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The value of donations held by the crypto-focused Super PAC Digital Freedom Fund has decreased by $5 million due to the drop in BTC's price, Bloomberg reported. The fund was established last August by the Winklevoss brothers, co-founders of the cryptocurrency exchange Gemini. It raised a total of $22 million during the last five months of the previous year but did not immediately convert the funds to cash, holding them through Dec. 31.

CoinMarketCap's Altcoin Season Index has fallen to 25, a drop of seven points from the previous day. The index measures whether market conditions favor altcoins over Bitcoin. An altcoin season is declared if 75% of the top 100 cryptocurrencies, excluding stablecoins and wrapped tokens, outperform Bitcoin over the past 90 days. A score closer to 100 indicates a stronger altcoin season.

The following are the 24-hour long/short ratios for BTC perpetual futures on the top three global crypto futures exchanges by open interest: Overall: 49.5% long / 50.5% short Binance: 49.96% long / 50.04% short OKX: 49.9% long / 50.1% short Bybit: 49.92% long / 50.08% short

Over the past 24 hours, liquidations in the cryptocurrency perpetual futures market were led by ETH, which saw $147 million in liquidations, with long positions accounting for 82.95% of the total. BTC followed with $87.71 million in liquidations, of which 62.6% were short positions. Meanwhile, XAG liquidations reached $34.30 million, with long positions comprising 80.26%.

The U.S. government has entered a partial shutdown after a delay in the final House vote on a federal budget bill, financial news outlet Jin10 reported. While the Senate had previously passed the bill, the shutdown could not be averted as members of the House of Representatives are not scheduled to return until Feb. 2.

Decentralized perpetual futures exchange Lighter has launched Lighter EVM, a rollup that supports the Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM). The new platform allows developers to deploy general-purpose smart contracts directly. Lighter also announced plans to support DeFi applications such as Uniswap and Aave in the future.

U.S. spot Ethereum ETFs recorded a total net outflow of $252.9 million on Jan. 30, marking the second consecutive trading day of withdrawals, according to data from Farside Investors. The outflows were led by BlackRock's ETHA with $157.2 million and Fidelity's FETH with $95.7 million.

U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs recorded a total net outflow of $509.7 million on Jan. 30, marking the fourth consecutive day of net outflows, according to data from Farside Investors. The outflows were driven primarily by BlackRock's IBIT, which saw an outflow of $528.3 million. Meanwhile, other funds saw modest inflows, including Fidelity's FBTC (+$7.3 million), Ark Invest's ARKB (+$8.3 million), and VanEck's HODL (+$3 million).

Addresses holding between 100,000 and 100 million ADA have accumulated 455 million ADA over the past two months, according to on-chain analytics firm Santiment. The firm added that a scenario in which whales are buying while retail investors are selling creates ideal conditions for a cryptocurrency market rebound.

The looming threat of a partial U.S. government shutdown, set to begin Jan. 31, has exposed structural limitations in prediction markets like Polymarket, CoinDesk reported. While the U.S. Senate has passed a budget bill, a vote in the House of Representatives has not yet been completed, making a shutdown imminent. CoinDesk noted that although a brief weekend shutdown would have a limited impact on the American public, it has created chaos for contracts on prediction platforms such as Polymarket and Kalshi. The core issue is that different contracts use varying criteria to define what officially constitutes a shutdown, leading to conflicting interpretations and resolutions for the same outcome. This situation highlights the critical importance of contract specificity and reveals a key vulnerability in the prediction market ecosystem.

A bearish outlook is prevailing in the Bitcoin options market as the cryptocurrency shows signs of short-term weakness, according to an analysis by Cointelegraph. The report noted that on Jan. 30, the Bitcoin options delta skew surged to 17%, its highest level in one year. Cointelegraph explained that in a neutral market, put options typically trade at a 6% premium over call options of the same size, meaning the current level indicates extreme fear among traders. Furthermore, approximately $860 million in leveraged Bitcoin long positions were liquidated between Jan. 29 and 30, suggesting the price drop was larger than many traders had anticipated.

Noah Harasz, Head of Tournaments at Numeraire, announced at the NumerCon2026 event that the project will buy back one million NMR tokens within the next two weeks. Based on NMR's current trading price of approximately $9.76, the buyback is valued at around $9.75 million.

Xu Mingxing, founder of the crypto exchange OKX, which has Chinese roots, has publicly blamed Binance for the sharp crypto market downturn on Oct. 10 of last year. In a post on X, Xu argued that the crash stemmed from an irresponsible marketing campaign by certain companies, leading to tens of billions of dollars in forced liquidations and fundamentally damaging the crypto market's microstructure. He pointed out that Binance offered a 12% annual interest rate for USDe depositors and accepted it as collateral on par with USDT and USDC, even though he considers USDe to be more like a tokenized hedge fund product. This, he claimed, encouraged users to repeatedly convert stablecoins to USDe and use it as collateral to borrow more USDT, rapidly increasing systemic risk. When market volatility hit, USDe de-pegged, triggering a cascade of forced liquidations. Xu added that he expects a significant amount of false information and organized FUD targeting OKX in the near future because of his criticism, but stressed that it is right to speak honestly about systemic risks.

An anonymous whale who acquired Uniswap (UNI) at its launch and held the tokens for approximately five years has sold the entire position for $10.62 million, according to on-chain analyst EmberCN. The sale, which occurred earlier today, netted the investor a profit of around $1.72 million, representing a 19% return over the five-year period. This same investor also recently sold 101,000 ETH, which had been held for a similar duration. That sale generated a profit of approximately $269 million, a return of over 400%. The whale reportedly acquired both the ETH and UNI tokens in 2020.

The Sui (SUI) Foundation stated in an official blog post that artificial intelligence has evolved beyond providing advice and suggestions to a stage of taking direct action. The foundation argued that this shift makes the "execution infrastructure" on which AI operates increasingly important. According to the post, the modern internet was not designed for autonomous software, as it was built on the premise of human control, making it unsuitable for independent AI activity. In response, the Sui Foundation is focusing on building infrastructure for agent execution, which would allow AI agents to operate within clear parameters and produce single, verifiable outcomes. The foundation identified four fundamental functions that AI agent systems must have: a shared and verifiable state, flexible rules and permissions based on data, atomic execution across workflows, and a clear rationale for all actions taken.

The DAO, the project at the center of the 2016 hack that prompted the hard fork creating Ethereum and Ethereum Classic, has announced its return a decade after the incident. According to DL News, crypto entrepreneur and official spokesperson Griff Green revealed on his blog that The DAO Security Fund plans to deploy over 75,000 ETH to bolster the Ethereum network. The funds, sourced from dormant assets of investors who never reclaimed their ETH post-hack, will be staked to generate yield. These returns will then be reinvested to further enhance ecosystem security, aiming to help establish Ethereum as a core component of global financial infrastructure.

The Crypto Fear & Greed Index, compiled by data provider Alternative, has risen four points from the previous day to 20. While investor sentiment has shown a slight recovery, the index remains in the "Extreme Fear" category. The index measures market sentiment on a scale where 0 represents extreme fear and 100 signifies extreme optimism. It is calculated based on several factors: volatility (25%), trading volume (25%), social media mentions (15%), surveys (15%), Bitcoin's market cap dominance (10%), and Google search volume (10%).

Binance, the world's largest cryptocurrency exchange, stated in an official blog post on Jan. 31 that the market flash crash on Oct. 10 was the result of multiple combined factors that triggered cascading liquidations. The exchange clarified that while it experienced two technical incidents, these were not the direct cause of the market's sharp decline. Binance attributed the crash to a broader downturn in risk assets amid trade wars, risk management actions by market makers due to high volatility, liquidity disruptions from Ethereum network congestion, and excessive leverage. The exchange did acknowledge two technical issues at the time: a 33-minute performance degradation of its internal asset transfer function and index deviations for USDe, WBETH, and BNSOL. The statement follows growing criticism directed at Binance and its founder Changpeng Zhao on X (formerly Twitter), prompting Zhao to announce he will host an AMA session to address the allegations.

The late American financier Jeffrey Epstein stated in a 2017 email that Bitcoin was not worth buying, according to a post on X by CryptoQuant CEO Ki Young Ju. Ju noted that while publicly released emails show Epstein was aware of Bitcoin as early as 2011 and invested in it and crypto startups, his interest was in profit rather than its philosophy. Epstein did not believe Bitcoin would become a mainstream asset and frequently traded it instead of holding it for the long term.

A potential merger between Elon Musk's SpaceX and Tesla could create the seventh-largest corporate holder of Bitcoin, according to a report from CoinDesk. This analysis follows earlier reports from Reuters and Bloomberg that SpaceX is considering a merger with either Tesla or xAI ahead of its planned initial public offering (IPO). CoinDesk noted that SpaceX currently holds approximately 8,285 BTC (around $690 million), while Tesla holds 11,509 BTC (around $1 billion). A combined entity would possess nearly 20,000 BTC, making it the seventh-largest publicly traded holder of the cryptocurrency worldwide.

A sharp drop in the prices of precious metals such as gold and silver on Jan. 30 was due to a rally in the U.S. dollar, according to a Bloomberg analysis. The dollar's strength was triggered by U.S. President Donald Trump's confirmation of Kevin Warsh as his nominee for the next Federal Reserve Chair. On that day, the price of gold fell more than 12% to below $5,000 per ounce, while silver plunged by as much as 36%.

Binance founder Changpeng Zhao stated during an AMA on Binance Square that the company is currently focused on long-term sustainability rather than rapid expansion or pursuing new opportunities. He said that in today's regulatory environment, it is more important for Binance to survive longer than to grow larger. Zhao added that stricter regulation is a structural trend, not a temporary phenomenon, and that Binance is adapting to these regulations rather than resisting them. The AMA was held in response to widespread criticism directed at both Binance and Zhao on X (formerly Twitter), with Zhao having previously stated he would host the session to address the allegations.

Some memecoin traders are capitalizing on the popularity of Moltbook, a new social network exclusively for artificial intelligence (AI) agents, to generate significant profits, CoinDesk reported. Moltbook is a social platform with a user interface similar to Reddit, but only AI agents are permitted to create posts. Human users are restricted to viewing content and cannot participate in social activities. Spotting this trend, a group of traders launched the MOLT memecoin on the Base network, which has since seen its price surge by more than 7,000%. CoinDesk noted that while AI agents thinking for themselves and engaging in social networking feels like science fiction, memecoin traders are realizing trading profits from the phenomenon as usual.

Tether (USDT) announced in its latest performance report that it generated over $10 billion in profit last year. The company also reported $6.3 billion in excess reserves. Its holdings of U.S. Treasuries reached a record high of $141 billion. Additionally, Tether's portfolio includes $17.4 billion in gold, $8.4 billion in Bitcoin, and a $20 billion investment portfolio outside of its primary reserves.

The three major U.S. stock indices closed lower. The S&P 500 fell 0.43%, the Nasdaq Composite dropped 0.94%, and the Dow Jones Industrial Average declined 0.36%.