A certain whale recently spent $12.42 million to buy Gold-backed tokens XAUt and PAXG

Jan. 5 — Per market sources, Polymarket is set to launch a real estate prediction market, allowing users to bet on housing price trends.

On January 5, Infinex took to social media to acknowledge the team had "dropped the ball" on its public sale, releasing the following correction plan: - Remove the subscription cap: the $2,500 maximum limit will no longer apply. - Shift to bottom-up distribution: replacing random allocation with a "max-min fair distribution method." Allocations will increase in sync until the quota is exhausted or supply runs out. - Keep Patron priority: Patrons will still get priority allocation, but they’ll have to wait until the sale concludes. - Maintain the lock-up mechanism: the team strongly believes lock-ups create long-term alignment of interests for users who genuinely value the product.

January 5th — Official sources confirm YZi Labs announced via social media today: YZi Labs Management Ltd. is currently reviewing recent actions by BNC (CEA Industries) targeting YZi’s shareholder group and initiating a proxy solicitation process. These shareholder-harming measures include implementing a “poison pill plan” and amending the company’s articles of incorporation to block and delay shareholders from exercising rights via written consent. YZi contends these actions impose unnecessary restrictions and procedural burdens exceeding what Nevada law mandates. The BNC Board of Directors (the “Board”) appears to have taken these steps to entrench itself — even after YZi warned further infringement of shareholder rights would spark significant shareholder dissatisfaction. YZi reminded the Board that failing to uphold its fiduciary duties could expose the company to potential legal risks. Yet the Board opted to restrict shareholder rights instead of acknowledging fault, signali

On January 5, official sources confirmed that Nasdaq-listed Solana treasury firm DeFi Development (DFDV) has added more than 25,000 SOL to its holdings over the past month. As of January 1, 2026, the company’s total SOL holdings stood at 2,221,329 SOL, with over 15% of the tokens deployed on-chain. It also holds $9 million in cash, stablecoins and other tokens. Additionally, DFDV noted it spent approximately $11.5 million in Q4 last year to repurchase 2,049,113 shares.

January 5, 2026 – Grayscale Investments announced today that its Grayscale Ethereum Trust ETF (ticker: ETHE) has distributed staking income earned between October 6, 2025, and December 31, 2025, to existing shareholders. This marks the first time a U.S.-based spot cryptocurrency trading product has issued staking rewards to its shareholders. Under the distribution plan, ETHE shareholders will receive $0.083178 per share, reflecting the Trust’s staking income from the period (which was later sold). The distribution will take effect on January 6, 2026 (ex-dividend date), with eligible investors being those holding ETHE shares as of the record date: January 5, 2026.

Jan. 5 — On-chain data analyst Ai Auntie (@ai_9684xtpa) reports that an address starting with 0x164 deposited 500,000 LINK (valued at $6.77 million) into a Binance deposit address linked to GSR Markets 10 minutes ago. Per reports, the funds trace back to two addresses that accumulated LINK between June and July 2024. Those addresses had an average withdrawal price of roughly $13.06, while the LINK was deposited this time at a price of $13.54.