Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin suggested enhancing creator coins by combining prediction markets with DAOs. In the model, markets bet on creator coins joining themed DAOs capped at 200 members, with anonymous voting and partial revenue used for token burns. The approach shifts value from celebrity-driven speculation to DAO-based curation, using prediction markets for discovery and DAOs for intrinsic incentives. https://t.co/qF36ZHmqRw ...

U.S. January ADP employment change: 22,000, versus an expected 48,000 and a prior 41,000. ...

Prediction market Opinion announces the completion of a $20 million Series A funding round, with participation from Hack VC, Jump Crypto, Primitive Ventures, Decasonic, and others. Its trading scope has expanded to macroeconomics, pre-token launch events, culture, and cryptocurrency, covering areas such as CPI data. https://t.co/9Wi1H6I5il ...

January Blockchain Technology Update: Bitcoin Core appoints TheCharlatan as Trusted Keys maintainer, increasing core members to six; Ethereum plans to launch the ERC-8004 standard on mainnet, enabling AI agent cross-organizational interactions; BNB Chain successfully completes the opBNB Fourier hard fork, reducing block time to 250ms; SUI upgrades mainnet to V1.63.3 (protocol 107), optimizing finality paths and fixing consensus issues. Read more https://t.co/bwOGbkEhhT ...

QCP analysis said Bitcoin dipped to about $72.9k, a post-election low, before rebounding to test the $75k level. The move was accompanied by falling futures open interest and negative funding, indicating deleveraging. Options show elevated front-end volatility, mild backwardation, and steeper downside skew, reflecting near-term downside risk. The $75k level is a key inflection point: holding supports risk additions, while a break signals a defensive turn. https://t.co/DTXIN7MOpN ...

Blockchain analytics firm TRM Labs announced the completion of a $70 million Series C round led by Blockchain Capital, with participation from Goldman Sachs, Bessemer, Brevan Howard, Thoma Bravo, and Citi Ventures, valuing the company at $1 billion. TRM Labs focuses on blockchain intelligence software for tracking crypto-related crime, serving global law enforcement agencies and private-sector clients. https://t.co/5lGKkay7gO ...

CoinMarketCap released its January 2026 Major Crypto Exchange Reserves Ranking Report. Binance ranked first with total reserves of about $155.64 billion, including $47.47 billion in stablecoins (30.5%) and $49.84 billion in Bitcoin-related assets (32.03%). OKX followed with roughly $31.29 billion, ahead of Bybit ($14.17 billion), Gate ($7.86 billion), HTX ($6.92 billion), Bitget ($5.33 billion), MEXC ($2.97 billion), and KuCoin ($2.16 billion). https://t.co/3EEED7B9Zg ...

CZ: No One in the World Is Crazy Enough to Manipulate BitcoinOn January 31, Binance founder Changpeng Zhao stated in an AMA that the October 10 market crash was triggered by a tariff announcement, not Binance system error or price manipulation. He emphasized neither he nor Binance profits from trading crypto, noting Bitcoin is a $2 trillion market and moving its price would risk hundreds of billions—"no one in their right mind would do that." He added Binance is a compliant entity regulated by ADGM, with U. ...

Coinbase has launched a prediction market platform, Coinbase Predict, allowing users to trade on real-world events across sports, politics, crypto, and culture, available in all 50 U.S. states. Previously, the Nevada Gaming Control Board filed a civil lawsuit against Coinbase, alleging it offered sports betting contracts in Nevada without a license. https://t.co/Pj991DuL0y ...

Binance’s SAFU fund purchased an additional 1,315 BTC worth $100.42 million, bringing its total acquisition over the past two days to 2,630 BTC valued at $201.12 million. https://t.co/vzrdl5wsaO ...