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Tom Lee pointed out during a CNBC live broadcast that metal assets are being reclassified by the market as a "tangible" asset class, and mentioned that multiple factors are driving metal prices higher. These factors include geopolitical uncertainties, weakening currencies, and central banks' continued purchases, which could have a positive impact on the stock market.

Author: Guo Xiaojing, Tencent Technology
Editor | Xu Qingyang
Top AI models in the world can pass medical licensing exams, write complex code, and even beat human experts in math competitions, but they repeatedly struggle in a children's game called "Pokémon."
This eye-catching attempt began in February 2025, when a researcher from Anthropic launched a Twitch live stream titled “Claude Plays Pokémon Red,” to coincide with the release of Claude Sonnet 3.7.
2,000 viewers flooded into the live stream. In the public chat, viewers brainstormed and cheered for Claude, gradually transforming the broadcast into a public observation of AI capabilities.
Sonnet 3.7 can only be described as “playing” Pokémon, but “playing” does not mean “winning.” It gets stuck for dozens of hours at critical points.

According to a report by Sina Finance on January 20, Greenland Financial Technology Co., Ltd. officially launched the country's first digital asset linked to carbon credits on that day. The public offering portion was sold out in just ten minutes after opening. This rapid sale has caused a ripple in the intersection of green finance and digital assets.
This issuance is regarded by industry insiders as a key experiment of “RWA (Real World Assets) + Consumption Scenario”: it disassembles the originally high-threshold carbon credits into digital rights worth 88 yuan each, and links them with hotel consumption discounts to the public market. The market’s enthusiasm for “ten minutes” votes has recognized the potential of this model to reach ordinary consumers.
However, cheers and doubts often come hand in hand. Can the scarcity of 500 limited units support large-scale expansion? In the hybrid design of “carbon assets + consumption coupons,” which end truly motivates users to buy? Against the backdrop of an immature compliant circulation mechanism

Author: Jianwei Zhi Zhu Zazhi
Recently, I was recommended a few small metal stocks, and looking back, I can only say they are really worth it. We shouldn't wait until we're caught in a situation to start researching; instead, we should do our research beforehand. So, I am launching a new series: Metal Mineral Research, to take a look at the landscape of various small metals.
Sometimes, I find short articles quite interesting. For example, a few days ago, I mentioned that the import of explosives in Myanmar's Wa State increased, and immediately the price of tin dropped a bit. This hints at a potential supply logic.
【Reminder: Fundamentals are just fundamentals, not to guide trading】
Small metals are not necessarily small, especially in the context of industrial transformation. Once there is a technological breakthrough, small metals can very likely become strategic metals.
For example, before becoming an "energy metal," the market size of lithium was not large, mainly used in glass ceramics, lubricants, and other fields. But with the explosive growth of new energy vehicles and energy storage industries, lithium as a power battery material...

Written by: DaiDai, Maitong MSX
Organized by: Frank, Maitong MSX
2025 will be a truly life-and-death year for Intel.
Compared to Nvidia, which is dancing at the center of the AI stage, Intel (INTC.M) seems more like a foot wandering in the

Everything completed a $6.9 million seed round in 2026, aiming to achieve a transparent trading experience of "one account, one balance" by introducing a human verification system. The platform integrates perpetual contracts, spot trading, and other features, while also resisting wash trading to ensure community fairness. CEO Tim Tsai emphasized that Everything will address the current issues of fragmented and opaque choices faced by traders, striving to provide retail investors with a simple and secure trading environment.

This year's Davos Forum focused on cryptocurrencies, but the statements from the Trump administration regarding the shift in the global order drew more attention. Speeches by the U.S. Secretary of Commerce and the Canadian Prime Minister mentioned the failure of the international order, emphasizing the fragility of cooperation between nations. Despite the failure of global cooperation efforts, decentralized protocols like Bitcoin and Ethereum may become a new hope for coordination mechanisms, potentially leading to a higher level of organizational structure.

Original Author: Mankun Brand Department
Editor's Note:
In this issue of the Little Tavern, against the backdrop of a quiet market, we focus on three major signals:
Circle obtaining a US banking license
Visa announcing support for USDC settlement
SEC shifting attitude to promote crypto user education.
This is not the traditional financial sector “taking over” the crypto world, but rather an active and in-depth process of compliance integration and differentiation. Traditional financial giants are entering the crypto space through compliance channels, while crypto-native forces are exploring different survival paths.
Whether you are an industry trend observer, a builder seeking opportunities, or a cautious investor, this issue’s guests will clarify the connections and clashes between the crypto industry and traditional sectors from legal, financial, tax, and frontline risk perspectives, providing highly valuable insights.
Meg from McGraw: The topics in the Little Tavern are quite relaxed, a change from the usual perception of lawyers being “serious”.

Daily Market Highlights and Trend Analysis, produced by PANews.
1. Market Observation
The global macro market is currently in a fierce storm triggered by geopolitical games, fiscal crises, and industrial cycle resonances, with risk aversion and speculative fervor coexisting. As the US ICE shooting incident led to a breakdown in congressional budget negotiations, Polymarket data shows that the probability of the US government shutting down before January 31 has soared to 79%. Coupled with the Trump administration's tariffs and island purchase threats against Canada and Greenland, as well as the deployment of the US Navy's "Lincoln" aircraft carrier to the Middle East to address the Iran situation, global "credit devaluation" trading has reached a climax. Spot gold has historically broken through the $5,000 mark, rising over 2.3% intraday to a high of $5,106, with US banks aggressively predicting it will reach $6,000 by spring 2026; spot silver is also driven by the rigid demand from AI and solar energy industries, breaking

In Syria, a farmer received $500 worth of cryptocurrency aid through Afghan startup HesabPay to restart his farm. The platform uses blockchain technology to address the complexities of fund transfers, helping 86,000 Afghan families and expanding into Syria. Despite the risks, the system improves transparency and traceability of funds, supporting humanitarian aid.

Author: Peking University Blockchain Association Owen Chen (X @xizhe\_chan)
Summary
Pre-IPO Stock in non-listed companies accounts for a trillion-dollar scale in global asset allocation, but has long been constrained by two structural dilemmas: first, high entry barriers for participants; second, scarce liquidity exits on the exit side. Against the backdrop of real-world assets (RWA) going on-chain becoming a focus of financial innovation, "equity tokenization" is seen as a key mechanism to break the liquidity deadlock in the private equity market. This report focuses on the underlying equity tokenization of non-listed companies (especially unicorns), aiming to clarify the evolution logic of this track from early speculation to compliant infrastructure by analyzing market status, implementation paths, and key challenges. The core conclusions of the report are as follows:
1. Market Status: Despite the valuation of global unicorns reaching trillions of dollars, the actual implementation scale of the tokenization market is only around 1

Highlights of this issue
According to incomplete statistics from PANews, there were 13 investment and financing events in the global blockchain industry last week (1.19-1.25), with a total funding scale of over $222 million. The overview is as follows:
In the DeFi sector, 5 investment and financing events were announced, including fintech and asset tokenization company Superstate completing an $82.5 million Series B funding round;
In the Web3+AI track, 3 investment and financing events were announced, including AI proxy infrastructure and application layer Warden completing $4 million in strategic financing;
In the infrastructure & tools field, 2 investment and financing events were announced, including Bitcoin payment startup ZBD completing $40 million in Series C funding, led by Blockstream Capital;

Editor: Peach, New Intelligence
【New Intelligence Guide】Insane! Silicon Valley is obsessed with Clawdbot overnight, dubbed the "7x24h Jarvis." It has unlimited memory, can be summoned at any time, and proactively gets work done. The most outrageous part is that it single-handedly popularized the Mac mini.
The pace of AI iteration in Silicon Valley is leaving no room for humans...
Waking up, the entire internet was flooded with posts about a 7x24-hour AI assistant—Clawdbot.
This is an open-source project developed by Peter Steinberger, which has recently become extremely popular in the tech community.
Clawdbot can run on a Mac

In the latest "Big Ideas 2026," Cathie Wood believes that AI and automation will trigger a wave of entrepreneurship rather than destroy jobs. She points out the high efficiency demonstrated by emerging companies and individuals' ability to leverage AI tools, making entrepreneurship easier and marking a significant boost in productivity.

Author: BoringBiz\_
Translation: Deep Tide TechFlow
Introduction: As Warren Buffett prepares to step down after nearly 60 years at the helm of Berkshire Hathaway, it is especially important to revisit the core ideas from his early years.
This article is a translation of an in-depth review of Buffett's shareholder letters from 1981 to 1982. Even after more than 40 years, Buffett's statements on "rejecting mediocre mergers," "inflation as a parasite eroding companies," and "real economic surplus surpassing accounting profits" still hold strong warning significance for today's Web3 investors, DAO governors, and business operators.
The full text is as follows:
During Warren Buffett's nearly six decades as CEO of Berkshire Hathaway and his eventual handover

Today's News Highlights:
1. Next week's macro outlook: Federal Reserve meeting approaching, silver enters the "three-digit" era. Will Trump add fuel to the fire again?
2. Binance Alpha launches memes and PENGUIN
3. Musk responds to Grok-generated videos related to PENGUIN, driving Meme coin PENGUIN's market cap to soar
4. Space public sale refund details: total amount of $12.3 million, only 11% to 21% refunded to the top 5% participants
5. NFT trading platform Nifty

Author: Dingdang, Odaily Planet Daily
On January 20, Trump Media & Technology Group (NASDAQ: DJT) announced that the record date for its previously announced digital token plan has been set for February 2, 2026. On the record date, the ultimate beneficial owners and registered shareholders holding at least one full DJT share will be eligible to receive the future issued digital tokens and related incentives. After the record date, Trump Media will collaborate with Crypto.com to handle the minting and distribution of the tokens, with specific implementation details still to be disclosed.
In terms of form, this appears more like an intersection experiment between crypto and traditional finance: although it is an airdrop, the holders are not crypto players but U.S. stock investors. However, as long as it involves “Trump family + issuing tokens,” market nerves are hard to avoid being triggered.
After all, Trump “takes