The BNB Chain developer team released a statement saying that the goal of BAP (BNB Application Proposals) is to make the application layer more consistent, more interoperable, and lower the development threshold. By sharing standards, the ecosystem can achieve faster development speeds, simpler integration methods, a better developer experience, and reduce one-off implementations. The official introduction states that BAP covers extensions to existing token standards, identity and wallet specifications, off-chain data conventions, dApp/proxy/protocol interfaces, and BNB Chain smart contract best practices. BAP will follow the process defined by BEP-1, including idea discussion, draft submission, community and editorial review, and will ultimately be adopted as an official standard.

The CEO of ING Group has announced plans to pursue diversification strategies by utilizing internally generated capital to fund potential transactions. According to Jin10, the bank intends to address gaps in its current markets through mergers and acquisitions. This approach is part of ING's broader strategy to strengthen its market position and expand its business operations.

A controversial venture capital investment made a decade ago is evolving into one of the most profitable bets in Silicon Valley history.

Bitcoin is currently trading within a narrow price range between $70,000 and $80,000. According to NS3.AI, there has been limited historical trading activity in this corridor, and the onchain supply remains low. This indicates a lack of significant selling or buying pressure, suggesting that Bitcoin may continue to consolidate within this range or potentially retest the lower boundary near $70,000 before making a decisive move.

A recent Reuters survey indicates that the Mexican peso is expected to depreciate by 6.3% against the U.S. dollar over the next 12 months, reaching a value of 18.38. According to Jin10, this projection marks a slight improvement from the January survey, which anticipated a value of 18.55. Similarly, the Chilean peso is forecasted to weaken by 1.8% against the dollar, settling at 876.90 within the same timeframe, compared to the earlier prediction of 900.0. These currency movements reflect ongoing economic trends and market expectations in both countries.

The Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has officially added 'ADG platform/格睿德科技有限公司' to its list of suspicious virtual asset trading platforms. According to Odaily, the SFC stated that this entity claims to operate a platform on a related website, offering trading services for tokenized securities and stablecoins, which may constitute unlicensed activities.

Eric Trump, the son of U.S. President Donald Trump, clarified on the X platform that the Trump Organization has no connection with the so-called Patriot Token or the meme coin PATRIOT. According to Odaily, Eric Trump also stated that the community can be assured that there is no involvement in the issuance of the Patriot Token-related cryptocurrency.

Bloomberg senior ETF analyst Eric Balchunas said markets are underestimating the strength of Bitcoin’s bull market over the past two years, even as older investors continue allocating capital to spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds.In a post on X, Balchunas said so-called “baby boomer” investors purchased roughly $5 billion worth of Bitcoin ETFs in a single day. Despite that activity, he noted that net inflows into Bitcoin ETFs remain slightly negative year-to-date, describing the current period as a difficult phase for flows.Balchunas argued that investor sentiment has failed to fully adjust to the scale of Bitcoin’s recent performance. He said that if markets had been told three years ago that Bitcoin would trade near $78,000 and that spot Bitcoin ETFs would accumulate around $100 billion in assets under management, the outcome would have been widely viewed as a major success.Such an outcome would imply a roughly 240% price increase over the period, equivalent to an annualized return of about 50%, according to his assessment.Instead, Balchunas said the market is still discounting the magnitude of Bitcoin’s rally in 2023 and 2024, during which the asset posted cumulative gains of approximately 464%. As a result, he suggested the prevailing narrative around Bitcoin and ETFs has yet to fully reflect the scale of those gains, even as institutional and retail participation continues to broaden. 

Gold has entered a short-term rebound phase after suffering one of its sharpest pullbacks in decades, but analysts warn that downside risks remain elevated amid resilient U.S. economic data and shifting rate expectations.According to Giuseppe Dellamotta, an analyst at financial news platform Investinglive, roughly half of gold’s recent decline has been recovered, signaling a technical rebound rather than a structural trend reversal.Dellamotta said underlying fundamentals remain unfavorable for sustained upside, suggesting gold prices are likely to trade in a wide consolidation range below January’s highs or face the risk of another corrective leg lower in the weeks or months ahead.Recent U.S. macro data has reinforced this cautious outlook. The ISM Manufacturing PMI released on Monday surprised to the upside, with the new orders index rising to its highest level since 2022. While the data did not immediately trigger renewed selling pressure — as the Federal Reserve remains focused primarily on labor market and inflation dynamics — it highlighted lingering risks for gold bulls.Market attention now turns to U.S. ADP employment data and ISM Services PMI, both due later today. Dellamotta noted that stronger-than-expected readings could prompt a more hawkish reassessment of interest rate expectations, weighing further on gold prices.Conversely, weaker data could allow gold’s rebound to extend, particularly as markets position cautiously ahead of next week’s U.S. non-farm payrolls report, potentially opening the door for a retest — or break — of recent highs.

JPMorgan Private Bank released its 2026 Global Family Office Report, revealing that artificial intelligence is a top investment theme with a preference for tangible assets and sophisticated investment strategies. 65% of family offices plan to prioritize AI investments, while 72% have no gold investments and 89% do not hold cryptocurrencies. The report surveyed 333 family offices in 30 countries, with an average net worth of $1.6 billion.

Independent macroeconomic research firm Continuum Economics expects U.S. private-sector job growth to slow notably in January, with ADP employment gains projected to come in well below official non-farm payroll figures.Dave Sloan, Senior Economist for North America at Continuum Economics, said January ADP employment is expected to rise by 30,000, down from 41,000 in December. In contrast, overall U.S. non-farm payrolls are forecast to grow by 85,000, implying a widening gap between the two indicators.Over the past six months, ADP data has averaged 22,000 fewer jobs than non-farm payrolls. While this discrepancy narrowed in September and November, Sloan expects the gap to expand to around 50,000 in January.The divergence is largely attributed to sector composition. January non-farm payrolls are expected to rebound from recent weakness in the retail sector, which tends to have less influence on ADP data. Meanwhile, ADP figures are likely to show modest improvement in goods-producing industries, particularly construction, alongside a slowdown in service-sector hiring.Sloan noted that the underperformance of ADP relative to non-farm payrolls has been most pronounced in services, with education and healthcare showing the largest discrepancies.

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After three years of preparation, Hong Kong's Stablecoin Ordinance has officially come into effect, causing USDT, the world's largest stablecoin, to "evaporate" from the Hong Kong market overnight.

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italik appears to have abandoned its previously advocated "Rollup-centric" scaling model.

In the short term, the price of Bitcoin is highly likely to rebound to above $80,000, as the recent sell-off has created one of the largest price gaps in the history of Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) futures.

Binance has converted part of its $1 billion SAFU reserve from stablecoins into Bitcoin, buying an additional 1,315 BTC and bringing the fund’s total to 2,630 BTC. The move comes amid market volatility and insolvency rumours, but Binance says the transfers will not affect Bitcoin’s price.

An alleged Bitcoin ransom demand has injected new urgency into the search for Nancy Guthrie, the 84-year-old mother of Today show anchor Savannah Guthrie, as authorities investigate what they now believe may be a targeted abduction rather than a routine missing-person case.

Taiwanese man Rui-Siang Lin was sentenced to 30 years in a New York court for running Incognito Market, a dark web drug marketplace that made over $105 million in sales. The platform sold large amounts of cocaine, meth and fake prescription pills, causing at least one confirmed death.