Today's key news highlights:
Central banks from multiple countries around the world are drafting a statement to express their support for Federal Reserve Chair Powell.
DAXA, an alliance of South Korea's five major cryptocurrency exchanges, opposes the government's proposed shareholding cap.
A new proposal from the PancakeSwap community suggests reducing the maximum supply of CAKE to 400 million tokens.
Grayscale has updated its list of assets under consideration for inclusion in its future investment products, covering 36 tokens.
PeckShield: Losses from theft of crypto assets exceeded $4.04 billion in 2025, setting a new record high.
ZKsync releases its 2026 roadmap, focusing on Prividium, ZK Stack, and Airbender.
Changpeng Zhao urges against blindly following his tweets to invest in a particular Meme coin.
Standard Chartered predicts that Ethereum will reach a price of $40,000 by 2030.
Regulatory news
Central banks from multiple countries around the world are drafting a statement to express their support for Federal Reserve Chair Powell.
According to Jinshi News, central banks from multiple countries around the world are drafting a statement to express their support for Federal Reserve Chair Powell. The joint central bank statement is expected to be issued under the name of the Bank for International Settlements (BIS).
DAXA, an alliance of South Korea's five major cryptocurrency exchanges, opposes the government's proposed cap on shareholding.
The Digital Asset Exchange Alliance (DAXA) of South Korea released a statement strongly opposing the government's consideration of imposing a cap on the shareholding ratio of major shareholders in digital asset exchanges. On Tuesday, DAXA warned in a statement that the proposed restrictions could 'severely hinder' the development of the country's digital asset industry and market, and any attempt to artificially alter the equity structure of private enterprises would shake the foundation of this emerging industry. DAXA is a self-regulatory organization representing South Korea's five major cryptocurrency exchanges: Upbit, Bithumb, Korbit, Coinone, and Gopax.
The U.S. Senate Banking Committee plans to submit the latest bipartisan market structure bill text before midnight.
According to crypto journalist Eleanor Terrett, the U.S. Senate Banking Committee plans to submit the latest bipartisan market structure bill text before midnight local time. Previously, both sides engaged in heated debates over stablecoin yields, which have now become the most contentious issue as Thursday approaches.
Project Updates
A new proposal from the PancakeSwap community suggests reducing the maximum supply of CAKE tokens to 400 million.
A new proposal from the PancakeSwap community suggests reducing the maximum supply of CAKE tokens from 450 million to 400 million. The proposal notes that following the adoption of the CAKE Tokenomics 3.0 proposal in April 2025 and the discontinuation of the veCAKE model, daily emissions have decreased from approximately 40,000 to about 22,500, resulting in an annual net burn of approximately 8.19% of the supply. This has reduced the circulating supply from 380 million at the beginning of the year to about 350 million, maintaining a deflationary state. The proposal argues that a maximum supply of 400 million CAKE tokens will be sufficient to support all future growth needs of the protocol. Additionally, the current Ecosystem Growth Fund has accumulated approximately 3.5 million CAKE tokens to support protocol development, making it unlikely for the protocol to revert to an inflationary state. This adjustment will leave a buffer of approximately 50 million CAKE tokens between the current circulating supply and the new maximum supply, though the team anticipates no need to utilize it.
Grayscale updates the list of assets under consideration for inclusion in its future investment products, covering 36 tokens.
According to official announcements, Grayscale has released the latest list of assets under consideration for inclusion in future Grayscale investment products, along with an updated list of assets already included in its product lineup. The consideration list includes Aptos (APT), Arbitrum (ARB), Binance Coin (BNB), Celo (CELO), Mantle (MNT), MegaETH, Monad (MON), Polkadot (DOT), Toncoin (TON), Tron (TRX), Ethena (ENA), Euler (EUL), Hyperliquid (HYPE), Jupiter (JUP), Kamino Finance (KMNO), Lombard (BARD), Maple Finance (SYRUP), Morpho (MORPHO), Pendle (PENDLE), Plume Network (PLUME), Sky (SKY), ARIA Protocol (ARIAIP), Bonk (BONK), Playtron, Flock (FLOCK), Grass (GRASS), Kaito (KAITO), Nous Research, Poseidon, Virtuals Protocol (VIRTUAL), Worldcoin (WLD), DoubleZero (2Z), Geodnet (GEOD), Jito (JTO), Layer Zero (ZRO), and Wormhole (W).
Binance: The participation threshold for the FOGO Prime Sale event is 200 Alpha points.
Binance announced on the X platform that Binance Wallet users who hold 200 or more Binance Alpha points can participate in this FOGO Prime Sale event via the Alpha event page. Participation in this TGE event will deduct 15 points.
The U.S. Democratic Party-related political committee has launched a cryptocurrency fundraising platform called BlueVault.
According to Decrypt, the U.S. Democratic Party aims to re-engage pro-cryptocurrency voters and donors after a devastating loss in the 2024 U.S. presidential election by launching a new digital asset fundraising platform. BlueVault, which provides cryptocurrency fundraising services for Democratic political committees, went live on Monday, allowing campaigns to accept Bitcoin and stablecoin donations. Will Schweitzer, founder of BlueVault, stated that this move reflects growing concerns among Democrats: despite the politically divided nature of crypto-native voters, most have shifted to the Republican Party due to the lack of appealing outreach strategies from the Democratic Party.
BlueVault seeks to differentiate itself from Fairshake, a cryptocurrency super PAC that funded Republican campaigns during the previous election, by supporting small-scale fundraising activities and direct engagement. Schweitzer noted that the timing of the platform’s launch was driven by the political momentum surrounding regulatory clarity. He pointed out that the GENIUS Act, passed last summer, was a turning point, making it possible to build a compliant cryptocurrency payment system for campaigns under Federal Election Commission regulations. At launch, BlueVault supports Bitcoin and USDC, with these assets chosen more for legal clarity than ideological considerations.
Binance Margin will remove multiple trading pairs including AUDIO/BTC and SUSHI/BTC.
According to an official announcement, Binance Margin will remove the following margin trading pairs at 14:00 (UTC+8) on January 15, 2026:
Cross-margin trading pairs: AUDIO/BTC, SUSHI/BTC, MTL/BTC, IOTX/ETH, SLP/ETH, TRB/BTC, PYR/BTC, EGLD/BTC, ENS/BTC, APE/BTC, NEO/BTC, NMR/BTC, SHIB/DOGE, MINA/BTC.
Isolated-margin trading pairs: AUDIO/BTC, CTSI/BTC, SUSHI/BTC, ATOM/ETH, MTL/BTC, WAN/BTC, MOVR/BTC, IOTX/ETH, OXT/BTC, SLP/ETH, TRB/BTC, PYR/BTC, STORJ/BTC, EGLD/BTC, YFI/BTC, ENS/BTC, FLUX/BTC, AUCTION/BTC, APE/BTC, REQ/BTC, NEO/BTC, NMR/BTC, SHIB/DOGE, MINA/BTC.
Flow: All counterfeit FLOW tokens have been recovered, with destruction scheduled for January 30.
Flow posted an update on the X platform regarding the attack incident: its Community Governance Council has completed the final recovery of all uncashed counterfeit FLOW tokens from centralized exchanges, including Binance and HTX. To date, all counterfeit tokens tracked by forensic firms have been successfully recovered and isolated on-chain for destruction, marking the completion of Phase Four of the isolation and recovery plan.
The Foundation plans to revoke the temporary elevated permissions used by the Community Governance Committee during the recovery operations on January 13, 2026. This emergency measure, activated for the first time in Flow's five-year history, ensures all actions are transparent and auditable on-chain. The permanent destruction of counterfeit tokens is scheduled for January 30, 2026. During this period, external legal counsel and forensic partners are coordinating with exchanges to assess the impact on users. The Foundation is committed to fully cooperating with exchange partners to restore full functionality across trading platforms as soon as possible. Coinbase, Kraken, and Gate have already resumed deposit and withdrawal services.
ZKsync Releases 2026 Roadmap: Focusing on Prividium, ZK Stack, and Airbender
ZKsync has released its 2026 roadmap, focusing on three core directions: Prividium will expand the privacy engine into a 'bank-grade stack,' providing enterprises with cryptographic infrastructure that features built-in privacy by default; ZK Stack will transition from a single-chain architecture to a 'coordinated system,' enabling application chains to operate seamlessly within this stack with native integration of liquidity and shared infrastructure; Airbender will evolve from being 'the fastest zkVM' into a 'universal standard,' prioritizing security, formal rigor, and developer experience, extending its scope beyond the ZKsync and Ethereum ecosystems to a broader range of use cases.
Analysis & Insights
The U.S. Digital Asset Market Transparency Act may treat tokens such as XRP and SOL on par with BTC and ETH.
According to Eleanor Terrett, the Digital Asset Market Transparency Act will treat XRP, SOL, LTC, HBAR, DOGE, and LINK on par with BTC and ETH. This act will apply if these digital assets become the underlying assets of exchange-traded products before January 1, 2026.
Jack Yi (Yi Lihua), founder of Liquid Capital, posted on the X platform: 'China, the U.S., and South Korea are the three main markets in the cryptocurrency industry, and coincidentally, all three stock markets are currently in a bull market phase. Large funds are mainly invested in stocks or even heavy metals (such as gold, silver, rare earths, etc.), compounded by the effects of the interest rate hike cycle, and blockchain technology's real-world impact falling short of expectations. Since Bitcoin reached $69,000 in 2021, it has been four years, during which BTC has seen only slight gains while ETH remains far below its peak four years ago. This could be considered a lost four years for crypto investors. However, bull markets often emerge during periods of despair, especially amid an upcoming interest rate cut cycle, globalization of stablecoins, crypto-friendly policies, and blockchain-based financial applications. Both macroeconomic conditions and technical indicators suggest that we are now at the dawn of a major crypto bull market. Be greedy when others are fearful; though the bull market may progress slowly, it will be more spectacular when it arrives. I also strongly agree with CZ’s prediction of an impending crypto supercycle, with industry leaders BMNR, Strategy, Tether, Binance, and USD1 continuing to accumulate.'
Changpeng Zhao called on users not to blindly invest in a certain Meme coin based solely on his tweets.
Binance founder Changpeng Zhao posted on the X platform: 'I have nothing against Meme coins, and I enjoy internet memes. However, if you blindly invest in every newly created Meme coin just because of my casual tweets, you will almost certainly lose money. My tweets are random, filled with boring and unfunny jokes, and most of the time, I don’t even think about Meme coins.'
Bipartisan cooperation draft of the U.S. crypto bill emerges: Banks may gain the upper hand in the current competition for stablecoin returns.
According to crypto journalist Eleanor Terrett, after months of intense negotiations involving Senate Republicans, Democrats, and industry representatives, a bipartisan draft of the 278-page cryptocurrency market structure bill has been released. Banks may gain the upper hand in the current competition for stablecoin returns. The latest draft (page 189) stipulates that companies may not pay interest solely based on user account balances. Users can receive rewards, but only when those rewards are linked to actions such as opening an account, conducting transactions, staking, providing liquidity, pledging assets, or participating in network governance. Senators now have 48 hours to propose amendments to the bill text, so it remains unclear whether these provisions will remain unchanged by Thursday.
Standard Chartered predicts that Ethereum will reach a price of $40,000 by 2030.
Key Data
A major whale has opened three large short positions totaling $140 million, covering BTC, SOL, and ETH.
Whale 0x94d opened three large short positions: shorting approximately $69.93 million worth of BTC with 20x leverage, shorting about $50.3 million worth of SOL with 20x leverage, and shorting around $20 million worth of ETH with 20x leverage. The total size of the three large short positions amounts to approximately $140 million.
Huang Li Cheng fully closed his ZEC and HYPE long positions and increased his ETH long position, resulting in a total loss exceeding $1.62 million over the past week.
Hyperbot data shows that 'Brother Machi' Huang Li Cheng fully closed his ZEC long position 14 hours ago and his HYPE long position 4 hours ago. He has increased his ETH long position (25x leverage) to 11,000 ETH (approximately $34.14 million). His average entry price for the ETH long position is $3,135.02, and it is currently floating at a loss of about $360,000.
Huang Li Cheng’s current total account value is $1.82 million, with a total daily loss of approximately -$500,000 and a total weekly loss exceeding -$1.62 million.
The '20 Million Dollar Swing Hunter' reduced their BTC and PUMP short positions and shifted to going long on ZEC.
According to HyperInsight monitoring, the '20 Million Dollar Swing Hunter' reduced their BTC and PUMP short positions within the past hour and shifted to going long on ZEC. Their current account is showing a floating profit of $10.06 million.
This address belongs to a typical high-frequency quantitative strategy trader who consistently generates excess returns in volatile markets through a high-leverage short-dominant portfolio, accumulating profits of approximately $8.7 million over the past week.
PeckShield: Losses from theft of crypto assets exceeded $4.04 billion in 2025, setting a new historical record.
According to PeckShield monitoring, 2025 saw a record high in cryptocurrency-related thefts, primarily driven by systemic vulnerabilities in centralized infrastructure and a strategic shift toward targeted social engineering attacks.
Total losses in 2025 exceeded $4.04 billion, marking an increase of approximately 34.2% compared to the $3.01 billion stolen in 2024. This includes $2.67 billion in losses from hacking (a year-on-year increase of approximately 24.2%) and $1.37 billion in scam-related losses (a year-on-year increase of approximately 64.2%). Of the stolen cryptocurrencies, approximately $334.9 million has been recovered or frozen, compared to $488.5 million in 2024.
