoring shows that a certain whale purchased 523,007 UNI through FalconX, worth 4.44 million US dollars.