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BlockBeats News, January 22, the decentralized leveraged prediction market Space has sparked controversy in the market during its latest ICO round. The project initially disclosed a fundraising target of $2.5 million, but the actual amount raised reached as high as $20 million. The project team later responded that $2.5 million was a "soft cap" rather than a "hard cap," and that this description is in line with industry practices for Launchpads, thus allowing for an expanded fundraising scale when market demand is strong. The team stated that $2.5 million would only support "a few months of initial development" and would not be sufficient to support the construction of a multi-year leveraged prediction market infrastructure. According to the team’s disclosure, they plan to retain about $13 million in excess funds at an approximately $69 million FDV (fully diluted valuation), with the remaining funds to be used for liquidity, ecosystem, and market-related purposes. However, this explanation did not quell doubts. Ethos CEO Serpin Taxt stated that the project's act of "nominally raising $2.5 million, actually raising $20 million, and retaining about $14 million" constitutes malicious behavior, comparing it to the previously controversial Trove project. Community discussions believe that this incident once again exposes structural issues in some current ICOs regarding information disclosure, fundraising cap design, and transparency in fund usage.

BlockBeats News, January 22, according to monitoring, "Bai Sheng Zhan Shen" conducted 11 swing BTC trades today, maintaining a perfect winning record and accumulating a profit of $19,000. This address has completed 202 trades, with only 5 trades recording a total loss of $5,195.36, while the remaining 197 trades were all closed with profits, bringing the total account profit to $388,500.

PANews, January 22 – According to an official announcement from Mezo, the project has officially launched a decentralized lending layer centered on BTC, supporting BTC-collateralized lending, stablecoin issuance, and an on-chain circular economy. Mezo adopts a dual-token mechanism: users can lock BTC to obtain veBTC and earn BTC fees generated from on-chain activities, while locking MEZO tokens can amplify BTC returns up to 5 times and participate in governance of incentive directions. The total supply of MEZO is 1 billion, with 40% allocated to the community. The airdrop targets wallets with historical lending activity on platforms such as Aave, MakerDAO, and Compound. Users can check their airdrop eligibility and pre-deposit via bankfree.mezo.org, with current annualized yields reaching up to approximately 34%.