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❗️ Tether has burned 3,000,000,000 USDT on the Ethereum network.

🔥Strategy bought another $2 billion worth of bitcoin and now holds over 700,000 BTC Strategy (formerly MicroStrategy) reported the purchase of 22,305 bitcoins for $2.12 billion between January 12 and January 18, at an average price of $95,284 per BTC. As of January 19, Strategy holds 709,715 BTC (more than 3% of total supply), acquired since 2020 for approximately $53.92 billion, with an average purchase price of about $75,979 per BTC. The purchase was financed almost entirely through the issuance and sale of MSTR shares, and partly through the issuance of STRC and STRK preferred shares. Since its July peak, MSTR shares have fallen by more than 60%.

🧊The amount of staked ETH has reached an all-time high, approaching 30% of the total supply.

The decentralized exchange Paradex, built on Starknet, was forced to roll back the blockchain yesterday after a database migration error briefly reset the BTC price to zero, triggering mass liquidations.

🫣The decentralized exchange Paradex, built on Starknet, was forced to roll back the blockchain yesterday after a database migration error briefly reset the BTC price to zero, triggering mass liquidations.

The government of Bermuda has announced a partnership with Coinbase and Circle to build a blockchain-based economy. The initiative will include a pilot rollout of stablecoin payments across all government agencies, expanded adoption of USDC among local merchants, support for financial institutions in integrating tokenization and other digital finance tools, as well as education in digital finance and technical support for implementation.

📊 crypto prices: BTC ≈$90,940 ETH ≈$3,114 SOL ≈$130,30 BNB ≈$914,63 XRP ≈$1,95 Market cap ≈$3,19T Fear & Greed Index: 32 ("Fear") Altseason Index: 32

Bitcoin network hashrate has fallen by about 15% from its October peak. This signals ongoing miner capitulation as profitability declines. Mining difficulty is expected to drop by another 4% on January 22, marking the seventh negative adjustment out of the past eight periods. At the same time, some miners are selling BTC to finance a transition into AI and high-performance computing (HPC).

The New York Stock Exchange is developing a blockchain platform for trading tokenized securities. Once regulatory approval is obtained, the platform will enable 24/7 trading of fractional shares with near-instant settlement.

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin called on the crypto community to develop more advanced and efficient decentralized autonomous organizations. According to him, the current token-based governance design works, but is unproductive, vulnerable to capture, and “completely fails at mitigating the flaws of human politics.” Buterin admitted that the drive to create Ethereum was heavily inspired by DAOs, but that the community is now skeptical of the concept. He highlighted several key areas that require progress in DAO architecture.

🚧 Immunefi CEO Mitchell Amador stated that 80% of crypto projects affected by major hacks never fully recover. This is due to operational disruption and loss of trust rather than the direct loss of funds. Kerberus CEO Alex Katz added that major hacks often lead to mass user outflows, loss of liquidity, and irreversible reputational damage.

📊 The volume of cross-border transfers on China’s CBDC platform mBridge has exceeded $55 billion. This is 2,500 times more than during the pilot launch in 2022.

📅 In less than 50 days, the total number of bitcoins ever mined will exceed 20 million. This means that only 1 million coins will remain to be mined until 2140.

😭 Coinglass: Over the past 4 hours, more than $750,000,000 in long positions have been liquidated.

📊 crypto prices: BTC ≈$92,596 ETH ≈$3,203 SOL ≈$133,75 BNB ≈$921,49 XRP ≈$1,96 Market cap ≈$3,21T Fear & Greed Index: 44 ("Fear") Altseason Index: 28

📈BTC ETFs recorded net inflows of $1.42 billion over the past trading week. ETH ETFs saw net inflows of $479 million.

📊 crypto prices: BTC ≈$95,027 ETH ≈$3,308 SOL ≈$142,31 BNB ≈$945,93 XRP ≈$2,05 Market cap ≈$3,3T Fear & Greed Index: 49 ("Neutral") Altseason Index: 29

😃 Bitcoin remains the people’s money: nearly half of all BTC (10.22 million, or 48.7%) is held in self-custody. This is significantly more than the share held in ETFs (12.3%) and other indirect investment products. Meanwhile, 33.9% of all coins are still held on exchanges, according to Arkham data.

🍁 Canadian Bitcoin platform Bull Bitcoin openly supports Alberta’s independence (Calgary) and the region’s secession from Canada The founders see Alberta’s separation as a chance to escape “Ottawa socialism,” keep oil revenues and capital within the province, and give people real financial independence through BTC.

📊 Over the first 15 days of January 2025, total inflows into Bitcoin ETFs reached 3,800 BTC. This is 300 BTC more than during the same period last year (3,500 BTC). CryptoQuant notes that January inflows are historically modest, with major activity typically occurring between February and April.