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According to Cointelegraph, Dash is a Layer-1 blockchain protocol with privacy features, announcing the integration of Zcash's "Orchard" shielded pool into the Dash Evolution chain, which is a secondary layer on the L1 network that supports smart contract functionality.The integration will go live after the completion of a network security audit, expected to launch in March. Initially, the integration will support the basic transfer functionality of Zcash. The announcement stated that the transaction will transfer from one party to another on the Evolution chain, with subsequent upgrades adding Orchard's privacy features for tokenized real-world assets (RWA).

The robotics startup Axis Robotics announced that in an experiment codenamed "The Rose of the Little Prince," it mobilized 12,000 users worldwide to complete the crowdsourced collection of 10,000 high-quality trajectory data points within 5 days through its self-developed browser-based platform. This experiment demonstrated that robotic intelligence can be constructed outside of traditional, expensive laboratory environments, achieving data scale explosion through public participation.Leveraging the MetaSim architecture, Axis Robotics has created an end-to-end pipeline from task setup to real machine deployment, decoupling complex physical simulations from lightweight web interactions to ensure that the collected data has deep processing capabilities. The platform enhances data diversity through cross-simulation replay technology, replaying high-frequency physical data from MuJoCo in Isaac Sim and performing large-scale domain randomization.Currently, the official team has successfully achieved real machine reproduction on the Franka robotic arm based on this batch of data provided by ordinary internet users, validating the feasibility of this data collection model in industrial implementation.

Renowned trader and chart analyst Peter Brandt, who successfully predicted the Bitcoin crash in 2018, stated that the Bitcoin market may not have reached its true bottom yet, and "the real bottom may not appear until October 2026." He previously predicted that Bitcoin could drop to the $60,000 range in the third quarter of 2026.Brandt believes that prices may oscillate upward in the short term, but could still fall back to the $50,000 high range within the year. Meanwhile, Arthur Hayes pointed out that Ethereum prices may continue to consolidate in the current range until dollar liquidity improves. As of the time of writing, Ethereum is priced at about $1,941, with a decline of over 40% in the past 30 days. However, Michaël van de Poppe, founder of MN Trading Capital, believes that Ethereum is currently in an attractive accumulation zone and emphasized that stablecoin trading volume has increased by about 200% over the past 18 months.In terms of market predictions, Polymarket data shows that there is a 41% probability that Bitcoin will fall below $60,000 by the end of February, while the probability of returning to $75,000 is 29%. Within 2026, the probability of Bitcoin returning to $120,000 is 23%, and the probability of breaking $150,000 is only 10%. For Ethereum, the market expects a 76% probability of it reaching $1,500 in 2026, and a 23% probability of dropping to $1,600.

Liquid Capital (formerly LD Capital) founder Yi Lihua shared a photo with the Chief Information Officer and Chief Development Officer of Ethereum's second-largest crypto treasury (DAT) company SharpLink, stating, "Continuing to build for Ethereum, together with SharpLink, stay confident and keep up the hard work."

According to The Block, research institution K33 analysis points out that despite Bitcoin's decline of about 40% from last year's peak, raising concerns about a repeat of the past four-year cycle downturn, several structural factors make it unlikely for the market to experience a deep bear market similar to the 80% declines seen in 2018 or 2022.The report believes that the key difference in the current environment compared to previous cycles is the increased institutional adoption, continuous inflows into regulated products (such as spot ETFs), and a loose interest rate environment. More importantly, there has not been a forced deleveraging event that triggered a systemic market collapse like GBTC, Luna, or FTX.On the technical side, analysts view approximately $74,000 as the current key support level. If this level is breached, the downside risk may intensify, with targets potentially pointing to $69,000 or even $58,000 (near the 200-week moving average). Meanwhile, some common bottoming signals are beginning to emerge: Bitcoin recorded a high spot trading volume of over $8 billion on February 2, while the derivatives market's open interest and funding rates have also entered extreme negative territory. These signals, combined with prices still above support levels, may indicate that the market is attempting to form a bottom.

According to the Financial Times, hardware wallet manufacturer Ledger is planning to go public in the United States, with a valuation potentially exceeding $4 billion.The company has partnered with Goldman Sachs, Jefferies, and Barclays to advance this deal, which could be completed as early as this year. Previously, Ledger CEO Pascal Gauthier stated last year that the company was considering a listing in the United States and mentioned that the company's annual revenue had reached over $100 million.

According to Yu Jin's observation, a market rebound of about 4% at 3 AM led to the liquidation of one-third of the short position of the rolling trader 0xD83...Fd7, amounting to approximately $332 million, with unrealized profits plummeting from $24 million to $4 million.High-leverage rolling strategies have very low tolerance for errors; even a slight price reversal can result in the loss of all profits or principal. Currently, this address has replenished part of the short position and still holds approximately $266 million in short positions.

According to monitoring by ZachXBT, a victim lost over $282 million in LTC and BTC due to a hardware wallet social engineering scam.The attackers subsequently converted the stolen LTC and BTC into Monero through multiple instant exchange platforms, causing a temporary surge in XMR prices. Some BTC was also cross-chained to Ethereum, Ripple, and Litecoin networks via Thorchain. A total of approximately 2.05 million LTC and 1,459 BTC have been disclosed as stolen addresses.

According to Jinshi reports, in the first full trading week of 2026, cross-asset prices rose in sync, and Wall Street's risk sentiment is thriving again. The appetite for risk among investors is evident. The S&P 500 index rose 1.6% this week, while the Russell 2000 index increased by 4.6%. The Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (VOO) attracted $10 billion in just a few days—an astonishing pace for a passive fund. These mark a good start for the year.On Tuesday at 21:30, the U.S. December unadjusted CPI year-on-year, seasonally adjusted CPI month-on-month, seasonally adjusted core CPI month-on-month, and unadjusted core CPI year-on-year;On Wednesday at 21:30, the U.S. November retail sales month-on-month, U.S. November PPI year-on-year/month-on-month, and U.S. third-quarter current account;On Thursday at 21:30, the U.S. initial jobless claims for the week ending January 10, the U.S. January New York Fed/Philadelphia Fed manufacturing index, and the U.S. November import price index month-on-month.In addition, Federal Reserve officials will be speaking intensively next week, and it is unlikely that rates will be cut before Powell's successor takes office, as detailed in the attached image. Strategists at Bank of America Global Research stated that Friday's data reinforced their belief that the Federal Reserve will not cut rates again before the successor to Chairman Powell takes office.Next week, U.S. Secretary of State Rubio plans to meet with officials from Denmark and Greenland. The nationwide unrest in Iran (including the capital Tehran) triggered by anti-government protests may also impact market risk sentiment in the short term.

According to Jin Shi reports, Barclays' Chief Market Strategist Julien Lafargue stated that the revisions to the U.S. payroll data from previous months will be closely watched tonight, as they may reveal the impact of the U.S. government shutdown. Barclays is skeptical that this data will significantly alter market expectations that the Federal Reserve will keep interest rates unchanged in the first quarter. He pointed out that the employment report is just one piece of the puzzle, with other factors including inflation and the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling on reciprocal tariffs.

The Indian financial authorities have reiterated their concerns about cryptocurrency trading, warning that it could complicate tax enforcement. The Indian tax department stated that offshore trading platforms, private wallets, and DeFi tools pose risks that could make tracking cryptocurrency income "almost impossible." Cryptocurrencies allow for "anonymous, borderless, and nearly instant" value transfers, enabling individuals to move funds without regulated financial intermediaries.India currently imposes a flat tax of 30% on profits from all cryptocurrency activities, and additionally, all transfers (regardless of profit) are subject to a 1% withholding tax. While India officially allows cryptocurrency trading under a high tax regime and has approved the return of major U.S. exchange Coinbase in 2025, the Indian government's overall stance on cryptocurrencies remains cautious and complex.

Indian financial authorities have reiterated their concerns about cryptocurrency trading, warning that it could complicate tax enforcement. The Indian tax department stated that offshore trading platforms, private wallets, and DeFi tools pose risks that could make tracking cryptocurrency income "almost impossible." Cryptocurrencies enable "anonymous, borderless, and nearly instantaneous" value transfers, allowing individuals to move funds without regulated financial intermediaries.India currently imposes a flat tax of 30% on profits from all cryptocurrency activities, and additionally, all transfers (regardless of profitability) are subject to a 1% withholding tax. While India officially allows cryptocurrency trading under a high tax regime and has approved the return of major U.S. exchange Coinbase in 2025, the Indian government's overall stance on cryptocurrencies remains cautious and complex.

According to Cointelegraph, the second BPO hard fork of Ethereum has increased the blob limit to 21, thereby enhancing network scalability and reducing costs.

According to Hyperinsight monitoring, the "die-hard bull" whale (0x10a3c) closed a stop-loss position of 93.82 million USD in BTC long positions 18 minutes ago, incurring a loss of 1.689 million USD. Currently, with high leverage, all long positions are in a state of floating loss, as follows:Long 5 billion PUMP with 10x leverage, average entry price 0.0025 USD, floating loss of 299,000 USD;Long 30 million FARTCOIN with 10x leverage, average entry price 0.4542 USD, floating loss of 776,000 USD.

CZ posted on the X platform that the opBNB mainnet hard fork has been completed. This upgrade reduces the block time from 500 milliseconds to 250 milliseconds.

The "hardcore bull" whale (0x10a3c) address added long positions in ETH and BTC 4 hours ago. Currently, he holds fully leveraged long positions in multiple assets: 500 BTC (approximately $46.78 million), 134,278 SOL (approximately $18.49 million), 5,000 ETH (approximately $16.14 million), 4.95 billion PUMP (approximately $12.08 million), 19.04 million FARTCOIN (approximately $8.40 million), and 14,154 ZEC (approximately $7.22 million), with unrealized profits exceeding $35 million.

OKX will suspend the deposit and withdrawal services for Story (IP) and other related tokens within its network on January 15, 2026, at 07:30 to ensure a smooth network upgrade and hard fork. Once the upgrade is complete, the deposit and withdrawal services will reopen when the network is stable, and users do not need to take any action. Please note that trading of related tokens will not be affected during the network upgrade, but it is recommended that users increase their margin in advance to reduce potential risks.

BNB Chain Developers tweeted that the BSC mainnet Fermi hard fork upgrade is expected to activate on January 14, 2026, at 10:30 (UTC+8), with supported versions being v1.6.4 and v1.6.5.This upgrade will shorten the block interval from 750 milliseconds to 450 milliseconds to improve network throughput and transaction processing efficiency.

Gnosis Chain has executed a hard fork, successfully recovering funds related to the $116 million hack suffered by Balancer in November.Gnosis confirmed on Tuesday via the X platform that the hard fork has been completed, and the stolen funds are now "out of the hacker's control." Previously, most validator nodes had taken emergency measures through a soft fork in November to control the losses. Philippe Schommers, head of Gnosis infrastructure, stated that the recovered funds will be deposited into a wallet controlled by the DAO, and the community will decide on the subsequent distribution plan.Earlier reports indicated that Balancer disclosed on November 3 that its decentralized exchange and automated market maker had been attacked, resulting in losses exceeding $116 million. White hat hackers and internal rescue operations have successfully recovered approximately $28 million in assets.