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Arch Labs raised $7 million in a seed round from Multicoin Capital, OKX Ventures and others.The project is building a Bitcoin-native application platform to bring “bridgeless” trading directly to the Bitcoin blockchain.
Ripple and XRPL Labs joined Hedera developer Swirlds Labs and the Algorand Foundation as founding members of the Decentralized Recovery (DeRec) Alliance. DeRec Alliance aims to standardize and expedite how digital assets can be recovered in the web3 industry, especially for crypto non-experts.
Bitcoin refuses to budge after the latest U.S. macro data, but a six-figure BTC price is waiting the wings, analysis claims.
Ethereum co-founder Joseph Lubin says the SEC is engaging in strategic enforcement action instead of engaging in meaningful discourse with the cryptocurrency industry.
Bitcoin’s volatility persists after the halving, but surging ETF inflows and thriving L2 ecosystem growth fuel long-term optimism.
Bitcoin prices are struggling to stay above the $61,000 mark, according to The Block’s Price Page.On Thursday, the Bank of England kept borrowing costs at their 16-year high but signaled it would cut rates this summer if inflation stayed low.
Robinhood's cryptocurrency trading volume in the first quarter increased by 224% year-on-year, with net profit rising to $157 million; Puffer Finance announced that its mainnet has officially launched; Musk's xAI, under his umbrella, is expected to complete financing this week at a valuation of $18 billion.
- 18:50Delphi Digital releases top ten predictions for 2025, including bullish on BTC, Solana, DeAI, DePIN and zkVM etcDelphi Digital has released its top ten predictions for 2025 on the X platform, specifically:1. BTC will have greater upside potential in 2025, with a monthly RSI between 70-90 indicating a bull market; institutions and regulation will be catalysts for this BTC rise.2. Solana will surpass Ethereum; Solana offers better user experience and narrative content, SVM is the fastest-growing alt-vm ecosystem which helps enhance network effects.3. NFTs will make a comeback; Airdrops from Fat Penguin, Milady, and Azuki may trigger imitation from other NFT projects.4. DeFi upgrades to DeAI changing the way users interact with DeFi.5. AI Agent becomes tier-one VC; The future won't be PvP among users but conducted by agents instead - at least three agent frameworks become unicorns by 2025.6. High-throughput chains drive innovation - keep an eye on Hyperliquid, Sui, Monad, Berachain and MegaETH;7. DePIN makes a comeback as one large-scale DePIN project achieves self-sufficiency leading to an overall increase in evaluation of the entire DePIN track – Helium, Doublezero and Hivemapper are worth watching out for along with healthcare and power grid operations;8. 2025 is the year of zkVM revolution improving interoperability between rollups while expanding developer markets;9.AI brings new opportunities to GameFi such as AI-driven development tools AI NPCs – integration of Virtual Game Framework Eliza with Unreal Unity could change rules of AI gaming;10.Consumer DeFi is next frontier track e.g., zkTLS allows Web2 data to be put on-chain increasing scale of profit-sharing stablecoins as issuers align incentives with distributors.
- 18:42Benchmark maintains a "buy" rating for MicroStrategy, with a target price of $650MicroStrategy plans to issue $2 billion in perpetual preferred shares to raise funds. Currently, the specific terms of issuance have not been announced and are expected to be disclosed within the first quarter of this year. Despite this, investment firm Benchmark remains optimistic about MicroStrategy's development prospects, maintaining a "buy" rating and predicting that its stock price could reach $650. As of Monday, MicroStrategy has purchased an additional 2,530 BTC, bringing its total holdings to 450,000 BTC. Next week on January 21st , MicroStrategy will hold a special shareholders meeting where investors will vote on whether or not to increase authorized Class A common shares and preferred shares. MSTR's fourth-quarter earnings call is scheduled for February 4th.
- 17:54The USDC Treasury has minted 50 million USDC on the Ethereum chainAccording to Whale Alert monitoring, around 0:41 Singapore time today, the USDC Treasury minted 50 million USDC on the Ethereum chain.