This week, in the East 8 Time Zone, the **FutureSwap** protocol deployed on the **Arbitrum** chain was reported to have encountered a smart contract reentrancy attack again. According to the technical details disclosed by the security team, the attacker exploited a reentrancy vulnerability in the contract while providing liquidity, excessively minting LP tokens that should not exist, and then exchanged these "conjured" tokens for real assets through subsequent processes. Preliminary estimates from a single security monitoring source indicate that this attack caused...

On January 14, 2026, MANTRA announced the launch of a new round of organizational restructuring and layoffs, attracting industry attention. In this adjustment, the official announcement of the decision direction was clearly made by CEO **JP Mullin**, defining it as an internal reshaping focused on "capital efficiency" and "core business." According to public information, the layoffs are mainly concentrated in **business development, marketing, and human resources** functions, and this indication has currently only been reported by a single source.

In mid-January, **Bitwise Asset Management** launched an ETF product based on **Chainlink spot**, with the trading code **CLNK**, attracting market attention. According to a single public source, the product is scheduled to start trading on **January 15** on the **NYSE Arca platform**, but the claim of "having obtained final approval for launch" still requires further verification and subsequent documentation. This product is regarded by the industry as the **first to be pre**

Aster's decentralized trading protocol (DEX) is rapidly becoming the market focus as the market surges. From ordinary holders to seasoned traders, Aster is creating an astonishing wealth effect.

On January 14, 2026, at 8:00 AM UTC+8, the Ethereum whale address **pension-usdt.eth** closed a **20,000 ETH leveraged long position**. At a time when overall market risk appetite was warming up, it chose to make a clean reduction to mark a temporary end to this round of fluctuations. Public data shows that this operation achieved a profit of approximately **$4.728 million** in a single transaction, while this address had previously realized a total trading profit of about **$27 million**, in addition to its relationship with **Trend**.

Bitcoin (BTC) has broken through $95,000 USDT with a 24-hour increase of 1.65%; meanwhile, spot gold has returned above $4,600, and silver's increase has expanded to 3.93%.

Just two weeks after stepping down, former New York City Mayor Eric Adams, under the neon lights of Times Square, proudly launched a cryptocurrency called "NYC Token," which saw its market value plummet like a roller coaster from nearly $600 million within half an hour. Eric Adams was known as New York City's "Crypto Mayor," having publicly accepted his salary in Bitcoin when he took office and vigorously promoting New York as the "crypto capital of the world" before leaving office. On January 12, 2026, he announced the launch of N

Bitcoin broke through the $96,000 mark in trading this morning, leading to the strongest rally in the entire cryptocurrency market since the beginning of 2026. In this frenzy, privacy coins led by DASH surged by as much as 45%, while Bitcoin ecosystem inscription tokens like ORDI and SATS saw increases of over 26%, becoming the most prominent sectors in this round of growth.

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The U.S. Senate Agriculture Committee has postponed the release of a key cryptocurrency bill text and the hearing until late January. Bitcoin prices remained unusually calm after the news was announced, and on-chain data shows that investors are choosing to "hold their coins and wait for a rise." A legislative effort aimed at ending the long-standing regulatory ambiguity in the U.S. cryptocurrency market is entering a critical sprint phase. The Senate Agriculture Committee plans to release its version of the "Cryptocurrency Market Structure Bill" (i.e., CLARITY Act) on January 21.

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The 52-week correlation between Bitcoin and gold has dropped to zero. Market analysts have turned to historical charts and discovered a pattern of an average increase of 56% is re-emerging. The 52-week correlation between Bitcoin and gold has fallen to zero for the first time since mid-2022, and it may turn negative by the end of January 2026. This change has attracted widespread attention in the market.

On January 14, 2026, in Washington, D.C. Eastern Time, during a hearing of the Senate Banking Committee, a draft bill regarding the structure of the cryptocurrency market was officially presented. Compared to previous debates surrounding token attributes and registration obligations, this time the focus is more aligned with national security and financial sovereignty, as it has the potential to reshape the regulatory landscape of the entire cryptocurrency sector in the United States. Galaxy Research warned in its assessment report that this draft could constitute "the most significant regulatory change since 20