Odaily News Kaito announced on platform X that it is ceasing operations of Yaps and its incentive leaderboard to usher in a new era for Kaito Studio. Kaito Studio will transform into a platform similar to a traditional tiered marketing system, where brands can selectively collaborate with creators based on established criteria. The platform will cover multiple social channels including X, YouTube, TikTok, and its business scope will expand from cryptocurrency to areas such as finance and AI. Kaito stated that this change does not affect Kaito Pro, Kaito API, Kaito Launchpad, or Kaito Markets. The KAITO token will continue to play a role within Kaito Studio.

Odaily News According to data from GMGN, the market cap of the BSC Meme coin "Mountain Wilderness, You Are the Joy I Hide in the Breeze" briefly surpassed $2 million and is currently reported at $1.7 million.

Odaily reminds users that Meme coin prices are highly volatile; investors are advised to participate with caution.

According to Binance market data, Binance Life (BinanceLife) is currently quoted at $0.1892, with a 24-hour decline of 28.5%. The token's 24-hour trading volume is 339 million tokens, with a trading value of $80.0308 million. The token is currently in a downtrend, having reached a high of $0.2688 and a low of $0.1892 within the past 24 hours.

Odaily News According to a post by U.S. President Trump on Truth Social, the European Union's massive fines on American tech companies are extremely unfair and represent discriminatory actions targeting superior U.S. technology and tax practices. Data from relevant charts shows that in 2024, the total fines imposed by the EU on U.S. tech companies reached 3.8 billion euros, while the total corporate income tax paid by all listed European internet and tech companies during the same period was only 3.2 billion euros. Currently, U.S. tech giants such as Apple, Google, and Meta are facing fines or tax reassessment rulings amounting to billions of euros from the EU.

According to a post by OBEL NEWS on the X platform, X has revoked API access for applications that reward users for posting on X, causing KAITO to drop over 15% in a short period.

According to Group-IB monitoring, the DeadLock ransomware family is utilizing Polygon smart contracts to distribute and rotate proxy server addresses in order to evade security detection. This malware was first discovered in July 2025. It embeds JavaScript code that interacts with the Polygon network within HTML files, using RPC lists as gateways to obtain server addresses controlled by the attackers. This technique is similar to the previously discovered EtherHiding, aiming to leverage decentralized ledgers to build covert communication channels that are difficult to block. DeadLock has currently spawned at least three variants, with the latest version also embedding the encrypted communication application Session to directly communicate with victims.

According to monitoring by Lookonchain, Bitmine (0xC7EE...Bbb8), under Tom Lee (@fundstrat), purchased 24,068 ETH from FalconX, valued at $80.57 million.

Odaily News As part of Swift's collaboration with Chainlink and UBS Asset Management, Swift has achieved a milestone interoperability goal with BNP Paribas, Intesa Sanpaolo, and Société Générale, demonstrating how Swift can coordinate tokenized asset transactions across multiple platforms.

Furthermore, Swift has recently conducted a series of trials, including: achieving ISO 20022 interoperability between blockchains with HSBC and Ant International; conducting fiat and digital currency settlements with Citi; facilitating digital asset transaction exchanges with Northern Trust and the Reserve Bank of Australia; and connecting tokenized assets with UBS Asset Management and Chainlink. Currently, Swift is focusing on collaborating with over 30 global banks to add blockchain-based ledgers to its infrastructure stack to enable round-the-clock real-time cross-border payments.

Odaily News Power Spark is about to launch an AI trading model, dedicated to building intelligent trading infrastructure. This model is not a traditional quantitative tool but rather a foundational model system constructed for real-world assets and on-chain trading scenarios, with a key focus on critical aspects such as market trend analysis, trading decision support, and risk control. The model will serve the long-term stable operation of trading and liquidity systems in the form of ecosystem-level capabilities.

The Power Spark team stated that the upcoming AI is a crucial foundational capability for the next-generation trading system.

Odaily News Bank of America CEO Brian Moynihan stated during the quarterly earnings call that interest-bearing stablecoins could lead to a $6 trillion outflow of deposits from the banking system and harm the credit capacity of small and medium-sized enterprises. Citing data from a U.S. Treasury Department report, Brian Moynihan pointed out that the financial structure of stablecoins is similar to money market mutual funds, with their reserves invested in low-risk securities such as short-term Treasury bonds, rather than being converted into bank loans. He believes that the widespread adoption of interest-bearing stablecoins will force banks to turn to more costly wholesale funding, thereby driving up overall borrowing costs. Currently, a draft cryptocurrency bill under discussion by the U.S. Senate Banking Committee proposes to prohibit idle stablecoins from generating interest.

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong posted on platform X, stating that due to provisions in the draft bill that include restrictions on stablecoin rewards, a substantial ban on tokenized stocks, and limitations on DeFi, Coinbase has formally withdrawn its support for the bill. Brian Armstrong accused the relevant amendments of aiming to eliminate competition faced by banks by canceling stablecoin rewards. As a result, the Senate Banking Committee has postponed the vote originally scheduled for January 15.

Odaily News According to official information, Binance Alpha will be the first to launch RollX (ROLL) on January 16. Eligible users can visit the Alpha Events page after trading opens to claim the airdrop using Binance Alpha points. More details will be announced soon.

Odaily News According to data from the 8marketcap website, the market capitalization of silver has broken through $5 trillion, currently reported at $5.037 trillion, once again surpassing the market capitalization of Nvidia (NVDIA) to become the world's second highest valued asset, second only to gold (market cap currently reported at $32.071 trillion). Previously, on January 7th, silver had overtaken Nvidia to become the world's second largest asset with a market capitalization of $4.63 trillion.

Odaily News BlackRock CEO Larry Fink stated that U.S. economic growth will exceed trend levels in the coming years. Larry Fink also mentioned that investing today is safer than it was a year ago.

Odaily News According to Arkham monitoring, approximately half an hour ago, a whale withdrew about 1.972 billion MEME tokens from a Memeland-labeled address and subsequently deposited all these tokens into Binance, with a total value of approximately $2.28 million.

Odaily News According to Arkham monitoring, approximately 13 minutes ago, Grayscale transferred a total of about 924.506 ETH to a Coinbase Prime address, with a value of approximately $3.12 million.