On January 16, 2026, at 8:00 AM Beijing time, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko signed Decree No. 19, which for the first time explicitly grants "crypto banks" legal status at the level of sovereign states, bringing this business model, which originally operated on the fringes of regulation, into the view of the national financial system. The decree requires that entities wishing to become crypto banks must obtain the status of resident enterprises in the Belarus High-Tech Park and must also be registered in the crypto bank registry of the National Bank of Belarus, forming an industry affiliation.

Airdrop farming (grabbing airdrops) refers to obtaining tokens distributed for free by participating in various activities of blockchain projects (such as interacting with testnets, staking, trading, gaming, etc.). This is a low-cost (sometimes zero-cost) way to help projects attract users and bootstrap ecosystems while rewarding early participants.

The escalation of tensions between the U.S. and Iran has driven traditional safe-haven assets to historic highs and pushed Bitcoin close to $97,000, highlighting that geopolitical risks are being systematically factored into the pricing of various macro assets.

This week, Huobi HTX officially launched the "Spot Trading Kickoff Plan," offering a sincere reward of 2,000 cash slots daily for new users.

2026 New Year Gift! OKX has officially launched the FOGO & Lighter (LIT) special event, providing investors with the opportunity to deeply participate in these two star projects, and has prepared a generous prize pool of up to 13,550,000 FOGO and 150,000 USDT.

Chicago Federal Reserve President Goolsbee issued a warning that any actions undermining the independence of the central bank would lead to a resurgence of inflation. This statement directly points to the criminal investigation by the U.S. Department of Justice into Federal Reserve Chairman Powell.

On-chain Newbie | Any "damn" Meme investment cannot bypass OKX Wallet's "smart money"

On February 16, 2026, during the week of the Eastern Eight Time Zone, Belgium's second-largest bank **KBC Group** announced that it would open **BTC/ETH** trading to retail and private investors through its online investment platform **Bolero**, becoming the first bank in Belgium to offer such services. This move is not an isolated business trial, but occurs after the official implementation of the EU **MiCA** regulatory framework, under which KBC needs to complete the **CASP** process.

Tokenized assets are trapped in a wasteland of liquidity; where is the way out?

On January 15, 2026, Eastern Time, the latest data on the fund flows of Bitcoin, Ethereum, and mainstream altcoins such as Solana and XRP for spot ETFs in the U.S. market was released. On that day, both Bitcoin and Ethereum spot ETFs achieved a net inflow for the fourth consecutive trading day, with all products within their respective sectors showing a positive inflow, continuing the funding recovery trend observed in the previous days. More notably, the Ethereum spot ETF recorded a net inflow scale that surpassed for the first time in a single day.

Every public statement from CZ feels like a wake-up call ringing out in the frenzied party of the crypto world, reminding people not to forget to check if the ground beneath them is solid while chasing the myth of quick wealth. "Even the President of the United States may not be able to predict the market in the next three to four months." This was a sobering reminder from Binance founder CZ during a Chinese AMA on January 14, 2026, directed at investors trying to predict short-term market trends. In this exchange, CZ analyzed the bubble behind the Meme coin craze,

WEEX Exchange's "Contract Mining" Phase 3 is here! Following the successful conclusion of the first two phases, the brand new "Contract Mining" phase will officially kick off on January 16 at 0:10:00 (UTC+8).

The number of initial jobless claims in the U.S. has reached its lowest level since last November, with 198,000 people filing for unemployment benefits, which not only fell below expectations but also sent a message to the market: the labor market is not cooling down, and the Federal Reserve's path to interest rate cuts faces new challenges. Last week, the number of initial jobless claims in the U.S. dropped to 198,000, the lowest level since last November, and below the market's general expectation of 215,000. This is the latest example in a series of data showing the resilience of the labor market recently. New applications for unemployment benefits...