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Wu said that the DeFi platform Infinex's token sale on Sonar has been ongoing for over 30 hours, raising only $491,000, which is 9.83% of the $5 million target. Previously, Infinex founder Kain Warwick lowered the fundraising goal from $15 million to $5 million. Infinex previously completed $67.7 million in Patron NFT funding in 2024.

Wu said that, according to Lookonchain monitoring, a few hours before Maduro's arrest, three insider wallets in a prediction market bet on the resignation of Venezuelan President Maduro, totaling a profit of $630,484. These three wallets were created and funded days in advance. Then, just a few hours before Maduro's arrest, they suddenly placed large bets that Maduro would step down.

It is worth noting that these three wallets only bet on events related to Venezuela and Maduro, with no other betting records, making them typical insider trading cases. Wallet 0x31a5 invested $34,000 and made a profit of $409,900; Wallet 0xa72D invested $5,800 and made a profit of $75,000; Wallet SBet365 invested $25,000 and made a profit of $145,600.

Wu Shuo learned that, according to the Shanghai Procuratorate's disclosure, the People's Procuratorate of Baoshan District, Shanghai, in handling a case of official misconduct, conducted a fund penetration review to trace the flow of funds and successfully filed 24 cases involving 24 individuals for supervision. The prosecutors stated that the case involved numerous underground banking gang accounts and large transaction volumes, with money laundering amounts reaching 1.8 billion yuan. The related personnel used virtual currencies to facilitate cross-border transfer of illicit funds. Ultimatel

"Talking with former ChainNews Editor-in-Chief Liu Feng about the current state of crypto media and how to find authentic and effective information" Former ChainNews Editor-in-Chief Liu Feng discussed with Wu Editor-in-Chief Colin Wu and others the dilemmas faced by crypto media under information overload, emotional trading, and traffic incentives, as well as how readers can distinguish more genuine and effective content in a chaotic information environment.

Experts believe that in the crypto market, the long-term tension between "speed and accuracy" exists. The media should not and cannot focus solely on "helping users make money" as its core goal. Its value lies more in providing verifiable facts and long-term credibility; at the same time, the current monetization of traffic and the rising influence of KOLs are challenging the public nature of traditional media. However, trustworthy information nodes and reputation are becoming more scarce and more important as a result. Read the full article:

Wu said that SlowMist tweeted that a potential serious security vulnerability has been found in the HitBTC exchange. They have privately disclosed the relevant information to HitBTC in advance but have not yet received a response.

Cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase has decided to suspend its local services in Argentina. The decision was communicated to local users on December 31, 2025, less than a year after Coinbase officially announced the launch of its operations in the country. In a notice sent to Argentine customers, Coinbase stated that starting from January 31, 2026, the platform will no longer support buying and selling stablecoin USD Coin (USDC) with Argentine pesos. However, the company also clarified that other on-chain operations, including sending and receiving cryptocurrencies, will remain open. (criptonotic

Wu Shuo learned that according to @EmberCN monitoring, in mid-September, the ETH price surged to this year's high of around $4,700, with as many as 2.66 million ETH choosing to exit staking. After more than three and a half months of digestion, the ETH waiting to exit staking has now been mostly processed, with only about 80,000 remaining. The digestion of approximately 2.6 million ETH exiting staking has caused the ETH price to drop by 34%: from $4,700 in mid-September to the current $3,100. The current situation is completely the opposite: the number of ETH waiting to enter staking far excee

New York State Democratic Congressman Ritchie Torres plans to introduce the "2026 Financial Prediction Market Public Integrity Act" to combat potential "insider trading" behaviors in prediction markets. The bill proposes to prohibit federal elected officials, political appointees, and administrative employees from trading on prediction market contracts related to government policies or political outcomes when they possess or can reasonably obtain material non-public information through their official duties. (The Block)

Wu Shuo learned that Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin posted a message stating that with PeerDAS now live on the Ethereum mainnet and ZK-EVM entering the Alpha stage (performance reaching production level, with remaining mainly security concerns), Ethereum is completing a network-level leap. He believes that Ethereum has achieved for the first time the simultaneous realization of decentralization + consensus + high bandwidth, solving the "blockchain trilemma" with real-world running code rather than just theoretical concepts. Vitalik also revealed that in 2026, there will be a significant i

Opinion: USDT Negative Premium, Holding Stablecoins Still Loses Money — How to View and What to Do (Author @web3_mario) At the end of the year, many enterprises engaged in international trade often face foreign exchange settlement issues. During this period, the demand to convert USD to RMB becomes even more vigorous. Due to significant restrictions on onshore RMB exchange quotas, many small and medium-sized enterprises involved in international trade or overseas operations choose to settle foreign exchange through USDT; the negative premium of USDT is caused by short-term factors rather than

Opinion: USDT Negative Premium, Holding Stablecoins Still Loses Money—How to View and What to Do About It (Author @Web3Mario)
At the end of the year, many enterprises engaged in international trade often experience foreign exchange settlement issues. During this period, the demand to convert USD to RMB becomes even stronger. Due to significant restrictions on onshore RMB exchange quotas, many small and medium-sized enterprises involved in international trade or overseas operations choose to settle foreign exchange through USDT. The negative premium of USDT is caused by short-term factors rathe

Wu Shuo learned that Hut 8 announced an extension of its Bitcoin collateralized credit line with Coinbase to $200 million. According to a document released by Hut 8 on January 3rd, the amended credit agreement increased the maximum loan amount by $70 million, bringing the total to $200 million, and all newly added funds have been fully withdrawn. The credit agreement was signed by Hut 8 on December 22, 2025, with the loan still secured by Bitcoin held in Coinbase Custody Trust Company, and Coinbase's recourse is limited to the pledged collateral. According to Hut 8's third-quarter disclosure,

Wu said that Jupiter co-founder SIONG proposed to stop the JUP buyback, stating that the company spent over $70 million on buybacks last year, but the price did not increase significantly. He suggested using this funds to provide growth incentives for existing and new users and to seek community feedback. Solana co-founder Toly commented that capital accumulation is very difficult, as traditional finance requires an investment cycle of over 10 years, and he believes that mimicking this setup rather than buybacks might be more effective. He recommended encouraging holders to lock their assets l

Wu says that, according to Onchain Lens monitoring, a whale has transferred a total of 20,000 ETH from multiple CEXs including Galaxy, Coinbase, FalconX, and Cumberland in the past 12 hours, worth $62.3 million.

BitMine has recently added another 82,560 ETH to the Ethereum staking system, approximately worth $259 million, pushing the Ethereum validator node queue to nearly 1 million ETH. The current wait time for new validator nodes is about 17 days. Currently, BitMine's total staked ETH reaches 544,064, valued at approximately $1.62 billion. Since December 26, BitMine has begun transferring Ethereum into staking-related contracts, planning to officially launch the staking project in Q1 2026 through the "Made in America Validator Network" (MAVAN). Meanwhile, the total staked ETH has reached 35.5 milli