According to Foresight News, two traders on the Polymarket platform have suffered substantial financial losses in less than a month due to large directional bets in sports markets with approximately 50% odds. The trader with the address starting 0x4924 made 346 predictions over 24 days, achieving a win rate of 46.24% and losing $5.96 million. Meanwhile, another trader, known as bossoskil1, made 65 predictions in 11 days, with a win rate of 41.54%, resulting in a loss of $4.04 million.

According to PANews, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko signed Decree No. 19 on January 16, addressing the regulation of cryptocurrency banks and digital tokens. The decree aims to strengthen Belarus's image as a leader in financial information technology and facilitate the operation of 'cryptocurrency banks' within the country. The decree defines 'cryptocurrency banks' as joint-stock companies authorized to use digital tokens in their operations, while also engaging in banking, payment, and other related financial activities. To enter the market, these banks must hold the status of resident enterprises in the High-Tech Park and be listed in the National Bank's registry of cryptocurrency banks. They are required to comply with regulations applicable to non-bank credit financial institutions and adhere to the resolutions of the High-Tech Park Supervisory Board.

Binance Research has just released its annual report, "FULL YEAR 2025 & THEMES FOR 2026," which not only provides a comprehensive review of 2025 but also forecasts industry development themes for 2026.

ملخص حركة الاسهم الاسبوعي لتداول الأسهم في بورصة مصر من خلال افضل منصات تداول الأسهم خلال الأسبوع الماضي شهدت البورصة المصرية أداءً إيجابيًا خلال الأسبوع الثاني من عام 2026، حيث حقق المؤشر الرئيسي EGX30 مكاسب أسبوعية بلغت 3. 6%، في إطار تحركات نشطة منذ بداية العام. com source: https://www.tradersup.com/%d8%a3%d8%ae%d8%a8%d8%a7%d8%b1-%d8%a5%d9%82%d8%aa%d8%b5%d8%a7%d8%af%d9%8a%d8%a9/%d8%a3%d8%ae%d8%a8%d8%a7%d8%b1-%d8%a3%d8%b3%d9%87%d9%85-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%aa%d8%af%d8%a7%d9%88%d9%84-%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%8a%d9%88%d9%85/%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%aa%d8%af%d8%a7%d9%88%d9%84-%d9%84%d8%b3%d9%88%d9%82-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%a7%d8%b3%d9%87%d9%85-%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%85%d8%b5%d8%b1%d9%8a%d8%a9/151493

Breez rewards the best Lightning Network payment integrations: from BTCPay Server to Primal, here are the winners of the developer challenge. source: https://atlas21.com/time2build-projects-integrating-the-lightning-network-into-open-source-apps-awarded/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=time2build-projects-integrating-the-lightning-network-into-open-source-apps-awarded

Kaito announced it would sunset its Yaps product, which rewarded posting on X. The platform will focus on other social media and and creator content. source: https://www.cryptopolitan.com/kaito-retires-yaps-as-token-falls/

Several scholars expressed caution at a seminar on "Institutionalization of Stablecoin Issuance and Trading Infrastructure" held on January 16, regarding the South Korean financial authorities' proposal to limit the shareholding ratio of major shareholders in virtual asset exchanges to between 15% and 20%. Moon Cheol-woo, a professor at the Graduate School of Business Administration at Sungkyunkwan University, pointed out that forcibly reducing the shareholding ratio of major shareholders could raise issues of property rights protection and pose a constitutional risk. He also mentioned that comparing the equity structures of Binance and Coinbase, it is not uncommon for founders to maintain a high shareholding ratio globally, and such restrictions might contradict the international trend of emphasizing responsible management. Furthermore, Kim Yoon-kyung, a professor at Incheon University, believes that directly intervening in the equity structure through percentage restrictions is too aggressive and could weaken the industry's innovation and development momentum. Several experts at the seminar suggested that regulators could guide equity dispersion and compliant development by strengthening the qualification review of major shareholders and improving IPO-related systems, rather than adopting mandatory divestiture arrangements. (News1)

According to BlockBeats, on January 16, the 228th Ethereum Execution Layer Core Developers Meeting (ACDE) focused on several important topics. The meeting addressed the delay in the BALs Devnet-2 scope decision due to EIP-7843 (slot opcode), which involves both the consensus and execution layers. Additionally, seven proposed EIPs were rejected from inclusion in the Glamsterdam upgrade, while EIP-7954, which proposes increasing contract size from 24KB to 32KB, was considered. The developers also decided to continue finalizing the details of the Glamsterdam upgrade. The discussions were technical and pragmatic, aiming to quickly define the scope to avoid further delays.

BitMEX announced on its X platform the launch of a COIN/CRCL trading pair based on Equity Perps. This strategy hedges by going long on COIN and short on CRCL, offering a 0% base interest rate and 20x leverage. Data shows that this strategy outperformed BTC by over 25% in the second half of 2025, aiming to mitigate market risk and capture relative value.

Perpetual Protocol, DEX, Crypto Market, Delphi Digital's Top 10 Predictions for 2026 (Golden Finance): On-chain settlement accelerates, traditional banks face a reshuffle.

According to BlockBeats, on January 16, Kaito founder Yu Hu provided a timeline of recent events on the X platform. He received an email from a client manager on January 13 regarding a potential reassessment and a legal notice from X on January 14, to which he responded the same day. On January 15, he learned of Nikita's content release simultaneously with the public. Yu Hu noted that he had previously received legal notices from X and resolved them appropriately, suggesting that waiting for further clarification and discussion before making unilateral announcements was reasonable during this brief window. Yu Hu also announced that Yaps has been shut down, and Kaito plans to expand beyond the cryptocurrency sector through Kaito Studio by 2026, targeting platforms like TikTok and YouTube. He mentioned that Kaito Studio has been in preparation for several months and will complement Yaps with a new model. This change will not affect Kaito Launchpad, Kaito Pro, Kaito API, or the upcoming Kaito Markets, with more roadmap details to be released in the future.

Shiba Inu price is back at an important support level that should act as a reset point for the asset. source: https://u.today/shiba-inu-shib-key-price-reset-big-chance-for-recovery

The West relies on "storytelling" to guide its narrative, while the East relies on "profitable business" to dominate revenue.

WhatsApp will allow AI chatbots to keep working for users with Brazilian phone numbers after the country’s regulator blocked its new restrictions. Brazil’s competition authority is investigating whether the policy unfairly favours Meta’s own AI over other providers.

The recent price pullback is part of a healthy market rebalancing process, and the medium- to long-term bullish trend for Bitcoin remains unchanged.

Two Bitcoin blocks briefly mistaken for “free” solo-mined rewards were actually mined by NiceHash during internal testing.

The CLARITY Act is more like a watershed moment: on one side is the past that relied on gray areas and narrative advantages, and on the other side is the future that needs to redefine competitiveness under institutional constraints.

This article will first examine the current progress of the CLARITY Act, and then focus on its main points of contention and the viewpoints of both supporters and opponents.

West Virginia, a US state in the Appalachian region, may allow its treasury to invest up to 10% of its funds in Bitcoin, stablecoins, and gold. The bill sets rules for investment, including a $750 billion market cap for Bitcoin, and is now under review by the state’s banking committee.

This Chinese meme frenzy is an experiment in the "financialization of attention" jointly constructed by exchange infrastructure, elite narrative guidance, and grassroots cultural resonance.