24-Hour Hot Cryptocurrencies and Key News｜BTC Briefly Surpasses $96,000; Senate Agriculture Committee Delays Consideration of CLARITY Act (January 14)

1. CEX Hot Tokens

Top 10 CEX Trading Volume and 24-hour Price Changes:

• BTC: + 4.6%
• ETH: + 7.68%
• SOL: + 5.19%
• BNB: + 4.98%
• XRP: + 5.51%
• DOGE: + 8.16%
• AVAX: +9.04%
• ENA: + 13.22%
• NEAR: + 9.84%
• VIRTUAL: + 9.9%

24-Hour Top Gainers (Data Source: OKX):

• DASH: + 45.01%
• GEAR: + 35.61%
• AXS: + 29.4%
• BERA: + 29.16%
• IP: + 26.84%
• ORDI: + 26.82%
• NOT: + 26.53%
• SATS: + 22.58%
• RON: +21.83%
• PARTI: + 20.62%

24-Hour Top Gainers in Crypto Stocks (Data Source: msx.com):

• Tidal Trust II Defiance Daily Target 2x Long MSTR ETF - MSX (MSTX.M): 18.41%
• Moderna - MSX (MRNA.M): 16.64%
• ALT5 Sigma Corporation - MSX (ALTS.M): 14.29%
• Mawson Infrastructure Group Inc. - MSX (MIGI.M): 13.9%
• HIVE Digital Technologies Ltd. - MSX (HIVE.M): 12.31%
• GraniteShares ETF Trust GraniteShares 2x Long COIN Daily ETF - MSX (CONL.M): 10.77%
• Roblox - MSX (RBLX.M): 10.56%
• Defi Development Corp. - MSX (DFDV.M): 10.07%
• Bit Origin - MSX (BTOG.M): 9.57%
• MicroStrategy - MSX (MSTR.M): 9.1%

2. On-Chain Popular Memes (Data Source: GMGN):

Binance Alpha has listed two more Chinese Memes: Black Horse, Laozi.

Headlines

BTC Surges Overnight, Briefly Breaks Above $96,000 USDT

Odaily News According to OKX market data, BTC surged overnight, briefly breaking above 96,000 USDT, reaching a high of 96,543 USDT.

Senate Agriculture Committee Postpones Crypto Market Structure Bill Hearing to January 27

Odaily News The U.S. Senate Agriculture Committee announced that its hearing on the crypto market structure bill, originally scheduled for January 15, has been postponed. The bill text will be released on January 21, with a markup hearing scheduled for January 27. The Committee stated this adjustment aims to ensure transparency in the legislative process and provide members with more adequate review time.

Senate Agriculture Committee Chairman John Boozman said the bill would provide clarity and certainty for the crypto market, protecting consumers while supporting American innovation. Meanwhile, the Senate Banking Committee will hold a separate markup hearing on its version of the crypto market structure bill this week. The Agriculture Committee version has not yet released an official text, with points of contention including ethics provisions and the composition of regulatory agency boards. (CoinDesk)

Industry News

X Product Lead: V1 of Smart Asset Tags to Launch Within a Month

Odaily News X Product Lead and Solana Advisor Nikita Bier posted on X, stating: "Smart Cashtags might be the best-received product teaser we've ever done. One thing is clear: X's influence in shaping market sentiment and driving trading in public and crypto markets far exceeds any other corner of the internet. We've received a lot of feedback on how to make this feature more useful and which assets to support. Over the next month, the team will go all out to build the V1 version best suited for financial news and trading."

Bitcoin Core Adds New Trusted Key Holder with Commit Access

Odaily News Bitcoin Core maintainers have increased the number of trusted key holders with commit access to the main branch for the first time since May 2023. On January 8, 2026, developer TheCharlatan joined the ranks, bringing the total number of trusted key holders to six. The other five members are Marco Falke, Gloria Zhao, Ryan Ofsky, Hennadii Stepanov, and Ava Chow. TheCharlatan, a graduate of the University of Zurich, primarily works on Bitcoin Core's reproducible builds and verification logic. Currently, the Bitcoin Core community only recognizes these six PGP keys with commit access. (Protos)

PeckShield: Crypto Assets Lost Over $4.04 Billion to Theft in 2025, Setting a New Record

Odaily News According to PeckShield monitoring, cryptocurrency-related thefts hit a record high in 2025, primarily driven by systemic vulnerabilities in centralized infrastructure and a strategic shift towards targeted social engineering attacks.

Total losses in 2025 exceeded $4.04 billion, an increase of approximately 34.2% compared to the $3.01 billion stolen in 2024. This includes: $2.67 billion lost to hacks (a year-on-year increase of about 24.2%), and $1.37 billion lost to scams (a year-on-year increase of about 64.2%). Approximately $334.9 million of the stolen cryptocurrency has been recovered or frozen, compared to $488.5 million in 2024.

Robinhood Lists DOT

Odaily News According to the official page, Robinhood has listed DOT.

Binance Earn, Buy Crypto, and Convert to List United Stables (U)

Odaily News According to an official announcement, Binance Earn, Buy Crypto, and Convert will list UnitedStables (U). Binance Earn will launch a Simple Earn Flexible product for U and open for subscription at 16:00 (Beijing Time) on January 13, 2026. Within one hour after U spot trading goes live, users can purchase U using credit/debit cards, Google Pay, or Apple Pay on the "Buy Crypto" page, or buy/sell U using account balances, and can convert U to tokens like BTC and USDT with zero fees on the Convert platform. (This flash news was generated with AI assistance)

Binance Alpha to List Empire of Sight (Sight) and Owlto Finance (OWL)

Odaily News Binance Alpha will list the following projects on its platform:

January 14: Empire of Sight (Sight) airdrop;

January 15: Owlto Finance (OWL) airdrop.

Eligible users can claim the airdrops using Binance Alpha points on the Alpha activity page after Alpha trading opens. Specific details will be announced separately.

Binance Alpha Lists Black Horse, Laozi

Odaily News According to the official page, Binance Alpha has listed Black Horse and Laozi.

Project News

WLFI Co-founder: WLFI Markets Officially Launches USD1 Points Program

Odaily News Zak Folkman, Co-founder and COO of the Trump family crypto project World Liberty Finance, announced on the X platform that WLFI Markets has officially launched the USD1 Points Program. Users supplying USD1 will have the opportunity to earn points, but the specific point rewards depend on the terms of each cooperative promotion partner. These terms may change at any time, and users can decide for themselves whether to participate.

Lighter: Launches Mobile App Lighter Mobile

Odaily News Lighter posted on the X platform, announcing the official launch of its mobile application, Lighter Mobile, supporting iOS and Android devices. The app supports trading for all assets, including futures, spot, RWA, and pre-market trading.

Bubblemaps: NYC Project Team Profits Over $1 Million by Adding One-Sided Liquidity

Odaily News According to Bubblemaps monitoring, suspicious liquidity provider (LP) activity has been detected for the NYC token launched by former New York City Mayor Eric Adams. The project team extracted over $1 million by cycling USDC in and out of a liquidity pool. NYC's market cap once reached $600 million before falling below $100 million. A wallet related to the NYC deployer, 9Ty4M (9Ty4...), created a one-sided LP on Meteora. This address removed approximately $2.5 million USDC at the price peak and later re-added about $1.5 million USDC after the price dropped by 60%.

ETHGas Unveils Tokenomics: Total Supply 10 Billion, Eligibility Snapshot on January 19

Odaily News ETHGas posted on the X platform to unveil its tokenomics. Its token GWEI has a total supply of 10 billion, allocated as follows: Ecosystem 31%, Investors 27%, Team 22%, Community 10%, Foundation 8%, Advisors 2%.

Additionally, the eligibility snapshot for the token airdrop will be taken at 00:00 UTC on January 19.

Funding

Crypto Data Platform CoinGecko Considers Sale at ~$500 Million Valuation

Odaily News According to sources, CoinGecko is considering a sale and has hired investment bank Moelis to manage the sale process. The cryptocurrency market data company is valued at approximately $500 million. This potential sale comes as cryptocurrency M&A activity has accelerated sharply, with disclosed M&A deal volume reaching about $8.6 billion across a record 133 deals in 2025. (CoinDesk)

Polygon Labs Acquires Two Crypto Startups Coinme and Sequence for Total Over $250 Million

Odaily News Polygon Labs announced it has completed the acquisition of cryptocurrency startups Coinme and Sequence for a total price exceeding $250 million. However, Polygon Labs declined to disclose the specific acquisition price for each company or whether the transactions were conducted in cash, equity, or a mix of both. Polygon Labs CEO Marc Boiron and Polygon Foundation founder Sandeep Nailwal stated that the acquisitions aim to support the blockchain network's stablecoin strategy. Coinme holds a series of money transmitter licenses in the U.S., while Sequence focuses on building blockchain infrastructure, including crypto wallets. (Fortune)

YZi Labs Makes "Multi-Million Dollar" Investment in Genius Trading, CZ to Serve as Advisor

Odaily News YZi Labs has made a "multi-million dollar" (multi-8-figure) investment in Genius Trading, with CZ joining the startup as an advisor. It is reported that Genius Trading is building a privacy-focused decentralized finance (DeFi) trading platform. The company focuses on providing privacy-preserving decentralized trading services and plans to compete with traditional centralized exchanges in the blockchain space. (The Block)

Solana Treasury Company Upexi Reaches Securities Purchase Agreement to Raise $36 Million

Odaily News Nasdaq-listed Solana treasury company Upexi announced it has reached a securities purchase agreement with Hivemind Capital Partners to raise $36 million. This note offering is expected to be completed around January 14, 2026, subject to customary closing conditions. The notes are backed by locked SOL tokens and will be integrated into the company's Solana treasury upon transaction completion. The deal is expected to increase Upexi's SOL holdings by 12%, reaching over 2.4 million SOL, making it the second-largest corporate SOL holder after Forward Industries, which holds 6.9 million SOL. (Globenewswire)

Regulation & Policy

U.S. Bipartisan Senators Propose Bill to Clarify Legal Liability for Crypto Developers

Odaily News Senators Cynthia Lummis and Ron Wyden stated that they have reintroduced a bipartisan bill aimed at clarifying the circumstances under which crypto developers and infrastructure providers are considered money transmitters under federal law. The bill, called the Blockchain Regulatory Certainty Act, aims to distinguish between developers who write or maintain blockchain software and financial intermediaries that control customer funds. According to the bill's content, developers and infrastructure providers will be excluded from the federal legal definition of money transmitters as long as they do not possess the legal right or unilateral ability to move users' digital assets. Cynthia Lummis stated that developers who merely write code and maintain open-source infrastructure should not be classified as money transmitters when they do not touch, control, or have access to user funds. Ron Wyden stated that forcing code-writing developers to follow the same rules as exchanges or brokers is technically infeasible and could infringe on privacy and free speech.

U.S. Federal Judge Temporarily Blocks Tennessee's Ban on Kalshi

Odaily News A U.S. federal judge has temporarily blocked Tennessee from forcing prediction market operator Kalshi to shut down its sports event contracts in the state, freezing a cease-and-desist notice. The court will consider whether the company's platform, regulated by the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), should be exempt from state gambling laws. According to an order signed on Monday, the ruling suspends enforcement actions by the Tennessee Sports Wagering Committee and the state's Attorney General. Previously, regulators ordered Kalshi, Polymarket, and Crypto.com to stop offering sports-related contracts to Tennessee residents and to void open contracts and refund customer deposits by January 31. Tennessee officials initially also warned that non-compliance could result in fines of up to $25,000 per violation and potential referral to law enforcement. Kalshi countered that the dispute is a jurisdictional conflict between state gambling enforcement and federal commodity law. In its federal complaint, the company stated that Tennessee's actions infringe on the CFTC's "exclusive jurisdiction" over derivatives trading on designated exchanges and argued that the state's threatened enforcement actions are preempted by the Commodity Exchange Act. (The Block)

Bank of Thailand Monitoring USDT "Gray Money" Transactions

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