Planetary Noon Briefing

2026-01-15 05:40

1. Senate Banking Committee cancels market structure meeting due to Coinbase incident;

2. Kraken Co-CEO states that issues should be resolved by improving legislation, not by abandoning years of legislative progress;

3. Arthur Hayes claims that USD liquidity expansion will drive Bitcoin's rise in 2026;

4. Sonic Labs announces full distribution of recovered 5.829 million S tokens to affected users;

5. Global Settlement Network plans to advance a $200 million tokenized water project in Asia, with Jakarta as the first stop;

6. He Yi responds to user expectations regarding CZ's role, stating that diversity should be respected, and keeping feet on the ground does not prevent looking up at the stars;

7. Trump says that although Powell is under investigation, there is no intention to remove him for now;

8. Robinhood CEO states that the US should take a leadership role in crypto policy and supports passing the market structure bill;

9. Genius responds to platform vulnerability, stating that transaction Gas costs have significantly decreased and BNB cross-chain swaps have been optimized;

10. He Yi responds to the Solana vs. Starknet activity debate, saying they are all friends and everyone should prioritize harmony;

11. Polygon Foundation announces the launch of PIP-69 proposal, where validator share tokens will be displayed as dPOL at a 1:1 ratio;

12. ETHGas states that Discord interaction points snapshot is complete, and the token airdrop snapshot will take place on January 19.