MicroStrategy founder Michael Saylor wrote on X: Never sell your Bitcoin. (Never sell your Bitcoin.)
According to a report released by the Indonesian Meteorological, Climatological and Geophysical Agency, a magnitude 6.2 earthquake struck the waters near the Aceh Special Administrative Region of Indonesia at 18:03 local time on January 31.
Nomura Securities: The Federal Reserve is expected to stand still in 2025, compared with the previous forecast of a rate cut.
London Bullion Market Association (LBMA): Inventory and liquidity in the London gold market remain strong, with average daily trading volume of 47.10 million ounces and an average daily value of $126 billion so far this month.
The London Bullion Market Association (LBMA) has been closely monitoring and liaising with CME and relevant US agencies.
On January 30th, MEV execution platform Mevvy announced the completion of a $2.80 million seed round of financing, led by Multicoin Capital, Chapter One Ventures, Hypersphere and a number of strategic angel investors participated. Investors include Ondo founder Nathan Allman, Pendle founder TN Lee, Ethena founder Guy Young, Axelar founder Georgios Vlachos, and Sei Network's Jeffrey Feng and Jay Jog. Mevvy is dedicated to simplifying the technical complexity of blockchain transaction ordering and...
Federal Reserve Chairperson Jerome Powell told a press conference that it is too early to say what President Donald Trump's policies will do and that the Fed will take time to assess what the new government policy regime means. Fed officials are "waiting" for the new president to enact which policies. He said: "We don't know what will happen with tariffs, immigration, fiscal policy and regulatory policy. We will be watching closely what is being implemented. The Fed will not rush to develop a po...
On January 30, two people familiar with the matter said that due to market speculation that the United States may impose gold import tariffs, the amount of gold shipped to the United States has surged, and London bullion market participants are competing to borrow gold from the Bank of England. The minimum waiting time for gold shipments from the Bank of England, which stores gold for central banks, has reached four weeks. According to reports, in the past two months, 12.20 million troy ounces o...
Crypto accounting platform Cryptio has completed a $15 million Series A expansion funding round led by Alven, with participation from 1kx and Ledger Cathay Capital, according to Coindesk. Cryptio aims to provide back-office operations and infrastructure for traditional financial (TradFI) entities, enabling them to offer digital asset products such as StableCoins, Crypto Bask Bass Bassed Loans, and Crypto Savings.
On January 28th, Layer 1 network developer Pod announced the completion of a $10 million seed round of financing to build a "consensus-free" Layer 1 network with transaction speed comparable to the response time of Google search. This round of financing was led by a16z CSX and 1kx. Participants included Flashbots, Blockchain Builders Fund and Protagonist, as well as several angel investors from Celestia, Babylon and Axelar. The Pod is expected to go live on the developer network (devnet) in the ...
Bitcoin miner HIVE Digital has announced the completion of a $56 million deal to acquire Canadian miner Bitfarms' partially completed 200 trillion watt (MW) bitcoin mine in Iguazu, Paraguay. HIVE has signed a binding Letter of Intent with Bitfarms and expects to expand its bitcoin mining hashrate to 25 EH/s in September through this acquisition, leveraging low-cost renewable hydroelectric power in Paraguay. The $56 million acquisition includes an expected $25 million upfront payment when Quarter...
Decentralized liquidity re-pledge protocol Inception announced the completion of a $3.50 million seed round of financing, with participation from London Real Ventures, Gallet Capital, Metazero Capital, Kinetic Kollective, Zephyrus Capital, DSRV, Dewhales, Connectico Capital, Unreal Capital, Absoluta Digital, etc. The new funds are intended to support its construction of a risk management modular framework that allows users to choose reward-generated assets in pursuit of maximizing point rewards ...
OpenSea announced in a post on the X platform that the snapshot has been completed, and the number of eligible wallets is 49,785. If you hold a Gemesis NFT at 7:38 PM EST on January 26, 2025, you can now access the OS2 private beta.
US President Donald Trump's recent entry into the memecoins market has driven Google search interest in the term "crypto" to its highest level since 2021. On January 18, Trump launched an official memecoins project just days before his inauguration. Following the release of the official Trump (TRUMP) token, First Lady Melania Trump also launched a self-named memecoins called Melania Meme (MELANIA). Both crypto assets performed well at launch, but both ended up in a rush...