On January 26, Satoshi ActionFund co-founder Dennis Porter wrote in X that the complete elimination of capital gains taxes on cryptocurrencies requires congressional approval and is unlikely to be achieved in the short term. Dennis Porter believes that the main obstacle is the significant loss of tax revenue, which makes it difficult for such a proposal to be included in the upcoming tax bill.
On January 24th, the CEO of cryptocurrency exchange Phemex said in a post that it is expected to resume the withdrawal function of USDT and USDC in 6 hours. The platform said that ensuring the security of the hot wallet architecture remains a top priority. Meanwhile, other services such as MemeX will also resume during the same period. Earlier news, Phemex stolen assets or more than 29 million dollars.
Chainalysis said in a post on X that TRUMP and MELANIA are mostly held by 40 cryptocurrency whales, and these giants hold either generation of coins worth $10 million or more, accounting for 94% of the total token share. Holders of any token worth 1 million to $10 million account for only 2.1% of total holders, while wallets holding 100,000 to $1 million account for 1.7%. About 2.2% of TRUMP and MELANIA holders hold less than $100,000.
On January 22nd, Coinbase director Conor Grogan wrote that there are about 430 BTC in dozens of wallets related to Silk Road founder Ross Ulbricht, which were not confiscated by the US government that year. These wallets have not been transferred for more than 13 years, and may have been regarded as "dust wallets" due to their small amount. At present, the total value of these bitcoins is about 47 million US dollars. If Ross Ulbricht can retrieve the private key, he may regain this part of the a...
Shaw, founder of ai16z, wrote that few people are extreme supporters of Solana or ETH, and everyone is a user-first. He pointed out that developers will choose to build where there are users. If you want to succeed, the key is to solve user problems. It's that simple.
On January 22nd, CryptoQuant CEO Ki Young Ju wrote on X: Bitcoin may pull back or trade sideways for several months. It is uncertain whether the bull market cycle is over, as other on-chain indicators are still bullish, and investors need to use leverage cautiously.
Uniswap posted on X that Uniswap v4 deployments will begin this week for developers to test Hooks and integrations on the chain. All contracts are expected to be fully launched next week, and contract addresses will be announced soon.
On-chain analyst Ali Yu wrote that the whale bought more than 22,000 bitcoins in the past 72 hours, worth more than $2.24 billion.
On January 21, CoinDesk analyst James Van Straten said that if Bitcoin continues to follow the 2017 cycle, it may break through $1 million by the end of the year. At present, the price of Bitcoin has risen by about 550% from the low point of the cycle, which is in line with previous cycles. In the discussion of Bitcoin, the analysis of the four-year cycle has attracted much attention. This cycle revolves around Bitcoin's halving mechanism, with a decrease of 1% every four years.
On January 20, Haseeb Qureshi, managing partner of Dragonfly, wrote on X: "Curious why it took so long for OpenAI to launch agents. I heard they are making crazy progress internally. My guess is that there are two products, one is an AI executive assistant and the other is an AI software engineer. The latter will be priced at 10 times the latter, but still below cost."
Wintermute posted on the X platform that it currently supports trading TRUMP tokens through an API.
On January 18, Andrew Kang, a partner at Mechanism Capital, posted on social media that Trump is pushing for a 0% capital gains tax on U.S.-founded projects such as Solana. And there is also the possibility of launching a strategic reserve that includes SOL. The $500 target this year is definitely achievable.
According to Triple-A data, more than 562 million people in the world currently own cryptocurrencies.
"The US uses Coinbase. The world uses Binance," Ki Young Ju, chief executive of CryptoQuant, said in an X post. The data shows that Binance dominates the market in Asia, Africa, South America, the Middle East and Europe, with a market share of 72% in Africa, 68% in South America, and more than 50% in Europe and Asia. In North America, Coinbase is the first choice with a 45% market share.
Bitcoin Magazine columnist Nikolaus Hoffman wrote on the X platform that he is optimistic about the market outlook. President Trump is expected to: Release Rose, the founder of the dark web Silk Road; Create a strategic bitcoin reserve. "Driving Bitcoin Soaring Like Never Before" Issued an executive order on bitcoin and cryptocurrency accounting on the first day