24H hot currencies and headlines | US January CPI monthly rate 0.4%, expected 0.30%; Trump has nominated a16z crypto policy director to lead CFTC (February 13)

1. Popular currencies on CEX

CEX trading volume Top 10 and 24-hour change:

• BTC:+ 1.91%
• ETH:+ 5.01%
• XRP:+ 2.17%
• SOL:-0.44%
• BNB:+ 10.16%
• DOGE:+ 4.68%
• SUI:+ 8.6%
• LAYER:-26.84%
• LTC:+ 6.95%
• ADA:+ 2.49%

24H increase list (data source is OKX):

• CAT:+ 34.99%
• NC:+ 29.19%
• BABYDOGE:+ 25%
• USTC:+ 21.73%
• s:+ 21.21%
• NEIRO:+ 15.97%
• SWFTC:+ 15.2%
• JTO:+ 13.86%
• ME:+ 13.61%
• BIO:+ 13.38%

2. Top 5 popular memes on-chain (data source: GMGN):

• TORO
• PEAI
• XAI
• CBC
• AXEC

3、24 H Hot Search Coins

TORO: TORO is the name of CZ’s dog guessed by the community. Occasionally, he shares photos of his Belgian Malinois dog Toro on social media. Toro means ‘bull’ in Spanish, which may be related to the bull market in the cryptocurrency world. TORO’s market value once exceeded around 3 million US dollars, but has now fallen.

CAT:CAT is the governance token of the Telegram mini-game Catizen, which also features features such as Launchpool, Open Task, and Play-to-Airdrop. CAT 24 H rose more than 34% and rebounded sharply today.

Headlines

The U.S. January seasonally adjusted core CPI monthly rate was 0.4%, expected 0.30%, previous value 0.20%

US January seasonally adjusted core CPI month-on-month rate was 0.4%, expected 0.30%, previous value 0.20%. The seasonally adjusted core CPI annual rate in January was 3.3% in the United States, with an expected value of 3.10% and a previous value of 3.20%. In January, the seasonally adjusted CPI in the United States rose by 0.5%, exceeding the expected 0.30% and the previous value of 0.40%. US January non-seasonally adjusted CPI rose by 3%, expected 2.90%, previous value 2.90%. (FX168)

Trump has nominated heads of CFTC, OCC, and CFPB

According to a document sent by the White House to Congress, President Trump plans to appoint a16z crypto policy director and former CFTC commissioner Brian Quintenz to lead the CFTC. Quintenz has been actively advocating for regulatory reforms that will benefit digital asset companies and other new technological and financial products. If confirmed, he expects to push for reforms to help CFTC become the preferred regulatory agency for cryptocurrencies. According to the same document, Jonathan Gould will be nominated as the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), and Jonathan McKernan will be appointed as the Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB).

CZ: Will consider whether to release specific information and issue Meme Dogs one day

CZ said in X: I have the answer now, the way things work is quite interesting. I will take about a day to consider it carefully, just like when making major decisions in the past. Should I respect his privacy or expose this dog for the sake of business? Maybe I will also interact with BNBChain and several memes. Odaily previously reported that CZ revealed his own pet dog breed, and responded to the inquiry from netizen Meme about how it operates and is created, and how to determine which one is official.

Industry News

Hester Pierce: Meme coins may not fall within the jurisdiction of the SEC, or may be overseen by the CFTC

Hester Pierce, head of the US SEC’s cryptocurrency special working group, said, “Under our current regulatory framework, many existing meme coins may not find a footing at the SEC.” Peirce mentioned that the US CFTC may address this issue.

The United States plans to release the operator of BTC-e, Alexander Vinnik.

According to The New York Times, on Wednesday, as part of an exchange with Russia, the United States will release Russian leader Alexander Vinnik, who is suspected of cybercrime, in exchange for the release of American citizen Marc Fogel. Vinnik once operated BTC-e, which was one of the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchanges. He was arrested in 2017 and detained at the request of Washington for allegedly laundering $4 billion through the platform. In May of this year, he pleaded guilty to charges of money laundering conspiracy and faces up to 20 years in prison. (Reuters)

National Bank of Canada buys $2 million Bitcoin ETF

The National Bank of Canada has purchased a $2 million Bitcoin ETF. (Cointelegraph)

Project Highlights

Story initial incentive plan announced: 10% of the total IP, strict anti-witch measures will be implemented from the first day of the mainnet launch

According to the initial incentive plan of Story, its incentive concept is based on three core pillars: rewarding real users, incentivizing practical applications and innovative use cases, and ensuring long-term goals alignment. The initial incentive accounts for 10% of the total IP supply. Half of this (5%) will be allocated to users through direct claiming on the first day of the mainnet launch and in the following months; the other half (5%) will be allocated to ecosystem projects, with the clear stipulation that all rewards must be distributed to end users. From the first day of the launch of the mainnet, the team will implement strict anti-witch measures, including the use of the Passport scoring system, to ensure that in future initial incentive activities, more rewards can be fairly distributed to community members. The token allocation saved through the Story anti-witch measures will be reallocated to genuine users in future initial incentive plans, aiming to ensure that Farmers cannot encroach on the rewards of participants consistent with Story’s long-term development goals, and to maintain the healthy and fair development of the community.

Aethir officially announced its expansion to the Solana blockchain

According to official sources, Aethir has announced its official expansion to the Solana blockchain, with the native token ATH also being listed on the Solana blockchain. Currently, ATH rewards for Checker Node and Aethir Edge devices have been distributed on the Arbitrum Layer 2 network. It is reported that enterprise customers can now directly purchase computational power in Aethir Network on the Solana blockchain, eliminating the entry barriers for development teams using Solana for AI projects. By enabling ATH transactions on the Solana blockchain, Aethir is simplifying the use of GPU cloud services for daily operations for Solana-based customers.

Investment and Financing

OKX Ventures announced an investment in Web3 innovative trading application Blum

According to official sources, OKX Ventures announced a seed round investment in the innovative trading application Blum, which aims to create a trading experience connecting DEX and CEX for 90 million users. The round was led by gumi Cryptos Capital, with participation from Spartan and No Limit Holdings. Blum also received continued investment from seed round supporters YZi Labs and Top.co, as well as participation from well-known institutions such as Bitscale Capital and Wintermute. Currently, Blum has received a total of $5 million in seed round financing and seed round investment.

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Bitwise: Ethereum is currently in “one of the most serious undervalued areas in years”

Analysts from the cryptocurrency asset management company Bitwise said in a report that Ethereum has reached “one of the most severely underestimated areas in years”. According to CoinGecko, the ETH/BTC exchange rate is down 47% over the past 12 months as of press time. But Andre Dragosch, head of research at Bitwise Europe, believes that Ethereum’s “pricing is fundamentally wrong relative to on-chain activity and adoption metrics.”

Former PayPal CEO: Bitcoin is the only form of neutral internet currency

Former PayPal CEO David Marcus said he believes Bitcoin is the only form of neutral internet currency. (Cointelegraph)

Federal Reserve Chairman Powell: Many cryptocurrency-related activities can be conducted entirely within banks

Federal Reserve Chairman Powell said that many cryptocurrency-related activities can be conducted entirely within banks. (IG)

Security Incident

WLFI联创Zach Witkoff X account was hacked and fake Barron Meme coin was released, please be careful of the risk

The Trump family’s encrypted project WLFI posted on X that its co-founder Zach Witkoff’s X account was stolen and a fake Barron Meme coin was released. Please do not participate, the team is working to resolve this issue as soon as possible.