XION announced an ecosystem program - the Spark Accelerator
Highlights of the program include:
• $100k investment
• 12 week intensive program
• The first consumer-only focused accelerator
• Access to over $1B in capital for participating builders through a network of more than 4,000 investors
https://twitter.com/burnt_xion/status/1884250887000056075
Binance Futures Will Launch USDⓈ-Margined VVVUSDT Perpetual Contract With up to 25x Leverage
https://www.binance.com/en/support/announcement/binance-futures-will-launch-usd%E2%93%A2-margined-vvvusdt-perpetual-contract-with-up-to-25x-leverage-d07c58c0c6c6475f891161e77b4e6153
Arc is teaming up with Solana Foundation to accelerate ai innovation on Solana
Arc will be awarding targeted grants to devs building rust-based agents powered by rig that streamline solana actions, from defi flows to developer tooling.
https://x.com/arcdotfun/status/1884325639047819476
Former SEC Chair Gensler has returned to MIT where he will take up the role of Professor of the Practice in the Global Economics and Management Group and the Finance Group
https://x.com/EleanorTerrett/status/1884423962358170042
Top 100 gainers in 24h: MOVE +12%, WIF +5%, UNI +4%, ONDO +3%
https://dropstab.com/insights/top-performance
Cboe BZX posted 19b-4 filings for the Canary Solana Trust, Bitwise Solana ETF, 21Shares Core Solana ETF and the VanEck Solana Trust.
Applications for those were rejected last year.
https://www.theblock.co/post/337563/cboe-bzx-files-again-on-behalf-of-firms-for-a-spot-solana-etf-in-an-attempt-to-get-secs-sign-off
World Liberty Financial added another 3,191 ETH worth around $10M to its holdings
https://platform.spotonchain.ai/en/entity/2361?min_amount=5&date_range=9
Spiko announces the deployment of the Spiko U.S. and E.U. T-Bills Money Market Funds on Arbitrum
https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/spiko-announces-the-deployment-of-the-spiko-us-and-eu-t-bills-money-market-funds-on-arbitrum-302361527.html
Coinlist has announced the WalletConnect token sale
Dates: February 4, 2025, 17:00 UTC – February 11, 2025, 17:00 UTC
Token Price: $0.20
100% Unlock
Fully Diluted Value: $200,000,000
Total Token Supply: 1,000,000,000 WCT
Allocated Supply: 20,000,000 WCT
Purchase Limits: $100 - $10,000
https://coinlist.co/walletconnect
The SEC has scrubbed all records of Ripple and its associated civil cases.
https://x.com/JacobKinge/status/1884286265857826906
Ripple CEO confirmed that he held discussions with Trump about XRP becoming a US strategic reserve asset.
https://x.com/DeItaone/status/1884260650697752750
Securitize has partnered with Wormhole
https://wormhole.com/blog/securitize-announces-the-live-deployment-of-wormhole-enabling-tokenized
Bybit CEO BEN said that in 2025, the plan is to significantly expand on-chain assets, upgrade wallets and infrastructure, and deepen integration with growing ecosystems such as Atom, Ada, Babylon, Athena, Sei, Monad, Bera, etc., and is committed to optimizing trading tools and improving market liquidity.
https://x.com/WuBlockchain/status/1884182742763724858
Microsoft and OpenAI are reportedly investigating whether data from the artificial intelligence firm’s tech stack was improperly obtained by a group linked to Chinese AI startup DeepSeek.
https://cointelegraph.com/news/microsoft-openai-probe-deepseek-improper-data-mining-bloomberg
Spot ETF Flow on 28.01: BTC-ETF +$18.44M, ETH-ETF $0.00
https://sosovalue.com/assets/etf/us-btc-spot
Focus will launch on January 30, 2025
https://x.com/nadertheory/status/1883944149986205727
Injective ranks amongst the top chains for liquidity net flow
https://x.com/injective/status/1884266361599451477
Top 100 losers in 24h: PENGU -14%, DEXE -10%, FLOKI -9%, WLD -9%, ENA -8%, FET -8%
https://dropstab.com/insights/top-performance
Ai16z Is Rebranding as ElizaOS After Request From Venture Firm a16z
The AI16z price has decreased by ~20%.
https://unchainedcrypto.com/ai16z-is-rebranding-as-elizaos-after-request-from-venture-firm-a16z/
Bitwise Dogecoin ETF officially filed
https://x.com/EricBalchunas/status/1884349554256142735
Crypto com will delist Tether (USDT) on January 31, 2025
Alongside USDT, Crypto.com will also delist Dai (DAI), Wrapped Bitcoin (WBTC), Pax Gold (PAXG), Pax Dollar (USDP), and three derivative tokens operated by the exchange.
Users must convert or withdraw these assets by March 31, 2025.
https://x.com/bscnews/status/1884455661980799440
The crypto market is down
BTC Dominance - 57.86%
Market Cap - $3.49T
BTC - $102,059.65 (-0.75%)
ETH - $3,133.27 (-2.3%)
XRP - $3.07 (-0.45%)
BNB - $679 (-0.07%)
SOL - $230.84 (-2.82%)
TRUMP - $27.25 (-7.85%)
JUP - $1.11 (-5.94%)
https://dropstab.com
YZi Labs invests in Sign
Sign is an on-chain infrastructure for token distribution and credential verification.
https://x.com/BinanceLabs/status/1884285647667826838
Ondo Finance will deploy Ondo Short-Term US Government Treasuries (OUSG), its tokenized US Treasury fund, on the XRP Ledger (XRPL), a decentralized layer-1 blockchain.
https://blog.ondo.finance/ondo-finance-expands-institutional-reach-with-ousg-deployment-on-the-xrp-ledger/
World Liberty Financial purchased $1.88 million worth of MOVE tokens
https://platform.spotonchain.ai/en/entity/2361?min_amount=5&date_range=9
French investigators opened a judicial probe into money laundering, tax fraud and other charges at Binance, which said it denied the allegations.
https://www.usnews.com/news/top-news/articles/2025-01-28/french-investigators-open-money-laundering-probe-against-crypto-platform-binance
OpenSea has launched the OS2 platform, featuring a redesigned user interface and a new experience points (XP) system.
The OS2 platform is currently in private beta, with priority access granted to holders of Gemesis NFTs while other interested users are on a waitlist.
https://www.theblock.co/post/337372/opensea-releases-points-system-for-os2-platform-gives-priority-access-to-gemesis-nft-holders
Spot ETF Flow on 27.01: BTC-ETF -$457.48M, ETH-ETF -$136.25M
https://sosovalue.com/assets/etf/us-btc-spot