Bank of America: Interest-bearing Stablecoins Could Steal $6 Trillion in Bank Deposits
BlockBeats news, January 15, the CEO of Bank of America, Brian Moynihan, warned that if the U.S. Congress does not regulate interest-bearing stablecoins, up to $6 trillion in deposits could shift out of banks, representing 30% to 35% of the total deposits held by U.S. commercial banks. Moynihan stated that the structure of stablecoins is similar to money market mutual funds, which hold short-term instruments (such as U.S. Treasury bonds) as reserves, rather than being used for bank loans like traditional banks. Under this model, funds are kept outside the traditional banking system, leading to a shrinking deposit base that banks rely on to support loans to households and businesses.
BlockBeats news, January 15, according to Hyperinsight monitoring, the address (0xfb51...) marked as a "XPL, HYPE swing whale" carried out multiple consecutive partial liquidations of its BTC long positions within approximately 10 minutes. Currently, it has reduced its BTC long position by about 105.8 BTC, with a total value of approximately $10.27 million. These operations have generated realized profits of around $366,000. After completing the liquidations, its remaining BTC long position value remains around $12.45 million, with an average entry price of $93,500.
This address is known for its swing trading style, with a historical win rate of 78% in long positions, and has previously achieved significant swing profits on cryptocurrencies such as XPL and HYPE.
Binance Alpha FUN point airdrop threshold is 245 points
BlockBeats news, January 15, Binance Alpha will list Sport. Fun (FUN). Alpha trading will start tonight at 22:00. Users holding at least 245 Alpha points can claim a 300 FUN token airdrop on the Alpha event page, first come, first served. If the event is not over, the score threshold will automatically drop by 5 points every five minutes.
Address that Successfully Predicted Maduro's Downfall Now Predicts Khamenei Will Fall Before January 31
BlockBeats news, January 15, according to Lookonchain monitoring, among the three wallets that previously predicted the fall of Venezuelan President Maduro and profited from it, two have been inactive for 11 consecutive days. The remaining wallet, "SBet365", made a new bet two days ago, predicting that Iran's Supreme Leader Khamenei will fall before January 31.
"I'm Here Already" surges over 40% in a short time, market cap reaches $20 million
BlockBeats news: On January 15, according to GMGN data, due to the BNB Chain Foundation purchasing $100,000 worth of "I'm Here Already," the coin surged over 40% in a short time, with its market cap reaching $20 million, currently at $17.5 million.
BlockBeats reminds users that Meme coins often lack practical use cases and experience high price volatility; investment should be approached with caution.
Matrixport's RWA platform, Matrixdock, has recently released its semi-annual physical gold audit report for the second half of 2025 (H2). The report discloses information regarding the physical gold reserves backing the XAUm token, reflecting Matrixdock's ongoing commitment to physical asset verification and information transparency.
This audit was conducted by an independent third-party professional institution according to institutional standards, performing a comprehensive inspection of the physical gold reserves backing the XAUm token. The audit strictly followed industry-leading gold ETF audit standards, covering all key elements including weight, purity, serial numbers, and vault custody information, enabling item-by-item verification of each physical gold bar.
BNB Chain Foundation Buys "Binance Life" and "I Can't Believe It's Me"
BlockBeats news, January 15, according to on-chain analyst Ai Aunt (@ai_9684xtpa), the BNB Chain Foundation has once again purchased ecosystem tokens after four days. They bought $100,000 worth of "Binance Life," marking the second purchase; the first purchase was $95,000 worth of "I Can't Believe It's Me."
Affected by yesterday's valuation controversy surrounding Starknet, two major whales have positioned STRK shorts and partially closed their positions for profit today
BlockBeats news, January 15, according to Hyperinsight monitoring, yesterday's official Solana tweet stating that Starknet's daily active users were only 8 and daily transactions were just 10, yet its market cap reached $100 million, quickly sparked controversy and discussion within the crypto community. In this context, two major whales, labeled as the 'mini-airdrop leader,' along with another address starting with 0x023, both established STRK short positions with approximately 5x leverage. Over the past few hours, these two whales have partially closed their short positions for profit-taking. The average entry price of this position was around $0.0897, with an overall return rate of approximately 15%.
Argentine Crypto Exchange Lemon Launches Bitcoin-Backed Visa Credit Card
BlockBeats news, January 15, according to Cointelegraph, the Argentine crypto exchange Lemon has launched a Bitcoin-backed Visa credit card, allowing users to lock their Bitcoin as collateral to obtain peso credit lines without selling their crypto assets.
Data: About 11.6 million tokens went to zero in 2025, mostly concentrated in the fourth quarter
BlockBeats news, January 15, GeckoTerminal released data showing that 53.2% of cryptocurrencies have gone to zero, with the majority occurring in 2025. In 2025 alone, approximately 11.6 million tokens went to zero, accounting for 86.3% of the total number of tokens that went to zero between 2021 and 2025, with 7.7 million tokens going to zero in the fourth quarter of 2025.
'James Wynn' liquidates PEPE and ETH long positions, exits with about $20,000 profit
BlockBeats news, January 15, according to Hyperinsight monitoring, the trader James Wynn (0x507), who was nearly 'bankrupt' earlier, has now fully liquidated all PEPE and ETH long positions on Hyperliquid and withdrawn most of the funds from the platform, approximately $41,000. The PEPE long position yielded a profit of about $110,000, while the ETH long position resulted in a loss of $160,000.
The address initially started with about $20,000 to go long on PEPE, and the account balance soared to a high of $900,000. However, on January 8, its holdings suffered 12 consecutive liquidations, with the position size repeatedly halved, ultimately leading to a full exit during today's market rally, resulting in a final profit of approximately $20,000.
Preview: BitMine stock issuance vote is imminent, initial jobless claims data to be released tonight
BlockBeats news: On January 15, the U.S. initial jobless claims data for the week ending January 10 will be released tonight at 21:30, with the previous value at 208,000 and the expected figure at 215,000;
Today, the first holding institution of Ethereum, BitMine, will hold a shareholders' meeting to vote on multiple matters (increasing shares from 500 million to 50 billion). If approved, BitMine will receive more funds to purchase ETH, thus boosting expectations for ETH price;
FOMC permanent voter and New York Fed Chair Williams will deliver an opening speech at an event;
2026 FOMC voter and Minneapolis Fed Chair Kashkari will deliver a speech;
A certain whale liquidated a 45-day HYPE long position, incurring a loss of 7.169 million USD
BlockBeats news, January 15, according to Hyperinsight monitoring, a certain whale (0xbd8c7) liquidated a long position of 34.11 million USD in HYPE held for 45 days at 15:51, realizing a loss of 7.169 million USD.
Sources: Bank of Japan more concerned about yen weakness, may keep rates unchanged in January
BlockBeats news, January 15, sources said the Bank of Japan appears to be paying more attention to the weak yen than before, and may hold interest rates steady in January.
According to Bitget market data, USD/JPY fell 30 points briefly, dropping to a low of 158.32.
Offering a $200,000 annual salary, the prediction market welcomes Wall Street players.
Original title: (Wall Street enters the prediction market with a $200,000 annual salary)
Original author: Niu Ke, Deep Tide TechFlow
It's finally here. The prediction market, once built by political supporters, speculative retail investors, and those who exploit loopholes for profit, is welcoming a group of silent but deadly new players.
According to a report by the Financial Times on Thursday, several well-known trading firms, including DRW, Susquehanna, and Tyr Capital, are forming dedicated prediction market trading teams.
DRW posted a job ad last week offering a base annual salary of up to $200,000 for traders who can “monitor and trade active markets in real time” on platforms such as Polymarket and Kalshi.
"20 Million Swing Hunter" Takes Profit on PEPE Short Position Worth About $1.2 Million, Gaining Over $360,000
BlockBeats news: On January 15, according to HyperInsight monitoring, the address labeled as "20 Million Swing Hunter" (0x880a) executed a profit-taking operation on its PEPE short position, reducing its short exposure by 144 million PEPE tokens, valued at approximately $1.2169 million.
After partial profit-taking, the address still holds a short position in PEPE worth approximately $3.4299 million. The current floating profit is about $360,600, with a return rate reaching 105.14%. The average entry price and current token price are both around $0.01, and the liquidation price is $0.051.
The address is known for its high-frequency, multi-currency swing trading style, with an average holding period of about 20 hours. Since October last year, with a principal of approximately $20 million, it has accumulated profits nearing $100 million.
These past few days, driven by the Binance listing effect, Meme tokens on the BSC chain have once again drawn market attention. The massive wealth effect and traffic have refocused the market on this five-year-old public chain. However, looking beyond the surface and re-examining the situation, what we actually see is a qualitative transformation of its ecosystem.
If the initial BNB Chain in 2020 primarily absorbed users and transaction volume spilled over from ETH due to high gas fees and low efficiency, then 2025 marks the pivotal year when BNB Chain proactively achieved its own leap forward.
Looking back on this year, BNB Chain is no longer merely a cheaper alternative; it has begun to establish the foundational capabilities for long-term, stable support of real-world financial and payment use cases.