The Clarity Act draft restricts users to earning interest only by holding a stablecoin

January 13 "An"—the first Chinese meme coin on BSC to use a $1 stablecoin pool—launched today and surged sharply, per GMGN Monitoring (via their Telegram bot at https://t.me/gmgnaibot?start=i_m4TE56o8). It hit a peak market cap of $41 million, now standing at $34.7 million with a current price of $0.034. Notably, the rally came without any positive news or community-driven narrative. While monitoring platforms have found no linked risks, caution is still urged. Market analysts attribute the surge to potential institutional activity. BlockBeats reminds users: Meme coin trading is highly volatile, driven largely by market sentiment and speculative hype, with no real value or use cases. Investors should be mindful of the risks.

On January 13, per LookOnChain monitoring data, Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has once again sent a portion of unsolicited tokens he received, netting 9.4 ETH (roughly $29,400) in the past 30 minutes.

On January 13, on-chain analyst Ai Auntie (@ai_9684xtpa) reported that wallet address 0x6ba…78468 liquidated $6.1 million worth of ETH, incurring a $55,000 loss after holding the asset for three months. Reportedly, the address accumulated 1,946 ETH between November 17, 2025, and January 8, 2026, at an average price of $3,162.77. Two hours ago, all of the ETH was deposited into Binance (suspected to be sold) at a deposit price of $3,134.32.

On January 13, HyperInsight monitoring shows a new retail trader (address: 0xa445a) opened a 40x-leveraged short position of 125.92 BTC (≈$11.57 million) at an average entry price of $91,316.30, and is currently sitting on a floating loss of $75,000. Prior to this, the address executed its first contract trade on January 9.

On January 13, Yi Lihua—founder of Liquid Capital (formerly LD Capital)—shared the following on social media: “China, the U.S., and South Korea make up the crypto industry’s three key markets. Notably, the stock markets in all three countries are currently in a bull phase. Right now, large funds are primarily allocated to equities—even precious metals like gold, silver, and rare earths. Coupled with the effects of the interest rate hike cycle and blockchain’s underwhelming real-world adoption so far, this has resulted in four full years since Bitcoin hit its $69,000 peak in 2021. Over this period, Bitcoin has seen only modest gains, while Ethereum remains well below its four-year-old peak. For crypto investors, this has amounted to four lost years. Yet bull markets often take root in moments of despair—and now, several catalysts are aligning: the impending interest rate cut cycle, stablecoin globalization, crypto-friendly regulations, and the growing prominence of on-chain fin