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Wu Shuo learned that Critical Metals Corp announced that its board of directors has approved a BTC financial strategy, with BTC as the primary asset reserve. This makes it the first Nasdaq-listed critical mineral company to use BTC as its primary financial reserve asset. According to the convertible note financing protocol led by JBA Asset Management, the company can obtain up to $500 million in funds to purchase BTC, of which the first $100 million has been issued, and the remaining 4...

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) of the United States has established a Cryptocurrency Working Group, led by Hester Peirce, with the aim of developing a clear regulatory framework for Crypto Assets, including regulatory boundaries, registration paths, and disclosure frameworks, and collaborating with other institutions to optimize enforcement resource allocation.

Ethereum founder Vitalik expressed support for establishing an anonymous voting tool similar to "anoncast" for ETH holders, which can verify the amount of ETH held by users through Zero-Knowledge Proof. Users holding N ETH can post once every (1.2 billion/N) seconds. It is recommended to implement this mechanism on decentralized social platforms such as Farcaster or Lens Protocol.

Wu said that, according to GMGN, WhaleAddress A3Zc...m6Sg recently invested around 26 million US dollars on TRUMP at an average price of 23.81 US dollars, currently making a profit of 8.2 million US dollars. Additionally, the address also invested around 22 million US dollars on MELANIA at an average price of 10.5 US dollars, currently experiencing a loss of around 10 million US dollars. The funds of this WhaleAddress come from withdrawals from the Crypto.com Hot Wallet.

Telegram will cooperate with TON to make TON the exclusive partner of the Telegram Mini App platform. The core of this cooperation is to adopt TON's Wallet connection protocol TON Connect as the exclusive protocol for linking Telegram Mini Apps to blockchain Wallets. All Mini Apps must use TON Connect as their exclusive Wallet connection protocol. At the same time, Toncoin will become the only currency for paying Telegram Stars and advertising revenue earned by Telegram Mini App developers and channel owners.

US listed company KULR announced that it has invested $8 million to purchase BTC, bringing its total holdings to 510 BTC. The weighted average price of this purchase is $101,695, equivalent to 79 BTC. The company's total investment in BTC has now reached $50 million. The company stated that the BTC return rate for this year has reached 127%. (Coindesk)

BNBChain launches a one-click no-code AI Agent aggregation solution, simplifying the development and deployment of decentralized AI Agents, providing custom agent tools and multiple AI Agent launch platforms, allowing developers to create AI Agents capable of autonomously completing tasks.

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin responded to the controversy over the leadership changes at the Ethereum Foundation on social media. One of the reform goals is to establish a "formal board" for EF. He criticized that some people's "continued pressure" has created a harmful environment for top developers, and responded that the attack on Aya Miyaguchi is unfounded.

Wu said that, according to SoSoValue data, the net inflow of BTCSpot ETF last week (January 13th to January 17th, Eastern Time) was USD 1.96 billion. The BTCSpot ETF with the highest net inflow last week was the Blackrock BTC ETF IBIT, with a weekly net inflow of USD 746 million, and the total historical net inflow of IBIT is currently USD 38.41 billion.

QCP Capital pointed out that after Trump's speech did not mention Cryptocurrency, the market gradually began dumping, resulting in a loss of $816 million in long positions. At the same time, the implied Volatility curve of BTC remained strong in the short term and showed an inverted state. According to Bloomberg, eight states, including Texas and Massachusetts, have proposed the establishment of Cryptocurrency reserves, and five other states plan to follow suit. In addition, the market remains highly attentive to whether the Trump administration will launch a national strategic BTC reserve plan. As a result, the short-term volatility of BTC has significantly risen, and the short-term implied Volatility of Options remains high.

Swedish encryption asset management company Virtune announced that Finland's first Cryptocurrency ETP has been listed on Nasdaq Helsinki, with a total of 5 ETP products priced in euros, including BTC, XRP, Solana, Ethereum and Cryptocurrency Altcoin Index, all of which are 100% physically backed and fully collateralized.

Wu said that, according to GMGN data, a robot WhaleAddress: A3ZcnX...wjm6Sg spent $22 million at an average price of $10.5 to buy 2.1 million MELANIA yesterday, and partially stopped loss about 25% of Position at an average price of $7.54, currently floating loss of over $10.6 million (-65.04%), is the biggest floating loss Address for MELANIA. MELANIA big dump in the last 24 hours.

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The possibility of the United States establishing a strategic reserve of BTC was proposed by Trump last summer, which has sparked endless imagination in the cryptocurrency market, especially within the first 100 days after Trump's official inauguration, the market predicts that the possibility of this matter being implemented is greater than 50% (according to Polymarket betting data).
Despite the skepticism of many doubters about the stability and security of BTC, supporters believe that BTC reserves can strengthen the US dollar and fight inflation. Currently, there are divergent opinions on whether Trump can use executive power to create reserves, directly command the Treasury to spend money, or whether a bill from Congress is needed.
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Wu learned that according to Arkham monitoring, the Trump family's encryption project World Liberty staked 4,747 Ethereum worth 1575 at 4:33 AM UTC+8 on January 21 through Lido Finance.

Wu said that Mark Cuban, the owner of the NBA team Dallas Mavericks, stated that he will issue a Meme Token similar to TRUMP, setting it at 20%.

According to Reuters, US President Trump has appointed Republican Mark Uyeda as the acting chairman of the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), replacing former chairman Gary Gensler. Since serving as an SEC commissioner in 2022, Uyeda has consistently criticized Gensler's aggressive regulatory approach and has stated that the new administration will reset the SEC.

Wu said that, according to the staff of the Ethereum Foundation, hww.eth tweeted that the Ethereum Foundation has set up a new multi-signature Wallet and has initiated the transfer of 50,000 ETH to this Wallet. The foundation plans to use this Wallet to participate in the Decentralized Finance ecosystem. Aave has been involved at present.