According to Odaily Planet Daily, Helius CEO Mert stated in an article on the X platform that AI gives Solana a significant competitive advantage. Solana's programming model is more secure for AI compared to the EVM's interface model. On Solana, most operations (especially core functions such as token creation, exchange, and movement) do not require writing new contracts. This means developers can reuse existing pipelines on the client side without performing new security audits, thus improving development speed. Developers can integrate existing pipelines, exchanges, and token hooks using a few hints. Furthermore, Solana's previous disadvantage of high contract writing difficulty due to the low abstraction level of the Rust language has been effectively compensated for by AI. He predicts that several startups with valuations of $1 billion to $10 billion will emerge on Solana this year.

Huoxun Finance reported on January 12th that, according to CoinDesk, the Dubai Financial Services Authority (DFSA) has banned the trading, promotion, and derivatives activities of privacy coins in the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) starting January 12th, citing their inability to meet anti-money laundering and sanctions compliance requirements. The new regulations also redefine stablecoins, recognizing only "fiat-backed crypto tokens" backed by fiat currency and high-quality assets; algorithmic stablecoins such as Ethena are not considered stablecoins. Furthermore, the DFSA has transferred the responsibility for token suitability assessments to licensed institutions, shifting its regulatory focus to compliance enforcement.

Huoxun Finance reported on January 12th that Caixin.com updated its report on January 10th, titled "The Sinful Life of She Lunkai, the Southeast Asian Gambling Scam King Who Was Finally Extradited Back to China After Many Twists and Turns | Past and Future," revealing that the sole partner of She Lunkai's blockchain project, "Asia Pacific New City," was the Singaporean blockchain company BCB Innovations Limited. Fincy, a payment software based on the BCB blockchain, was also being promoted within Asia Pacific New City, aiming to create a Southeast Asian version of WeChat. Fincy and BCB share the same parent company and similar shareholders, providing exchange transactions between fiat currency and digital currency, as well as online games. Industry insiders pointed out that by providing exchange between fiat currency and digital currency and online games, it is equivalent to introducing many unrelated participants, breaking down large sums of money into smaller amounts, and ultimately converging them into a gambling platform disguised as a game, significantly weakening the supervision of fund flows.

According to CoinShares' latest weekly report, digital asset investment products recorded a net outflow of $454 million last week, with a cumulative outflow of $1.3 billion over the past four days, almost offsetting the $1.5 billion net inflow at the beginning of the year. This was mainly due to the weakening expectation of a Federal Reserve interest rate cut in March. The US market saw a net outflow of $569 million, while Germany, Canada, and Switzerland recorded inflows of $58.9 million, $24.5 million, and $21 million, respectively. Bitcoin and Ethereum saw outflows of $405 million and $116 million, respectively; while Solana, XRP, and Sui saw inflows of $32.8 million, $45.8 million, and $7.6 million, respectively.

According to Binance, Unias (UP)'s first Booster event will launch on January 12th at 18:00 (UTC+8), with an initial airdrop of 8 million UP tokens. Users must hold at least 61 Alpha points to participate, and participation will deduct 5 points. Note: The reward tokens have a lock-up period; the unlock date is determined by the project team and may not be announced in advance. Please be sure to understand the relevant rules before participating.