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Jinse Finance reported that Eli Ben-Sasson, CEO of StarkWare and co-founder of Zcash, stated on the X platform that in his first conversation with Strategy founder and executive chairman Michael Saylor, he explained Starknet's mission, which is to promote the development of the Bitcoin economy. In addition, another topic they discussed was privacy. Saylor believes that Bitcoin should not have privacy features, or at least should not adopt a privacy model similar to Zcash, as this would give sovereign states a reason to ban it. Ben-Sasson disagrees. He believes that it is possible to balance both, that is, to provide privacy protection while allowing key viewing. They also exchanged views on OP_CAT. Saylor is concerned about too many and too rapid changes. However, Ben-Sasson does not agree; he believes that OP_CAT has already undergone extensive debate and research, and that ten years is sufficient, with no need to delay for hundreds more years.

ChainCatcher reported that despite the recent sharp decline in bitcoin prices, Wall Street bank JPMorgan still maintains its prediction that the theoretical price of bitcoin will approach $170,000 within the next six to twelve months. JPMorgan analysts pointed out that Strategy is a key driver for bitcoin. The company has a $1.4 billion reserve fund to buffer the risk of bitcoin sell-offs, and noted that MSCI's index decision on January 15 is an asymmetric catalyst.