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Starknet 宣布，其原生代币的第二阶段质押将于最早于 2025 年第二季度上线。 在启动 Starknet（STRK）质押第一阶段后，以太坊第 2 层扩展解决方案背后的团队提供了有关第二阶段何时开始的最新消息。 在 1 月 27 日的更新中，Starknet 表示社区最早可以在 2025 年第二季度期待 STRK 质押 v2。这是继 2024 年 9 月宣布的权益证明第 2 层解决方案的 STRK 质押第一阶段之后的又一举措。 阅读更多：Starknet 创造历史，成为首个在主网上引入质押的 L2 在 v1 版本推出期间，验证者通过执行基本功能（例如运行完整节点）获得奖励。现在，Starknet 旨在为验证者引入更多“工作”，因为该网络寻求进一步增强安全性和去中心化。 Starknet 在 X 上写道：“第一阶段的主要目标是测试我们的质押机制和经济参数的基本原理。在约 3 个月的时间里，这一阶段让我们能够从社区收集到宝贵的反馈意见。现在，是时候让验证者发挥积极作用，并在他们在共识中发挥正式作用之前评估他们的活跃度指标了（计划在第三阶段进行）。” Staking v2 将引入“验证者区块证明”，有效地增加了验证者积极参与的措施。根据 1 月初提出的提案，v2 还引入了潜在的佣金增加功能。 在 v1 中，质押的 STRK 代币超过 1.5 亿个，网络增长到 100 个验证者。此外，初始阶段有超过 60,000 名委托人参与。 继 v2 之后，Starknet 计划在第 3 阶段推出区块投票。到第 4 阶段，验证者将承担区块生产的全部责任，其中包括生产、证明和验证区块。 你可能还喜欢：Algorand 推出质押奖励计划

Tether 正在通过开发 BrainOS 探索脑机接口技术，BrainOS 是一个开源平台，旨在保持这项创新的去中心化和可访问性。 该公司在其官方网站上通过首席执行官 Paolo Ardoino 的采访摘录宣布了这一举措。Ardoino 强调 Tether (USDT) 致力于确保私人实体不会垄断 BCI 的发展。 Ardoino 表示：“Tether Data 正在带头开发 BrainOS，这是一个开源平台，旨在使人们能够更自由地使用先进的大脑增强工具。”“通过确保这项技术保持去中心化和透明，Tether 正在推进其通过道德和开放创新赋予个人权力的承诺。” 此举是基于去年 4 月 Tether 对 BlackRock Neurotech 2 亿美元的投资。 脑机接口领域的先驱 BlackRock Neurotech 已经部署其技术来帮助数十名瘫痪患者，使他们能够控制机械肢体、驾驶无人机，并仅通过思想进行交流。 你可能还喜欢：沙特阿拉伯王储模仿者推出假“官方”硬币 – Paolo Ardoino 🤖🍐 (@paoloardoino) 2025 年 2 月 17 日 沟通与思想表达 Ardoino 还强调了 BrainOS 消除沟通和思想表达障碍的潜力。 他解释说：“自然语言只能表达大致的思想，因为可用的术语集是有限的。为了完全表达，一种语言需要无限的术语来描述思想的每一个小细节。” Tether 对开源模式的承诺与其更广泛的去中心化理念相一致。通过与学术机构的合作，该公司希望 BrainOS 能够促进合作研究和道德创新。

Kraken 联合创始人杰西·鲍威尔 (Jesse Powell) 指责旧金山一家合作社因其与加密货币的联系和政治倾向而受到歧视，拒绝购买他的单位。 根据鲍威尔法律团队 2 月 5 日提起的诉讼，鲍威尔指控旧金山合作社 Twenty-Five Hundred Steiner Street Inc. 在拒绝他购买公寓单元的申请时对他进行了歧视，从而违反了加州《公平就业住房法案》和《安鲁法案》。 2 月 6 日，Kraken 高管在他的 X 账户上分享了有关诉讼的详细信息，声称他曾试图避免提起诉讼，但最终决定继续进行。 鲍威尔在他的帖子中表示：“坦率地说，我受够了那些居高临下、精英偏执者对我的非法歧视。” 诉讼称，该合作社“从未直接答复鲍威尔拒绝的原因，而是含糊其辞，不断找借口阻挠，最终拒绝出售。” 1/2 我尽一切努力避免提起诉讼。坦率地说，我受够了居高临下、精英偏执者非法歧视我。这次是旧金山的住房问题。我原本希望回来参与这座城市的振兴。https://t.co/mRi4TpVo1X pic.twitter.com/1CbjlmLvx2— Jesse Powell (@jespow) 2025 年 2 月 5 日 鲍威尔声称，合作社成员阻止他购买房产是因为他参与了加密货币行业，并且倾向保守。诉讼还称，联邦调查局在 2023 年对他的房产进行的调查也是导致他被拒绝出售的原因之一。 鲍威尔的法律团队在文件中写道：“传统的政治权力掮客将加密货币视为对其货币政策的威胁，担心它会赋予普通人权力，并看不起加密货币作为一种投机性和波动性的资产。” 鲍威尔是加密货币领域的知名人物，他参与创办了加密货币交易所 Kraken。在美国证券交易委员会下令于 2023 年关闭 Kraken 后，Kraken 最近在美国重新推出了其平台。 阅读更多：Kraken 在与美国证券交易委员会达成 3000 万美元和解协议后恢复加密货币质押服务 尽管鲍威尔不隶属于任何政党，但他在 2024 年 6 月向唐纳德·特朗普的总统竞选活动捐赠了 100 万美元。另一方面，诉讼称，鲍威尔想要购买的公寓楼被称为“旧金山民主党强权堡垒”，因为其中许多居民都是民主党人。 诉讼特别聚焦于风险投资公司 Accel 的合伙人布鲁斯·戈尔登。鲍威尔指控戈尔登“以拒绝出售股票为己任”，而诉讼称戈尔登是民主党组织的主要捐助者。

Klarna 首席执行官塞巴斯蒂安·西米亚特科夫斯基 (Sebastian Siemiatkowski) 宣布计划将加密货币整合到这家金融科技巨头的平台中，该公司正为今年 4 月在美国备受期待的 IPO 做准备。 瑞典金融科技公司 Klarna 的首席执行官 Sebastian Siemiatkowski 最近在 X 上发文，透露了将加密货币整合到平台中的计划。这一消息发布之际，该公司正准备迎接一个重要里程碑——在美国首次公开募股，预计将于 4 月进行。Klarna 的估值可能达到 150 亿美元，其 IPO 可能成为今年最大的上市之一。 好吧。我放弃了。Klarna 和我将拥抱加密货币！更多内容即将推出是的，我知道！这篇文章将获得巨大的赞叹和 2 次浏览😂但它仍然具有历史意义。世界上最后一家大型金融科技公司采用它。总得有人是最后一个。这也是某种里程碑……🥳— Sebastian Siemiatkowski (@klarnaseb) 2025 年 2 月 8 日 特朗普媒体将拨款 2.5 亿美元用于加密货币和金融科技扩张 北欧领先的加密货币交易所 Safello AB 的联合创始人兼董事长 Frank Schuil 表示，Klarna 可以将其 BNPL 模型与加密货币相结合，从而可能处理价值数十亿美元的数字资产。 突发新闻：@Klarna 将拥抱加密货币🚀🚀🚀Klarna 的估值为 146 亿美元，2023 年 GMV 为 960 亿美元。这将影响其 8500 多万用户和更广泛的金融科技领域。加密交易可以与其 BNPL 模型集成，可能处理数十亿美元的数字资产。首席执行官@klarnaseb... https://t.co/9PPtwCrgCm

Disclosure: The views and opinions expressed here belong solely to the author and do not represent the views and opinions of crypto.news’ editorial. It’s 2025, and nearly half of the world still doesn’t have adequate extreme weather alert systems. Seriously, some parts of the world are pretty much completely left in the dark—that’s according to the World Meteorological Organization. Such statistics should worry everyone. As storms grow more violent and unpredictable (yes, the rise in greenhouse gases has increased the frequency and intensity of extreme weather events), the ability to forecast and act on severe weather isn’t a luxury—it’s a requirement for survival. And it’s not like we don’t have the technology; the tools are there. It’s our systems that fail us, fail the millions of people left behind, and web3 has a chance to make a real impact there. You might also like:Transitioning to a divine economy: A vision for a new civilization | Opinion No data, no defense When we talk about weather data, the consequences of missing or delayed forecasts are very real. In 2024, devastating floods swept through Chad, displacing families, washing away homes, and affecting millions of people. The country’s meteorological systems were not sufficient. At the height of the crisis, nearly 80% of the country’s weather stations were offline.  With so little real-time data to go on, emergency planners and local officials were left guessing. The warnings came too late, which resulted in a catastrophic loss. But this is something that can happen again if nothing is done—WMO data shows that more than 50% of the radar stations that currently operate across Africa are unable to produce accurate enough data to predict weather patterns for the coming days or even hours. This isn’t just unfair, it’s dangerous. The limits of centralized forecasting For many years, weather forecasting services have relied on centralized hardware such as satellites and radar stations. While these systems have saved lives, they’re still very limited by geography, budgets, and other factors. These systems can’t always reach the local level fast enough, especially in emergency situations. In many countries, especially those with stretched resources, large parts of the population are simply beyond the reach of the existing infrastructure.  Current forecasting systems also tend to prioritize countries that already have robust systems.  The rest of the world, where climate often hits the hardest, is asked to adapt without the same level of information or tools. For example, Africa, a continent of 1.5 billion people, has the world’s least developed weather and climate observation network with fewer stations operating to global basic standards than Germany, according to the World Meteorological Organization. So, what can be done to tackle this? Decentralized solutions There’s another way to think about weather infrastructure—decentralized weather networks take a very different approach. Instead of building a few nodes to cover large areas, they deploy thousands of inexpensive sensors at the community level. This approach leverages the decentralized physical infrastructure networks model, which rewards people and communities with tokens for setting up real-world infrastructure. This infrastructure can include sensors gathering data in real time: from temperature and humidity to rainfall and more. That data is shared across a distributed network and used to improve forecasts, identify patterns, and alert people about the emerging risks. The beauty of these systems is that they don’t need to replace anything. They complement the existing methods. They fill in the gaps and help to strengthen the overall forecast. They can also operate independently when larger systems fail and give communities the tools they need to generate their own data—and act on it. Time to change the status quo Skeptics will say decentralized systems are too new to be trusted. While there may be some work to be done in decentralized networks becoming more widespread, the answer isn’t to dismiss the model. It’s to invest in it. To make it part of the solution. Dismissing the whole idea is short-sighted. Climate adaptation is a global challenge, and if the current systems don’t reach the people who need them the most, then it’s time to build systems that do. The alternative—sticking with what we have—isn’t working. Centralized systems are already struggling to keep up, especially in the places that need them the most. In many parts of the world, weather stations are broken, and the data simply doesn’t come in fast enough. Meanwhile, the weather gets more unpredictable by the season. Act now, before the next disaster The tools already exist; what’s missing is the mindset shift. We need to recognize that centralized systems can’t do this alone, and that communities deserve better. People and rural communities can and should be part of the solution. We can’t wait for the next devastating flood, historic cyclone, or life-changing drought to remind us that something is broken. The early warnings are already here. We need to act on them now. Read more:Streamlining sustainability with decentralized data | Opinion Ting Peng Ting Pengis the head of ecosystems at SkyX, a blockchain-powered weather network. Ting is a blockchain communications specialist with over seven years of experience in the industry. At SkyX Network, she leverages her expertise to articulate how decentralized infrastructure can solve real-world problems like inadequate weather monitoring systems. With a Master’s in Corporate Communication and deep knowledge of blockchain technology, Ting offers valuable insights on how decentralized networks can address critical global challenges where traditional systems fall short.