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Bitmine Chairman pointed out that Washington policies are more influential than traditional monetary policies, and the credit environment may tighten. Credit card companies and the Federal Reserve face difficulties. Winners include housing-related assets, cyclical industries, and cryptocurrencies. Investors should seize policy dividend opportunities.

Traditional banks are facing competitive pressure from stablecoins, crypto assets, and tokenized deposits, driving a transformation of the financial structure. These innovations, underpinned by increased confidence, challenge the market position of traditional banks and prompt them to reevaluate their strategies. The de-constraints process requires regulatory and infrastructure support but has already shown a trend of deconstructing the traditional financial system.

Federal Reserve official Kashkari pointed out that Trump's policies directly influence monetary policy formulation, and Powell's interpretation of this is accurate. This statement highlights the Fed's concern about the policy environment and will impact the trend of the cryptocurrency market. Investors should pay attention to policy signals for strategic planning.

A technology company focused on financial services software has completed a Series D funding round of $150 million, with a valuation of $1.15 billion. The company's software platform connects traditional finance with cryptocurrencies, with its core competitive advantage being convenient trading services. Its annual recurring revenue has surpassed $100 million, reflecting strong market demand for its infrastructure services.

A well-known exchange promotes the World Cup champion athlete, using football equipment as a metaphor to explain the logic of a multi-asset trading platform. The platform addresses the pain point of frequent switching between different assets, improves trading efficiency, attracts retail and professional traders, and becomes a competitive advantage.

【Crypto World】 Recently, cryptocurrency index products have introduced new features. A physically-backed crypto basket product called FLEX has been officially launched on the Xetra exchange. It is a joint creation by a well-known asset management firm and European banking institutions.
What are the highlights of this product? It employs a combination strategy—using a minimum variance framework to reduce volatility and introducing momentum signals to capture market trends. More interestingly, during market downturns, this ETP can flexibly allocate up to 30% in USDC for defense, making this risk management approach quite practical.
As a new tool for wealth management in Europe, it fills a gap in compliant crypto investments. The annual fee of 1.49% is also in line with industry standards. For institutional investors looking to allocate crypto assets under controlled risk conditions, this type of index product indeed offers a good option—allowing participation in the growth of the crypto market.

Recently, ETH has shown strong technical signals, with the price rebounding and closing with a bullish candle, and increased trading volume supporting upward momentum. Technical indicators indicate sustained accumulation by the bulls, but overbought risks should be approached with caution. Key trading levels have been set, and the overall trend remains bullish.

Pakistan has reached an agreement with World Liberty Financial to use stablecoins for cross-border payments at the official level for the first time. This marks a shift in the global attitude towards crypto financial infrastructure and could drive stablecoin applications from theory to practice.

On January 14th, a trader shorted 54.77 BTC with 10x leverage, equivalent to approximately $5.2 million, at an average price of $94,986, currently with a slight unrealized profit. This large short position reflects market pessimism about BTC's short-term trend, and subsequent movements should be closely monitored.

A whale account deposited 4.8 million USDC into the Hyperliquid platform to supplement margin, using 10x leverage to short BTC and ETH, but currently has an unrealized loss of over $6.37 million. This serves as a reminder to market participants of the risks of high leverage trading.

【BlockBeats】On January 14th, the market experienced a sharp rebound. According to on-chain monitoring data, a well-known leverage trading platform experienced a series of large liquidation events, with six traders losing a total of over $10 million due to misjudgment of their position directions.
Specifically, four traders were liquidated for shorting Bitcoin, with losses of $5.8227 million, $1.3937 million, $1.294 million, and $1.4531 million respectively. Another trader was liquidated on an Ethereum short position, losing $2.4714 million. Additionally, one trader was forcibly liquidated for shorting Solana, with a loss of $4.7641 million.
Looking at the distribution of liquidations, BTC short positions were the main victims in this rebound, accounting for the largest proportion. The market's rebound was so rapid that it clearly exceeded the risk management expectations of many short traders. These large liquidation events also serve as a reminder to investors that in high volatility

【Crypto World】Recently, the security team discovered a quite dangerous situation. A malicious Chrome extension called "MEXC API Automator" has been active in the app store, and it has been listed since September 1, 2025.
The scheme of this extension is very simple and crude—under the guise of "automated trading," it secretly helps you generate API keys with withdrawal permissions, then secretly sends these keys to an attacker-controlled Telegram bot. The key point is that it also hides the display of these permissions in the interface, making it completely invisible.
Once your keys are stolen, the consequences are quite serious—the attacker can directly control your account, place trades at will, initiate automatic withdrawals, and ultimately transfer all assets in your account away. This is not an alarmist statement, but a real threat.
The security research team has already reported this extension to Google.

【Blockchain Rhythm】The Bitcoin treasury company Strive, listed on the US stock market, has just completed an important acquisition. On January 14, the shareholders of Strive officially approved the acquisition of Semler Scientific. What does this transaction mean? After the merger, Strive's Bitcoin holdings will jump to 12,798 coins, with a market value of approximately $1.22 billion — this scale is enough to place it among the top ten global corporate Bitcoin holders, specifically in 11th place.
From Strive's perspective, their ambition is not just to accumulate BTC. The company explicitly states that the next step is to tokenize and transform Semler's medical diagnostics business, while also resolving the $120 million debt burden on Semler. After the acquisition is completed, Eric Semler, the Executive Chairman of Semler Scientific, will join Strive.

A whale completed a reverse operation within one hour, switching from shorting BTC to going long, with a profit of $14.5 million. This transaction involved multiple public chains such as BTC and ETH, demonstrating its precise market control and risk management capabilities.

The U.S. Senate Agriculture Committee will release the text of the "Clarity Act" on January 21 and hold a key hearing on January 27 to discuss amendments and vote. The Senate Banking Committee is also reviewing its version of the bill. Key issues include moral clauses and quorum rules, which could affect bipartisan support.