according to Invest360, China Taiping Investment Management (Hong Kong) Limited has launched a tokenized US dollar money market fund "CPIC Estable MMF". The fund is a tokenized US dollar money market private equity fund under the open-end fund company framework regulated by the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission, realizing product tokenization on the public chain, with a first-day subscription scale of 100 million US dollars.

according to Coinmarketcap data, the Altcoin Season Index is currently at 13, hitting the lowest level since September 3, 2024, a significant drop from the previous month's 43 points.

Nvidia, a leading chip manufacturer, exceeded expectations on Wall Street with its latest earnings, showing an almost 80% increase in revenue year-over-year driven by sales of its AI-focused microchips. In its earnings report for the fourth quarter of the 2025 fiscal year, Nvidia reported revenues of $39.3 billion, up 12% from the previous quarter and 78% from the same quarter a year ago. Despite Wall Street estimates predicting lower revenue, Nvidia's earnings per share of 89 cents surpassed expectations of 84 cents. CEO Jensen Huang credited the strong performance to high demand for the microchip Blackwell, designed for AI, machine learning, and high-performance computing. The company's data center revenue, which accounted for over 90% of total revenues, reached $35.6 billion, marking a 93% increase from the previous year.

According to Whale Alert monitoring, about 32,000 Ethereum (ETH) were transferred from an unknown wallet to Binance at 15:01, with a total transaction value of approximately $75.287 million.

in response to the Trump administration's policy of imposing tariffs on "Liberation Day", the three major Chinese Bitcoin mining machine manufacturers Bitmain, Canaan, and MicroBT have set up production lines in the United States, accounting for over 90% of the global mining machine market share. Canaan has already started trial production in the United States, while MicroBT is actively promoting localization strategies. Analysts warn that China's dominance in hardware supply poses a strategic risk to the United States, and US mining companies are pushing to restrict Chinese product imports to balance supply and demand. (Reuters)

 several analysts warned that the ETH/BTC exchange rate may further decline in the coming weeks. Cryptocurrency analyst Alessandro Ottaviani described the current situation as a "falling knife" scenario, indicating that the asset is experiencing a rapid and steep decline.

White House AI and cryptocurrency chief David Sacks said at the cryptocurrency summit "there is more to come". This may indicate that the cryptocurrency reserves will add more valuable cryptocurrencies. (Watcher.Guru)

Coinbase (COIN.O) said it has noticed that some users may experience delays or performance degradation when using cryptocurrency-backed loans.

Haruhiko Kuroda, Governor of the Bank of Japan, stated that if the economy and prices align with the Bank of Japan's forecasts, interest rates will be raised. 

David Sacks, the White House cryptocurrency chief, dodged questions about potential conflicts of interest between U.S. President Trump and cryptocurrencies during an interview on Friday, saying that Trump's personal digital asset projects (such as controversial meme coins) are "irrelevant" to government policy. When asked if Trump's cryptocurrency projects affect industry regulation, Sacks said, "I don't think it has any impact, it's not related to the work we're doing here." Later, when asked about Trump's "personal investments" in cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin, Sacks sharply refuted, saying "these are baseless claims," and that there is no evidence to suggest that Trump has personal investments in cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin.

ZKP identity verification protocol Self Protocol announced the acquisition of OpenPassport, which is a decentralized identity platform that was previously supported by the Ethereum Foundation. The specific acquisition amount has not been disclosed yet. After the transaction is completed, Self Protocol will launch the Self APP on the Apple and Google app stores.

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.

Interchain Foundation (ICF) of Cosmos has funded the open source of Evmos (EVMOS -32.90%), which is the native EVM framework of its multi-chain ecosystem with over 200 application chains. The foundation stated that this framework was previously developed under the Evmos project and will now be maintained as "Cosmos EVM" in the official cross-chain software stack, including Cosmos SDK, which means that the Cosmos ecosystem now has a standardized version of the Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM). This development enables the Cosmos blockchain to integrate Cosmos EVM for full EVM compatibility, including support for JSON-RPC and Ethereum wallet compatibility through lightweight EVM configuration, for native ERC-20 tokens. This integration strengthens the cross-chain interoperability between the wider EVM ecosystem and Cosmos through the Inter-Blockchain Communication (IBC) protocol.

crypto analyst Matthew Hyland stated on social media that Bitcoin needs to close above $89,000 on the weekly chart to confirm that the short-term downtrend has ended. Hyland believes that $89,000 is a key level because it is the support area that Bitcoin ultimately "broke through." Hyland warned that if Bitcoin fails to close above this level, the price could drop to the range of $74,000 to $69,000, a level unseen since November last year. He said, "In the coming weeks or months, Bitcoin is likely to test this lower support area."

According to Bitcoin.com News, North Korea's Lazarus Group has accumulated nearly $1 billion in cryptocurrency, including $592 million in ETH, $319 million in BTC, and even $337,000 in BABYDOGE.

Alchemy, a provider of cryptographic payment solutions, announced the launch of the Web3 fund Everyone Onchain Fund, with an initial size of $5 million, aimed at providing necessary resources for developers based on Alchemy Rollups and Account Kit to deploy Rollups and onboard users, currently mainly supporting projects built in the OP Stack and Arbitrum Orbit ecosystems.

Token Metrics CEO Ian Balina said on Wednesday that he expects the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to dismiss the lawsuit against him, ending a three-year legal battle over allegations of violating U.S. securities laws. "This is official news: the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission will dismiss the lawsuit against me," Balina wrote on Twitter. "This has never been just about me, but about the fairness of cryptocurrency." Balina's charges stem from a September 2022 order alleging that he failed to disclose compensation received when promoting Sparkster (SPRK) during its initial token offering. In support of the CEO's claim, Token Metrics stated on Twitter on Monday that the charges have been "dismissed," adding that "enforcement trends may be shifting."

According to Onchain Lens monitoring, a whale redeemed 36,156 SOL (5.05 million US dollars) after pledging for a year, making a profit of 1.51 million US dollars. Initially, this whale pledged 32,999 SOL on February 10, 2024, and made a profit of 3,157 SOL from the pledge.

Cobo, a provider of digital asset custody and wallet technology, announced the launch of the Safe{Wallet} co-signing service, allowing users to independently parse and risk-control Safe multi-signature transactions within the custody address, further enhancing transaction security.