The Central African Republic President's announcement of a newly launched memecoin has been flagged as suspicious by two deepfake AI detectors. The memecoin reached a market capitalization of $530 million on Feb. 9 and was launched on the Solana-based memecoin launchpad Pump.fun. Some skeptics have questioned the legitimacy of the token, suggesting it may be the result of a sophisticated hack of Touadera's official account. The official X account dedicated to the memecoin @Carmeme_news has been suspended by X, but the president said he was "working with X" to get the page restored as soon as possible....

Lookonchain monitoring shows that a trader bought 46.57 million CAR tokens for 25 SOL (about $5,000) one second after the president of the Central African Republic released the CAR token contract address. The trader then sold 22.65 million CAR tokens for 8,395 SOL (about $1.67 million), holding 23.92 million CAR tokens (about $10.5 million), and making a profit of over $12 million within three hours, with an investment return rate of 2,450 times....

the Newport City Council in Wales plans to permanently close and seal a landfill site during the 2025-26 period. The landfill contains a hard drive mistakenly discarded by IT engineer James Howells in 2013, which stores 7,500 Bitcoins worth about $750 million at current prices. The council plans to convert part of the site into a solar power generation field to supply power to the municipal electric vehicle fleet....

on the eve of the Artificial Intelligence Action Summit, French President Macron announced that 109 billion euros will be invested in the field of artificial intelligence in the coming years. Macron hopes that France can seize the opportunities of this new era and said that 100,000 young people will receive training in this project. He emphasized that Europe should avoid regulating before innovating when facing the challenges of artificial intelligence, otherwise it will deviate from the track of innovation and fall behind in the competition in this field. The Artificial Intelligence Action Summit is scheduled to be held in Paris, France from February 9th to 12th. (Jinshi)...

On February 10th, Alliance DAO co-founder Qiao Wang stated in his latest podcast video that "a year ago, I thought there was no difference in developing projects on Ethereum L2 or Solana, but after nearly a year of observation and comparison, I found that the same startup projects have no transactions or users on Ethereum L2, while they are more active on Solana." Therefore, Qiao Wang suggests that crypto startups should launch on Solana....

According to on-chain analyst @ai_9684xtpa, Smart Money 7rCbH...s5jt5 spent 200 SOL to buy 14.54 million tokens at a cost as low as $0.002725 per token after half an hour of CAR going live. Subsequently, all the tokens were sold in batches during the rise, with an average selling price of $0.375, resulting in a profit of $3.08 million and a return rate of 7786%....

Musk once again released the US Government Efficiency Department LOGO with a Shiba Inu DOGE icon on the X platform. It is reported that at the end of last month, the official website of the US Government Efficiency Department deleted the LOGO containing Shiba Inu elements, and the website has not yet restored the LOGO with the Shiba Inu DOGE icon....

Lookonchain monitoring shows that a whale made more than 66 million US dollars in just 4 hours on MELANIA. Four hours ago, the whale spent 2,500 SOL (688,000 US dollars) to buy 5.02 million MELANIA, and then sold 203,000 MELANIA at a price of 2.14 million USDC, leaving 5 million MELANIA worth 64.9 million US dollars....

 The Data Nerd has monitored that a smart money address (an insider) spent $800,000 to purchase 3.838 million MELANIA tokens (with an average entry price of $0.21). Afterwards, they sold 1.92 million tokens for $13.14 million and still hold 1.92 million tokens (~$24.9 million), resulting in a total profit of approximately $37.24 million and an investment return rate of x46.5....

the latest data from Coingecko shows that the trading volume of Official Trump (TRUMP) in the past 24 hours exceeded 38.3 billion US dollars, reaching 38,337,866,621 US dollars, surpassing USDC (37,619,430,347 US dollars), becoming the fourth largest cryptocurrency in trading volume in the past 24 hours, second only to Tether, Bitcoin, and Ethereum....

According to on-chain analyst @ai_9684xtpa,regarding the liquidity of MELANIA token, as of now, the DEV address has added unilateral liquidity of 129 million tokens to the MeteoraMELANIA/USDC pool; 10% of the tokens (i.e. 100 million tokens) will be used for LP according to token economics. Currently, the pool has 9.64 million MELANIA tokens and 275 million USDC tokens, with a TVL of up to 393 million US dollars. Regarding the distribution of chips, the DEV address has distributed 870 million tokens to five addresses, of which three receiving addresses have no action yet, while addresses 7Wk1V...xdMkA and 3XKsc...t6uKu are also executing the action of adding liquidity....

Coinbase Support replied to a user on X, stating that MELANIA is not yet available on Coinbase or Coinbase Wallet. It is important to verify the availability of the token before making any transactions....

 the market shows that AAVE has fallen below $300, currently reporting at $299.95, with a 24-hour drop of 6.59%. The market is experiencing significant volatility, please exercise caution in risk management....

Eric Trump, the second son of Trump, retweeted a tweet on X platform about the purchase of a large amount of ETH by World Liberty (WLFI), and said, "Wait and see what they will do tomorrow."...

On January 11, 2025, Glink hosted the Glink Brand Strategy Launch Conference in Pattaya, Thailand, under the theme "Ushering in a New Era for Web3 Traffic Gateways." The conference focused on the future development of Web3 ecosystem gateways and Decentralized Physical Infrastructure Networks (DePIN). It brought together the parent brand GBox's technical team, Glink's investment partners, and DePIN industry leaders to explore the limitless possibilities of new opportunities in Web3 traffic. As a core Web3 handheld console and DePIN traffic node device, Glink bridges the gap between physical terminals and the blockchain world with its privacy-secure features and robust support for multi-chain ecosystem projects. This positions Glink as the missing piece to drive a dec...

Crypto developer Michael Lewellen, a member of Coin Center, has filed a lawsuit against US Attorney General Merrick Garland, seeking a ruling that his non-custodial crypto software, Pharos, is legal and to prevent any future prosecution. Lewellen's lawyers argue that the Department of Justice's interpretation of money-transmitting laws extends beyond the limits of the Constitution, violating the First and Fifth Amendments. Coin Center is supporting the suit, which comes amid heightened concern in the crypto industry over the prosecution of software developers. Lewellen has asked the court to declare that his business does not violate money-transmitting laws and to block the DOJ from using those laws to prosecute him....

Binance CEO Richard Teng stated in a post on X that according to Triple-A data, currently over 562 million people worldwide own cryptocurrency....

the overnight index swap on Friday showed that the probability of the Bank of Japan taking action at the January 23-24 meeting was as high as 99%, a significant increase from Wednesday's 71%. Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda reinforced market expectations on Wednesday, and his comments pushed the yen higher. He said that the central bank will make a decision on raising interest rates next week and expressed confidence in wage growth....

Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino has stated that the company may expand its presence in the US, but is proceeding with caution until there is regulatory clarity. Ardoino believes that an improved regulatory landscape for crypto companies in the US would be beneficial for Tether and similar firms. Tether recently moved its operations from the British Virgin Islands to El Salvador, where it was granted a digital asset service provider license. The company is predicted to exceed its previous forecast of $10 billion in profit for 2024....

According to a report by Galaxy Digital, almost half of all venture capital funding in Q4 2024 went to cryptocurrency startups based in the US, with Hong Kong coming in second at 16%. The US also led in the number of venture capital deals, with 36% of all deals involving a US-based company. The report suggests that the incoming pro-crypto administration could further increase the dominance of the US in the crypto industry. Industry experts predict that the US government may become the most pro-crypto in history, leading to a potential surge in crypto venture capitalist activity....