Hong Kong has announced that the Stablecoin Ordinance has come into effect and is currently processing license applications. The regulatory framework for virtual asset trading, custody, advisory, and management services will be submitted to the Legislative Council this year, and automatic exchange of cross-border tax information is expected to commence in 2028. https://t.co/OW5JhWLR1H ...

Warsh was an investor in a cryptocurrency project called Basis, which described itself as an algorithmic central bank. He has also served as an adviser for Electric Capital. ...

U.S. President Donald J. Trump announced he is nominating Kevin Warsh as Chairman of the Federal Reserve Board. Warsh previously served as a Fed governor from 2006 to 2011, was the Fed’s representative to the G20, and earlier held senior roles at the White House National Economic Council. https://t.co/tALlbq9i6t ...

Vitalik Buterin said the Ethereum Foundation is entering a period of mild austerity to support an aggressive roadmap and long-term sustainability. He disclosed withdrawing 16,384 ETH to fund open-source, secure, and verifiable full-stack infrastructure focused on self-sovereignty, privacy, and security, while continuing to prioritize Ethereum’s core development. https://t.co/tUQX35Glox ...

BitMEX co-founder Arthur Hayes said on X that U.S. dollar liquidity has fallen by about $300 billion over the past few weeks, mainly due to a roughly $200 billion increase in the U.S. Treasury General Account (TGA). He added that the government may be building up cash reserves ahead of a potential shutdown, and that Bitcoin’s decline is not surprising amid tightening dollar liquidity. https://t.co/FUsX7hoJMz ...

January 30 Options Expiration Data91,000 BTC options contracts expired, with a Put-Call Ratio of 0.48, maximum pain point at $90,000, and notional value of $7.6 billion.435,000 ETH options contracts expired, with a Put-Call Ratio of 0.68, maximum pain point at $3,000, and notional value of $1.19 billion. https://t.co/y0LZNc4nO3 ...

Father of Smart Contracts Reflects on the Decentralized Experiments Before Bitcoin's BirthNick Szabo, "father of smart contracts," recalled at a 2021 Bitcoin conference that the 1995 Extropy magazine discussed concepts like virtual banks and a digital currency called "Hayeks," though they were still theoretical. That year, he proposed smart contracts. He cited David Chaum's DigiCash, which used "blind signatures" for minimal trust, with its test token Cyberbucks seen as history's first true private digital ...

Recently, Binance has faced criticism from both Chinese and English-speaking communities, with many voices urging it to use profits to buy and build a Bitcoin reserve to support the industry. ...

Binance announced that it will adjust the asset structure of its SAFU Fund, gradually converting the original $1 billion stablecoin reserves into Bitcoin reserves, with the conversion to be completed within 30 days from the date of this announcement. Binance will regularly review the SAFU Fund's asset value. If, due to Bitcoin price fluctuations, the fund's market value falls below $800 million, Binance will replenish it with additional Bitcoin to restore the fund to $1 billion. https://t.co/Grss9wGeST ...

SEC Chair Paul Atkins stated that crypto innovation exemptions (covering tokenized securities, DeFi, etc.) may not be released this month or next, as they are being handled cautiously; he had previously hoped for a January release. Wall Street giants JPMorgan, Citadel, and SIFMA met with the SEC's crypto task force to express concerns about the exemptions' economic impact. https://t.co/famt6sjPGM ...