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BlockBeats News, January 15th. According to Yonhap News Agency, the South Korean National Assembly today passed amendments to the Capital Market Act and the Act on the Electronic Registration of Stocks and Bonds, institutionalizing Security Token Offerings (STOs). The amendments introduce the Issuer Custodian Institution system, allowing eligible issuers to directly issue security tokens using blockchain technology, enhancing the security and utility of securities through blockchain technology, and providing a legal basis for the issuance and circulation of new digital securities.

ChainCatcher news, according to Bloomberg, the London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) has launched a new blockchain-friendly digital settlement service. This service, called "Digital Settlement House," will enable instant settlement between independent payment networks, whether they are blockchain-based or use traditional technologies.

BlockBeats News, January 15, according to GMGN monitoring, possibly due to the launch of the "USD1 Trading Competition" by BNB Chain, two meme coins with market caps in the tens of millions of USD1 pools have recently emerged. As the community generally believes that the winning projects are likely to be listed on top exchanges, the event has attracted significant capital into the related token pools. Among them, "安" and "BIG DON" have performed prominently, but the sources of buying funds are questionable. "安": Launched two days before the event announcement, its market cap once surpassed $30 million, and surged again this morning, with the current market cap reported at $45.2 million, current price about $0.045, and a 24-hour increase of about 16%. Possibly due to the operator buying through dispersed wallets, the top 100 addresses only account for 11.1% of holdings, while for most meme coins across chains, the top 100 addresses usually account for over 50% of holdings; "BIG DON": Opened trading today and quickly surged, with more than 90 suspected related addresses buying in synchronously within about 10 minutes, pushing the market cap rapidly past $34 million, currently reported at $39.9 million, with a current price of about $0.0398, and the top 100 addresses only account for 7% of holdings. Notably, during a slight market cap pullback, several suspected related wallets continued to buy in at 6:05 (UTC+8), 7:05 (UTC+8), and 11:00 (UTC+8) this morning. An analyst on platform X pointed out that the operators behind these two major meme coins may belong to the same institution as the previous WLFI project. In addition, on-chain data shows that a certain wallet made concentrated purchases after transferring out via CiaoSwap (a batch distribution tool), with some related wallet addresses as follows: 0xD8b54De07e0eaDc00B760B352AeA59A13d385cbc; 0x6eFFa72a258907399d8DCe258232001A3FA609b9; BlockBeats reminds users that meme coin trading is highly volatile, mostly relying on market sentiment and hype, and lacks actual value or use cases. Investors should be aware of the risks.