January 31st. USD stablecoin USDT issuer Tether announced on Friday that it expects to achieve a net profit of over 10 billion US dollars for the full year 2025. This strong performance is attributed to the steady growth of its flagship token and its ongoing holdings of US Treasury bonds and gold positions.The fourth-quarter attestation report, signed by the Italian accounting firm BDO Italy, shows that Tether holds excess reserves of 6.3 billion US dollars, providing a buffer for its 186.5 billion US dollars in outstanding tokens. The circulating supply of USDT has increased by 50 billion US dollars in the past year, with a total supply surpassing 186 billion US dollars.The company continues to hold US Treasury bonds, with a direct exposure of 122 billion US dollars, totaling 141 billion US dollars when including overnight repurchase agreements. This positions Tether as one of the largest holders of US government debt globally.Tether also maintains significant allocations to gold and Bitcoin, with the report showing holdings of 17.4 billion US dollars in gold and 8.4 billion US dollars in Bitcoin. According to a Bloomberg interview with Paolo Ardoino earlier this month, the company has been purchasing physical gold at a rate of up to two tons per week, with monthly purchase amounts potentially exceeding 1 billion US dollars at this pace.Furthermore, Tether's investment portfolio (managed separately from reserve assets) is valued at 20 billion US dollars.

January 31, Friday: The US dollar surged significantly, marking its largest single-day gain since July, as the plunge in gold and silver weighed on currency exchange rates from the Australian Dollar to the Swiss Franc.The US Dollar Index (DXY) ended this turbulent month with a gain of around 0.9%. During this period, the index experienced significant volatility due to Trump's policies. The dollar's rebound on Friday was supported by the fall in precious metal prices and the impact of Trump's choice of Powell as Federal Reserve Chair, but the index still fell by about 1.4% in January, making it the worst-performing month since August."Overall, market sentiment is rather tense," said Catherine Brooks, Research Director at XTB. "The dollar depreciation trade has currently been paused, but that does not mean the trade has ended." The Australian Dollar, Swiss Franc, and Swedish Krona (currencies affected by precious metal prices) led the decline among G10 currencies. Silver saw its largest single-day drop in history, while gold experienced its largest drop since the early 1980s, ending its previous uptrend. (FX Street)

January 31st, according to Bloomberg, a political fundraising group initiated by cryptocurrency billionaire brothers Cameron Winklevoss and Tyler Winklevoss raised over $22 million in the last five months of 2025, but these Bitcoin-based donations may shrink significantly due to market volatility.According to the latest filings submitted to the Federal Election Commission (FEC), the twins, who operate the cryptocurrency exchange Gemini, transferred 188.4547 Bitcoins to their super PAC Digital Freedom Fund in August. At that time, the price of Bitcoin was around $114,000, but the super PAC did not immediately convert it to cash. The filings show that as of December 31st, the committee still held these Bitcoins. However, by that time, the price of Bitcoin had dropped by about 23% to below $88,000, resulting in a nearly $5 million loss in the donation's market value.

January 31st: On January 30th local time, the U.S. Senate passed a spending bill to fund most federal government departments and sent it to the House for consideration. As House members are not in Washington and will not return until Monday, February 2nd, the Senate's vote could not avoid a partial government shutdown starting in the early hours of the 31st.House Speaker Mike Johnson said during a private call with House Republicans on the same day that the most likely path for the House to pass the bill would be through a quick vote on Monday evening.

January 31st, according to Onchain Lens monitoring, in the past 24 hours, a whale spent 8.02 million USDT to purchase 1,585 XAUT.Currently, the whale holds a total of 2,563.77 XAUT, with a total purchase cost of 13 million USDT, and an average purchase price of 5,069 USDT.

January 31, According to official sources, Coinbase has announced the launch of Infinex (INX) spot trading. If liquidity conditions are met, the INX-USD trading pair will begin trading later today in supported trading regions.

January 26th, according to Coinbob Popular Address Monitor data, in the past 7 hours, the "Silver Iron Head Air Force" whale address (0x61c...) once again increased its 20x leveraged xyz:SILVER (Silver Mapping Contract) short position. After this additional leverage, the address's total short position has reached $35.5 million, with an average holding price of approximately $93.17, currently experiencing a floating loss of about $5.1 million (85%), with a liquidation price of $125.In recent days, the address has deposited approximately $6.6 million into Hyperliquid, mainly used to dilute the holding cost of its xyz:SILVER short position. In the past few days, it has cumulatively increased its position by over $15 million, making it one of the largest on-chain silver shorts.

January 26, Bitget's current Launchpool project Spacecoin (SPACE) is now open for contribution, with 22,947,000 SPACE unlocked by staking BTC, ETH, and SPACE. The staking channel will close on February 2 at 18:00 (UTC+8). This round of Launchpool has opened a total of 3 staking pools, including:BTC Staking PoolAirdrop Amount: 10,900,000 SPACE, Individual Staking Limit: 50 BTC;ETH Staking PoolAirdrop Amount: 10,899,000 SPACE, Individual Staking Limit: 1500 ETH;SPACE Staking PoolAirdrop Amount: 1,148,000 SPACE, Individual Staking Limit: 30,000,000 SPACE.

January 26th, famous trader and chart analyst Peter Brandt, who successfully predicted the 2018 Bitcoin crash, posted stating that the Bitcoin bear market channel has been completed and issued another sell signal. Peter Brandt also mentioned that the chart could change at any time. The price would need to rise to $93,000 to negate the sell signal.

January 26th, the prices of gold and silver once again hit a new all-time high. The spot price of gold surpassed $5000 per ounce, while silver reached a new high as well. Hong Kong stocks and global gold stocks collectively strengthened. Institutions believe that central banks' continued gold purchases, escalating geopolitical risks, and a weakening US dollar have collectively pushed precious metals into a "structural bull market."It is worth noting that despite the repeated record highs in gold prices, the global mining stock valuation remains at a historical low. Data shows that the mining index has seen a nearly 90% increase year-to-date, but the price-to-book ratio is still significantly below the long-term average. Analysts at BiyaPay pointed out that the current market situation exhibits the characteristics of "gold leading, equities lagging," suggesting that mining stocks may have room for catch-up growth.Against the backdrop of intertwined hedging and inflation expectations, investors are now focusing on scarce assets such as gold, mining stocks, and Bitcoin. Through BiyaPay, investors can use USDT to actively participate in US stocks, Hong Kong stocks, futures, and cryptocurrency trading, seizing opportunities for multi-asset rotation.

January 26: Japanese financial group SBI Holdings has submitted an application to launch a dual-asset cryptocurrency ETF, combining BTC and XRP into one regulated product.

January 26, Binance Wallet announced the launch of P2P coin buying functionality, allowing users to buy crypto assets using local fiat currency through various payment methods. The system will automatically match high-quality P2P quotes to enhance the convenience and efficiency of the transactions.

January 26th, Coinbase announced the completion of Solana blockchain integration, allowing users to trade millions of Solana tokens directly within the app through Jupiter Exchange, enhancing ecosystem liquidity.The announcement stated that this feature has been launched in the United States (except New York State) and Brazil, marking Coinbase's deepening support for Solana to facilitate mainstream user access to DeFi.

January 26th, according to CoinShares data, digital asset investment products saw a record $1.73 billion outflow last week, the largest since mid-November 2025.The outflows were mainly concentrated in the United States, with around $1.8 billion, while Switzerland, Germany, and Canada saw inflows of $32.5 million, $19.1 million, and $33.5 million, respectively.Bitcoin and Ethereum led the decline, with outflows of $1.09 billion and $630 million, indicating a generally negative market sentiment. In contrast, Solana attracted $17.1 million in inflows.

January 26th, CryptoQuant analyst @AxelAdlerJr stated that the recent Bitcoin net Unrealized Profit/Loss (NUPL) has dropped by 97%, falling to around zero. The last time this happened was in June 2022 when Bitcoin dropped from $30,000 to $16,000.@AxelAdlerJr pointed out that at the current price level, whales are still profitable (with a 25%-80% buffer), so there is no panic yet. However, what supports the market is not buyers but the absence of sellers.

January 26, the BSC ecosystem prediction platform Opinion has added an airdrop binding interface to its official website, supporting up to 5 wallets for allocation binding.This action may foreshadow Opinion's upcoming token airdrop.

January 26th, according to official sources, PayPal's USD-pegged stablecoin PYUSD has been launched on the Stable network.

January 26th: Driven by the continuous rise in the prices of gold, silver, and other precious metals, multiple Perp DEX trading platforms have successively launched related contracts. Currently, platforms including Pacifica, Hyperliquid, Lighter, Backpack, etc., have all supported trading of precious metal assets such as PAXG (gold on-chain).According to the Pacifica platform's funding rate comparison chart, in the past 8 hours, the funding rates of the PAXG contracts on Binance, Hyperliquid, Bybit, and Pacifica were all +0.01%, while Lighter and Backpack showed differences at +0.009% and -0.03%, respectively. Here are some statistics on the Perp DEX trading data of platforms that have already launched PAXG contracts:Hyperliquid: 24-hour trading volume of $21.14 million, with open interest of approximately $80.7254 million;Lighter: 24-hour trading volume of $48.38 million, with open interest of approximately $39.56 million;Backpack: 24-hour trading volume of $38.8223 million, open interest amount not disclosed yet;Pacifica: 24-hour trading volume of $1.2831 million, with open interest of approximately $2.6832 million.As of the time of writing, the latest liquidity and position sizes of PAXG contracts on each platform.

January 26th, according to on-chain analyst Ai Auntie (@ai_9684xtpa) monitoring, a whale who previously profited $98.18 million in Ethereum's ranging trades bought an additional 20,000 ETH (about $56.13 million) through Wintermute 12 hours ago, with an average purchase price of around $2,806.58.Since January 21st, this whale has accumulated a total of 70,013 ETH, with an average cost of around $2,907.69.

January 26th, according to official sources, Binance Alpha has launched World Mobile Token (WMTX), with an airdrop distribution threshold of 241 points.At the time of writing, WMTX is priced at $0.061, with a corresponding market value of $49.73 million.