This morning, Virtuals announced that it will use the 12,990,427.85 $VIRTUAL accumulated from post-bonding trading revenue for repurchasing and destroying related proxy tokens based on the time-weighted average price (TWAP) over the next 30 days. Tokens with high repurchase numbers, such as GAME, CANVO, and AIXBT, have all seen increases of over 20%.

Meanwhile, Virtuals has updated its value accumulation mechanism, with the main changes including:
Later staking tax distribution: 30% allocated to Agent Creators, 20% allocated to Agent Affiliates, and 50% belonging to the Agent subDAO, as a reserve for future governance decisions.

📅 Latest news on January 16th —— (Financial Times) in-depth report
With the continuous surge of digital currency, the global financial market is ushering in an unprecedented change! According to the latest report from the Financial Times, global pension funds have begun to quietly plan and try to include cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin in their asset allocation portfolios. This move has undoubtedly injected another shot in the arm for the cryptocurrency market!
🌍 Wisconsin and Michigan lead the way
Wisconsin Investment Committee: As of the end of September 2024, the committee has become the 12th largest shareholder of BlackRock Bitcoin ETF, with a holding value of up to US$155 million!

● Change the release cycle of SOC 2 Type 2 reports to once a year to provide a more comprehensive review of data security controls and operational effectiveness.
● The report audits OSL’s custody, automated trading services (ATS) and software as a service (SaaS) operations.
OSL, the licensed digital asset trading platform under OSL Group (863.HK), announced today that it has successfully completed its SOC 2 Type 2 report for the second consecutive year, covering the company's custody, automated trading services (ATS) and software as a service (SaaS) business areas.
In line with industry best practices, OSL has extended the observation period of the SOC 2 Type 2 report to 12 months to more comprehensively and strategically assess the management controls and effectiveness of data security, highlighting OSL's firm commitment to transparency, compliance and data security protection.

In the Web3 world, traffic entry often determines the success or failure of a project. As a Layer-2 expansion solution on Solana, Sonic SVM has set its sights on the short video platform TikTok and successfully attracted more than two million players by launching the point-to-earn game SonicX.
In the past "Web3 Game TGE" week, Sonic SVM (SONIC) performed brilliantly, with no suspicion of fraud or continuous decline. After the SONIC token was launched on January 7, it became the 9th most valuable L2 token with a FDV of $1.94 billion the next day, and it is also the only Solana-based L2 token in the top 10. As of January 16, the price of SONIC was about $0.72. The price has been relatively stable since its launch, and it does not seem to be affected by TikTok's upcoming ban in the United States.

From a data perspective, the RWA narrative is undoubtedly the clearest Alpha direction for 'blockchain+' in the next ten years.
RWA research platform rwa.xyz statistics show that the total market size for RWA currently exceeds $15 billion, with Fidelity predicting that this number will double to $30 billion by 2025. BlackRock is even more optimistic, anticipating that the market value of tokenized assets will reach $10 trillion by 2030.
In other words, in the next seven years, the potential growth space of the RWA narrative could exceed 700 times! However, hidden behind this is a core question: who will truly capture the incremental value of this epic narrative?

After achieving an unprecedented victory over the Democratic Party and completely eliminating external threats to the Democratic Party, the traditional MAGA camp represented by rural whites and the Silicon Valley technical elites who have recently turned to the Republican Party, represented by Musk and DOGE, soon realized that their interests were actually very different. The alliance between the two sides was only based on the fragile foundation of "the enemy of my enemy is my friend", and after the common enemy declined, the cracks appeared in front of observers around the world faster than anyone expected.
The origins and direction of the MAGA civil war

The price of Ether (ETH) started the new week in a bearish posture after dropping 8% on January 13. Altcoins showed signs of weakness during the early Asian trading session, forming a divergence after sweeping liquidity from the previous day's high.
Ethereum also lost the weekly support level of $3,200 during the correction, pushing the price to its lowest level since November 21, 2024.
Ethereum futures traders have turned bearish
The drop of Ether below $3,200 triggered another significant liquidation event for altcoins within two weeks.
Over $90 million in leveraged positions were wiped out, with $77 million in longs liquidated. However, it is noteworthy that the open contracts hit a record high of $32 billion on January 7, indicating a bearish dominance in the futures market with a large number of short positions established over the past seven days.

According to statistics and disclosures by @layerggofficial, dozens of projects will have TGE or launch mainnets in the first quarter of 25, including top projects such as Berachain, Linea, and OpenSea.
However, according to Odaily's investigation, most of the TGE/mainnet times disclosed for these projects were not actually backed by official announcements. Most of them were just community rumors or even had no relevant information at all.
So which key projects are explicitly or implicitly about to be launched? What are the important developments or opportunities for participation in these projects in the near future? Odaily will review and summarize them in this article.

Berachain
Launch time: May be Q1 2025, but there is no official announcement.

🔥 Crypto Market Snapshot: BTC and ETH lead the way, with emerging tokens exploding! 🚀
📈 Market Overview: As of January 15, 17:59, the global crypto market cap reached $3.61 trillion, with a daily increase of 2.71%! BTC🚀 surged to $98,638, with ETH🌐 closely following at $3,326.1. Together, the two giants account for over 65% of the market share, leading market trends!
🌟 Today's Star: Toshi✨ skyrocketed by 119%, topping the gainers list! Exeedme, Zus, Orbcity, and De.Fi closely follow, each with gains exceeding 50%! 💥
📊 Sector Highlights: AI🧠, PayFi💰, and DeFi💸 are all in the green! The AI sector leads with a 9.19% increase, with KOKO, ARC, and SPORE showing impressive performances! PayFi and DeFi also keep up, with increases of 8.36% and 5.72%, respectively!

On January 14, Solana's official Twitter pinned a recommendation for a DePIN project called Roam, stating that Roam is unifying over 1 million WiFi hotspots to the Solana network. However, there hasn't been much previous introduction about Roam in the crypto field.
According to data from DePINscan, Roam's current total device count is about 1.21 million, ranking first in the world. What kind of 'magic' is behind this rapid growth? Can its core model - 'low-threshold router mining + token incentives' truly support the global expansion of the roaming WiFi network?
Low-threshold routers + token expectations attract millions of nodes

Currently, the asset standards in the Bitcoin ecosystem are highly fragmented, with protocols like BRC-20, Ordinals, and Runes operating independently, lacking interoperability. This situation forces users and wallet developers to deal with complex formats and execution models.
Moreover, due to the UTXO operational model of Bitcoin's unlocking scripts and scripts to be unlocked, the lack of a global state and Turing-complete programming environment like Ethereum often forces these protocols to rely on offline indexers to maintain state. Whether it is BRC-20, which was born from the Ordinals protocol's use of SegWit and Taproot to permanently store information without exceeding size limits, or any other protocol, they still completely rely on off-chain indexers to maintain the global state of token balances. This increases operational costs and trust risks. The design intention of Goldinals, launched by Nubit, is precisely to address these pain points.

According to PANews, on January 15, Buidlpad announced that KYC services will be reopened from now until January 15, 2025, at 23:59 (UTC). To ensure the integrity and fairness of the token sale, the platform will implement strict anti-sybil attack policies, excluding bots and farms from community sales. Qualified users can subscribe to Solayer from 10:00 on January 16 to 23:59 on January 17 (UTC). The minimum subscription amount is 50 USDC/USDT, the maximum subscription amount for regular users is 2,000 USDC/USDT, and the maximum subscription amount for existing Solayer users is $3,000. Subscription amounts can be paid in equivalent US dollars using tokens such as SOL, WIF, BONK, sUSD, and sSOL. The platform has removed the previously set hard cap on the total subscription amount. If the total subscription amount exceeds $10.5 million, the final allocation amount for all participants will be proportionally reduced, and excess funds will be refunded. Users can check the final allocation results on the platform page at 10:00 (UTC) on January 20.

Despite significant price declines across the cryptocurrency market, the world's largest meme coin Dogecoin (DOGE) has successfully maintained above a key level, avoiding a major drop.

On January 13, 2025, the overall cryptocurrency market experienced a substantial downturn, with major assets like Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH), and Solana (SOL) recording significant losses. The collapse of key support levels could further depress asset prices.

The interest among traders and investors is growing.
DOGE has experienced similar price momentum but has successfully maintained above a key level. According to on-chain analytics firm Coinglass, this is due to the rising interest among traders and investors over the past 24 hours, as they have placed significant bets on the DOGE meme coin.

Weak performance in public relations and narratives poses a potential threat to the entire ecosystem, and the foundation has a responsibility to change this situation. Data shows that since June 2021, Ethereum.org has only published 14 original tweets, with no original content in 2023.

In addition, Boost VC investor Mark Beylin pointed out at the forum that Ethereum's social layer faces the issue of 'gang formation' and suggested that the EF improve its external communication methods. Ethereum developer Tim Beiko also called for strengthening social media as a 'digital public square' to more effectively respond to community needs.

Bitcoin's price is testing the key resistance level of $96,000, potentially breaking through to $108,353, with key indicators showing a bullish trend.
Bitcoin's next move depends on breaking through the $96,000 level and the 200EMA trend line to achieve potential gains above $100,000.
The symmetrical triangle pattern indicates a breakout, and Bitcoin may test $108,000 or even exceed its ATH.
Momentum signals suggest a bullish shift is imminent, but traders must manage risk as key resistance levels have yet to be broken.
Bitcoin's price movement is attracting market participants, and despite ongoing consolidation near key support levels, it still shows strong resilience. Crypto analyst Dieguito Charts emphasizes key price areas and indicators that could determine Bitcoin's next major movement.

In the latest developments shaking the cryptocurrency world, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is accelerating its enforcement actions in court, a move that has sparked widespread attention and discussion in the industry! 🔥
According to reliable sources, Ripple's Chief Legal Officer Stuart Alderoty and team X jointly posted on social media, clearly stating that the SEC will not postpone the submission of briefs for the appeal against the Ripple judgment. Alderoty bluntly stated: 'This is a complete waste of time and taxpayers' money.' However, he also emphasized, 'We are confident in our position on the appeal and look forward to working with the new SEC leadership to resolve this matter.' 💪

In the current global economic situation, the Federal Reserve's monetary policy is under unprecedented scrutiny. Despite policy interest rates reaching historic highs, the U.S. economy remains strong, a phenomenon that seems to contradict traditional economic theory. The ongoing strength of the job market and steady economic growth raises questions: why has tight monetary policy failed to effectively curb economic overheating as it has in the past? Recent research suggests that this phenomenon is not a paradox but rather a limitation of traditional analytical frameworks. By re-examining the impact of financial conditions on the economy, we can gain a deeper understanding of the actual transmission mechanism of monetary policy.

📈 Crypto Market Overview
🚀 Today's total crypto market cap reaches $3.49 trillion, up 4.38%! Trading volume $165.25 billion, down 53.9%.
💸 BTC 96,466, up 4.873,210, up 6.26%, market cap $386.79 billion, accounting for 11.1%. Together, they account for 65.8% of the market!
🌟 Top five tokens by growth:
AIXBT +68%
A8 +57.3%
VADER +55.5%
ELIZA +54.8%
degenai +51.6%
📊 Industry Trends
🤖 AI: Sector up 12.1%, AIXBT, VADER, degenai lead the way!
🚀 Memes: Meme sector up 10.4%, AIXBT, VADER, ELIZA performing well!

🖼️ NFT: Sector up 8.7%, opul, PENGU, aqt lead in gains!

🚀 Crypto Market Overview: The winds are changing, who will prevail? 🌐
📅 Today's Focus: As of midnight January 13, 2025, the total market cap of the crypto market is approximately $3.40 Trillion, although slightly down 1.99%, trading volume surged 424% to $389.29 Billion! 💹
📈 BTC & ETH Performance:
Bitcoin (BTC) firmly on the throne, price $94,540, slight increase of 0.0583%, market cap $1.87 Trillion, accounting for 55%, 24-hour trading volume $76.34 Billion. 👑
Ethereum (ETH) showing some fatigue, dropped to $3,137.3, decline of 3.93%, market cap $378.03 Billion, accounting for 11.1%, trading volume $41.55 Billion. 💸

A discussion on portfolio management, execution strategies, and psychology to help you improve your trading abilities.

Here are 8 psychological frameworks to help you clarify your thoughts and become a sharper, more focused, and organized trader.

1. Conduct a '100% cash test'

To optimize your portfolio allocation, ask yourself a key question: If today your portfolio were reset to 100% USDT, would you reallocate funds to the current positions?

Most people would answer 'no,' but find it hard to take action. This is mainly due to the following psychological barriers: