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

Coinbase Product Vice President Dor Levi has announced August 21 will be his final workday at the firm, with no immediate details on his next career move disclosed. Levi joined Coinbase in 2025, leading the Product Foundations function and driving efforts to resolve account restrictions and freezes that have long plagued the platform’s users.

According to third-party data, as Bitcoin continues its current rally, the Ahr999 "bottom-fishing" indicator has entered the "dollar-cost averaging (DCA) range", now standing at 0.5073. Looking back at the Ahr999 "bottom-fishing" signal for this cycle, its window period (May 29 to August 19 this year, when the indicator was below 0.45) lasted roughly 82 days. BlockBeats Note: The Ahr999 indicator assists Bitcoin DCA users in making investment decisions by combining timing strategies. It reflects the returns of short-term Bitcoin DCA and the deviation between Bitcoin's price and its expected valuation. Historically, the Ahr999 index has remained below the bottom line (0.45) for 655 days in Bitcoin's history.

AI cloud company Nscale is seeking to raise up to $3 billion via a U.S. IPO, according to people familiar with the matter. (Bloomberg)

Foreign ministers of Oman and Iran discussed the conditions for resuming negotiations, aiming to support the restoration of navigation through the Strait of Hormuz. (Oman News Agency)

Goldman Sachs analysts noted in a report that surging demand for gold call options has amplified the risk of sharp swings in gold prices. Analysts including Lina Thomas wrote in the report that the rise in gold call option trading volume has formed a "price amplification mechanism for two-way volatility" in gold prices. "Therefore, we still maintain our forecast that gold will reach $4,900 per ounce by the end of 2026, though this projection faces notable upside risks, and gold prices are also subject to greater two-way volatility."

Iranian Foreign Minister Araghchi posted on social media that all sanctions and pressure policies imposed by successive U.S. administrations on Iran have failed, and the latest U.S.-announced economic pressure campaign against Iran is also "doomed to fail". Araghchi reviewed a series of U.S. policies targeting Iran in recent years in his post. He noted that 14 years ago, the U.S. claimed to impose "the harshest sanctions in history" on Iran; 8 years ago, it implemented "maximum pressure" on Iran; and 5 months ago, it demanded Iran's "unconditional surrender"—all of these policies ultimately ended in failure. In response to U.S. President Trump's recent announcement of taking "the most devastating economic actions against a country in history" against Iran, Araghchi stated that this move is also "doomed to fail". He also criticized that successive U.S. administrations have made no substantial changes to their Iran policies. Araghchi said: "We have seen this play before—same lies, just a new set of bullies." (CCTV News)