Odaily News Web3 AI agent platform Neuramint announced the completion of a $5 million seed round funding. This round saw participation from investors including Maelstrom, Borderless Capital, Selini Capital, Symbolic Capital, Lattice Fund, and Node Capital. (PRNewswire)

Odaily News: According to Arkham monitoring, approximately one hour ago, Grayscale transferred over 3,200 ETH to a Coinbase Prime hot wallet address, with a value of approximately $9.93 million.

According to official news, Bybit will list FOGO (FOGO) in its spot trading zone. Fogo is an innovative Layer 1 blockchain protocol that achieves high performance in throughput, latency, and congestion management.

Odaily News Alphabet (GOOG.O) has seen its market capitalization exceed $4 trillion for the first time. It is reported that Apple (AAPL.O) will collaborate with Google to provide AI support for product features, such as Siri, launching later this year. According to CNBC, a statement indicates that this multi-year partnership will leverage Google's Gemini model and cloud technology to power Apple's future foundational models. Apple stated in the declaration: "After careful evaluation, we believe Google's technology provides the most robust foundation for Apple's foundational models, and we are excited about the innovative experiences it will bring to users." (Jin10)

Odaily News Former Federal Reserve Chairs Yellen, Bernanke, and Greenspan have issued a statement in support of current Fed Chair Powell. The group stated that the criminal investigation targeting Powell represents an "unprecedented" attack on the Federal Reserve's independence. (Jin10)

Odaily According to sources cited by Fox Business, US President Donald Trump will interview Rick Rieder, BlackRock's Global Chief Investment Officer of Fixed Income, this week to assess his potential as the next Federal Reserve Chair. This will be the fourth and final interview for candidates to succeed current Fed Chair Jerome Powell. Besides Rieder, the final shortlist includes former Fed Governor Kevin Warsh, National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett, and Fed Governor Christopher Waller. Fed Governor Michelle Bowman is no longer a candidate for the position. Trump stated that he will make the final selection in January. If Trump's chosen candidate is not currently a member of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors, that individual must first join the Board. (Jin10)

Odaily News The Bitcoin Core development team promoted anonymous developer TheCharlatan (sedited) to Trusted Keys maintainer on January 8, 2026. He joins Marco Falke, Gloria Zhao, Ryan Ofsky, Hennadii Stepanov, and Ava Chow, becoming the sixth trusted key holder. This marks the first expansion of core members with commit access to the main branch since May 2023. It is reported that TheCharlatan graduated with a degree in Computer Science from the University of Zurich and primarily focuses on reproducible builds and verification logic. His appointment received unanimous support in discussions among core contributors. (Protos)

Odaily News Former US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen stated that the investigation into Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell is "extremely concerning," and markets should focus on the central bank's independence. (Jin10)

According to GMGN data, the BSC meme coin "Life K-line" has seen its market cap fall below $8 million, currently reported at $7.43 million, with a 24-hour decline of 52.36%.

Odaily News According to Lookonchain monitoring, today, the 10 Bitcoin ETFs had a net outflow of 3,734 BTC (worth $338.91 million), the 9 Ethereum ETFs had a net outflow of 42,299 ETH (worth $131.25 million), and the Solana ETF had a net inflow of 36,370 SOL (worth $5.09 million).

Odaily News According to on-chain analyst Yu Jin's monitoring, Bitcoin treasury company Strategy (MSTR) increased its holdings by 13,627 BTC ($1.25 billion) last week at an average price of approximately $91,519. They now hold a total of 687,410 BTC ($62.348 billion) with an average cost basis of $75,353, resulting in an unrealized profit of $10.55 billion.

◎ Ethereum treasury company Bitmine (BMNR) increased its holdings by 24,266 ETH ($75.76 million) last week at an average price of approximately $3,122. They now hold a total of 4,167,768 ETH ($12.878 billion) with an average cost basis of $3,862, resulting in an unrealized loss of $3.225 billion.

Odaily News According to Bloomberg, the Trump family's crypto project, World Liberty Financial, has launched a platform called "World Liberty Markets" that allows users to lend and borrow digital assets among themselves. The service is set to officially launch on Monday. In addition to Ethereum and the stablecoins USDC and USDT, it will also support the company's own token, WLFI, and the stablecoin USD1.

Odaily News According to SoSoValue data, as of January 12, 2025, Eastern Time, the total weekly net purchases of Bitcoin by global listed companies (excluding mining companies) last week amounted to $1.25 billion.

Strategy (formerly MicroStrategy) announced on January 12 an investment of $1.25 billion to acquire an additional 13,627 bitcoins at a price of $91,519, bringing its total holdings to 687,410 bitcoins.

Japanese listed company Metaplanet did not purchase any Bitcoin last week.

As of press time, the total Bitcoin holdings of the tracked global listed companies (excluding mining companies) amounted to 937,310 bitcoins, with a current market value of approximately $85.02 billion, accounting for 4.7% of Bitcoin's circulating market capitalization.

Odaily News According to data from msx.com, as the U.S. stock market opened, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 300 points, the S&P 500 index dropped 0.4%, and the Nasdaq Composite Index declined 0.39%. Crypto-related stocks saw widespread declines, with BitMine down 1.76%, Circle down 0.68%, Coinbase down 1.33%, and Strategy down 1.05%.

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 assets such as AAPL, AMZN, GOOGL, META, MSFT, NFLX, and NVDA.

Odaily News JPMorgan's securities trading department stated that the Trump administration's recent latest assault on the Federal Reserve's independence poses a threat to the US stock market, at least in the short term. News of the Federal Reserve facing a criminal investigation hit US markets on Sunday evening, leading to declines in stock index futures and the US dollar, with funds flowing into safe-haven assets like gold. Andrew Tyler, Head of Global Market Intelligence at JPMorgan, said: "Although macro and corporate fundamentals support a tactical bullish stance, the risks to the Fed's independence create a cap over the market, so we remain cautious in the very near term. Risks surrounding Fed independence could drive US markets to underperform in the short term." (Jin10)

Odaily News According to a report by Jane Foley, Head of FX Strategy at Rabobank, the US dollar is expected to face greater volatility this year as pressure on the Federal Reserve mounts. The market is concerned that the Fed may lose its independence due to government demands for interest rate cuts and pressure on current Chairman Powell. However, Foley noted that there are also views suggesting that, in the context of still elevated inflation, other members of the FOMC could act as a counterbalance to a Fed chair inclined towards rate cuts. Foley stated that uncertainty surrounding the Fed's future credibility could exert downward pressure on the US dollar, "but not to the extent of triggering an uncontrolled decline." (Jin10)