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2026 Global Crypto Tax Regulations Take Effect as CARF Framework Expands

Original Author: ChandlerZ, Foresight NewsRecently, the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region announced through the Government Gazette that the authorities are consulting on proposed revisions related to the implementation of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development's (OECD) Cryp...

Whale "Lightning Reversal" Adds 4.09M USD ETH Long Position

BlockBeats News, January 13, according to... Hyperinsight Monitoring It is shown that the whale address labeled "Lightning Counterattack" (0x50b3...) flattened its ETH long position, adding 1,308.04 ETH long contracts, valued at approximately $4.0974 million.After this operation, the average entry p...

Japan's Nikkei 225 Reaches Record High, South Korea's KOSPI Rises 1.47%

The Nikkei 225 index closed up 1,609.27 points, or 3.10%, at 53,549.16 on Tuesday, January 13. South Korea's KOSPI index closed up 67.84 points, or 1.47%, at 4,692.63. (Jin Ten)

a16z Raises $15 Billion for 2025 Funds, Reinforces Crypto as Strategic U.S. Tech Priority

Author: Hu Tao, ChainCatcherOn January 9, top VC firm Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) announced the completion of its largest fundraising effort to date: raising over $15 billion in total for multiple new funds throughout 2025, an amount accounting for more than 18% of the total venture capital investmen...

Standard Chartered Lowers 2026 ETH Outlook to $7,500 but Maintains $30,000–$40,000 Long-Term Targets

Standard Chartered trims short‑term $ETH price forecast to $7,500.Bank maintains bullish long‑term outlook to $30,000 (2029) and $40,000 (2030).Analyst cites macro weakness and crypto market cycles for cautious near term.Standard Chartered ETH forecast shows a notable change in expectations for Ethe...

Crypto Theft Losses in 2025 Exceed $4.04 Billion, Reaching a New Record High

According to ChainCatcher, data from PeckShield monitoring shows that cryptocurrency-related thefts have reached a new historical high, primarily driven by systemic vulnerabilities in centralized infrastructure and a strategic shift toward targeted social engineering attacks. Total losses in 2025 ex...

Ethereum Enters the Interoperability Era: An In-Depth Look at EIL and Trust in a Game-Theoretic Experiment

Author: imToken2026 will undoubtedly be a landmark year for the mass adoption of Ethereum.With the completion of multiple foundational upgrades in 2025 and the finalization and advancement of the Interop roadmap, the Ethereum ecosystem is gradually entering the "Era of Large-Scale Interoperability."...

A16z Predicts Growth in Prediction Markets, zkVMs, and Staked Media by 2026

Venture capital giant Andreessen Horowitz (A16z) has unveiled three predictions on how it sees crypto going “beyond crypto” this year. $45 Billion VC Giant Eyeing Developments in Prediction Markets, Media, and the Potential for a Completely New Crypto PrimitiveIn a blog post, A16z analysts relea...

PeckShield: Crypto Theft Losses in 2025 Reach $4.04 Billion

According to data from PeckShield, cryptocurrency-related theft cases in 2025 reached a historical high, with total losses amounting to $4.04 billion, representing a 34.2% increase compared to the previous year. Of this, $2.67 billion was lost due to hacking attacks (an increase of 24.2%), and $1.37...

NYC Token Adds Funds to Liquidity Pool After Initial Volatility

BlockBeats News: On January 13, following the rapid price surge and subsequent decline of NYC Token after its listing, which drew attention from the community, the project issued a statement on the X platform clarifying the situation. It stated that due to unexpectedly strong market support and dema...

KuCoin Futures Launches WHITEWHALEUSDT Perpetual Contract with 20x Leverage

Derived from Announcement, KuCoin Futures will launch the WHITEWHALEUSDT margined perpetual contract on January 13, 2026, at 10:00 UTC, offering 1-20x leverage. The contract is settled in USDT with a funding rate capped at +2.00% / -2.00%, and a contract size of 10 WHITEWHALE per contract. Trading i...

The U.S. will release its December CPI data tonight, and the market expects ongoing inflation.

BlockBeats News: On January 13, at 21:30 PM tonight, the U.S. will release its December CPI data. The market generally expects the inflation data to show persistent price pressures, with a significant distance still remaining from the Federal Reserve's 2% target.According to a composite survey by Bl...

Chainlink Price Prediction 2026-2030: Could LINK Reach $100?

As blockchain technology continues its global expansion in 2025, Chainlink’s decentralized oracle network maintains its critical infrastructure role, prompting serious analysis about LINK’s price trajectory toward 2030. Market analysts and institutional researchers increasingly examine whether Chain...

Bitcoin ETFs End 5-Day Outflow Streak with $116.9M Inflow on Jan 12

In a significant reversal for digital asset markets, U.S.-listed spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) recorded a collective net inflow of $116.89 million on January 12, 2025, decisively ending a concerning five-day streak of net capital withdrawals and injecting fresh optimism into the cryptocu...

US Senate Banking Committee Releases 278-Page CLARITY Act for Crypto Regulation

WASHINGTON, D.C., March 2025 – The United States Senate Banking Committee has officially released the complete text of the landmark Crypto-Asset Market Structure (CLARITY) Act, marking a pivotal moment in federal cryptocurrency regulation. This comprehensive 278-page legislation establishes clear re...

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