Cathie Wood says she won’t buy the Trump memecoin because it ‘isn’t going to have any utility’
She said the firm doesn’t know ‘of much utility for this coin’ and will stick to the big three: Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Solana.
https://fortune.com/2025/01/23/cathie-wood-ark-invest-wont-buy-trump-memecoin-no-utility/
Senator Cynthia Lummis appointed as chair of the Senate Banking Subcommittee on Digital Assets.
She wants to "urgently pass" legislation for a Strategic Bitcoin Reserve.
https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/senate-bill/4912
https://x.com/SenLummis/status/1882454483852255605
Binance Labs Rebrands to YZi Labs
https://twitter.com/BinanceLabs/status/1882428195267559770
Co-founder of crypto company Ledger has been freed by police after kidnapping
https://www.leberry.fr/vierzon-18100/faits-divers/enlevement-de-david-balland-le-parquet-de-paris-annonce-que-le-cofondateur-de-ledger-a-ete-libere_14630284/
A new batch of Binance Alpha Projects is now live: VINE.
https://x.com/BinanceWallet/status/1882385288384610577
Spot ETF Flow on 22.01: BTC-ETF +$248.65M, ETH-ETF +$70.64M
https://sosovalue.com/assets/etf/us-btc-spot
Chromia has introduced EVAL Engine, the first AI Agent evaluator plugin, which works with multiple frameworks, including Virtuals Protocol.
https://blog.chromia.com/introducing-eval-engine/
Caroline Pham, the CFTC's interim chief elevated by President Donald Trump, has cleared the decks of the derivatives regulator's senior officials.
Harry Jung, who joined the CFTC in 2023 as a senior policy advisor to Pham, will lead the agency's engagement with the crypto industry.
https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2025/01/22/trump-s-cftc-pick-clears-top-ranks-of-key-us-crypto-regulator
Binance.US will list TRUMP
Trading on the TRUMP/USDT pair will begin on January 23 at 12:00 UTC.
https://x.com/binanceus/status/1882160358762160418
Coinbase will list TOSHI on 23 January, 17:00 UTC.
https://x.com/CoinbaseAssets/status/1882172902679658651
The crypto market is down
BTC Dominance - 56.96%
Market Cap - $3.58T
BTC - $102,306 (-3.24%)
ETH - $3,221.91 (-3.22%)
XRP - $3.14 (-0.92%)
BNB - $688.11 (-1.18%)
SOL - $248.21 (-2.49%)
INJ - $20.93 (-5.36%)
TON - $5.19 (-0.42%)
TRUMP - $37.5 (-8.91%)
MELANIA - $3.36 (-12.33%)
https://dropstab.com
“If you are frightened of debasement of your currency…you can have an internationally based instrument called Bitcoin….I’m a big believer…” - Larry Fink of BlackRock
https://x.com/saylor/status/1882110599032950806
Newly minted USDC reached its highest level in approximately 707 days.
https://x.com/cryptoquant_com/status/1882064603385082119
Justin Sun: „If EF and Ethereum Were Under My Leadership
“ETH to $10,000”
My First Week Plan
1. Halt ETH Sales immediately and Optimize Revenue
EF will immediately cease selling ETH for at least three years. Operational costs will be covered through AAVE lending, staking yields, and stablecoin borrowing. This ensures ETH supply remains intact, aligning with our deflationary goals and reinforcing market confidence.
2. Heavily Tax Layer 2 Solutions immediately
Significant taxes will be imposed on all Layer 2 projects, ensuring Ethereum generates at least $5 billion annually in taxes (whether in stablecoin or tokens). All collected taxes will be used to repurchase ETH and burn it in a fully decentralized manner, period.
3. Streamline EF Operations
EF staff will undergo a drastic downsizing, retaining only the most capable team members. Remaining employees will receive significant salary increases, transitioning EF into a purely merit-based system that rewards performance and results.
4. Adjust Rewards and Increase Fee Burns
Node rewards will be reduced, and more emphasis will be placed on fee-burning mechanisms. This ensures Ethereum remains DEFLATIONARY, solidifying its position as a store of value.
5. Focus Exclusively on Layer 1 and ETH reaches $10,000
All resources will be redirected toward Ethereum’s core Layer 1 development, prioritizing scalability, security, and adoption and ETH reaches $10,000.
With these decisive actions, ETH is poised to break $4,500 within the first week, setting the foundation for long-term success.“
https://x.com/justinsuntron/status/1881999625990836229
DWF Labs to Launch USDF (Falcon Finance) Next Week
https://x.com/ag_dwf/status/1882449643268932091
Circle has introduced Paymaster: The Official Way to Pay Gas Fees in USDC
https://www.circle.com/blog/introducing-circle-paymaster
AnimeCoin (ANIME) trading has started on Binance, Bybit, OKX, Kucoin and others.
ANIME is now trading at ~$0.0875
FDV: ~$875M
Market Cap: ~$483M
https://www.binance.com/en/trade/ANIME_USDT
China allegedly sold 194,000 PlusToken's seized BTC.
https://x.com/ki_young_ju/status/1882328830649799039
Bybit will list Solayer (LAYER) on January 24, 2025, 8:00 UTC.
https://announcements.bybit.com/article/new-listing-layer-usdt-bltef2af46cfc12486f/
The BNB Foundation has officially announced the successful completion of the 30th quarterly BNB token burn by BNB Chain.
Total BNB burned: 1,634,200.95 BNB
Actual burn (Auto-burn - Pioneer Burn): 1,524,200.95 BNB
BNB burned in Pioneer Burn as explained below: 110,000 BNB
Approximate value in USD at the time of burn completion: ~$1.16B
https://www.bnbchain.org/en/blog/30th-bnb-burn-2
Bithumb will list QuarkChain (QKC) and Ardor (ARDR)
https://feed.bithumb.com/notice/1646492
The Chicago Mercantile Exchange’s (CME) website hinted at the introduction of SOL and XRP futures contracts that could debut as early as Feb. 10, pending regulatory review.
According to the website — which later removed the page — contracts for both assets will be available in standard and micro sizes, with the standard SOL contract having a 500 SOL lot size and the micro-contract accounting for 25 SOL.
Standard-size XRP futures contracts will feature lot sizes of 50,000 XRP, with the micro futures contracts featuring a 2,500 XRP lot size. All contracts for XRP and SOL will settle in US dollars.
https://cointelegraph.com/news/cme-website-hints-xrp-sol-futures-debut-february
Bitwise files Dogecoin DOGE ETF.
https://x.com/WatcherGuru/status/1882197982344511762
Keplr, a crypto wallet provider, has raised $5 million in a seed funding round.
The round was led by Nick Tomaino's 1confirmation, with participation from Coinbase Ventures, HashKey Capital, Chorus One Ventures, Skip Protocol, Binary Builders and others.
Co-founder Josh Lee told The Block that the equity round closed late last year and valued Keplr at $50 million.
https://x.com/keplrwallet/status/1882101593568600158
https://www.theblock.co/post/336377/crypto-wallet-keplr-funding-valuation
MultiversX now integrates with the Eliza framework
https://multiversx.com/blog/blockchain-ai-agents-eliza-os
Jupiter (JUP) Airdrop Claim Started
The claim will last until April 30, 2025.
Claim: https://jupuary.jup.ag
https://x.com/JupiterExchange/status/1882089184024052034
Konstantin Lomashuk, founder of Lido and P2P. org, creates a “Second Foundation” for Ethereum.
https://x.com/cointelegraph/status/1882074935209906588
https://x.com/Lomashuk/status/1882059957425873399
Binance Wallet has announced the Token Generation Subscription offer on BNB Smart Chain for CreatorBid, a hub for the AI agent creator economy.
CreatorBid Subscription Details:
Token Name: BID (CreatorBid)
Chain: BNB Smart Chain
Start Date: 23th January, 2025 9:00 UTC
End Date: until sold out
Total Raise Amount: $2,500,000
Available Token: 100,000,000 (10% of the total supply)
Accepted Token: USDC
Price per Token: $0.025 USDC
Cap per Binance Keyless Wallet: $500 USDC
Vesting: No vesting
Expected Token Receiving Time: within 2 hours after the subscription period ends
Website: https://creator.bid/agents
X: https://x.com/CreatorBid
https://www.binance.com/en/events/creatorbid-tge-activityrules