Shield: The KiloEx Attacker Tagged Address has returned approximately 1.4 million USDT to KiloEx

January 24 — Blockchain security firm CertiK is weighing an initial public offering (IPO) with a target valuation of approximately $2 billion. CertiK co-founder Ronghui Gu—an associate professor of computer science at Columbia University—told reporters in a Davos interview this week that while no specific IPO timeline has been set, the move is a clear goal for the company. Founded in 2018 and headquartered in New York, CertiK specializes in smart contract audits and security services for blockchain projects. Gu noted the firm has served over 5,000 clients, with its audited code safeguarding roughly $6 trillion in assets. CertiK’s last funding round was its 2022 Series B3, led by Insight Partners, Tiger Global, and Advent International. The round valued the company at $2 billion and raised $88 million. Gu added Binance was CertiK’s earliest and largest financial backer, with other investors including Coinbase and SoftBank. Earlier this month, CertiK also announced a strategi

Coinbase announced this morning at 7:21 a.m. that it has added Doodles (DOOD) and Moonbirds (BIRB) to its asset listing roadmap, effective January 24th.

On January 24, per EmberCN monitoring, Bitcoin briefly topped $91,000 and Ethereum crossed $3,000 at 1 a.m. this morning amid market volatility. The market movement triggered a $60 million liquidation of the short position held by "Deleveraging Trader 0xD83...Fd7." Currently, the address’s short position value has fallen from $300 million to $238 million, while its unrealized profit has dropped from a two-day high of $24 million to roughly $4 million.

On January 24, official sources confirmed that NFT project Moonbirds has announced its BIRB token will hold a Token Generation Event (TGE) on January 28. Blur data shows Moonbirds’ NFT floor price has climbed to 2.7 ETH—up 15.3% in 24 hours and 18.9% over the past seven days.

On January 24, per a report from The Information, Binance is exploring reviving stock tokens on its platform—tokens it delisted back in 2021. Stock tokens are digital tokens tied to shares of publicly traded companies. Investors can purchase fractional shares via the blockchain network that holds and settles these tokens, with the tokens tracking the underlying asset’s price in real time. Binance first rolled out its stock token service in April 2021, starting with Tesla shares before quickly expanding to include Coinbase, MicroStrategy, Microsoft, and Apple. The launch drew regulatory scrutiny: the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and Germany’s Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) questioned whether the tokens violated securities laws. By July 2021, Binance had shuttered the service. OKX Global Managing Partner Haider Rafique told The Information the exchange is also monitoring this space. Stateside, traditional financial firms are also looking to enter the arena—wi

Jan 24: Per Coinglass data, the entire crypto network saw $149 million in liquidations over the past hour—$2.74 million from long positions and $146 million from short positions. Over the past 24 hours, 105,156 traders worldwide were liquidated, with total liquidations hitting $303 million. The largest single liquidation was a $30.38 million ETH-USD position on the Hyperliquid platform.