🧑‍💻 #BTC According to Protos, the Bitcoin Core development team promoted anonymous contributor TheCharlatan to a Trusted Keys maintainer role on January 8, 2026.

This marks the first new maintainer with commit rights to the main branch since May 2023, bringing the total number of Trusted Keys PGP maintainers with commit access to six: Marco Falke, Gloria Zhao, Ryan Ofsky, Hennadii Stepanov, Ava Chow, and TheCharlatan.

🆕 $FOGO listed on Bybit spot. link

🤝 #SOL #COIN Solana Treasury Company Sharps Technology Taps Coinbase to Launch Validator - link

🕵️‍♂️ World Liberty Finance sent 500M $WLFI worth $83.12M to Jump Trading.

📊 CryptoDiffer: The annual dynamics of DeFi TVL show a significant shift from passive staking to active lending, re-staking, and stablecoin ecosystems.

🇨🇭🤝 #BTC H100 has entered into a letter of intent to acquire Future Holdings AG, a Swiss-based Bitcoin treasury company. The proposed transaction marks H100’s expansion into Switzerland and strengthens its Bitcoin treasury and capital markets capabilities. link

🧑‍💻 #TON #AI AlphaTON expands exposure to decentralized Telegram-based Cocoon AI with NVIDIA deal - link

🇺🇸🍿 President Trump warns the US would have to pay back "hundreds of billions of dollars" if the Supreme Court rules his tariffs are illegal. He stated, "It would be a complete mess, and almost impossible for our country to pay." #tradewars

🇻🇪🇺🇸 #BTC SEC Chair Paul Atkins says it "remains to be seen" if the US takes Venezuela's reported $60 billion in Bitcoin holdings.

📊 #BTC Glassnode Report: The market remains in a fragile consolidation phase. There are early signs of renewed activity, increased institutional risk reduction, defensive positions on options, and continued speculative sensitivity. This indicates that renewed demand driven by spot prices is still necessary to restore a sustainable uptrend.

🇺🇸👀 Alphractal: US unemployment rate falls from 4.5% to 4.4%.

This small move signals that the labor market remains resilient, reinforcing short-term macro stability and risk appetite. #macro

🇺🇸🇮🇷 President Trump imposes 25% tariff on any country doing business with Iran. #tradewars

🗽👀 #BTC US Senator Elizabeth Warren tells SEC Chair that adding Bitcoin to 401(k)s will not "lead to better outcomes overall." She argues that allowing crypto into American retirement accounts creates fertile ground for workers and families to lose big. #regulation

🧑‍💻 Top overall coins by notable development activity the past 30 days. #FIL #STRK #HBAR

📈 CEO CQ: Crypto exchange volumes keep growing. In 2025, combined CEX and DEX volume reached $18T in spot and $61T in futures.

🕵️ Bitmine has further staked 154,208 $ETH, worth $478.77M.

In total, they have staked 1,344,224 $ETH, valued at $4.15B. link

🇺🇸👨‍💻 #BTC US Senator Cynthia Lummis introduces a bill that would protect Bitcoin developers from being classified as money transmitters. She stated, "This bill gives our developers the clarity they need to build the future of digital finance without fear of prosecution."

🇹🇭👀 Thai PM Anutin Charnvirakul has launched a crackdown on "grey money" and illegal capital flows, ordering tighter regulations on gold and digital assets. The government will enforce the "Travel Rule," mandating identity verification for senders and receivers in all wallet-to-wallet transfers to eliminate anonymity. A National Data Bureau will also be established to centralize financial data, enabling regulators to track suspicious transactions in real time. link

🇺🇸🕹 Senator John Boozman, chairman of the Senate Agriculture Committee, said the committee has decided to consider a bill on the structure of the cryptocurrency market during the last week of January. coindesk #regulation

🇺🇸 The S&P 500 closed at a new all-time high of 6,975. #macro

🇺🇸 BlackRock Chief Information Officer Rick Rieder called on the Federal Reserve to lower interest rates to 3%. x

Trump will interview Rick Rieder for the position of Fed chair. x