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Solana co-founder Anatoly Yakovenko has argued that staking offers a more positive path for ecosystem growth than token buybacks. Writing on X, Yakovenko said he believes it is more rational to imitate the long-term capital accumulation structures of traditional finance. He noted that staking is the closest equivalent in the crypto industry, as it allows long-term investors to dilute the holdings of those with shorter-term outlooks. Yakovenko proposed a model where profits are designated as future claimable tokens, incentivizing users to lock up and stake their assets for a year. Under this system, the amount of tokens stakers can claim would increase as the overall asset base expands. His remarks came after the co-founders of Jupiter (JUP), a Solana-based decentralized exchange, discussed on X whether to continue their buyback program or provide incentives to existing users.

An anonymous whale address, believed to belong to an institution, has withdrawn 20,000 ETH, valued at $62.3 million, from multiple exchanges over the past 12 hours, according to Onchain Lens. The address, which begins with 0x363ad, pulled the assets from platforms including Galaxy Digital, Coinbase, FalconX, and Cumberland. Such large-scale withdrawals from exchanges are typically interpreted as a signal of intent to hold.

An anonymous whale address starting with t1Ym8XW has deposited 74,002 ZEC, worth $35.75 million, to Binance today, according to a report from Lookonchain.

Caroline Crenshaw, the sole Democratic commissioner at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and a vocal critic of cryptocurrency, is leaving the agency, DL News reported. Appointed in 2020, Crenshaw has consistently advocated for strict regulation of the crypto industry. She was a prominent opponent of the spot Bitcoin ETF approvals in January 2024. The outlet noted that her departure could lead to a more industry-friendly regulatory environment in the U.S.

Bitcoin has fallen below $90,000 following news of a U.S. airstrike in Venezuela, Cointelegraph reports. The cryptocurrency reached approximately $90,940 before reversing and appears to be under short-term selling pressure from the geopolitical tensions. Many analysts believe the price drop will be temporary if the situation does not escalate further. Meanwhile, while gold is correcting after hitting an all-time high, Bitcoin has risen around 5% since Christmas, raising the possibility of a capital rotation from gold to BTC.

Venture capital investment in the cryptocurrency industry totaled $49.75 billion in 2025, a more than fourfold increase from the previous year, according to data compiled by Wu Blockchain. The surge was largely driven by mergers, acquisitions, and IPOs involving centralized exchanges. The largest single deal was the Dunamu merger, valued at $10.3 billion. Despite the rise in total investment value, the number of deals fell by 42.1% year-over-year to 898.

Whale Alert reported that 400,000,000 USDT has been transferred from HTX to Aave. The transaction is valued at about $400 million.

The following is a breakdown of the BTC perpetual futures long/short position ratios over the last 24 hours on the world's top three cryptocurrency futures exchanges by open interest: Overall - Long 49.85%, Short 50.15%; Binance - Long 50.02%, Short 49.98%; OKX - Long 50.07%, Short 49.93%; Bybit - Long 50.16%, Short 49.84%.

Over the past 24 hours, the cryptocurrency perpetual futures market has seen significant liquidations, with short positions bearing the brunt of the losses. Ethereum (ETH) led with $120 million in liquidations, of which 89.48% were short positions. Bitcoin (BTC) followed with $108 million liquidated, with shorts accounting for 83.95% of the total. Solana (SOL) saw $21.95 million in liquidations, where short positions comprised 91.05% of the volume.

Tether, the issuer of USDT, has invested in the real-time QR payment platform SQRIL. The size of the investment was not disclosed. The funds will be used to improve stablecoin and QR-based cross-border payment solutions. SQRIL primarily operates in Asia, Africa, and Latin America.

John D’Agostino, Head of Institutional Strategy at Coinbase, stated that the U.S. crypto market structure bill (CLARITY) is on the right track. In an interview with CNBC, he described the bill as fundamental legislation for the growth of real-world asset classes, including crypto. D'Agostino emphasized that he understands why the bill is taking a long time to be enacted, noting that it is far more complex than the stablecoin regulation bill, GENIUS. He added that while the GENIUS Act was not simple, its structure was less complicated than that of the market structure bill.

U.S. spot Ethereum ETFs recorded a total net inflow of $173.8 million on Jan. 2, marking a reversal from recent net outflows, according to data from TraderT. The breakdown of inflows includes $53.69 million for Grayscale's ETHE and $50.03 million for its Mini ETH fund. BlackRock's ETHA attracted $46.55 million, while Bitwise's ETHW and VanEck's ETHV saw inflows of $18.99 million and $4.56 million, respectively.

U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs recorded a total net inflow of $463.89 million on Jan. 2, reversing the net outflows seen a day prior, according to data compiled by TraderT. BlackRock's IBIT led the day's activity with $280.12 million in net inflows. Other funds also saw positive flows, including Fidelity's FBTC ($88.08 million), Bitwise's BITB ($41.49 million), Ark Invest's ARKB ($6.71 million), Invesco's BTCO ($4.47 million), Franklin Templeton's EZBC ($12.99 million), and VanEck's HODL ($8.26 million). Grayscale's funds also contributed, with GBTC adding $15.42 million and its Mini BTC Trust adding $6.35 million.

CoinMarketCap's Altcoin Season Index currently stands at 23. The index is calculated by comparing the price performance of the top 100 cryptocurrencies by market capitalization, excluding stablecoins and wrapped coins, against Bitcoin over the past 90 days. An altcoin season is declared when 75% of these top coins outperform Bitcoin during this period. A score closer to 100 signifies an altcoin season, while the opposite condition is considered a Bitcoin season.

The Crypto Fear & Greed Index, compiled by data provider Alternative, has risen one point to 29. The move indicates a continued easing of investor caution, following the index's shift from the extreme fear category to the fear category a day earlier. The index gauges market sentiment on a scale where zero represents extreme fear and 100 signifies extreme greed. Its calculation is based on market volatility (25%), trading volume (25%), social media mentions (15%), surveys (15%), Bitcoin's market capitalization dominance (10%), and Google search volume (10%).

An anonymous whale address that has held Ethereum for four years began converting its holdings into Bitcoin today, AmberCN reported. The wallet started swapping WETH for WBTC approximately five hours ago and has so far exchanged 14,145 WETH, valued at around $44.3 million, for 492 WBTC. The transaction was executed at a swap ratio of 1 WETH to 0.03478 WBTC, resulting in an average purchase price of $90,014 per WBTC. The whale is known to have accumulated a total of 22,344 ETH in early 2022 through exchanges such as Kraken, Bitfinex, and Poloniex at an average price of $2,916 per ETH.

According to CoinNess market data, XRP has overtaken BNB to reclaim its position as the fourth-largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization. Excluding the dollar-pegged stablecoin Tether (USDT), the asset now ranks third. Data from CoinMarketCap shows XRP's market cap at approximately $123 billion, surpassing BNB's roughly $121.3 billion. XRP is currently trading at $2.02, an increase of 8.08%.

An address believed to belong to mining hardware manufacturer Bitmain (BMNR) has staked an additional 82,560 ETH, worth approximately $259.07 million, within the last hour, according to a report from Onchain Lens. The move is part of an ongoing strategic accumulation of the asset by the address. On-chain data indicates that Bitmain has now staked a cumulative total of 544,064 ETH, valued at approximately $1.7 billion.

Julio Moreno, a senior analyst at CryptoQuant, has pointed out that on-chain data does not show large-scale accumulation by Bitcoin whales, warning that investors should be cautious of data distortions that include the wallet activities of exchanges. He explained that most currently circulating Bitcoin transaction data fails to filter out exchange holdings. Moreno added that processes such as an exchange reorganizing its wallets can appear as whale activity and be mistaken for accumulation. He emphasized that data that excludes exchange addresses actually indicates a decrease in BTC holdings by whales. This trend is also observed among addresses holding between 100 and 1,000 BTC, a group that includes ETF holdings. Moreno previously stated his belief that Bitcoin has already passed its cycle high and is heading toward a low.

A bearish technical outlook is currently prevailing for Bitcoin, Cointelegraph reported in a recent analysis. While noting that analyst opinions are divided, the outlet argued that the charts currently favor a bearish perspective. According to the report, a key support level from last April is a pivotal point that will determine whether Bitcoin maintains its bullish trend or turns bearish. On the monthly chart, BTC is finding support near its 20-month exponential moving average (EMA), which held during the last correction. A monthly close below both the 20-month EMA and the April low would signify a break in the uptrend, potentially sending the price down to $50,000. On the weekly chart, a "dead cross"—with the 20-week EMA falling below the 50-week simple moving average (SMA)—is highly probable for the first time since January 2022. The analysis added that repeated tests of the key support level could weaken it, leading to the formation of a Head and Shoulders pattern that also points to a potential decline toward $50,000.

Amid a broader recovery in the altcoin market on Jan. 2, the memecoin sector posted the highest gains, led by PEPE, according to an analysis by The Block. The media outlet noted that PEPE surged more than 32% on the day, spearheading the rally. It was followed by other tokens such as the Solana-based memecoin POPCAT. Other memecoins including Dogecoin (DOGE), Shiba Inu (SHIB), Bonk (BONK), Floki (FLOKI), and dogwifhat (WIF) also showed short-term strength. In addition to memecoins, the artificial intelligence (AI) sector and newly launched tokens also saw significant gains. In response to the trend, VanEck analyst Matt Sigel commented that assets with poor year-end performance tend to experience stronger rebounds in January on average. Jake Kenis, an analyst at Nansen, added that memecoins were the hardest-hit sector following the major crypto liquidation event on Oct. 10. He suggested that the early-year capital flow into memecoins indicates traders are building positions for an upward move after months of sideways trading. However, Kenis cautioned that this movement needs to be confirmed on longer-term charts to be considered a definitive trend.

Stani Kulechov, founder of the crypto lending protocol Aave, announced that future revenue generated outside the Aave protocol will be shared with AAVE token holders. The statement follows the recent failure of a governance proposal that would have made Aave Labs, the protocol's developer, a subsidiary of the Aave DAO by absorbing its intellectual property and equity. During the vote, Kulechov purchased a large amount of AAVE to exercise his voting rights, sparking concerns about centralization. Kulechov explained that Aave must seek new business opportunities beyond its core decentralized finance (DeFi) operations, such as real-world asset (RWA) tokenization, institutional lending, and consumer financial products. He argued that direct DAO funding for these ventures would be inefficient and uncompetitive. Instead, he proposed fostering teams to develop products on the Aave protocol to increase revenue beyond its own fees. Kulechov stated that this external revenue would be shared with AAVE holders and that a formal proposal will be announced soon.

Whale Alert reported that 250 million USDC has been minted at the USDC Treasury.

Whale Alert reported that 250 million USDC has been minted at the USDC Treasury.

Whale Alert reported that 250 million USDC has been minted at the USDC Treasury.