This week, in the Eastern Eight Time Zone, the Bank of Thailand suddenly tightened online gold trading rules: setting a **daily online gold trading limit of 50 million Thai Baht** for each account, while also **directly prohibiting short selling of gold**. This regulatory action, seemingly aimed at curbing speculation in precious metals, points to a sensitive moment when gold prices continue to rise and the Thai Baht strengthens due to capital inflows. The central bank did not first move on interest rates but chose to stabilize the exchange rate and control capital flows by "regulating gold," reflecting a new

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The US dollar index fell below the 96 mark, hitting a low of 95.55 during the session, yet Trump stated that "the dollar is performing great," as the market seeks direction amid policy fog. The dollar index continued to decline on January 27, dropping 0.84% that day, and closing at 96.219 in the foreign exchange market. It then further decreased to 95.55, marking the lowest point since mid-February 2022, the lowest level in nearly four years. Meanwhile, the euro to dollar exchange rate has risen for the first time since 2021.

BBX disclosed that South American giant is increasing investment in gaming treasury expansion: MercadoLibre deepens stored value, Nexon bets on Ethereum gaming ecosystem.

On January 28, 2026, in the same day in the UTC+8 time zone, signals related to Bitcoin were simultaneously thrown out from both the political and judicial sides in the United States: on one side, South Dakota State Representative **Logan Manhart** proposed the Bitcoin Reserve Bill HB 1155, attempting to have the state government directly bet public funds on this asset; on the other side, a Chinese national **Su Jingliang** was sentenced to nearly four years in prison by a U.S. federal court for assisting in laundering nearly **$37 million** in cryptocurrency scam funds and

Trump hopes the Federal Reserve will cut interest rates, while Polymarket predicts a 99% probability that the January interest rate will remain unchanged. Rick Rieder is seen as a strong candidate for the Federal Reserve chair. Gold has first broken through $5,150 per ounce. The Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission has signed a memorandum of cooperation on digital asset regulation with the UAE.

While Circle\\\'s USDC has operated without a \\\"credible domestic competitor,\\\" Tether\\\'s USAT has the potential to shake up the landscape, analysts said.

The asset manager argued that without federal legislation, the industry has three years to become indispensable before political winds potentially shift.

As Trump mulls the next leader of the U.S. Federal Reserve, the BlackRock executive has caught a surge of online wagers, and he\\\'d bring a pro-crypto view.

Original Title: The Microstructure of Wealth Transfer in Prediction Markets Original Author: Jonathan Becker Original Translation: SpecialistXBT, BlockBeats Editor's Note: The author provides a detailed analysis of how the irrational preferences of retail traders between "long-shot outcomes" and "certain outcomes" contribute to the emergence of the "optimism tax." This is not only a hardcore analysis of market microstructure but also relevant for every participant in prediction markets...

Original | Odaily Planet Daily (@OdailyChina) Author | Wenser (@wenser 2010) After submitting applications for stock tokenization trading on Nasdaq and the New York Stock Exchange, the largest cryptocurrency exchange, Binance, recently sounded the "counterattack horn from CeFi to TradFi." On January 24, a Binance spokesperson stated that they are "exploring the relaunch of stock tokens"; two days later, Binance officially announced that "it will launch perpetual contracts for Tesla (TSLA) stocks on January 28, with a maximum support of 5 ...

Volatility, historical timing, and relative value signals raise questions around a potential blow off top for silver.

Original Title: Silver Moon Original Author: @abcampbell, Ex Bridgewater Original Translation: SpecialistXBT, BlockBeats Editor's Note: This article analyzes how irreversible industrial demand, rigid supply bottlenecks, and strategic capital flows have become the driving forces behind the surge in silver prices, while calmly pointing out potential risks such as the rebound of the dollar and technological substitutes, providing investors with a "weather vane" to observe the true strength and weakness of the market. The following is the original content: Since our last discussion on silver...