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According to The Block, the well-known startup accelerator Y Combinator will hold interviews in New York City for the first time, focusing on fintech and cryptocurrency startups, hoping to support more companies in this field.YC stated on Wednesday: "This is the first time YC has moved the interview process for a specific industry offline in this way, as they are meeting with founders who are forming a key ecosystem."A YC spokesperson said the interviews will take place offline in New York on May 21. The standard investment terms for selected startups are a $500,000 investment for 7% equity. Earlier this year, after YC launched this option, startups can also choose to receive funding in the form of Circle's stablecoin USDC.The YC Winter 2026 batch includes several crypto and fintech startups, including the financial infrastructure Sponge Wallet for the AI agent economy, the crypto deposit service provider Unifold, the unified trading platform for crypto, real-world assets, and prediction markets Sequence Markets, and the cross-platform trading platform for prediction markets Valence.Since its establishment in 2005, YC has invested in over 5,000 companies, with a total valuation exceeding $1 trillion. Its portfolio includes OpenAI, Airbnb, Stripe, and Reddit. YC's first crypto investment was in Coinbase in 2012, and it has since invested in over 150 crypto and fintech companies, including the prediction market platform Kalshi, the DeFi trading platform Axiom, and the NFT marketplace OpenSea. Last year, YC partnered with Coinbase to support startups building on-chain infrastructure, which YC referred to as "Fintech 3.0."

According to a recent feature report by Forbes, Gate founder and CEO Dr. Han systematically reviewed his entrepreneurial journey in an exclusive interview and elaborated on Gate's development philosophy centered on security, transparency, and long-termism.The report pointed out that Gate is one of the earliest trading platforms in the industry to introduce and continuously disclose proof of reserves. Through higher standards of asset security mechanisms and a comprehensive risk control system, it has gradually established a trust foundation with nearly 50 million users. On the compliance front, Gate actively responds to global regulatory frameworks, including MiCA, with multiple entities under its umbrella having obtained or completed relevant regulatory registrations, license applications, authorizations, or approvals in jurisdictions such as Malta, the Bahamas, Australia, and Dubai.Dr. Han stated that the cryptocurrency industry is entering a critical regulatory period, and platforms that truly possess long-term competitiveness must withstand both market and regulatory scrutiny. Gate is also continuously lowering the barriers for users to enter the digital asset and tokenized financial world through an integrated layout of trading, custody, settlement, and compliance capabilities, promoting the industry towards a more robust and sustainable direction.

According to market news, the latest research by the security company Recorded Future shows that the North Korean-linked hacker group PurpleBravo has launched cyber espionage activities targeting over 3,100 IP addresses of companies in artificial intelligence, cryptocurrency, and financial services through fake job interviews.The organization disguises itself as recruiters or developers, luring targets into executing malicious code under the pretext of technical interviews. The attackers claim to be from cryptocurrency or tech companies, asking job seekers to review code, clone repositories, or complete programming tasks. Security researchers have identified 20 victim organizations from regions such as South Asia and North America. The group uses multiple aliases and employs a fake identity from Odessa, Ukraine for camouflage. The attacks utilized remote access Trojans like PylangGhost and GolangGhost, which can automatically steal browser credentials and cookies.The hackers also host their malware servers through malicious GitHub repositories, Astrill VPN, and 17 service providers. Additionally, the investigation found related Telegram channels selling LinkedIn and Upwork accounts, and the attackers have also interacted with the cryptocurrency trading platform MEXC Exchange.

CZ stated on the X platform that he will speak at a panel discussion at the World Economic Forum in Davos tomorrow at 8:30 AM local time (which corresponds to 3:30 PM Beijing time). He will then give an interview to CNBC at around 3 PM (which corresponds to 10 PM Beijing time).

According to official news, Gate will hold an AMA on January 22 at 18:00 (UTC+8) on the official Chinese X channel, with founder and CEO Dr. Han attending as the speaker and participating in the interview.

According to Bitcoin News, BlackRock's Chief Investment Officer Rick Rieder will be interviewed for the position of Federal Reserve Chairman at Mar-a-Lago, with other candidates including Kevin Hassett, Kevin Warsh, and Federal Reserve Governor Christopher Waller.

According to Jinshi citing CNBC, Federal Reserve Governor Waller had "a strong interview for the position of Federal Reserve Chair" with President Trump.

According to informed sources, Trump will interview current Federal Reserve Governor Waller on Wednesday local time regarding the selection of the Federal Reserve Chair. Trump interviewed former Federal Reserve Governor Kevin Warsh last week.Trump stated that Warsh and Hassett are currently his two favored candidates. This year, Waller has become a leading voice within the Federal Reserve advocating for interest rate cuts. At the Federal Reserve's July meeting, which kept interest rates unchanged, Waller cast a dissenting vote in favor of a rate cut.Waller is the most favored candidate for Federal Reserve Chair among economists and is well-regarded on Wall Street for his logically clear and consistent arguments for rate cuts this year, and is seen as capable of bridging the widening divide within the Federal Reserve. Several of his arguments for rate cuts have been adopted by current Chair Powell. Waller will give a speech on the economic outlook on Wednesday evening Beijing time. (Jinshi)