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Alchemy Pay (ACH) announced it has secured a Money Transmitter License (MTL) in the U.S. state of South Dakota. The company now holds MTLs in a total of 13 U.S. states.

U.S. spot Ethereum ETFs recorded $175.03 million in net inflows on Jan. 14, marking the third consecutive day of positive flows, according to data from TraderT. No individual ETF experienced net outflows during the day. BlackRock's ETHA led with $81.65 million in inflows, followed by Grayscale's ETH with $43.47 million and its ETHE fund with $32.35 million. Other notable inflows included $7.97 million for Bitwise's ETHW, $5.89 million for Fidelity's FETH, and $3.70 million for VanEck's ETHV.

Google will now require cryptocurrency exchange apps to submit documentation proving they have completed their Virtual Asset Service Provider (VASP) registration with South Korea's Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) to be listed on the Google Play Store, Digital Asset reported. As a result, exchange apps that fail to meet this requirement will no longer be available for new installation in the country starting Jan. 28. This raises the possibility that global exchanges such as Binance, OKX, and Bybit, which have not completed VASP registration in South Korea, could see their app support discontinued. In response to questions about its plans for VASP registration, Binance stated that the matter has not been discussed internally.

U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs recorded a net inflow of $838.82 million on Jan. 14, according to data compiled by Trader T. This marks the third consecutive day of net inflows and sets a new three-month high for single-day inflows, surpassing the previous day's record. Inflows were led by BlackRock's IBIT with $646.62 million, followed by Fidelity's FBTC with $125.39 million. Other notable inflows included Ark Invest's ARKB ($27.04 million), Bitwise's BITB ($10.60 million), VanEck's HODL ($8.28 million), Franklin Templeton's EZBC ($5.64 million), and Grayscale's GBTC, which saw an inflow of $15.25 million.

BlackRock's spot Bitcoin ETF (IBIT) recorded a total net inflow of $646.62 million, equivalent to 6,647 BTC, on Jan. 14, according to data from TraderT. This marks the largest single-day inflow for the fund in the past three months. Data on the flows for other spot Bitcoin ETFs on the same day is still being compiled.

Solana Mobile plans to airdrop 1.96 billion of its native SKR tokens on Jan. 21 to holders of its second smartphone, the Seeker, and to app developers, Cointelegraph reported. The airdrop represents 20% of the total SKR supply of 10 billion. The allocation includes 1.82 billion SKR for 100,908 Seeker holders and 141 million SKR for 188 developers. The SKR token will serve as a governance and utility token within the Solana Mobile ecosystem.

According to CoinNess market monitoring, BTC has fallen below $96,000. BTC is trading at $95,986.19 on the Binance USDT market.

Vlad Tenev, co-founder and CEO of the U.S. stock and crypto trading app Robinhood, stated on X that the passage of a crypto market structure bill is necessary to achieve both consumer protection and innovation. He noted that while crypto staking is one of the most requested features by users, the company is unable to offer it in four U.S. states due to regulatory deadlock. Tenev added that stock tokens, which are available in the EU, are also not possible in the U.S.

Binance has announced that it will list the U/USDT and U/USDC margin pairs today at 10:00 a.m. UTC.

The following are the forced liquidation volumes and ratios for cryptocurrency perpetual futures over the last 24 hours: - BTC: $178 million liquidated, with short positions accounting for 86.79%. - ETH: $82.11 million liquidated, with short positions accounting for 64.45%. - RIVER: $10.05 million liquidated, with short positions accounting for 76.92%.

Grayscale, the world's largest crypto asset manager, announced via X that it is considering launching new investment products for several cryptocurrencies. The assets under consideration include ARIAIP, GEOD, Playtron, Poseidon, and Nous Research. ARIAIP is the governance token for the Aria ecosystem, which is used for the on-chain tokenization and distribution of intellectual property like music.

An analysis indicates that long-term Bitcoin holders are not selling their assets, even as the cryptocurrency's price continues to rise. CryptoQuant contributor Carmelo Alemán noted that while BTC has broken through $94,200 to reach $97,500, the Value Days Destroyed (VDD) metric remains low at 0.53 compared to previous bull markets. A low VDD suggests that trading activity is primarily concentrated among short-term holders, while long-term investors are holding firm. Alemán explained that as long as the VDD stays at these low levels, the current upward trend can be considered a healthy bull phase.

The U.S. Senate Banking Committee has decided to postpone a planned markup of a cryptocurrency market structure bill, referred to as the Clarity Act, following Coinbase's withdrawal of its support for the legislation. The development was reported on X by Eleanor Terrett, host of Crypto in America.

Decentralized satellite internet project Spacecoin (SPACE) announced it has signed agreements with governments and telecommunication companies in Africa and Southeast Asia to launch local Proof-of-Concept (PoC) demonstrations for its services. On Jan. 15, the project secured a satellite connection transmission license for Internet of Things (IoT) monitoring in collaboration with the Communications Authority of Kenya. Spacecoin is also pursuing similar satellite connection PoCs with governments and local partners in Cambodia and Indonesia. The company stated that the core of this cooperation is to bridge the communications gap in regions with low internet access and to validate the technology's local applicability. It added that regulatory bodies in key emerging markets have recognized the potential of its technology, leading to these collaborations. Spacecoin plans to complete its initial satellite constellation using its three CTC-1 satellites, which were successfully launched via SpaceX.

Sonic Labs (S) announced via its official X account that it has recovered and distributed 5,829,196 S to victims of an exploit that targeted its ecosystem project, Beets, last November. Beets, a Solana-based DEX and liquid staking token hub, was affected at the time by a hack stemming from a Balancer (BAL) vulnerability.

Binance has announced the delisting of 20 spot trading pairs, effective Jan. 16 at 3:00 a.m. UTC. The affected pairs are 2Z/FDUSD, AAVE/FDUSD, A/BTC, APE/FDUSD, API3/BTC, ARB/FDUSD, EUL/BNB, FET/FDUSD, HMSTR/FDUSD, LAYER/BTC, LAYER/FDUSD, MIRA/BNB, OP/FDUSD, ORDI/FDUSD, PYTH/FDUSD, TRX/FDUSD, WCT/BNB, YB/FDUSD, ZBT/BNB, and ZKC/FDUSD.

Coinbase's withdrawal of support for a key crypto market structure bill (CLARITY Act) could prevent its passage during the current legislative session, according to an analysis from TD Cowen. Jaret Seiberg, a managing director at the firm, warned that the move by Coinbase could derail the legislative push, CoinDesk reported. Other industry analysts reportedly share this concern, fearing the bill could be amended in ways less favorable to crypto companies and that regulatory uncertainty could be prolonged. Meanwhile, a Senate hearing on the bill, previously scheduled for Jan. 15, is now likely to be postponed.

South Korean crypto exchange Upbit announced that it is temporarily suspending deposits and withdrawals for Worldcoin (WLD) due to wallet system maintenance. The suspension is effective immediately.

The Bank of Korea has frozen its benchmark interest rate at 2.50% for the fifth consecutive time. The decision follows previous rate holds in July, August, October, and November of last year.

An Ondo Finance (ONDO) multisig address deposited 25 million ONDO, worth approximately $10.2 million, to five exchanges including Coinbase, OKX, Bybit, Gate, and KuCoin about six hours ago, EmberCN reported. Such transfers to exchanges are often seen as a precursor to selling.

While Coinbase has withdrawn its support for the U.S. crypto market structure bill, known as the Clarity Act, several other companies have affirmed their backing, according to a report from Eleanor Terrett, host of Crypto in America. Supporters of the legislation include a16z, Circle, Kraken, the Chamber of Digital Commerce, Ripple, and Coin Center. Coinbase previously pulled its support over several concerns, including what it described as a de facto ban on tokenized stocks, the potential to block DeFi while allowing unlimited access to financial data, a weakening of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission's (CFTC) authority relative to the SEC, and the possible prohibition of stablecoin reward features. The exchange's opposition had raised the possibility that a Senate markup session on the bill, scheduled for Jan. 15, could be canceled.

CoinMarketCap's Altcoin Season Index now stands at 29, a one-point decrease from yesterday. The index gauges market sentiment by comparing the performance of the top 100 cryptocurrencies, excluding stablecoins and wrapped coins, against Bitcoin over the past 90 days. An "altcoin season" is indicated when 75% of these top coins outperform Bitcoin over that period, with a score closer to 100 signaling stronger altcoin momentum. A lower score suggests a "Bitcoin season."

The shared sequencer solution Espresso can resolve the system gap between global financial and consumer applications and the blockchain, according to a new report from South Korean blockchain consulting firm ARK Point. In the report, titled "Espresso: Building a Global Baselayer for the Rollup Economy," the firm argues that while rollups have successfully scaled transaction execution, they have also created a fragmented ecosystem of chains. Relying on the Ethereum Layer 1 as the underlying infrastructure to connect these chains is insufficient for the real-time services required by modern applications, as finality on Ethereum still takes 12 to 15 minutes. Espresso aims to solve this infrastructure gap by providing a high-performance, decentralized consensus and finality layer—a "baselayer"—specifically designed to unify the rollup ecosystem. The project offers transaction finality in two seconds and has a roadmap for achieving sub-one-second finality. The report notes that major industry players, including Celo (CELO), Arbitrum (ARB) developer Offchain Labs, and Polygon (POL), are moving beyond testing and are now integrating Espresso as core infrastructure.

The Crypto Fear & Greed Index has risen 13 points from the previous day to 61, shifting into the 'Greed' territory amid improving investor sentiment, according to data from Alternative. This marks the first time the index has surpassed 60 to enter the 'Greed' phase since Oct. 10 of last year, which coincided with a record-breaking forced liquidation event. The index measures market sentiment on a scale where 0 indicates 'Extreme Fear' and 100 represents 'Extreme Greed.' It is calculated based on volatility (25%), trading volume (25%), social media mentions (15%), surveys (15%), Bitcoin's market dominance (10%), and Google search volume (10%).

An address presumed to belong to Bitmine (BMNR) has staked an additional 154,304 ETH, worth $519.76 million, over the past four hours, Onchain Lens reported. The address is now staking a total of 1,685,088 ETH, valued at $5.65 billion.