Recent developments in the cryptocurrency market have been frequent, with multiple new progress across various dimensions worth noting.



**Market Trends**: Bitcoin has experienced significant intraday volatility, once dropping below $96,000 with a decline of over 2%. Meanwhile, Ethereum has touched the 200-day moving average, with 36 million ETH locked in the ecosystem. Spot ETF performance has been impressive—over the past three days, Bitcoin's US spot ETF saw a net inflow of $1.7 billion, with $843.6 million inflow on the 15th alone, and BlackRock's IBIT accounting for $648 million. These figures reflect a continued influx of institutional and retail funds.

**Regulatory Aspects**: The US Senate Banking Committee has postponed the vote on the Crypto Market Structure Bill, with clear disagreements between parties on DeFi exemption clauses and stablecoin yield restrictions. Good news came from Ripple, which obtained two EU licenses, aiding the compliant development of the XRP ecosystem. Additionally, the SEC released new guidelines on crypto asset custody, further clarifying broker responsibilities in asset custody.

**Technological Innovation**: The Solana ecosystem has been active. Solana Mobile airdropped 1.8 billion SKR tokens to over 100,000 users. More importantly, the Solana Firedancer mainnet has launched, achieving a transaction confirmation speed of 150 milliseconds. Ethereum also made strides with its latest upgrade, reaching a throughput of 100,000 TPS, effectively alleviating network congestion. MetaMask added native Tron support, covering both mobile and browser extension platforms.

**Integration of Traditional and On-Chain**: The London Stock Exchange Group launched a 24/7 blockchain settlement system to facilitate the large-scale deployment of RWA. World Liberty Financial applied for a national trust bank license, exploring deep integration between DeFi and traditional banking systems. In practical applications, Argentine payment platform Lemon launched a BTC-supported Visa card, accelerating Bitcoin's mainstream adoption locally. Community governance has also adopted blockchain technology—Shanghai Jafa Building launched the "Community Trust Archive," using blockchain to ensure fund traceability and maintenance records, greatly improving community management transparency.
BTC2,8%
ETH4,1%
XRP2,84%
SOL4,62%
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SadMoneyMeowvip
· 01-18 22:49
BTC has dropped below 9.6 again, truly incredible... But looking at the ETF inflows, institutions are buying aggressively, it seems like someone is still accumulating at the bottom...
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ser_aped.ethvip
· 01-17 22:27
What's the big deal about BTC dropping below 96,000? Isn't the $1.7 billion inflow from institutions appealing? Feels like the bottom is being shaped right here.
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HashRateHustlervip
· 01-16 00:49
Solana's 150ms is really impressive, but honestly, if ETH's 100,000 TPS weren't upgraded so frequently, I might almost stop believing it lol
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0xSleepDeprivedvip
· 01-16 00:36
1.7 billion in inflow is not a small number; institutions are really accumulating. But to be honest, with the 96,000 level, it can still fall, which is a bit painful.
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HalfBuddhaMoneyvip
· 01-16 00:32
The massive net inflow into spot ETFs shows that institutions are really bottom-fishing. It feels like another wave is about to rise.
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