According to PANews on January 22, the OKX market showed that BTC had just broken through $107,000 and is currently trading at $107,039.00 per coin, with a daily increase of 2.97%.

Brian Moynihan believes financial institutions would gladly facilitate cryptocurrency payments if clearer regulations around their use were established.

According to PANews on January 22, the OKX market showed that BTC had just broken through $106,000 and is currently trading at $106,006.10 per coin, with a daily increase of 1.97%.

According to PANews on January 22, the OKX market showed that BTC had just broken through $105,000 and is currently trading at $105,111.00 per coin, with a daily increase of 1.11%.

According to PANews on January 22, the OKX market showed that ETH had just broken through $3,300 and is now trading at $3,300.70 per coin, with a daily increase of 0.17%.

PANews reported on January 21 that according to Bloomberg, the Kenyan government is drafting a law requiring virtual asset service providers to set up offices locally to strengthen supervision of the rapidly growing digital asset industry. The proposed policy does not apply to assets that cannot be transferred, traded or used for payment and investment outside a closed ecosystem, and aims to address gaps in the legal and regulatory framework in the virtual asset sector and address issues such as consumer protection, governance, data privacy and cybersecurity. Kenya introduced a 3% income tax on digital asset transactions in 2023, but has yet to establish a comprehensive industry regulatory framework. The government hopes to fill the regulatory gap through this move while addressing industry risks such as money laundering, terrorist financing, tax evasion, fraud and cybercrime.

According to PANews on January 21, the OKX market showed that BTC had just broken through $104,000 and is now trading at $104,026.70 per coin, down 0.88% on the day.

PANews reported on January 21 that according to CNBC, Bank of America CEO Brian Moynihan said at the World Economic Forum in Davos that if approved by US regulators, crypto payments will become an important part of the banking industry. He emphasized that when the rules are clear, the banking system will quickly follow up in the transaction field and regard cryptocurrencies as another form of payment. Although the US banking industry is currently cautious about retail payments in cryptocurrencies, its institutional trading and wealth management departments have participated in the Bitcoin ETF market. Moynihan revealed that Bank of America already has hundreds of blockchain patents and is ready to enter this field at any time. In addition, there are reports that Bank of America may have fully used XRP in internal transactions. Although it has not been officially confirmed, the statement has aroused widespread market attention to Ripple and its technological potential. The cooperation between Ripple and Bank of America can be traced back many years, and the two parties have been exploring the application of blockchain technology in cross-border payments.

PANews reported on January 21 that according to The Block, MicroStrategy shareholders voted to approve two amendments to increase the number of Class A common stock and preferred stock authorized by the company to support its plans to purchase more Bitcoin. Last October, MicroStrategy announced the "21/21 Plan", which plans to issue a total of $21 billion in stocks and fixed-income securities for Bitcoin reserves. As of January 20, 2025, approximately $5.42 billion of shares under the plan are still available for sale, with the goal of raising a total of $42 billion for Bitcoin purchases.

PANews reported on January 21 that according to an announcement by Oxbridge Re Holdings, its board of directors has approved the inclusion of Bitcoin and Ethereum in the company's financial reserve assets. SurancePlus, a subsidiary of Oxbridge focusing on Web3, is promoting the tokenization and decentralization of reinsurance investments through blockchain technology. In addition, SurancePlus plans to launch two new tokenized reinsurance products with target returns of 20% and 42% respectively. Oxbridge Re Holdings Limited is a reinsurance company focused on providing specialized reinsurance solutions to property and casualty insurers throughout the U.S. Gulf Coast region.

PANews reported on January 21 that according to CoinDesk, Circle announced the acquisition of Hashnote, the issuer of the $1.3 billion tokenized money market fund USYC, to further expand its layout in the field of stablecoins and asset tokenization. The acquisition aims to integrate USYC with Circle's core stablecoin USDC to achieve the conversion between on-chain cash and yield-generating collateral. Circle has also reached a cooperation with Cumberland DRW, a crypto market maker, to provide liquidity and settlement support for USDC and USYC. At the same time, Circle plans to introduce USDC to the institutional blockchain platform Canton Network to promote seamless interaction between traditional finance and decentralized markets.

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PANews reported on January 21 that Coinglass data showed that in the past 24 hours, the cryptocurrency market had a total contract liquidation of $573 million, of which $404 million was for long orders and $170 million was for short orders. The total amount of BTC liquidation was $228 million, and the total amount of ETH liquidation was $62.089 million.

PANews reported on January 21 that according to The Block, Obol Collective announced that it will launch and airdrop its new token OBOL to network participants including Ethereum independent stakers, Rocketpool node operators, and Obol Techne Credential holders. The airdrop is based on the snapshot of January 13 and is planned to be carried out in three phases, the first of which will be launched on Tuesday this week. The OBOL token will serve as Obol’s governance mechanism to support Decentralized Validator Technology (DVT). DVT further decentralizes the security of the Ethereum network by allowing multiple people to jointly operate Ethereum validators. 7.5% of the total supply of this airdrop will be distributed to three major types of participants: 1. Users who participate in the “1% Decentralization” funding program; 2. Professional and amateur operators who run Obol nodes on the mainnet and testnet for a long time; 3. Family and independent stakers, aiming to protect the neutrality and decentralized future of Ethereum. The unlocking of airdropped tokens will be decided by community governance voting, and the exchange listing plan is expected to be promoted in the next 1-2 months.

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PANews reported on January 21 that Bloomberg ETF analyst Eric Balchunas tweeted that Rex has submitted an application to regulators and plans to launch Doge ETF and Trump ETF. The graphic and text information shows that the REX Foundation has submitted applications to regulators for a variety of cryptocurrency ETFs, including Bitcoin ($BTC), Ethereum ($ETH), Ripple ($XRP), Solana ($SOL), Trump ($TRUMP), Bonk ($BONK) and Dogecoin ($DOGE).

PANews reported on January 21 that Binance CEO Richard Teng revealed at the Davos Forum that Binance users saved up to US$1.75 billion in remittance fees through instant cryptocurrency remittances between 2022 and 2024, and the total amount of these remittances reached US$26 billion. In 2024, the average cryptocurrency remittance amount between international users on the Binance platform was US$470. In addition, according to Binance data, more than 500,000 female users participated in more than US$4 billion in domestic and international cryptocurrency remittances in 2024, further demonstrating the huge potential of cryptocurrency as a financial inclusion and empowerment tool worldwide.

PANews reported on January 21 that according to Cointelegraph, Telegram announced that it will stop supporting all blockchains except The Open Network (TON), and TON will become the only blockchain infrastructure for its Mini App ecosystem. At the same time, Telegram will only accept Toncoin for its non-fiat currency payment services, including Telegram Stars, Telegram Premium, Telegram Ads, and Telegram Gateway.

According to PANews on January 21, the OKX market showed that BTC had just broken through $105,000 and is now trading at $105,090.10 per coin, with a daily increase of 0.13%.

PANews reported on January 21 that in response to the community's discussion on ETH holders' participation in the governance of the Ethereum Foundation (EF), Vitalik Buterin responded by supporting the establishment of an anonymous voting tool similar to "anoncast" for ETH holders. Through zero-knowledge proof (ZKP), users can verify the amount of ETH they hold and set the frequency of speaking according to the proportion. For example, a user holding N ETH can express an opinion once every (120 million/N) seconds. He suggested implementing the mechanism on decentralized social platforms such as Farcaster or Lens Protocol to ensure that the entire process is intermediary-free and completely trustless. Vitalik believes that this approach can avoid the noise interference of social media, truly reflect the collective voice of ETH holders, and demonstrate the potential of Ethereum technology.