Viewership of crypto content on YouTube has fallen to its lowest level since January 2021. Data shared by Benjamin Cowen, founder of ITC Crypto, shows a significant drop in views for this type of video over the past three months. YouTube content creator Tom Crown stated that social attention is at bearish levels, with retail investors taking a backseat during this period, and the market being primarily driven by institutions. Furthermore, Santiment points out that Bitcoin's social sentiment is gradually improving, but the key for retail investors to maintain positive sentiment lies in the $90,000 price level.

According to Foresight News, economist and gold advocate Peter Schiff has criticized a prediction made by VanEck analysts regarding Bitcoin's future value. The analysts forecast that Bitcoin's price could surpass $2.9 million by 2050. Schiff dismissed the prediction as nonsense, asserting that those making such forecasts are hired to promote Bitcoin and that their analysis holds no value.

WorldAssets (WAT Protocol), the RWA infrastructure project, announced today the completion of its brand and product system upgrade, with the new platform RWAX DEX launching on January 19th. The project team stated that RWAX DEX integrates key aspects of RWA asset application and listing, information disclosure framework, transaction matching, and user education into a unified on-chain trading and operation system to improve the understandability of RWA assets and market participation efficiency. RWAX will be open to asset and project applications globally, and plans to focus on supporting the RWA-ification of 3-5 benchmark assets in the first batch of applications. The platform will simultaneously launch ecosystem incentives and transaction cost optimization mechanisms, including INC incentives and platform transaction fee reductions. WorldAssets stated that RWAX's medium- to long-term goal is to become the "Four Meme of the RWA sector"—driving RWA from a relatively institutionalized narrative to broader market dissemination and user participation through clearer sector identification, a more concentrated pool of tradable assets, and a lower-friction participation mechanism.

Crypto content viewership on YouTube has plunged over the past three months, signaling bear market conditions as retail interest in crypto continues to decline. source: https://cointelegraph.com/news/crypto-youtube-viewership-sinks-2021-lows-as-retail-interest-evaporates?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound

Bitcoin is currently trading directly on a major neckline level, according to a chart shared by Merlijn The Trader. This zone has historical importance, as previous market tops have often transitioned into long-term support once price revisited them. For now, that structure remains intact source: https://www.ethnews.com/bitcoin-sits-on-a-critical-neckline-as-old-resistance-turns-into-support/

According to ChainCatcher, data from SoSoValue indicates that during the trading week from January 5 to January 9 (Eastern Time), XRP spot ETFs experienced a net inflow of $38.07 million. The Bitwise XRP ETF saw the highest weekly net inflow among XRP spot ETFs, with $27.1 million, bringing its historical total net inflow to $292 million. Following closely, the Franklin XRP ETF recorded a weekly net inflow of $24.47 million, with its historical total reaching $277 million. Conversely, the 21Shares XRP ETF experienced the largest weekly net outflow, amounting to $39.83 million, resulting in a historical total net outflow of $7.77 million. As of the time of reporting, the total net asset value of XRP spot ETFs stands at $1.47 billion, with an ETF net asset ratio of 1.16% compared to Bitcoin's total market value. The cumulative historical net inflow has reached $1.22 billion.

According to BlockBeats, on January 12, Hyperinsight monitoring revealed that the trader known as 'Baisheng War God' (0x4331c) is currently shorting 49.95 BTC with 40x leverage, at an average entry price of $92,081.6, resulting in an unrealized loss of $6,500. Previously, this address completed 152 trades, with only four resulting in a total loss of $5,191.12. The remaining 148 trades were closed with profits, accumulating a total account profit of $293,700.

According to The Poly Nerd, Trove updated its contract five minutes before the token sale ended, extending the deposit deadline to January 20th. Subsequently, the Polymarket order book saw massive buy orders of 100,000 to 300,000 shares from project-related wallets. Trove first announced a five-day extension on the X platform, causing odds to surge in the high-stakes fundraising range, then posted that it was canceling the extension and maintaining the original plan, leaving many traders trapped. One trader invested $89,000 near the close, attempting to earn a $200 profit, and is now facing losses exceeding $73,000.

South Korea authorizes corporate crypto investments, ending a nine-year prohibition and impacting up to 3,500 entities. source: https://coincu.com/news/south-korea-crypto-investment-rules/

According to the official announcement, BitMart will launch FOGOUSDT and WoTaMaLaiDe USDT perpetual contracts on January 12, 2026 at 15:00 (UTC+8), supporting leverage up to 25x.

A US crypto market structure bill once positioned as the industry’s long-awaited breakthrough is now facing an unexpected and potentially fatal obstacle — not technological complexity, but ethics.

X is preparing to launch Smart Cashtags next month, letting users tap ticker symbols to see live prices, charts and related posts for stocks and cryptocurrencies. The feature may later support in-app trading, as concept images show buy and sell buttons, though X has not confirmed how or when this would work.

The U.S. Department of Justice on Friday threatened to file criminal charges against Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell, which Powell denounced as "political pressure and intimidation." He stated that he would continue to uphold the principles of impartiality and selflessness in fulfilling his duties, undaunted by political pressure and impartial to any side.

A freer, more open, and vibrant digital civilization, supported by decentralized protocols and jointly built and governed by autonomous intelligent agents and humans, is on the horizon.

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Jinse Finance launches its daily cryptocurrency and blockchain news bulletin, "Jinse at 8 AM," issue 2934, providing you with the latest and fastest news on the digital currency and blockchain industry.

Golden Weekly is a weekly blockchain industry summary column launched by Golden Finance, covering key news, mining information, project updates, technological advancements, and other industry dynamics.

Vitalik Buterin published an open letter on Friday in support of Tornado Cash developer Roman Storm, who was convicted in August of conspiracy to commit illicit currency transfers and faces up to five years in prison.

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Zhou Investment took advantage of the pullback to buy Broadcom, while reducing its holdings in Palantir and Rocket Lab.