U.S. House Speaker Johnson announced that the House will approve advancing legislation on Tuesday to end the brief government shutdown. According to NS3.AI, this initiative is intended to promptly restore government operations. The announcement indicates political progress towards resolving the shutdown.

Lindsey Vonn, the renowned American Alpine skier, sustained a torn ACL during a crash at a World Cup race in Switzerland on Friday. New York Times posted on X, highlighting the incident that has raised concerns about her future competitions. Vonn, a celebrated figure in the skiing world, has faced multiple injuries throughout her career, impacting her participation in various events. The recent injury adds to the challenges she has encountered, potentially affecting her upcoming races. The skiing community is closely monitoring her recovery and the implications for her competitive schedule.

Vitalik Buterin, in an article published on the X platform, stated that there has been increased discussion recently regarding the continued role of L2 in the Ethereum ecosystem. Due to the much slower-than-expected progress of L2 into Phase 2, and the ongoing scaling of L1 itself, with a significant increase in gas limits anticipated in 2026, the original vision of L2 as a "branded shard" for Ethereum is no longer applicable, necessitating a new path. He pointed out that L1 no longer needs L2 as a branded shard, and L2 is unable or unwilling to meet the attributes required for true branded sharding. He suggested that L2 should identify value-added aspects beyond "scaling," such as privacy, application-specific efficiency, extreme scaling capabilities, non-financial application design, ultra-low latency, and built-in oracles. If processing ETH or other Ethereum assets, L2 should at least reach Phase 1 and support maximum interoperability with Ethereum. Furthermore, Vitalik Buterin stated that he has become more convinced of the value of native Rollup pre-compilations in recent months, especially after acquiring the ZK-EVM proofs required to scale L1. This pre-compilation will make EVM verification without a security committee feasible. He believes that the design of this pre-compilation should be explored so that it can verify the EVM portion when L2 contains "EVM and other content". This would facilitate secure, robust, and trustless interoperability with Ethereum and enable synchronous composability.

Standard Chartered has revised its price forecasts for Solana, according to ChainCatcher. The bank's latest research report lowers the short-term price target for Solana, while significantly increasing its long-term projection. The report adjusts Solana's target price for the end of 2026 from $310 to $250, but anticipates it will reach $2,000 by the end of 2030. It highlights a shift in Solana's decentralized exchange activity from meme coin trading to SOL-stablecoin pairs. Solana's stablecoin turnover is reportedly two to three times faster than Ethereum's, indicating diverse use cases. The report also emphasizes Solana's "ultra-low cost, fast, and reliable transaction model," which is expected to dominate areas requiring high throughput and low transaction costs. This is particularly relevant in micropayment sectors driven by AI protocols like x402.

JPMorgan Private Bank's 2026 survey of 333 family offices found 89% have no crypto exposure, with only 17% planning to invest going forward. source: https://www.bankless.com/read/news/89-of-family-offices-hold-no-crypto-jpmorgan-report-finds

S&P says the euro stablecoin market cap could reach €1. 1 trillion by 2030, equivalent to 4. 2% of eurozone bank deposits. source: https://www.theblock.co/post/388247/sp-projects-1600x-upper-bound-increase-in-euro-stablecoin-issuance-to-1-3-trillion-by-2030?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss

The top two privacy coins are underperforming both their category and the broader crypto market amid the ongoing slump. source: https://decrypt.co/356788/privacy-coins-slide-as-monero-zcash-lead-losses

Trading firm IG has completed its acquisition of Independent Reserve, one of Australia’s best-known cryptocurrency exchanges. source: https://cryptonews.com/news/trading-firm-ig-completes-acquisition-of-crypto-exchange-independent-reserve/

SharpLink stated on its X platform that despite significant market volatility, it generated 482 ETH through staking rewards last week, creating $1.1 million in value for its shareholders. SharpLink is committed to maintaining the world's most regulated Ethereum treasury, focusing on generating the highest returns on its ETH holdings with minimal risk.

CME Group posted records on some of its metals contracts, reaching its best January to date, with 15% year-on-year growth. Crypto activity also posted robust growth for the past month, driven by Ethereum trading. source: https://www.cryptopolitan.com/cme-group-reports-record-january-crypto-trading/

In the crypto market, nearly half of the entire network is losing money. Why has this round of decline scared even smart money? Jinse Finance reports that the current market situation is very clear: a comprehensive risk aversion.

Jinse Finance launches the "Jinse Web3.0 Daily," providing you with the latest and fastest news on MEME, DeFi, DAO, NFT, and the metaverse industry.

Money holds our future options, so choose your currency carefully and be wary of anyone who can print more money than you earn.

The Ministry of Public Security recently released the "Cybercrime Prevention and Control Law (Draft for Public Comment)," marking an upgrade in the regulation of cryptocurrencies and related Web3 activities from administrative notices to national law, with the focus of regulation shifting to criminal governance.

SpaceX, Elon Musk, SpaceX swallows xAI Musk's trillion-dollar "internal circulation" - Golden Finance, the largest capital arbitrage in human history.

The announcements by Nasdaq and the NYSE of 24/7 trading, and the issuance of tokenized securities by DTCC, along with a series of proactive moves by traditional financial giants, signify a structural transformation in the financial market infrastructure.

Gold, silver, and BTC—gold, silver, and cryptocurrencies all experienced massive volatility on the same day: these aren't two separate stories, but rather the same hand adjusting positions. Golden Finance reports that the market is undergoing a collective "risk management" process.

As early as 2011, Epstein had already taken notice of Bitcoin. That year, Bitcoin's total transaction volume for the entire year did not exceed $100 million, and its price once broke through $30 before falling by 90%.

Singapore Gulf Bank has added stablecoin support to its SGB Net platform, letting institutional clients trade, hold, convert, and mint USDC and USDT alongside traditional currencies. The service, which includes KYC and AML checks and uses Fireblocks for custody, will start in the first quarter of 2026.

On the same day that Binance released its long-awaited recap of the massive liquidation event on October 10th, cryptocurrency investors suffered another devastating flash crash.