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FalconX subsidiary 21Shares will distribute ETH staking rewards to its Ethereum ETF holders on January 9, 2026, at $0.010378 per share. Meanwhile, Grayscale also announced a staking reward of $0.083178 per share for ETHE holders.

Odaily Planet Daily reports that the probability of Bitcoin rising to $100,000 in January on Polymarket is currently 29%. Additionally, the probability of it reaching $95,000 is currently 60%, dropping to $85,000 is currently 45%, and dropping to $80,000 is currently 20%.

ChainCatcher message, according to the validator queue tracking website validatorqueue data, the number of ETH waiting in line to join the network has risen to 1,664,453, worth approximately $5.2 billion, with an estimated activation delay of about 28 days 22 hours. The main reason is that BitMine recently staked a large amount of ETH they hold. Meanwhile, the number of ETH exiting the Ethereum PoS network queue is only 32, valued at about $100,000, with an exit wait time of approximately 1 minute.

Odaily Planet Daily reports that the L2 network Zero Network, incubated by Web3 wallet company Zerion with a total funding of $22.5 million, has not produced blocks for over 3 weeks.

PANews January 8 News, according to Coindoo reports, Florida lawmakers are restarting plans to include digital assets in the state's balance sheet, this time establishing a strict framework that effectively only qualifies Bitcoin. Representative John Snyder introduced House Bill 1039, which will lay the legal groundwork for a state-level strategic cryptocurrency reserve. The core of the proposal is a strict qualification threshold. Any cryptocurrency purchased for the reserve must have an average market capitalization of at least $500 billion over the past 24 months. In practice, this requirement currently only includes Bitcoin, as its market cap remains well above $1 trillion. Other major assets, including Ethereum, do not meet this benchmark. Snyder's efforts received support in the Senate, where Joe Gruters previously submitted Senate Bill 1038 in December 2025.

ChainCatcher News, according to Jinshi reports, XS.com brokerage analyst Rania Gule stated that unless Friday's non-farm payroll report exceeds expectations, the current rally of the US dollar may be limited and only temporary. She pointed out that the US dollar is "in a vulnerable position," and any signs of further weakness in the labor market could push it lower. Despite recent soft data, the US dollar has still risen slightly, reflecting investors' preference to hold positions and wait for clearer prospects before taking action.

BlockBeats News, January 8th, according to DefiLlama data, in the past 24 hours among Perp DEXs, Aster's trading volume has significantly increased and is currently ranked second; Hyperliquid and Lighter's trading volumes have experienced slight declines. Meanwhile, the open interest on the Hyperliquid platform has risen, and

Lee Hee-jin was transferred to the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency Financial Crime Investigation Unit for suspected virtual asset fraud. A partner accused him of not paying approximately 1.88 billion KRW and reported a loss of 28 billion KRW. He is also on trial for manipulating token market prices and was previously arrested in 2023.

ANTFUN announced days ago that it was selected for the Solaris enterprise accelerator jointly launched by the Solana Foundation and HackQuest, marking recognition of its technology and compliance capabilities. ANTFUN will leverage accelerator resources to promote global expansion and enhance social financial services.

GateToken (GT) completed an on-chain burn of 2,163,900.48 tokens in Q4 2025, valued at over $2.69 million. Since 2019, approximately 184 million tokens have been burned, reducing the total supply by 61.61%. With the launch of Gate Layer and applications, the usage frequency and on-chain demand for GT continue to increase.

ChainCatcher News, according to Coinglass data, if BTC breaks through $94,681, the total liquidation strength of long positions on mainstream CEXs will reach $2.705 billion. Conversely, if BTC drops below $86,137, the total liquidation strength of short positions on mainstream CEXs will reach $1.563 billion.

ChainCatcher reports that, according to Coinglass data, if ETH breaks through $3,271, the total liquidation strength of long positions on major CEXs will reach $1.755 billion. Conversely, if ETH drops below $2,972, the total liquidation strength of short positions on major CEXs will reach $929 million.

ChainCatcher reports that, according to Bitcoin Magazine, Florida recently proposed an innovative bill to establish a strategic Bitcoin reserve. The bill will allow the state government to allocate up to 10% of key public funds for holding Bitcoin and Bitcoin ETF products.

GoPlus launches a new browser plugin feature, GoPredict, which supports Polymarket for event risk identification. It analyzes market event risks in real-time and labels the levels, helping users quickly identify high-risk events, enhancing participation safety and decision-making efficiency. Users can download and install it via the Chrome Web Store.

Recently, a whale with an address starting with 0xfc66 established 18 short stock positions on-chain, mainly focused on Tesla, MicroStrategy, and Micron Technology. At the same time, the address holds approximately $45.64 million in ETH, BTC, and SOL short positions, with an unrealized profit of about $1.3 million.

BlockBeats News, January 8th, according to Hyperinsight monitoring, the "30 consecutive long attempts" whale closed its ETH long position today, incurring a loss of $45,000. Currently, it is still using 10x leverage to long 8,539,326.1 FARTCOIN (approximately $3.28 million), with an average entry price of $0.4299, and an unrealized loss of $386,000.

Metis Decentralized Coordinator Natalia Ameline issues a community letter outlining the 2026 strategy, focusing on integrating AI with high-performance blockchain, building a unified transaction system, supporting low costs and high efficiency, and promoting ecological application development.

Tether recently launched a new measurement unit for the gold token XAUT called "Scudo," lowering the barrier to gold investment. The market capitalization of XAUT has reached $2.3 billion, and gold tokenization is accelerating into daily transactions. Analysts point out that in the future, gold assets will be deeply integrated with stablecoins and crypto trading. Users can trade both cryptocurrencies and gold within the same account through BiyaPay, reflecting the trend of "digital gold + financial assets."

BC.GAME issues a public letter announcing a return to the core product roadmap, launching the "Zero Edge Plan," promising to distribute 1 billion Tokens to the community, and using the Tacoback mechanism to fully return the house edge to users, promoting a fairer gaming experience and open community participation.