January 15th, the Web3 community is once again buzzing intensely — from on-chain roasting to real-money high-stakes gambling, the information overload is off the charts.

**Public chains' trash talk heats up**

Recently, Solana's official account mocked Ethereum's L2 ecosystem Starknet, saying it only has 8 daily active users and just 10 transactions, yet its market cap still reaches $10 billion. In response, Starknet quickly countered: Solana has "8 bald marketing interns" shouting. The founders on both sides ended up laughing it off, but interestingly, Starknet's daily transaction count has already exceeded 240,000 — it seems data speaks louder than words.

**Chinese MEME coins are going wild**

Recently, Chinese community MEME coins like $以和为贵, $花生瓜子矿泉水, and $山野万里 have taken off one after another, with gains of dozens of times not surprising. Crypto big shot Arthur Hayes is also not resting, adding more to the $HYPE token on Hypeliquid platform — clearly optimistic about this direction.

**Gambling losers doubting their lives**

A real suspense drama unfolded on Polymarket. A new address directly bet $40,000 on "the US will strike Iran on the 14th Eastern Time," but as of this message, nothing happened. That guy's position is now roughly 70% in the red, losing about $28,000, and he hasn't closed the position yet — this is the cost of geopolitical betting.

**Market sentiment: one word — crazy**

The entire crypto market today shows a clear risk-on mode. Bitcoin is approaching the $100,000 psychological threshold, Ethereum has broken through $3,300, and even smaller coins are surging significantly. On one side, casual trash talk among public chains; on the other, massive unrealized losses on Polymarket; MEME coins and mainstream tokens both celebrating — this is the true picture of the current crypto market, a tale of ice and fire.