The Polygon Foundation announced on the X platform that the PIP-69 proposal is now officially live. This proposal displays validator share tokens as dPOL at a 1:1 ratio, aiming to improve wallet visibility and expand the utility of staked POL. dPOL is fully ERC-20 compliant, simplifying the creation of POL liquidity staking tokens (LSTs) and enhancing DeFi composability. Users who have staked POL will see these tokens in their wallets, which may display as dPOL, dPOL1, or dPOLa4, depending on the wallet.

Base co-founder Jesse Pollak stated that Base is repositioning the Base App as "trading-first" to drive demand and distribution of on-chain assets and cover a wider range of asset types. He pointed out that the Base App aims to become the preferred application for users to participate in the on-chain economy, whether it's trading, using assets, or conducting other on-chain activities, all within the application.

According to Foresight News, the Zcash Foundation has announced that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has concluded its investigation into the foundation and will not pursue any enforcement actions or require any changes. Previously, on August 31, 2023, the Zcash Foundation received a subpoena from the SEC related to an investigation titled 'Investigation into Certain Crypto Asset Issuances (SF-04569).'

Key crypto players back the Senate Republicans' bill, impacting DeFi and regulatory debates. source: https://coincu.com/news/crypto-firms-back-senate-bill/

According to official news, the snapshot of ETHGas's interactive points on the Discord community has been completed, and the token airdrop snapshot will be taken on January 19th. Furthermore, due to the high demand for Gas IDs on the platform, users need to wait in a queue. If problems persist while waiting, users should retry repeatedly. Refreshing will not reset or affect the queue position.

According to ChainCatcher, OnchainLens has reported that Ethereum treasury company Bitmine has staked an additional 154,304 ETH. Currently, Bitmine's total staked Ethereum amounts to 1,685,088 ETH. In the past two days, Bitmine has staked over 340,000 ETH.

1. Solana mocks Starknet for having only 8 daily active users and 10 daily transactions; 2. Coinbase opposes Senate crypto bill, potentially impacting legislative progress; 3. Starknet responds to Solana's mockery of its low activity, asking, "Who gave this little brother Solana the data?"; 4. The US Senate Banking Committee clarifies seven misconceptions about the CLARITY bill, emphasizing its adherence to securities laws and its focus on investor protection and regulatory boundaries; 5. CCTV reveals details of Yao Qian's alleged bribery case involving virtual currencies, including receiving 2000 ETH in return for "making connections" for a project's public offering; 6. Eleanor Terrett reports that a16z, Circle, Ripple, and other institutions have published articles supporting the Senate Republican Market Structure Bill; 7. Solana Mobile opens SKR airdrop eligibility queries, with collection and staking support available from January 21st; 8. Lighter launches LIT staking functionality, unlocking four permissions including LLP equity and fee discounts; 9. US November... 10. Pakistan and WLFI signed a memorandum of understanding to explore cross-border payments using the USD1 stablecoin; 11. Stablecoin service provider Meld completed a $7 million funding round led by Lightspeed Faction; 12. The US Supreme Court did not rule on the legality of Trump's tariffs; 13. Spanish bank Bankinter disclosed that it has acquired a minority stake in cryptocurrency exchange Bit2Me; 14. Bitwise launched a Chainlink ETF on NYSE Arca; 15. Bitcoin mining company CleanSpark plans to develop a data center campus of up to 600MW in Texas, with the transaction expected to be completed in Q1; 16. CZ stated that a true Memecoin project needs to have "historicity" and "illustrious history"; 17. CZ stated that he no longer needs to rely on Memecoin investment to get rich quickly, but still hopes that the Memecoin ecosystem will continue to develop; 18. CZ believes that the US's crypto-friendly policies are one of the factors that has led to Bitcoin no longer strictly following the "four-year cycle"; 19. CZ stated that his tweets... 99% of the operations were conducted by the individual; the lottery initiated by He Yi was her personal decision. 20. CZ stated that there are relatively few market makers in the prediction market, and the sector is still relatively new. 21. CZ indicated that X has a different "gene" from Binance Square, and it remains uncertain whether X will conduct KYC if it opens up crypto trading. 22. The Zcash Foundation deployed 5 DNS seed nodes to cope with the ECC node outage. 23. Project Eleven completed a $20 million funding round at a valuation of $120 million. 24. Noise completed a $7.1 million seed round, led by Paradigm.

According to Foresight News, monitoring by Ember reveals that Ondo's multi-signature wallet has transferred 25 million ONDO tokens to several exchanges. The tokens are valued at approximately $10.19 million.

According to BlockBeats, on January 15, a major cryptocurrency investor, who previously purchased $263 million worth of WBTC and ETH using a revolving loan, sold 300 WBTC for 29.11 million USDT to repay debts after BTC surpassed $97,000. This sale resulted in a realized loss of $39.15 million due to buying at high prices and selling at lower ones. In August 2025, the investor acquired 1,560 WBTC at $116,762 each, totaling approximately $182 million, and 18,517 ETH at $4,415 each, valued at around $81.75 million. As the market declined, the investor began selling off assets in November. All ETH holdings were sold at $3,049 each, resulting in a $25.29 million loss, while 560 WBTC were sold at $92,015 each, incurring a $13.86 million loss. The investor still retains 1,000 WBTC, valued at approximately $96.81 million.

According to Lookonchain monitoring, four hours ago, a trader (0x913c...44dF) sold 2.57 million ASTER tokens at $0.72, worth $1.85 million. This trader had bought these ASTER tokens approximately two months prior at $1.03, ultimately resulting in a loss of approximately $797,000, or 30%.

Jinse Finance launches its daily cryptocurrency and blockchain news bulletin, "Jinse at 8 AM," issue 2937, providing you with the latest and fastest news on the digital currency and blockchain industry.

Polymarket, from 100% cashback to 20%: The game behind Polymarket's fee adjustment. (Jinse Finance, timeline of events related to Polymarket fees)

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.

Elon Musk, the Ghost of X.com: Musk's Revenge Across 25 Years. Golden Finance: Some dreams don't die; they just wait for their chance.

Ahead of Thursday's highly anticipated price surge, the cryptocurrency industry spent yesterday reviewing and responding to new text.

The proposed digital currency is "a new vehicle for corruption that must be guarded against," and the Yao Qian bribery case is characterized as "a new type of corruption, hidden corruption."

The fourth episode of the TV documentary series "Never Stop, Never Back Down," titled "Technology Empowering Anti-Corruption," was broadcast. It analyzed the case of Yao Qian, the former director of the Technology Supervision Department of the China Securities Regulatory Commission.

Tonight at 8 PM, the fourth episode of the TV documentary "Never Stop, Never Back Down," titled "Technology Empowers Anti-Corruption," will air on CCTV, revealing details of the corruption involving Yao Qian, the former director of the Science and Technology Supervision Department of the China Securities Regulatory Commission, who accepted bribes using virtual currency.

Why launch a criminal investigation now, when Powell is set to step down as chairman in May?

As the West tightens its financial blockade against Russia, cryptocurrency, originally seen as a tool for "decentralization experiments," has instead been pushed to the core of Russia's countermeasures system.