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.

UK listed company Vinanz purchased 37.72 bitcoins at an average price of $102,056, with a total holding of 58.68 coins.

 Ripple Labs has submitted a supplemental letter in support of its motion for a declaratory judgment in the lawsuit with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). In the letter to U.S. District Judge Analisa Torres, Ripple further explains why the judge should approve the request for a declaratory judgment from both parties. This latest submission of the letter comes less than a week after the SEC and Ripple resubmitted their motion seeking declaratory judgment from Judge Torres.

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.

according to an official announcement, London-listed technology company The Smarter Web Company announced an increase in holdings of 196.9 bitcoins, with an average purchase price of $10,389. The company's total holdings now reach 543.52 bitcoins.

traders slightly reduced their bets on the Bank of England's interest rate cut, expecting a 41 basis point cut by the end of the year. 

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).

 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.

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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)

 Hibachi announced the official launch of a decentralized perpetual contract exchange (Perp DEX) focusing on privacy protection. The platform is based on Celestia's modular data availability layer and Succinct's zero-knowledge proof infrastructure, achieving on-chain privacy protection for transaction records, positions, and account balances, aiming to address the privacy issues caused by on-chain transaction transparency from the ground up.It is reported that Hibachi has received investment support from Dragonfly and Electric Capital. Currently, Hibachi has launched core perpetual contract trading functions, and will continue to introduce strategy vaults, native lending markets, multi-asset collateral mechanisms, and spot trading functions to meet users' comprehensive risk management and asset allocation needs. The market currently expects it to possibly launch a native token to further incentivize user participation.The team stated that they will continue to advance product innovation and ecosystem expansion around the three core concepts of "fast execution, privacy protection, and on-chain verifiability."

 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.

Bloomberg Industry Research released a report discussing the potential of the stablecoin market in Hong Kong and its impact on the foreign exchange market. Analysts stated that since any stablecoin pegged to the Hong Kong dollar is backed by Hong Kong dollar cash or cash equivalents, stablecoins will still be affected by the exchange rate between the Hong Kong dollar and the US dollar. Even if the value of stablecoins remains stable during any potential adjustment period in the linked exchange rate, the assets supporting stablecoins may need to be revalued, leading to the belief that future stablecoins in Hong Kong may be linked to real-world assets such as real estate.

2025 Lujiazui Forum "Plenary Session II: Enhancing the Coordination of Global Monetary Policies", Zhou Xiaochuan, Vice Chairman of the Twelfth National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and former Governor of the People's Bank of China, stated that global monetary policies, including macroeconomic policies, were originally independent and did not require coordination, and could not be coordinated. However, since the beginning of this century, global economic cycles and macroeconomic conditions have converged, and the macroeconomic situation of major countries also has an impact on other countries. Major countries holding reserve currencies need to consider global impacts. Currently, there is no institution responsible for coordinating global macroeconomic policies, and it is in a "three noes" state, with no institution, no tools, and no consensus.

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

according to official sources, Binance Lending has upgraded the new way of repaying borrowed coin orders at maturity. With this product upgrade, users can convert their fixed-rate borrowing orders to current-rate borrowing orders when they mature, without having to repay immediately after the order matures.

 Korean exchange Bithumb announced that in order to support the Nervos (CKB) network upgrade, CKB deposit and withdrawal services will be suspended starting from 18:00 on June 30, 2025 (KST) until the network stabilizes. Bithumb's node servers are expected to complete the upgrade by 17:00 on July 1, 2025 (KST). Trading will not be affected during the suspension period.

On January 16th, Abcoin exchange officially launched the ai16z token. As an important token in the AI Agent field, ai16z promotes technological innovation and leads investment opportunities in the AI field by managing funds through AI Agent.