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On January 15, 2026, at 8:00 AM UTC+8, global risk assets played out completely opposite scenarios in different markets. On one side, there was intense speculation around Bitcoin and Ethereum in the crypto market, with Bitcoin's price still hovering at a high of around $96,070, as whale funds fluctuated around key price levels; on the other side, the overall market in Shanghai, Shenzhen, and Beijing was under pressure, with about 3,700 stocks declining, and the ChiNext Index dropping over 1% in the morning session, reflecting weak sentiment. Crypto assets continued to attract leverage and incremental funds at high levels.

At the beginning of 2026, the cryptocurrency market had a strong start. Bitcoin briefly broke through $96,000 on January 14, reaching a two-month high, and then stabilized above $95,000. This breakthrough ended Bitcoin's consolidation period of over a month, signaling that a new upward trend may have been established.

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On January 15th, in the morning of the East 8th Time Zone, market statistics show that **the Solana spot ETF recorded a net inflow of approximately 23.57 million to 23.60 million USD on January 14th**, standing out among crypto assets on the same day. Among them, **the Bitwise SOL ETF (BSOL)** contributed about **20.86 million to 20.90 million USD in net inflow**, while **the Fidelity SOL ETF (FSOL)** recorded approximately **1.70 million to 1.73 million USD in net inflow**, with data sourced from

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The daily chart for Bitcoin shows a solid bullish pattern, but it is overheated in the short term. The 4-hour chart indicates high-level fluctuations and consolidation, while the 1-hour chart reveals a pullback pressure. Key support is at $96,000, and resistance is at $98,000.

On January 15, 2026, Eastern Standard Time, three contradictory signals emerged simultaneously in the narrative of U.S. cryptocurrency regulation and compliance: the Senate Banking Committee temporarily canceled the review of the cryptocurrency market structure bill, and federal-level rulemaking was once again put on hold; Coinbase, which had previously vocally supported the CLARITY Act, chose to withdraw its support, expressing a cooling of its stance through action; in stark contrast, payment company Alchemy Pay announced on the same day that it had secured a deal in the southern United States.

In mid-January 2026, Eastern Standard Time, the U.S. Senate Banking Committee pressed the pause button on the critical review originally scheduled for legislation regarding the structure of the cryptocurrency market, deciding to postpone the process until after the end of January. This sudden slowdown in the legislative pace was quickly linked by public opinion to another action that emerged almost simultaneously—**Coinbase officially withdrew its public support for the bill**, turning from a "model collaborator" into a temporary bystander. In the market narrative, Coinbase

This week in East Eight Time, **Base App announced a shift to a "trading-first" strategy**, almost simultaneously, **Visa continues to advance the integration of assets like USDC into its payment and settlement system**. One relies on Ethereum's scalability, attempting to directly take over the on-chain trading entry for users; the other is a traditional payment giant with a vast network of offline and online merchants, both converging at the critical point of "who will control the next generation of payment entry." If we consider the **approximately $4.5 billion in on-chain settlement**

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