MicroStrategy bought another 2,530 $BTC($243M) at an average price of $95,972 last week!

Starting January 16, Google Play Korea will bar unregistered overseas cryptocurrency centralized exchange (CEX) and wallet apps from being listed or updated. Under Google’s official policy, crypto exchanges and wallet service providers must register with South Korea’s Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) as virtual asset service providers (VASPs) to continue operating on the app store. As a result of the policy, beginning January 28, Korean Android users will no longer be able to download or update unregistered overseas exchange apps—including Binance, Bybit, and OKX—via Google Play. To date, only 27 domestic platforms (such as Upbit and Bithumb) have completed the registration process. Reports note that while web access to these platforms will still be available, the move could impact Korean retail traders who rely on overseas platforms for high-leverage trading, arbitrage, and access to a broader range of tokens. The local community has already begun sharing workarounds like using

Per forkcast.org records, the 228th Ethereum Execution Layer Core Developers Meeting (ACDE) held on January 16th covered the following key topics: - Since EIP-7843 (slot opcode) touches both the consensus and execution layers, a decision on the BALs Devnet-2 category has been delayed. - Seven proposed EIPs were rejected for inclusion in the Glamsterdam upgrade. - EIP-7954 (which increases contract size from 24KB to 32KB) was added to the consideration list. Additionally, the meeting agreed to keep advancing Glamsterdam upgrade details. Discussions centered on technical pragmatism, with the goal of locking in the scope quickly to avoid further delays.

On January 16, Aastocks reported that Hong Kong Financial Secretary Paul Chan Mo-po touched on digital and crypto assets in his opening remarks at an event. He stated Hong Kong will further promote stablecoin development going forward, but emphasized a "stability-first-before-progress" approach to prevent illegal fund inflows and ensure financial system stability. Additionally, Chan noted Hong Kong is actively expanding its gold storage capacity, aiming to reach 2,000 metric tons total within three years. A central gold clearing system is now being built, with the Shanghai Gold Exchange invited to participate; operations are set to launch this year.

Kaito founder Yu Hu shared a timeline detailing recent events on X on January 16. Key dates: - Jan 13: Received an email from his account manager about a potential reassessment. - Jan 14: Got a legal notice from X and responded the same day. - Jan 15: Learned of content published by Nikita at the same time as the public. Yu noted he had addressed prior legal notices from X appropriately, so it was reasonable to wait for further clarification before making a one-sided announcement given the short time frame. Yaps is now closed. Kaito aims to expand cross-platform (TikTok, YouTube) and beyond the crypto space via Kaito Studio by 2026. The studio has been in the works for months and will complement Yaps as a new model. This shift won’t impact Kaito Launchpad, Kaito Pro, Kaito API, or the upcoming Kaito Markets. Additional roadmap details will be shared later.

Coinglass data (as of January 16th) shows the leading net fund outflows and inflows in the crypto spot market over the past 24 hours: ### Net Outflows (Top 3) - ETH: $182 million - BTC: $163 million - XRP: $41.41 million ### Net Inflows (Top 3) - AIN: $9.13 million - TRX: $7.83 million - WBTC: $3.56 million

On January 16th, market data shows several privacy coins surged again. As of press time: - Dogecoin: Up 11.6% on the day, currently trading at $92.62 - Shiba Inu: Up 34.4% on the day, currently trading at $2.2 - ZEN: Up 5% on the day, currently trading at $13.07 Note: Dogecoin and Shiba Inu are not typically classified as privacy coins, but the above reflects the original data provided.