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BlockBeats News, January 14th, according to CoinDesk, based on terms obtained by the outlet, U.S. senators have submitted over 130 amendments to the "CLARITY Act" ahead of this week's milestone crypto market structure legislative hearing. These terms range from outright banning stablecoin yields to prohibiting "public officials from benefiting from crypto interests," to modifying the definition of digital asset mixers, proposed by both Republican and Democratic senators. The Senate Banking Committee is set to hold a markup hearing on Thursday, where lawmakers will debate the amendments, vote on whether to adopt relevant terms, and ultimately decide whether to advance the base bill. A similar hearing scheduled by the Senate Agriculture Committee has been postponed to late January. The base text of the Banking Committee's bill was released nearing midnight on Monday, following which legislators and lobbyists have been scrutinizing the details. Some amendments seem to have bipartisan support: Tillis and Alsobrooks jointly submitted three amendments, two of which appear to target the stablecoin reward provisions in the bill. One amendment aims to strike the word "solely" from the base text, with the current term stating "a digital asset servicer shall not solely receive interest or return of any kind solely for holding a payment stablecoin (whether in cash, token, or other consideration)." Another amendment seeks to modify the yield reporting requirements and add risk guidance provisions.

According to ChainCatcher, the law firm Burwick Law, representing retail investors, has filed an amended lawsuit against Pump.fun, Solana Labs, and related executives. Previously, the judge allowed the plaintiffs to submit a second amended complaint, adding 5,000 private messages as new evidence, accusing them of orchestrating a “pump and dump” scheme. The lawsuit reveals that Pump.fun co-founder Alon Cohen admitted in private messages that most investors on the platform suffered losses, and candidly stated, “We make it easy for ordinary people to trade small tokens with a market cap under $50,000, but this also exposes everyone to extremely low odds of winning, just like gambling.” The lawsuit also claims that some crypto KOLs were paid to promote meme coins without disclosing their interests and were informed in advance about the tokens to purchase. However, the article points out that much of the evidence in the lawsuit is hearsay, lacking direct proof of Pump.fun executives profiting, and expresses reservations about the accusation of a “criminal organization.”

 according to on-chain analyst @ai_9684xtpa monitoring, two addresses belonging to the same person accumulated 1600 ETH at a high price, worth 5.32 million USD, with an average price of 3327 USD.