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

As of now, U.S. semiconductor ETFs have attracted over $460 billion in inflows in 2026, on track to set a new record for the largest annual inflow ever, equal to 31% of the ETF’s total assets under management (AUM). Year-to-date total inflows are more than double the sum recorded from January 2017 to December 2025. As a result, cumulative inflows since 2017 have climbed to a record $680 billion. Last week alone, semiconductor ETFs drew in over $2.3 billion in inflows—investors have never allocated such massive sums to these ETFs before.

According to monitoring by OnchainLens, the smart money address "gritsa.eth" has just opened a long position of 50 BTC on Hyperliquid, valued at roughly $3.22 million. The trader has accumulated profits exceeding $2.83 million.

According to on-chain detective Specter's monitoring, an unknown entity withdrew 31 BTC (valued at $1.98 million) from Wasabi Mixer minutes ago, bridged the funds to Ethereum, and converted them into 1,059 ETH. The wallet subsequently created a new Polymarket account named "yamal19" and deposited the funds onto the platform. As of now, the account has purchased YES shares worth $1.16 million on the "Spain will win the 2026 FIFA World Cup" market.

China's leading domestic memory chip giant Changxin Technology today announced approximately 7.702 million subscription winning numbers. According to Hyperinsight's monitoring, the price of CXMT (Changxin Memory Technologies, Changxin Technology's listed entity) Pre-IPO contracts on Hyperliquid has dropped below $7, currently trading at $6.81, with a more than 5% decline in 24 hours. Its corresponding RMB share price stands at 46.15 yuan. Calculated based on the post-issue total share count of 66.881 billion shares, the on-chain implied market capitalization is roughly $455.4 billion, equivalent to around 3.08 trillion yuan. Based on this valuation, the subscription cost per 500-share lot for retail investors who won the online application is 4,330 yuan, with the estimated market value of 500 shares on the first day of listing at 23,075 yuan, translating to a per-lot profit of approximately 18,700 yuan.

South Korea's Financial Supervisory Service (FSS) has issued an inspection notice to Upbit parent company Dunamu over last November's Upbit hack, officially launching sanctions proceedings. Dunamu only disclosed the breach after completing its merger with Naver Financial that day, sparking a controversy over delayed reporting. The firm subsequently froze and recovered roughly 2.6 billion won in assets, while Upbit’s own funds fully covered the remaining 38.6 billion won in user losses. South Korea’s current Virtual Asset User Protection Act focuses on user protection and curbing unfair trading, but lacks direct penalty clauses for hacks and system incidents, leaving it uncertain whether the sanctions will escalate to heavy penalties. The FSS chief previously stated, “Our penalty authority is relatively limited, but this is not an incident that can be easily dismissed.” South Korean financial authorities plan to add sanctions and compensation provisions for hacks and system failures in the second phase of the Digital Asset Basic Act legislation. The FSS will finalize the sanction level after Dunamu finishes its explanation process, via votes from the Sanctions Review Committee, Securities and Futures Commission, and Financial Commission.

Michael Saylor, founder of Strategy, has once again released updates related to Bitcoin Tracker. He stated, "What’s next?" According to historical patterns, Strategy always discloses details of its Bitcoin holdings increase the day after such related announcements are made.