🇰🇷 SOUTH KOREA PASSES TOKENIZED SECURITIES LAW South Korea’s National Assembly has approved landmark amendments to the Capital Markets Act and the Electronic Securities Act, officially legalizing the issuance and trading of security tokens. The new framework enables fractional ownership of real-world assets (RWA) ; including real estate, fine art, and even livestock. Boston Consulting Group estimates South Korea’s tokenized securities market could reach 367 trillion won ($249B) by 2030. TradFi 🤝 On-chain.
COINBASE CEO CONFIRMS DEAL TALKS WITH BANKS Brian Armstrong says Coinbase is “working on” a deal with banks to advance the crypto bill. “We’ve got good ideas to help community banks. More coming soon.”
📉 NO ETH SELLERS LEFT IN LINE! Ethereum’s validator exit queue has fallen to zero, meaning no one is trying to unstake and sell their ETH. Meanwhile, MILLIONS of ETH are waiting to be staked, tightening supply.
BANKS ARE ABOUT TO BE PUT ON TRIAL Donald Trump is threatening to sue JPMorgan Chase over alleged wrongful “debanking” tied to the Jan. 6 fallout -- a fight he says was politically motivated. JPMorgan says it doesn’t close accounts for politics, but this could turn into the first major legal battle over debanking and financial access. This is not just rhetoric -- it puts banking access, reputational risk rules, and political pressure front and center. 👀
HYPERLIQUID DONATES $254K $HYPE TO ZACHXBT Onchain investigator ZachXBT confirmed he received 10,000 $HYPE worth roughly $254K from the Hyperliquid Foundation. The donation ranks as his second-largest ever.
🚨 LATEST: 🇺🇸 THE CFTC LAUNCHES INNOVATION ADVISORY COMMITTEE TO SHAPE CRYPTO POLICY CFTC just launched its new Innovation Advisory Committee — the squad that's about to shape America's crypto & prediction market future. The Advisory Committee consists of heavy hitters from Polymarket, Kalshi, Gemini & even Nasdaq. 👀 From spot crypto to election bets — regulation is evolving FAST. Public noms open until Jan 31.
NEARLY HALF OF ALL ETHEREUM NOW STAKED Nearly 48% of circulating $ETH is now locked in staking, with total staked value surpassing $256 BILLION, according to Ethereum Beacon Chain data.
According to the Bitwise/VettaFi 2026 Benchmark Survey of Financial Advisor Attitudes Toward Crypto Assets, 58% of respondents believe Bitcoin will reach a price between $110,001 and $199,000 within one year. 🤯
AUDI REVOLUT F1 PARTNERS WITH NEXO The Audi Revolut F1 Team has partnered with Nexo in a multi year digital asset collaboration. This marks Audi’s first move into digital assets ahead of its Formula 1 debut in 2026.
BREAKING A DORMANT WHALE FROM BITCOIN’S EARLIEST ERA HAS JUST AWAKENED AND ACCUMULATED 16,600 BTC — APPROXIMATELY $1.56 BILLION IN ONE MOVE. THIS WALLET HAD BEEN COMPLETELY SILENT SINCE 2012 — UNTIL NOW. NO TEST TRANSACTIONS. NO HESITATION. STRAIGHT BACK INTO BITCOIN. WHEN CAPITAL THIS OLD RE-ENTERS THE MARKET WITH FULL CONVICTION, IT OFTEN SIGNALS EXPECTATIONS OF MUCH HIGHER PRICES AHEAD 👀
Vitalik just said Ethereum is "finally delivering on the 2014 vision." "Ethereum is now scaling, it is now cheap." ETH at $3,300 with 2.8% staking yield while everyone's obsessed with BTC. Standard Chartered called ETH to outperform BTC in 2026.
BLACKROCK MOVES $1.24 BILLION IN CRYPTO BlackRock has withdrew a total of 12,658 $BTC ($1.21B) and 9,515 $ETH ($31.3M) in the last 3 days. As per Arkham, BlackRock now holds 784.4K $BTC ($74.68B) and 3.49M $ETH ($11.51B).
ALERT: According to data shared by web3_antivirus, a user has lost over $509K in USDT in a new address poisoning incident. Address poisoning relies on seeding fake addresses ahead of time and waiting for a single copy-paste mistake. Once the transaction is signed on-chain, recovery options drop to 0. [Brought to you by web3_antivirus]