Nvidia and Universal Music Group have partnered to use AI in music discovery and creation while making sure artists are credited and paid. The collaboration will use Nvidia’s Music Flamingo model and involve artists directly to test tools and improve how fans find and engage with music.

According to ChainCatcher, Ripple President Monica Long has stated that the company has no plans to pursue an initial public offering (IPO) and will continue to operate privately. Ripple aims to grow through product development and acquisitions. Long emphasized that Ripple's financial position is strong, negating the need to access capital markets through a public listing, and the company is capable of investing in its development. Monica Long's comments follow Ripple's completion of a $500 million funding round in November 2025, which valued the company at approximately $40 billion. Investors in this round included Fortress Investment Group, Citadel Securities, and several crypto-focused funds. While Long mentioned that the investment terms were favorable to Ripple, she did not elaborate on the specifics. The report also highlighted Ripple's acquisitions in 2025, which included prime broker Hidden Road, stablecoin payment platform Rail, treasury management system GTreasury, and digital asset wallet and custody company Palisade. The total acquisition amount was nearly $4 billion. Ripple disclosed that by November of last year, its payment business had processed transactions exceeding $95 billion, with products continuing to expand around enterprise-level digital asset infrastructure.

According to BlockBeats On-chain Detection, a whale investor has resumed shorting ZEC after closing a previous short position. The investor is currently using a 2x leverage to short 3,697.06 ZEC at an average price of $507.66, with a floating profit of $41,000. This address has consistently shorted ZEC without taking long positions, resulting in a cumulative loss of $508,000 over seven previous attempts.

According to the median forecast of economists, the U.S. economy is expected to have added 73,000 jobs last month, up from 64,000 in November, while the unemployment rate is expected to fall to 4.5% from 4.6%. The ADP private sector employment report (“mini-nonfarm payrolls”) will be released on Wednesday, two days before the government data, but is generally not considered a reliable leading indicator. Additionally, the U.S. Supreme Court may rule on the legality of Trump’s global tariffs on Friday—the same day as the December nonfarm payrolls report—which could also have some impact on the markets. “Trading on interest rates and credit instruments depends on U.S. growth, inflation, and the Fed’s next move,” said Vincent Ahn, portfolio manager at Wisdom Fixed Income Management in Plano, Texas. “This is why events like Friday’s jobs report are far more important to the Treasury market than Venezuela. It only comes into the market's view when events in Venezuela cause sustained oil price volatility, which in turn affects gasoline prices and inflation, and the market isn't seeing that right now.” In other words, “Venezuela has failed to impact the bond market because it hasn't changed the inflation narrative,” Vincent added in an email to MarketWatch. (Jinshi)

According to ChainCatcher, GTreasury, a financial management system company under Ripple, has announced the acquisition of Solvexia, a no-code financial automation platform. The specific financial details of the acquisition have not been disclosed. This acquisition enhances GTreasury's platform capabilities, enabling automated handling of reconciliation and regulatory reporting in financial, treasury, and compliance operations. Previously, ChainCatcher reported that Ripple had acquired GTreasury for $1 billion.

According to BlockBeats On-chain Detection, recent monitoring by HyperInsight reveals that the address associated with 'Machi Big Brother' Huang Licheng has adjusted its Ethereum (ETH) holdings. The address currently holds a leveraged long position of 8,600 ETH with a 25x leverage, resulting in an unrealized profit of $1.135 million. Additionally, the address has a 10x leveraged long position of 250,000 HYPE tokens, with an unrealized profit of $442,000.

Tether has launched Scudo, a small unit of gold designed for easy digital transactions. source: https://www.cryptopolitan.com/tether-launches-scudo/

Strategy shares surged after MSCI said it would not, for now, exclude crypto treasury companies from its indexes, easing fears of forced institutional selling. <p>The post Strategy Jumps 6% as MSCI Backs Away—For Now—From Crypto Treasury Crackdown first appeared on Ecoinimist. </p> source: https://ecoinimist.com/2026/01/07/strategy-jumps-msci-backs-away/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=strategy-jumps-msci-backs-away

1. Polymarket's ruling that the US military's actions in Venezuela do not constitute an "invasion" sparks controversy in the community; 2. Ripple reiterates that it has no plans for an IPO, stating that it will remain private and focus on business expansion; 3. YZi Labs: The CEA Industries board has adopted a poison pill strategy to consolidate its position, calling for fair elections; 4. Manus founder Xiao Hong's related Bitcoin addresses currently hold 0.0223 BTC; 5. SlowMist: The EOA account controlled by the Fusion project was attacked due to the EIP-7702 authorization contract vulnerability; 6. Tempo launches the TIP-20 token standard, targeting stablecoins and payment scenarios; 7. WLFI strategic reserves have converted approximately $15.07 million of WBTC into WETH; 8. Bitcoin spot ETFs saw a total net outflow of $243 million yesterday, with only BlackRock IBIT achieving a net inflow; 9. Ethereum spot ETFs saw a total net inflow of $115 million yesterday, marking the third consecutive day of net inflows.

According to Foresight News, Bitcoin Core has reported a wallet migration error in its 30.0 and 30.1 versions. In rare instances, migrating older BDB wallets may result in the deletion of all wallet files on the same node. This issue could lead to the loss of funds if these wallets are not backed up. Bitcoin Core clarified that only the migration process of older wallets is affected. All other functionalities remain unaffected. Users can continue to use Bitcoin Core, including existing wallets and running nodes without wallets.

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Nvidia is ready to sell its H200 AI chips to China, but shipments are on hold while the US government reviews export licences. Strong demand from Chinese customers is building, and any approval will likely show through purchase orders rather than official announcements.

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