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News Roundup
Artificial Intelligence
OpenAI Begins Testing Ads in ChatGPT to Boost Revenue (Bloomberg)
OpenAI Targets Late-2026 Launch for Its First AI Hardware Device (Crypto Briefing)
X Open-Sources Grok-Based Algorithm Behind Its ‘For You’ Feed (Decrypt)
Russia’s $29M AI Censorship Push Puts Crypto Access at Risk (DL News)
Decentralized, Centralized, & Traditional Finance
Anchorage Digital Seeks $200M–$400M Ahead of Potential IPO (Bloomberg)
Jupiter Launches JupUSD With On-Chain Treasury Yield (Jupiter Exchange)
Genius Terminal Hits Record $650M Daily Volume on Airdrop Speculation (Dune)
China-Led mBridge CBDC Platform Tops $55B in Cross-Border Volume (The Block)
Hyperliquid Donates 10,000 HYPE Tokens to ZachXBT (ZachXBT)
Hyperliquid Reclaims Perps Lead as Lighter Volumes Fade After Airdrop (CryptoRank)
Louisiana Pension Fund Gains Bitcoin Exposure via Strategy Shares (Crypto Briefing)
Crypto Funds Draw $2.2B Inflows Despite Late-Week Geopolitical Jolt (CoinShares)
Paradex Outage Forces Order Cancellations (Cointelegraph)
NYSE Unveils Tokenized Securities Platform Aimed at 24/7 Markets (ICE)
India Pushes BRICS Digital Currency Link as Dollar Tensions Rise (CoinDesk)
Tether Partners With Bitqik to Drive Stablecoin Education in Laos (Tether)
PancakeSwap Votes to Cap CAKE Supply at 400 Million (PancakeSwap)
Revolut Targets Peru With Full Banking License Push (Revolut)
A16z Crypto Urges DeFi Shift From ‘Code Is Law’ to ‘Spec Is Law’ (DL News)
Bermuda Partners With Coinbase and Circle to Build a Fully Onchain Economy (The Block)
BingX TradFi Trading Tops $1B in 24 Hours, Gold Leads Volume (BingX)
Makina Finance Hit by $5M Stablecoin Pool Exploit (The Block)
Trove Markets Faces Backlash After TROVE Token Crashes 95% (The Block)
SOL Strategies Launches STKESOL Liquid Staking Token on Solana (The Block)
Pendle Replaces vePENDLE With sPENDLE Liquid Staking (The Block)
Trump Media Sets Feb. 2 Record Date for Shareholder Rewards Token (The Block)
Solayer Launches $35M Ecosystem Fund After Alpha Mainnet Debut (The Block)
Mastercard Considers Strategic Investment in Zerohash (CoinDesk)
Stablecoin Protocol Noble to Exit Cosmos and Launch EVM Layer 1 (The Block)
Delaware Life Launches First Fixed Indexed Annuity With Bitcoin Exposure (Business Wire)
Exchanges
Exchange-Traded Funds
U.S. Bitcoin spot ETFs recorded $1.42 billion in net inflows from Jan. 12–16.
From Jan. 12-16, U.S. Ethereum spot ETFs posted $479.04 million in net inflows.
U.S. Solana spot ETFs saw $46.88 million in net inflows from Jan. 12-16.
From Jan. 12-16, U.S. XRP sport ETFs recorded $56.83 million in net inflows.
Infrastructure
2026 Will Restore Ethereum’s Self-Sovereignty and Trustlessness (The Block)
Solana Must Keep Iterating or Risk Irrelevance (Anatoly Yakovenko)
Vitalik Buterin Warns Complexity Puts Ethereum’s Trust at Risk (Vitalik Buterin)
Buterin Calls for a DAO Revival to Restore Ethereum’s Core Values (DL News)
MegaETH Prepares Global Mainnet Stress Test Ahead of Public Launch (The Block)
Mask Network Takes Stewardship of Lens Community to Push Decentralized Social (Mask Network)
Chainlink 24/5 U.S. Equities Data Feeds Brings U.S. Equities On-Chain (Chainlink)
Dogecoin Foundation-Backed Team to Launch ‘Such’ Payments App in 2026 (The Block)
Markets
Robinhood Expands Prediction Markets With ‘Custom Combos’ (Decrypt)
Token Unlock Wave Looms With Over $1B Set to Hit Markets (Tokenomist)
Liquidations Surge Past $860M as Long Positions Get Wiped Out (CoinGlass)
Gold, Silver Hit Records on Tariff Fears (CNBC)
Privacy Coins Rally Despite Market Slump (Decrypt)
Weekend XRP Bet Nets $233K and Exposes Polymarket’s Bot Weaknesses (CoinDesk)
Ethereum Usage Hits New High as Staking Exit Pressure Vanishes (CoinDesk)
Injective Votes to Cut INJ Supply in Next Network Phase (Injective)
USDT Slumps in Venezuela as Economic Optimism Triggers Sharp Price Correction (Criptonoticias)
Bitcoin Slips as ‘Sell America’ Trade Gains Steam (DL News)
Crypto Whales Accumulate as Retail Selling Persists (Decrypt)
ME Token Falls Despite Magic Eden Buyback and Staking Reward Plan (The Defiant)
Bitcoin Slips Below $90K as Crypto Stocks Sink on Trump Tariff Fears (Decrypt)
Prediction Markets Near Monthly Record After $814M Trading Day (The Block)
Meme Coins
Mining
Bitcoin Mining Stocks Rally on Riot–AMD Deal, Texas Expansion (The Block)
Bitcoin Hashrate Slides as Miner Capitulation Deepens (CoinDesk)
Bitcoin Mining Heat Finds New Use Warming Canadian Greenhouses (Cointelegraph)
Russia Proposes Fines for Illegal Cryptocurrency Mining (Bits.media)
Politics & Regulation
Senate Judiciary Leaders Push Back on Crypto Bill Over Developer Protections (The Block)
Feds Allege $1B Money Laundering Scheme Using USDT on Tron (DL News)
Trump Threatens to Sue JPMorgan Over ‘Debanking’ Claims (DL News)
Trump Announces Tariffs on European Countries Over Greenland Deal (Donald Trump)
Italian Regulator Warns Financial Influencers on Crypto Promotions (Cointelegraph)
Obscure Legal Hurdles Delay U.S. Bitcoin Reserve (Cointelegraph)
UK Lawmakers Warn AI Oversight Gaps Threaten Financial Stability (Decrypt)
Hong Kong Industry Group Pushes Back on Tighter Crypto Rules (The Block)
SEC Rewrites Its Crypto Rulebook After Gensler’s Departure (Cointelegraph)
Hungary, Portugal Move to Block Polymarket in Europe (Cointelegraph)
CFTC Chair Unveils ‘Future Proof’ Crypto Oversight Plan (The Block)
Bessent Reaffirms Trump’s Push for US Crypto Leadership and Bitcoin Reserve (The Block)
Massachusetts Judge Allows Temporary Ban on Kalshi Sports Markets (Decrypt)
Treasuries
Other News
$282M Crypto Heist Exposes Scale of Social Engineering Attacks (Cointelegraph)
Retail Crypto Interest Is Fading Beyond Crypto Twitter (The Defiant)
FTX Payouts Set for March 31 (Sunil Kavuri)
80% of Hacked Crypto Projects Never Fully Recover (Cointelegraph)
South Korean Scam Coin Victims Decry Light Sentences in $5.4m Fraud Case (DL News)
CertiK Traces $63M in Tornado Cash Flows to $282M Wallet Hack (Cointelegraph)
South Korea Jails USDT Launderers Linked to Voice Phishing Scam (DL News)
Why Wrench Attacks Are Becoming Crypto’s Most Violent Crime Vector (Cointelegraph)
Crypto Now Accounts for One-Fifth of the Trump Family’s $6.8B Fortune (Bloomberg)
South Korean Plastic Surgery Exec Accused of Laundering $102M via Crypto (DL News)
Crypto Holders Want to Spend Bitcoin, but Barriers Persist (The Defiant)
Check This Out!
Google searches for Polymarket have reached all-time highs, while Kalshi’s January search volume remains elevated versus U.S. pre-election levels but is down 23% from last month.
Source: The Block
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Source: Bitcoin Magazine
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