OCC: Process Review for WLFI Charter Application Will Remain Apolitical
On Jan 25, the U.S. Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) announced that no political or personal financial ties would influence its review of the bank charter application for WLFI, the Trump family’s crypto project. Anti-crypto Senator Elizabeth Warren had called for halting WLFI’s national trust bank charter application unless the Trump family divested its stake in the firm—a request the OCC rejected.
The OCC’s Inspector General Jonathan Gould responded to Warren’s letter, stating, “The OCC intends to fulfill its review responsibilities, rather than accede to your demands.”
Crypto firms have long struggled to secure U.S. national trust bank charters, but a breakthrough came last December: the OCC conditionally approved Ripple, Circle, Paxos, BitGo, and Fidelity Digital Assets for transition to federally chartered national trust banks.
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Data: By 2025, stablecoins on Ethereum will generate approximately $5 billion in revenue, with a supply increase of around $500 billion
On January 25, Token Terminal released data showing stablecoin issuers generated roughly $5 billion in revenue in 2025 by deploying stablecoins on the Ethereum blockchain.
Stablecoin supply on Ethereum rose by around $50 billion throughout 2025, topping $180 billion by the fourth quarter (Q4). Issuers’ revenue also climbed, hitting roughly $1.4 billion in Q4 alone.
A portion of that revenue comes from returns on the reserve assets backing stablecoin supplies. Ethereum remains the primary issuance platform for most major stablecoin issuers.
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Coinbase Bitcoin Premium Index Negative Premium Expands to -0.1573%
**January 25th Update**
Per Coinglass data, Coinbase’s Bitcoin Premium Index has stayed in negative territory for 10 straight days, with the discount widening to -0.1573%. Over the past 30 days, the index has been negative for 28 total days.
**BlockBeats Note**
The Coinbase Bitcoin Premium Index tracks the gap between Bitcoin’s price on Coinbase (a leading U.S. crypto exchange) and the global market average. It’s a key gauge for monitoring U.S. market capital flows, institutional investment interest, and shifts in investor sentiment.
- **Positive Premium**: Coinbase price > global average → Signals strong U.S. buying pressure, active entry of institutional/compliant capital, ample USD liquidity, and broadly optimistic sentiment.
- **Negative Premium**: Coinbase price < global average → Reflects elevated U.S. selling pressure, reduced investor risk appetite, increased market risk aversion, or capital outflows.
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a16z: Predictive Market Oracle Mechanism plays the role of "Judge, Jury, and Executioner" simultaneously, and contract execution faces settlement arbitration bottlenecks
On January 25, a16z Crypto published a lengthy article titled *What to Do When Prediction Markets Fail*. It noted the biggest challenge in prediction markets isn’t pricing future outcomes—but verifying what actually happened. A key bottleneck to scaling these markets is “how contracts settle.”
Earlier this year, former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro was detained by U.S. forces. Meanwhile, Polymarket denied Venezuela had been invaded, ruling the “U.S. invasion of Venezuela” market “false”—sparking widespread controversy. Polymarket later clarified: “The market referenced U.S. military action aimed at establishing control; Maduro’s detention and evacuation do not qualify as an invasion.”
a16z Crypto criticized the prediction market’s tricky dilemma: contract execution should follow either official information (Maduro’s “win” in the scenario) or consensus from credible reports (the opposition’s “win”). In this political episode, Polymarket’s dispute resolution mechanism acted a
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「Life Candlestick」 to Launch Metaphysical Agent Dialogue and Merit System, Market Cap Surges to $2.6 Million Temporarily
On January 25th, Life Candlestick Project founder 0xSakura (@0xsakura666) revealed key updates for the project:
- The "Life Candlestick" v1.25 app, Metaphysical Agent chat feature, and Merit System are set to launch imminently.
- Whitelist token burn mechanisms will be optimized.
- Donations will now only accept whitelist tokens (BNB support is being phased out).
- Tokens not donated before delisting will be retained, with only **Life Candlestick**, **Life Candlestick Fund**, and **Merit** remaining as eligible whitelist tokens.
- Merit points earned via token donations will work for all future Life Candlestick functions/activities; donated tokens will be 100% burned.
- The previously announced buyback has been completed, and future buyback ratios will be adjusted to: 50% Life Candlestick, 34% Life Candlestick Fund, 16% Merit.
Per GMGN data (link: https://gmgn.ai/bsc/token/i_m4TE56o8_0x1a1e69f1e6182e2f8b9e8987e83c016ac9444444), the "Life Candlestick" token’s market cap b
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