According to Odaily, Josh Swihart, CEO of the Electric Coin Company (ECC), the development team behind Zcash (ZEC), announced on X that the majority of the Bootstrap board members, including Zaki Manian, Christina Garman, Alan Fairless, and Michelle Lai, have deviated from Zcash's mission. As a result of alleged dismissals by these board members, the entire ECC team has resigned. Swihart stated that their employment terms were unilaterally altered, preventing them from fulfilling their duties effectively and with integrity. The team is now forming a new company, maintaining their original mission to build an unstoppable privacy currency. Importantly, the Zcash protocol remains unaffected by these changes. The decision to resign was made to safeguard the team's work from what they describe as malicious governance actions that have hindered ECC's ability to fulfill its original mission. In 2020, following the decision of most shareholders to donate their shares, ECC began transitioning to a nonprofit structure under Bootstrap.

Liquid Capital founder Jack Yi posted on the X platform that ETH performed well in 2025, with a potential price increase of over 3x from $1400 to $4900. His team was bullish on ETH above $1000 and liquidated their positions around $4500, all of which were publicly disclosed on-chain. They are currently buying on dips around $3000 and believe ETH still has significant potential in 2026. Jack Yi also indicated that there will be more development on the ETH path.

Josh Swihart, CEO of Electric Coin Company (ECC), the Zcash (ZEC) development team, stated in an article on Odaily: “It has become clear over the past few weeks that the majority of the Bootstrap (the nonprofit organization behind ECC that supports Zcash by managing ECC) board members, particularly Zaki Manian, Christina Garman, Alan Fairless, and Michelle Lai (the ZCAM group), have significantly deviated from Zcash’s mission. Yesterday, the entire ECC team resigned due to ZCAM’s presumed dismissal. In short, our employment terms were unilaterally modified, preventing us from fulfilling our responsibilities effectively and honestly. We are starting a new company, but we remain the same team committed to the same mission—building an unstoppable privacy currency. The key point is that the Zcash protocol itself is unaffected. This decision is solely to protect the team’s work from malicious governance actions that have prevented ECC from fulfilling its original mission.” (Note: In 2020, after a majority of shareholders chose to donate their shares, the Zcash development company…) Electric Coin Company (ECC) is transitioning to a nonprofit bootstrap structure.

Bitget CEO Gracy Chen announced on social media that Bitget TradFi (which deals in gold, forex, and other services) has surpassed $2 billion in daily trading volume for the first time. This marks the beginning of UEX's development. The top 5 assets by trading volume are: XAUUSD (gold), US30 (Dow Jones Industrial Average), NAS100 (Nasdaq 100 Index), XAGUSD (silver), and EURUSD (euro).

Bitcoin slid toward $90,000 as Asia’s stock rally cooled and oil sank after Trump said Venezuela would supply up to 50M barrels, refocusing markets on data and geopolitics. source: https://cryptonews.com/news/bitcoin-price-asian-stocks-extend-pullback-from-records-asia-market-open/

During the month, Riot liquidated 1,818 Bitcoin for approximately $161. source: https://coindoo.com/riot-platforms-cuts-bitcoin-holdings-in-strategic-shift-toward-ai/

الرؤى الرئيسية: يتطلع سعر الإيثريوم (ETH) إلى تجاوز مستوى 4,000 دولار وسط انتعاش في الصناديق المتداولة في البورصة (ETFs). تتماشى الثقة المتجددة التي أظهرها المستثمرون المؤسسيون مع التحويلات الضخمة لحيتان الإيثيريوم. مستويات أسعار الإيثريوم ETH الرئيسية التي يجب مراقبتها شارك محلل العملات الرقمية الشهير تيد بيلوز على X توقعات متفائلة لسعر الإيثريوم (ETH) source: https://www.thecoinrepublic.com/ar/2026/01/07/%d8%b3%d8%b9%d8%b1-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%a5%d9%8a%d8%ab%d8%b1%d9%8a%d9%88%d9%85-%d9%8a%d8%b5%d9%84-%d8%a5%d9%84%d9%89-4-%d8%a2%d9%84%d8%a7%d9%81-%d8%af%d9%88%d9%84%d8%a7%d8%b1-%d9%88%d8%b3%d8%b7-%d8%a7/

According to Foresight News, Onchain Lens reports that BitMine has staked an additional 19,200 ETH. BitMine's total staked Ethereum now amounts to 827,008 ETH. The total value of these staked assets is approximately $2.62 billion.

According to ChainCatcher, Leon Waidmann announced on the X platform that the total value locked (TVL) in Ethereum-based applications has exceeded $300 billion. These funds are actively engaged in decentralized finance (DeFi), stablecoins, real-world assets (RWA), and staking applications, reflecting genuine economic activity. Waidmann highlighted that Ethereum leads other networks in terms of liquidity depth, developer ecosystem composability, institutional forecasts, and user and capital reserves, indicating the network's growing influence.

According to Cointelegraph, digital asset infrastructure company Fireblocks has invested $130 million to acquire the crypto accounting platform TRES. This acquisition aims to bolster Fireblocks' tax compliance infrastructure to better support institutional clients. The company highlighted the increasing need for robust blockchain accounting protocols, especially as stablecoin settlements surpass hundreds of billions monthly and enterprises manage entire treasury flows on-chain. Fireblocks CEO Michael Shaulov emphasized the importance of providing both crypto-native firms and traditional institutions with clear and accurate accounting and auditability. By integrating TRES with Fireblocks, customers can manage their digital asset operations while gaining essential financial intelligence on a secure, compliant, and scalable platform. As part of the acquisition, TRES will offer Fireblocks clients audit-ready, tax-compliant financial records for their operations. Fireblocks communicated to Fortune that the $130 million acquisition underscores its commitment to helping clients maintain compliance while leveraging blockchain technology. Shaulov expressed confidence in creating a comprehensive treasury management solution through this acquisition. TRES CEO and co-founder Tal Zackon assured in a blog post that TRES will continue as a standalone product, with no changes for its customers and partners. Zackon added that Fireblocks' resources would accelerate TRES' growth, enhance customer service, improve security, and deepen technological advantages. Fireblocks, known for providing crypto custody, transfer, and settlement services, claims partnerships with 2,400 enterprises and supports $10 trillion in transactions. The firm also offers stablecoin services to assist enterprises in launching and managing their own stablecoins. This acquisition follows Fireblocks' recent integration of the tech stack from enterprise-focused wallet provider Dynamic in late October, further expanding its service offerings.

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