Gate News Bot Message, February 02, According to CoinMarketCap data, at the time of press, GAS (Gas) is currently trading at $2.01, up 16.81% in the past 24 hours, with a high of $2.20 and a low of $1.64. The 24-hour trading volume reached $105 million. The current market capitalization is approximately $130 million, an increase of nearly $18.8 million from yesterday. GAS is a utility token within the Neo smart economy ecosystem, utilizing a unique dual-token model design. As the primary functional token of the Neo network, GAS is used to pay for network fees, deploy smart contracts, and facilitate various transactions within dApps. Neo token holders can passively earn GAS rewards without staking, and those participating in voting governance can also receive additional GAS rewards.

NEO founder Da Hongfei and Zhang Zhengwen agree to cease their dispute to protect NEO and its community. The two are busy preparing financial reports, with the goal of releasing a preview on February 15th that provides financial verification and budget planning information, and will be regularly updated before the final version.

NEO founder Da Hongfei revealed on the X platform that he had a 2.5-hour strategic meeting with the NGD team, clarifying the tasks of launching assets and building applications. The plan is to collaborate with top protocols, deploy emerging stablecoins to enhance liquidity, and develop applications in the artificial intelligence field to promote blockchain adoption. The ultimate goal is to empower NEO and GAS.

NEO founder Da Hongfei responds to Zhang Zhengwen's accusations, stating that they severely distort the facts and emphasizing the importance of transparency and collaboration. Da Hongfei points out that Zhang Zhengwen's management style is similar to dictatorship and states that financial reports will be published regularly to increase transparency. He mentioned that operational funds will be provided to Zhang Zhengwen and called for both parties to cooperate under shared goals.

Backpack founder Armani Ferrante pointed out that many so-called "next-generation internet finance" projects are actually degraded in functionality, costly, and lack user protection, and there are even issues where tokens are treated as stocks without dividends or voting rights.

Neo founder Erik Zhang accused another founder Da Hongfei of not disclosing financial reports and called for transparency. Da Hongfei responded by saying Zhang controls the funds and accused him of not transferring the funds to a multi-signature address, emphasizing that blockchain projects should be decentralized.

Odaily News Anchorage Digital announced a rewards program for holders of USDtb and USDe, with rewards distributed by an independent entity, Anchorage Digital Neo Ltd., to maintain compliance under the framework of the GENIUS Act, which prohibits interest payments on stablecoins; this structure is designed to allow institutions to operate within Anchorage.

Golden Finance reports that the U.S. regulated prediction market platform Kalshi has completed a $1 billion financing round, with a company valuation reaching $11 billion. This round of financing was led by existing investors Sequoia Capital and CapitalG, with participation from Andreessen Horowitz, Paradigm, Anthos Capital, and Neo. This valuation increase brings Kalshi closer to the valuation target of $12 billion to $15 billion sought by its competitor Polymarket. Additionally, just a month ago, Kalshi announced the completion of a $300 million financing round, achieving a valuation of $5 billion, highlighting investors' strong interest in the thriving prediction market sector.