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According to ChainCatcher, the AI agent payment infrastructure project PAN Network has announced the completion of a $1 million KOL round of financing. After this round of financing, BlockFocus (former Aster advisor) will join the project as a strategic investment advisor. PAN Network previously completed a $3.2 million seed round of financing, supported by Whitewaters, Hadeslabs, and HGE and other institutions. PAN Network is an on-chain AI payment protocol designed for the autonomous AI agent economy, focusing on automated, real-time value settlement for AI Agent-to-Agent (A2A) interactions. Its protocol system combines the A2A payment model, x402 payment protocol, and ERC-8004 trust standard, aiming to achieve large-scale, verifiable, and human-intervention-free value exchange between machines. According to the project team, PAN Network aims to build universal payment and settlement infrastructure for the AI agent world, promoting the development of an autonomous economic system.

According to a report by Jinse Finance, on January 23, VanEck published an article stating that recently, bitcoin hash rate has experienced its longest continuous decline since the spring of 2024. Bitcoin mining difficulty, estimated power consumption, and hash rate are all declining simultaneously. The 30-day average mining difficulty dropped by 2% from 646 to 635, global miners’ estimated power consumption fell by 2% to 203 terawatt-hours, and the 30-day moving average hash rate has decreased by 6% since its peak in mid-November 2025. This indicates that miners are shutting down their mining machines. VanEck pointed out that a larger and more systemic factor causing the decline in bitcoin network hash rate stems from the deterioration of bitcoin mining profitability. As the power demand for artificial intelligence data centers grows explosively, bitcoin miners are increasingly allocating power resources to the construction of artificial intelligence.

PANews, January 23 – According to 9to5Google, Google Photos has launched the experimental "Me Meme" feature on Android and iOS, allowing users to turn selfies into memes using generative AI. Users can choose an official template or upload a reference image, then select a well-lit, clear frontal portrait photo. After clicking generate, they can edit, save to the gallery, regenerate, or share the meme. This feature is currently being rolled out gradually to users in the United States, and Google has not yet disclosed more details about its usage scope or future plans. "Me Meme" is one of the AI creative tools under the Create tab in Google Photos.