According to Foresight News, The Smarter Web Company has allocated 3,265,000 ordinary shares under the terms of a subscription agreement. The total proceeds from this allocation amount to £1,673,092 before expenses, equating to approximately £0.51 per share. The company is set to receive about 98.25% of the proceeds upon settlement. The remaining balance of ordinary shares not yet allocated under the subscription agreement stands at 59,975,500 shares.

According to official news, WINkLink Oracle, a leading oracle network in the TRON ecosystem, has officially added support for $HTX price services, and $HTX/TRX is now available. This upgrade not only further expands the asset coverage of WINkLink's price services but also continuously strengthens the integrity and reliability of TRON's on-chain data infrastructure, providing more comprehensive and timely market data support for on-chain financial protocols, trading platforms, and developers, thus contributing to the steady development of ecosystem applications.

Bitcoin derivatives markets have undergone a sharp deleveraging over the past three months, a move that analysts say has historically preceded market bottoms and healthier price recoveries.According to data from on-chain analytics firm CryptoQuant, aggregate Bitcoin derivatives open interest (OI) has fallen by roughly 31% since October, signaling a broad unwind of leveraged positions following last year’s volatility.Deleveraging resets market structureCryptoQuant analyst Darkfost described the drop in open interest as a classic deleveraging signal — one that has often marked important inflection points for Bitcoin in past cycles.“Historically, these periods have marked significant bottoms,” Darkfost said, noting that excess leverage being flushed from the system can help reset market structure and create a stronger base for recovery.Open interest measures the total number of outstanding derivatives contracts that remain open across futures and options markets. When OI declines sharply, it typically reflects traders closing positions, forced liquidations, or a reduction in speculative leverage — all of which reduce the risk of cascading sell-offs.Risks remain if prices break down furtherWhile the deleveraging trend is constructive, CryptoQuant cautioned that it does not eliminate downside risk altogether. If Bitcoin were to enter a sustained bear market, open interest could continue contracting, signaling deeper risk aversion and an extended correction.This dynamic played out during the October 10 liquidation event, when excessive leverage amplified downside volatility and accelerated forced selling across derivatives venues.Open interest nearly tripled in 2025The scale of the current reset is notable when viewed in historical context. During the 2025 rally, Bitcoin derivatives activity surged to unprecedented levels.Darkfost noted that Bitcoin open interest reached over $15 billion on Oct. 6, nearly triple the peak seen during the November 2021 bull market, when open interest on Binance topped out near $5.7 billion. The buildup reflected what analysts later described as a speculative frenzy fueled by leverage.Since then, that excess has been steadily unwound.Spot-driven gains reduce downside pressureOne constructive signal for the market is that Bitcoin’s recent price recovery has coincided with declining open interest, a pattern often associated with short covering rather than leveraged long speculation.When prices rise as OI falls, it suggests that bearish traders are being forced out of positions, reducing sell-side pressure. These rallies tend to be more sustainable, as they are driven by spot demand rather than borrowed capital.Bitcoin has gained close to 10% year-to-date, reinforcing the view that current upside is supported by healthier positioning.Derivatives market not fully bullish yetDespite the deleveraging, derivatives markets have not fully transitioned into a structurally bullish phase. Data from CoinGlass shows total Bitcoin open interest across exchanges at roughly $65 billion, down from more than $90 billion in early October — a decline broadly consistent with CryptoQuant’s estimates.On Deribit, the largest concentration of Bitcoin options open interest is clustered at the $100,000 strike, with roughly $2.2 billion in notional value. This positioning indicates bullish expectations, with more call options than puts outstanding.However, derivatives analytics firm Greeks Live cautioned that recent activity still appears reactive rather than trend-defining.“The current trading structure looks more like a response to a sudden surge,” the firm said, adding that longer-term derivatives positioning has yet to confirm a full bull market transition.Bottom lineThe 30% drop in Bitcoin open interest suggests that excess leverage has largely been purged from the system — a condition that has historically supported stronger and more sustainable recoveries. While derivatives markets remain cautious, the combination of reduced leverage and spot-driven demand has improved Bitcoin’s near-term market structure.

According to the official announcement from HTX DAO, the Q4 2025 $HTX token burn was successfully completed on January 14, 2026. On-chain data shows that a total of 13,616,371,495,327.31 $HTX tokens were burned, with a total value exceeding $23.31 million. To date, HTX DAO has cumulatively burned 99.49 trillion $HTX tokens, nearly 10% of the total issuance, with a total value of approximately $186 million. It is worth noting that despite the relatively sluggish overall market conditions in Q4, the scale of this burn still represents a 36.4% year-on-year increase compared to the same period in 2024. This indicates that Huobi HTX has maintained robust revenue capabilities, providing a solid foundation for the continuation and implementation of the $HTX quarterly burn mechanism. The official statement indicates that the platform will continue to firmly implement the quarterly burn mechanism, continuously enhancing the value support and ecosystem confidence of $HTX through long-term, transparent deflationary arrangements.

A new partnership, exchange outflows, and fresh wallet accumulation could drive ASTER's price momentum. source: https://ambcrypto.com/aster-eyes-120-gains-but-is-the-post-breakout-rally-sustainable/

이전에는 아시아 거래 시간대에 비트코인 가격 상승이 관찰되었지만, 이제는 이러한 경향이 바뀐 것으로 보입니다. 계속 읽어보세요: 비트코인 추세 변화: 특정 시간대에 상승세가 더욱 뚜렷해지고 있습니다! 알아야 할 모든 것을 알려드립니다 source: https://kr.bitcoinsistemi.com/bitcoin-trend-changed-showing-more-upward-tendency-during-certain-hours-heres-what-you-need-to-know/

Previously, Bitcoin price increases were observed during Asian trading hours, but this seems to have changed. Continue Reading: Bitcoin Trend Has Changed: Tendency to Surge More At Certain Hours – Here’s What You Need to Know source: https://en.bitcoinsistemi.com/bitcoin-trend-has-changed-tendency-to-surge-more-at-certain-hours-here-s-what-you-need-to-know/

Arthur Hayes says Bitcoin’s path to new highs depends on renewed dollar liquidity rather than short-term price momentum. source: https://cryptonews.com/news/bitcoin-can-hit-new-highs-in-2026-as-dollar-liquidity-expands-says-arthur-hayes/

According to Onchain Lens monitoring, as the price of LIT continued to fall, a large whale (0x6c0f...3a62) partially liquidated its 1x leveraged long position in LIT, incurring a loss of $509,000. The whale currently still holds this position, with the next liquidation price at $1.49.

According to Foresight News, monitoring by Lookonchain reveals that the trader known as hai15617 has once again successfully predicted Bitcoin price movements using the same strategy, earning $44,500. The trader made 24 predictions in a single day, winning 8 times, resulting in a success rate of 33.33% and a total profit of $136,800.

DZ Bank’s MiCA approval highlights how traditional banks — not crypto exchanges — are becoming Europe’s primary gateway to digital assets.

Bitpanda plans to list on the Frankfurt stock exchange in the first half of 2026, targeting a valuation of €4–5 billion. The Vienna-based crypto platform serves over seven million users, has strong revenue growth, and has secured regulatory approvals in Germany and the UK.

Poland's taxation and regulation of crypto assets is both transitional and mature, with a clear overall framework and well-defined direction.

The token issuance projects of 2025 reflect the market's growing understanding of successful token issuances, as evidenced by specific use cases, genuine user engagement after the hype dies down, and a well-thought-out fit between token design and product execution.

All the prerequisites for the original Web3 vision are in place, momentum is strong, and will continue to strengthen in the coming years.

XAI, Technology, Law, Artificial Intelligence: The XAI Incident Reveals Different Understandings of Technological Overreach Between China and the US (Golden Finance). Technological globalization has ended; strong intellectual property rights are taking its place.

BTC remains a liquidity story, and dollar liquidity will increase significantly in 2026.

X has restricted Grok from editing or creating sexualised images of real people after global backlash and regulatory action over misuse of the chatbot. Several countries have launched investigations or blocked the service, pushing the company to tighten safety controls and limit image tools to paying users.

The layer-1 blockchain restored operations after a six-hour consensus halt, marking its second major disruption since launch in 2023.

Chinese AI leaders MiniMax and Zhipu AI have entered the capital market with a market value of over 100 billion yuan, while across the Pacific a16z announced the completion of a $15 billion fundraising. This is not only a capital event, but also a comparison of the national capabilities of China and the United States and two innovation paradigms in the technological era.