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According to Odaily, Elon Musk responded on the X platform to community users who suggested that X should significantly increase creator revenue shares, even far surpassing YouTube and other social media platforms. He stated: "Let's do this, but only if we have robust mechanisms in place to prevent abuse, loopholes, and exploitative behaviors." Notably, Musk tagged Solana advisor and X Head of Product Nikita Bier to handle this matter. Nikita Bier indicated that there is now a new method capable of eliminating 99% of fraudulent content. It is reported that in recent months, some X users have noticed increased creator rewards, mainly because AI can now support most content, and only platforms willing to pay to retain genuine creators have unique value and trustworthy content.

According to Odaily, Web3 gaming ecosystem project RuneSoul has officially announced the completion of a $30 million strategic financing round. Reportedly, the funds from this round will be specifically allocated to the platform’s underlying architecture restructuring and brand strategy upgrade, marking RuneSoul’s formal transition from a GameFi gaming project to a Web3 game aggregator and launchpad platform. This upgrade establishes RuneSoul’s core positioning as a “connector”: Supply side: Empowering high-quality game developers by providing low-threshold blockchain transformation and publishing support; Demand side: Deeply connecting global players, guilds, and traffic channels. RuneSoul is committed to building a one-stop, full-chain service system covering asset issuance, user growth, incentive mechanisms, on-chain data analysis, and final settlement, aiming to become the “Steam + publishing middleware” in the Web3 sector.

BlockBeats News, December 31 — Stephen Moore, the conservative economist who served as a senior economic adviser during Trump’s first term, has recently publicly questioned the Trump administration’s large-scale tariff policies, calling them essentially an “invisible tax” imposed on consumers that could drag down economic growth and weaken employment. Moore stated, “Tariffs are taxes, and taxes are never a good thing,” a remark that stands in stark contrast to his previous support for trade protectionism. He pointed out that although tariffs are seen by the government as tools to revitalize manufacturing and fund tax cuts, their costs are ultimately often passed on to consumers, driving up prices and exacerbating inflation. Data from multiple research institutions show that the new round of tariff policies to be implemented in 2025 could increase the tax burden by about 1.2 trillions USD over the next decade, cause the US GDP to decline by about 0.4%, and reduce employment by 344,000 jobs. Moore also acknowledged that the regressive nature of tariffs would have a greater impact on low- and middle-income families. Moore called for any continued implementation of tariffs to be targeted and time-limited, and for tax cuts to be enacted as soon as possible to offset negative effects. His shift in stance is seen by outsiders as a sign of deepening divisions within the Trump camp between free-market principles and trade protectionism, adding uncertainty to the direction of US economic policy in 2026.