On January 16th, according to official sources, Megabit officially launched the CAKE USDT perpetual contract with a maximum leverage of 75x at 20:00 (UTC+8).

CryptoQuant, a cryptocurrency data analysis platform, has released a global survey report on cryptocurrency users. The main survey results are as follows:

 Scam Sniffer issued an alert last December about Telegram malware scams, but said that since then, criminals have begun using various means to lure new victims. The number of these scams has now exceeded traditional phishing - growing by 2,000% since November.

On January 16th, it was announced that Avalon Labs, an issuer of stablecoins for Bitcoin, has added support for the uniBTC asset. Users can use it as collateral to borrow other assets or use uniBTC for leveraged re-collateralization.

 WBTC recently released its annual review, stating that in 2024, WBTC's market capitalization reached a peak of $14.3 billion (December 18), with a daily transaction volume exceeding $1.01 billion (December 5), and a daily transaction count of 1.0299 million, accounting for 75.8% of the Ethereum Bitcoin token market. Its transaction fees are as low as $0.03, and more than 10 new projects have been added, expanding to seven new chains such as Base and zkSync, achieving a multi-chain ecological layout. Since its launch in 2019, WBTC has maintained zero security incidents and has been a leading Bitcoin tokenized asset in the DeFi ecosystem. In 2025, it will continue to focus on promoting cross-chain interoperability and DeFi innovation applications.

Shaw, founder of ai16z, posted on the social platform x that Eliza v2 is currently being developed in a private repository, and some users have been granted access. After perfecting the details, it will be merged back into the main repository and begin migrating all clients and plugins. Due to the need for extensive testing and community feedback, it is expected to replace the current branch in about 2 months. Unlike the v1 version, which was mainly developed by individuals, the core version of v2 is developed jointly by internal and external teams.

 Lookonchain monitoring shows that a whale spent $1.84 million (approximately 1.84 million USDC) in the past two days to purchase 4.45 million ARC tokens at a price of $0.41 per token.

on January 16th that according to @EmberCN monitoring, a whale/institutional address transferred 20,000 Ethereum (approximately $67.59 million) to Kraken 30 minutes ago.

On January 14th, according to an announcement by the Eigen Foundation, the Protocol Council has officially launched and the Foundation has completed the final locked transaction to transfer control to the council. The Protocol Council is the core decision-making body for EigenLayer governance, responsible for reviewing and approving EigenLayer Improvement Proposals (ELIPs) to ensure all protocol upgrades meet security requirements and support the sustainable development of the ecosystem. Council members are composed of diverse representatives from the Eigen ecosystem, aiming to promote decentralized governance of the protocol.

On January 14th, the AIOS Foundation announced that it has completed the destruction of tokens held in its wallet. Previously, the AIOS Foundation issued a statement stating that in order to further enhance the transparency and fairness of the AIOS community, and to promote the AIOS project with the highest standards of integrity, it will destroy all AIOS tokens held by the foundation within the next 24 hours. Two addresses held by the foundation held 64.03% and 2.58% of the AIOS tokens respectively.

According to JPMorgan's estimate, ETPs for XRP and SOL may attract nearly $15 billion in net inflows. Matthew Sigel, Director of Digital Asset Research at VanEck, said the forecast takes into account the market capitalization and ETP traffic performance of BTC and ETH.

According to official sources, Astar Network has announced that Astar zkEVM will be migrated to Soneium L2. Liquidity providers will need to withdraw assets and liquidity from DEX/DeFi projects on Astar zkEVM and transfer them to Ethereum using Astar Portal's native cross-chain bridge for ETH, DAI, MATIC, USDC, USDT, WBTC, or wsETH. vASTR holders will need to cancel their pledges through Omni and once the pledge period ends, ASTR tokens will automatically be transferred to Astar zkEVM. Other token projects should pay attention to relevant migration announcements. NFT holders do not need to take any action.

Charles Hoskinson, the founder of Cardano, revealed that Cardano is discussing the possibility of integrating Ripple's new stablecoin, RLUSD. The aim is to strengthen Cardano's DeFi ecosystem and provide wider opportunities for the use of RLUSD.

 in a public letter on January 12th, Warren asked incoming Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent if the Treasury Department should have more power to sanction the cryptocurrency industry. Warren wrote, "Should the Anti-Money Laundering/Counter-Terrorism Financing and Sanctions Programs include a well-designed, risk-based provision to prevent money laundering or terrorist financing involving digital assets?" He is about to become the chief Democrat on the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee.

 The Data Nerd has monitored that Amber Group deposited 2.2 million VIRTUAL coins with a value of approximately 5.19 million US dollars to Gate 9 hours ago. On the other hand, 2 whales accumulated a total of 1.17 million VIRTUAL coins (approximately 3.03 million US dollars) from Gate 2 hours ago.

Gryphon, a bitcoin mining company listed on NASDAQ, announced that its stock price rose by 20% on Friday after acquiring an 850-acre industrial site powered by natural gas from Canadian oil and gas company Captus Generation for $18.7 million.

 Luo Zhuojian, a member of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and a consulting expert of the Ministry of Finance, called for the active development of stablecoins to maintain Hong Kong's financial center advantages. He pointed out that Hong Kong can cooperate with financial institutions in other regions in the application of stablecoins, explore their potential in international settlement and cross-border application models, and also encourage traditional financial institutions, payment platforms, and technology companies to cooperate in promoting the application of stablecoins. In addition to cross-border and payment, stablecoins can also be used in fundraising and asset management, further expanding their application scope. In addition, it is necessary to expand the participation scope of the sandbox, relax the application conditions, and allow more start-ups and innovative projects to test new products in a low-risk environment.

Greg Cipolaro, Global Head of Research at New York Digital Investment Group (NYDIG), said in a research report on January 10th that even if Trump takes office on January 20th, one should "be cautious about expecting immediate changes in cryptocurrency policy". He said that the inauguration ceremony brings new hope for the new government to fulfill many campaign promises, and added that "many promises can be quickly realized, but some promises may take some time."

 Bithumb announced that ZRC (Zircuit) will be listed on the Korean market on January 13th, supporting Zircuit network recharge (not supporting other networks). Recharge and withdrawal will be opened within 2 hours after the announcement is released, and trading will start at 4 pm on the same day (Korean time).