Planet Morning News
1. Solana jokingly remarks that Starknet has only 8 daily active users and 10 daily transactions;
2. Coinbase opposes the Senate crypto bill, which may impact the legislative process;
3. Starknet responds to Solana's jest about its low activity, saying "Who told little bro Solana the data?";
4. The U.S. Senate Banking Committee clarifies seven misconceptions about the CLARITY Act, emphasizing it does not deviate from securities laws and focuses on investor protection and regulatory boundaries;
5. CCTV discloses details of Yao Qian's bribery case involving virtual currency, revealing he received 2000 ETH in return for "greasing the wheels" for a project's public sale;
6. Eleanor Terrett reports that institutions including a16z, Circle, and Ripple have issued statements supporting the Senate Republican market structure bill;
7. Solana Mobile opens eligibility check for SKR airdrop, with claiming opening on January 21st and supporting staking;
8. Lighter launches LIT staking feature, unlocking four privileges including LLP rights and fee discounts;
9. U.S. November PPI and retail sales month-over-month figures both exceed expectations;
10. Pakistan signs a Memorandum of Understanding with WLFI to explore cross-border payments using a USD1 stablecoin;
11. Stablecoin service provider Meld completes a $7 million funding round led by Lightspeed Faction;
12. The U.S. Supreme Court does not rule on the legality of Trump's tariffs;
13. Spanish bank Bankinter discloses it has acquired a minority stake in cryptocurrency exchange Bit2Me;
14. Bitwise launches a Chainlink ETF on NYSE Arca;
15. Bitcoin miner CleanSpark plans to develop a data center campus in Texas with up to 600MW capacity, with the deal expected to complete in Q1;
16. CZ states that a true Meme coin project needs to be "historic" and "allusionary";
17. CZ says he no longer needs to rely on Meme coin investments to get rich quickly, but still hopes the Meme coin ecosystem continues to develop;
18. CZ believes U.S. crypto-friendly policies are one factor why Bitcoin no longer strictly follows the "four-year cycle";
19. CZ says 99% of his tweets are operated by himself, and the lottery initiated by He Yi was her personal wish;
20. CZ notes there are few market makers in the prediction market sector, which is still relatively new;
21. CZ states that X and Binance Square have different "genes," and it's still uncertain whether X would require KYC if it opens crypto trading;
22. Zcash Foundation deploys 5 DNS seed nodes to address ECC node shutdown;
23. Project Eleven completes a $20 million funding round at a $120 million valuation;
24. Noise completes a $7.1 million seed funding round led by Paradigm.
