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

Serenity posted on X that Sivers Semiconductors (SIVE)’s latest financial report signals strong growth, with the company’s revenue opportunity pipeline expanding to approximately $1.2 billion, a 268% increase from December 2025. Sivers previously disclosed its Q1 2026 opportunity pipeline stood at $799 million, so the latest figure indicates a further significant expansion of the pipeline. The firm expects that as multiple client projects enter mass production phases, its resource shift from non-recurring engineering (NRE) projects to product mass production will begin to materialize in Q4 2026 and accelerate further in 2027. Sivers is currently still in the customer certification and mass production ramp-up stage; its latest quarterly revenue was around $5.64 million, with an adjusted EBITDA loss of $3.72 million. Serenity notes that the key focus now is whether Sivers’ massive potential revenue pipeline can convert into actual orders and scalable revenue, especially the revenue realization when multiple client projects enter mass production in 2027. Sivers officials also stated that the company is allocating resources around its 2027 product volume ramp-up, viewing this as a critical stage for its business model transition to product-driven growth.

The hacker behind the GTA 6 leak launched the Solana meme coin CYBERLEEK using unreleased Grand Theft Auto 6 gameplay footage. The token reached a peak market cap of roughly $25 million on August 23. Hours before Rockstar Games officially unveiled GTA 6 gameplay for the first time, on-chain data showed the token’s contract owner withdrew approximately $146,000 in Wrapped SOL and 15.4 million tokens in fees, then converted all tokens to about $125,000 worth of SOL. Data indicates the funds were later split into four new wallets, with at least 91 SOL transferred to KuCoin. Independent on-chain analysts estimate the total withdrawal amount may exceed $250,000, though the figure has not been confirmed by the leaker or the exchange. CYBERLEEK previously hit a high of $0.0344, and is now trading at around $0.0097, down roughly 46% in 24 hours, with its market cap falling to approximately $7 million. Rockstar Games has responded to the GTA 6 leak, saying the incident has left the development team "heartbroken". Separately, Take-Two is reported to have issued subpoenas to X, Microsoft, and Discord to identify the leaker.

SK Hynix’s CEO stated that no significant signs of a downturn in the memory market have been observed, and expects memory shortages to persist until the end of 2030.

Beating AI Express, as reported by The Information, the Trump administration’s recent executive order aimed at establishing a new AI self-regulatory body has stalled. Sources familiar with the matter said the White House has circulated drafts of the relevant executive order internally in recent weeks, but the plan has not advanced further. The Trump administration had previously pushed for a unified AI regulatory framework and sought to prevent U.S. states from enacting conflicting AI rules. If this new regulatory body plan remains stalled, it could further delay the development of a federal-level AI industry regulatory system in the U.S.

Bitcoin has rallied around 23% in a single week recently, driving a sharp rebound in the stocks of Bitcoin mining firms that had underperformed earlier. Some mining stocks have even outperformed AI infrastructure-related equities, indicating a renewed rise in investor attention to direct Bitcoin exposure. Data shows that Canaan, American Bitcoin, and Cango have gained between 41% and 67% recently. In comparison, CoreWeave rose around 21%, Nebius climbed 17%, and IREN increased 15%, while some mining stocks that had shifted to AI and high-performance computing (HPC) businesses earlier were largely flat or declined. BlocksBridge Consulting attributes Bitcoin’s recent rally to three main factors: the U.S. Treasury expanding its long-term U.S. Treasury bond repurchase scale, the Trump administration pushing Congress to pass the crypto market structure bill CLARITY Act, and a short squeeze triggered by Bitcoin’s breakout, which led to over $1.6 billion in crypto market liquidations within 24 hours. Notably, despite mining firms shifting to AI and HPC infrastructure in recent years, Bitcoin prices still have a significant impact on the performance of mining stocks. A previous analysis by BlocksBridge shows that since 2026, the AI and HPC business revenues of nine listed mining firms have reached around $341 million, while their related capital expenditures have hit $5.11 billion—meaning that for every $1 of AI-related revenue, mining firms have spent an average of about $15.

According to BIT (Bit.com) market data, the U.S. stock market’s crypto-related concept stocks sector extended its rally during intraday trading. Among the listed stocks: MSTR rose 12.13%, COIN gained 5.81%, CRCL increased 6.58%, SBET rose 7.63%, BMNR gained 6.60%, HOOD rose 2.49%, and PURR surged 20.46%.