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BitMEX co-founder Arthur Hayes posted on the X platform, stating that traditional exchanges (TradExchanges) are closed during the weekend, but the decentralized derivatives platform Hyperliquid is "business as usual," becoming the place for price discovery, and he bluntly said, "While traditional exchanges sleep, price discovery happens here." Arthur Hayes also set a target price of $150 for the platform token HYPE, sending a strong bullish signal.

Affected by Musk's post stating "Gork returns today," the Solana ecosystem's namesake Meme coin gork experienced a brief surge early this morning. Its market cap skyrocketed from less than $1 million to $14 million, before significantly retreating to approximately $6 million. The token saw a 24-hour increase of 520%, with a trading volume of $20.9 million during the same period. As of now, the token has been online for about 301 days.It is reported that this Meme coin originated from an account on the X platform that imitates xAI Grok, named "gork" (X: gork), which currently has 349,000 followers. In May 2025, this account gained popularity when Musk changed the X nickname to "Gorklon Rust" and used a Gork-themed avatar, causing the Solana chain's namesake Meme coin gork to see its market cap rise to over $130 million. Additionally, the account on X has not posted any tweets since November 18, 2022, up to today. ChainCatcher reminds users that Meme coin trading is highly volatile, largely relying on market sentiment and conceptual hype, and has no actual value or use case, so investors should be aware of the risks.

Hackers are stealing cryptocurrency users' assets by placing fake Windows 11 update ads on Facebook. These ads use professional Microsoft branding and, when clicked by users, lead to a cloned Microsoft website where malware is subsequently downloaded.The malware installs a framework called "LunarApplication" on the victim's computer, specifically designed to steal cryptocurrency wallet seed phrases, login credentials, and other sensitive information. Hackers use geofencing technology to bypass data center IP addresses, preventing automated scanners from detecting the attack.

In response to the previous community rumors that Donald Trump's second son Eric Trump deleted tweets related to cryptocurrency and WLFI, Eric Trump has given a positive response for the first time. He replied to a user in the crypto community on the X platform, stating that the person who published the related content is a "clown," and that he has been consistently posting tweets related to cryptocurrency. Furthermore, he just attended the World Liberty Fi conference two days ago and countered the doubts with "Don't be a fool."

Eric Trump retweeted a related post from WLFI on the X platform, seemingly responding to community concerns.Previously, on-chain detective ZachXBT claimed that a major investigative report targeting a highly profitable company in the crypto industry would be released on February 26, which led to a brief drop in WLFI and a temporary depegging of USD1.

The voting on Jupiter's proposal to "reduce the net release of future tokens to zero" officially ended today at 19:00, with the community passing the proposal with a 75% support rate.Previously, Jupiter initiated a new proposal to reduce the net release of JUP to zero in the foreseeable future. The proposal mainly targets the three major sources of JUP releases at present ------ Jupuary airdrop, team share unlock, and Mercurial quota unlock. The specifics are as follows:First, the Jupuary airdrop will be indefinitely postponed, and all 700 million JUP will be returned to the community multi-signature cold wallet for future use. The usage amount and staking snapshot at the current time will be retained. When the market environment, token status, and market sentiment are more suitable, this matter will be re-discussed with the DAO.Second, the release of tokens to team members will be indefinitely suspended. As an alternative, team members will receive JUP in the form of Jupiter's balance sheet debt. If any member wishes to sell their allocated tokens, they will be directly purchased by Jupiter's balance sheet. This move will further strengthen JUP reserves while demonstrating the team's commitment to the future of the JUP token.Third, the selling pressure from Mercurial stakeholders will be fully hedged, which will accelerate the unlocking process, and an equivalent amount of tokens will be purchased through Jupiter's own balance sheet to absorb any impact from potential token sales.

According to Hyperbot data, Huang Licheng has once again placed multiple limit sell orders for Ethereum during the early hours of today. Currently, a total of 14 limit sell orders for ETH have been placed in the range of $1980 to $2025. His 25x leveraged long position in Ethereum still holds 7,800 ETH, with a liquidation price of approximately $1905, resulting in an unrealized loss of about $137,000.

Strategy founder Michael Saylor posted on the X platform: "Markets closed. Bitcoin open. Happy Hodlday," but did not disclose any information about increasing Bitcoin holdings, suggesting that he may not have made any purchases last week.

X product lead and Solana advisor Nikita Bier posted, announcing that X will launch more detection mechanisms for automated behavior and spam, and will continue to strengthen related measures in the future. If the system detects that an account has not been interacted with by a human, that account and its associated accounts may be suspended, even if used only for technical testing or experimentation, which may trigger restrictions.

The founder of Bitcoin treasury company Strategy, Michael Saylor, posted on the X platform: Invest in Bitcoin, the currency issue won't solve itself.

According to Reuters, the underwriter Clear Street for Strategy announced the postponement of the U.S. IPO originally scheduled for Friday, citing "poor market conditions." Additionally, the company has significantly reduced its Nasdaq IPO fundraising target from an initial goal of $1.05 billion to $364 million. After the reduction, Clear Street's valuation is approximately $7.2 billion, down from the previous target valuation of $11.8 billion.In recent years, Clear Street has become one of the leading underwriters for cryptocurrency-related stock offerings, having provided underwriting services for several crypto treasury companies, including multiple stock offerings for Strategy, and also served as the underwriter for Trump Media & Technology Group.ChainCatcher previously reported that Clear Street, the underwriter behind Strategy, plans to go public as early as January next year.

SBF (@SBF_FTX) posted on X that new evidence shows the Biden administration's Department of Justice has threatened multiple witnesses, forcing them to remain silent or change their testimonies.He is requesting to overturn the conviction and believes that Judge Lewis Kaplan has bias against the defendants, including himself, former FTX executive Ryan Salame, and President Trump, and that the rulings made under unfavorable circumstances have prevented a fair trial in this case.

Famous trader and chart analyst Peter Brandt, who successfully predicted the Bitcoin crash in 2018, hinted this morning that Bitcoin will drop to $58,000. The attached chart shows BTC near the lower bound of the logarithmic channel, suggesting a continuation of the bear market.The day before, Peter Brandt predicted that "Bitcoin will bottom out and rebound between August and October, then soar."

The X platform account of FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF) has recently been posting continuously, stating that former President Trump is correct on cryptocurrency issues, while Biden has messed up cryptocurrency. It is reported that this series of posts was made a few days after the release of former Alameda Research CEO Caroline Ellison.In addition, SBF praised Trump's initiatives on issues outside of cryptocurrency, while claiming, "All the world leaders I have met are fed up with Biden; he chose Gary Gensler as the chairman of the SEC." According to data from the cryptocurrency prediction platform Polymarket, traders currently believe there is a 17% chance that Trump will pardon SBF before 2027.

Story Protocol has postponed the unlocking of early investor and team tokens originally scheduled for February 2026 by 6 months to August of this year, in order to reduce short-term selling pressure and market volatility.This plan has been agreed upon by major investment firms such as a16z and Polychain Capital. The board stated that this move aims to avoid anticipated sell-offs before the unlocking and will use the next 6 months to promote revenue growth, validate PMF, and collaborate with a large AI company. After the adjustment, investors will unlock 25% of their tokens 18 months after the TGE, with the remaining portion released monthly in a linear fashion before the 42nd month.

According to market news, the legislative process for South Korea's second phase of the "Virtual Asset Act" has been delayed due to disputes over key provisions. The bill aims to comprehensively regulate digital assets, including stablecoins. The main points of contention focus on two aspects: first, the qualification of the issuing entities for Korean won stablecoins, specifically whether it should be led by banks or authorized enterprises; second, whether to relax the business separation restrictions between finance and virtual assets to encourage innovation.In addition, the bill proposes to set a cap of 15% - 20% on the shareholding of major shareholders in exchanges, which critics argue is too restrictive. Due to the legislative delay, discussions related to spot virtual asset ETFs and the advancement of topics such as listed companies engaging in virtual asset transactions have also been put on hold. Currently, negotiations are still ongoing among government agencies, industry participants, and political groups.

According to a post from the official White House X account, under Trump's push, the United States has become the world's cryptocurrency capital. The new chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Mike Selig, responded that there is no place more suitable for entrepreneurship than the "world's cryptocurrency capital." The Commodity Futures Trading Commission is modernizing its rules and regulations to ensure that the future of cryptocurrency and on-chain finance realizes "Made in America."

According to Coindesk, the Ethereum Foundation (EF) is transforming its long-standing post-quantum research into a public engineering initiative, forming a dedicated post-quantum team and prioritizing this work as a strategic priority for the Ethereum network.Ethereum Foundation (EF) researcher Justin Drake stated that the newly established team will be led by Thomas Coratger, with support from leanVM cryptographer Emile. Researcher Justin Drake mentioned that Ethereum is shifting from background research to active engineering practices, including bi-weekly developer meetings on post-quantum transactions and building a multi-client post-quantum consensus test network.

According to the official announcement, Binance was originally scheduled to launch Sentient (SENT) on January 22, 2026, at 20:00. Due to a delay in the on-chain airdrop, the launch has now been postponed to 21:00 on the same day.

According to Jinshi, U.S. stocks closed higher on Wednesday, with the three major indices boosted by Trump's post. The Dow Jones Industrial Average initially rose by 1.2%, the S&P 500 increased by 1.1%, and the Nasdaq gained 1.1%. Nvidia rose nearly 3%, Micron Technology increased by 6.6%, and AMD climbed by 7.7%. The Nasdaq Golden Dragon China Index rose by 2.2%, with Alibaba up nearly 4% and Baidu up over 8%.