Raises:
GG Story of the Year 2025: Crypto Gaming Collapses as Funding Dries Up
https://decrypt.co/350319/gg-story-year-2025-crypto-gaming-collapses
Family offices on tenterhooks over crypto investments in 2026 after $19bn market wipeout
https://www.dlnews.com/articles/markets/family-offices-on-tenterhooks-over-crypto-investments-in-2026/
Korean internet giant Naver moves closer to merger with crypto exchange heavyweight Upbit
https://www.dlnews.com/articles/markets/korean-internet-giant-naver-close-to-upbit-crypto-exchange-merger/
Axelar token investors cry foul as Circle’s Interop Labs acquisition cuts them out
https://www.dlnews.com/articles/defi/axelar-investors-cry-foul-as-circle-interop-labs-acquisition-cuts-out-axl-token/
South Korean financial group Mirae Asset eyes crypto exchange Korbit acquisition: report
https://www.coindesk.com/business/2025/12/29/south-korean-financial-group-mirae-asset-eyes-crypto-exchange-korbit-acquisition-report
easy.fun Closes $2M Seed Round Led by Mirana Ventures to Scale On-Chain Trading Competitions
https://www.coindesk.com/press-release/2025/12/23/easy-fun-closes-usd2m-seed-round-led-by-mirana-ventures-to-scale-on-chain-trading-competitions
DAWN, a decentralized wireless internet provider built on Solana, has raised $13M in Series B funding, led by
Polychain
https://x.com/dawninternet/status/2001676936599273781
Fuse Energy, a decentralized renewable energy network that supports distributed energy installation, raises $70.0 million in Series B
https://www.binance.com/en/square/post/12-18-2025-fuse-energy-secures-70-million-in-series-b-funding-33879987701929
Kodiak Finance, Berachain's Native Liquidity Hub raises $2.9 million in Series A
https://x.com/KodiakFi/status/2001736098863567317
TopStrike, a Web3 gaming and esports platform for skill-based games and tournaments with on-chain rewards, has raised undisclosed amount in a public sale
https://x.com/TopStrikeIO/status/2001663212400325054
ETHGAS, a marketplace for trading Ethereum blockspace commitments and base fee exposure, raised a $12M seed round led by Polychain
https://x.com/ETHGasOfficial/status/2001278990636781748
SocialGood, a Web3 rewards platform that lets users earn cryptocurrency from online shopping, raises a total of ¥880 million in Series B funding (total of ¥2.4 billion)
https://x.com/SocialGood_Inc/status/2001208914348552460
DeepBook AI, a crypto browser that combines AI-powered discovery with native on-chain and DeFi browsing, raised $2,000,000 from Castrum Istanbul, BD Ventures, Alpha Capital, and BlockPulse Digital Asset Management
https://x.com/deepbook_ai/status/2001200018259353758
EquiLend strategically invests in the crypto financing platform Digital Prime Technologies
https://www.chaincatcher.com/en/article/2230477
Football.fun, a Base chain fantasy soccer protocol, $FUN token ICO raises $4.5 million
https://x.com/footballdotfun/status/2001372836641063136
Polygon Labs Makes Strategic Investment in Boys Club to Advance Cultural Crypto Storytelling
https://x.com/0xPolygon/status/2001291385006367031
Haven, a compliant Web3 platform that brings real-world fixed-income assets, raised a Seed Round at a $30M valuation from Candaq, Apus Capital, ZC Capital, and BlockPulse Digital Asset Management
https://x.com/haven_rwa/status/2004116036107550727
octra, a blockchain network focused on Fully Homomorphic Encryption (FHE), is launching an ICO to sell 10% of the OCT supply at $0.20 per coin ($20M allocation) via Sonar, following $8M in previous funding from investors including Finality Capital, BigBrainVC, Karatage, Presto Labs, and Builder Capital
https://x.com/octra/status/1998452993071657333
HodlHer, an AI-powered Web3 assistant for crypto users, raised a $1.5M strategic round from Chain Capital, Bitrise Capital, and CGV
https://x.com/hodlherai/status/2004065904532115459
GG Story of the Year 2025: Crypto Gaming Collapses as Funding Dries Up
https://decrypt.co/350319/gg-story-year-2025-crypto-gaming-collapses
Family offices on tenterhooks over crypto investments in 2026 after $19bn market wipeout
https://www.dlnews.com/articles/markets/family-offices-on-tenterhooks-over-crypto-investments-in-2026/
Korean internet giant Naver moves closer to merger with crypto exchange heavyweight Upbit
https://www.dlnews.com/articles/markets/korean-internet-giant-naver-close-to-upbit-crypto-exchange-merger/
Axelar token investors cry foul as Circle’s Interop Labs acquisition cuts them out
https://www.dlnews.com/articles/defi/axelar-investors-cry-foul-as-circle-interop-labs-acquisition-cuts-out-axl-token/
South Korean financial group Mirae Asset eyes crypto exchange Korbit acquisition: report
https://www.coindesk.com/business/2025/12/29/south-korean-financial-group-mirae-asset-eyes-crypto-exchange-korbit-acquisition-report
easy.fun Closes $2M Seed Round Led by Mirana Ventures to Scale On-Chain Trading Competitions
https://www.coindesk.com/press-release/2025/12/23/easy-fun-closes-usd2m-seed-round-led-by-mirana-ventures-to-scale-on-chain-trading-competitions
DAWN, a decentralized wireless internet provider built on Solana, has raised $13M in Series B funding, led by
Polychain
https://x.com/dawninternet/status/2001676936599273781
Fuse Energy, a decentralized renewable energy network that supports distributed energy installation, raises $70.0 million in Series B
https://www.binance.com/en/square/post/12-18-2025-fuse-energy-secures-70-million-in-series-b-funding-33879987701929
Kodiak Finance, Berachain's Native Liquidity Hub raises $2.9 million in Series A
https://x.com/KodiakFi/status/2001736098863567317
TopStrike, a Web3 gaming and esports platform for skill-based games and tournaments with on-chain rewards, has raised undisclosed amount in a public sale
https://x.com/TopStrikeIO/status/2001663212400325054
ETHGAS, a marketplace for trading Ethereum blockspace commitments and base fee exposure, raised a $12M seed round led by Polychain
https://x.com/ETHGasOfficial/status/2001278990636781748
SocialGood, a Web3 rewards platform that lets users earn cryptocurrency from online shopping, raises a total of ¥880 million in Series B funding (total of ¥2.4 billion)
https://x.com/SocialGood_Inc/status/2001208914348552460
DeepBook AI, a crypto browser that combines AI-powered discovery with native on-chain and DeFi browsing, raised $2,000,000 from Castrum Istanbul, BD Ventures, Alpha Capital, and BlockPulse Digital Asset Management
https://x.com/deepbook_ai/status/2001200018259353758
EquiLend strategically invests in the crypto financing platform Digital Prime Technologies
https://www.chaincatcher.com/en/article/2230477
Football.fun, a Base chain fantasy soccer protocol, $FUN token ICO raises $4.5 million
https://x.com/footballdotfun/status/2001372836641063136
Polygon Labs Makes Strategic Investment in Boys Club to Advance Cultural Crypto Storytelling
https://x.com/0xPolygon/status/2001291385006367031
Haven, a compliant Web3 platform that brings real-world fixed-income assets, raised a Seed Round at a $30M valuation from Candaq, Apus Capital, ZC Capital, and BlockPulse Digital Asset Management
https://x.com/haven_rwa/status/2004116036107550727
octra, a blockchain network focused on Fully Homomorphic Encryption (FHE), is launching an ICO to sell 10% of the OCT supply at $0.20 per coin ($20M allocation) via Sonar, following $8M in previous funding from investors including Finality Capital, BigBrainVC, Karatage, Presto Labs, and Builder Capital
https://x.com/octra/status/1998452993071657333
HodlHer, an AI-powered Web3 assistant for crypto users, raised a $1.5M strategic round from Chain Capital, Bitrise Capital, and CGV
https://x.com/hodlherai/status/2004065904532115459
Decrypt
GG Story of the Year 2025: Crypto Gaming Collapses as Funding Dries Up - Decrypt
Venture capital funding for crypto gaming all but evaporated this year, causing games to shut shop and players to lose their communities.
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Raises (Cont'd):
Rocket, a prediction market protocol on MegaETH, raised $1.5M led by Electric Capital, with participation from Bodhi Ventures, Tangent, and Amber Group
https://x.com/userocket_app/status/2003481579738345924
easy.fun, an on-chain trading platform built on Hyperliquid, closes $2M Seed Round Led by Mirana Ventures to Scale On-Chain Trading Competitions
https://www.coindesk.com/press-release/2025/12/23/easy-fun-closes-usd2m-seed-round-led-by-mirana-ventures-to-scale-on-chain-trading-competitions
Architect, a fintech firm providing high-throughput, low-latency trading infrastructure for traditional and tokenized assets, raises $35M in Series A Round to Scale Perpetual Futures Exchange AX
https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/architect-financial-technologies-raises-35m-in-series-a-round-to-scale-perpetual-futures-exchange-ax-302648493.html
Otomato Web3 Automation Protocol Secures USD2m Strategic Investment from Top 20 UK Deep-Tech Venture Builder
https://lesechos-comfi.lesechos.fr/press-release/coinsilium-group-limited-etr-coinsilium-group-limited-portfolio-company-update-otomato-web3-automation-protocol-secures-usd2m-strategic-investment-from-top-20-uk-deep-tech-venture-builder-S6bAkPyflvV
Coinbax, a stablecoin payments and settlement infrastructure for banks, fintechs, and enterprises, raises $4.2M to Bring Institutional Controls to Stablecoin Payments
https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2025/12/22/3209148/0/en/Coinbax-Raises-4-2M-to-Bring-Institutional-Controls-to-Stablecoin-Payments.html
Gensyn Foundation, a layer-1 protocol for decentralized machine learning compute that rewards participants for providing processing power, raised $16.14M from 7,412 participants in its $AI token sale at a $473M closing FDV
https://x.com/gensynfnd/status/2002407504752345391
RedotPay raises $107 million Series B to expand stablecoin payments platform
https://www.theblock.co/post/382729/redotpay-series-b-stablecoin-payments
Solana's Worm.wtf Secures $4.5 Million in Pre-Seed Funding
https://x.com/wormdotwtf/status/2000989303217000918
Tether Leads $8M Strategic Investment in Speed to Advance Lightning-Native, Stablecoin-Powered Payments
https://x.com/speedwallet/status/2000916997597708667
Harbor, a high-performance decentralized exchange infrastructure designed for native assets across chains, raised a $4.2M seed round led by Susquehanna Crypto and Triton Capital, with participation from Selini, Auros, Hermeneutic, Kronos Research, Figment Capital, and Karatage
https://x.com/ovedm606/status/2001028474644177160
Olea, a digital trade finance platform, Olea has raised $30M Series A led by BBVA
https://x.com/OleaTrade/status/2000828588518728135
Strata, a perpetual risk-tranching protocol, raised a $3 million seed round, led by Maven 11
https://x.com/strata_fi/status/2000959145432973469
Rocket, a prediction market protocol on MegaETH, raised $1.5M led by Electric Capital, with participation from Bodhi Ventures, Tangent, and Amber Group
https://x.com/userocket_app/status/2003481579738345924
easy.fun, an on-chain trading platform built on Hyperliquid, closes $2M Seed Round Led by Mirana Ventures to Scale On-Chain Trading Competitions
https://www.coindesk.com/press-release/2025/12/23/easy-fun-closes-usd2m-seed-round-led-by-mirana-ventures-to-scale-on-chain-trading-competitions
Architect, a fintech firm providing high-throughput, low-latency trading infrastructure for traditional and tokenized assets, raises $35M in Series A Round to Scale Perpetual Futures Exchange AX
https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/architect-financial-technologies-raises-35m-in-series-a-round-to-scale-perpetual-futures-exchange-ax-302648493.html
Otomato Web3 Automation Protocol Secures USD2m Strategic Investment from Top 20 UK Deep-Tech Venture Builder
https://lesechos-comfi.lesechos.fr/press-release/coinsilium-group-limited-etr-coinsilium-group-limited-portfolio-company-update-otomato-web3-automation-protocol-secures-usd2m-strategic-investment-from-top-20-uk-deep-tech-venture-builder-S6bAkPyflvV
Coinbax, a stablecoin payments and settlement infrastructure for banks, fintechs, and enterprises, raises $4.2M to Bring Institutional Controls to Stablecoin Payments
https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2025/12/22/3209148/0/en/Coinbax-Raises-4-2M-to-Bring-Institutional-Controls-to-Stablecoin-Payments.html
Gensyn Foundation, a layer-1 protocol for decentralized machine learning compute that rewards participants for providing processing power, raised $16.14M from 7,412 participants in its $AI token sale at a $473M closing FDV
https://x.com/gensynfnd/status/2002407504752345391
RedotPay raises $107 million Series B to expand stablecoin payments platform
https://www.theblock.co/post/382729/redotpay-series-b-stablecoin-payments
Solana's Worm.wtf Secures $4.5 Million in Pre-Seed Funding
https://x.com/wormdotwtf/status/2000989303217000918
Tether Leads $8M Strategic Investment in Speed to Advance Lightning-Native, Stablecoin-Powered Payments
https://x.com/speedwallet/status/2000916997597708667
Harbor, a high-performance decentralized exchange infrastructure designed for native assets across chains, raised a $4.2M seed round led by Susquehanna Crypto and Triton Capital, with participation from Selini, Auros, Hermeneutic, Kronos Research, Figment Capital, and Karatage
https://x.com/ovedm606/status/2001028474644177160
Olea, a digital trade finance platform, Olea has raised $30M Series A led by BBVA
https://x.com/OleaTrade/status/2000828588518728135
Strata, a perpetual risk-tranching protocol, raised a $3 million seed round, led by Maven 11
https://x.com/strata_fi/status/2000959145432973469
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Additional Reads:
Crypto market-making latency and Amazon EC2 shared placement groups
https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/industries/crypto-market-making-latency-and-amazon-ec2-shared-placement-groups/
Crypto Card Moats
https://polaris.fund/articles/crypto-card-moats
A Unified Framework and Comparative Study of Decentralized Finance Derivatives Protocols
https://arxiv.org/pdf/2512.19113
The 2026 Gameplan by @0xkyle
https://0xkyle.substack.com/p/the-2026-gameplan
Fisher8 Capital 2025-In-Review
https://fisher8.capital/insights/fisher8-capital-2025-in-review
2025 The Year Narratives Moved Too Fast
https://reports.tiger-research.com/p/2025-recap-eng
Crypto Exodus: 160 Trillion Won Leaves Korea
https://www.coingecko.com/learn/crypto-exodus-160-trillion-won-leaves-korea
The Wall Street L1: How Canton Network is Bringing Trillions Onchain
https://x.com/resdegen/status/2007121327140884707
2026 Open Inquiries
https://fakepixels.substack.com/p/2026-open-inquiries
Recapping Physical AI 2025 by @snubeaver
https://x.com/snubeaver/status/2006380380254056686
Prediction market for all the things is mostly sports, but they don’t talk about that
https://flowingdata.com/2025/12/30/prediction-market-for-all-the-things-is-mostly-sports-but-they-dont-talk-about-that/
The thesis: Lighter
https://0xjermo.substack.com/p/the-thesis-lighter
Decentralized Social- part 1 - on what not to do
https://blog.kualta.dev/deso-part-1
2025 was the biggest year ever for crypto options
https://x.com/nicolas4vx/status/2007032391009796272
Institutional Backing and Crypto Volatility: A Hybrid Framework for DeFi Stabilization
https://arxiv.org/pdf/2512.19251
This is the Way the World Ends
https://petermccormack.substack.com/p/this-is-the-way-the-world-ends
25 Stats Explaining How LayerZero Accelerated Crypto in 2025
https://layerzero.network/blog/25-stats-explaining-how-crypto-accelerated-in-2025
Two Kites Dancing In A Hurricane
https://0xsmac.substack.com/p/two-kites-dancing-in-a-hurricane
Trillion-Dollar Salvage: a Bitcoin story
https://murmurationstwo.substack.com/p/trillion-dollar-salvage
Crypto market-making latency and Amazon EC2 shared placement groups
https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/industries/crypto-market-making-latency-and-amazon-ec2-shared-placement-groups/
Crypto Card Moats
https://polaris.fund/articles/crypto-card-moats
A Unified Framework and Comparative Study of Decentralized Finance Derivatives Protocols
https://arxiv.org/pdf/2512.19113
The 2026 Gameplan by @0xkyle
https://0xkyle.substack.com/p/the-2026-gameplan
Fisher8 Capital 2025-In-Review
https://fisher8.capital/insights/fisher8-capital-2025-in-review
2025 The Year Narratives Moved Too Fast
https://reports.tiger-research.com/p/2025-recap-eng
Crypto Exodus: 160 Trillion Won Leaves Korea
https://www.coingecko.com/learn/crypto-exodus-160-trillion-won-leaves-korea
The Wall Street L1: How Canton Network is Bringing Trillions Onchain
https://x.com/resdegen/status/2007121327140884707
2026 Open Inquiries
https://fakepixels.substack.com/p/2026-open-inquiries
Recapping Physical AI 2025 by @snubeaver
https://x.com/snubeaver/status/2006380380254056686
Prediction market for all the things is mostly sports, but they don’t talk about that
https://flowingdata.com/2025/12/30/prediction-market-for-all-the-things-is-mostly-sports-but-they-dont-talk-about-that/
The thesis: Lighter
https://0xjermo.substack.com/p/the-thesis-lighter
Decentralized Social- part 1 - on what not to do
https://blog.kualta.dev/deso-part-1
2025 was the biggest year ever for crypto options
https://x.com/nicolas4vx/status/2007032391009796272
Institutional Backing and Crypto Volatility: A Hybrid Framework for DeFi Stabilization
https://arxiv.org/pdf/2512.19251
This is the Way the World Ends
https://petermccormack.substack.com/p/this-is-the-way-the-world-ends
25 Stats Explaining How LayerZero Accelerated Crypto in 2025
https://layerzero.network/blog/25-stats-explaining-how-crypto-accelerated-in-2025
Two Kites Dancing In A Hurricane
https://0xsmac.substack.com/p/two-kites-dancing-in-a-hurricane
Trillion-Dollar Salvage: a Bitcoin story
https://murmurationstwo.substack.com/p/trillion-dollar-salvage
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Crypto market-making latency and Amazon EC2 shared placement groups | Amazon Web Services
Crypto currencies started as an experiment in 2008, initially supported by global developer communities and retail traders. They have since expanded into a multi-billion dollar industry, traded on numerous Crypto exchanges with growing amounts of institutional…
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P.S.
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2. Going forward the following sections will probably make a comeback: Alpha, Tools, Resources, AI/LLMs/Robotics.
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News/Updates:
Trump rules out Sam Bankman-Fried pardon in NYT interview
https://cointelegraph.com/news/donald-trump-no-pardon-sam-bankman-fried
Pumpfun overhauls creator fees as token launches hit highest daily count since September
https://www.theblock.co/post/384975/pump-fun-overhauls-creator-fees-token-launches-highest-daily-september
Ripple again rules out IPO, saying balance sheet gives it room to stay private
https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2026/01/07/ripple-again-rules-out-ipo-says-balance-sheet-gives-it-room-to-stay-private
Optimism proposes OP token buybacks using 50% of superchain revenue
https://www.coindesk.com/business/2026/01/08/optimism-proposes-op-token-buybacks-using-50-of-superchain-revenue
TermMax Advances Institutional DeFi Use with Tokenized Stock Financing Integration
https://decrypt.co/353579/termmax-advances-institutional-defi-use-with-tokenized-stock-financing-integration
BNY Debuts Tokenized Deposits for Institutions and 'Digital Natives'
https://decrypt.co/354136/bny-debuts-tokenized-deposits-institutions-digital-natives
Trump-linked World Liberty Financial-connected firm applies for federal bank charter
https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2026/01/07/trump-linked-world-liberty-financial-applies-for-federal-bank-charter
Ethereum Treasury Firm SharpLink Stakes $170 Million of ETH on Linea
https://decrypt.co/354058/ethereum-treasury-firm-sharplink-gaming-stakes-170-million-eth-linea
Jupiter rolls out native JupUSD stablecoin backed 90% by BlackRock and Ethena's USDtb
https://www.theblock.co/post/384366/jupiter-rolls-out-native-jupusd-stablecoin-backed-90-by-blackrock-and-ethenas-usdtb
XRP ETFs see $40M of outflows after eight-week run of inflows
https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2026/01/08/xrp-etfs-finally-see-outflows-after-record-run-that-beat-bitcoin-and-ether-inflows
NFT Paris & RWA Paris 2026 are cancelled
https://x.com/nft_paris/status/2008162329397961069
Announcing the establishment of the Based Foundation
https://x.com/BasedFnd/status/2007429399130570775
A ruble stablecoin outpaced market leaders last year despite international sanctions
https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2026/01/09/a-ruble-stablecoin-outpaced-market-leaders-last-year-despite-international-sanctions
Binance expands into precious metals with gold, silver futures settled in USDT
https://cointelegraph.com/news/binance-gold-silver-perps-usdt-tradfi-settlement-layer
YouTube Rival Rumble Debuts Bitcoin, Tether Wallet for Crypto Creator Tips
https://decrypt.co/353852/youtube-rival-rumble-debuts-bitcoin-tether-wallet-crypto-creator-tips
Tether Gold is introducing Scudo, a new unit of account for Gold Ounce (1/1000)
https://x.com/tethergold/status/2008539498850795551
Truebit token crashes 99.9% after hacker drains $26.6 million in ether
https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2026/01/09/truebit-token-tru-crashes-99-9-after-usd26-6m-exploit-drains-8-535-eth
https://x.com/pashov/status/2009334293798244626
Ledger reveals payments partner leaked customer names, contact information in new data breach
https://www.dlnews.com/articles/web3/ledger-payments-partner-global-e-leaks-customer-data/
The Protocol: Ledger customer data breached from Global-e platform
https://www.coindesk.com/tech/2026/01/07/the-protocol-ledger-customer-data-breached-from-global-e-platform
Flow details December exploit that led to $3.9M in losses due to counterfeit tokens
https://cointelegraph.com/news/flow-details-december-exploit-3-9m-counterfeit-token-losses
Trump rules out Sam Bankman-Fried pardon in NYT interview
https://cointelegraph.com/news/donald-trump-no-pardon-sam-bankman-fried
Pumpfun overhauls creator fees as token launches hit highest daily count since September
https://www.theblock.co/post/384975/pump-fun-overhauls-creator-fees-token-launches-highest-daily-september
Ripple again rules out IPO, saying balance sheet gives it room to stay private
https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2026/01/07/ripple-again-rules-out-ipo-says-balance-sheet-gives-it-room-to-stay-private
Optimism proposes OP token buybacks using 50% of superchain revenue
https://www.coindesk.com/business/2026/01/08/optimism-proposes-op-token-buybacks-using-50-of-superchain-revenue
TermMax Advances Institutional DeFi Use with Tokenized Stock Financing Integration
https://decrypt.co/353579/termmax-advances-institutional-defi-use-with-tokenized-stock-financing-integration
BNY Debuts Tokenized Deposits for Institutions and 'Digital Natives'
https://decrypt.co/354136/bny-debuts-tokenized-deposits-institutions-digital-natives
Trump-linked World Liberty Financial-connected firm applies for federal bank charter
https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2026/01/07/trump-linked-world-liberty-financial-applies-for-federal-bank-charter
Ethereum Treasury Firm SharpLink Stakes $170 Million of ETH on Linea
https://decrypt.co/354058/ethereum-treasury-firm-sharplink-gaming-stakes-170-million-eth-linea
Jupiter rolls out native JupUSD stablecoin backed 90% by BlackRock and Ethena's USDtb
https://www.theblock.co/post/384366/jupiter-rolls-out-native-jupusd-stablecoin-backed-90-by-blackrock-and-ethenas-usdtb
XRP ETFs see $40M of outflows after eight-week run of inflows
https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2026/01/08/xrp-etfs-finally-see-outflows-after-record-run-that-beat-bitcoin-and-ether-inflows
NFT Paris & RWA Paris 2026 are cancelled
https://x.com/nft_paris/status/2008162329397961069
Announcing the establishment of the Based Foundation
https://x.com/BasedFnd/status/2007429399130570775
A ruble stablecoin outpaced market leaders last year despite international sanctions
https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2026/01/09/a-ruble-stablecoin-outpaced-market-leaders-last-year-despite-international-sanctions
Binance expands into precious metals with gold, silver futures settled in USDT
https://cointelegraph.com/news/binance-gold-silver-perps-usdt-tradfi-settlement-layer
YouTube Rival Rumble Debuts Bitcoin, Tether Wallet for Crypto Creator Tips
https://decrypt.co/353852/youtube-rival-rumble-debuts-bitcoin-tether-wallet-crypto-creator-tips
Tether Gold is introducing Scudo, a new unit of account for Gold Ounce (1/1000)
https://x.com/tethergold/status/2008539498850795551
Truebit token crashes 99.9% after hacker drains $26.6 million in ether
https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2026/01/09/truebit-token-tru-crashes-99-9-after-usd26-6m-exploit-drains-8-535-eth
https://x.com/pashov/status/2009334293798244626
Ledger reveals payments partner leaked customer names, contact information in new data breach
https://www.dlnews.com/articles/web3/ledger-payments-partner-global-e-leaks-customer-data/
The Protocol: Ledger customer data breached from Global-e platform
https://www.coindesk.com/tech/2026/01/07/the-protocol-ledger-customer-data-breached-from-global-e-platform
Flow details December exploit that led to $3.9M in losses due to counterfeit tokens
https://cointelegraph.com/news/flow-details-december-exploit-3-9m-counterfeit-token-losses
Cointelegraph
Donald Trump Will not Consider Pardon for Sam Bankman-Fried: NYT
Sam Bankman-Fried‘s appeal may be his only legal resource for a possible release from prison after Donald Trump reportedly denied he would consider a pardon for the former FTX CEO.
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News/Updates (Cont'd):
Ethereum Raises Data Capacity in Latest Scaling Tweak
https://decrypt.co/353816/ethereum-lifts-data-limits-tunes-network-scaling
Nike offloads RTFKT months after investor lawsuit: Report
https://cointelegraph.com/news/nike-quietly-sells-rtfkt-nft-exit
IBM’s crypto partner Dfns integrates Concordium for Web3 compliance
https://cointelegraph.com/news/ibm-partner-dfns-concordium-identity-verified-web3-wallet
Bithumb denies working with lawmaker to target rival Upbit
https://www.dlnews.com/articles/markets/bithumb-worked-with-lawmaker-to-undermine-rival-upbit-report/
Vulnerability found in Babylon staking code could slow block production
https://cointelegraph.com/news/babylon-code-vulnerability-block-production
Conor McGregor calls out Khabib over NFTs, gets shut down by ZachXBT
https://cointelegraph.com/news/conor-mcgregor-khabib-nft-shut-down-zachxbt
After bitter vote, Aave founder pitches bigger future for DeFi lending giant
https://cointelegraph.com/news/aave-founder-strategy-after-governance-vote
Bitmine Immersion Technologies (BMNR) Announces ETH Holdings Reach 4.144 Million Tokens, and Total Crypto and Total Cash Holdings of $14.2 Billion
https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/bitmine-immersion-technologies-bmnr-announces-eth-holdings-reach-4-144-million-tokens-and-total-crypto-and-total-cash-holdings-of-14-2-billion-302652341.html
Ethereum Raises Data Capacity in Latest Scaling Tweak
https://decrypt.co/353816/ethereum-lifts-data-limits-tunes-network-scaling
Nike offloads RTFKT months after investor lawsuit: Report
https://cointelegraph.com/news/nike-quietly-sells-rtfkt-nft-exit
IBM’s crypto partner Dfns integrates Concordium for Web3 compliance
https://cointelegraph.com/news/ibm-partner-dfns-concordium-identity-verified-web3-wallet
Bithumb denies working with lawmaker to target rival Upbit
https://www.dlnews.com/articles/markets/bithumb-worked-with-lawmaker-to-undermine-rival-upbit-report/
Vulnerability found in Babylon staking code could slow block production
https://cointelegraph.com/news/babylon-code-vulnerability-block-production
Conor McGregor calls out Khabib over NFTs, gets shut down by ZachXBT
https://cointelegraph.com/news/conor-mcgregor-khabib-nft-shut-down-zachxbt
After bitter vote, Aave founder pitches bigger future for DeFi lending giant
https://cointelegraph.com/news/aave-founder-strategy-after-governance-vote
Bitmine Immersion Technologies (BMNR) Announces ETH Holdings Reach 4.144 Million Tokens, and Total Crypto and Total Cash Holdings of $14.2 Billion
https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/bitmine-immersion-technologies-bmnr-announces-eth-holdings-reach-4-144-million-tokens-and-total-crypto-and-total-cash-holdings-of-14-2-billion-302652341.html
Decrypt
Ethereum Raises Data Capacity in Latest Scaling Tweak - Decrypt
The update raises Ethereum’s data capacity, easing pressure on rollups and clarifying how the network plans to scale.
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AI:
AI giant Anthropic raising $10B at $350B valuation: Report
https://cointelegraph.com/news/ai-giant-anthropic-raising-10b-at-350b-valuation-report
Musk's xAI Raises $20 Billion With Backing From Nvidia and Cisco
https://decrypt.co/353814/musks-xai-20-billion-backing-nvidia-cisco
Nvidia Details New A.I. Chips and Autonomous Car Project With Mercedes
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/05/technology/nvidia-chips-mercedes.html
Elon Musk: Nvidia’s Self-Driving Tech Is Still Years From Challenging Tesla
https://decrypt.co/353909/elon-musk-nvidias-self-driving-tech-still-years-challenging-tesla
Introducing NousCoder-14b, a competitive olympiad programming model
https://x.com/i/status/2008624474237923495
Grok is undressing anyone, including minors
https://www.theverge.com/news/853191/grok-explicit-bikini-pictures-minors
France to investigate deepfakes of women stripped naked by Grok
https://www.politico.eu/article/france-lawmaker-investigate-deepfakes-women-stripped-naked-grok-x/
X blames users for Grok-generated CSAM; no fixes announced
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/01/x-blames-users-for-grok-generated-csam-no-fixes-announced/
India orders Musk’s X to fix Grok over ‘obscene’ AI content
https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/02/india-orders-musks-x-to-fix-grok-over-obscene-ai-content/
New York governor Kathy Hochul signs RAISE Act to regulate AI safety
https://techcrunch.com/2025/12/20/new-york-governor-kathy-hochul-signs-raise-act-to-regulate-ai-safety/
Amazon’s AI assistant comes to the web with Alexa.com
https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/05/alexa-without-an-echo-amazons-ai-chatbot-comes-to-the-web-and-a-revamped-alexa-app/
Nvidia launches Alpamayo, open AI models that allow autonomous vehicles to ‘think like a human’
https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/05/nvidia-launches-alpamayo-open-ai-models-that-allow-autonomous-vehicles-to-think-like-a-human/
Nvidia launches Vera Rubin AI computing platform at CES 2026
https://www.theverge.com/tech/855412/nvidia-launches-vera-rubin-ai-computing-platform-at-ces-2026
Z.AI launches GLM-4.7, new SOTA open-source model for coding
https://www.testingcatalog.com/z-ai-launches-glm-4-7-new-sota-open-source-model-for-coding/
Google, Character.AI Agree to Settle US Lawsuit Over Teen’s Suicide
https://decrypt.co/353927/google-character-ai-settle-us-lawsuit-teens-suicide
MiniMax Releases M2.1: An Enhanced M2 Version with Features like Multi-Coding Language Support, API Integration, and Improved Tools for Structured Coding
https://www.marktechpost.com/2025/12/25/minimax-releases-m2-1-an-enhanced-m2-version-with-features-like-multi-coding-language-support-api-integration-and-improved-tools-for-structured-coding/
Hyundai and Boston Dynamics unveil humanoid robot Atlas at CES
https://apnews.com/article/ces-humanoid-robots-atlas-hyundai-boston-dynamics-8de7b2470c23f5f22441ad1ad7555136
LG says its CLOiD home robot will be folding laundry and making breakfast at CES
https://www.theverge.com/tech/854082/lg-cloid-home-robot-fold-laundry-ces
Meta Buys AI Startup Manus, Adding Millions of Paying Users
https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/meta-buys-ai-startup-manus-adding-millions-of-paying-users-f1dc7ef8
Meta’s $2.5B Manus deal is historic for Asia, but it isn’t Singapore’s win
https://www.asiatechreview.com/p/metas-25b-manus-deal-is-historic
AI giant Anthropic raising $10B at $350B valuation: Report
https://cointelegraph.com/news/ai-giant-anthropic-raising-10b-at-350b-valuation-report
Musk's xAI Raises $20 Billion With Backing From Nvidia and Cisco
https://decrypt.co/353814/musks-xai-20-billion-backing-nvidia-cisco
Nvidia Details New A.I. Chips and Autonomous Car Project With Mercedes
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/05/technology/nvidia-chips-mercedes.html
Elon Musk: Nvidia’s Self-Driving Tech Is Still Years From Challenging Tesla
https://decrypt.co/353909/elon-musk-nvidias-self-driving-tech-still-years-challenging-tesla
Introducing NousCoder-14b, a competitive olympiad programming model
https://x.com/i/status/2008624474237923495
Grok is undressing anyone, including minors
https://www.theverge.com/news/853191/grok-explicit-bikini-pictures-minors
France to investigate deepfakes of women stripped naked by Grok
https://www.politico.eu/article/france-lawmaker-investigate-deepfakes-women-stripped-naked-grok-x/
X blames users for Grok-generated CSAM; no fixes announced
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/01/x-blames-users-for-grok-generated-csam-no-fixes-announced/
India orders Musk’s X to fix Grok over ‘obscene’ AI content
https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/02/india-orders-musks-x-to-fix-grok-over-obscene-ai-content/
New York governor Kathy Hochul signs RAISE Act to regulate AI safety
https://techcrunch.com/2025/12/20/new-york-governor-kathy-hochul-signs-raise-act-to-regulate-ai-safety/
Amazon’s AI assistant comes to the web with Alexa.com
https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/05/alexa-without-an-echo-amazons-ai-chatbot-comes-to-the-web-and-a-revamped-alexa-app/
Nvidia launches Alpamayo, open AI models that allow autonomous vehicles to ‘think like a human’
https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/05/nvidia-launches-alpamayo-open-ai-models-that-allow-autonomous-vehicles-to-think-like-a-human/
Nvidia launches Vera Rubin AI computing platform at CES 2026
https://www.theverge.com/tech/855412/nvidia-launches-vera-rubin-ai-computing-platform-at-ces-2026
Z.AI launches GLM-4.7, new SOTA open-source model for coding
https://www.testingcatalog.com/z-ai-launches-glm-4-7-new-sota-open-source-model-for-coding/
Google, Character.AI Agree to Settle US Lawsuit Over Teen’s Suicide
https://decrypt.co/353927/google-character-ai-settle-us-lawsuit-teens-suicide
MiniMax Releases M2.1: An Enhanced M2 Version with Features like Multi-Coding Language Support, API Integration, and Improved Tools for Structured Coding
https://www.marktechpost.com/2025/12/25/minimax-releases-m2-1-an-enhanced-m2-version-with-features-like-multi-coding-language-support-api-integration-and-improved-tools-for-structured-coding/
Hyundai and Boston Dynamics unveil humanoid robot Atlas at CES
https://apnews.com/article/ces-humanoid-robots-atlas-hyundai-boston-dynamics-8de7b2470c23f5f22441ad1ad7555136
LG says its CLOiD home robot will be folding laundry and making breakfast at CES
https://www.theverge.com/tech/854082/lg-cloid-home-robot-fold-laundry-ces
Meta Buys AI Startup Manus, Adding Millions of Paying Users
https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/meta-buys-ai-startup-manus-adding-millions-of-paying-users-f1dc7ef8
Meta’s $2.5B Manus deal is historic for Asia, but it isn’t Singapore’s win
https://www.asiatechreview.com/p/metas-25b-manus-deal-is-historic
Cointelegraph
Anthropic Raising $10B at $350B Valuation in AI Funding Boom
Anthropic is raising $10 billion at a $350 billion valuation led by GIC and Coatue, nearly doubling its worth from four months earlier, The Wall Street Journal reports.
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AI (Cont'd):
OpenAI bets big on audio as Silicon Valley declares war on screens
https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/01/openai-bets-big-on-audio-as-silicon-valley-declares-war-on-screens/
Claude Code is changing how The Browser Company hires and works
https://x.com/joshm/status/2009705767490990418
Uber reveals the design of its robotaxi at CES 2026
https://www.engadget.com/transportation/uber-reveals-the-design-of-its-robotaxi-at-ces-2026-230056302.html
AI godfather says Meta’s new 29-year-old AI boss is ‘inexperienced’ and warns of staff exodus
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/01/05/ai-godfather-calls-meta-ai-boss-alexander-wang-inexperienced-.html
Yann LeCun calls Alexandr Wang ‘inexperienced’ and predicts more Meta AI employee departures
https://www.aol.com/articles/yann-lecun-calls-alexandr-wang-182614948.html
John Carreyrou and other authors bring new lawsuit against six major AI companies
https://techcrunch.com/2025/12/23/john-carreyrou-and-other-authors-bring-new-lawsuit-against-six-major-ai-companies/
Sam Altman is hiring someone to worry about the dangers of AI
https://www.theverge.com/news/850537/sam-altman-openai-head-of-preparedness
Murder-suicide case shows OpenAI selectively hides data after users die
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/12/openai-refuses-to-say-where-chatgpt-logs-go-when-users-die/
OpenAI bets big on audio as Silicon Valley declares war on screens
https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/01/openai-bets-big-on-audio-as-silicon-valley-declares-war-on-screens/
Claude Code is changing how The Browser Company hires and works
https://x.com/joshm/status/2009705767490990418
Uber reveals the design of its robotaxi at CES 2026
https://www.engadget.com/transportation/uber-reveals-the-design-of-its-robotaxi-at-ces-2026-230056302.html
AI godfather says Meta’s new 29-year-old AI boss is ‘inexperienced’ and warns of staff exodus
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/01/05/ai-godfather-calls-meta-ai-boss-alexander-wang-inexperienced-.html
Yann LeCun calls Alexandr Wang ‘inexperienced’ and predicts more Meta AI employee departures
https://www.aol.com/articles/yann-lecun-calls-alexandr-wang-182614948.html
John Carreyrou and other authors bring new lawsuit against six major AI companies
https://techcrunch.com/2025/12/23/john-carreyrou-and-other-authors-bring-new-lawsuit-against-six-major-ai-companies/
Sam Altman is hiring someone to worry about the dangers of AI
https://www.theverge.com/news/850537/sam-altman-openai-head-of-preparedness
Murder-suicide case shows OpenAI selectively hides data after users die
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/12/openai-refuses-to-say-where-chatgpt-logs-go-when-users-die/
TechCrunch
OpenAI bets big on audio as Silicon Valley declares war on screens | TechCrunch
The form factors may differ, but the thesis is the same: audio is the interface of the future. Every space -- your home, your car, even your face -- is becoming an interface.
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Regulation and Legal:
Crypto pig butchering kingpin who lost $15bn in Bitcoin to US gov. arrested in Cambodia
https://www.dlnews.com/articles/people-culture/prince-group-chen-zhi-arrested-in-cambodia-after-doj-seizes-bitcoin/
Senate Agriculture Committee to follow Banking panel in crypto vote next week: report
https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2026/01/07/senate-agriculture-committee-to-follow-banking-panel-in-crypto-vote-next-week-report
Prosecutors appeal acquittal of Mango Markets exploiter Avraham Eisenberg
https://www.dlnews.com/articles/defi/prosecutors-appeal-acquittal-of-mango-markets-exploiter/
India tax authorities warn crypto undermines tax enforcement
https://cointelegraph.com/news/india-crypto-risks-taxes-regulatory-uncertainty
South Korea to flip bitcoin ETF stance as part of broader crypto push
https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2026/01/09/south-korea-to-flip-bitcoin-etf-stance-as-part-of-broader-crypto-push
CFTC issues no-action letter to Bitnomial, clearing way for event contracts
https://cointelegraph.com/news/cftc-issues-no-action-letter-to-bitnomial-clearing-way-for-event-contracts
Prediction markets? Not for politicians, says US congressman
https://www.dlnews.com/articles/regulation/congress-bill-to-ban-government-officials-using-polymarket/
Wyoming rolls out state-backed FRNT stablecoin to the public
https://cointelegraph.com/news/wyoming-stablecoin-frnt-goes-live-to-public
DeFi, ethics disputes remain in Senate crypto bill ahead of Jan. 15 vote
https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2026/01/06/defi-ethics-disputes-remain-in-senate-crypto-bill-ahead-of-jan-15-vote
Crypto pig butchering kingpin who lost $15bn in Bitcoin to US gov. arrested in Cambodia
https://www.dlnews.com/articles/people-culture/prince-group-chen-zhi-arrested-in-cambodia-after-doj-seizes-bitcoin/
Senate Agriculture Committee to follow Banking panel in crypto vote next week: report
https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2026/01/07/senate-agriculture-committee-to-follow-banking-panel-in-crypto-vote-next-week-report
Prosecutors appeal acquittal of Mango Markets exploiter Avraham Eisenberg
https://www.dlnews.com/articles/defi/prosecutors-appeal-acquittal-of-mango-markets-exploiter/
India tax authorities warn crypto undermines tax enforcement
https://cointelegraph.com/news/india-crypto-risks-taxes-regulatory-uncertainty
South Korea to flip bitcoin ETF stance as part of broader crypto push
https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2026/01/09/south-korea-to-flip-bitcoin-etf-stance-as-part-of-broader-crypto-push
CFTC issues no-action letter to Bitnomial, clearing way for event contracts
https://cointelegraph.com/news/cftc-issues-no-action-letter-to-bitnomial-clearing-way-for-event-contracts
Prediction markets? Not for politicians, says US congressman
https://www.dlnews.com/articles/regulation/congress-bill-to-ban-government-officials-using-polymarket/
Wyoming rolls out state-backed FRNT stablecoin to the public
https://cointelegraph.com/news/wyoming-stablecoin-frnt-goes-live-to-public
DeFi, ethics disputes remain in Senate crypto bill ahead of Jan. 15 vote
https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2026/01/06/defi-ethics-disputes-remain-in-senate-crypto-bill-ahead-of-jan-15-vote
DL News
Crypto pig butchering kingpin who lost $15bn in Bitcoin to US gov. arrested in Cambodia
Chen Zhi has been arrested. The Prince Group chair is accused of helping run forced labour scam compounds and stealing billions of dollars worth of crypto. Zhi’s arrest will likely deal a significant blow to these operations.
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Raises:
River Announces Strategic Investment from Maelstrom Fund, Founded by Arthur Hayes
https://decrypt.co/353605/river-announces-strategic-investment-from-maelstrom-fund-founded-by-arthur-hayes
Barclays Invests in US Stablecoin Startup Ubyx
https://decrypt.co/353838/barclays-invests-in-us-stablecoin-start-up-ubyx
Babylon Project, a Bitcoin staking infrastructure project, raises $15 led by a16z
https://x.com/babylonlabs_io/status/2008889587813494908
HabitTrade, a trading platform that provides access to U.S. and Hong Kong stocks, ETFs, options, and cryptocurrencies in a single interface, raises $10.0 million in Series A
https://x.com/HabitTrade/status/2008511993880473937
ZenChain, an EVM-compatible Bitcoin Layer 1 blockchain, raises $8.5 million in round led by Watermelon Capital, DWF Labs, and Genesis Capital
https://x.com/zen_chain/status/2008488045029548410
Boings.ai Raises $30M Seed Round to Power the "Super Individual" Economy on BNB Chain
https://www.theblock.co/press-releases/384323/boings-ai-raises-30m-seed-round-to-power-the-super-individual-economy-on-bnb-chain
River Announces Strategic Investment from Maelstrom Fund, Founded by Arthur Hayes
https://decrypt.co/353605/river-announces-strategic-investment-from-maelstrom-fund-founded-by-arthur-hayes
Barclays Invests in US Stablecoin Startup Ubyx
https://decrypt.co/353838/barclays-invests-in-us-stablecoin-start-up-ubyx
Babylon Project, a Bitcoin staking infrastructure project, raises $15 led by a16z
https://x.com/babylonlabs_io/status/2008889587813494908
HabitTrade, a trading platform that provides access to U.S. and Hong Kong stocks, ETFs, options, and cryptocurrencies in a single interface, raises $10.0 million in Series A
https://x.com/HabitTrade/status/2008511993880473937
ZenChain, an EVM-compatible Bitcoin Layer 1 blockchain, raises $8.5 million in round led by Watermelon Capital, DWF Labs, and Genesis Capital
https://x.com/zen_chain/status/2008488045029548410
Boings.ai Raises $30M Seed Round to Power the "Super Individual" Economy on BNB Chain
https://www.theblock.co/press-releases/384323/boings-ai-raises-30m-seed-round-to-power-the-super-individual-economy-on-bnb-chain
Decrypt
River Announces Strategic Investment from Maelstrom Fund, Founded by Arthur Hayes - Decrypt
Singapore, Singapore, 5th January 2026, Chainwire
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Additional Reads:
Beau Studied Hundreds of Crypto Kidnappings and Robberies, Here's How to Stay Safe
https://x.com/i/status/1995487124544491784
Pendle: One Venue, All of Fixed Income
https://www.falconx.io/newsroom/pendle-one-venue-all-of-fixed-income
The Fair Launch Handbook
https://fairlaunch.org/
Survival of the fittest code
https://x.com/hardmaru/status/2009294780594065555
2025: The year in LLMs
https://simonwillison.net/2025/Dec/31/the-year-in-llms/
AI Slop Report: The Global Rise of Low-Quality AI Videos
https://www.kapwing.com/blog/ai-slop-report-the-global-rise-of-low-quality-ai-videos/
Recursive Language Models
https://arxiv.org/html/2512.24601v1
Dynamic Large Concept Models: Latent Reasoning in an Adaptive Semantic Space
https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.24617
Decoupling the “What” and “Where” With Polar Coordinate Positional Embeddings
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.10534
Nested Learning: The Illusion of Deep Learning Architectures
https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.24695
Deep Delta Learning
https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.00417
Introduction to Orderbook Heatmaps
https://kiyotaka.ai/academy/guide/introduction-to-orderbook-heatmaps-mioq7yj4e2xhl1
Self-driving cars: social robots that save lives
https://www.a16z.news/p/self-driving-cars-social-robots-that
"AI Inclusion" Is the New "Index Inclusion"
https://dgt10011.substack.com/p/ai-inclusion-is-the-new-index-inclusion
where good ideas come from (for coding agents)
https://sunilpai.dev/posts/seven-ways/
Flirting with Models: Annanay Kapila – Perpetual Futures Everywhere and All the Time
https://www.flirtingwithmodels.com/episodes/uWwJ61GRM54
The AI revolution is here. Will the economy survive the transition?
https://post.substack.com/p/the-ai-revolution-is-here-will-the
Despite a total collapse in public user questions, Stack Overflow doubled its revenue to $115M by licensing its data to AI labs and launching a GenAI enterprise tool
https://x.com/i/status/2009297883246547072
Wintermute Ventures 2025 dealflow review
https://x.com/i/status/2009238889496523083
The Burnwick-led Pumpfun lawsuit is fucking stupid (by yours truly)
https://x.com/0xShual/status/2009399855089676336
Aave v4: A Design Framework for Pooled and Isolated Bluechip Collateral Markets
https://x.com/chaoslabs/status/2009301110477979749
Delphi x Polymarket: Where Intel Meets Liquidity
https://x.com/Delphi_Digital/status/2009278958169149711
GeeGee's first proper long-form tweet re 2026
https://x.com/0xGeeGee/status/2009226471789773267
Pair Trading Altcoins: A Statistical Arbitrage Framework
https://x.com/i/status/2009141835604861297
An existential moment for Solana
https://x.com/DrNickA/status/2008628593660678295
The unspoken pain points about accepting payments in stables as a merchant
https://x.com/i/status/2008939636610224429
The Electric Slide
https://www.notboring.co/p/the-electric-slide
The CoinAlg Bind: Profitability-Fairness Tradeoffs in Collective Investment Algorithms (or "Do AI trading agents actually make money?")
https://x.com/0xfishylosopher/status/2008664154576744612
Stablecoins Are a Rail, Not a Brand
https://x.com/artemis/status/2008598121635610633
Dan Wang's 2025 letter
https://danwang.co/2025-letter/
Complete trading stack for prediction markets including visualization and orderbooks
https://x.com/kiyotaka_ai/status/2008511799126298798
The China Tech Canon
https://asteriskmag.com/issues/12-books/the-china-tech-canon
𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗰𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗜𝗕𝗥𝗟 𝗘𝘅𝗽𝗹𝗼𝗿𝗲𝗿
https://x.com/jito_sol/status/2008239586900636142
The Gnomes of Tbilisi
https://gnomesoftbilisi.com/
Getting Started in Cryptocurrency and Web3: A Practical Guide
https://x.com/officer_secret/status/2008788136424271992?s=46
Mini Hyperliquid 2025 summary
https://x.com/HyperliquidX/status/2008458928288657426
Privacy and The Cypherpunk Revival
https://x.com/DeFiDave22/status/2007884862741766583
"here's what I've learned about LLM compression"
https://x.com/0xSero/status/2008122142613721242
the simplest way to start "vibe coding" with no experience
https://x.com/resdegen/status/2008277182238343636
Beau Studied Hundreds of Crypto Kidnappings and Robberies, Here's How to Stay Safe
https://x.com/i/status/1995487124544491784
Pendle: One Venue, All of Fixed Income
https://www.falconx.io/newsroom/pendle-one-venue-all-of-fixed-income
The Fair Launch Handbook
https://fairlaunch.org/
Survival of the fittest code
https://x.com/hardmaru/status/2009294780594065555
2025: The year in LLMs
https://simonwillison.net/2025/Dec/31/the-year-in-llms/
AI Slop Report: The Global Rise of Low-Quality AI Videos
https://www.kapwing.com/blog/ai-slop-report-the-global-rise-of-low-quality-ai-videos/
Recursive Language Models
https://arxiv.org/html/2512.24601v1
Dynamic Large Concept Models: Latent Reasoning in an Adaptive Semantic Space
https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.24617
Decoupling the “What” and “Where” With Polar Coordinate Positional Embeddings
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.10534
Nested Learning: The Illusion of Deep Learning Architectures
https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.24695
Deep Delta Learning
https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.00417
Introduction to Orderbook Heatmaps
https://kiyotaka.ai/academy/guide/introduction-to-orderbook-heatmaps-mioq7yj4e2xhl1
Self-driving cars: social robots that save lives
https://www.a16z.news/p/self-driving-cars-social-robots-that
"AI Inclusion" Is the New "Index Inclusion"
https://dgt10011.substack.com/p/ai-inclusion-is-the-new-index-inclusion
where good ideas come from (for coding agents)
https://sunilpai.dev/posts/seven-ways/
Flirting with Models: Annanay Kapila – Perpetual Futures Everywhere and All the Time
https://www.flirtingwithmodels.com/episodes/uWwJ61GRM54
The AI revolution is here. Will the economy survive the transition?
https://post.substack.com/p/the-ai-revolution-is-here-will-the
Despite a total collapse in public user questions, Stack Overflow doubled its revenue to $115M by licensing its data to AI labs and launching a GenAI enterprise tool
https://x.com/i/status/2009297883246547072
Wintermute Ventures 2025 dealflow review
https://x.com/i/status/2009238889496523083
The Burnwick-led Pumpfun lawsuit is fucking stupid (by yours truly)
https://x.com/0xShual/status/2009399855089676336
Aave v4: A Design Framework for Pooled and Isolated Bluechip Collateral Markets
https://x.com/chaoslabs/status/2009301110477979749
Delphi x Polymarket: Where Intel Meets Liquidity
https://x.com/Delphi_Digital/status/2009278958169149711
GeeGee's first proper long-form tweet re 2026
https://x.com/0xGeeGee/status/2009226471789773267
Pair Trading Altcoins: A Statistical Arbitrage Framework
https://x.com/i/status/2009141835604861297
An existential moment for Solana
https://x.com/DrNickA/status/2008628593660678295
The unspoken pain points about accepting payments in stables as a merchant
https://x.com/i/status/2008939636610224429
The Electric Slide
https://www.notboring.co/p/the-electric-slide
The CoinAlg Bind: Profitability-Fairness Tradeoffs in Collective Investment Algorithms (or "Do AI trading agents actually make money?")
https://x.com/0xfishylosopher/status/2008664154576744612
Stablecoins Are a Rail, Not a Brand
https://x.com/artemis/status/2008598121635610633
Dan Wang's 2025 letter
https://danwang.co/2025-letter/
Complete trading stack for prediction markets including visualization and orderbooks
https://x.com/kiyotaka_ai/status/2008511799126298798
The China Tech Canon
https://asteriskmag.com/issues/12-books/the-china-tech-canon
𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗰𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗜𝗕𝗥𝗟 𝗘𝘅𝗽𝗹𝗼𝗿𝗲𝗿
https://x.com/jito_sol/status/2008239586900636142
The Gnomes of Tbilisi
https://gnomesoftbilisi.com/
Getting Started in Cryptocurrency and Web3: A Practical Guide
https://x.com/officer_secret/status/2008788136424271992?s=46
Mini Hyperliquid 2025 summary
https://x.com/HyperliquidX/status/2008458928288657426
Privacy and The Cypherpunk Revival
https://x.com/DeFiDave22/status/2007884862741766583
"here's what I've learned about LLM compression"
https://x.com/0xSero/status/2008122142613721242
the simplest way to start "vibe coding" with no experience
https://x.com/resdegen/status/2008277182238343636
X (formerly Twitter)
Beau (@beausecurity) on X
I Studied Hundreds of Crypto Kidnappings and Robberies, Here's How to Stay Safe
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Additional Reads (Cont'd):
Token buybacks:
https://x.com/amirhaleem/status/2007203633532989883
https://x.com/sssionggg/status/2007275334551646302
https://x.com/fejau_inc/status/2008302312402686110
https://x.com/0xGeeGee/status/2008170363314708490
https://x.com/MonetSupply/status/2007501074958299250
https://x.com/0xSoju/status/2007706234477261025
https://x.com/sssionggg/status/2007486294742700405
https://x.com/ceterispar1bus/status/2007460006552023286
https://x.com/Fiskantes/status/2007475164171088362
https://x.com/choffstein/status/2007441889998340218
https://x.com/gametheorizing/status/2007414762766741604
Ray Dalio - 2025
https://x.com/RayDalio/status/2008191202751893770
The State of Crypto Cards and What Comes Next
https://x.com/ahboyash/status/2008162058748268760
Simplifying WOO tokenomics and eliminating overhang (including burning 300m $WOO) have passed
https://snapshot.box/#/s:woofi%F0%9F%92%99woo.eth/proposal/0xa056cb4cd7fc3fa0fbf19a9577df93d63cb3c792e5b0b35afcb2ef88e1ad8c30
Bluntz's one piece portfolio 3x over the last few months
https://x.com/Bluntz_Capital/status/2007616171135430672
ZEC Is Not Money - My Journey into Crypto and the Quest for Sovereignty
https://x.com/PineAnalytics/status/2007142521487405158
The governance proposal to use a portion of the unlocked treasury to incentivize USD1 adoption has passed with 77.75% of the vote in favor
https://x.com/worldlibertyfi/status/2007804911283494915
Are rates of physical violence against crypto users increasing?
https://x.com/hosseeb/status/2007759365432803803
Aerodrome and Uniswap butting heads about revenue comparisons
https://x.com/wagmiAlexander/status/2007111308324528182
https://x.com/haydenzadams/status/2007206627061952773
https://x.com/samkazemian/status/2007259438135337237
https://x.com/DromesLaw/status/2007275442361799014
The Wall Street L1: How Canton Network is Bringing Trillions Onchain
https://x.com/resdegen/status/2007121327140884707
Why Are We Here? Why Did We Raise $15B?
https://x.com/a16z/status/2009614226617233440
AI as Operational Infra for Risk-Aware Execution
https://x.com/chaoslabs/status/2009705038802034769
Introducing Timeline, a new way to see the why behind price movements, not just the how
https://x.com/kiyotaka_ai/status/2009599354152341867
Token buybacks:
https://x.com/amirhaleem/status/2007203633532989883
https://x.com/sssionggg/status/2007275334551646302
https://x.com/fejau_inc/status/2008302312402686110
https://x.com/0xGeeGee/status/2008170363314708490
https://x.com/MonetSupply/status/2007501074958299250
https://x.com/0xSoju/status/2007706234477261025
https://x.com/sssionggg/status/2007486294742700405
https://x.com/ceterispar1bus/status/2007460006552023286
https://x.com/Fiskantes/status/2007475164171088362
https://x.com/choffstein/status/2007441889998340218
https://x.com/gametheorizing/status/2007414762766741604
Ray Dalio - 2025
https://x.com/RayDalio/status/2008191202751893770
The State of Crypto Cards and What Comes Next
https://x.com/ahboyash/status/2008162058748268760
Simplifying WOO tokenomics and eliminating overhang (including burning 300m $WOO) have passed
https://snapshot.box/#/s:woofi%F0%9F%92%99woo.eth/proposal/0xa056cb4cd7fc3fa0fbf19a9577df93d63cb3c792e5b0b35afcb2ef88e1ad8c30
Bluntz's one piece portfolio 3x over the last few months
https://x.com/Bluntz_Capital/status/2007616171135430672
ZEC Is Not Money - My Journey into Crypto and the Quest for Sovereignty
https://x.com/PineAnalytics/status/2007142521487405158
The governance proposal to use a portion of the unlocked treasury to incentivize USD1 adoption has passed with 77.75% of the vote in favor
https://x.com/worldlibertyfi/status/2007804911283494915
Are rates of physical violence against crypto users increasing?
https://x.com/hosseeb/status/2007759365432803803
Aerodrome and Uniswap butting heads about revenue comparisons
https://x.com/wagmiAlexander/status/2007111308324528182
https://x.com/haydenzadams/status/2007206627061952773
https://x.com/samkazemian/status/2007259438135337237
https://x.com/DromesLaw/status/2007275442361799014
The Wall Street L1: How Canton Network is Bringing Trillions Onchain
https://x.com/resdegen/status/2007121327140884707
Why Are We Here? Why Did We Raise $15B?
https://x.com/a16z/status/2009614226617233440
AI as Operational Infra for Risk-Aware Execution
https://x.com/chaoslabs/status/2009705038802034769
Introducing Timeline, a new way to see the why behind price movements, not just the how
https://x.com/kiyotaka_ai/status/2009599354152341867
X (formerly Twitter)
amir 🇺🇸 (@amirhaleem) on X
an update on HNT buybacks: the market doesn’t seem to care about projects buying their tokens back off the market, so we are going to stop wasting our money under the current conditions
Helium + Mobile generated $3.4M in October alone and I’d rather we use…
Helium + Mobile generated $3.4M in October alone and I’d rather we use…
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This week in crypto: January 10th, 2026 — January 16th, 2026
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If you find value in it and want to show support, it would be much appreciated. ❤️ 0xACc19CA64b9E750E3197FA911fdf0E26D3D8E4B2
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News/Updates:
US housebuilder to launch crypto rewards after SEC ‘no-action’ letter
https://cointelegraph.com/news/megatel-homes-megprime-housing-crypto-rewards-sec
Polygon trims workforce amid $250M stablecoin payments pivot
https://cointelegraph.com/news/polygon-labs-layoffs-payments-first-stablecoin-strategy
Bitcoin miner CleanSpark broadens AI, HPC footprint with Texas acquisition
https://cointelegraph.com/news/cleanspark-mining-ai-hpc-texas-acquisition
Interactive Brokers to allow stablecoins for account funding
https://cointelegraph.com/news/interactive-brokers-usdc-stablecoin-fundingl-investors
Lighter: $LIT staking is live on mainnet
https://x.com/Lighter_xyz/status/2011580423604740117
Galaxy closes first $75M blockchain-based loan deal on Avalanche
https://cointelegraph.com/news/galaxy-digital-closes-75m-tokenized-clo-on-avalanche
Ethereum Shouldn't Delay Preparing for Quantum Computing Threat, Says Vitalik Buterin
https://decrypt.co/354304/ethereum-shouldnt-delay-preparing-quantum-threat-says-vitalik-buterin
Kraken-Linked SPAC Eyes $250 Million US Public Offering
https://decrypt.co/354410/kraken-linked-spac-eyes-250-million-us-public-offering
Trove Markets $11.5M ICO Sparks Controversy: Polymarket Bet Costs Trader $73K
https://blog.mexc.com/news/trove-markets-11-5m-ico-sparks-controversy-and-polymarket-bet-costs-trader-73k/
Visa Partners With BVNK to Enable Stablecoin Payouts on Visa Direct
https://decrypt.co/354542/visa-partners-with-bvnk-to-enable-stablecoin-payouts-on-visa-direct
Pakistan to Explore Stablecoin Remittances via Affiliate of Trump-Linked World Liberty Financial
https://decrypt.co/354567/pakistan-to-explore-stablecoin-remittances-via-affiliate-of-trump-linked-world-liberty-financial
Bank of America CEO: Interest-Bearing Stablecoins Could Take $6T Out of Bank Deposits
https://decrypt.co/354723/bank-of-america-ceo-interest-bearing-stablecoins-could-take-6t-out-of-bank-deposits
Fors Launches Beta to Aggregate Prediction Markets Across Solana Ecosystem
https://decrypt.co/354419/fors-launches-beta-to-aggregate-prediction-markets-across-solana-ecosystem
Myriad Launches First Prediction Market using World Liberty Financial Stablecoin USD1
https://decrypt.co/354402/myriad-launches-first-prediction-market-using-world-liberty-financial-stablecoin-usd1
Privacy Cash introducing private swaps on Solana
https://x.com/theprivacycash/status/2011525789611933715
Cysic and Fluxe Partner to Launch First Scalable, Compliant Privacy Protocol for Stablecoin Payments
https://decrypt.co/354754/cysic-and-fluxe-partner-to-launch-first-scalable-compliant-privacy-protocol-for-stablecoin-payments
Eric Adams’ memecoin team deflects after 82% crash: ‘Our partners had to rebalance the liquidity’ (lol)
https://www.dlnews.com/articles/people-culture/why-did-eric-adams-nyc-token-memecoin-crash/
Vitalik Buterin, Sam Altman to attend Bitmine shareholder meeting as firm conducts key vote
https://www.dlnews.com/articles/people-culture/vitalik-buterin-and-sam-altman-to-attend-bitmine-shareholder-meeting/
Russian patents office green-lights Tether’s tokenisation trademark request
https://www.dlnews.com/articles/markets/russian-green-lights-tether-tokenisation-trademark/
Felix Protocol to Launch Spot Equities on HyperEVM
https://thedefiant.io/news/defi/felix-protocol-to-launch-spot-equities-on-hyperevm
Fogo Launches Public Mainnet After Binance Token Sale
https://thedefiant.io/news/blockchains/fogo-launches-public-mainnet-after-binance-token-sale
Introducing Generic: Neutral infrastructure for private and yield-generating stablecoins
https://x.com/genericmoney/status/2011830826909253915
CME Group to Expand Crypto Derivatives Suite with Launch of Cardano, Chainlink and Stellar Futures
https://www.cmegroup.com/media-room/press-releases/2026/1/15/cme_group_to_expandcryptoderivativessuitewithlaunchofcardanochai.html
US housebuilder to launch crypto rewards after SEC ‘no-action’ letter
https://cointelegraph.com/news/megatel-homes-megprime-housing-crypto-rewards-sec
Polygon trims workforce amid $250M stablecoin payments pivot
https://cointelegraph.com/news/polygon-labs-layoffs-payments-first-stablecoin-strategy
Bitcoin miner CleanSpark broadens AI, HPC footprint with Texas acquisition
https://cointelegraph.com/news/cleanspark-mining-ai-hpc-texas-acquisition
Interactive Brokers to allow stablecoins for account funding
https://cointelegraph.com/news/interactive-brokers-usdc-stablecoin-fundingl-investors
Lighter: $LIT staking is live on mainnet
https://x.com/Lighter_xyz/status/2011580423604740117
Galaxy closes first $75M blockchain-based loan deal on Avalanche
https://cointelegraph.com/news/galaxy-digital-closes-75m-tokenized-clo-on-avalanche
Ethereum Shouldn't Delay Preparing for Quantum Computing Threat, Says Vitalik Buterin
https://decrypt.co/354304/ethereum-shouldnt-delay-preparing-quantum-threat-says-vitalik-buterin
Kraken-Linked SPAC Eyes $250 Million US Public Offering
https://decrypt.co/354410/kraken-linked-spac-eyes-250-million-us-public-offering
Trove Markets $11.5M ICO Sparks Controversy: Polymarket Bet Costs Trader $73K
https://blog.mexc.com/news/trove-markets-11-5m-ico-sparks-controversy-and-polymarket-bet-costs-trader-73k/
Visa Partners With BVNK to Enable Stablecoin Payouts on Visa Direct
https://decrypt.co/354542/visa-partners-with-bvnk-to-enable-stablecoin-payouts-on-visa-direct
Pakistan to Explore Stablecoin Remittances via Affiliate of Trump-Linked World Liberty Financial
https://decrypt.co/354567/pakistan-to-explore-stablecoin-remittances-via-affiliate-of-trump-linked-world-liberty-financial
Bank of America CEO: Interest-Bearing Stablecoins Could Take $6T Out of Bank Deposits
https://decrypt.co/354723/bank-of-america-ceo-interest-bearing-stablecoins-could-take-6t-out-of-bank-deposits
Fors Launches Beta to Aggregate Prediction Markets Across Solana Ecosystem
https://decrypt.co/354419/fors-launches-beta-to-aggregate-prediction-markets-across-solana-ecosystem
Myriad Launches First Prediction Market using World Liberty Financial Stablecoin USD1
https://decrypt.co/354402/myriad-launches-first-prediction-market-using-world-liberty-financial-stablecoin-usd1
Privacy Cash introducing private swaps on Solana
https://x.com/theprivacycash/status/2011525789611933715
Cysic and Fluxe Partner to Launch First Scalable, Compliant Privacy Protocol for Stablecoin Payments
https://decrypt.co/354754/cysic-and-fluxe-partner-to-launch-first-scalable-compliant-privacy-protocol-for-stablecoin-payments
Eric Adams’ memecoin team deflects after 82% crash: ‘Our partners had to rebalance the liquidity’ (lol)
https://www.dlnews.com/articles/people-culture/why-did-eric-adams-nyc-token-memecoin-crash/
Vitalik Buterin, Sam Altman to attend Bitmine shareholder meeting as firm conducts key vote
https://www.dlnews.com/articles/people-culture/vitalik-buterin-and-sam-altman-to-attend-bitmine-shareholder-meeting/
Russian patents office green-lights Tether’s tokenisation trademark request
https://www.dlnews.com/articles/markets/russian-green-lights-tether-tokenisation-trademark/
Felix Protocol to Launch Spot Equities on HyperEVM
https://thedefiant.io/news/defi/felix-protocol-to-launch-spot-equities-on-hyperevm
Fogo Launches Public Mainnet After Binance Token Sale
https://thedefiant.io/news/blockchains/fogo-launches-public-mainnet-after-binance-token-sale
Introducing Generic: Neutral infrastructure for private and yield-generating stablecoins
https://x.com/genericmoney/status/2011830826909253915
CME Group to Expand Crypto Derivatives Suite with Launch of Cardano, Chainlink and Stellar Futures
https://www.cmegroup.com/media-room/press-releases/2026/1/15/cme_group_to_expandcryptoderivativessuitewithlaunchofcardanochai.html
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News/Updates (Cont'd):
Starknet Partners with NEAR to Bring STRK to Solana
https://thedefiant.io/news/defi/strk-goes-live-on-solana-via-near
Not just STRK--$ZORA is coming to Solana too
https://x.com/solana/status/2012168322654077241
Pudgy Penguin collaborating with Manchester City
https://x.com/pudgypenguins/status/2011861787399082250
Pumpfun introduces a new feature: callouts
https://x.com/Pumpfun/status/2011865917160907160
Berachain Rallies 40% After Unveiling ‘Bera Builds Businesses’ Plan
https://thedefiant.io/news/blockchains/berachain-rallies-40-after-unveiling-bera-builds-businesses-plan
Coinbase fears tokenization rival Securitize, says Citron Research
https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2026/01/15/cantor-equity-partners-ii-stock-gains-as-citron-says-coinbase-fears-tokenization-rival
YO Suffers $3.7M Loss Due to ‘Unintended’ Stablecoin Swap
https://thedefiant.io/news/defi/yield-suffers-usd3-7m-loss-due-to-unintended-stablecoin-swap
CookieDAO is sunsetting Snaps
https://x.com/cookiedotfun/status/2011827453077938511
Polygon to Become US-Regulated Payments Platform
https://thedefiant.io/news/blockchains/polygon-to-become-us-regulated-payments-platform
Lido V3 & Northstake: Simplifying Institutional Ethereum Staking with stVaults
https://blog.lido.fi/lido-v3-northstake-simplifying-institutional-ethereum-staking-with-stvaults/
LSEG brings commercial bank money onto blockchain rails with DiSH
https://cointelegraph.com/news/lseg-launches-dish-onchain-cash-settlement
Animoca buys Somo as NFT market rebounds early in 2026
https://cointelegraph.com/news/animoca-brands-acquires-somo-nft-market-rebound-2026
Jefferies’ ‘Greed & Fear’ strategist cuts Bitcoin allocation to zero on quantum risk
https://cointelegraph.com/news/efferies-greed-fear-strategist-cuts-bitcoin-allocation
Investors in real-world asset platform Ondo brace for $737m of token unlocks
https://www.dlnews.com/articles/defi/ondo-investors-brace-for-huge-token-unlock/
AI, Impersonations Drove Crypto Scam Losses to Record $17 Billion in 2025: Chainalysis
https://decrypt.co/354624/ai-impersonation-drove-crypto-scam-losses-record-17-billion-2025-chainalysis
DeadLock Ransomware Using Polygon Smart Contracts to Evade Detection
https://decrypt.co/354731/deadlock-ransomware-using-polygon-smart-contracts-to-evade-detection
Utah Man Gets Three Years for $2.9M Fraud Tied to Crypto Cash Scheme
https://decrypt.co/354836/utah-man-three-years-2-9m-fraud-crypto-cash-scheme
SWIFT trials euro stablecoin in tokenized bond payments with SG-Forge
https://cointelegraph.com/news/sg-forge-swift-tokenized-bonds-eur-coinvertible-stablecoin
Why crypto projects are suddenly ditching Discord: It’s ‘full of scammers’
https://www.dlnews.com/articles/defi/why-crypto-projects-are-suddenly-ditching-discord/
Inside BlockDAG’s $442m crypto maze of missing miners, unpaid employees, and breached contracts
https://www.dlnews.com/articles/defi/inside-crypto-project-blockdag-442-million-usd-maze/
DeFi Becomes Preferred Laundering Route For Impersonation Scams: Chainalysis
https://thedefiant.io/news/research-and-opinion/defi-becomes-preferred-laundering-route-for-impersonation-scams-chainalysis
XRP treasury Evernorth prepares for IPO: ‘The timing couldn’t be better’
https://www.dlnews.com/articles/markets/evernorth-ceo-says-timing-perfect-for-ipo-despite-dat-woes/
MrBeast Eyes DeFi as Tom Lee's Ethereum Treasury BitMine Invests $200 Million
https://decrypt.co/354732/mrbeast-eyes-defi-ethereum-treasury-firm-bitmine-invests-200-million
On January 10, 2026 at around 11 pm UTC a victim lost $282M+ worth of LTC & BTC due to a hardware wallet social engineering scam
https://t.me/investigations/302
Introducing Citrea USD (ctUSD): The Native Stablecoin for Bitcoin, Issued by MoonPay and Powered by M0
https://www.blog.citrea.xyz/introducing-citrea-usd-ctusd-the-native-stablecoin-for-bitcoin-issued-by-moonpay-and-powered-by-m0/
MilkyWay Protocol Wind-Down and Permanent Shutdown
https://x.com/milky_way_zone/status/2011770175566332325
Starknet Partners with NEAR to Bring STRK to Solana
https://thedefiant.io/news/defi/strk-goes-live-on-solana-via-near
Not just STRK--$ZORA is coming to Solana too
https://x.com/solana/status/2012168322654077241
Pudgy Penguin collaborating with Manchester City
https://x.com/pudgypenguins/status/2011861787399082250
Pumpfun introduces a new feature: callouts
https://x.com/Pumpfun/status/2011865917160907160
Berachain Rallies 40% After Unveiling ‘Bera Builds Businesses’ Plan
https://thedefiant.io/news/blockchains/berachain-rallies-40-after-unveiling-bera-builds-businesses-plan
Coinbase fears tokenization rival Securitize, says Citron Research
https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2026/01/15/cantor-equity-partners-ii-stock-gains-as-citron-says-coinbase-fears-tokenization-rival
YO Suffers $3.7M Loss Due to ‘Unintended’ Stablecoin Swap
https://thedefiant.io/news/defi/yield-suffers-usd3-7m-loss-due-to-unintended-stablecoin-swap
CookieDAO is sunsetting Snaps
https://x.com/cookiedotfun/status/2011827453077938511
Polygon to Become US-Regulated Payments Platform
https://thedefiant.io/news/blockchains/polygon-to-become-us-regulated-payments-platform
Lido V3 & Northstake: Simplifying Institutional Ethereum Staking with stVaults
https://blog.lido.fi/lido-v3-northstake-simplifying-institutional-ethereum-staking-with-stvaults/
LSEG brings commercial bank money onto blockchain rails with DiSH
https://cointelegraph.com/news/lseg-launches-dish-onchain-cash-settlement
Animoca buys Somo as NFT market rebounds early in 2026
https://cointelegraph.com/news/animoca-brands-acquires-somo-nft-market-rebound-2026
Jefferies’ ‘Greed & Fear’ strategist cuts Bitcoin allocation to zero on quantum risk
https://cointelegraph.com/news/efferies-greed-fear-strategist-cuts-bitcoin-allocation
Investors in real-world asset platform Ondo brace for $737m of token unlocks
https://www.dlnews.com/articles/defi/ondo-investors-brace-for-huge-token-unlock/
AI, Impersonations Drove Crypto Scam Losses to Record $17 Billion in 2025: Chainalysis
https://decrypt.co/354624/ai-impersonation-drove-crypto-scam-losses-record-17-billion-2025-chainalysis
DeadLock Ransomware Using Polygon Smart Contracts to Evade Detection
https://decrypt.co/354731/deadlock-ransomware-using-polygon-smart-contracts-to-evade-detection
Utah Man Gets Three Years for $2.9M Fraud Tied to Crypto Cash Scheme
https://decrypt.co/354836/utah-man-three-years-2-9m-fraud-crypto-cash-scheme
SWIFT trials euro stablecoin in tokenized bond payments with SG-Forge
https://cointelegraph.com/news/sg-forge-swift-tokenized-bonds-eur-coinvertible-stablecoin
Why crypto projects are suddenly ditching Discord: It’s ‘full of scammers’
https://www.dlnews.com/articles/defi/why-crypto-projects-are-suddenly-ditching-discord/
Inside BlockDAG’s $442m crypto maze of missing miners, unpaid employees, and breached contracts
https://www.dlnews.com/articles/defi/inside-crypto-project-blockdag-442-million-usd-maze/
DeFi Becomes Preferred Laundering Route For Impersonation Scams: Chainalysis
https://thedefiant.io/news/research-and-opinion/defi-becomes-preferred-laundering-route-for-impersonation-scams-chainalysis
XRP treasury Evernorth prepares for IPO: ‘The timing couldn’t be better’
https://www.dlnews.com/articles/markets/evernorth-ceo-says-timing-perfect-for-ipo-despite-dat-woes/
MrBeast Eyes DeFi as Tom Lee's Ethereum Treasury BitMine Invests $200 Million
https://decrypt.co/354732/mrbeast-eyes-defi-ethereum-treasury-firm-bitmine-invests-200-million
On January 10, 2026 at around 11 pm UTC a victim lost $282M+ worth of LTC & BTC due to a hardware wallet social engineering scam
https://t.me/investigations/302
Introducing Citrea USD (ctUSD): The Native Stablecoin for Bitcoin, Issued by MoonPay and Powered by M0
https://www.blog.citrea.xyz/introducing-citrea-usd-ctusd-the-native-stablecoin-for-bitcoin-issued-by-moonpay-and-powered-by-m0/
MilkyWay Protocol Wind-Down and Permanent Shutdown
https://x.com/milky_way_zone/status/2011770175566332325
thedefiant.io
Starknet Partners with NEAR to Bring STRK to Solana
Starknet’s token STRK is now natively accessible on Solana, with cross-chain interoperability provided by NEAR Intents, according to an announcement on Jan. 15.
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AI:
Google’s Gemini to power Apple’s AI features like Siri
https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/12/googles-gemini-to-power-apples-ai-features-like-siri/
Next generation medical image interpretation with MedGemma 1.5 and medical speech to text with MedASR
https://research.google/blog/next-generation-medical-image-interpretation-with-medgemma-15-and-medical-speech-to-text-with-medasr/
Ads are coming to ChatGPT
https://x.com/sama/status/2012253252771824074
Introducing Personal Intelligence in Google's Gemini
https://x.com/sundarpichai/status/2011475851670667356
Baidu's ERNIE 5 AI Model Rises Up the Rankings—A Math Wiz That Beats OpenAI's GPT 5.1
https://decrypt.co/354772/baidu-ernie-5-ai-model-rises-rankings-math-wiz-beats-gpt
OpenAI signs deal, worth $10B, for compute from Cerebras
https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/14/openai-signs-deal-reportedly-worth-10-billion-for-compute-from-cerebras/
Anthropic announces Claude for Healthcare following OpenAI’s ChatGPT Health reveal
https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/12/anthropic-announces-claude-for-healthcare-following-openais-chatgpt-health-reveal/
Anthropic’s new Cowork tool offers Claude Code without the code
https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/12/anthropics-new-cowork-tool-offers-claude-code-without-the-code/
Book Publishers Seek Entry Into Google AI Copyright Fight
https://decrypt.co/354846/book-publishers-seek-entry-into-google-ai-copyright-fight
TII Abu-Dhabi Released Falcon H1R-7B: A New Reasoning Model Outperforming Others in Math and Coding with only 7B Params with 256k Context Window
https://www.marktechpost.com/2026/01/07/tii-abu-dhabi-released-falcon-h1r-7b-a-new-reasoning-model-outperforming-others-in-math-and-coding-with-only-7b-params-with-256k-context-window/
NVIDIA AI Released Nemotron Speech ASR: A New Open Source Transcription Model Designed from the Ground Up for Low-Latency Use Cases like Voice Agents
https://www.marktechpost.com/2026/01/06/nvidia-ai-released-nemotron-speech-asr-a-new-open-source-transcription-model-designed-from-the-ground-up-for-low-latency-use-cases-like-voice-agents/
Erdős problem #729 has also been fully autonomously resolved by GPT-5.2 Pro with Aristotle
https://x.com/AcerFur/status/2010054423398232080
Slackbot is an AI agent now
https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/13/slackbot-is-an-ai-agent-now/
AI moves into the real world as companion robots and pets
https://www.theverge.com/news/856207/ces-2026-trend-ai-companion-robot-pet
LMArena lands $1.7B valuation four months after launching its product
https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/06/lmarena-lands-1-7b-valuation-four-months-after-launching-its-product/
Anthropic shakes up C-suite to expand its internal incubator
https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/861475/anthropic-ai-c-suite-internal-incubator-labs-team-mike-krieger
Insurance giant Allianz signs Claude Code deal with Anthropic
https://www.cio.com/article/4115120/new-feather-in-anthropics-cap-signs-agreement-with-insurance-giant.html
Deepgram raises $130M at $1.3B valuation and buys a YC AI startup
https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/13/deepgram-raises-130m-at-1-3b-valuation-and-buys-a-yc-ai-startup/
PayPal Teams With Microsoft to Power Checkout in Copilot
https://www.pymnts.com/partnerships/2026/paypal-teams-with-microsoft-to-power-checkout-in-copilot/
This is Uber’s new robotaxi from Lucid and Nuro
https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/05/this-is-ubers-new-robotaxi-from-lucid-and-nuro/
RealMem: Benchmarking LLMs in Real-World Memory-Driven Interaction
https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.06966
AI models were given four weeks of therapy: the results worried researchers
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-04112-2
Meta to cut 10% of metaverse arm this week amid AI push: Report
https://cointelegraph.com/news/meta-cut-10-percent-metaverse-arm-this-week-report
Google removes some AI health summaries after investigation finds “dangerous” flaws
https://arstechnica.com/ai/2026/01/google-removes-some-ai-health-summaries-after-investigation-finds-dangerous-flaws/
Google’s Gemini to power Apple’s AI features like Siri
https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/12/googles-gemini-to-power-apples-ai-features-like-siri/
Next generation medical image interpretation with MedGemma 1.5 and medical speech to text with MedASR
https://research.google/blog/next-generation-medical-image-interpretation-with-medgemma-15-and-medical-speech-to-text-with-medasr/
Ads are coming to ChatGPT
https://x.com/sama/status/2012253252771824074
Introducing Personal Intelligence in Google's Gemini
https://x.com/sundarpichai/status/2011475851670667356
Baidu's ERNIE 5 AI Model Rises Up the Rankings—A Math Wiz That Beats OpenAI's GPT 5.1
https://decrypt.co/354772/baidu-ernie-5-ai-model-rises-rankings-math-wiz-beats-gpt
OpenAI signs deal, worth $10B, for compute from Cerebras
https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/14/openai-signs-deal-reportedly-worth-10-billion-for-compute-from-cerebras/
Anthropic announces Claude for Healthcare following OpenAI’s ChatGPT Health reveal
https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/12/anthropic-announces-claude-for-healthcare-following-openais-chatgpt-health-reveal/
Anthropic’s new Cowork tool offers Claude Code without the code
https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/12/anthropics-new-cowork-tool-offers-claude-code-without-the-code/
Book Publishers Seek Entry Into Google AI Copyright Fight
https://decrypt.co/354846/book-publishers-seek-entry-into-google-ai-copyright-fight
TII Abu-Dhabi Released Falcon H1R-7B: A New Reasoning Model Outperforming Others in Math and Coding with only 7B Params with 256k Context Window
https://www.marktechpost.com/2026/01/07/tii-abu-dhabi-released-falcon-h1r-7b-a-new-reasoning-model-outperforming-others-in-math-and-coding-with-only-7b-params-with-256k-context-window/
NVIDIA AI Released Nemotron Speech ASR: A New Open Source Transcription Model Designed from the Ground Up for Low-Latency Use Cases like Voice Agents
https://www.marktechpost.com/2026/01/06/nvidia-ai-released-nemotron-speech-asr-a-new-open-source-transcription-model-designed-from-the-ground-up-for-low-latency-use-cases-like-voice-agents/
Erdős problem #729 has also been fully autonomously resolved by GPT-5.2 Pro with Aristotle
https://x.com/AcerFur/status/2010054423398232080
Slackbot is an AI agent now
https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/13/slackbot-is-an-ai-agent-now/
AI moves into the real world as companion robots and pets
https://www.theverge.com/news/856207/ces-2026-trend-ai-companion-robot-pet
LMArena lands $1.7B valuation four months after launching its product
https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/06/lmarena-lands-1-7b-valuation-four-months-after-launching-its-product/
Anthropic shakes up C-suite to expand its internal incubator
https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/861475/anthropic-ai-c-suite-internal-incubator-labs-team-mike-krieger
Insurance giant Allianz signs Claude Code deal with Anthropic
https://www.cio.com/article/4115120/new-feather-in-anthropics-cap-signs-agreement-with-insurance-giant.html
Deepgram raises $130M at $1.3B valuation and buys a YC AI startup
https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/13/deepgram-raises-130m-at-1-3b-valuation-and-buys-a-yc-ai-startup/
PayPal Teams With Microsoft to Power Checkout in Copilot
https://www.pymnts.com/partnerships/2026/paypal-teams-with-microsoft-to-power-checkout-in-copilot/
This is Uber’s new robotaxi from Lucid and Nuro
https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/05/this-is-ubers-new-robotaxi-from-lucid-and-nuro/
RealMem: Benchmarking LLMs in Real-World Memory-Driven Interaction
https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.06966
AI models were given four weeks of therapy: the results worried researchers
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-04112-2
Meta to cut 10% of metaverse arm this week amid AI push: Report
https://cointelegraph.com/news/meta-cut-10-percent-metaverse-arm-this-week-report
Google removes some AI health summaries after investigation finds “dangerous” flaws
https://arstechnica.com/ai/2026/01/google-removes-some-ai-health-summaries-after-investigation-finds-dangerous-flaws/
TechCrunch
Google’s Gemini to power Apple’s AI features like Siri | TechCrunch
Apple and Google have embarked on a non-exclusive, multi-year partnership that will involve Apple using Gemini models and Google cloud technology for future foundational models.
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Regulation and Legal:
Coinbase pulls support for crypto bill: ‘no bill’ better than ‘bad bill’
https://cointelegraph.com/news/clarity-act-crypto-market-structure-coinbase-brian-armstrong
Crypto titans split as Senate delays vote on Clarity Act
https://www.dlnews.com/articles/regulation/crypto-titans-split-as-senate-delays-vote-on-clarity-act/
South Korea Tightens Crypto Access as Google Play Blocks Unregistered Exchanges
https://decrypt.co/354917/south-korea-tightens-crypto-access-as-google-play-blocks-unregistered-exchanges
Solana Policy Institute urges SEC to exempt DeFi developers from exchange rules
https://cointelegraph.com/news/solana-policy-institute-sec-defi-developer-protections
Zcash Foundation says SEC closed 2023 probe into privacy coin
https://cointelegraph.com/news/zcash-foundation-sec-probe-privacy-coin-unregistered-security
West Virginia lawmaker introduces bill to allow state crypto investments
https://cointelegraph.com/news/west-virginia-bill-treasury-digital-assets
Belarus creates legal framework for ‘cryptobanks’ in new presidential decree
https://cointelegraph.com/news/belarus-cryptobank-legal-framework-state-banking
Democrats Blast SEC Over Crypto Retreat, Justin Sun’s Alleged China Ties
https://decrypt.co/354792/democrats-blast-sec-crypto-retreat-justin-suns-china
California Fines Crypto Wealth Platform Nexo $500K Over 'Unlicensed' Loans
https://decrypt.co/354839/california-fines-crypto-lender-nexo-500k-unlicensed-loans
Ex-digital yuan chief ‘took $8m in crypto bribes while working at Chinese central bank’
https://www.dlnews.com/articles/people-culture/former-chinese-cbdc-chief-took-8m-in-crypto-bribes/
Crypto exchange Korbit accepts regulator’s $2m anti-money laundering violations fine
https://www.dlnews.com/articles/markets/korbit-accepts-regulators-2m-fine/
Germany’s DZ Bank secures MiCA license for ‘meinKrypto’ platform
https://cointelegraph.com/news/dz-bank-mica-license-crypto-services-germany
Manhattan DA Pushes Criminal Penalties for Unlicensed Crypto Operators
https://decrypt.co/354865/manhattan-da-pushes-criminal-penalties-for-unlicensed-crypto-operators
Coinbase pulls support for crypto bill: ‘no bill’ better than ‘bad bill’
https://cointelegraph.com/news/clarity-act-crypto-market-structure-coinbase-brian-armstrong
Crypto titans split as Senate delays vote on Clarity Act
https://www.dlnews.com/articles/regulation/crypto-titans-split-as-senate-delays-vote-on-clarity-act/
South Korea Tightens Crypto Access as Google Play Blocks Unregistered Exchanges
https://decrypt.co/354917/south-korea-tightens-crypto-access-as-google-play-blocks-unregistered-exchanges
Solana Policy Institute urges SEC to exempt DeFi developers from exchange rules
https://cointelegraph.com/news/solana-policy-institute-sec-defi-developer-protections
Zcash Foundation says SEC closed 2023 probe into privacy coin
https://cointelegraph.com/news/zcash-foundation-sec-probe-privacy-coin-unregistered-security
West Virginia lawmaker introduces bill to allow state crypto investments
https://cointelegraph.com/news/west-virginia-bill-treasury-digital-assets
Belarus creates legal framework for ‘cryptobanks’ in new presidential decree
https://cointelegraph.com/news/belarus-cryptobank-legal-framework-state-banking
Democrats Blast SEC Over Crypto Retreat, Justin Sun’s Alleged China Ties
https://decrypt.co/354792/democrats-blast-sec-crypto-retreat-justin-suns-china
California Fines Crypto Wealth Platform Nexo $500K Over 'Unlicensed' Loans
https://decrypt.co/354839/california-fines-crypto-lender-nexo-500k-unlicensed-loans
Ex-digital yuan chief ‘took $8m in crypto bribes while working at Chinese central bank’
https://www.dlnews.com/articles/people-culture/former-chinese-cbdc-chief-took-8m-in-crypto-bribes/
Crypto exchange Korbit accepts regulator’s $2m anti-money laundering violations fine
https://www.dlnews.com/articles/markets/korbit-accepts-regulators-2m-fine/
Germany’s DZ Bank secures MiCA license for ‘meinKrypto’ platform
https://cointelegraph.com/news/dz-bank-mica-license-crypto-services-germany
Manhattan DA Pushes Criminal Penalties for Unlicensed Crypto Operators
https://decrypt.co/354865/manhattan-da-pushes-criminal-penalties-for-unlicensed-crypto-operators
Cointelegraph
Coinbase Withdraws Support For Crypto Market Structure Bill
Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong said that the crypto exchange “can’t support” the CLARITY Act as it is written, citing several points of concern.
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[Raises]
A16z raises $15B, says crypto a ‘key’ to America winning next 100 years
https://cointelegraph.com/news/a16z-raises-15-billion-says-crypto-crucial-to-americas-future
CZ’s YZi Backs Genius in Multi-8-Figure Deal to Win the Terminal Wars
https://decrypt.co/354643/czs-yzi-backs-genius-in-multi-8-figure-deal-to-win-the-terminal-wars
Mingo Secures Exclusive 54-Country Ticketing Deal on Hedera
https://decrypt.co/354864/mingo-secures-exclusive-54-country-ticketing-deal-on-hedera
Spain’s Bankinter joins $35M Bit2Me round amid growing bank crypto alliances
https://cointelegraph.com/news/bankinter-30m-bit2me-investment-eu-fintech-expansion
GooMoney Secures $19.3M in BTC Strategic Backing Ahead of Launch
https://decrypt.co/354623/goomoney-secures-19-3m-in-btc-strategic-backing-ahead-of-launch
Saturn raises $800k from YZi Labs
https://x.com/usdat21/status/2011831094463615313
Meld, a payments and conversion infrastructure that enables in-app conversion between fiat currencies and tokens, raises $7.0 million
https://x.com/pankajbengani/status/2011462764049686882
Noise, an on-chain attention markets platform raises $7.1 million in Seed led by Paradigm
https://x.com/TheBlock__/status/2011439454439813451
Alpaca, an API-first trading platform offering commission-free trading, raises $150.0 million in Series D
https://x.com/AlpacaHQ/status/2011412383084724515
Project Eleven, an applied quantum computing lab focused on protecting blockchains and digital assets from quantum threats, raises $20.0 million in Series A
https://x.com/qdayclock/status/2011468431795569079
Fogo, a purpose-built layer 1 blockchain, raises $7.0 million in Public token sale
https://www.binance.com/en/events/primesale-fogo
Neuramint, a Web3-native AI agent and tokenization platform, raises $5.0 million in Seed
https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/neuramint-raises-5m-seed-to-build-an-agent-workflow-platform-for-web3-302658622.html
ICEx, an Indonesia-based, regulated cryptocurrency exchange, raises $70.0 million in round
https://www.techinasia.com/news/indonesia-approves-70m-backed-icex-as-second-crypto-exchange
VelaFi, a stablecoin-powered financial infrastructure provider under Galactic Holdings, raises $20.0 million in Series B
https://www.coindesk.com/business/2026/01/12/velafi-raises-usd20-million-in-series-b-to-expand-stablecoin-payments-infrastructure
Naoris Protocol, a decentralized cybersecurity network that turns connected devices into validator nodes, raises undisclosed amount
https://x.com/NaorisProtocol/status/2010743233584787924
XMAQUINA, a DePIN platform that tokenizes autonomous robots, raises $10.0 million in round
https://www.xmaquina.io/blog/10m-raised-to-reclaim-the-robotics-capital-markets
KOLect, an AI-powered Web3 analytics platform that evaluates crypto influencers by analyzing social media signals and on-chain data, raises $1.2 million in Pre-Seed
https://x.com/kolect_info/status/2009878004076556784
TBook, RWA distribution infrastructure raises $5.0 million in round
https://www.bitget.com/asia/news/detail/12560605139404
A16z raises $15B, says crypto a ‘key’ to America winning next 100 years
https://cointelegraph.com/news/a16z-raises-15-billion-says-crypto-crucial-to-americas-future
CZ’s YZi Backs Genius in Multi-8-Figure Deal to Win the Terminal Wars
https://decrypt.co/354643/czs-yzi-backs-genius-in-multi-8-figure-deal-to-win-the-terminal-wars
Mingo Secures Exclusive 54-Country Ticketing Deal on Hedera
https://decrypt.co/354864/mingo-secures-exclusive-54-country-ticketing-deal-on-hedera
Spain’s Bankinter joins $35M Bit2Me round amid growing bank crypto alliances
https://cointelegraph.com/news/bankinter-30m-bit2me-investment-eu-fintech-expansion
GooMoney Secures $19.3M in BTC Strategic Backing Ahead of Launch
https://decrypt.co/354623/goomoney-secures-19-3m-in-btc-strategic-backing-ahead-of-launch
Saturn raises $800k from YZi Labs
https://x.com/usdat21/status/2011831094463615313
Meld, a payments and conversion infrastructure that enables in-app conversion between fiat currencies and tokens, raises $7.0 million
https://x.com/pankajbengani/status/2011462764049686882
Noise, an on-chain attention markets platform raises $7.1 million in Seed led by Paradigm
https://x.com/TheBlock__/status/2011439454439813451
Alpaca, an API-first trading platform offering commission-free trading, raises $150.0 million in Series D
https://x.com/AlpacaHQ/status/2011412383084724515
Project Eleven, an applied quantum computing lab focused on protecting blockchains and digital assets from quantum threats, raises $20.0 million in Series A
https://x.com/qdayclock/status/2011468431795569079
Fogo, a purpose-built layer 1 blockchain, raises $7.0 million in Public token sale
https://www.binance.com/en/events/primesale-fogo
Neuramint, a Web3-native AI agent and tokenization platform, raises $5.0 million in Seed
https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/neuramint-raises-5m-seed-to-build-an-agent-workflow-platform-for-web3-302658622.html
ICEx, an Indonesia-based, regulated cryptocurrency exchange, raises $70.0 million in round
https://www.techinasia.com/news/indonesia-approves-70m-backed-icex-as-second-crypto-exchange
VelaFi, a stablecoin-powered financial infrastructure provider under Galactic Holdings, raises $20.0 million in Series B
https://www.coindesk.com/business/2026/01/12/velafi-raises-usd20-million-in-series-b-to-expand-stablecoin-payments-infrastructure
Naoris Protocol, a decentralized cybersecurity network that turns connected devices into validator nodes, raises undisclosed amount
https://x.com/NaorisProtocol/status/2010743233584787924
XMAQUINA, a DePIN platform that tokenizes autonomous robots, raises $10.0 million in round
https://www.xmaquina.io/blog/10m-raised-to-reclaim-the-robotics-capital-markets
KOLect, an AI-powered Web3 analytics platform that evaluates crypto influencers by analyzing social media signals and on-chain data, raises $1.2 million in Pre-Seed
https://x.com/kolect_info/status/2009878004076556784
TBook, RWA distribution infrastructure raises $5.0 million in round
https://www.bitget.com/asia/news/detail/12560605139404
Cointelegraph
A16z raises $15B Says Crypto is Crucial to Preserve US Dominance
VC firm Andreessen “a16z” Horowitz has raised $15 billion and said crypto remains a core technology to preserve US dominance and win the next century amid rising competition.
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Additional Reads:
Game Plan for 2026
https://www.decentralised.co/p/game-plan-for-2026
Hashstack #027
https://hashstack.beehiiv.com/p/hashstack-027
Onchain AI 2.0?
https://x.com/connorking/status/2011905063569277008
LLMs vs. Marketplaces
https://www.danhock.co/p/llms-vs-marketplaces
Sunsetting Yaps & Introducing Kaito Studio
https://x.com/punk9277/status/2011837292907020605
The Hidden Dangers & Costs of Tokenized Assets
https://x.com/ballsyalchemist/status/2011829121429471349
Stablecoins vs Banks: The Bank Account Is a Bundle. Stablecoins Are Trying to Sell You One Piece.
https://x.com/borjaneira_/status/2011874920808976671
Welcome to Gas Town
https://steve-yegge.medium.com/welcome-to-gas-town-4f25ee16dd04
Stablecoin Payments at Scale: How Cards Bridge Digital Assets and Global Commerce
https://research.artemisanalytics.com/p/stablecoin-payments-at-scale-how
Vitalik: We need better decentralized stablecoins
https://x.com/VitalikButerin/status/2010253778365055363
Deep Learning: The Batch - Issue #336
https://www.deeplearning.ai/the-batch/issue-336/
Who Bought the Top?
https://x.com/DoveyWan/status/2010714093951611216
Three things ruined CT
https://x.com/nic_carter/status/2011095541199917137
Kiyotaka introducing Polymarket Discovery
https://x.com/kiyotaka_ai/status/2011412826120962447
The DeFi Drive on Chiliz Chain – Part One
https://x.com/Chiliz/status/2010987448621302174
Reverse Engineering Wintermute's $100M Market Making Wallet On Hyperliquid
https://x.com/0xLoris/status/2011179831942090783
introduction to takopi
https://x.com/banteg/status/2010068506914803774
Money, AI, Jobs
https://x.com/chimpfone/status/2009659989258915983
More and more people who contributed to open source code are going closed source because of AI
https://x.com/MarcJSchmidt/status/2009688028931875156
Game Plan for 2026
https://www.decentralised.co/p/game-plan-for-2026
Hashstack #027
https://hashstack.beehiiv.com/p/hashstack-027
Onchain AI 2.0?
https://x.com/connorking/status/2011905063569277008
LLMs vs. Marketplaces
https://www.danhock.co/p/llms-vs-marketplaces
Sunsetting Yaps & Introducing Kaito Studio
https://x.com/punk9277/status/2011837292907020605
The Hidden Dangers & Costs of Tokenized Assets
https://x.com/ballsyalchemist/status/2011829121429471349
Stablecoins vs Banks: The Bank Account Is a Bundle. Stablecoins Are Trying to Sell You One Piece.
https://x.com/borjaneira_/status/2011874920808976671
Welcome to Gas Town
https://steve-yegge.medium.com/welcome-to-gas-town-4f25ee16dd04
Stablecoin Payments at Scale: How Cards Bridge Digital Assets and Global Commerce
https://research.artemisanalytics.com/p/stablecoin-payments-at-scale-how
Vitalik: We need better decentralized stablecoins
https://x.com/VitalikButerin/status/2010253778365055363
Deep Learning: The Batch - Issue #336
https://www.deeplearning.ai/the-batch/issue-336/
Who Bought the Top?
https://x.com/DoveyWan/status/2010714093951611216
Three things ruined CT
https://x.com/nic_carter/status/2011095541199917137
Kiyotaka introducing Polymarket Discovery
https://x.com/kiyotaka_ai/status/2011412826120962447
The DeFi Drive on Chiliz Chain – Part One
https://x.com/Chiliz/status/2010987448621302174
Reverse Engineering Wintermute's $100M Market Making Wallet On Hyperliquid
https://x.com/0xLoris/status/2011179831942090783
introduction to takopi
https://x.com/banteg/status/2010068506914803774
Money, AI, Jobs
https://x.com/chimpfone/status/2009659989258915983
More and more people who contributed to open source code are going closed source because of AI
https://x.com/MarcJSchmidt/status/2009688028931875156
www.decentralised.co
Game Plan for 2026
Key Themes and Internal Priorities
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