This week in the East 8 Time Zone, the Solana ecosystem meme token **PENGUIN** experienced extreme market fluctuations: according to GMGN market data, its single-day market cap surged by approximately 330%-384%, being forcefully pulled from the tens of millions of dollars range to just below the $200 million ceiling. Meanwhile, on-chain monitoring revealed that a whale address spent about **$2.6 million** to buy approximately **20.78 million PENGUIN** in one go, while on the social media front

At the podium of the Davos Forum, Larry Fink, the head of the world's largest asset management company, announced that the wave of tokenization is unstoppable, and a universal blockchain will be the future financial infrastructure that supports all of this. At the recently concluded Davos World Economic Forum, BlackRock CEO Larry Fink candidly stated that tokenization is an inevitable trend, and the future belongs to a universal blockchain platform. The crypto community quickly interpreted the implications of this financial giant, who manages nearly $10 trillion in assets.

On January 25, the market in the East Eight District was still in the extreme fear zone with a panic and greed index of only **25 points**, yet a massive buy order for **PENGUIN** emerged in the Solana ecosystem, attracting significant attention from on-chain observers. This anonymous whale address made a one-time move of **20,575 SOL** (equivalent to approximately **$2.6 million** according to Onchain Lens), exchanging it for about **20.78 million PENGUIN**, and immediately transferred the tokens after completing the transaction.

The United States is referred to as the global cryptocurrency center; Trump threatens to impose a 100% tariff on Canada; Nifty Gateway announces its closure, users need to withdraw their assets; the Coin Profit Network gang has been sued for fraud amounting to over ten million.

Bitcoin behaves more like an \\\"ATM\\\" during uncertain times, with investors quickly selling it to raise cash.

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Polymarket and similar platforms are considered unlicensed gambling operators, leading to blocked access.

Web3.0 Technology (Thailand) Co., Ltd. has reached a cooperation agreement with Thailand's leading digital asset tokenization company Token X. The EV Bike project aims to promote sustainable urban mobility and implement the Green Social Sustainability Token (GSST). The collaboration aims to explore the applicability, feasibility, and appropriate structure of applying digital technology to the electric vehicle (EV) bicycle project, and to seek professional advice on related matters regarding potential opportunities for such future projects, as well as to seek financial and digital asset consulting services for research and review.

As DeFi investors seek stable, uncorrelated returns, R3 is building Solana-native structures to bring private credit and trade finance into crypto markets.

In 2026, the Bitcoin market is at a historic turning point. On a macro narrative level, the severe conflicts in global geopolitics have intensified the collapse of the current financial system. The oil dollar hegemony established by the United States through the Bretton Woods system is facing fierce challenges from the renminbi system built by China through its manufacturing and high-tech industry advantages. This transformation towards a multipolar financial order provides a historic opportunity for blockchain technology. On the surface, there are significant discrepancies in the market regarding price trajectories, the actual contributions of DAT, and the pace of volatility convergence. However, behind these short-term disputes over paths lies the market's view on...

On January 24, 2026, Eastern Standard Time, **OKX Planet Community** officially launched its public beta, introducing a comprehensive platform that integrates information, trading, creator content, and community, extending the exchange from a single matching scenario into a content and relationship network. Around this product, OKX attempts to rearrange the paths for users to obtain information, express opinions, and complete transactions through a dual-spiral narrative of "creator economy + trading behavior." Meanwhile, the U.S. **Bitcoin ETF** this week

This week in East Eight Zone time, after the offline gold price broke through a key level, a large transaction quickly appeared on-chain, exchanging approximately **7 million USDT for 843 XAUT**, corresponding to a value of about **4.17 million dollars** migrating towards gold-linked assets. Meanwhile, the US spot Bitcoin ETF recorded a **$1.3241 billion** scale of net outflow over the past week, with Circle's issued USDC also experiencing a net circulation volume in the same period.

In the past period, the explosive popularity of the prediction market project PolyMarket has taught the industry a lesson: when a truly demanded and product-oriented application takes off, it can not only bring users and topics but even push a long-quiet network back into the spotlight—Polygon once surpassed Base to top the Chain Revenue, which is a highly representative signal. But what is even more noteworthy is PolyMarket's repeated emphasis on its "primary task" amidst the heat: to build its own chain. This sounds...