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

ARK Invest founder Cathie Wood said in an interview, "Bitcoin is gearing up for a new rally, and I am bullish on it eventually hitting $1.5 million." Wood has long stood by her $1.5 million price target for Bitcoin, even when most people thought she had "lost her mind." The core of the ARK founder’s bullish case for Bitcoin rests on three key pillars: institutional adoption, fixed supply, and Bitcoin’s gradual emergence as a true digital store of value asset. She has also repeatedly noted that a specific catalyst could significantly accelerate progress toward this goal: the U.S. government purchasing Bitcoin.

According to on-chain analyst Ai Yi (handle @ai_9684xtpa)’s monitoring, Binance futures live trading account "Jiujiu Jin" ranks first on the platform’s 24-hour, 7-day, and 30-day loss leaderboards. The account once held a short position of 250 BTC with an average entry price of $63,592, and closed the position at an average price of $77,758.91 at 8:15 AM today, incurring a total loss of $3.46 million.

According to CCTV News, Iraqi President Amadi stated on the 22nd local time that Iraq had previously held talks with visiting Speaker of Iran's Islamic Parliament Ghalibaf, and conveyed a message to Iran regarding a review of bilateral relations between Iraq and Iran. Amadi also said that some ships carrying Iraqi oil have been granted passage through the Strait of Hormuz. He emphasized that the Iraqi government must engage in dialogue with militia groups, reach mutual understanding, and resolve the weapons control issue through plans that serve Iraq's national and ethnic interests. Amadi added that Iran did not request Iraq to delay its national weapons control process.

Jiang Zhuoer, founder of BTC mining pool B.TOP, posted that around 1:10 PM Beijing time today, the entire crypto market experienced a mini flash crash, with BTC, ETH and numerous altcoins seeing notable pin price movements. Even non-crypto assets such as crude oil also synchronized short-term sharp fluctuations. He advised against holding large high-leverage altcoin long positions in a unified account, as under cross-margin mode, a sudden 50% crash in a single coin could lead to insufficient account margin, triggering forced liquidation of other assets in the account. For high-leverage altcoin trading, he recommended using isolated margin mode to separate positions, preventing extreme moves in one coin from affecting the entire account. While isolated margin operations are relatively cumbersome, at minimum, in extreme market conditions, "only one position will be liquidated", reducing the risk of the entire account being wiped out instantly.

According to Lookonchain’s monitoring, a mysterious whale has sold 2,700 BTC again, valued at roughly $211.8 million. The whale has sold a total of 7,700 BTC over the past three days, totaling around $576.6 million.

According to the latest holding data from Bitmine, the treasury firm holds a total of 5,815,164 Ether (ETH), with an average cost basis of $3,366 per ETH. At the current ETH price of $2,436, the total unrealized loss on its holdings has narrowed to $5.408 billion, after previously exceeding $10 billion at one point.