The cryptocurrency industry has been thrown into turmoil following a tweet from the X product manager, causing the collapse of the InfoFi narrative. Several projects such as Kaito and Cookie have announced the shutdown of related products and are shifting to other areas. Kaito will focus on traditional multi-level marketing, while Cookie will launch real-time market tools. Despite the difficulties, the impact of InfoFi still highlights the importance of the attention economy.
The ransomware family DeadLock uses Polygon smart contracts to distribute proxy servers in order to evade security detection. The malware embeds JS code to obtain the attacker-controlled server address, and multiple variants have appeared. The latest version also includes an encrypted communication application called Session.
Mars Finance News: According to Coinbase Markets announcement, Lighter (LIGHTER) is now available on the Coinbase website and mobile app, allowing users to buy, sell, exchange, send, receive, and store.
MetaMask officially supports the TRON network on mobile and browser extensions, allowing users to directly manage TRON assets, interact with DApps, and swap assets across multiple networks. Additionally, the update supports USDT transfers on the TRON network and TRX staking.
According to Coinglass data, whales on the Hyperliquid platform hold positions worth $7.317 billion, with long and short positions nearly balanced at 49.41% and 50.59%, respectively. A giant whale is long ETH with 5x leverage, currently with an unrealized profit and loss of $45.265 million.
The new Chairman of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Michael Selig, has taken office, facing challenges related to the expansion of cryptocurrency asset regulation and the rapid growth of prediction markets. His stance leans towards not restricting sports betting, and in the future, the CFTC will be committed to protecting retail traders and carefully evaluating related policies.
The founder of DDC Enterprise Limited, Zhu Jiaying, reviewed in the shareholder letter that in 2025, the company achieved profitability through the Bitcoin treasury strategy and focused on the Asian market. Looking ahead to 2026, DDC will continue to expand its Bitcoin holdings while launching a preferred stock plan to support treasury expansion, with the goal of establishing a robust governance system and continuously creating long-term value.
MegaETH ecosystem project Noise announces a $7.1 million seed round funding and chooses to switch to Base instead of continuing to stay on MegaETH, challenging MegaETH's ecosystem development. The project aims to capture trends through a quantitative trading platform and provide investment tools. This move has sparked controversy, further highlighting MegaETH's difficulties in retention, while also demonstrating its incubation capabilities.