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.

The Binance Alpha airdrop track has become a highly focused topic due to its unique ecological logic and potential for explosive growth. So, can Binance's Alpha airdrop project really become the core growth engine of the next market cycle?

A New York auto parts dealer has passed on most of the increased costs due to tariffs to consumers, while a coffee roaster in Long Island stated that sales prices may only decrease after high-cost inventory is depleted. Economic activity in most regions of the United States is recovering at a "slight to moderate" pace, according to the Federal Reserve's national economic conditions survey report (also known as the "Beige Book") released on January 14. This report, based on information collected on or before January 5, covers the United States.

BBX disclosed that the rise of Asian power and the deepening of small-cap stocks: Metaplanet breaks through the ten thousand mark, Genius and LQR continue to increase their stakes.

On January 15, 2026, at 8:00 AM UTC+8, a whale address marked as **"255 $BTC Sold"** suddenly made significant adjustments to its derivatives positions, drawing market attention. After closing all short positions, this address concentrated its chips on high-leverage long positions in the three major assets: **BTC, ETH, and SOL**, with a total nominal position value of approximately **$470 million**, becoming a flag for observing the trend of crypto funds this year. Its current holdings include about **2,578**

BlackRock transferred 1,061 bitcoins to Coinbase, worth approximately $100 million. The U.S. November PPI year-on-year rate exceeded expectations, and the Federal Reserve may slightly lower interest rates. U.S. lawmakers expect progress on cryptocurrency market legislation. DZ Bank has been approved to provide institutional cryptocurrency trading services.

Silver’s sharp rally is reshaping metals trading as CME Group moves to capture surging retail demand with a smaller futures contract, signaling intensifying momentum, volatility, and investor interest across the silver market.

Bitcoin surged past $97,000 on Jan. 14, driven by the U.S. Supreme Court’s deferment of a crucial tariff ruling, record ETF inflows, and mounting macroeconomic friction.

On January 14, 2026, at 8:00 AM UTC+8, the cryptocurrency derivatives market experienced intense fluctuations in a short period: the total liquidation of short positions across the network reached **$577 million** in nearly 24 hours, with approximately **$104 million** liquidated in just the last hour (of which short positions accounted for **$102 million**). Under the pressure of passive buying, price fluctuations were instantly amplified. Meanwhile, the U.S. spot and quasi-spot channels quietly accumulated, with a net inflow of **8,933 BTC (approximately $84.992 million)** into Bitcoin ETFs in a single day.

This week, gold and silver prices continue their upward march, with gold touching $4,640 per ounce and silver notching a lifetime high of $92. Precious metals have benefited from powerful tailwinds driven by geopolitical strains, the rece...

On January 14, 2026, at 8:00 AM UTC+8, two seemingly unrelated events occurred on the same day: on one side, BitMEX co-founder Arthur Hayes continued to increase his holdings in the meme token HYPE on-chain, purchasing **19,227** tokens at once, with a market value of approximately **$499,000**; on the other side, Orange Cap Games, the parent company of Moonbirds, officially released the white paper for "Birbillions Thesis," proposing to use a hybrid model of "physical + crypto" to challenge **$1 billion**.

From December 22, 2025, to January 4, 2026, during a two-week period, **Aptos blockchain on-chain revenue continuously broke historical records**, becoming one of the most关注的 economic indicator events in the Layer 1 track. According to data sources like DeFiLlama, the total on-chain revenue for the two weeks was approximately **$3.4 million**, which includes both the steadily rising weekly total revenue and the single-day historical peak that occurred at the year-end point. This round of revenue explosion was interpreted by the market as Aptos on-chain

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...