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

According to Yonhap News Agency’s report on the 20th, South Korean memory chip giant SK Hynix and its labor union have reached a preliminary consensus on 2026 wages and collective agreement terms. The core change lies in a major adjustment to the distribution method of performance bonuses. The proposed preliminary deal includes a 6.3% wage increase, and revises the existing excess profit sharing (PS) system: 40% will be paid in cash in the current year, while the remaining 60% will be disbursed in the form of company stock. If the agreement is finally approved, this will be another significant adjustment to SK Hynix’s performance bonus system since its restructuring last year.

Data from prediction market platform Predict.fun shows that following Trump’s remarks, the probability of the Clarity Act being passed this year has edged up from 18% to 22%, indicating the market still has low confidence in the bill’s passage this year. According to yesterday’s reports, U.S. President Donald Trump, during a White House meeting with executives from the crypto industry and financial institutions, called on Congress to pass a "fair version" of the Clarity Act (Crypto Market Structure Act) to establish a clearer regulatory framework for digital assets.

According to monitoring by TradingBeats (formerly Hyperinsight), the largest HYPE long address on Hyperliquid—0x082e...ca88—currently holds around 1.38 million HYPE long positions, with a position value of roughly $98.12 million, an average entry price of $38.6755, unrealized profit of about $44.75 million, and uses 5x full leverage. The address opened a HYPE long position worth approximately $40 million with 5x leverage roughly 5 hours before Robinhood announced the listing of HYPE spot trading on October 23, 2025. Due to the extremely precise timing of its heavy entry, the community suspected it had non-public information, earning it the nickname "HYPE Listing Insider Whale". Between December 5 and 6 that same year, the address added around 93,500 HYPE in the $31–$32 range, bringing its total current holdings to about 1.38 million HYPE, and has held the contract positions ever since. It has so far paid $4.71 million in funding fees for its long positions.

Against the backdrop of a rapid rise in U.S. long-term Treasury yields, one or more investors made large purchases of a U.S. Treasury ETF highly sensitive to long-end interest rate changes, one day before the U.S. Treasury Department announced an expansion of its repurchase operations. The $1.5 billion Pimco 25+ Year Zero Coupon U.S. Treasury Index ETF (ZROZ) saw a net inflow of $123 million on Tuesday, hitting an all-time high for the fund; its trading volume reached 5.2 million shares, nearly double the previous peak set in 2024. ZROZ primarily invests in Separate Trading of Registered Interest and Principal of Securities (STRIPS), zero-coupon securities created by splitting the principal and interest payments of Treasury bonds. The fund’s portfolio has an effective duration of approximately 28 years, meaning its bond price would theoretically rise by around 28% if yields fall by 1 percentage point, making it essentially a highly sensitive instrument for betting on changes in U.S. long-term interest rates. The fund rose 3.2% on Wednesday, marking its largest single-day gain since November 2024.

According to an official announcement, Binance has decided to delist the following cryptocurrencies and halt trading for them at 11:00 (GMT+8) on September 3, 2026, based on recent review results: ICON (ICX), Secret (SCRT), Storj (STORJ).

Prediction market platform Predict.fun data shows that after Trump’s remarks, the probability of the Clarity Act being passed this year has edged up from 18% to 22%, indicating the market still has limited optimism about the bill becoming law this year. Yesterday, U.S. President Trump held a meeting with executives from the crypto industry and financial institutions at the White House, where he urged Congress to pass a "fair version" of the Clarity Act (Crypto Market Structure Act) to establish a clearer regulatory framework for digital assets.