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

According to monitoring by OnchainLens, Justin Sun staked an additional 13,000 ETH on Lido 23 hours ago, worth approximately $23.08 million, bringing his total staked stETH holdings on the platform to 247,436 tokens, valued at around $430 million. Since February 2023, this address has accumulated 11,307 stETH in staking rewards, worth roughly $26.82 million at current prices, and is projected to generate approximately $9.5 million in annual staking yields via Lido.

Binance Research has released an industry report titled "Stablecoins: Reshaping the Financial Landscape". The report shows that as of now, Binance’s stablecoin reserve on its platform has reached $53 billion, with its market share rising from 54% to 57%—about $420 billion higher than that of the second-largest crypto exchange. Meanwhile, in the first five months of 2026, cumulative trading volume of TradFi-related perpetual contracts exceeded $1.1 trillion, with Binance’s volume topping $500 billion and accounting for roughly 47% of the market share. Additionally, since 2022, Binance Earn has distributed a total of $1.2 billion in yields to over 14 million stablecoin users. BNB Chain sees 10 million daily stablecoin transactions and 15 million monthly active addresses, holding a roughly 24% market share by transaction volume. The report notes that stablecoins are evolving from a crypto asset trading tool to a critical settlement infrastructure for global finance, while Binance has built a one-stop stablecoin financial ecosystem covering trading, payments, yields, investments and on-chain ecosystems.

According to a report by The New York Times, Blue Origin, the commercial space company founded by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, has secured $10 billion in financing, bringing its valuation to $130 billion.

A source familiar with the matter said that during the NATO summit, Trump did not again mention the termination of the interim Iran deal, nor did he repeat his criticism of Spain. (Jinshi)

BNB Chain is developing a brand-new Layer 1 network, targeting to cut transaction latency to under 50 milliseconds and achieve a throughput of 100,000 transactions per second (TPS). The network is scheduled to officially launch its testnet in 2026 to further improve on-chain performance and scalability.

Strategy CEO Phong Le stated in a post that between April 6 and July 6, 2026, the firm’s Bitcoin holdings increased by 10% to 843,775 BTC. Over the same three-month period, Strategy’s U.S. dollar reserves rose 13% to $2.55 billion. Year-to-date, its BTC return has climbed from 3.7% to 7.8%, marking more than double growth.