Amid a significant shift in the US government's attitude towards digital assets, PwC, one of the Big Four accounting firms, is increasing its investment in cryptocurrencies and related businesses. Paul Griggs, PwC's US head, stated that this strategic shift began last year, primarily benefiting from the appointment of pro-crypto regulatory officials and the advancement of several digital asset-related legislations in the US Congress. Griggs pointed out that the regulatory framework surrounding stablecoins and the Genius Act are helping to boost market confidence in these assets, and asset tokenization will continue to develop, requiring PwC to be deeply involved in this emerging ecosystem. The report states that these statements reflect that changes in the policy environment are prompting traditional blue-chip institutions to reassess and gradually enter the digital asset market, which they had previously maintained a cautious stance towards. (Financial Times)

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1. Raydium: USD1 trading volume on Solana surpassed $260 million in the past 24 hours; 2. Yi Lihua: Aster has stopped losses, looking forward to Binance's team-level exchange rising star; 3. LaserCat: 2025 may be the awakening year for Chinese internet memes; 4. Polymarket's "no" bet on "Christ's Second Coming" can yield a 5.5% annualized return, outperforming US Treasury bonds; 5. Vitalik Buterin: Ethereum is breaking the blockchain trilemma with actual code; 6. Bsc Meme coin Hakimi's market capitalization briefly surpassed $49 million, rising over 24% intraday; 7. Base co-founder: The community needs more Memecoins to promote collective action; 8. Bitcoin spot ETFs saw net inflows of $459 million last week, with BlackRock IBIT leading the way with $324 million; 9. Ethereum spot ETFs saw net outflows of $161 million last week, with Grayscale ETHE seeing net inflows. It topped the list with $104 million.

Ethereum’s December Fusaka upgrade has triggered a sharp rise in network activity, with new wallet creation more than doubling to nearly 292,000 addresses per day. source: https://cryptonews.com/news/ethereum-new-addresses-up-110-since-fusaka-upgrade/

Solana started a fresh increase above the $130 zone. SOL price is now consolidating above $132 and might aim for more gains above the $138 zone. SOL price started a fresh upward move above the $130 and $132 levels against the US Dollar. The price is now trading above $132 and the 100-hourly simple moving average source: https://www.newsbtc.com/analysis/solana-sol-reclaims-132/

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BitMine Immersion Technologies Inc.  (NYSE:BMNR) shares rallied in Sunday overnight trading on Robinhood after Chair Tom Lee urged shareholders to support a board proposal to raise the source: https://www.benzinga.com/crypto/cryptocurrency/26/01/49683458/bitmine-stock-climbs-14-overnight-as-tom-lee-asks-investors-to-support-share-increase-to-keep-prices-accessible?utm_source=cryptopanic.com&utm_campaign=partner_feed&utm_medium=referral

According to BlockBeats, Elon Musk shared a photo on the X platform featuring himself dining with U.S. President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania at Mar-a-Lago. This image, posted hours after the arrest of Maduro, suggests a mending of previously strained relations between Musk and Trump. Musk captioned the photo with, '2026 will be spectacular!' Notably, the dinner occurred shortly after a U.S. military action in Venezuela. On January 3, SpaceX, Musk's company, announced a month-long free broadband service in Venezuela through its Starlink satellite internet project, ending on February 3. The timing of this announcement coincided with Musk's meeting with Trump, though Starlink did not provide specific reasons for the service. Netblocks, an internet monitoring organization, reported network disruptions in parts of Caracas during the U.S. military operation, likely due to power supply issues, while the country's overall internet connectivity remained largely stable.

Bitcoin topped $93,000 on Monday as US President Donald Trump said military action in Colombia “sounds good. ” source: https://cointelegraph.com/news/trump-hints-colombia-mexico-next-after-maduro-capture?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound

Bitcoin staged a sharp intraday surge, briefly pushing above the $93,000 level before easing back, according to the latest price and market data. The move capped a strong multi-day advance that began below $88,000 and accelerated into early January, highlighting renewed short-term momentum despite fragile broader sentiment. source: https://www.ethnews.com/bitcoin-briefly-breaks-above-93000-as-buyers-test-the-next-range/

A Polymarket contract predicting whether Jesus Christ would return to Earth in 2025 attracted approximately $3.3 million in investment. Since the event was ultimately ruled "no," participants who bet against it at the April peak earned an annualized return of about 5.5%, outperforming even the yield on U.S. Treasury bonds during the same period. The report notes that the contract maintained a "return" probability above 3%, demonstrating the pricing characteristics of prediction markets driven by emotion, belief, and speculation. Bloomberg also points out that while similar contracts have increased attention to prediction markets, they have also sparked academic debate. Some scholars argue that such highly entertaining or symbolic events may diminish the informational value of prediction markets on serious public issues. With the contract relaunched in a 2026 version, the market currently still assigns the event a probability of about 2%, reflecting the continued attraction of speculative capital to prediction markets under the narrative of "low probability, high return." (Bloomberg)

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A small group of newly created Polymarket wallets made over $630,000 by betting on the removal of Venezuela’s president shortly before a surprise US military operation confirmed the outcome. The timing raised insider trading concerns and prompted US lawmakers to move towards banning government officials from trading on prediction markets.

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Ilya Lichtenstein, the hacker behind one of the largest Bitcoin thefts in history, has been released from prison — not through a presidential pardon, but under a criminal justice law signed by Trump during his first term.

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