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Gold prices have fallen 12% from record highs, dropping below $5,000 per ounce. On Thursday, gold futures initially surged to $5,626.8 per ounce, marking an all-time high, but then began to correct. Gold declined as investors took profits after the rally to a new record level. In addition, the correction was driven by expectations surrounding the announcement of a candidate for the Fed chair position and a recovery in the U.S. dollar, KCM noted.

🔶Binance will buy $1 billion worth of BTC. Binance will change the asset structure of its SAFU fund by gradually converting stablecoins into Bitcoin. The process will take 30 days. Binance will regularly review the value of the SAFU fund’s assets. If, due to Bitcoin price fluctuations, the fund’s market value falls below $800 million, Binance will purchase additional Bitcoin to bring it back up to $1 billion. Recently, Binance has faced criticism from both Chinese- and English-speaking communities (following the 10/10 collapse). Many are calling on the exchange to use its profits to buy Bitcoin and build a BTC reserve to support the industry.

💫Between January 1 and December 31, 2025, Binance listed 100 assets. The prices of 93 of them fell compared to their listing price. The median return on investment (ROI) on the platform was 0.22x. Over the same period, Bybit added 150 tokens. Of those, 127 ended up in the red, with a median ROI of 0.23x. In 2025, MEXC became the leader by number of listings, adding 878 tokens. Of these, 747 declined in price, and the median ROI was 0.21x. Some platforms proved slightly more resilient than others, but overall the market was dominated by declines. Coinbase listed 111 tokens in 2025, and 94 of them recorded losses. Despite this, its median ROI was 0.43x — the best result among major centralized exchanges.

The crypto market has lost $220,000,000,000 in market capitalization since last night.

📊 crypto prices: BTC ≈$82,379 ETH ≈$2,724 SOL ≈$115,41 BNB ≈$835,85 XRP ≈$1,74 Market cap ≈$2,93T Fear & Greed Index: 16 ("Extreme fear") Altseason Index: 28

📉Bitcoin has fallen to $85,000.

😬 Charles Edwards, founder of the investment fund Capriole, believes the market is underestimating the severity of miners’ situation. No one is talking about Bitcoin’s hashrate dropping 40% from its ATH. This is the largest miner capitulation since 2021. Terrifying. At the same time, energy prices are falling, which almost certainly means that some large miners will exit crypto for other sectors.

🏦Bybit is transforming into a crypto neobank. The exchange is launching its own fiat accounts with IBANs (International Bank Account Numbers), effectively taking a step toward a full-fledged banking service. • Users will be able to hold U.S. dollars and other fiat currencies directly on the exchange. • MyBank accounts will receive IBANs and allow transfers in 18 currencies. • The launch is expected in February, pending regulatory approval. • The infrastructure is being rolled out with the support of partner banks.

🇦🇪The UAE has launched its first US dollar–backed stablecoin approved by the central bank. Universal Digital Intl Limited has issued the #USDU stablecoin, which is officially registered and authorized by the Central Bank of the UAE for regulated digital asset settlements. • Reserves are held at Emirates NBD, Mashreq, and Mbank. • The token is registered under the Payment Token Services Regulation. • In the UAE, transactions involving digital assets and derivatives can now be legally settled using such tokens.

📊 crypto prices: BTC ≈$88,077 ETH ≈$2,952 SOL ≈$123,28 BNB ≈$902,57 XRP ≈$1,88 Market cap ≈$3,07T Fear & Greed Index: 26 ("Fear") Altseason Index: 33

🥶 A winter storm in the U.S. knocked out 200 EH/s of mining capacity Bitcoin’s hashrate dropped to a 6-month low, and the average block time increased to 12 minutes. Among the largest mining pools, Foundry USA alone lost about 60% of its hashrate due to electricity consumption restrictions.

💰 Vitalik Buterin earned $70,000 on the Polymarket prediction market last year, operating with around $440,000 in capital. Vitalik described his profit strategy as a “counter-madness mode,” which involves identifying markets driven by irrational frenzy and betting that “crazy things won’t happen.”

💵 According to Binance, $33 trillion in value was transferred via stablecoins in 2025.

Tether has become the world’s largest private holder of gold. The company has accumulated ~140 tons of gold worth about $23 billion and is purchasing 1–2 tons per week. Over the past year, Tether acquired more than 70 tons of gold — more than almost all central banks, with the exception of Poland, which officially added 102 tons to its reserves. The gold is held physically. The bars are stored in Switzerland, in a former nuclear bunker with a multi-layered security system. Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino compares the company to a central bank, stating that Tether is effectively becoming one of the world’s largest “gold central banks.”

Coinbase Institutional and Glassnode report that Bitcoin is entering a more stable and resilient phase. The Q4 downturn largely flushed out excess leverage, reducing the market’s sensitivity to cascading liquidations and improving its ability to withstand macroeconomic shocks. Institutional investors are now favoring options-based hedging over highly leveraged futures, while on-chain data shows that long-term holders are reallocating their holdings rather than panic-selling.

Around $16.1 billion was laundered through Chinese CMLN networks in 2025 — roughly $44 million per day, involving more than 1,799 active wallets. The global volume of laundered crypto funds last year exceeded $82 billion, with 20% attributed to China. Since 2020, inflows to identified Chinese CMLNs have grown 7,325 times faster than to centralized exchanges and 1,810 times faster than to DeFi protocols.

📊 crypto prices: BTC ≈$88,914 ETH ≈$2,999 SOL ≈$126,71 BNB ≈$897,93 XRP ≈$1,90 Market cap ≈$3,13T Fear & Greed Index: 29 ("Fear") Altseason Index: 33

A contractor’s son was involved in the $40M theft from U.S. authorities - he exposed himself during an argument over who had more money Crypto detective ZachXBT discovered that the person behind the theft of $40 million in crypto from wallets controlled by the U.S. government is John Dagita, the son of the owner of a company contracted to store confiscated cryptocurrency. Dagita was identified after he got into a public dispute with another hacker over who owned more crypto. In one Telegram chat, he posted a video showing himself transferring $23 million between his own wallets. ZachXBT analyzed the wallet addresses shown in the video and found that they were linked to thefts totaling over $90 million, of which about $40 million came from confiscated U.S. government crypto assets. The remaining funds, according to the investigator, were likely stolen from private individuals between November and December 2025. “John has a complete failure of digital hygiene,” ZachXBT commented. In photos posted on social media, Dagita poses in luxury cars with stacks of cash. According to ZachXBT, Dagita is the son of the owner of Command Services & Support (CMDSS). In 2024, the company received a contract from the U.S. Marshals Service to manage seized crypto assets. After the investigation was published, CMDSS’s website, social media accounts, and LinkedIn page became unavailable.

💵 Tether has launched the dollar stablecoin USA₮, federally regulated The coin is designed for the U.S. market under the GENIUS Act and will be issued in partnership with Anchorage Digital Bank and Cantor Fitzgerald as custodians.

🤔 A Bitcoin OG insider bought another 42,000 ETH ($122.6M). Over the past two days, he has purchased a total of 148,000 ETH ($426.6M).