Solana staking protocol Fragmetric completes $7 million seed round

January 1st — Market sources report a Binance market maker account is suspected of being hacked. The alleged hacker used $10–20 million from the account to pump the BROCCOLI714 token on Binance’s spot market in the early hours today. The token’s price surged from ~$0.013 to $0.16 (a 1,130% jump) before crashing to a low of $0.012 within 15 minutes. It’s currently trading at $0.017.

On January 1st, Ethereum founder Vitalik Buterin updated his X avatar to a Milady NFT-style image at 8:00 a.m. Beijing time (0:00 UTC).

As of January 1st, Polymarket’s current probabilities for Bitcoin’s 2026 trajectory are: - 80% chance it rises to $100k - 64% chance it rises to $110k - 78% chance it drops to $75k - 58% chance it drops to $65k This version uses concise, American English conventions (e.g., "$100k" instead of "$100,000" for brevity, clear bullet points for readability, "as of" to anchor the time frame, and "trajectory" to naturally frame price outcomes). It retains all original data while feeling more like a typical U.S. news brief.

On January 1st, Jay Li, founder of Liquid Capital (formerly LD Capital), endorsed the short squeeze logic put forward in a related analysis in a social media post. He pledged to keep accumulating ETH—including positions with manageable leverage—and expressed optimism for a major bull market in 2026. Echoing his strategy and outlook from the first half of 2025, when ETH traded between $1,000 and $2,000, Li emphasized disregarding fluctuations of a few hundred dollars. He noted this is trend investing, where success fundamentally hinges on acting on future insights.

On January 1st, the Flow Foundation released a statement addressing coordinated efforts by exchanges following the December 27th exploit incident. Since the breach, the Foundation and its forensic partners have collaborated with global exchanges to protect users and resume operations—with Kraken, Coinbase, and Upbit as key partners, and Kraken already having restarted services. The Flow Foundation expressed concern over how a specific exchange handled the incident. Within hours of the exploit, a single account deposited 150 million FLOW tokens (roughly 10% of the total supply) into the exchange, converted a large portion to BTC, and withdrew over $5 million in funds during the short window before the network was paused. This transaction pattern reveals a flaw in the exchange’s AML/KYC processes, shifting financial risk to users who unknowingly bought the fraudulent tokens. Forensic analysts have identified significant deviations from normal market behavior in FLOW trading pairs on th

On January 1, U.S. Senator Cynthia Lummis said in a post that the Responsible Innovation in Financial Services Act of 2026 permits large banks to offer digital asset custody, staking, and payment services under appropriate regulatory oversight. Lummis noted that digital assets are an integral part of the financial system, and integrating them into the regulated banking framework can unlock growth potential while safeguarding consumers.