The popular AI framework Virtuals Protocol will host an in-person meet-up in Hong Kong on Friday, January 17.

The three major A-share indices rallied in afternoon trading. The Shanghai Composite Index is now up 0.26%, the Shenzhen Component Index rose 0.23%, and the ChiNext Index turned positive after falling more than 2% in morning trading.

According to an official announcement, Binance Futures will launch U.S. dollar-margined perpetual contracts for SKUUUSDT, SKDDUSDT, RAMUSDT, DJTUSDT, and MRNAUSDT in batches on August 25, from 17:00 to 17:20 (UTC+8). The underlying assets include Hynix Leveraged ETF, DRAM Theme ETF, Trump Media & Technology Group (DJT), Moderna (MRNA), and other traditional financial assets. All contracts are settled in USDT, support 24/7 trading, multi-asset mode, and up to 20x leverage. Funding fees are settled every 8 hours, with upper and lower limits set at +2% and -2% respectively.

According to Lookonchain’s monitoring, the unrealized gains on BTC holdings of Michael Saylor’s Bitcoin treasury firm Strategy have improved sharply over the past week: the position was previously underwater by more than $9.5 billion, and has now shifted to an unrealized profit of over $4.7 billion.

According to official announcements, OKX has launched the "VIP Upgrade Season" campaign, where eligible users can directly upgrade to VIP6 at maximum. The initial validity period is 2 months; thereafter, eligibility will be assessed every 2 months, and renewal is allowed upon meeting requirements, with a maximum total extension of 6 months. After upgrading, users can enjoy VIP-exclusive benefits including fee discounts and auto-earn crypto features. The campaign is open to OKX existing users, VIP users from other platforms, and those who received upgrade invitations. Additionally, users who become OKX VIP between July 28 and September 30, 2026, can sign up for the "New VIP Welcome Gift Pack" campaign, earning up to 25.8% annualized yield on held RLUSD, plus VIP-exclusive branded gifts.

According to Farside data, U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs posted a combined net inflow of $337.6 million yesterday. Of this, BlackRock’s IBIT saw a net inflow of $208.9 million, Fidelity’s FBTC $104.6 million, Bitwise’s BITB $3 million, Grayscale’s BTC $16.4 million, HODL $3.3 million, and MSBT $1.4 million. U.S. spot Ethereum ETFs recorded a total net inflow of $115.6 million, with breakdowns as follows: BlackRock’s ETHA brought in $90.9 million, Fidelity’s FETH $6.8 million, ETHW $0.9 million, ETHV $4.5 million, and ETH $12.5 million.

According to Lookonchain’s monitoring, a trader turned $90,000 into $966,000 on Aster, generating over 10x returns. The trader deposited $90,000 and opened a long position of 49 BTC (valued at $3.95 million) with 50x leverage, resulting in an unrealized profit of $810,000 (+1025%).