According to PANews, the Bank of England's Deputy Governor, Dave Ramsden, has indicated that the UK may need to provide a protection mechanism for stablecoin deposits similar to that of bank deposits. Ramsden highlighted the central bank's consideration of maintaining public trust in currency in the event of a collapse of a systemically important stablecoin. He suggested that long-term trust in stablecoins might require a plan akin to bank deposit insurance, ensuring stablecoin holders have priority creditor status in bankruptcy proceedings. Ramsden's comments suggest that the Bank of England might extend current bank deposit protection measures to widely used stablecoins. The central bank has already increased the protection limit for regular cash deposits from £85,000 to £120,000 to safeguard against bank failures. The Bank of England plans to implement stablecoin regulatory rules by the end of the year.

1. The Senate Banking Committee canceled its market structure meeting due to the Coinbase incident; 2. Kraken's co-CEO stated that the problem should be addressed by improving the legislation, rather than abandoning years of legislative progress; 3. Arthur Hayes stated that the expansion of dollar liquidity will drive Bitcoin's rise in 2026; 4. Sonic Labs announced that it has fully distributed the recovered 5.829 million S tokens to affected users; 5. Global Settlement Network plans to advance a $200 million tokenized water project in Asia, with the first stop in Jakarta; 6. He Yi responded to users' expectations for CZ's role, stating that diversity needs to be respected and that being down-to-earth does not preclude looking up at the stars; 7. Trump stated that although Powell is facing an investigation, he has no intention of removing him at this time; 8. Robinhood's CEO stated that the United States should play a leading role in crypto policy and support the passage of the market structure bill; 9. Genius responded to platform vulnerabilities, stating that transaction gas costs have been significantly reduced and that BNB cross-chain exchange has been optimized; 10. He Yi responded to Solana and Starknet. Regarding the controversy over activity levels, the statement said that everyone is friends and should prioritize harmony; 11. The Polygon Foundation announced the launch of the PIP-69 proposal, under which validator share tokens will be displayed as dPOL at a 1:1 ratio; 12. ETHGas stated that the Discord Interactive Points snapshot has been completed, and the token airdrop snapshot will take place on January 19th.

Trump imposed a 25% tariff on select AI chips as part of a deal allowing Nvidia to export H200 processors to China. source: https://www.cryptopolitan.com/us-imposes-25-tariff-on-select-chips/

Garlinghouse had urged the industry to stay "at the table," citing Ripple's own legal scars to argue that "clarity beats chaos" and that "this bill’s success is crypto’s success. ". source: https://u.today/ripple-ceo-optimistic-about-crypto-market-structure-bill

Bitcoin should be able to steal some "juice" back from gold and the Nasdaq in 2026, with several catalysts supporting the idea of US dollar liquidity expansion. source: https://cointelegraph.com/news/bitcoin-will-get-groove-back-despite-soaring-gold-and-nasdaq-arthur-hayes?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound

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Bitget PoolX will soon launch the FUN project, with a total prize pool of 8,331,000 FUN. The staking channel will be open from 22:00 on January 15th to 22:00 on January 21st (UTC+8). This round of PoolX will have two staking pools: a BTC staking pool with a total airdrop of 4,332,000 BTC and a personal staking limit of 50 BTC; and an ETH staking pool with a total airdrop of 3,999,000 ETH and a personal staking limit of 1,500 ETH. Users with a positive net deposit of BTC and ETH during the event will receive a 5% BTC and 8% ETH interest rate bonus coupon after PoolX ends. Furthermore, first-time PoolX participants who meet the net deposit requirements will receive an additional 10% BTC and 15% ETH interest rate bonus coupon. The deadline for net deposits is 12:00 on January 20th (UTC+8).

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In response to a user's opinion that "CZ should not only focus on creating memes in the cryptocurrency circle, but should devote himself to future technologies such as AI, human regeneration, and Mars exploration," He Yi responded on social media that diversity itself is an important value of the industry and should be fully respected.

All the prerequisites for the original Web3 vision are in place, momentum is strong, and will continue to strengthen in the coming years.

XAI, Technology, Law, Artificial Intelligence: The XAI Incident Reveals Different Understandings of Technological Overreach Between China and the US (Golden Finance). Technological globalization has ended; strong intellectual property rights are taking its place.

BTC remains a liquidity story, and dollar liquidity will increase significantly in 2026.

X has restricted Grok from editing or creating sexualised images of real people after global backlash and regulatory action over misuse of the chatbot. Several countries have launched investigations or blocked the service, pushing the company to tighten safety controls and limit image tools to paying users.

The layer-1 blockchain restored operations after a six-hour consensus halt, marking its second major disruption since launch in 2023.

Chinese AI leaders MiniMax and Zhipu AI have entered the capital market with a market value of over 100 billion yuan, while across the Pacific a16z announced the completion of a $15 billion fundraising. This is not only a capital event, but also a comparison of the national capabilities of China and the United States and two innovation paradigms in the technological era.

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.