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Over the past 24 hours, the cryptocurrency perpetual futures market has seen significant liquidations, heavily skewed toward long positions. ETH led with $114 million in liquidations, 92.93% of which were longs. BTC followed with $73.77 million liquidated, with long positions accounting for 90.55%. SOL saw $25.24 million in liquidations, with 80.82% from longs.

Prosecutors in Florida have seized $1.5 million worth of cryptocurrency from a suspect in an investment fraud case, Decrypt reported. The suspect has been charged with fraud, money laundering, and theft. The seized assets include SOL, AVAX, DOGE, and PEPE.

An address believed to belong to Polychain Capital deposited 4.114 million PENDLE to FalconX approximately eight hours ago, AmberCN reported. The wallet accumulated these tokens between March and September. A sale of the deposited assets would result in a $3.25 million loss.

Strategy was not excluded from the Nasdaq 100 index, Reuters reported.

Itaú Asset, Brazil's largest asset manager with over $185 billion in assets under management, has recommended that investors allocate 1% to 3% of their portfolios to Bitcoin, Wu Blockchain reported. In a report, the firm stated that investing in Bitcoin can serve as a hedge against currency fluctuations and geopolitical tensions.

Coinbase plans to launch its own prediction market using technology from Kalshi, CNBC reported, citing sources familiar with the matter. An official announcement is expected as early as next week. The company explained that the initiative is part of its strategy to become a comprehensive exchange for trading all types of assets, including crypto tokens, tokenized stocks, and event contracts.

Solana is struggling with worsening on-chain metrics, Cointelegraph reported. The analysis noted that the network's Total Value Locked (TVL) has fallen by over $10 billion from its all-time high of $15 billion in September. Additionally, weekly DApp revenue has dropped to $26 million from $37 million two months ago. Activity in Solana-based memecoins has also decreased by 67% since January. The report added that the annualized funding rate is at 6%, indicating weakening demand for long positions.

CoinMarketCap's Altcoin Season Index has risen two points from the previous day to 19. The index measures the performance of the top 100 cryptocurrencies by market capitalization, excluding stablecoins and wrapped tokens, against Bitcoin. An "altcoin season" is declared when 75% of these top coins outperform Bitcoin over a 90-day period. A reading closer to 100 indicates a stronger altcoin season.

Fogo, an SVM Layer 1 chain, has canceled its planned FOGO token presale and will instead airdrop the tokens allocated for the sale, The Block reported. The allocation, valued at $20 million, represents 2% of the total FOGO supply. Fogo is scheduled to launch its mainnet in January of next year.

Chicago-based derivatives exchange and clearinghouse Bitnomial has received approval from the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) to launch a prediction market, Cointelegraph reported. The company plans to offer contracts for betting on cryptocurrency prices, including BTC, and macroeconomic data, in addition to its existing crypto derivatives products. Bitnomial previously announced plans to launch a CFTC-regulated spot cryptocurrency exchange.

The Crypto Fear & Greed Index has fallen six points from the previous day to 23, shifting from the fear to the extreme fear category, according to data from Alternative. The index measures market sentiment on a scale of 0 to 100, where 0 represents extreme fear and 100 signifies extreme optimism. The index 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%).

Global credit rating agency Moody's has proposed a new scoring system to assess the creditworthiness of stablecoins, The Block reported. The framework would evaluate the quality of assets held in a stablecoin's reserves and their custody arrangements. Under this system, different dollar-pegged stablecoins could receive varying credit scores depending on their underlying collateral. Moody's is seeking feedback on the proposal from market participants until Jan. 26.

The blockchain-based zero-knowledge proof network Zerobase (ZBT) has refuted rumors of a front-end hack, which it said were raised by Lookonchain. In an official statement, the team clarified that the incident was a specific traffic hijacking caused by a security vulnerability at an external middleware provider. A forensic analysis concluded that this was not a protocol hack or a smart contract issue, with the team asserting that its protocol and contracts remain 100% safe. The hijacking was described as an isolated, client-side problem stemming from the external provider. Zerobase also reminded users of a previously reported phishing contract on BNB Chain that impersonates its interface to trick users into approving USDT withdrawals. The project has since implemented a security feature that automatically blocks deposits and withdrawals if it detects a user has interacted with a phishing contract while accessing staking services. The team urged users to be cautious of links from unofficial sources.

A man in his 40s has received a suspended prison sentence for embezzling hundreds of millions of won in company funds to invest in virtual assets, Money Today reported. He was accused of embezzling 423.38 million won (approximately $307,000) on four separate occasions to invest in Bitcoin while in charge of his company's financial management.

The DeFi industry has pushed back against a call from major U.S. market maker Citadel Securities for stricter regulation of tokenized securities, The Block reported. Citadel had previously submitted a letter to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) opposing regulatory exemptions for tokenized stocks in DeFi. The firm argued that while many DeFi platforms claim to be decentralized, they often have identifiable intermediaries such as developers and governance groups. In response, the DeFi Education Fund, a16z, the Chamber of Digital Commerce, and the Uniswap Foundation sent a letter to the SEC. They countered that autonomous software and technological infrastructure cannot be considered intermediaries under the SEC's legal definition because traders maintain control over their own assets.

Coinbase announced the addition of LIGHTER to its listing roadmap.

President Donald Trump is considering Kevin Hassett of the White House National Economic Council (NEC) and former Federal Reserve Governor Kevin Warsh to lead the central bank, the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported. The president has previously stated he will nominate a new Fed chair early next year.

President Donald Trump said he wants U.S. interest rates to be 1% or even lower, The Wall Street Journal reported. When asked about his desired rate level in a year, Trump added that the nation's interest rates should be the lowest in the world.

Whale Alert reported that 234,397,169 USDT has been transferred from an unknown wallet to OKX. The transaction is valued at about $234 million.

Tether has announced its submission of a bid to acquire Italian Serie A football club Juventus. The company plans to invest €1 billion ($1.07 billion) in the club if the acquisition is successful. This move follows a previous CoinNess report that Tether had become the second-largest shareholder in Juventus.

Jump Crypto's Firedancer client has launched on the Solana mainnet, with the goal of processing 1 million transactions per second, The Block reported. The launch is expected to increase Solana's client diversity, which could make it more difficult to disrupt the network, either accidentally or intentionally.

Research firm Kaiko has warned that the concentration of liquidity on the Binance exchange poses a significant risk to the cryptocurrency market, DL News reported. Kaiko explained that while Binance plays a key role in the crypto ecosystem, it is not officially regulated. The firm also noted that the exchange was convicted in the U.S. for neglecting anti-money laundering obligations and does not hold a Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) license in Europe. According to Kaiko, these factors create substantial structural, operational, and legal risks for the crypto industry.

John Ameriks, Head of Quantitative Equity at global asset manager Vanguard, has described Bitcoin as being closer to a speculative digital toy than a long-term investment asset. He argued that the cryptocurrency lacks fundamental characteristics such as cash flow from dividends or interest and the potential for compounding returns. Meanwhile, Vanguard began allowing trading of crypto ETFs and some crypto mutual funds on its platform this month.

Katherine Dowling, head of the Bitcoin Standard Treasury Company (BSTR), predicts that Bitcoin will surpass $150,000 by 2026, driven by regulatory changes, quantitative easing, and inflows of institutional capital. According to DL News, she said these three structural catalysts will overcome short-term selling pressure.

A Bitcoin OG, identified as 1011short, has increased long positions in ETH and SOL despite facing over $21 million in unrealized losses, Onchainlens reported. The investor's current portfolio includes 175,561.8 ETH valued at $539 million, 250,000 SOL worth $33.13 million, and 1,000 BTC worth $89.94 million.