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

According to official announcements, OKX will launch spot trading for Solstice (SLX) at 20:00 on July 10. Users can start depositing assets at 10:00 the same day, pre-place orders for SLX/USDT between 19:00 and 20:00, and withdrawals will open at 22:00.

The Kobeissi Letter noted in a post that the AI arms race is driving large technology companies to borrow at record levels. Data shows that since the start of 2026, Amazon, Alphabet, Nvidia, Meta, Oracle, and SpaceX have issued a record $182 billion in investment-grade bonds, a 1,300% jump from roughly $13 billion in the same period of 2025. These six firms account for nearly 15% of total U.S. corporate bond issuance so far this year, and contribute over 50% of the growth in this year’s corporate bond market. Meanwhile, the U.S. market has seen a record seven bond transactions worth $25 billion or more, matching the total number of such deals between 2019 and 2025. Six of these seven large bond deals came from the aforementioned six companies, with the remaining one from Salesforce. AI-related capital demand is reshaping the corporate bond market.

According to on-chain analyst firm Yu Jin Monitoring, half an hour ago, crypto whale "AllegraSeam" transferred 20.32 million USDC to Hyperliquid and opened a long position in SKHX (SK Hynix) worth roughly $22.8 million at a price of $1,480. The day before yesterday, another whale also opened a long position in SKHX valued at around $30 million at $1,411. The market appears to be betting that SK Hynix’s US-listed ADR will continue rising after tonight’s opening. SK Hynix’s US ADR is priced at $149, corresponding to a Korean stock price of approximately $1,490, and SKHX’s current price is near this level.

MiniMax founder and CEO Yan Junjie has released an internal all-staff letter addressing recent market volatility, stressing the company’s long-term direction remains unchanged. In the letter, Yan announced that effective immediately, he will forgo all salary from the company until the day MiniMax achieves AGI. Over the next four years, he will allocate 4% of his personal shareholding in the firm to incentivize team members who have long stood by the company and co-created value. Additionally, he will set aside 1% of his shares to establish a special fund to continuously support the development of relevant open-source communities. (Jinshi)

According to Bitget data, South Korea’s KOSPI index rose 4.52% intraday, now standing at 7596.58 points. In terms of individual stocks, SK Hynix gained 2.6% and Samsung Electronics increased by over 5%.

On-chain analyst Ai Yi (@ai_9684xtpa) has detected that the Hyperliquid whale—who previously shorted 16 altcoins to pocket $3.5 million—is suspected of continuing to offload Ethereum (ETH). The address 0x410…75d08 withdrew 7,863 ETH from Spark an hour ago, worth roughly $13.69 million, then deposited all of it into Binance, likely for selling. A week prior, the same address transferred 6,860 ETH, valued at approximately $10.8 million, to a trading platform.