Linera Launches Babbage Testnet

Binance Alpha will list the Sport.Fun (FUN) token on January 15. Trading on Alpha kicks off tonight at 22:00. Users holding at least 245 Alpha Points can claim 300 FUN tokens via the Alpha event page—first come, first served. If the event is still ongoing, the points threshold will automatically drop by 5 points every five minutes.

January 15th — Brian Moynihan, CEO of Bank of America, warned that if the U.S. Congress fails to restrict interest-bearing stablecoins, as much as $60 trillion in deposits could shift out of U.S. banks—equivalent to roughly 30% to 35% of total U.S. commercial bank deposits. Moynihan noted stablecoins are structured similarly to money market mutual funds, with reserves held in short-term instruments like U.S. Treasuries, instead of being deployed for bank loans as in traditional banking. This model keeps funds outside the traditional banking system, shrinking the deposit base banks depend on to fund household and business lending. This is also the most contentious provision of the CLARITY Act (Crypto Market Structure Act). The legislation bars digital asset service providers from paying interest or returns to users solely for holding stablecoins. Notably, the bill distinguishes between activity-based rewards—allowing those tied to staking, liquidity provision, or collateral—while

On January 15th, HyperInsight monitoring (via its Telegram channel @HyperInsight) shows that an address labeled the "XPL/HYPE Band Whale" (0xfb51...) unwound multiple BTC long positions consecutively over roughly 10 minutes. It has so far cut its long position by ~105.8 BTC (valued at ~$10.27 million total), realizing a cumulative closed profit of ~$366,000. Post-unwinding, its remaining BTC long position is worth ~$12.454 million, with an average entry price of $93,500. The address is known for swing trading, boasting a 78% historical win rate on long trades. It has previously logged notable swing profits on tokens like XPL and HYPE.

On January 15, Binance Alpha officially listed Owlto Finance (OWL).

On January 15, blockchain analytics firm LookOnChain reported that two of the three wallets which previously predicted Venezuelan President Maduro’s resignation and profited from it have been inactive for 11 straight days. The remaining wallet, SBet365, placed a new bet two days ago, forecasting Iranian Supreme Leader Khamenei will step down by January 31.

On January 15, Bitcoin topped $97,000, per HTX market data, posting a 2.2% gain over the past 24 hours.