Venice AI’s VVV Drops 50% as Insider Trading Concerns Swirl Two contributors of launch partner Aerodrome Finance purchased a hoard of tokens shortly after it went live on the platform.

Essential Insights to Monitor During Wednesday’s ‘No Change’ Fed Meeting The Fed is expected to keep rates unchanged while sticking to December’s hawkish forward guidance. BTC and risk assets could take cues from Powell’s take on key issues like mass deportations and shelter inflation.

Czech Central Bank Governor to Present Plan to Add Bitcoin to Its Reserve: FT The governor will present a BTC investment plan to the board Thursday, according to an interview published by the Financial Times.

Digital Rights Group EFF Calls for Roman Storm Dismissal in Tornado Cash Case The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) argues that U.S. government’s prosecution of Tornado Cash “stretches criminal laws beyond their intended scope”

Quantum Startup BTQ Proposes More Energy Efficient Alternative to Crypto’s Proof of Work A new paper proposes using a method called “coarse-grained boson-sampling” to validate the proof of work process and reward successful miners.

Bitwise Files To Launch Dogecoin ETF The asset manager is among a number of issuers seeking ETFs for the memecoin.

French Prosecutors Expand Money Laundering, Tax Fraud Probe Against Binance: Reuters The investigation is focused on alleged offenses committed in both France and the broader European Union from 2019 to 2024.

Figment CEO Lorien Gabel’s Big Bet on Staking Has Paid Off The staking provider’s co-founder and CEO discusses the evolution of staking and its growing adoption in Asia.

Movement Labs Unveils Developer Mainnet Ahead of February’s Public Launch The company is also introducing a multi-asset liquidity program to provide the foundation for DeFi applications

MOVE Jumps 20% on Trump-Linked World Liberty Fi Token Purchase, Musk’s DOGE Involvement Movement was reportedly one of the teams the Department of Government Efficiency representatives held conversations with about blockchain being used for government operations.

The Sandbox’s Sébastien Borget on the Future of Web3 Gaming The co-founder of the popular metaverse platform discusses how Asia is driving the next wave of Web3 innovation.

Blockchain Startup BTQ Proposes More Energy Efficient Alternative to Crypto’s Proof of Work A new paper proposes using a method called “coarse-grained boson-sampling” to validate the proof of work process and reward successful miners.

Crypto Daybook Americas: Bitcoin Rebounds as DeepSeek Concerns Wane, AI Tokens Regroup Your day-ahead look for Jan. 28, 2025

Ondo Finance’s $185M Tokenized U.S. Treasury Offering Joins the XRP Ledger The expansion allows institutional investors to mint and redeem OUSG tokens around the clock using Ripple’s RLUSD stablecoin.

SSV DAO Unveils “SSV 2.0” Framework, Bringing bApps to Ethereum Based applications — bApps — will be able to leverage Ethereum validators directly from the layer-1, allowing them to avoid security and centralizing risks.

Coinbase Receives Approval to Expand Services Into Argentina Roughly 5 million Argentinians use crypto daily, according to Coinbase.

CoinDesk 20 Performance Update: XRP Gains 6.6% as Index Trades Higher Stellar (XLM) joined Ripple (XRP) as a top performer, gaining 5.3%.

Bitcoin Miner Hive Digital to Buy Paraguay Site From Bitfarms for $85M The acquisition of the site in Yguazú, Paraguay will increase the company’s hashrate to 25 EH/s from 6 Eh/s by September.

Short-Term BTC Holders Quit, CME Open Interest Slid by Record During Monday’s Price Drop As observed by many metrics, Monday’s capitulation in bitcoin looks like a textbook local bottom.

Tom Lee Calls Monday’s Market Plunge a Great Buying Opportunity After AI, Crypto-Led Rout On Monday, NVIDIA had the largest single-day market cap loss in history, erasing $465 billion in market cap.