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.

Dave Sloan, senior economist for North America at Continuum Economics, an independent macroeconomic research firm, expects ADP employment to increase by 30,000 in January, a slowdown from 41,000 in December. He also anticipates the ADP report will be significantly lower than January's non-farm payrolls, as he expects overall non-farm payrolls to grow by 85,000 in January. While December's ADP data was largely in line with non-farm payrolls, recent ADP figures have tended to be weaker, averaging 22,000 lower than non-farm payrolls over the past six months. Although the gap narrowed compared to September and November, it is expected to widen to 50,000 in January. January's non-farm payrolls are expected to rebound from recent weakness in retail sales, a factor with a smaller impact on ADP data. The January ADP breakdown is expected to show a slight improvement in goods-producing sectors (particularly construction), but a slowdown in the service sector. The recent trend of ADP data underperforming non-farm payrolls is most evident in the service sector, with the data discrepancy being particularly pronounced in the education and healthcare industries. (Jinshi)

Nevada regulators have launched a high-stakes legal challenge against Coinbase, accusing the crypto exchange of running unlicensed sports wagering through its prediction markets — a move that intensifies the growing showdown between state gaming authorities and federally regulated event-contract platforms.

UBS Group's performance in its U.S. wealth management division is under scrutiny due to substantial fund outflows this quarter. According to Jin10, analysts Kian Abouhossein and Amit Ranjan from JPMorgan highlighted concerns in a recent report, noting that despite UBS raising its pre-tax profit margin guidance for the U.S. wealth management sector, the region experienced a net asset outflow of $14.1 billion. While strong inflows in the Asia-Pacific and Europe, Middle East, and Africa regions offset the outflows from the Americas, the overall net inflow for the wealth management business was $8.5 billion, significantly below JPMorgan's previous estimate of $20 billion.

Vitalik’s vision for Layer 2s becomes clear. The narrative surrounding blockchain scalability is undergoing a fundamental shift. Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin recently signaled that the traditional view of Layer 2 (L2) as a mere scaling tool has reached its limits. Instead of a ‘rollup-centric’ model focused solely on speed, the industry is moving toward a future where L2s are seen as a collection of diverse, specialized options source: https://www.newsbtc.com/news/buterins-vision-for-l2s-subbd-goes-beyond-scaling/

According to on-chain analyst Ai Yi, one hour ago, address 0x278…3a7f6 made its first transaction in 11 months, withdrawing 1,500 XAUT tokens from OKX at a price of $5,055.15, for a total value of $7.58 million. This marks the first time this address has held XAUT.

According to on-chain analyst Ember's monitoring, a whale (0xd45...fb20) that made a profit of $98.95 million in a certain period bought 750 cbBTC today, worth $55.95 million. This address has purchased assets worth $318 million in the days following the recent market downturn, including 83,392 ETH at an average price of $2,450 and 1,500 cbBTC at an average price of $75,820. Currently, this whale holds 173,000 ETH ($406 million) and 1,500 cbBTC ($113 million), with a current unrealized loss of $65.43 million. Its average cost per ETH holding is $2,667, and its average cost per cbBTC holding is $75,820.

Ethereum’s validator backlog has surged past 4 million ETH, pushing wait times beyond 70 days as more than 30% of supply is now locked in staking. source: https://cointelegraph.com/news/bitwise-acquire-chorus-one-crypto-staking-demand-surges?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound

President Donald Trump addressed the Oval Office on Monday, February 2, 2026, to distance himself from a controversial $500 million investment into the Trump-linked cryptocurrency firm, World Liberty Financial (WLFI). source: https://www.ethnews.com/white-house-denies-conflict-after-500m-emirati-investment-in-trump-crypto-venture/

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ملخص تحليل الذهب اليوم الاتجاه العام للذهب: صاعد. نقاط دعم الذهب اليوم: 4860 – 4770 – 4600 دولار للاوقية. نقاط مقاومة الذهب اليوم: 5020 – 5130 – 5300 دولار للاوقية. توصيات تداول الذهب اليوم: بيع الذهب من مستوى المقاومة 5230 دولار والهدف 4800 دولار والاستوب 5300 دولار source: https://www.tradersup.com/%d8%aa%d8%ad%d9%84%d9%8a%d9%84%d8%a7%d8%aa-%d9%81%d9%86%d9%8a%d8%a9/%d8%aa%d8%ad%d9%84%d9%8a%d9%84-%d9%81%d9%86%d9%8a-%d8%b3%d8%b9%d8%b1-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%b0%d9%87%d8%a8-%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%8a%d9%88%d9%85/%d8%b4%d8%b1%d8%a7%d8%a6%d9%8a-%d9%85%d8%aa%d8%b2%d8%a7%d9%8a%d8%af-%d9%8a%d9%82%d8%aa%d8%b1%d8%a8-%d9%85%d9%86-%d9%83%d8%b3%d8%b1-%d9%82%d9%85%d8%a9-%d9%86%d9%81%d8%b3%d9%8a%d8%a9/152177

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman tested the new Codex app for Mac and felt “a little useless” when some AI suggestions were better than his own ideas. The app lets developers run multiple AI agents to write and improve code, making the process faster and more intuitive.

From the perspective of Web3 practitioners, simply talking about traffic strategies is superficial. What features, beyond tokens, can help products retain users? This is something that deserves more careful consideration.

AI-powered agents are emerging as independent economic entities with verifiable identities, transferable reputations, and autonomous transaction capabilities.

DeFi titan Stani Kulechov, founder of Aave, has added a striking five-story Victorian mansion in London’s exclusive Notting Hill to his growing portfolio, paying £22 million for the property

The exit of inefficient miners will lead to the centralization of computing power, exacerbating the vulnerability of the Bitcoin network.

French police raided X’s Paris office and summoned owner Elon Musk for questioning over a criminal investigation into the platform and its AI chatbot Grok. Prosecutors are examining claims that X and Grok helped spread illegal content, including child abuse images and sexual deepfakes, and may have unlawfully handled data.

MetaMask is pushing deeper into tokenized finance with a new integration that gives eligible users access to U.S. stocks, exchange-traded funds and commodities — but beneath the surface, the rollout also serves to expand exposure and utility for Ondo Global Markets’ GM tokens.

Web 3.0, Stablecoins, DePIN, RWA, Privacy, When Web3 Becomes SaaS: Industry Structure, Track Opportunities, and Entrepreneurial Directions under the Backend Trend (Jinse Finance), Under the backend trend of Web3, which tracks are still full of opportunities?

As the market enters a downturn, skepticism towards the cryptocurrency market is growing. The question now is whether we have entered a cryptocurrency winter.