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Binance Wallet announces the details of the FOGO Pre-TGE initial public sale. During the initial subscription event, users can subscribe to the allocation of FOGO tokens through Binance Wallet. The subscription adopts an oversubscription model, allowing each user to deposit a maximum of 6 BNB. Token allocation will be distributed proportionally based on the total amount of BNB deposited by all participants.After the subscription period ends, users can claim the key representing their FOGO token allocation on the BNB Smart Chain (BSC) within the Binance Wallet. The claiming operation must be completed on the initial subscription event page. Any excess deposited BNB will be automatically refunded when claiming the key.FOGO tokens will be directly airdropped to users' Binance Alpha accounts on January 15 at 12:00 (UTC), at which point users can trade using Alpha limit orders.

According to Bloomberg, the Trump family's cryptocurrency project World Liberty Financial has launched a platform for digital asset lending between users called "World Liberty Markets."The service will officially go live on Monday and will support the company's own token WLFI and the stablecoin USD1, in addition to Ethereum, and stablecoins USDC and USDT.

According to market news, WLFI will launch a lending market powered by Dolomite.

According to PR Newswire, BitMine announced today that the total value of its crypto assets, cash, and "potential project" investments has reached $14 billion. As of 7 PM Eastern Time on January 11, the company's crypto assets include:4,167,768 Ethereum;193 Bitcoin;A $23 million "potential project" investment in Eightco Holdings (NASDAQ: ORBS);And $988 million in cash.The amount of Ethereum held by Bitmine accounts for 3.45% of the current total supply of Ethereum (120.7 million).Bitmine Chairman and Fundstrat analyst Thomas "Tom" Lee stated, "2026 signals many positive trends for the crypto space, with stablecoin adoption and asset tokenization driving blockchain to become the settlement layer for Wall Street, particularly benefiting Ethereum. We still view the leverage reset after October 10, 2025, as a 'mini crypto winter.' 2026 will be a year of crypto price recovery, with stronger growth expected in 2027-2028."He added, "In the past week, we have increased our holdings by 24,266 Ethereum, while our cash position has increased by $73 million. Bitmine selectively issues stock only at prices above adjusted net asset value, and we remain the largest 'new capital' buyer of Ethereum globally. When MAVAN launches commercial operations, we will become the largest staking service provider in the entire crypto ecosystem."

According to CoinDesk, stablecoin financial infrastructure provider VelaFi announced the completion of a $20 million Series B funding round, led by XVC and Ikuyo, with participation from Planetree, BAI Capital, and Alibaba Investment, among others. To date, the company's total funding has reached $40 million.Founded in 2020, VelaFi initially built payment infrastructure in Latin America and has since expanded its operations to the United States and Asia. Its platform connects local banking systems, cross-border payment networks, and mainstream stablecoin protocols, enabling businesses to transfer funds across markets faster and at a lower cost than traditional systems.

According to official news, Strategy purchased 13,627 bitcoins between January 5 and January 11, spending $1.25 billion, with an average price of about $91,519.As of January 11, 2026, Strategy holds 687,410 BTC, with a total value of approximately $51.8 billion, and an average purchase price of about $75,353.

According to a report by Reuters, cryptocurrency custody company BitGo has submitted an IPO application in the U.S., planning to issue 11.8 million shares, with a price range of $15 to $17 per share, aiming to raise approximately $201 million.Founded in 2013, BitGo is one of the largest cryptocurrency custody institutions in the U.S. The listing will use the stock code "BTGO" and is set to be listed on the New York Stock Exchange, with Goldman Sachs and Citigroup as underwriters.

According to official news, Binance announced that the FOGO Pre-TGE Prime Sale will start on January 13th, 08:00 - 10:00 UTC. Eligible users need Binance Alpha points to participate, and details about the TGE warm-up and the event portal will be released soon.

According to Onchain Lens monitoring, BlackRock deposited 3,143 BTC ($285 million) and 7,204 ETH ($22.42 million) to Coinbase.

According to the official announcement, Binance will launch Fogo (FOGO) spot trading on January 15, 2026, at 22:00, and will open trading pairs FOGO/USDT, FOGO/USDC, and FOGO/TRY. The FOGO deposit channel will open one hour later, and withdrawals are expected to be available on January 16, 2026, at 22:00. The listing fee is 0 BNB.

According to Bloomberg, Standard Chartered plans to establish a cryptocurrency prime brokerage through its venture capital arm, SC Ventures. The services will include custody, financing, and market access, and are currently in the early preparation stage.This move will help it avoid the Basel III capital requirement of up to 1250% for unlicensed crypto assets. Standard Chartered has previously been involved in crypto projects such as Zodia Custody and Zodia Markets, and aims to become the first globally systemically important bank to offer spot cryptocurrency trading by 2025.

Web3 asset data platform RootData published a daily transparency alert on Twitter (X), stating that projects such as CureX, Blocktrade, BETRMINT, ABCC, TradeOgre, and Bilaxy are missing core information. It calls on project teams to submit/update their information on RootData to improve their transparency scores. Additionally, RootData stated that it will continue to monitor and expose "black box" projects that lack core information.It is reported that the RootData transparency score is used to measure the integrity and timeliness of projects, aiming to reflect the information disclosure status of the projects. The transparency score is divided into 5 levels from A to F, with lower scores indicating that the project's information disclosure is less complete and the risk of malfeasance is higher, requiring investors to exercise heightened caution.

Polymarket Chinese Business Jia Jia posted on platform X that Polymarket is developing support for multiple language versions, including adaptation for Chinese.

Helius CEO Mert stated on the X platform that AI has given Solana a significant competitive advantage in development. Solana's program model is more secure for AI compared to the interface model of EVM. On Solana, most operations (especially core functions like token creation, exchange, and movement) do not require writing new contracts, which means developers can reuse existing pipelines on the client side without needing new security audits, thus enhancing development speed.Developers can integrate existing pipelines, exchanges, and Token Hooks with a small set of prompts. Furthermore, the previous disadvantage of Solana, where the low abstraction level of the Rust language made contract writing more difficult, has been effectively mitigated by AI. It is expected that several startups valued between $1 billion and $10 billion will emerge on Solana this year.