The decentralized social platform Towns will support EIP-8004 and EIP-7702

Alert: Per an official announcement dated January 19, Binance Alpha will launch the HeyElsa (ELSA) airdrop on January 20 and the ETHGas (GWEI) airdrop on January 21.

On January 19, privacy-focused tokens staged a rally, with DUSK leading the sector after surging over 120% on the day. Per HTX market data, DUSK is currently trading at $0.2625, up 124.8% in 24 hours with a trading volume of $237 million; Secret is trading at $0.1799, posting a 35.2% 24-hour gain; Among veteran privacy coins, DCR (Decred) is at $25.42, up 16.1% over the past 24 hours; Dogecoin is trading at $86.8, with a 13.3% 24-hour gain. BlockBeats advises users that token prices in this space are highly volatile, so investors should exercise caution.

On January 19, per Hyperinsight monitoring (https://t.me/Hyperinsight), a whale address (0x9c89f) closed a 95,000 SOL long position at 16:20—held for 41 days—netting $293,000 in profit. The same whale also closed a 5,000 ETH long position today after holding it 65 days, realizing $581,000 in profit. The trader’s core positions use 10-20x leverage, signaling an aggressive style, and they’re actively reallocating funds.

**January 19 – The long-running Greenland dispute remains unresolved amid escalating tensions, and President Trump has threatened fresh tariff hikes on European goods—sparking steep declines in European automaker stocks.** In early Monday trading on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange, Daimler (Mercedes-Benz) dropped up to 6.7%, BMW slid 7%, and Volkswagen fell 5.4%. Over the weekend, Trump unexpectedly announced plans to slap an extra 10% tariff on imports from several EU nations starting in February, rising to 25% in June—catching Germany, France and other EU countries off guard. BMW, Mercedes-Benz and Volkswagen all count the U.S. as a top source of revenue and profits. These brands import models like the Mercedes S-Class to the U.S.—vehicles already hit by Trump’s tariff policies. Currently, tariffs on most EU-imported vehicles and parts into the U.S. stand at 15%. Last year, Trump’s additional tariffs pushed this rate up sharply from around 2.5%, prompting automakers to issue

Bitcoin rallied past $93,000 on January 19, according to market data from HTX, with its current price standing at $93,078.

January 19 — Per data from Coinbob Top Address Monitor (https://t.me/Coinbob_track_CN), the "Strategy Whales" wallet (0x94d3...) executed a series of intensive sell-offs over roughly 30 minutes, fully unwinding its BTC and ETH long positions. The address sold ~299.5 BTC and 7,361.7 ETH in a short span, totaling ~$48.6 million in value. Post-selloff, its BTC and ETH long positions are effectively liquidated, with its contract account now holding ~$8.6 million in total assets. Earlier today, the wallet closed long positions on three major altcoins, incurring a loss of over $15.3 million. It then shifted to 20x-leveraged long positions on BTC and ETH, with cumulative positions peaking at ~$53 million at one point.