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Cryptocurrency investment products recorded a record $130 billion in fund inflows in 2025, and flows are expected to increase further in 2026, driven largely by institutional participation, according to analysts at JPMorgan.In a report cited by The Block, JPMorgan said growing regulatory clarity — particularly in the United States — is likely to support the next phase of capital inflows into digital assets, extending beyond ETFs into venture capital, mergers and acquisitions, and public listings across the crypto sector.Regulatory clarity seen as key catalystJPMorgan analysts highlighted that the rollout of additional crypto regulations, including the proposed U.S. CLARITY Act, could significantly boost institutional confidence. Clearer rules are expected to encourage deeper participation across:Crypto and stablecoin investment fundsVenture capital and early-stage financingM&A activity involving exchanges, payment firms and infrastructure providersPotential IPOs from stablecoin issuers and crypto-native financial companiesThe bank noted that regulation is increasingly being viewed not as a constraint, but as an enabler of large-scale institutional adoption.ETFs dominated 2025 inflows, but momentum is shiftingAccording to the report, Bitcoin and Ethereum ETFs accounted for the bulk of 2025’s inflows, with demand likely skewed toward retail investors in the early stages. Additional support came from digital asset treasury companies outside of Strategy, which added crypto to their balance sheets throughout much of the year.However, JPMorgan observed a clear slowdown in treasury company purchases starting in October 2025, suggesting that this source of demand may play a smaller role going forward compared with regulated investment vehicles and institutions.Venture capital activity shows mixed signalsWhile overall crypto venture capital investment rose modestly in 2025, the report noted a sharp decline in the number of deals, pointing to increased caution among investors. Early-stage funding activity slowed significantly, indicating a more selective environment focused on mature projects with clearer regulatory and revenue visibility.Despite this, JPMorgan expects institutional inflows to remain resilient in 2026 as capital reallocates toward regulated products, large-cap digital assets, and infrastructure plays tied to payments and stablecoins.Outlook: institutional-led growth in 2026JPMorgan concluded that the crypto market is entering a new phase where institutions — not retail speculation — will be the primary driver of capital inflows. With regulation improving and market infrastructure maturing, the bank sees conditions aligning for sustained growth in crypto fund inflows this year.

Prediction markets — once dominated by political hobbyists, retail speculators and opportunistic arbitrageurs — are rapidly professionalizing as Wall Street trading giants move in with capital, talent, and structural advantages.According to a recent report by the Financial Times, major trading firms including DRW, Susquehanna, and crypto hedge fund Tyr Capital are actively building dedicated prediction market trading teams.$200,000 Salaries Signal Institutional CommitmentDRW posted a job listing last week offering base salaries of up to $200,000 for traders tasked with real-time monitoring and trading of active contracts on platforms such as Polymarket and Kalshi.Susquehanna, one of the world’s largest options trading firms, is recruiting traders to:Identify mispriced probabilitiesDetect market anomalies and inefficienciesBuild dedicated sports and event trading strategiesMeanwhile, Tyr Capital continues to hire traders already running complex, multi-market strategies, underscoring how quickly prediction markets are evolving from speculative playgrounds into structured financial venues.Volumes Explode as Institutions Step InThe data justifies the institutional push.Monthly prediction market volume surged from under $100 million in early 2024 to over $8 billion by December 2025Single-day trading volume hit a record $701.7 million on January 12Once liquidity reaches a scale that can support large balance sheets, institutional entry becomes inevitable.Arbitrage, Not Gambling, Drives Wall Street InterestInstitutions and retail traders are no longer playing the same game.Retail participants typically speculate on single-event outcomes, often based on fragmented or narrative-driven information. Institutions, by contrast, focus on:Cross-platform arbitrageProbability mismatches across asset classesHedging macro risk using prediction contractsIn October 2025, Boaz Weinstein, founder of Saba Capital Management, explained that prediction markets offer hedge funds a new price-discovery and hedging tool.He cited an example where Polymarket priced recession risk at 50%, while credit markets implied only ~2%. That divergence created paired trades previously impossible — buying “no recession” contracts while shorting credit instruments priced for economic stability.Market Maker Privilege Changes the GameThe competitive imbalance is growing.Susquehanna is Kalshi’s first official market maker and has secured an event contracts agreement with Robinhood. Market makers receive advantages including:Lower trading feesPreferential trading limitsEnhanced execution infrastructureWhile specific terms are undisclosed, the impact is clear: pricing inefficiencies will disappear fast.Previously, retail traders could exploit discrepancies like:One platform pricing an event at 60%Another pricing the same event at 55%Those opportunities are already vanishing as professional arbitrage desks flatten spreads and correct mispricings in real time.What Comes Next: Financial Engineering Enters Prediction MarketsWith PhDs and six-figure traders now involved, prediction markets are likely to evolve beyond simple binary bets into more complex instruments, including:Multi-event combo contracts (similar to parlays)Time-based probability contractsConditional probability products (B given A)This mirrors the historical evolution of forex, futures, and crypto markets — retail-driven discovery followed by institutional dominance.The Bottom Line for Retail TradersPrediction markets are entering a new phase:Capital scaleTechnological edgeRule-level privilegeThese factors will increasingly determine who profits.Retail participants may still find opportunity in long-tail events or niche markets, but the era of easy gains from simple information asymmetry is fading fast.

According to BlockBeats, data from Coinglass indicates that if Bitcoin's price falls below $94,000, the cumulative liquidation intensity of long positions on major centralized exchanges (CEX) could reach $1.556 billion. Conversely, if Bitcoin surpasses $98,000, the cumulative liquidation intensity of short positions on these exchanges could amount to $749 million.

BlockBeats notes that the liquidation chart does not display the exact number of contracts pending liquidation or their precise value. Instead, the chart's bars represent the relative importance of each liquidation cluster compared to nearby clusters, indicating intensity.

Therefore, the chart illustrates the potential impact on the market when the asset price reaches certain levels. A higher "liquidation bar" suggests a more intense market reaction due to liquidity waves when the price hits that point.

According to Odaily, Arthur Hayes has forecasted in his latest article that the expansion of the Federal Reserve's balance sheet, increased bank lending, and a decrease in mortgage rates by 2026 will lead to further growth in U.S. dollar liquidity. Consequently, Hayes anticipates that Bitcoin will experience a significant rise.

According to Foresight News, Sonic announced via a tweet that its team has successfully recovered 5,829,196 S tokens, which have been proportionally distributed to all affected users.

Previously, Foresight News reported that Sonic had tweeted about the Balancer hack incident involving the Sonic ecosystem project Beets. The two wallets associated with the hacker have been frozen, pending further investigation.

According to PANews, Alchemy Pay, a payment gateway for fiat and cryptocurrency transactions, has received a Money Transmission License (MTL) from the state of South Dakota. This marks the thirteenth state in the United States where Alchemy Pay has obtained such a license.

According to Binance Market Data, BNB dropped below 930 USDT and is now trading at 929.780029 USDT, with 1.97% decrease in 24 hours.

According to Odaily, SolanaFloor announced on the X platform that the total value of Solana's Real World Asset (RWA) ecosystem has surpassed $1 billion, marking a new historical peak.

According to Binance Market Data, Bitcoin dropped below 96,000 USDT and is now trading at 95,986.1875 USDT, with 0.64% increase in 24 hours.

According to Binance Market Data, Ethereum (ETH) dropped below 3,300 USDT and is now trading at 3,294.75 USDT, with 0.86% decrease in 24 hours.

According to PANews, Base APP is set to undergo a strategic shift, focusing primarily on trading to enhance demand and distribution of various assets. Jesse Pollak, co-founder of Base, shared an announcement highlighting three key user feedback points: the app previously emphasized social features excessively, resembling traditional Web2, and lacked support for diverse asset trading; there is a strong market demand for high-quality asset trading; and the information flow should comprehensively display on-chain dynamics, including applications, stocks, prediction markets, and social tokens. In response, Base APP will implement specific adjustments: prioritizing the development of trading functions to drive capital towards rapidly growing asset categories; introducing more high-quality assets on-chain; and adopting a 'finance-first' user experience design that integrates social features, such as copy trading, information flow trading, and leaderboards, on top of financial functionalities.

According to Foresight News, ETHGas has announced the completion of its Discord community interaction snapshot. Due to high demand for Gas ID production on the platform, users are required to queue and may need to retry if issues persist. Refreshing the page will not reset or affect the queue position.

Previously, ETHGas stated that a snapshot would be taken on January 19 at 8:00 UTC+8 to determine user eligibility for the 'Genesis Harvest' event. Eligibility will be assessed based on proof of pain, which considers historical Gas fee consumption through Gas ID, social contribution value, and community engagement.

According to Odaily, U.S. President Donald Trump stated on Wednesday that despite the Department of Justice's criminal investigation into Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell, he currently has no plans to dismiss him. Trump remarked to Reuters that it is too early to determine what actions he might ultimately take. When asked if he would attempt to remove Powell from his position, Trump responded, "I currently have no such plans." Regarding whether the investigation provides a reason for action, Trump added, "At present, we are adopting a wait-and-see approach regarding him, and we are considering our next steps. However, I cannot disclose details. It is too early now."

According to PANews, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis President Neel Kashkari expressed contrasting views on cryptocurrency and artificial intelligence during a virtual event. He described cryptocurrency as "essentially useless" for ordinary people, citing a lack of practical applications for average consumers. In contrast, he praised artificial intelligence for its utility, despite most companies still being in the testing phase.

Kashkari expressed optimism about the U.S. economic outlook, predicting continued growth and noting that inflation is moving in the right direction. He highlighted signs of cooling in housing prices. On monetary policy, he dismissed the notion that the recent expansion of the Federal Reserve's balance sheet equates to a new round of quantitative easing, emphasizing the importance of central bank independence. Regarding tariffs, he stated that their impact has not been as severe as anticipated, although the long-term effects remain to be seen.

According to Odaily, AGGX, a project focused on next-generation GPU and AI computing infrastructure, has announced the successful acquisition of $2 million in its ongoing strategic funding round. The investment was led by Ternary LEC Fund, EF Investment & Partners, Spacebar Venture, along with two other strategic investors.

The core team of AGGX comprises AI PhDs and university professors from the United States. They have developed an innovative GPU sharding solution that virtualizes a single GPU into over 30 on-chain nodes. This technology aims to provide scalable, low-latency computing services for GPU-intensive workloads in both Web2 and Web3 ecosystems, while also enhancing cost efficiency.

According to Foresight News, the Polygon Foundation announced the official launch of the PIP-69 proposal. This initiative maps validator share tokens to dPOL in a 1:1 format, expanding the use cases for staked POL. The upgrade enables these tokens to possess full ERC-20 functionality, simplifying the creation of POL liquid staking tokens (LST) and enhancing DeFi composability. Depending on the user's wallet, these tokens may appear as dPOL, dPOL1, or dPOLa4.

According to the announcement from Binance, the platform will add U as a new borrowable asset on both Cross and Isolated Margin. This update will also include the introduction of U/USDT and U/USDC trading pairs on Cross and Isolated Margin, scheduled for 2026-01-15 at 10:00 (UTC).Binance advises users to exercise caution, as newly listed tokens can exhibit significant volatility. Traders are encouraged to implement stringent risk management strategies when engaging with these assets. For those interested in the specifics, Binance provides a comprehensive list of marginable assets, including details on limits, collateral ratios, and rates, which can be found in the Margin Data section.This development is part of Binance's ongoing efforts to expand its margin trading offerings, providing users with more options for leveraging their digital assets. The introduction of U as a borrowable asset is expected to enhance trading flexibility and opportunities for users on the platform. As always, Binance emphasizes the importance of understanding the risks involved in margin trading and encourages users to educate themselves on the platform's trading features.

According to Cointelegraph, the U.S. Senate Banking Committee has postponed its scheduled markup of a crypto market structure bill, originally set for Thursday, due to ongoing negotiations. Committee Chairman Tim Scott announced late Wednesday in Washington, DC, that the delay is necessary to continue bipartisan discussions aimed at securing broader support for the legislation. Scott emphasized the collaborative efforts involved, stating, "I’ve spoken with leaders across the crypto industry, the financial sector, and my Democratic and Republican colleagues, and everyone remains at the table working in good faith." He highlighted that the bill is the result of extensive bipartisan negotiations and incorporates feedback from various stakeholders, including innovators, investors, and law enforcement. The primary objective is to establish clear regulations that protect consumers, enhance national security, and ensure the future of finance is developed within the United States.

The decision to delay follows a similar move by the Senate Agriculture Committee, which also postponed its markup of the crypto bill, initially planned for Thursday, to the end of the month. Republican Senate Agriculture Committee Chairman John Boozman explained that the committee needs additional time to finalize the remaining details and secure the widespread support necessary for the legislation. This series of postponements underscores the complexity and significance of the proposed crypto regulations, as lawmakers strive to balance innovation with consumer protection and national security concerns. The ongoing negotiations reflect the commitment to crafting a comprehensive framework that addresses the diverse interests and challenges associated with the rapidly evolving crypto landscape.

According to ChainCatcher, cryptocurrency asset management firm Bitwise announced on January 14, 2026, its listing of seven cryptocurrency exchange-traded products (ETPs) on Nasdaq Stockholm. This move marks Bitwise's official entry into the Nordic market.

The products, denominated in Swedish Krona (SEK), include Bitcoin, Ethereum, Solana, and a diversified crypto asset portfolio. They are designed to offer Swedish investors the opportunity to invest in cryptocurrencies through ISK accounts.

According to Foresight News, Morpho team member albist announced on Discord that the Morpho Discord server will switch to read-only mode starting February 1. To provide more secure and reliable support services, all official support and contact channels have been consolidated into the Morpho help page and its chat box.

Morpho co-founder Merlin Egalite commented that Discord is rife with scammers. Despite strict monitoring and security measures, users still face phishing attacks when seeking answers. Recently, the team tested Intercom, which has simplified support tasks with features like instant translation, a help center, AI support bots, and ticket management.