Turkey has dispatched F-16 fighter jets and attack helicopters to Somalia to enhance efforts against the militant group Al-Shabaab and safeguard its growing interests in the region. According to Jin10, informed sources revealed that Ankara has already stationed a limited number of fighter jets in Somalia. In recent months, Turkey has collaborated with the United States to combat Al-Shabaab, with U.S. targets in Somalia also including Islamic State militants. This week, the Somali cabinet replaced the army chief in a bid to revitalize the fight against militants. Turkey has been deploying helicopters and combat drones in Somalia for several years and began training Somali soldiers in Mogadishu in 2017. Over the past decade, Ankara has significantly expanded its influence in Somalia through defense, energy, and infrastructure projects. Turkey has also announced plans to commence oil drilling off the Somali coast soon.

Brave is betting that the next wave of Web3 users won’t arrive through crypto-first products, but through experiences that feel like games first and blockchain second.

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin announced on the X platform that the Ethereum Foundation (EF) will undergo a 'moderate tightening' phase over the next five years. According to Odaily, this initiative aims to achieve two primary objectives: delivering an ambitious technical roadmap to ensure Ethereum remains a high-performance, scalable 'world computer' without compromising robustness, sustainability, and decentralization, and enhancing the long-term sustainability of the Ethereum Foundation to safeguard its core mission. Buterin highlighted that as part of this tightening plan, he will personally take on tasks that might have been handled by the foundation's 'special projects.' His focus will be on supporting an open, verifiable, end-to-end software and hardware technology stack to protect personal and public environments. This vision encompasses areas such as finance, communication, governance, blockchain, operating systems, secure hardware, and biotechnology, with an emphasis on privacy protection, decentralization, and local-first software architecture. To support these goals, Buterin has withdrawn 16,384 ETH and plans to gradually invest it over the coming years. He is also exploring more secure decentralized staking solutions to ensure staking returns are used to support these missions long-term. He stressed that Ethereum is an integral part of the 'full-stack openness and verifiability' vision. The Ethereum Foundation will continue to focus on core Ethereum development, prioritizing 'Ethereum for people who need it' over 'Ethereum everywhere,' serving self-sovereignty, security, and privacy rather than catering to centralized corporate demands. Buterin stated that in a world increasingly dominated by force, this path offers a necessary alternative—building an undominated collaborative infrastructure through truly open, verifiable, and user-serving technology.

On January 30, 91,000 BTC options are set to expire, with a Put Call Ratio of 0.48 and a maximum pain point of $90,000, according to BlockBeats. The nominal value of these options is $7.6 billion. Additionally, 435,000 ETH options will expire today, featuring a Put Call Ratio of 0.68 and a maximum pain point of $3,000, with a nominal value of $1.19 billion. Greeks.live analyst Adam noted that today marks the first monthly expiration following the annual settlement, with options accounting for 25% of total positions expiring, amounting to nearly $9 billion. Bullish options are predominant. Bitcoin and Ethereum prices have entered a sharp downward trend since yesterday, with recent panic resurfacing in the crypto market. The aftermath of last year's fourth-quarter decline continues to affect the market, with BTC's $80,000 level and ETH's $2,500 level providing strong support. Key options data indicate a significant rise in implied volatility for BTC and ETH, with BTC's main term IV averaging around 45% and ETH's main term IV at 60%, both at their highest levels this year. This period sees high bulk trading volume and transaction proportion, primarily driven by the need to shift positions. Market makers and active traders currently hold substantial cash, showing strong transaction willingness, with the greatest demand for bearish defense.

In the Huobi HTX New Asset Trading Competition's "Battle of the Gods," trader "Xiaohai" stood out from global participants, starting with 100U and steadily progressing in the highly volatile and uncertain new asset track, ultimately winning the championship.

In a post on the X platform, Vitalik Buterin stated that the Ethereum Foundation (EF) will enter a period of "moderate austerity" over the next five years to achieve two main goals: first, to deliver a more aggressive technology roadmap, ensuring Ethereum continues to be a high-performance, scalable "world computer" without sacrificing robustness, sustainability, and decentralization; and second, to enhance the EF's own long-term sustainability, safeguarding Ethereum's core mission, including the foundational blockchain layer and users' ability to use the network securely, with privacy and self-sovereignty. Vitalik indicated that as part of the austerity plan, he will personally take on some of the work that might otherwise have been handled by the Foundation's "special projects," focusing on supporting an open, verifiable, end-to-end hardware and software technology stack to protect personal lives and the public environment. This technological vision encompasses areas such as finance, communications, governance, blockchain, operating systems, security hardware, and biotechnology (personal and public health), emphasizing privacy protection, decentralization, and a native-first software architecture. To this end, Vitalik has withdrawn 16,384 ETH and plans to gradually invest them towards the aforementioned goal over the next few years, while exploring more secure decentralized staking solutions to ensure that staking rewards are used to support related missions in the long term. He emphasized that Ethereum itself is an integral part of the vision of "full-stack openness and verifiability." The Ethereum Foundation will continue to focus on Ethereum Core development, but the priority is not "Ethereum everywhere," but "Ethereum for people who need it," that is, serving self-sovereignty, security, and privacy, rather than catering to the needs of centralized enterprises. Vitalik stated that in a world that increasingly values ​​"power above all else," this path provides a necessary alternative—building an uncontrolled collaborative infrastructure through truly open, verifiable, and user-serving technology.

According to on-chain analyst Ai Yi, a whale previously bought 3,000 BTC call options worth $100,000 expiring on January 30, 2026 on Deribit, paying a total premium of $2.86 million. Another whale bought 1,300 BTC call options worth $100,000 expiring on February 27, 2026, and 2,400 BTC call options worth $98,000 expiring on January 30, 2026, paying a total premium of $10.22 million. Today at 4 PM is the first monthly settlement date after the annual settlement. If these two large investors do not close their positions in advance, they will lose $8.2 million in premiums.

AlphaTON Capital, a Nasdaq-listed company, has announced an update to its strategic roadmap. According to Odaily, the company has raised a net total of $44 million, which will be used to expand AI infrastructure deployment and transition into a privacy-focused AI infrastructure provider. Additionally, AlphaTON Capital revealed the launch of Claude Connector, an open-source platform based on the TON blockchain, through Telegram last week. This platform enables users to manage digital assets via natural language conversations.

Hong Kong's Financial Services and the Treasury Bureau is set to brief on policy measures, according to the official website of the Legislative Council's Financial Affairs Committee. According to Odaily, Secretary Christopher Hui and Deputy Secretary Joseph Chan will attend the briefing. The documents reveal plans to submit legislative proposals to the Legislative Council this year to implement the crypto asset reporting framework and common reporting standards developed by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. The aim is to automatically exchange tax information related to crypto asset transactions with other tax jurisdictions starting in 2028, to combat cross-border tax evasion and enhance international tax transparency. Public opinions on the legislative proposals are currently being collected.

According to the official website of the Hong Kong Legislative Council's Finance Committee, the Financial Services and the Treasury Bureau will hold a policy briefing. Secretary for Finance Christopher Hui and Deputy Secretary for Finance Chan Ho-lim will attend the briefing. The document states that to promote the sustainable and healthy development of the digital asset industry in Hong Kong and further consolidate Hong Kong's status as an international financial center, a legislative proposal will be submitted to the Legislative Council this year to implement revisions to the OECD's crypto-asset reporting framework and common reporting standards. The goal is to automatically exchange tax information related to crypto-asset transactions with other tax jurisdictions from 2028 onwards, in order to combat cross-border tax evasion and improve international tax transparency. Public comments are currently being collected on the legislative proposal.

OpenAI has revealed plans for an IPO in Q4 2026 as the race to a public listing against rival Anthropic enters the final stretch. source: https://www.cryptopolitan.com/openai-ipo-in-late-2026-as-rivalry-anthropic/

Solana has witnessed a significant increase in daily addresses, with approximately 10.2 million new additions, indicating growing adoption. According to NS3.AI, despite this surge in user activity, Solana's price remains stagnant, holding support near $115. The cryptocurrency is currently trading within a bullish descending broadening wedge pattern. However, negative ETF flows and the inability to surpass the $123 resistance level may hinder upward momentum and extend the period of consolidation.

El Salvador’s central bank bought $50 million of gold, adding 9,298 ounces to bring total holdings to 67,403 ounces, worth about $360 million. The country continues to buy Bitcoin daily, now holding 7,547 BTC valued at around $635 million.

Hong Kong’s Hang Seng Investment Management has officially launched the Hang Seng Gold ETF on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, offering investors direct exposure to physical gold for the first time.

The reason Clawdbot became so popular is not only because it brought a Jarvis-like experience, but also because it inspired the industry and may even act as a catalyst to accelerate the development of the Agent Economy.

The Senate Agriculture Committee on Monday released a much-anticipated discussion draft of its portion of a sweeping bill that would overhaul how cryptocurrencies are regulated, inching the chamber closer to advancing the legislation.

OpenAI will remove GPT-4o and several older models from ChatGPT on 13 February 2026, as most users have already moved to GPT-5.2. The company says keeping little-used models no longer makes sense and wants to focus on improving the tools people use every day.

Bitcoin briefly dipped below $82,000. A global asset market plunge ensued, with gold, silver, precious metals, and US stocks all experiencing simultaneous volatility. Has this dragged down the crypto market? What are the underlying causes of this storm? How will the market develop next?

In the long history of Crypto, the definition of "winning" has never been how many billions your FDV reached on TGE that day, or whether you achieved a grand slam. Rather, it is whether you are still fighting against the whole world for your own sense of sovereignty.

The current market environment is influenced by multiple factors: the Federal Reserve's monetary policy shift, ongoing geopolitical conflicts, global supply chain disruptions, and AI-driven economic transformation. These intertwined factors have led to a shift of funds from high-risk assets to safe-haven assets.