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According to official disclosure from Pump.fun, the platform has officially launched the automated buybacks feature aimed at tokenized agents, designed to bridge the value transmission gap between agent earnings and community holders.According to the official explanation, the operation process of this feature is as follows: Creators issue tokens for their agents on Pump.fun and customize the proportion of income used for buybacks, while the remaining portion can be withdrawn by the creators; each time the agent generates income, the system will automatically execute token buybacks and burn them according to the set proportion, while distributing rewards to token holders.

Claude announced the launch of the new feature Claude Code Code Review. When a Pull Request (PR) is created, Claude sends a group of AI agents to simultaneously search for potential code vulnerabilities.The agents search for vulnerabilities in parallel, validate each vulnerability to reduce false positives, and prioritize the vulnerabilities by severity. Ultimately, users receive a summary comment along with inline annotations in the code.

Gate Research Institute released a report titled "TradFi Asset Perpetualization: The Systematic Overlay Advantages of Gate Macro Perpetual Contracts," which points out that against the backdrop of intensified macro volatility and enhanced cross-market linkage in 2026, the demand from crypto traders for macro risk tools that are priced in stablecoins, composable, and executable 24/7 has significantly increased. Therefore, Gate has split macro trading into two complementary paths: on one hand, providing a professional trading entry closer to traditional market rules through Gate TradFi (MT5+CFD); on the other hand, launching macro perpetual contracts settled in USDT, allowing macro assets such as stocks, metals, indices, foreign exchange, and commodities to be directly included in a unified margin and risk control system of the contract account.The report shows that Gate has covered hundreds of macro perpetual assets across five categories: stocks, metals, indices, foreign exchange, and commodities. At the mechanism level, the platform handles pricing continuity during market closures through the Price-Hold mechanism and supports parallel long and short positions in the same market under a split account model, as well as mixed positions of full and isolated margin and independent leverage configuration for isolated long and short positions, thereby enhancing the executability of hedging, event-driven rebalancing, and strategy reuse.

During an interview, President Trump stated that if necessary, the U.S. military intends to sustain attacks on Iran for "four to five weeks," and insisted that Israel and the U.S. "will not have difficulty" maintaining combat intensity, while also warning that there may be more casualties among U.S. troops.When asked about the power transition plan, Mr. Trump expressed his hope that Iran's elite forces (including senior officers of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps who have significant influence and profit from the current regime) could hand over weapons to the Iranian people. In a call lasting about six minutes, Trump also mentioned that he has three "very good" candidates to lead Iran, but he refused to disclose the specific names.He repeatedly referred to his experiences in Venezuela, which may suggest he believes that effective methods used in Venezuela could also apply to Iran. He also stated that he would be willing to lift sanctions on Iran if the new leadership shows a pragmatic and cooperative attitude. However, he simultaneously declined to clarify how (or whether) his administration would defend the Iranian people, whom he claims should overthrow the current government.

According to Jinshi reports, U.S. President Trump stated that he believes the attack on Iranian Supreme Leader Khamenei by the U.S. and Israel was effective and may create opportunities for diplomatic avenues. "Clearly, it's much easier now than it was a day ago," Trump said when asked about the possibility of resolving the crisis through diplomatic means, "because they have been hit very hard." Trump expressed confidence in the results achieved so far.

The CEO of Japan's Bitcoin treasury company Metaplanet, Simon Gerovich, posted on the X platform in response to an anonymous account inciting public opinion without accountability and accusing the company of "dishonest information disclosure." He stated that the related claims are inconsistent with the facts, and both he and the company are willing to take public responsibility for all actions and statements. The company's long-term systematic strategy of increasing Bitcoin holdings remains unchanged.Simon Gerovich stated that over the past six months, against the backdrop of rising volatility, the company has increased its allocation to income-generating businesses by selling put options and employing spread strategies to obtain premiums, while allocating part of the funds for long-term Bitcoin holdings. All Bitcoin purchases are disclosed immediately after decisions are made, and all Bitcoin addresses of the company are public, allowing shareholders to view the holdings in real-time dashboards. In response to the accusation of "buying at high levels in September without disclosure," he mentioned that there were four purchases made in September, all of which were announced in a timely manner. The company's strategy is not about timing the market but rather about long-term, systematic accumulation of Bitcoin.Additionally, selling put options is not merely a bet on price increases, but rather a way to acquire Bitcoin at an effective cost below the spot price. Regular losses mainly stem from the unrealized fair value fluctuations of Bitcoin that are held long-term and not sold, and interpreting this as a strategic failure is a misunderstanding.

According to crypto journalist Eleanor Terrett, this morning's third meeting on the "Cryptocurrency Market Structure Bill" (the CLARITY Act) regarding stablecoin yields was smaller than last week's, with representatives from Coinbase, Ripple, a16z, and the Crypto Industry Association in attendance, but no bank representatives present individually; the banking industry's voice was conveyed through the industry association.The situation at this meeting was notably different: the White House led the discussion, rather than allowing cryptocurrency companies and banks to dominate the conversation as in previous meetings. Patrick Witt, the Executive Director of the White House Cryptocurrency Committee, brought a draft text that became the focal point of the discussion.The text acknowledged the concerns raised by banks last week in the "Prohibition of Yields and Interest Principles" document, while clearly stating that a key goal of stablecoin-related legislation is to prohibit earning yields on idle stablecoin balances. The debate has narrowed down to whether crypto companies can offer stablecoin rewards tied to specific activities, with banks' concerns seeming to stem more from competitive pressure than the initially perceived worry about deposit outflows.Sources from the banking sector indicated that they are still working to include a study on deposit outflows in the draft—this study would examine the growth of payment stablecoins and their potential impact on bank deposits. Additionally, the banking industry is encouraged by the proposed anti-tax avoidance provisions, which would empower the SEC, the Treasury, and the CFTC to enforce the ban on paying yields on idle balances, imposing a civil penalty of $500,000 per day for each violation.Sources stated that discussions could be finalized by the end of the month, with negotiations continuing in the coming days.

According to Jinshi reports, Federal Reserve Governor Barr stated that the neutral interest rate level has risen slightly, but there has not been a dramatic change.

Decentralized AI Intelligent Network DGrid AI officially announces the launch of Arena for Agent, allowing users to create their own AI Agent on the BNB Chain based on the ERC-8004 standard with one click, enabling it to automatically participate in AI Arena model battles and earn USDT rewards for you 24/7.Arena for Agent supports users in quickly creating their own AI Agent with one click and authorizing their idle AI API Key to their Agent, supporting multiple platforms such as OpenAI, Anthropic, Google Gemini, OpenRouter, and HodlAI. The Agent will automatically vote for model responses in the DGrid AI Arena, with each vote bringing real USDT earnings to the users.DGrid AI is a leading decentralized AI intelligent network that provides low-cost, highly available, and verifiable decentralized AI capabilities to developers and AI applications through a unified API connecting over 200 mainstream models.

Farcaster officially announced that the OpenClaw proxy now has native support, allowing users to autonomously create Farcaster accounts without manual intervention or additional verification, and directly perform actions such as posting, replying, and interacting within the protocol.According to the introduction, users only need to pay approximately 1 USDC or ETH to initiate the OpenClaw proxy, after which the proxy will automatically complete the account creation and all subsequent on-chain social activities. Farcaster stated that this move will further lower the barrier for AI proxies to access decentralized social networks, providing foundational support for the native operation of automated accounts and intelligent proxies at the protocol layer.

According to Jinshi Data, the South Korean KOSPI 200 index futures fell by 5%, and programmatic trading was suspended for 5 minutes.

Story Protocol and OpenLedger announced a partnership to launch a new standard that enables AI systems to legally use creative works and automatically pay royalties to copyright holders.According to the agreement, intellectual property registered on Story Protocol can be licensed for AI training and AI-generated content. OpenLedger, as an AI-native blockchain, will execute these licenses within AI systems and handle payments. Both parties are building a shared on-chain standard to record ownership of works, usage methods, and payment recipients.This initiative comes against the backdrop of a continuous increase in AI-related lawsuits, with many cases in 2025 revolving around intellectual property. Data from the World Intellectual Property Organization indicates that the global IP market is valued at over $80 trillion. A representative from OpenLedger stated that the system will shift AI from a model of training first and litigating later to one that only uses content that can be proven to be authorized for use.

The Hong Kong Legislative Council's Financial Affairs Committee announced that a briefing will be held on January 30, with the Hong Kong Financial Services and the Treasury Bureau presenting policy measures. Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury, Christopher Hui, and Deputy Secretary, Chan Ho-lam, will attend.Relevant documents state: In order to promote the sustainable and healthy development of the digital asset industry in Hong Kong and further consolidate Hong Kong's position as an international financial center, legislative proposals will be submitted to the Legislative Council this year to implement revisions related to the crypto asset reporting framework and common reporting standards established by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. The goal is to automatically exchange tax information related to crypto asset transactions with other tax jurisdictions starting in 2028, in order to combat cross-border tax evasion and enhance international tax transparency. Public opinions are currently being collected on the legislative proposals.

Aster is actively deploying a strategic buyback reserve for the automatic repurchase of ASTER tokens. Following the announcement of the fifth phase of the buyback plan last month, this launch will allocate 20% to 40% of daily platform fees for targeted buybacks, dynamically adjusted based on market conditions, to reduce circulating supply. Aster (0x5E49...a397) has automatically executed the initial buyback from the reserve wallet.

According to AXIOS, Nvidia has invested in the mathematical AI startup Harmonic.

SolanaFloor posted on the X platform that Avici has launched a virtual account naming feature on Solana, providing users with personal accounts and International Bank Account Numbers (IBAN) for receiving fiat currency. The funds sent will be automatically converted into stablecoins and credited to the user's self-custody wallet.