According to Onchain Lens monitoring, Bitmine has further staked 92,160 ETH, worth approximately $293 million at current prices. Following this operation, Bitmine's total staked ETH has increased to 1,436,384, with a total value of approximately $4.77 billion.

According to ChainCatcher, data from 8MarketCap indicates that the total market capitalization of spot silver has exceeded the $5 trillion mark. This milestone positions silver as the second largest asset globally, following gold, and surpassing tech giant Nvidia.

Backpack CEO Armani Ferrante announced on the X platform that Backpack has officially launched its entry into the prediction market with its Unified Prediction Portfolio, and has begun a private, invitation-only testing phase. This product employs cross-margin and cross-collateral mechanisms, unifying spot trading, spot margin, lending, perpetual contracts, prediction markets, and crypto and fiat assets into a single sub-account, addressing the issues of long-term capital lock-up and high opportunity costs in prediction markets. Ferrante stated that this is not a simple wrapper around existing prediction market platforms, but a completely new system natively built by Backpack, supporting prediction trading, hedging, and various advanced order operations within a single margin account. The current testing phase will focus on validating the risk engine and basic functionality, with plans to gradually expand functionality, market size, and user base in the future.

According to BlockBeats, on January 14, it was reported that a brokerage firm is selling Polymarket shares to clients at a valuation of 12 billion. After consulting with Polymarket officials, it was clarified that this is an action taken by individual shareholders and not an official fundraising activity by the company.

According to crypto analyst Ai (@ai_9684xtpa), the BSC Meme coin, "Binance Life," has seen a 60% increase in the past 24 hours. The top-ranked address in the on-chain holdings list currently has a floating profit exceeding $2.63 million, representing a return of approximately 154,341.1%. Data shows that this address has an average cost as low as $0.0001574, having completed its purchase within 6 minutes of the token's listing. Since Binance announced its spot listing, this address has not shown any deposit or transfer activity. Currently, this address holds approximately 18.5 million tokens, representing about 1.85% of the circulating supply.

Despite recent regulatory scrutiny, prediction market activity has not slowed, with daily trading volume reaching a record high of approximately $701.7 million (about $702 million) on Monday. Data shows that Kalshi accounted for approximately $465.9 million of this, roughly two-thirds of the total, while competing platforms Polymarket and Opinion contributed a combined $100 million. Prediction markets have remained popular in recent years, becoming one of the fastest-growing infrastructure products in the crypto space, with significant growth in trading volume and adoption expected in 2025. Kalshi is one of the major prediction markets in the US, with traditional sports betting contracts accounting for the majority of its revenue, and the platform has established partnerships with mainstream media. Despite regulatory focus (such as discussions regarding insider trading), prediction markets continue to attract traders and institutions, driving the overall volume to climb. (Cointelegraph)

According to ChainCatcher, monitoring by Hyperinsight reveals that a whale address, labeled as 'Lightning Counter,' executed two consecutive roll-over operations on its ETH long positions in a short period. The address increased its holdings by approximately 3,007 ETH, valued at around $10.06 million. Following these operations, the average price of its ETH long positions slightly rose from approximately $3,329.91 to $3,332.55. The total position size expanded to about $53.26 million, with a current floating profit of approximately $136,000. The latest liquidation price is near $3,090.

Prediction market Kalshi dominated trading volumes on Monday, accounting for two-thirds of the $701. 7 million tally. source: https://cointelegraph.com/news/prediction-market-trading-volumes-hit-new-high?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound

null source: https://x.com/cointelegraph/status/2011294857629745653

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