Eric Conner, a prominent Ethereum core developer, has left the community due to concerns over leadership and a lack of decentralization. This came after Vitalik Buterin claimed sole authority over the Ethereum Foundation and dismissed calls for a leadership shakeup. Conner has now switched his focus to artificial intelligence, initially working on building an evolving AI agent called Freysa.ai. Buterin has attempted to restructure the Ethereum Foundation's leadership to improve communication and emphasize technical expertise.

EigenLayer announced on X platform that the Rewards v2 protocol upgrade is scheduled to go live on the mainnet on January 21 at 12:49 Pacific Standard Time. The upgrade aims to bring greater flexibility, efficiency, and customization to rewards within the EigenLayer ecosystem. This upgrade is also the first EigenLayer Improvement Proposal (ELIP) and will introduce several enhanced features, including operator-oriented rewards, variable operator fees, and batch reward collection.

On January 20th, according to official sources, 4E has officially launched TRUMP U perpetual contract trading, supporting 1-25x leverage long and short trading. Currently, both TRUMP coin spot and contract trading platforms are supported. As an official partner of the Argentine national team, 4E provides trading services covering over 600 assets, including cryptocurrencies, commodities, stocks, and indices, and also supports financial products with an annualized yield of up to 5.5%. Users can invest with just one click by holding USDT.

According to an official announcement from, Binance Futures will launch the MELANIAUSDT perpetual contract with a maximum leverage of 25x on January 20, 2025 at 17:30 (GMT+8).

On January 20th, modular AI blockchain 0G launched the Newton testnet. Users can interact with decentralized AI applications by connecting to the 0G Newton testnet. 0G aims to provide a decentralized AI operating system (deAIOS) that can support almost any AI application. In November of last year, cryptocurrency AI startup Zero Gravity Labs (0G Labs or 0GL) announced that it had completed a $40 million financing round and received a commitment to purchase tokens worth $250 million.

According to official sources, Megabit officially launched the SOLV USDT perpetual contract with a maximum leverage of 75x at 20:00 (UTC+8) on January 19th.

On January 19th, Megabit will officially launch the PROM USDT perpetual contract with a maximum leverage of 75x at 20:00 (UTC+8).

The January rally in XRP's price may be reaching a point of exhaustion, as technical indicators suggest a potential correction of up to 25%. A bearish divergence between XRP's price and its daily Relative Strength Index (RSI) indicates weakening upward momentum, which could lead to a reversal in the coming days or weeks. XRP's price is currently significantly above its 50-day exponential moving average, a key technical support level, and historically overextended price rallies tend to revisit their EMA levels. However, XRP's long-term outlook remains optimistic, supported by the potential launch of spot XRP exchange-traded funds (ETF) in the US.

on January 17th, DWF Labs announced its official participation in the DEXE staking program of DeXe Network, and expressed optimism about the potential of decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs) in collaboration, governance, and value creation.

On January 17th, DeBox released an AI agent service interaction framework to help AI agents and applications achieve multi-chain deployment. The framework is integrated into the DeBox open platform and supports AI agent and application developers to quickly obtain users through DeBox Premium. DeBox service system provides seamless interaction and cold start for users.