According to Cointelegraph, South Korean authorities have arrested the country's impeached president, Yoon Suk Yeol, marking a significant event as he becomes the first president in years to be taken into custody. The arrest took place on January 15, following a controversial martial law ruling that Yoon had declared the previous month. Reports from South Korea's Yonhap News Agency indicate that Yoon was taken from his residence for questioning regarding this decree. The arrest was carried out by South Korea's Corruption Investigation Office after a warrant was executed at 10:33 am local time. This development follows a series of events that began with Yoon's declaration of martial law on December 3. The South Korean legislature swiftly responded by overriding the decree approximately six hours after it was announced. Subsequently, Yoon faced impeachment on December 14, just 11 days after the decree. This situation is evolving, and more details are expected to emerge as the investigation continues. The arrest of a sitting president is a rare occurrence in South Korea, highlighting the gravity of the allegations and the political turmoil surrounding Yoon's administration. The implications of this arrest are yet to be fully understood, and the nation awaits further updates on the proceedings.

According to statistics, the total mining reward value of Gate.io Startup new coin mining in 2024 exceeded 11 million US dollars, and the total value of the accumulated pledged assets exceeded 6.6 billion US dollars; the cumulative number of participating users exceeded 800,000, covering multiple regions around the world. It is reported that Startup new coin mining is a new pledge product launched by Gate.io in June 2024, with low threshold, high annualized income, flexible pledge, hourly reward distribution and other characteristics, and supports multiple mainstream token pledges.

On January 15, according to SoSoValue data, the crypto market sectors saw a general rise, with AI Agents and PayFi sectors rising by 9.73% and 9.27% ​​in 24 hours. In the AI ​​Agents sector, the Virtuals Protocol ecosystem tokens performed well, with VIRTUAL, AIXBT, VADER, GAME, and LUNA rising by 9.35%, 43.65%, 30.02%, 22.36%, and 21.78% respectively. Spore (SPORE) rose by 36.07%, and Eliza (ELIZA) rose by 26.92%. In the PayFi sector, the top projects XRP (XRP) and Stellar (XLM) rose by 9.98% and 10.05% respectively. In other sectors, the Meme sector rose by 5.02% in 24 hours, and the leader Dogecoin (DOGE) in the sector rose by 5.05%. The DeFi sector rose 4.61%, Raydium (RAY) within the sector rose 14.36%, and Lido DAO (LDO) rose 10.85%. In addition, the Layer 1 sector rose 3.16%, the Layer 2 sector rose 2.64%, and the CeFi sector rose 1.53%.

According to Lookonchain monitoring, a whale withdrew 1.96 million ENA ($1.63 million) from Binance 3 hours ago. The whale also hoarded 3.59 million LDO ($6.75 million) from Binance between April 15 and December 16, 2024, at an average price of $1.88.

Data shows that the 30-day correlation coefficient between Bitcoin and the Nasdaq 100 index is about 0.70, reaching the highest level in two years. A reading of 1 means that the assets move in sync, while a reading of -1 indicates an inverse correlation. "Overall sensitivity to interest rates over the past month suggests that the importance of Wednesday's CPI data has increased. In addition, Trump-related momentum may still increase significantly in the days before the inauguration." According to data from trading platform Derive.xyz, hedging activity in the options market is increasing, indicating that investors are preparing for increased volatility. Derive.xyz's head of research Sean Dawson said the proportion of bearish bets has increased, indicating that "investors are hedging potential downside risks as the inauguration approaches." (Bloomberg)

The impeached South Korean president was brought into custody for questioning by South Korea’s Corruption Investigation Office on Jan. 15. source: https://cointelegraph.com/news/south-korea-president-yoon-arrested?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound

According to Odaily, Intel has announced plans to spin off its global venture capital arm, Intel Capital, into an independent fund. This transition is expected to be completed by the second half of 2025. Intel Capital currently manages assets exceeding $5 billion. The venture capital firm has invested in several Web3 startups, including Israeli AI company AI21 Labs, crypto security firm Fortanix, mining equipment company Zhongke Shenglong, metaverse platform Inworld AI, and blockchain companies Axoni and StarkWare.

AI agent operating system Up Network and technology company DreamSmart announced the launch of Web3 AI glasses, which combines AI algorithms, extended reality (XR) functions and Web3 incentives. It is reported that the glasses are based on Google's Gemini, weigh only 44 grams, and have a battery life of 8 hours.

In December 2024, the U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS) released the final version of the new tax reporting rules for crypto asset brokers, marking a new stage in the U.S. crypto asset tax system.

Intel announced that it will spin off its global venture capital arm Intel Capital into an independent fund, which is expected to start operating independently in the second half of 2025. Intel Capital's assets under management exceed US$5 billion. It is reported that Intel Capital has invested in many Web3 startups, including Israeli AI company AI21 Labs, crypto security company Fortanix, mining machine company Zhongke Shenglong, metaverse platform Inworld AI, blockchain companies Axoni, StarkWare, etc. (Reuters)

According to BlockBeats, on January 15, Cointelegraph reported on social media that the floor price of CryptoPunks NFTs increased by 13%. This rise is speculated to be due to rumors regarding the sale of CryptoPunks' intellectual property. However, Yuga Labs has not yet confirmed or denied these rumors.

Despite the wild swings in December, Bitcoin’s volatility remains fairly tame by historical standards.

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The US, Japan, and South Korea condemned North Korea’s rising cyber threats, urging stronger public-private collaboration. But the question remains about how they will adapt its strategy against North Korean hackers.

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