Sony Block Solutions Labs, a subsidiary of Sony, announced the launch of the Soneium Layer 2 blockchain mainnet. Soneium aims to provide rights protection and global connectivity for creators, fans and communities, and build an open Internet ecosystem without borders.

FTX/Alameda completed its monthly SOL redemption operation 3 hours ago, redeeming 182,421 SOL (approximately US$32.35 million) from the pledge and distributing it to 20 addresses.

Bezos believes that it is more important to predict the unchanging narratives in the next 10 years than to predict the changes in the next 10 years. In the Crypto industry, in addition to paying attention to many predictions, the key is to grasp the unchanging trends.

According to the official announcement of Coinbase, it will support the Peanut the Squirrel (PNUT) token (SPL) of the Solana network. Trading of PNUT tokens will be opened at 1:00 am (Beijing time) on January 15, 2025 or later, depending on liquidity conditions. Once the supply is sufficient, the PNUT-USD trading pair will be launched in stages.

Robinhood Securities LLC and Robinhood Financial LLC agreed to pay a total of $45 million in civil penalties for more than 10 securities law violations, including failure to file suspicious activity reports, failure to implement adequate identity theft protections, failure to address known cybersecurity vulnerabilities, and failure to properly maintain records of customer communications.

Tether said in an official blog that after successfully obtaining a Digital Asset Service Provider (DASP) license and becoming a stablecoin issuer, Tether and its subsidiaries are about to complete all procedures for moving to El Salvador. Tether also stated that Tether has established the headquarters of the entire group, placing Tether in a forward-looking jurisdiction that embraces innovation and supports its long-term vision.

According to market news, BlackRock launched a new Bitcoin ETF on the Chicago Board Options Exchange in Canada.

Trump's eldest son, Donald Trump Jr., serves as Kalshi's strategic advisor and enters the prediction market.

Ming Shing Group Holdings Limited (NASDAQ: MSW), a Hong Kong company primarily engaged in wet engineering, announced that its wholly-owned Hong Kong subsidiary Lead Benefit (HK) Limited ("Lead Benefit") purchased 500 Bitcoins at an average price of US$94,375 per Bitcoin on January 9, 2025, with a total investment of approximately US$47 million. Ming Shing intends to use its idle funds to purchase Bitcoin as a short-term investment to capture the potential appreciation of Bitcoin and increase its assets. The company believes that the Bitcoin market is highly liquid and Bitcoin can be easily disposed of to provide funds for the company's wet engineering business when needed.

Crypto payment service provider MoonPay acquires crypto payment platform Helio for $175 million. It is reported that Helio is an alternative to Coinbase Commerce, providing a self-service crypto payment platform that enables content creators and e-commerce merchants to receive payments in the form of cryptocurrencies. It currently provides white label solutions, including the trading infrastructure of Solana Pay and DEX Screener.

Semler Scientific, a US-listed company, announced that it had spent $23.3 million to increase its holdings of 237 BTC between December 16, 2024 and January 10, 2025, with each bitcoin costing approximately $98,267, including fees and expenses. As of January 10, 2025, Semler Scientific held 2,321 bitcoins with a total value of $191.9 million, with an average purchase price of $82,687 per bitcoin, including fees and expenses.

MicroStrategy announced that between January 6, 2025 and January 12, 2025, the company acquired approximately 2,530 bitcoins for approximately $243 million in cash, at an average price of approximately $95,972 per bitcoin (including fees and expenses). The bitcoin acquisition was funded by proceeds from the issuance and sale of shares pursuant to the sales agreement.