1. Popular CEX cryptocurrencies
Top 10 CEX trading volumes and 24-hour price changes:
BTC: - 1.77%
ETH: - 1.40%
XRP: + 3.19%
SOL: - 1.27%
DOGE: - 1.06%
SUI: + 0.81%
BNB: - 0.32%
ADA: - 4.74%
PEPE: - 3.52%
TRX: - 1.06%
24H gain leaderboard (data source: OKX):
GAS: + 18.68%
SWEAT: + 15.75%
IOST: + 9.82%
SD: + 8.78%
LSK: + 8.19%
KNC: + 6.32%
T: + 5.88%
WAXP: + 5.04%
STORJ: + 4.88%
MORPHO: + 4.71%
2. On-chain trending Meme Top 5 (data source: GMGN):
LLM
swarms
BUZZ
Fartcoin
CATG
3. 24H trending cryptocurrencies
BUZZ: AI Agent + DeFi concept token, its market cap once exceeded $250 million, currently reported at $110 million.
LLM: Newly emerged AI meme, currently reported market cap around $4.3 million.
Headlines
The Ethereum Foundation has sold another 100 ETH.
According to Arkham monitoring, the Ethereum Foundation's address 0xd77, which is used for small high-frequency sales of ETH, sold 100 ETH for 336,000 DAI.
Movement Labs plans to conduct a Series B financing round of $100 million at a valuation of approximately $3 billion.
According to market news, Movement Labs plans to conduct a $100 million Series B financing round, with one insider stating that this round of financing will value Movement at approximately $3 billion. Representatives from CoinFund and Brevan Howard declined to comment on the financing information, while a Movement spokesperson confirmed that the Series B financing is ongoing but declined to comment further.
MicroStrategy's stock trading volume has become comparable to the seven major tech stocks in the U.S.
MicroStrategy (MSTR) is one of the most volatile and highest trading volume stocks in the market. Data from Market Chameleon shows that from December 2, 2024, to January 7, 2025, an average of nearly 24 million shares of MSTR stock were traded daily. If MicroStrategy were included in the basket of seven major tech stocks, its trading volume would rank sixth, while all seven major tech stocks have market capitalizations of at least $1 trillion, far exceeding MicroStrategy's market cap by ten times, with Apple (AAPL), Nvidia (NVDA), and Microsoft (MSFT) all exceeding $3 trillion in market cap.
Binance Alpha added LMT, PAAL, and SNAI tokens.
The official page shows that Binance Alpha has added LMT, PAAL, and SNAI tokens.
Industry News
Companies like Ripple, Robinhood, and a16z are hiring multiple crypto-related positions in the U.S.
Ripple’s website shows that since October last year, the company has added nearly 12 new positions in the U.S. In addition, the publicly traded online brokerage Robinhood is hiring for compliance supervisor, content manager, and web developers for its U.S. cryptocurrency division. Silicon Valley venture capital firm a16z is adding two cryptocurrency activity managers for its San Francisco and New York offices. Meanwhile, a spokesperson stated that the blockchain company Consensys, behind the cryptocurrency wallet MetaMask and L2 network Linea, is hiring for 9 new 'strategic positions' in the U.S. The company's interim chief talent officer Leona Semmens stated that these positions will help Consensys expand its crypto payments, developer tools, and decentralized identity services.
Multicoin Capital: 2025 will usher in a 'frenzy' for AI agents and institutions, becoming a key year for Web3.
Multicoin Capital stated in a report on January 7 that 2025 will be a 'key year' for Web3 as artificial intelligence flourishes and tokenization sparks an 'institutional frenzy.' The report predicts that as security tokens eventually 'take off in a meaningful way,' 'zero-employee companies' operated by AI will emerge, and the pace of institutional adoption will be astonishing.
Nexo report: Bitcoin and Ethereum are expected to grow in 2025, while Solana's development trajectory remains uncertain.
Nexo’s latest Dispatch report discusses Bitcoin breaking $100,000, Ethereum gaining attention, and potential resistance Solana faces at the beginning of 2025 due to increased market activity. Analysts believe that Bitcoin reaching $100,000 may become a key support zone, with $2 billion flowing into spot ETFs earlier in January further solidifying this support level. Historical trends suggest that Bitcoin may rise further in January, having previously risen 20-30% during this period. The report also notes that institutional investors like MicroStrategy will continue to increase their Bitcoin holdings.
Project News
Eliza has over 45,000 ecological partners and over 2,000 fork projects.
According to information from the elizaos.ai official website, Eliza has over 45,000 ecological partners; a managed fund size of over $25 million; and over 2,000 fork projects.
Story and Stability AI have reached a partnership to innovate the creator economy using blockchain + AI technology.
Global IP blockchain Story announced a partnership with Stability AI, the company behind the Stable Diffusion model, to explore solutions to key challenges such as proper attribution, tracking, and monetization of creative works in the AI era. Story and its ecosystem applications will utilize Stability AI's leading foundational image model to build AI applications, embedding tracking of contributions throughout the AI development lifecycle, so that all creators involved in monetizing outputs can receive fair compensation. Jason Zhao, the initial core contributor of Story and co-founder and chief protocol officer of PIP Labs, stated: 'In the era of AI-driven creative explosion, blockchain can protect digital property rights. By leveraging the technologies of both Stability AI and Story, we demonstrate how to ensure proper attribution and empower creators through appropriate incentive structures, thus promoting the development of AI.' It is reported that this collaboration marks the first formal partnership between a large AI company and a blockchain company.
NEUR (neur) ranks first in attention among all Solana AI hackathon projects.
According to Goatindex data, NEUR (neur) ranks first in Mindshare among all Solana AI hackathon projects, accounting for 8%.
Virtuals Protocol: Discord server was attacked, currently investigating the issue.
Virtuals Protocol announced on platform X that their official Discord server was attacked, and advised not to click on any posts or private messages from administrators until further notice. They are actively investigating the issue and will provide updates as soon as possible.
Privacy-preserving computing network Nillion: AI Lingo integrated users have exceeded 40,000, with integration progress from Virtuals, Capx, and Ritual ongoing.
The privacy-preserving computing network Nillion officially emphasized on platform X that Nillion is not another AI token but the infrastructure needed for all AI agents to process private data. Pioneers in the AI agent field (Virtuals, Capx, Ritual) have chosen Nillion as their privacy solution. Without good data, AI agents will be helpless. But no one is willing to expose their valuable data. Practical agents need access to more than just Twitter information; character agents should be able to share private thoughts and memories with each other. Nillion is dedicated to solving this problem. Blind computing will allow AI agents to store and process encrypted data without the need for decryption.
Wintermute serves as the market maker for Solana game public chain token SONIC.
According to on-chain analyst @ai_9684_xtpa monitoring, Wintermute serves as the market maker for the Solana game public chain token SONIC. Two days ago, Wintermute address 7sMiW...uLBBE received 3.6 million SONIC distributed by the project party for market making, accounting for 1% of the initial circulating supply; currently, all tokens have been deposited into exchanges.
Wintermute may become the market maker for AI Agent project gAInzy (GNZ).
AI Agent project gAInzy (GNZ) posted a collaboration image with Wintermute on X, suspected to be commissioning the firm for market making.
Swarms developer: Every AI should be open source, committing to open sourcing all work results.
The developer behind AI Agent swarms, Kye, stated on platform X, 'Every artificial intelligence should be open source. Every one of them. I am not a staunch fan of the AI safety community, but non-open source AI is very, very dangerous. With open source, people can make changes that align AI with humanity. If it is closed source, that is impossible. We should encourage everyone to open source their AI, or we will face unimaginable consequences.'
HAT: Soon to conduct updates on token economics, including increasing the burn amount, unlocking premium features, and more.
AI Agent Launch platform HAT announced on platform X that it will soon conduct an update on token economics, including utilizing HAT as a revenue-related token for the platform, unlocking premium features, and serving as a payment token. HAT stated that currently 10% of the platform's revenue is used for token buybacks and burns, and in future plans, the higher the usage rate of agents, the higher the burn rate of HAT in circulation, while developers can receive discounts. Additionally, developers are required to hold a specific amount of HAT to access advanced AI Agent customization features.
Investment and financing
Cryptocurrency research platform SoSoValue completed $15 million in Series A financing, serving as the reserve fund for the first spot cryptocurrency index protocol SSI.
AI-driven cryptocurrency research platform SoSoValue announced the completion of a $15 million Series A financing round, with investors including HongShan, Small Sparks, Mirana Ventures, and Safepal. Before this round of financing, SoSoValue completed a seed round of $4.15 million in mid-2024, bringing the total funding of the project to nearly $20 million.
Voices in the industry
Federal Reserve Governor Waller: Supports further rate cuts this year.
Federal Reserve Governor Waller stated on Wednesday that the inflation rate should continue to decline in 2025, allowing the Federal Reserve to further cut rates, although the pace remains uncertain. Waller noted that while inflation 'seems to have stalled' above the Federal Reserve's 2% target in the last few months of 2024, market-based inflation expectations and monthly and shorter-term inflation readings lead him to believe that inflation in the U.S. is continuing to ease. Waller said: 'This minimal progress has led to calls to slow or stop rate cuts. However, I believe that in the medium term, the inflation rate will continue to move toward the 2% target, and further rate cuts will be appropriate.' Waller did not disclose how many times he believes rates should be cut this year but pointed out that the range of views among Federal Reserve officials is quite broad, from no cuts to as many as five cuts. 'I still believe the foundations of the U.S. economy are solid,' Waller said, 'and there are no signs in the data or forecasts suggesting that the labor market will significantly weaken in the coming months.' (Golden Ten)
Analysts: A strong long-term background may support cryptocurrencies throughout 2025.
Independent research provider Fairlead Strategies founder Katie Stockton stated that technical signals indicate Bitcoin has been 'overbought' in the recent surge, suggesting that Bitcoin may experience a double-digit decline. In a report to clients on Tuesday, she predicted that the world's largest cryptocurrency is likely to weaken further, despite having briefly risen above $100,000 earlier this week. Stockton forecasted that Bitcoin is expected to find support around $84,500, indicating that in the next sell-off, Bitcoin could drop another 13% from current levels. She also added that Bitcoin might find secondary support at the $73,800 level, meaning if the sell-off exceeds expectations, the token could drop as much as 25%. Nevertheless, Stockton stated that she remains optimistic about Bitcoin in the long run, noting that a strong long-term background could support the cryptocurrency throughout 2025.
Former Vice President of the Bank of China Wang Yongli: Rationally view Trump's Bitcoin policy, do not blindly follow the trend.
Former Vice President of the Bank of China Wang Yongli commented in the first issue of (China Foreign Exchange) 2025 that Bitcoin highly mimics gold on the 'coin' level, hence being referred to as 'digital gold.' However, Bitcoin is purely a chain-generated digital asset, not a natural physical asset, and its value depends on the development space of its application scenarios and the belief and investment of people. Bitcoin can be divided into one hundred million tiny units, providing more payment flexibility, but it does not have real gold backing and is not strictly 'paper gold.' Once trust is lost, it will vanish into nothingness, with risks far greater than gold.
