The popular AI framework Virtuals Protocol will host an in-person meet-up in Hong Kong on Friday, January 17.

NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang accidentally followed crypto meme coin community member @TradeSager on X tonight. The account belongs to the community of RTX, a stock-themed meme coin on the BSC ecosystem. It is speculated that Huang either saw a @TradeSager tweet tagged with RTX, or was unfamiliar with the rules of crypto communities and tags on X, leading to the follow. Affected by this news, the meme coin RTX surged 7 times in a short period before quickly falling back. As of press time, GMGN data shows the token’s market cap has dropped to $1.51 million. BlockBeats reminds users that related tokens may see significant price fluctuations due to community sentiment and possible subsequent actions by Huang, urging users to exercise caution in investments.

An Anthropic spokesperson announced the appointment of Mariano-Florentino Cuéllar as its first Head of Global Affairs.

According to official announcements, Circle Gateway has implemented a programmable authorization model by supporting ERC-1271 signatures, enabling smart contracts and smart contract wallets to directly use the Gateway. Developers do not need to set up additional delegated approvers; instead, they can access the unified USDC balance system via existing smart contract authorization logic.

According to market data from BIT (bit.com), US-listed optical communication concept stocks have extended their rally, with the following performances: Pure Photonics ETF FOTO rose 11.41%; Corning (GLW) rose 9.21%; Marvell Technology (MRVL) rose 13.6%; AAOI (Applied Optoelectronics) rose 21.7%; LITE (Lumentum Holdings) rose 9.72%; COHR (Coherent Corp) rose 15.52%; CIEN (Ciena Corporation) rose 6.98%.

"Fed Whisperer" Nick Timiraos wrote in a recent article that U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent’s policy reaction function has shifted to become less dovish. His remarks this year suggest the Federal Reserve should keep interest rates steady. Earlier this year, Bessent cited models saying the gap between the Fed’s policy rate and the neutral rate could range from more than 25 basis points to over 100 basis points. On August 4, Bessent laid out two key views. First, he defended Federal Reserve Governor Christopher Waller’s decision last week not to elaborate on any policy reaction function: “I think every meeting should be open, and market participants should judge for themselves. I think Waller wants to keep his options open to achieve the best outcome.” Second, he did propose a policy reaction function that could be characterized as dovish, arguing that recent shocks should be overlooked: “What exactly will be the impact of short-term rate hikes? We will have to wait and see.” He raised that question, then responded by pointing out that underlying inflation is “very mild, very stable.” “Core inflation, after excluding volatile items heavily affected by energy, has remained very stable. I believe this situation will continue.”

According to Iran's state media, a spokesperson for Iran's Ministry of Foreign Affairs stated that negotiations with Oman on transit issues in the Strait of Hormuz are still ongoing. The final outcome of the talks will be announced after compilation and sorting.