Odaily News According to the minutes of the Federal Reserve meeting, several participants believed that if inflation declines as they expect, further rate cuts are more likely. However, most indicated that progress on inflation might be slower than widely forecast. At the January meeting, the FOMC voted 10-2 to keep the benchmark federal funds rate target range at 3.5%-3.75%. Waller and Mester dissented, favoring a 25 basis point rate cut. Committee members removed language present in the previous three statements regarding increased downside risks to employment. Data released since the Fed's January meeting shows accelerating economic growth, slowing inflation, and a stabilizing labor market. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the Consumer Price Index rose modestly in January, influenced by falling energy costs. The year-over-year increase in core CPI (excluding food and energy) was in line with expectations. (Jin10)

Odaily News According to the Federal Reserve meeting minutes, several participants indicated they would have supported using two-way language in future rate decisions to reflect that if inflation persists above the target level, rate hikes could be an appropriate choice. (Jin10)

Odaily News Fed Meeting Minutes: A few participants favored a rate cut in January. Several participants believed that further rate cuts could weaken market perceptions of the commitment to the inflation target. (Jin10)

Odaily News Fed Meeting Minutes: Participants expect inflation to return to the 2% target, but the pace and timing of the decline remain uncertain. (Jin10)

Odaily News: Federal Reserve meeting minutes indicate that nearly all participants supported pausing rate actions in January. Several participants noted that if inflation declines as expected, further rate cuts would likely be appropriate. (Jin10)

According to official news, Owlto Finance has now launched its Privacy Mode (Beta) privacy cross-chain feature. This mode is designed for cross-chain transfer scenarios, supporting batch sending to multiple addresses and providing parameter configurations such as random amount ranges and random sending intervals to reduce on-chain transaction correlation and enhance the privacy protection experience.

Previously, Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin recently stated that 2026 will be the year to "reclaim self-sovereignty and trustlessness," with on-chain privacy being a key component. Owlto's launch of Privacy Mode precisely addresses the foundational capability of privacy protection in cross-chain usage scenarios.

Odaily According to data from msx.com, as the U.S. stock market opened, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.11%, the Nasdaq Composite rose 0.18%, and the S&P 500 index rose 0.13%. Within the crypto sector, Coinbase rose 0.13%; while MicroStrategy (MSTR) fell 1.11%, Solana fell 0.99%, Bitmine fell 0.79%, SharpLink fell 0.60%, and Circle fell 0.19%.

It is reported that msx.com is a decentralized RWA trading platform that has cumulatively listed hundreds of RWA tokens, covering U.S. stocks and ETF token targets such as AAPL, AMZN, GOOGL, META, MSFT, NFLX, and NVDA.

Odaily News According to the latest data from Gate, the price of gold has risen to $4,939.4 per ounce, with an intraday increase of 1.33%; the price of silver has climbed to $76.99 per ounce, with an intraday increase of 3.73%.

Regarding volatility indices, the BVIX (BTC Volatility Index) is currently reported at 51.87, down 1.67% intraday; the EVIX (ETH Volatility Index) is currently reported at 68.46, down 1.51% intraday.

In terms of commodities, WTI crude oil is up 1.62% intraday, trading at $63.80 per barrel; Brent crude oil is up 2.00% intraday, trading at $69.21 per barrel.

Odaily News: Hyperscale Data, a Bitcoin treasury company listed on NYSE American, announced the launch of a strategic silver reserve plan. The goal is to acquire 100,000 ounces of silver over a period of time, aiming to strengthen its balance sheet for the long term, similar to its approach with Bitcoin. According to the latest data from Hyperscale Data, the company's total Bitcoin holdings have increased to approximately 600 BTC. This includes around 554 Bitcoin held by its wholly-owned subsidiary Sentinum, and about 46 BTC purchased from the open market by another subsidiary, ACG. (PRNewswire)

Odaily News DeFi lending protocol Moonwell has released an official statement regarding the incident where an oracle configuration error resulted in approximately $1.78 million in bad debt. It confirmed that a critical error in an oracle configuration caused the system to incorrectly calculate the price of cbETH. Instead of using the proper market price, it only utilized the cbETH/ETH exchange rate, leading to a quoted price of around $1.12 for cbETH instead of its actual market price of approximately $2,200. This erroneous price triggered liquidation bots to aggressively liquidate cbETH-collateralized positions. Attackers could liquidate 1 cbETH by repaying only about $1 in debt, resulting in the depletion of collateral for a large number of borrowers and the creation of significant bad debt. Additionally, a small number of users exploited the abnormal pricing to borrow large amounts of cbETH with minimal collateral, artificially inflating the protocol's bad debt. In total, 1,096.317 cbETH was liquidated, most of which constituted bad debt denominated in cbETH. As the oracle fix required a five-day governance voting period and a timelock process, liquidations continued during this interval. The related governance proposal for the fix is now planned for launch.

Odaily News Hyperliquid Policy Center has been established in Washington D.C., aiming to create a legal pathway for the widespread adoption of decentralized finance in the United States. Jake Chervinsky will serve as the organization's first CEO, with founding team members including Brad Bourque and Salah Ghazzal. The center's key focus is to develop a legal framework for perpetual derivatives. Additionally, the Hyperliquid-related foundation has donated 1 million HYPE tokens to the center, valued at approximately $28 million. The center is currently hiring for positions including Chief of Staff, Communications Director, and Head of Government Relations.

Odaily News A survey of 1,000 US cryptocurrency holders reveals that over 50% of investors are concerned about facing IRS penalties due to new transparency regulations implemented this year. According to the new rules, cryptocurrency exchanges like Coinbase are required to submit Form 1099-DA to the IRS, reporting all digital asset sales and exchange activities during 2025. Andrew Duca, founder of Awaken Tax, stated that exchanges can only provide information on sales proceeds and cannot report the asset's acquisition cost and tax basis. Cryptocurrency holders need to supplement the missing acquisition cost and actual tax basis themselves using the updated Form 8949. Currently, cryptocurrency tax compliance is below 20%, and the new regulations aim to increase this rate.

Odaily News: Kevin Hassett, Director of the White House National Economic Council, stated: We believe the Federal Reserve still has significant room to cut interest rates. (Jin10)