💰 Miami-based cryptocurrency startup VRRB Labs, which develops a layer 1 blockchain network, has raised $1.4M in a preliminary funding round.
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👀 JD.com will continue to integrate ChatGPT methods and technologies into its services.

📊 CryptoDiffer: TOP 10 Community Growth Projects on Major Social Platforms

👀 Consensys voted ~7M UNI to deploy Uniswap V3 on the BNB chain.

🇫🇷 Cryptocurrency exchange Bitstamp registers in France coindesk.com

🥳 #CHR Chromia Mark 2 testnet launched.
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🆕 CoinDCX lists #BICO. twitter

🚀 Today's leaders.

👀 The European Union and the German Banking Association jointly launched the Tokenise Europe 2025 initiative Ledgerinsights.com

🇺🇸 Williams of the Fed:

- inflation may be more stable;
- inflation in the services sector will remain high;
- a rate increase of 0.25% seems to be the best option, but an increase of 0.5% is also possible;
- rate peak of 5%-5.25% is a reasonable benchmark

💰 Republic Crowdfunding Platform Completes $3 Million Funding by Issuing New Security Tokens Crowdfundinsider.com

👀 UK-based blockchain carbon offset platform Carbonplace raises $45M in seed funding. cointelegraph.com

👀 3AC liquidators claim that co-founder Kyle Davis "continues to hide information" while "shamelessly" raising millions to launch a new cryptocurrency exchange. decrypt.com

👀 Binance is helping to assemble a consortium of crypto companies with the goal of restoring trust in the industry and taking an active role in the upcoming regulations. coindesk

🏦 DWS Deutsche Bank in talks to invest in DDA crypto firms - Bloomberg

👀 Gifto founder Andy Tian passed away on February 6 due to a sudden illness en.pingwest.com

📊 Messari. #tron

- The fourth quarter showed that TRON network opened up new users and network activity. Daily active accounts continued to grow steadily. December 10 the network saw an unusual surge to 1.3 million new accounts.
- VExecution of smart contracts and TRX transfers accounted for 90% of the total number of transactions for the quarter;
- due to increased user activity in the fourth quarter a significant amount of TRX was burned rather than generated;
- mTRON's position in the stablecoin market remained significant in terms of stablecoin market cap, second only to ETH.

👀 Fierce, the financial super app launched by former Gemini CTO, raises $10 million in seed funding techcrunch.com

👀 New Trezor CEO Matej Zak says the firm is working on a new flagship hardware product that will be released before the next bull run.
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💰#GARI Aptos Labs invests in popular Indian social media app Chingari