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BTC readies for Trump's inauguration

BTC readies for Trump's inauguration

Hot projects + Market overview

I. Mainstream exchange news

  • WOO X has listed the F token by Synfutures, a decentralized derivatives exchange.
  • Coinbase is adding Bitcoin-backed loans to its US product lineup, leveraging Morpho, the largest lending platform on its Base network.
  • Coinbase International will list the AIXBT/USDT, PNUT/USDT, and VET/USDT perpetual contracts on January 23.
  • Bitget has launched the TAO On-chain Earn product with 15% APR, introduced a new BGB Hub integrating VIP airdrops, financial products, and payment benefits, and launched DUCK/USDT perpetual contracts with up to 50x leverage.
  • Bitget Wallet Lite has integrated TON Connect to enhance TON ecosystem DApps and trading functionality.
  • Bybit has launched DUCK/USDT perpetual contracts with up to 50x leverage.
  • Binance Alpha has announced a new list of projects, adding LLM, SEKOIA, and PYTHIA.
  • Upbit has received a suspension notice from the Financial Intelligence Unit of South Korea’s Financial Services Commission for alleged violations of the Know Your Customer (KYC) rules.

II. Mainstream projects and trending events

  • Base has released its 2025 roadmap targeting $100 billion in on-chain assets in 2025.
  • Tether has launched cross-chain USD stablecoin USDT0.
  • Aave, a non-custodial liquidity protocol based on Ethereum, has proposed a Bitcoin mining initiative to increase token holder revenue.
  • Nasdaq and the digital asset-focused investment firm Canary Capital Group have submitted new filings to US SEC to gain the regulator's approval for the spot Litecoin ETF launched by Canary Capital Group.
  • Grayscale has registered the Grayscale Helium Trust (HNT) in Nevada.
  • AI memecoin Zerebro has integrated the Cookie DataSwarm API to access social data, analyze on-chain data, and take action based on relevance.
  • ai16z founder Shaw posted on the X platform that Eliza v2 is currently being developed in a private repository and will merge into the main repository in two months.
  • The 2025 Hong Kong Web3 Carnival, an annual event co-hosted by Wanxiang Blockchain Lab and HashKey Group, will be held in April. Guests include Paul Chan and Vitalik Buterin.

III. Funding news

  • a16z has invested in Eve, a AI legal service platform.
  • Phantom has completed a $150 million Series C funding round led by Sequoia Capital and Paradigm.
  • Solana social infrastructure protocol Tapestry has raised $5.75 million in a Series A funding round led by USV.
  • MegaETH ecosystem DEX GTE has raised $10 million through three funding rounds, participated in by Maven 11, Wintermute, and Flow Traders.
  • Komainu has announced a $75 million strategic investment from Blockstream with Blockstream's CEO joining its board.
  • CeDeFi infrastructure BounceBit has received investment from Laser Digital, a subsidiary of Japan's Nomura Group.

IV. Regulatory news

  • Megan Barbero, general counsel of the US SEC has announced that she will step down on January 20.
  • Donald Trump is planning to release an executive order elevating crypto as a policy priority and is open to the proposal of establishing an "America First" cryptocurrency strategic reserve, according to Bloomberg.
  • Hong Kong's securities watchdog has extended the swift licensing process to new virtual asset trading platform applicants.
  • US Texas representative Giovanni Capriglione has proposed a draft Texas strategic Bitcoin reserve bill that would allow residents and government entities to donate BTC to the reserve.

V. Popular projects

Market overview

BTC has continued its upward momentum, gaining 6.6% after breaking through the 4-hour moving average (MA140) of $95,768.

As long as it remains above $96,163 before Donald Trump's inauguration, BTC is expected to maintain its bullish trend.

Bitcoin's market dominance stands at 57.53%, with the TOTAL3 index, which tracks altcoin performance, rising to $1.07 trillion.

AGIXT: Fast-growing AI project

AGiXT is a dynamic AI agent automation platform designed to seamlessly manage instructions and execute complex tasks across different AI providers.

By integrating adaptive memory, intelligent functions, and a versatile plugin system, AGiXT delivers efficient and comprehensive AI solutions. The platform has 2,700 stars on GitHub, 368 forks, and over 40 contributors.

AGIXT's market cap is $67 million.

HAWK: BSC ecosystem meme

HAWK features an eagle, symbolizing freedom and echoing Elon Musk's advocacy for free speech.

Built on the BSC ecosystem, HAWK has a total supply of 80 billion tokens. A 5% tax is applied to both buying and selling transactions: 3% for marketing, 1% for token burn, and 1% allocated to the liquidity pool.

HAWK's market cap stands at $63.62 million.

SBR: BTC Strategic Reserve Concept

Strategic Bitcoin Reserve represents a new paradigm in cryptocurrency investment strategy.

Built on the Ethereum network, SBR combines traditional reserve principles with modern blockchain technology. The official website provides real-time updates on the latest Bitcoin strategic reserve-related news.

The total token supply of SBR is 21.042 million, with a market cap of $42.81 million.

FARTCOIN: Base ecosystem meme

Based Fartcoin, an AI token built on Base inspired by Solana's Fartcoin, has gained increasing popularity recently.

While Fartcoin on Solana reached a market cap of $1.46 billion, Fartcoin on Base is currently valued at only $55 million.

Many users who missed out on Solana's Fartcoin are now shifting their focus to the Base ecosystem.

WUF: Multi-chain meme gaining attention

WUF, a dog-themed memecoin, operates across Solana, BASE, WAX, and TON. It's fully verified on GIPHY, the largest online GIF library, making its animations easily accessible on social media platforms like X, Discord, and WhatsApp.

On the TON blockchain, funds from the game and token purchases are used to buy back and burn WUF tokens. Additionally, WUFFI has airdropped tokens to BONK holders, leveraging the popularity of the BONK community.

Currently, WUF has a market cap of $55.63 million.

MOBY: AI agent concept

MOBY is an AI agent supported by @assetdash, @whalewatchalert, and @griffaindotcom.

Its main objective is to help users identify profitable trades, analyze portfolios, and optimize tax strategies. On a daily basis, MOBY analyzes on-chain financial data related to AI projects, offering real-time data insights to its users.

The current market cap of MOBY is $77 million.

On-chain daily

1. SEQUOAI

SEQUOAI is an AI Agent memecoin on Solana, conceptually modeled after the well-known VC firm Sequoia Capital.

2. LUMO

LUMO is an AI Agent token on Solana built on a database within the Solana ecosystem and fine-tuned into a large language model.

3. ASSAI

ASSAI is an AI Agent token on Solana for DeFAI concepts, designed for real-time market analysis and automated trading. It placed second in the Solana AI Hackathon.

4. AION

AION is an AI Agent token on Base, developed by Creator Bid with technical support from Bittensor. Its concept involves bringing information back from the future.

5. TOSHI

TOSHI is a classic memecoin on Base, featuring the cat of Coinbase founder Brian Armstrong, with the name inspired by Satoshi Nakamoto. Recently launched on Coinbase.

6. AGIXBT

AGIXBT is an AI Agent token on Base, conceptualized as the first AI company run by AI agents. It is split into three parts: AGIXBT_AGENT for market attraction, AGIXBT_INTEL for signal transmission, and AGIXBT_FUND for raising funds using Daos.fun.

AI agent market overview

  • Number of listed tokens: 89 
  • Overall market cap change: The total market cap is $13.41 billion, with a daily decrease of +6%.
  • Overall trading volume change: 24-hour trading volume is $1.19 billion, with a daily decrease of -31%.

Top 3 tokens by community engagement and market cap (Last 24 hours)

1. PIXIE: An AI Agent token on Base created by Virtuals Protocol. The concept is to manage AI Agents on the Virtuals Protocol platform, allowing users to trade them and view which new Agents are about to be released.

2. HOLO: An AI Agent token on Solana, which allows users to create their own AI replicas. The platform also features many celebrity AI replicas, similar to Character.ai.

3. AIRENE: An AI Agent token on Base created by Virtuals Protocol, represented by Twitter KOL @Irenezhao_.

Data sourced from https://www.cookie.fun

Top 3 tokens by 24-hour holder growth

1. MOBY: An AI Agent token on Solana, created by @assetdash, @whalewatchalert, and griffain, focused on trading analysis. It is unique in the market as the only AI Agent with the proprietary AssetDash model.

2. ZEREBRO: An AI Agent token on Solana, known for its cross-chain and cross-platform artist content generation, including music and images. It has recently expanded towards framework development.

3. VIRTUAL: VIRTUAL is an AI agent intelligence network built on the Base network, creating various AI characters for different virtual worlds (such as games or online spaces) that respond via text, voice, and actions. It adjusts incentives for decentralized creation and monetization of virtual interactions (games, metaverse, online interactions, etc.).

Data sourced from https://www.sentient.market/

Bitcoin ecosystem overview

BTC Mainnet Gas Fee Update:

  • The current BTC transaction fee is 2 satoshis/byte.
  • Gas Fee performance remains weak.

Fractal Bitcoin Gas Fee Update:

  • The transaction fee is 1 satoshi/byte.
  • Gas Fee performance continues to show weakness.

Inscription, Rune, and Fractal Bitcoin Leading Token Tracking:

ORDI:

  • Current Price: $26.93
  • 24-Hour Change: +2.18%
  • Market Cap: $565.44 million

DOG:

  • Current Price: $0.0057
  • 24-Hour Change: +4.38%
  • Market Cap: $571.12 million

FB:

  • Current Price: $1.99
  • 24-Hour Change: -5.40%
  • Market Cap: $20.94 million

Today's Popular Projects:

𝛑: A leading symbolic inscription project.

  • Market Cap: $249.11M
  • 24-Hour Trading Volume: $713.88K
  • 24-Hour Change: -7.53%
  • Number of Holders: 97,675

DOGEFB: A Dogecoin-themed Fractal Bitcoin inscription.

  • Market Cap: $145.67K
  • 24-Hour Trading Volume: $16.87K
  • 24-Hour Change: -5.49%
  • Number of Holders: 2,790,486

BILLION•DOLLAR•CAT: Concept is a billion-dollar cat.

  • Market Cap: $45.72M
  • 24-Hour Trading Volume: $39.78K
  • 24-Hour Change: +21.97%
  • Number of Holders: 15,168

Performances of today's top three tracks

PayFi: Overall Daily Sector Change: +7.84%

1. KLV: The Klever app is a simple, secure P2P crypto wallet that supports multiple blockchains, including Bitcoin (BTC), TRON (TRX), Ethereum (ETH), and other top tokens, coins, and crypto assets.

  • Daily Increase: +11.61%
  • Current Price: $0.00355
  • Market Cap: $32.02M
  • 24-Hour Trading Volume: $2.43M

2. XRP: Ripple (also known as XRP) is a global cross-border payment network based on distributed ledger technology created by Ripple Labs. It claims to enable secure, instant, and nearly free global financial transactions of any scale.

  • Daily Increase: +9.17%
  • Current Price: $3.3264
  • Market Cap: $191.48B
  • 24-Hour Trading Volume: $24.1B

3. LTC: Litecoin is a peer-to-peer cryptocurrency used for online payments. It is a fully decentralized global payment network with no central authority.

  • Daily Increase: +7.98%
  • Current Price: $127.31
  • Market Cap: $9.6B
  • 24-Hour Trading Volume: $2.13B

Layer 1: Overall Daily Sector Change: +3.95%

1. LYX: LUKSO is a blockchain infrastructure offering a range of standards and solutions for both physical and digital consumer goods, promoting new forms of transparency, circularity, and responsible production and consumption.

  • Daily Increase: +39.15%
  • Current Price: $2.655
  • Market Cap: $80.66M
  • 24-Hour Trading Volume: $3.99M

2. HBAR: Hedera is designed for fast, fair, and secure applications, leveraging the efficiency of hashgraph on a decentralized public blockchain network trusted by users.

  • Daily Increase: +22.12%
  • Current Price: $0.39365
  • Market Cap: $15.06B
  • 24-Hour Trading Volume: $2.7B

3. EOS: EOS is a public blockchain built on the EOSIO open-source software framework, enabling developers to create decentralized applications for real-world use cases.

  • Daily Increase: +14.43%
  • Current Price: $0.9849
  • Market Cap: $1.49B
  • 24-Hour Trading Volume: $335.25M

DeFi: Overall Daily Sector Change: +3.69%

1. XCN: Chain is a blockchain-based technology company dedicated to creating a smarter, more connected economy. Chain builds encrypted ledgers that provide the foundation for breakthrough financial products and services.

  • Daily Increase: +85.38%
  • Current Price: $0.00558
  • Market Cap: $177.5M
  • 24-Hour Trading Volume: $104.26M

2. MORPHO: Morpho is a lending protocol that combines the capital efficiency of liquidity pools used in Compound or AAVE with the P2P matching engine of order books.

  • Daily Increase: +39.29%
  • Current Price: $4.0389
  • Market Cap: $688.74M
  • 24-Hour Trading Volume: $180.58M

3. ZKL: zkLink is a transaction-focused multi-chain L2 network with unified liquidity protected by ZK-Rollups. dApps built on zkLink L2 network leverage seamless multi-chain liquidity to offer fast deployment solutions for decentralized and non-custodial order books, AMMs, derivatives, and NFT exchanges.

  • Daily Increase: +26.20%
  • Current Price: $0.1286
  • Market Cap: $26.5M
  • 24-Hour Trading Volume: $8.18M
  • Recent Updates: zkLink has postponed its token allocation plan for six months, involving 40.5% of the total ZKL supply. -10.24

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