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Odaily Planet Daily reports that Solid Intel stated on the X platform that due to sanctions, approximately $500 million in Russian bonds held by Telegram are at risk of being frozen.

Foresight News: Brevis announces that the ProverNet mainnet is now live, and the BREV payment function has been activated. The staking function is now active. Provers can lock BREV to qualify for task acceptance, while token holders can stake tokens with professional provers to earn fee sharing from the provers. Staking operations are conducted on Base, with Celer cBridge providing cross-chain bridging support. All proof tasks, verification, and settlement on ProverNet are now settled in BREV instead of USDC. Airdrops are now open for claiming. Currently, according to market data, BREV has a market capitalization of $27.14 million.

Odaily Planet Daily News: Federal Reserve Board Member Milan: The Federal Reserve should cut interest rates by more than 100 basis points this year. (Jin10)

BlockBeats News, January 6th, Federal Reserve Board Member Milan stated that data is expected to continue indicating that rate cuts are appropriate. The Federal Reserve should cut interest rates by more than 100 basis points this year.
Core inflation is close to the Federal Reserve's target. The Fed's policy is restrictive and is dragging down the economy. (Jinshi)

ChainCatcher Message, according to market sources, 21Shares strategist Matt Mena stated that the recent rebound of Bitcoin indicates that escalating geopolitical tensions are driving investors toward cryptocurrencies. He said that Bitcoin is increasingly seen as a "neutral" store of value, standing alongside traditional safe-haven assets like gold and silver.
Bitcoin fell over 6% last year, but historically, it has never experienced two consecutive years of decline, which supports the case for Bitcoin's rise this year.

ChainCatcher reports that, according to GMGN market data, the Solana-based Meme Coin “114514” has dropped 67% in the past 4 hours, with a market capitalization falling to $13.92 million, and a 24-hour trading volume reaching $45.5 million.
ChainCatcher reminds users that most Meme Coins lack practical use cases, experience significant price volatility, and investments should be made cautiously.

Polymarket updates documentation, beginning to charge taker fees in the 15-minute cryptocurrency market, marking a change in its zero-fee trading model. The new fees will be distributed to liquidity providers in USDC, while other markets will still be fee-free.

BlockBeats News, January 6th, U.S. President Donald Trump posted on his personal social media platform stating, "The U.S. markets just hit all-time highs again — all markets are doing so!!! Thank you, Mr. Tariff!!!
Praying that the Supreme Court of the United States allows our country to continue this unprecedented and unmatched great march! Our national security and financial security have never been stronger!"

PANews January 6 News, according to NADA NEWS reports, Japan officially adopted the OECD-issued Crypto-Asset Reporting Framework (CARF) starting January 1, 2026. This is a new mechanism designed to enable tax authorities worldwide to share information on crypto-asset transactions. Japan decided to introduce this mechanism through tax reform, and the National Tax Agency published a user-facing promotional manual before its implementation in December last year, while also advancing preparations to collect information through exchanges.
Affected by this system's implementation, Japan's crypto exchange Coincheck sent a notification to all users on January 6, requesting them to submit information such as "tax residence country." Other Japanese exchanges will also gradually implement information collection procedures. Existing users who have opened accounts by the end of 2025 are required to submit their information by December 31, 2026. Users who open new accounts after January 1, 2026, will need to provide their information during the account opening process.

ChainCatcher message, according to Coinglass data, the whale holdings on the Hyperliquid platform currently amount to $6.783 billion, with long positions at $3.262 billion, accounting for 48.1%, and short positions at $3.52 billion, accounting for 51.9%. The long positions have a profit and loss of $10.6721 million, and the short positions have a profit and loss of $52.4522 million.
Among them, the whale address 0xb317..ae is long on ETH with 5x leverage at a price of $3,147.39, currently unrealized profit and loss of $18.4037 million.

BlockBeats News, January 6th, according to [Hyperinsight](https://t.me/HyperInsight) monitoring, the hot whale movements with new rebalancing from 10:00 to 20:00 today are as follows:
Long positions:
"The 'Lightning Reverse' whale continues to increase BTC and ETH long positions, with a total of $167 million, floating loss of $680,000."
Renowned "Bankrupt Whale" James Wynn adds to BTC and PEPE long positions, with a floating profit of $820,000.
Short positions:
"The whale short position that previously sold 255 Bitcoin has increased to $225.8 million, with a floating loss of over $6 million."
"Shanzhai Air Force Leader" adds to their position.

In 2025, benefiting from the warming attitude of the U.S. government towards digital assets, Circle's USDC stablecoin's growth rate consecutively surpassed Tether's USDT, with market caps reaching $75.12 billion and $186.6 billion respectively. This indicates that other stablecoins have not benefited from changes in U.S. regulation.

FTX founder SBF accused the US and Western media on social media of double standards in their treatment of Venezuelan President Maduro and former Honduran President JOH, questioning the media's focus on the legality of arrests and their political bias. He believes all of this reflects deeper political motives rather than purely legal issues.

On-chain analyst Eye pointed out that agent Garrett Jin created two staking pools through the company XHash, depositing 886,440 ETH, which were sourced from Bitcoin swaps. Recently, all ETH has been unstaked. Additionally, he discovered that Jack Chen might be another agent of the "1011 Insider Whale."

HabitTrade completes nearly $10 million in Series A funding, led by Chizi City Technology, with follow-on investments from Bright Venture Capital and others. The company focuses on expanding compliant brokerage infrastructure and accelerating the integration of traditional capital markets with on-chain finance, with a key focus on the Middle East market. This funding will promote HabitTrade's regional expansion and provide traffic and resource support.

US-listed company Hyperscale Data announces its Bitcoin holdings have reached 532.6978 BTC, with cash approximately $43.1 million. It is expected that by January 2026, the total value of its Bitcoin will be around $80.2 million. The company's goal is to increase its Bitcoin holdings to $100 million.

Hyperscale Data disclosed that as of January 2, 2026, its Bitcoin reserves amount to 532.6978 BTC, with approximately $43.1 million in cash. Based on the Bitcoin price on January 4, the total reserve value is approximately $80.2 million. The company plans to increase its Bitcoin reserves to $100 million.

Polymarket recently updated the documentation, introducing taker fees for the 15-minute crypto market, marking an adjustment to the zero-fee model. The related fees are used for market maker liquidity incentives, with limited impact on regular users. This change aims to optimize market structure and improve liquidity quality.

ChainCatcher 消息，据 Arkham 数据，在 20:05，500 万 XUSD 从 Null Address 转入 StraitsX。