• US January consumer confidence at 104.1, below estimate of 105.6 - [DB]

• NVIDIA short sellers earn $6.7 billion after stock drops nearly 17% on Monday, marking a record single-day gain - [IH]

• Two Aerodrome contributors suspended for insider trading during $VVV launch after investigation - [AGGR]

• OKX becomes the first global exchange to receive a full license under the EU's MiCA regulation, enabling it to offer regulated crypto services to over 400 million users across Europe - [NN]

• Bitwise files S-1 registration for Dogecoin ETF - [PN]

• Gary Gensler returns to MIT as a professor of practice in global economics - [Tree]

• ETF flows on 28 Jan 2025: Bitcoin ETFs see $18.4M net inflows, Ethereum ETFs report $0.0M net outflows - [EI]

• $8.1 billion in BTC options are set to expire on Friday, with a max pain price of $98,000 and a put/call ratio of 0.69 - [EI]

• $1.8 billion in ETH options are set to expire on Friday, with a max pain price of $3,300 and a put/call ratio of 0.42 - [EI]

• Alibaba launches AI model Qwen 2.5, claiming it outperforms DeepSeek-V3 - [EI]

• Trump campaign manager and ex-senator join Coinbase advisory council - [Tree]

• Trump Media funds to be invested in SMAs, ETFs, and cryptocurrencies - [AGGR]

• Trump Media and Technology Group launches Truth.Fi to enter financial services, planning to invest up to $250 million from its $700 million cash reserves through Charles Schwab in SMAs, ETFs, and cryptocurrencies - [IH]

• Robinhood begins rolling out futures trading for BTC, FX, and stocks - [Tree]

• S&P 500 opens down 0.1%, NASDAQ declines 0.2% - [DB]

• Cardano's 2025 roadmap includes transition to full decentralized governance after Plomin hard fork - [IH]

• Bank of Canada cuts key interest rate by 25 bps to 3%, estimated at 3.00% - [DB]

• Lutnick calls for auditing of US stablecoins - [IH]

• Trump officials consider tightening restrictions on NVIDIA's sales to China - [IH]

• Sei Foundation launches $65M DeSci venture fund - [Zoomer]

• Top token creator on Pumpfun earned $3.7M in 6 months by creating 18,000 tokens at an average rate of 18 tokens per hour - [EI]