ETH breaks through the $3300 mark

Odaily Planet Daily News: According to documents from the US Department of Justice (DOJ), Adam Iza, founder of the cryptocurrency trading platform Zort, and Eric Chase Saavedra, former Los Angeles police officer, have pleaded guilty to multiple charges, including conspiracy, tax evasion, and civil rights violations. The Department of Justice stated that Iza implemented a plan involving fraud, intimidation, and extortion against several victims in the Los Angeles area. His accomplice Saavedra abused law enforcement resources to assist Iza's operation. According to prosecutors, Iza has been in federal detention since September 2024, with a maximum sentence of 35 years in prison. Saavedra has resigned from the Los Angeles Police Department and can be sentenced to up to 13 years in prison. Both of them will be tried in federal court in Los Angeles. Last September, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) accused the founder of the cryptocurrency trading platform Zort of cryptocurrency fraud and bribery of corrupt law enforcement officials. The FBI has stated that Adam Iza, the operator of the cryptocurrency trading platform Zort, is suspected of paying three Los Angeles Sheriff's assistants fees to obtain information on robbery targets. Adam Iza pays police $280000 per month. The FBI alleges that Adam Iza accumulated wealth through shell companies, used the funds for luxury expenses, and concealed tens of millions of dollars in income between 2020 and 2022, without declaring any income tax.

On January 19th, according to Onchain Lens monitoring, a whale spent 94.46 ETH ($312000) to purchase 14 "Milady NFTs". Within 30 minutes, the whale sold these NFTs for 69.08 ETH ($231000), resulting in a loss of 25.38 ETH ($80900).

According to Bloomberg, multiple institutions believe that Trump's issuance of the Meme coin TRUMP is unethical. Danielle Brian, Executive Director of the Non Partisan Government Oversight Project, stated that memecoin is typically unrelated to any underlying business, making it highly speculative for investors and potentially lucrative for founders, further pushing the boundaries. Brian said, 'Any measures taken by the Trump Organization to demonstrate their concerns about potential conflicts, especially those involving foreign governments, seem to completely undermine their efforts.'. Other groups raising concerns include the non-profit Campaign Law Center and the civic responsibility ethics organization in Washington, which sued Trump during his first term for violating the constitutional ban on foreign gifts and compensation, but was unsuccessful. The obvious difference between cryptocurrencies is how quickly you can obtain unexpected wealth, "said Kedric Payne, General Counsel of the Campaign Legal Center

Odaily Planet Daily News: Skely, the founder of aiPool, stated in an article on X that they are testing new features and revealing some design ideas for the alpha version, including: 1. Auction naming rights and fees: If a user wins the auction, they will not receive tokens, only naming rights and a percentage of fees for the Meteora pool. The percentage of fees has not been set yet as a new NFT token standard is required and is currently being developed; 2. Pre sale CA is located on a website where users can now purchase up to 10 SOL and still freely send funds to CA without connecting a wallet. In addition, CA will be released on X; 3. The new brands of METAV and AI pools have not yet been fully launched for METAV; 4. More AI support (in TEE); 5. Ai uses the cost to purchase METAV, check the chain, and other interesting things; 6. Cooperative relationship. Future features include: 1. Launch customizable Meteora fair launch (pump. fun style) through online applications; 2. Token flywheel reveals/token economics; 3. Cross chain functionality, where Ai has raised $2 million, allows it to launch a $1 million ETH pool and a $1 million SOL pool.