Odaily News: Turkmenistan's President Serdar Berdimuhamedov has signed a decree formally legalizing cryptocurrency mining and trading. This legislation incorporates virtual assets into the civil code and establishes a licensing system for cryptocurrency exchanges regulated by the country's central bank. Despite this, digital currencies are still not recognized as a means of payment, legal tender, or securities within the country. Currently, the internet in Turkmenistan remains under strict government regulation. As an economy heavily reliant on natural gas exports, this move is seen as a significant shift in Turkmenistan's economic policy. (The Washington Post)

According to CryptoOnchain monitoring, the inflow of Ethereum to Binance has increased, with the net inflow reaching 24,500 ETH, marking the highest level since July. This positive net inflow indicates that more Ethereum is flowing into exchanges. Currently, Ethereum's price is consolidating around $2,980, and the increase in exchange supply may limit short-term upside potential. Historical data shows that similar increases in fund inflows often coincide with higher volatility or downward trends.

Odaily News According to Coinglass data monitoring, a total of 158,173 traders were liquidated across the cryptocurrency market in the past 24 hours, with total liquidations amounting to $202 million. Among these, long position liquidations were $140 million, while short position liquidations were $62.349 million. The largest single liquidation order occurred on Hyperliquid-BTC-USD, valued at $5.8577 million.

According to monitoring by Abdelaziz Fathi, due to the Flow network outage following an attack on December 27th, the Repayment function of NFT lending protocols within the Flow ecosystem was disrupted, forcing multiple matured loans into default. The Flow Foundation had previously suspended the Cadence execution environment until the morning of December 29th.

Flowty posted on platform X, stating that a total of 11 loans matured during the outage. Among them, 8 have directly defaulted, and another 2 failed to settle due to account restrictions. Although Flow is back online, core functions such as token swaps remain limited, preventing borrowers from accessing the assets needed for repayment. Flowty has suspended settlements for all loans starting from 14:15 on December 30th. Loans maturing during this period will neither be repaid nor defaulted. The current price of Flow is approximately $0.086.

Odaily News CoinKarma posted on the X platform, stating that the cryptocurrency market has currently returned to the on-chain game stage, with on-chain factors becoming key to short-term volatility direction. In the absence of clear external incremental funds, the crypto market is primarily driven by the circulation of on-chain funds, with short-term price fluctuations stemming from changes in on-chain fund flows and overall liquidity.

CoinKarma observed through USDC/USDT Premium (measuring the discount/premium status of USDC relative to USDT) and Overall LIQ (overall market weighted liquidity indicator) that when the USDC/USDT Premium turns positive, it reflects a weakening of active selling behavior by market-dominant funds on BTC/USDT. Currently, USDC/USDT Premium and Overall LIQ are resonating again, with a high probability of forming a bottoming and rebound in the short term. CoinKarma also pointed out that compared to the previous stage, the medium to long-term trend remains bearish, and potential selling pressure needs to be monitored.

Odaily News According to MLM monitoring, an entity, after being dormant for over 12 months, unstaked 631,889 HYPE through three different wallets over the past three days, valued at approximately $20.3 million.

The HYPE held by this entity was initially purchased within three weeks after the TGE, with funds sourced from Tornado Cash. This unstaking amount represents about 14% to 15% of its total holdings.

Odaily News According to official documents and payment terms from Mindex, Iran's Defense Ministry export center, the agency is prepared to negotiate military contracts allowing foreign governments to make payments using cryptocurrencies, barter trade, or Iranian rials. As the agency responsible for Iran's overseas defense sales, Mindex's listed export catalog includes advanced weapons such as the Emad ballistic missile, Shahed drones, Soleimani-class warships, and short-range air defense systems. Addressing sanction risks, Mindex stated in the FAQ section of its official platform that, given Iran's policy of circumventing sanctions, there are no issues with executing contracts and ensuring products reach their destinations. (FT)

Odaily News Vitalik Buterin posted on X, stating that Ethereum has increased the Gas limit and blob count in 2025, improved node software quality, and achieved zkEVM performance milestones. Ethereum is advancing towards becoming a new and more powerful blockchain through zkEVM and PeerDAS.

The challenge Ethereum faces is to achieve its established goal: building a world computer that serves as the core infrastructure for a freer and more open internet. Ethereum is developing decentralized applications that are immune to fraud, censorship, or third-party interference, and possess the stability to continue operating even after developers disappear. To achieve this goal, Ethereum needs to achieve large-scale usability and true decentralization at both the blockchain layer and the application layer.

Odaily News Bitcoin ecosystem service provider UniSat announced on platform X that the Runes indexing issue has been resolved. All related functions have now been restarted and are operational, allowing for Runes-related asset operations or UTXO consolidation. Runes index data will also be updated.

Odaily News Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino stated that Tether purchased 8,888 Bitcoins on New Year's Eve 2025, valued at approximately $780 million. This transaction increased the stablecoin issuer's publicly disclosed Bitcoin holdings to over 96,000 BTC. Tether currently allocates 15% of its quarterly profits to Bitcoin on a regular basis.

Furthermore, Tether purchased 26 tons of gold in the third quarter of 2025, bringing its total gold holdings to 116 tons, ranking it among the top 30 gold holders globally. Paolo Ardoino mentioned that a portion of Tether's Bitcoin holdings has been injected into the joint venture Twenty One Capital, which it supports. As of January 1, 2026, Twenty One Capital holds 43,514 Bitcoins. Currently, Tether's primary Bitcoin address ranks fifth globally and second among private corporate treasuries.

Odaily News UniSat officially posted on platform X stating that UniSat is currently experiencing Runes indexing issues, causing an unexpected shutdown of its internal ord instance. As a result, Runes index data will temporarily stop updating during the system recovery period, which is expected to take several hours. UniSat reminds users to avoid any Runes-related asset operations or UTXO consolidations during this time to mitigate potential data inconsistency risks. The team is currently actively working on resolving the issue.

Odaily News: According to market data, the price of LIGHT has dropped by 58.38% in the past hour, with a 38.28% decrease in open interest over the same period. The token's 24-hour trading volume reached 3.876 billion, with a 24-hour decline of 15.92%, and its current market capitalization is 102 million. LIGHT's liquidation amount over the past 24 hours reached 18.2216 million.

Odaily News According to official announcement, Binance Alpha will be the first to launch the AI Avatar (AIAV) feature on January 2. Eligible users can claim the airdrop using Binance Alpha points on the Alpha Events page after trading opens. More details will be announced soon. Users should follow Binance's official channels for the latest updates.

1. Justin Sun deposited approximately $200 million into LLP and withdrew $38 million to purchase 13.25 million LIT;

2. Analyst: Bitcoin's 10-week and 50-week moving averages have crossed again; if history repeats, a deep correction may occur;

3. Opinion: Due to oracle contamination causing skewed results on the Metamask market, full compensation will be made;

4. Coinbase: Multiple forces will converge in 2026, accelerating crypto adoption;

5. An address deposited $8 million in margin to Hyperliquid and opened a $13.76 million long multi-currency position;

6. Data: USDC circulation decreased by approximately 1.1 billion tokens in the past 7 days;

7. Ethereum spot ETFs saw a total net outflow of $72.0586 million yesterday, with none of the nine ETFs recording net inflows;

8. Bitcoin spot ETFs saw a total net outflow of $348 million yesterday, with none of the twelve ETFs recording net inflows;

9. Bithumb will list the XAUT/KRW trading pair.

Odaily News According to MLM monitoring, Justin Sun (0xD6C...0116) has withdrawn approximately $38 million after depositing around $200 million into LLP. Among these, he used about $33 million to purchase 13.25 million LIT, with a spot balance remaining of approximately $5.5 million. This purchase quantity accounts for about 1.33% of LIT's total supply and 5.32% of its circulating supply.

Odaily News Crypto analyst Ai (@alicharts) posted on platform X, stating that Bitcoin's 10-week and 50-week moving averages have crossed. Historical experience shows that significant corrections have followed this phenomenon, including: a 67% drop in September 2014, a 54% drop in June 2018, a 53% drop in March 2020, and a 64% drop in January 2022. If history repeats, a similar 50%–60% correction could push Bitcoin's price down to between $38,000 and $50,000.