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Dan Koe
Translated by: Dr.Hash CyberHash
In the next 10 years, most skills may become irrelevant.
Everyone is saying this, is it true?
But if you are a person with “high agency,” this is not a problem at all. Why? Because your success does not depend on a specific skill. You are not the type of person who only focuses on one field. You haven't limited yourself to pursuing high-paying jobs or glamorous degrees. You have your own vision and understand that in this era, you can learn any skill, acquire any knowledge, to achieve the life you want.
Unfortunately, if your parents did not cultivate this “agency,” they might also be unable to pass it on to you. Unless you have gone through deliberate learning and reflection, you still have a long way to go before truly feeling “in control of the future.”
Therefore, the most important skill is agency.

Author: CCTV.com
Supervising Producer | Li Shaofei
Editor | Shan Jingyu
Proofreader | Meng Xia
Source | CCTV News
The documentary special "One Step Unstoppable, Half Step Unyielding," jointly produced by the Publicity Department of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the China Central Radio and Television Station CCTV, aired its fourth episode "Technology Empowers Anti-Corruption" on January 14 at 8 PM on CCTV's comprehensive channel. The CCTV News new media platform synchronized its release.
In addition to physical separation within and outside the country, online and offline physical isolation has also become a means for corrupt individuals to conceal their corrupt activities. Gold, cash, and valuables are common carriers of power-money transactions in traditional corruption cases. However, with the advent of the digital age, virtual currencies relying on blockchain technology are continuously developing, and new forms of corruption that must be guarded against have emerged.
These are key evidence items seized in a case of disciplinary and illegal violations by a leading cadre. Some look like mobile phones, some like U disks, and some look like

Polymarket recently introduced a fee mechanism to counteract arbitrage activities by high-frequency trading bots, initially offering a 100% rebate which has now been reduced to 20%. This change aims to protect market makers' interests and improve market liquidity while monitoring bot activity, attempting to promote a fairer trading environment.

Author | Cathy, Plain Blockchain (ID: hellobtc)
In January 2026, the total market capitalization of the global stablecoin market surpassed $317 billion, reaching a record high.
But what’s truly worth paying attention to isn’t this number itself, but the trend behind it: Circle’s USDC surged 73% in 2025, outpacing Tether’s USDT’s growth rate for the second consecutive year (36%). In December 2025, Visa announced the launch of USDC settlement services in the United States.
When the world’s largest payment network begins settling with stablecoins, when asset manager BlackRock, managing $10 trillion in assets, issues on-chain money market funds, and when JPMorgan Chase settles $3 billion daily via blockchain—what exactly are these traditional financial giants seeing?
01. Why are traditional financial giants all in

1. Legal Process and Institutional Evolution Fact Check
Based on congressional legislative tracking records and the latest gaming developments as of January 14, 2026, the legislative path of H.R.3633 is as follows:
1. House of Representatives Stage: On July 17, 2025, the House passed the original bill with a vote of 294:134, establishing the preliminary division of responsibilities between the SEC and CFTC.
2. Senate Negotiation: After being transferred to the Senate on September 18, 2025, the bill faced deadlock due to the impact of stablecoins on traditional banking reserves.
3. Revision Consensus: On January 12, 2026, Senate Banking Committee Chairman Tim Scott released the latest bipartisan negotiated revised text.
4. Key Milestone: Tomorrow (January 15) at 10:00 AM, the committee's "markup" vote will determine whether the revision is ready to be submitted to the full Senate.

CoinGecko is seeking to sell at a valuation of $500 million, marking the entry of the crypto data industry into a capitalization phase. Unlike the 2020 acquisition of CoinMarketCap, CoinGecko's sale focuses on data quality rather than traffic, potentially attracting traditional finance and crypto asset managers. This move also signifies a farewell to the independent era, and in the future, neutrality may decrease. Users should exercise caution in responding to these changes.

Interview: The Round Trip
Compiled & Edited by: Yuliya, PANews
In the increasingly competitive DEX space, liquidity and user experience are becoming the most scarce and valuable core elements worldwide. After Aster completed its TGE and experienced explosive growth a few months ago, this DEX, backed by YZi Labs, has also attracted greater external attention.
In the new series Founder’s Talk of "The Round Trip," jointly produced by PANews and Web3.com Ventures, host John Scianna and Cassidy Huang invite Aster founder and CEO Leonard to delve into the story behind Aster’s success, how to handle "massive traffic" and retain users, and how to build

Author: Zen, PANews
The South Korean crypto market may usher in a new landscape, with retail investors dominating and institutional players absent, signaling a turning point.
On January 14th, the Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) broke through the 4700-point mark for the first time in history during trading, reaching a new high. Just as the Korean stock market celebrated this positive development, the country's crypto market also quietly received significant good news.
According to South Korean media reports, the Financial Services Commission (FSC) plans to lift the ban on corporate cryptocurrency investments that has been in place since 2017, and intends to allow listed companies and professional investors to participate in cryptocurrency trading. During a government-private sector working group meeting on January 6th, the FSC shared a draft of the relevant guidelines.
Breaking nine years of restrictions, Korean listed companies will be permitted to invest in cryptocurrencies
This new regulation essentially continues and further refines the "Promotion of Virtual Asset Market Plan" announced by the FSC in February of last year. Its original

Author: Brian, Gua Tian Laboratory W Labs
In early August 2025, Hong Kong's RWA and stablecoin sectors reached their hottest peak in nearly five years. At that moment, the entire city was filled with the passion that had not been seen since 2017-2018: senior executives from traditional financial institutions, AI entrepreneurs, and even industry capital leaders flocked to Hong Kong to explore Web3 integration pathways. Dinner parties and hotel lobbies were abuzz with discussions on tokenized government bonds, cash management tools, and stablecoin legislation. A Wall Street banker who had just transitioned from New York to Hong Kong openly stated: In terms of crypto topic density and participation breadth, Hong Kong has replaced New York to become the world's hottest blockchain city.
However, just over two months later, market enthusiasm sharply declined. Mainland regulatory authorities signaled a clear tightening of policies on mainland financial institutions and assets heading to Hong Kong for RWA tokenization, with several previously imminent real-world asset tokenization projects being put on hold.

Author: Brian, Gua Tian Laboratory W Labs
(Continuing from Part One) "Hong Kong RWA Storm (Part One): From Frenzy to Reconstruction, Analyzing the Strengths of the Nine Major Factions"
7. AlloyX — The "Hybrid Aggregator" Connecting DeFi Liquidity and Real Assets
In the grand narrative of Hong Kong RWA, if HashKey and OSL are building "heavy asset" infrastructure similar to Nasdaq or bank vaults, then AlloyX represents another agile force in the RWA market — a "DeFi native aggregator."
As a Web3 financial technology company originating from San Francisco, later fully acquired by Hong Kong-listed broker Solowin Holdings (NASDAQ: SWIN), AlloyX plays a unique role in the Hong Kong RWA landscape.

Daily Market Highlights and Trend Analysis, produced by PANews.
1. Market Observation
Although the latest U.S. core inflation data shows signs of cooling, dropping to a four-year low of 2.6%, this has not changed the market's general expectation that the Federal Reserve will start cutting interest rates in June of this year. Federal Reserve officials seem to need more evidence of a weakening labor market or sustained easing of price pressures before considering adjustments to monetary policy, causing the initial optimism from inflation data to quickly fade. U.S. stocks are under pressure, and the dollar has strengthened.
In this environment of uncertainty, precious metals are increasingly seen as "hedging tools against institutional risk." Spot gold temporarily hit a record high of $4,639 during trading, while silver was even more robust, first reaching the $91 mark, with a total market value surpassing $5 trillion, overtaking NVIDIA to become the second-largest asset globally. Market analysts believe that this round of gains is more a response to monetary policy expectations.

Author: CoinW Research Institute
Summary
This article uses the Venezuela incident as a starting point to point out that stablecoins are repeatedly mentioned not because of speculative narratives, but because in environments where the domestic currency's credit is damaged, the banking system fails, and cross-border capital is restricted, they become a financial tool that ordinary people can still "use." Stablecoins do not offer higher returns; rather, they provide an alternative channel that does not rely on the domestic financial system for payments, settlements, and value storage.
Furthermore, although stablecoins carry risks of centralization and compliance, in the context of systemic failure, "manageable stablecoins" are often still preferable to "fiat currencies that will inevitably depreciate." Their proliferation has objectively extended the influence of the US dollar and, when sovereign currency systems fail, they gradually take on some of the informal global clearing functions. As real usage continues to accumulate, regulatory attitudes are shifting from simple prevention to rule-based management, and the payment and settlement infrastructure around stablecoins

Author: BlockWeeks
In the world of cryptocurrency, attention is money, and X (formerly Twitter) has always been the largest wholesale market for attention worldwide.
For a long time, users here have been accustomed to a fragmented survival state: searching for "Alpha" (excess return information) on X, then quickly switching to TradingView to look at candlestick charts, and jumping to exchanges to place orders. The "friction costs" caused by switching applications are often the key factor in determining the profit and loss of high-frequency trades.
However, with X product lead Nikita Bier officially previewing the launch of Smart-Cashtags (Smart Financial Tags) in early 2026, this fragmented state may become a thing of the past. This is not just an update to a UI component; it marks Elon Musk's effort to build a "super app (The

Author: Nikka, WolfDAO
1. Banking License: The Precise Calculation of Perpetual Privileges
The Trump family chose to apply for a national trust bank license rather than issuing Meme coins or endorsing NFT projects. Behind this choice lies a profound power logic. Meme coins represent one-time attention monetization, and stablecoin companies are just ordinary commercial entities. But a national trust bank is not merely a participant in the financial system; it is an integral part of the financial system itself.
Once approved by the OCC, WLTC will have the right to directly access the national payment system, and most importantly—a scarce license to provide crypto asset custody services for institutional clients. Custody services are a critical entry point for traditional financial institutions into the crypto world, but to date, the OCC has only approved a few pure crypto banks like Anchorage Digital. This is a highly scarce, in-demand market with extremely high regulatory barriers.
A deeper level of

Written by: Frank, MaiTong MSX Researcher
With the same data, do you trust human interpretation or AI "divination"?
It sounds like a cyberpunk joke, but in today’s world of countless opinions and high emotionality, what the market truly lacks are the unfiltered, authentic sample information.
After all, positions really do make people lie.
At the end of the year and beginning of the new one, in order to get as close as possible to the truth of tokenization / Web3 at the turning point of 2025-2026, we conducted an anonymous sampling with MaiTong MSX, focusing mainly on three questions for frontline builders:
The keywords you associate with the 2025 US stock / tokenization;
Your actual holdings in 2025 (not limited to US stocks / Web3);
The direction you are most willing to allocate to in 2026 (not limited to US stocks / Web3);
After a round of

Polycule's Telegram trading bot was hacked on January 13, 2026, resulting in approximately $230,000 worth of user funds being stolen. The incident exposed security vulnerabilities in the trading bot, including private key storage, authentication reliance, and lack of transaction confirmation. The project team and users should strengthen security measures, conduct dedicated audits, and remain vigilant to prevent further losses.

Peter Lynch pointed out as early as 30 years ago that the enemy of the average investor is not market downturns, but missing out on profit opportunities due to fear of decline. He advised investors to focus on their psychological resilience rather than trying to predict the market. This view still holds true today.

Arthur Hayes: The core Degen strategy this quarter is to go long on MSTR and Metaplanet
BitMEX co-founder Arthur Hayes posted on X that his latest article, "Frowny Cloud," will be published tomorrow. For this quarter, his core Degen strategy is to go long on MSTR and 3350 (Metaplanet), viewing them as leveraged bets on Bitcoin regaining its upward momentum.
A major whale today exchanged 282.1 BTC for 8098 ETH, still holding 646.5 BTC
According to on-chain analyst Yu Yan monitoring, a whale/organization is shifting from BTC to ETH. Today, using the cross-chain exchange tool THORChain, they exchanged 282.1 BTC (worth $26.33 million) for 8,098 ETH. The exchange

Article by: PerpetualCow.hl
Compiled by: AididiaoJP, Foresight News
A few days ago, I revealed the multi-billion dollar instant exchange industry. Today, I want to connect the dots that haven't yet been pieced together on crypto Twitter.
Since 2018, while almost all other cryptocurrencies have been soaring, the price of Monero (XMR) has remained stuck within a certain range.
Most people attribute this to exchange delistings, regulatory pressure, or the notion that "privacy coins are dead."
They are all wrong.
To understand what is happening, you must first delve into the history of Monero (XMR), including all exchange delistings, and how most people actually buy this coin.
The true demand for Monero (XMR)
People have always wanted Monero, not just for privacy, but because it