Binance will launch SOLV 1-75x U-margined perpetual contracts at 20:15 on January 17, 2025 (ET8).

Decentralized AI platform Nodepay announced that the Nodepay network is now live and the Nodecoin (NC) claim and staking portal is now open.

Bitcoin staking protocol Solv Protocol announced that SOLV airdrop collection is now online.

Well-known crypto trader Eugene (0xENAS) posted a post on the X platform to respond to the controversy about his identity and trading behavior, admitting that he is Darryl Wang, co-founder of Tangent Ventures, but emphasizing that the 0xENAS account is his personal project, which only records personal transactions and has nothing to do with Tangent's angel investment activities. In response to the allegations about $ENA, Eugene said that he established a liquidity position in $ENA based on public information and personal analysis in the third quarter of 2024, and clearly disclosed his position in the article. He emphasized that Tangent's $ENA angel investment has had a lock-up period for many years since 2023, and it is impossible to profit from trading. The relevant allegations are nonsense. In addition, he denied that he had used his influence to increase shipments or accept paid promotions, and pointed out that his trading records are completely transparent. Eugene also mentioned that anonymous accounts have recently tried to expose his identity and threaten his family. He condemned this and said that this is his only response to the relevant allegations, and he will continue to focus on the long-term development of the crypto field in the future. According to previous news, sources said that trader Eugene is a co-founder of Tangent Ventures and a seed round investor in ENA tokens.

The OKX Jumpstart staking mining event will start at 14:00 (Beijing time) on January 20, 2025. OKB and BTC holders can mine ANIME tokens in return by staking OKB and BTC. The event will last until 14:00 on January 23. The total OKB prize pool for this event is 53,333,334 ANIME, and the total BTC prize pool is 26,666,666 ANIME. There is no minimum limit for personal staking. The upper limit of OKB staking is 600 OKB, and the upper limit of BTC staking is 0.3 BTC. Staking and unstaking are supported at any time. ANIME tokens are expected to be listed for trading on January 23, and the specific time will be notified separately. The following countries and regions are not eligible for this event: Hong Kong, China, and South Korea. Earlier news, Azuki: ANIME tokens will be launched on Ethereum and Arbitrum in January, of which 50.5% are allocated to the community.

PANews reported on January 17 that according to the Suqian Court’s official account, the court disclosed an online pyramid scheme case in the name of investing in a virtual currency financial management project. The suspect created the "ACORNS" online platform and issued virtual currencies such as "ACO" without any actual business projects. The platform advertised that the virtual currency could be used to participate in financial management to obtain high returns as bait, and required members to pay 100 USDT coins for financial management as a threshold to obtain static income.

Merit Systems, headquartered in Brooklyn, New York, announced the completion of a $10 million seed round of financing, led by Andreessen Horowitz's crypto fund and Blockchain Capital. Merit is committed to solving the long-standing "attribution problem" by building a protocol that provides fair attribution and reward mechanisms for open source developers, allowing users to pay software creators directly.