In the podcast "When Shift Happens," Raoul Pal, co-founder of Real Vision, stated that Bitcoin and crypto assets remain undervalued within a long-term upward trend, potentially offering higher investment value than tech stocks. He identifies three key drivers: accelerated entry of traditional financial institutions, the gradual improvement of the crypto regulatory framework, and the flow of global liquidity into risk assets.🙊🙊🙊🙊🙊

Renowned stock market guru Serenity, in an article published on the X platform, noted the strong recent performance of AI infrastructure company Nebius (NASDAQ: NBIS), outperforming the broader market and surpassing the Neocloud concept stock basket. Serenity described Nebius as possessing an "anime protagonist's halo," expressing optimism about its continued upward momentum. Last year, after Microsoft's earnings report, Serenity predicted Nebius's market capitalization would reach $100 billion after the fourth-quarter results were released; it has now risen to approximately $60 billion.🙊🙊🙊🙊🙊

According to The Block, Tom Lehman, co-founder of Layer 2 network Facet, has proposed including EIP-8182 in Ethereum's Hegota upgrade, scheduled for the second half of 2026. This proposal provides privacy transfer functionality for ETH and ERC-20 tokens through a protocol-level "Shielded Pool," employing a UTXO architecture with no administrator keys, proxy contracts, or pause mechanisms, and using Groth16 zero-knowledge proofs to verify transactions. Lehman states that a unified protocol-level privacy pool can solve the problem of fragmented anonymity sets caused by dispersed users in current privacy protocols, allowing for shared use by all wallets and applications.😱😱😱😱

According to the Abu Dhabi Global Markets (ADGM) Financial Services Regulatory Authority register, Nest Trading Limited, the referring broker for Binance's US stock trading service, is a Binance-owned entity, registered on binance.com. The company was registered on January 5, 2026, and its licenses cover investment arrangements, investment agency, and proprietary trading. Under ADGM regulations, Nest Trading is prohibited from holding client funds and assets; custody is handled by Alpaca Securities, and its money services are limited to regulated stablecoins. Binance's website indicates that it has three "Nest" series entities in Abu Dhabi, responsible for trading system operations, custody, and trade matching, respectively.🙊🙊🙊🙊🙊

Tom Lee, Head of Research at Fundstrat and Chairman of Bitmine, stated at the Paris conference that artificial intelligence and tokenization will drive changes in financial infrastructure, and the price of Ethereum could reach $250,000. Bitmine recently purchased 111,900 Ethereum, increasing its total holdings to approximately 5.4 million, representing 4.47% of the circulating supply. Lee stated that enterprise validators will replace the Ethereum Foundation as a key player in the network, and that Bitmine is eligible for inclusion in the Russell 1000 index, with its staking model outperforming spot holdings. He believes the current bearish market sentiment marks a market bottom for Bitcoin and Ethereum.😱😱😱😱😱

According to The Block, the Central Bank of Russia has released a draft regulation on organized trading of digital assets and digital rights, proposing to set entry and operational rules for cryptocurrency exchanges and digital custody institutions. The draft requires exchanges to define trading processes and calculate prices, and proposes the establishment of digital custody institutions with registered capital between 50 million and 250 million rubles. Electronic platform operators must meet capital requirements and assume settlement functions. The draft has entered the regulatory impact assessment stage, providing a framework for compliant retail trading while prohibiting cryptocurrency payments within Russia.😱😱😱😱😱