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Venezuela is rumored to have exchanged gold for up to 600,000 bitcoins, but lacking on-chain evidence to support this, most analyses consider it speculative and unlikely to be a national reserve.
Gold-for-Bitcoin Rumor Resurfaces, 600,000 BTC Claim Sparks Market Attention
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Recently, there has been widespread speculation that the Venezuelan government, under international sanctions pressure, has been converting gold and oil revenues into Bitcoin over the long term, accumulating an estimated 600,000 BTC. Based on current prices, this amounts to approximately $60 billion.
These claims are based on some investigative reports and second-hand information, suggesting that Venezuela has been selling gold reserves since 2018 and converting the proceeds into cryptocurrencies through informal channels to evade financial sanctions.
However, multiple blockchain analysis firms have pointed out that this figure does not

Tether introduces the Scudo pricing unit for XAU₮, dividing gold into one-thousandth to lower the threshold and promote digital gold payments and practicality.
Drawing inspiration from Bitcoin's "Satoshi" concept, Tether launches a new pricing unit for XAU₮ — Scudo
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The leading stablecoin Tether officially announced on January 6, 2026, the introduction of a new accounting and pricing unit for its gold-pegged digital token Tether Gold (XAU₮): "Scudo."
This move directly borrows the logic of Bitcoin (Bitcoin) dividing its basic unit into "Satoshi." According to official definitions, 1 Scudo equals 1,000 cents.

xAI completes $20 billion funding, NVIDIA participates, valuation soars. Funds will be used to train Grok 5, but currently facing regulatory investigations in multiple countries due to deepfake exploitation issues related to AI image editing.
Elon Musk's xAI raises $20 billion, NVIDIA also invests
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Elon Musk's AI startup xAI announced today (1/7) Taiwan time that it has completed Series E funding, raising a total of $20 billion, surpassing the original target of $15 billion, and significantly increasing its valuation.
The investor lineup in this round is extensive, including Valor Equity Partners, Fidelity, Qatar Investment Authority, and

Discord has reportedly applied for a secret listing with the SEC and completed a CEO transition. With subscriptions, advertising, and platform strategies, it aims to position itself as a social infrastructure to tap into the capital markets.
Leadership Change Boosts IPO, Discord Reportedly Files for Secret Listing
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According to Bloomberg, sources familiar with the matter revealed that the well-known social platform Discord has secretly filed for an IPO with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), and has hired Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan Chase as underwriters.
Headquartered in San Francisco, the company has been actively expanding its features and business scope in recent years, attempting to transform from a pure gaming voice tool into a comprehensive social platform. To prepare for post-IPO operational scale

Bank of America Adjusts Wealth Management Policy to Allow Advisors to Actively Recommend Bitcoin Spot ETFs and Suggests 1%~4% Allocation, Signaling Wall Street's Official Inclusion of Bitcoin into Standard Investment Dialogue
Changing the Role of Advisors, Bank of America Officially Incorporates Bitcoin into Standard Investment Conversations
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Bank of America has officially adjusted its wealth management policy to allow its advisors to proactively recommend Bitcoin spot ETFs to clients and suggests that, when appropriate, approximately 1%~4% of investment portfolios be allocated to digital assets.
According to multiple foreign media reports citing internal documents and management statements, this new guideline has been in effect since January 5 and applies to Bank of America's Private Bank, Merrill, and Merrill Edge, covering over 15,000 financial advisors.

Morgan Stanley Breaks New Ground as the First Major U.S. Bank to Apply for Spot Bitcoin and Solana ETFs, Supporting Staking Yields. Benefiting from Regulatory Relaxation and Market Demand, Total Crypto ETF Trading Volume Has Surpassed $2 Trillion.
Morgan Stanley Applies for Spot Bitcoin and Solana ETFs for the First Time
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With assets under management reaching up to $6.4 trillion, the Wall Street giant Morgan Stanley

AI Village places multiple top-tier models in a shared environment to observe their autonomous collaboration and emergent behaviors, revealing how efficiency-oriented professional models can redefine social and personality boundaries.
The digital version of "Big Brother" reality show: AI Village grants models full autonomy
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Imagine a digital version of "Big Brother" reality show, but contestants do not need to sleep, eat, and can even rewrite the game rules themselves. This is the core of the "AI Village" experiment initiated and maintained by professional organization AI Digest for nearly a year.
This experiment involves models from OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, and

Global index giant MSCI announces it will temporarily retain Digital Asset Treasury (DAT) companies in its indices, prompting MicroStrategy (MSTR) to surge after hours. However, analysts warn that the review of non-operating companies is not yet complete, and long-term risks remain.
MSCI Index Continues to Include MicroStrategy, MSTR Shares Surge After Hours
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Bitcoin reserve company MicroStrategy (now named Strategy) stock MSTR surged over 6% after hours early this morning (1/7), mainly because the global index provider MSCI decided not to remove Digital Asset Treasury (DAT) companies from its global indices for now.
Image source: Google Finance MSCI Index Continues to Include MicroStrategy, MSTR Shares Surge After Hours
MSCI pointed out that it is important to distinguish between pure investment companies and those that view digital assets as core operational assets.

Tom Lee-led Bitmine continues to increase its Ethereum holdings and expand staking participation, betting on regulatory shifts, stablecoins, and tokenization trends. The market is optimistic about the crypto momentum in 2026.
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Russia has shifted to strict criminal regulation after legalizing mining, with unregistered Bitcoin miners potentially facing criminal charges and hefty fines. The government is attempting to enforce comprehensive industry compliance through legal risks to alleviate energy and tax pressures.
After officially legalizing cryptocurrency mining, Russia is preparing to tighten regulations further, imposing severe criminal penalties on unregistered Bitcoin BTC mining activities. The Russian Ministry of Justice recently announced a draft amendment to the Criminal Code, proposing to reclassify multiple illegal cryptocurrency mining behaviors from administrative violations back to criminal offenses. Unregistered Bitcoin miners could face forced labor or even two years of imprisonment, along with fines ranging from 500,000 to 1,500,000 rubles.
Only 30% of Russian Bitcoin miners are registered; unreported according to law
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The background of this legislative proposal stems from Russia's official establishment of cryptocurrency mining regulation in 2024.

Elon Musk's X platform has recently integrated Grok AI editing features, leading to multiple incidents of non-consensual generated sexual exploitation and explicit images of minors. Several governments have intervened to investigate and demand that the platform implement safety measures.
X Launches Grok AI Image Editing, Coser Suffer Sexual Exploitation
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As generative AI tools become increasingly popular, editing images with a single click has become easier. Recently, Musk's social platform X integrated Grok chatbot's image generation feature into X's posting function. Users can simply click "Edit Image" at the bottom right of any post image to invoke Grok to modify the image and then upload it as a comment or post.
This feature sparked significant backlash upon its launch, including the ability to call Grok for image editing in comments, leading many netizens to...

Grayscale for the first time distributes Ethereum staking cash earnings to ETHE investors, $0.08 per share, symbolizing the official entry of the US crypto ETP into the interest-bearing era.
Historic First Dividend! Grayscale ETHE Investors Receive $0.08 Cash Reward
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Leading US digital asset manager Grayscale officially announced on January 5, 2026, that its "Grayscale Ethereum Staking ETF (ETHE)" has completed the first round of staking income distribution. This move marks an important milestone in the history of US spot cryptocurrency exchange-traded products (ETPs), being the first such product to directly distribute the economic returns generated from on-chain staking to shareholders.
According to the official announcement, the dividend this time is

Former Venezuelan President Maduro is on trial in the US, insisting on his innocence. The United Nations Security Council is debating US military actions, with different countries holding divergent views on their legality, leading to a stalemate in Venezuela's political situation.
Venezuela's Maduro arrested, Vice President takes over as interim President
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After Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro was detained by US forces and forcibly taken to the United States, the political situation in Venezuela has become highly tense.
Today, Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores are being tried in a US court, facing four federal charges including conspiracy to drug terrorism, conspiracy to import cocaine, illegal possession of machine guns, and destructive devices.
Maduro insists he is innocent and remains the legitimate President of Venezuela, even though Vice President Delcy Rodríguez has become acting President.

PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) fully enters the crypto ecosystem following the passage of the 《GENIUS Act》, expanding into stablecoins, tokenization, and auditing services, symbolizing mainstream finance's official embrace of digital assets.
Regulatory breakthroughs become catalysts, PwC announces full entry into the crypto ecosystem
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As the US cryptocurrency regulatory environment enters a historic transformation, one of the Big Four accounting firms, PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), officially announces a significant expansion of its digital assets and stablecoin business.
PwC US Senior Partner and CEO Paul Griggs recently told the Financial Times that with the passage of the 《GENIUS Act》 and the rollout of new regulations by the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the digital asset industry now has a clear framework for institutional development.
Griggs stated

Tom Lee predicts Bitcoin will hit a new high as early as January, though he also warns of a potential 15% pullback in the first half of the year. Nonetheless, he remains optimistic about a rebound in the second half and the long-term bullish trend driven by AI.
Tom Lee: Bitcoin Could Reach a New High as Early as January
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Founder of asset management firm Fundstrat and Chairman of Ethereum reserve company BitMine, Tom Lee, made a surprising statement during an interview with CNBC on 1/5. He said that the rally of Bitcoin ($BTC) has not yet stopped and that it could reach a new all-time high as early as the end of January this year.
According to CoinDesk, although Bitcoin may not break the $200,000 mark by the end of 2025 as Tom Lee previously predicted, he emphasized that investors should not assume the cryptocurrency's price has already touched

The surge in artificial intelligence demand has caused memory prices to skyrocket, leading to the most severe shortage in 20 years. Gaming consoles like the PS6 may be delayed until 2028 for release. The continuous increase in memory prices has raised the cost of gaming hardware, and it is estimated that the prices of gaming consoles will rise by 10% to 15% in the coming years.