Yesterday, the US Bitcoin Spot ETF saw a significant net inflow of $753.8 million

January 14th – Brian Martin, ANZ Bank’s Chief Economist for G3 Economies, said the Federal Reserve may hold interest rates steady in January but argued a prolonged pause in its rate-cutting cycle is unfounded. He added the Fed should quickly resume rate cuts, with the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) expected to deliver 25-basis-point cuts in March and June, pushing the federal funds target range to 3.00%-3.25% by mid-year. Martin noted U.S. inflation will gradually moderate in 2026 as the impact of prior tariffs on prices fades, wage growth slows, and housing inflation cools.

On January 14, Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin published a post reflecting on the 2014 blockchain vision: Back then, the goal was to build permissionless decentralized applications (dApps) atop a set of technologies—apps supporting finance, social media, ride-sharing, organizational governance, crowdfunding, and even a potential alternative network. Over the past five years, this core vision has at times blurred, with various "meta-narratives" and "themes" taking center stage. But the vision never died; in fact, the underlying tech powering it is growing increasingly robust. Vitalik noted that in 2014, dApps were still just toys, far harder to use than today’s Web2 tools. By 2026, Fileverse has become user-friendly enough that he frequently uses it for document writing and collaboration. "The decentralized renaissance is on the horizon—and you can be part of it," he added.

On January 14, sources told Reuters that Pakistan has signed an agreement with a World Liberty Financial-affiliated company to explore using the firm’s stablecoin for cross-border payments. World Liberty Financial — the primary crypto-financial business owned by the family of U.S. President Donald Trump — launched in September 2024. This partnership is among the first publicly announced collaborations between World Liberty and a sovereign nation.

January 14th: Per HyperInsight monitoring, the "mid-term swing" whale address 0x08bed closed a 60 BTC long position at 14:14, netting $142k in profits. The address currently holds no open positions and is on the sidelines. This address uses high-leverage isolated margin trading, with an average holding period of 3-7 days—aligning with a mid-term swing trading style.

January 14 – Solana-based social token platform Believe App has rolled out its v2 beta iOS version, introducing a "Human Sentiment Market" trading mechanism: Users can perpetually bet on the rise or fall of an individual’s reputation using two tokens—Believe and Doubt. The first market centers on founder Ben Pasternak, with a current "belief value" of 62%. This market never settles, and the combined value of Believe and Doubt tokens always equals $1. The project team stated that initially, it will focus on manually listing high-profile figures, with plans to later expand to any X account and launch a fee-sharing model. Overall, this version aims to act as an entry point centered on "real-time sentiment tracking," streamlining the shift from meme tokens to prediction markets.

**January 14** Meta rolled out its latest 2026 layoffs this week, targeting its Reality Labs division (home to VR/AR hardware and the metaverse project) — a clear strategic retreat from Mark Zuckerberg’s "metaverse" vision he’s championed aggressively since 2014, Fox Business reports. The cuts will trim 10% of Reality Labs’ workforce — over 1,000 roles total — with affected employees starting to receive notifications Tuesday. Meta is shifting focus from metaverse products to wearables, specifically AI smart glasses. Reality Labs has long struggled with profitability: it’s racked up more than $70 billion in operating losses since 2021, including a $4.4 billion deficit in Q3 2025 alone.