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The Russian Patent Office has approved Tether's trademark registration for its Hadron tokenization platform
BlockBeats News, January 11th, the Russian Patent Office has approved the registration of a trademark for Tether, the issuer of the USDT stablecoin, for its Hadron tokenization platform. Tether submitted the application to the Federal Service for Intellectual Property of Russia in October 2025 and received approval this month.
Hadron is a tokenization platform launched by Tether in November 2024, supporting the tokenization of real-world assets such as stocks, bonds, points, and commodities, allowing businesses to issue digital tokens on the blockchain network. The newly approved trademark in Russia is valid until October 3, 2035, covering blockchain financial services, cryptocurrency trading and exchange, crypto payment processing, and related advisory services.
BlockBeats News, January 11th, the Russian Patent Office has approved the registration of a trademark for Tether, the issuer of the USDT stablecoin, for its Hadron tokenization platform. Tether submitted the application to the Federal Service for Intellectual Property of Russia in October 2025 and received approval this month.
Hadron is a tokenization platform launched by Tether in November 2024, supporting the tokenization of real-world assets such as stocks, bonds, points, and commodities, allowing businesses to issue digital tokens on the blockchain network. The newly approved trademark in Russia is valid until October 3, 2035, covering blockchain financial services, cryptocurrency trading and exchange, crypto payment processing, and related advisory services.
「Buddy」 ETH Long Position Sees Over $2 Million Drawdown from Peak Profits, Entry Price at $3,138.43
BlockBeats News, January 11, according to on-chain analyst Auntie Ai (@ai_9684xtpa), "Brother Whale" Huang Licheng currently holds a $34 million worth of ETH long position, with a profit-taking of over $2 million since ETH's peak on January 7, and the current position's entry price is $3,138.43.
He also holds a $250,000 worth of HYPE long position at an entry price of $24.4.
BlockBeats News, January 11, according to on-chain analyst Auntie Ai (@ai_9684xtpa), "Brother Whale" Huang Licheng currently holds a $34 million worth of ETH long position, with a profit-taking of over $2 million since ETH's peak on January 7, and the current position's entry price is $3,138.43.
He also holds a $250,000 worth of HYPE long position at an entry price of $24.4.
Machi Big Brother's ETH long position retraced by over $2 million from the peak, with an unrealized loss of $287,000.
Foresight News reported, according to monitoring by @ai_9684xtpa, Machi Big Brother's ETH long position is currently at an unrealized loss of $287,000. Compared to the floating profit at ETH's high on January 7, it has retraced over $2 million. He currently holds a 25x leveraged long position of 10,800 ETH, valued at $33.62 million, with an average entry price of $3,138.43.
Foresight News reported, according to monitoring by @ai_9684xtpa, Machi Big Brother's ETH long position is currently at an unrealized loss of $287,000. Compared to the floating profit at ETH's high on January 7, it has retraced over $2 million. He currently holds a 25x leveraged long position of 10,800 ETH, valued at $33.62 million, with an average entry price of $3,138.43.
Machi Big Brother's 25x leveraged ETH long position is floating a loss of $287,000
Machi Big Brother's Ethereum long position is once again in a floating loss, currently holding 10,800 ETH.
PANews reported on January 11 that, according to on-chain analyst Ai Yi, Machi Big Brother's Ethereum long position is once again floating at a loss of $287,000. Compared to the floating profit at the higher point of ETH on January 7, it has now retraced by more than $2 million. He currently holds a 25x leveraged long position of 10,800 ETH, valued at $33.62 million, with an average entry price of $3,138.43.
PANews reported on January 11 that, according to on-chain analyst Ai Yi, Machi Big Brother's Ethereum long position is once again floating at a loss of $287,000. Compared to the floating profit at the higher point of ETH on January 7, it has now retraced by more than $2 million. He currently holds a 25x leveraged long position of 10,800 ETH, valued at $33.62 million, with an average entry price of $3,138.43.
Data: 1,791.9 PAXG transferred from an anonymous address and, after intermediary transactions, flowed into 0x
According to ChainCatcher, Arkham data shows that at 21:55, 1,791.9 PAXG (worth approximately $8.0873 million) were transferred from an anonymous address (starting with 0x4eE0...) to another anonymous address (starting with 0xF562...). Subsequently, this address transferred part of the PAXG (500 tokens) to 0x.
According to ChainCatcher, Arkham data shows that at 21:55, 1,791.9 PAXG (worth approximately $8.0873 million) were transferred from an anonymous address (starting with 0x4eE0...) to another anonymous address (starting with 0xF562...). Subsequently, this address transferred part of the PAXG (500 tokens) to 0x.
VERTEXS.AI releases roadmap for one-stop aggregated trading platform, focusing on cross-chain and AI trading infrastructure
According to Odaily, the blockchain aggregation trading platform VERTEXS.AI has recently disclosed its product positioning and development plan. The platform is jointly developed by blockchain technology teams from North America and Europe, with a team size of over 120 members, focusing on multi-chain trading aggregation, data engine, and intelligent trading system construction.
According to the introduction, VERTEXS.AI will integrate multi-chain asset trading, AI quantitative strategies, intelligent copy trading, and risk control modules to improve cross-chain trading efficiency and user operation experience. The platform has already deployed millisecond-level market data and information transmission capabilities, and has introduced multiple risk control and circuit breaker mechanisms to cope with extreme market fluctuations.
According to the official plan, the platform aims to launch its aggregation trading terminal and AI engine system in 2026, and will promote compliance and global expansion in the medium and long term.
According to Odaily, the blockchain aggregation trading platform VERTEXS.AI has recently disclosed its product positioning and development plan. The platform is jointly developed by blockchain technology teams from North America and Europe, with a team size of over 120 members, focusing on multi-chain trading aggregation, data engine, and intelligent trading system construction.
According to the introduction, VERTEXS.AI will integrate multi-chain asset trading, AI quantitative strategies, intelligent copy trading, and risk control modules to improve cross-chain trading efficiency and user operation experience. The platform has already deployed millisecond-level market data and information transmission capabilities, and has introduced multiple risk control and circuit breaker mechanisms to cope with extreme market fluctuations.
According to the official plan, the platform aims to launch its aggregation trading terminal and AI engine system in 2026, and will promote compliance and global expansion in the medium and long term.
Ethereum Foundation Executive: Zero-knowledge technology is becoming a core direction in Ethereum’s mid-term roadmap
PANews, January 11—According to CoinDesk, Hsiao-Wei Wang, Co-Executive Director of the Ethereum Foundation, stated in an interview that Ethereum is steadily moving toward a future where zero-knowledge cryptography becomes a core part of the network. She described zero-knowledge technology as part of Ethereum's mid-term roadmap and noted that there have been many breakthroughs in this field over the past one to two years. Although recent upgrades have still focused on improving Layer 2 network execution and blob space, making zero-knowledge a protocol-level feature is becoming increasingly feasible. Introducing zero-knowledge directly into Ethereum's core could significantly reduce the amount of work required to secure the network, making it easier to scale without sacrificing decentralization or reliability. Hsiao-Wei Wang emphasized that even as the network continues to evolve, resilience, censorship resistance, and neutrality remain at the heart of Ethereum.
PANews, January 11—According to CoinDesk, Hsiao-Wei Wang, Co-Executive Director of the Ethereum Foundation, stated in an interview that Ethereum is steadily moving toward a future where zero-knowledge cryptography becomes a core part of the network. She described zero-knowledge technology as part of Ethereum's mid-term roadmap and noted that there have been many breakthroughs in this field over the past one to two years. Although recent upgrades have still focused on improving Layer 2 network execution and blob space, making zero-knowledge a protocol-level feature is becoming increasingly feasible. Introducing zero-knowledge directly into Ethereum's core could significantly reduce the amount of work required to secure the network, making it easier to scale without sacrificing decentralization or reliability. Hsiao-Wei Wang emphasized that even as the network continues to evolve, resilience, censorship resistance, and neutrality remain at the heart of Ethereum.
EF Board Member: Ethereum's Future Depends on the Direct Integration of Zero-Knowledge Proofs
BlockBeats News, January 11th, Hsiao-Wei Wang, co-executive of the Ethereum Foundation, stated that Ethereum is steadily moving towards a future where zero-knowledge cryptography becomes core to the network, with years of research now merging with real-world progress. Zero-knowledge proofs are part of Ethereum's mid-term roadmap, with several breakthroughs achieved in the past year or two. While the current upgrade focus is on improving Layer 2 network execution and Blob space, zero-knowledge proofs as a protocol-level feature have become increasingly feasible.
Furthermore, Ethereum researchers have released the native zkEVM plan, allowing the network to default to using zero-knowledge proofs to validate transactions. This technology can significantly reduce the computational effort required to secure Ethereum, enabling scalability without sacrificing decentralization or reliability. Hsiao-Wei Wang emphasized that even as the network continues to evolve, Ethereum's core principles of resilience, security, censorship resistance, and neutrality remain.
BlockBeats News, January 11th, Hsiao-Wei Wang, co-executive of the Ethereum Foundation, stated that Ethereum is steadily moving towards a future where zero-knowledge cryptography becomes core to the network, with years of research now merging with real-world progress. Zero-knowledge proofs are part of Ethereum's mid-term roadmap, with several breakthroughs achieved in the past year or two. While the current upgrade focus is on improving Layer 2 network execution and Blob space, zero-knowledge proofs as a protocol-level feature have become increasingly feasible.
Furthermore, Ethereum researchers have released the native zkEVM plan, allowing the network to default to using zero-knowledge proofs to validate transactions. This technology can significantly reduce the computational effort required to secure Ethereum, enabling scalability without sacrificing decentralization or reliability. Hsiao-Wei Wang emphasized that even as the network continues to evolve, Ethereum's core principles of resilience, security, censorship resistance, and neutrality remain.
Foreign media: Whether cryptocurrency can be used to pay pensions has become a popular non-standard inquiry at Russia's Social Fund
ChainCatcher news, according to Cointelegraph, the customer service hotline of the Social Fund of Russia handled approximately 37 million calls in 2025, most of which were routine inquiries (such as pensions, social benefits, etc.). However, among non-standard issues, inquiries related to cryptocurrency surged, becoming one of the most common questions. The most popular crypto-related questions included whether pensions can be received in cryptocurrency and whether mining income would affect the calculation of social benefits.
The Social Fund of Russia clearly responded that all pensions and social payments are currently issued only in rubles, and digital assets are not within the jurisdiction of the Social Fund. Issues related to crypto income and taxation are handled by the Federal Tax Service of Russia.
ChainCatcher news, according to Cointelegraph, the customer service hotline of the Social Fund of Russia handled approximately 37 million calls in 2025, most of which were routine inquiries (such as pensions, social benefits, etc.). However, among non-standard issues, inquiries related to cryptocurrency surged, becoming one of the most common questions. The most popular crypto-related questions included whether pensions can be received in cryptocurrency and whether mining income would affect the calculation of social benefits.
The Social Fund of Russia clearly responded that all pensions and social payments are currently issued only in rubles, and digital assets are not within the jurisdiction of the Social Fund. Issues related to crypto income and taxation are handled by the Federal Tax Service of Russia.