X cancels post reward and bans so-called 'InfoFi' crypto projects
Hase Chain News: According to the latest policy update on the X platform, X has announced that it will no longer allow rewarding users through posting content, and has banned certain crypto projects defined as 'InfoFi'. This indicates that the practice of using post rewards to promote crypto marketing or boost traffic on X will be prohibited, aiming to combat abuse of incentives and improve the quality of platform content.
BeatCoin completes $5 million strategic funding, developing an AI-driven incentive system
Hashi Chain News: BeatCoin has announced the completion of a $5 million strategic funding round, led by Cogitent Ventures and Go2Mars Labs, with participation from Castrum Istanbul, Alpha Capital VC, and several family offices across the Asia-Pacific region. This funding will support the development of an AI-driven incentive system—Beat Points (BP)—and the upcoming decentralized trading protocol, BeatSwap. The goal is to standardize on-chain activities into credit assets, driving the Web3 industry's transition from 'airdrop-driven' to 'value-driven'.
State Street launches digital asset platform, entering tokenized deposits and stablecoins
Hashi Chain News report, according to Bloomberg, global custody giant State Street has announced the launch of a digital asset platform, planning to introduce tokenized money market funds, ETFs, stablecoins, and deposit products. The initiative will be advanced in collaboration with its asset management division and partner institutions, marking its transition from back-end services to direct participation in asset issuance. State Street has previously partnered with Galaxy Digital to issue tokenized funds, and future plans may include offering crypto custody services.
Senator Lummis: Looking forward to working with Scott to advance cryptocurrency legislation
Hase Chain News: U.S. Senator Cynthia Lummis said on Twitter that Senate Banking Committee Chair Tim Scott is bringing together bipartisan members of Congress and representatives from the cryptocurrency and traditional financial industries to discuss the Digital Asset Market Structure Act. She looks forward to collaborating with Scott to advance bipartisan cryptocurrency legislation, providing a clearer regulatory framework for the digital asset industry in the United States.
The total liquidation amount of the entire network's contracts in the past 24 hours reached 313 million US dollars, with long positions being the main target
Hasi Chain News report: According to CoinAnk's data report, the total liquidation amount of the cryptocurrency market's contracts in the past 24 hours reached 313 million US dollars. Among the liquidated contracts, the liquidation amount for long positions was 196 million US dollars, while that for short positions was 117 million US dollars. Among them, the total liquidation amount for BTC was 82.7922 million US dollars, while that for ETH was 68.6330 million US dollars.
Binance Alpha will launch RollX (ROLL) on January 16
Hase Chain News: Binance Alpha plans to launch RollX (ROLL) on January 16. Eligible users can claim the airdrop via the Alpha campaign page using Binance Alpha points after trading opens. Specific details will be announced separately.
Bitmine re-purchases 24,068 ETH, worth over $80.57 million
HashChain News reports that according to Lookonchain monitoring, Bitmine, a company under Tom Lee, has just purchased an additional 24,068 Ethereum (ETH) tokens through FalconX, with a total value of approximately $80.57 million.
Hase Chain News: According to Coinbase Markets announcement, Lighter (LIGHTER) has successfully launched on the Coinbase website and mobile application platforms. Users can now buy, sell, exchange, send, receive, and store Lighter.
Swift and Chainlink Collaborate to Complete Tokenized Asset Testing
Swift and Chainlink Collaborate to Complete Tokenized Asset Testing
Swift, in collaboration with Chainlink and several European banks including UBS Asset Management, BNP Paribas, Intesa Sanpaolo, and Société Générale, has successfully completed a pilot project on interoperability of tokenized assets. The pilot achieved seamless settlement of tokenized assets between traditional payment systems and blockchain platforms, covering critical processes such as Delivery versus Payment (DvP) settlement, interest payments, and redemption. This collaboration marks significant progress for Swift in coordinating on-chain and off-chain financial systems. The initiative focuses on key processes including DvP settlement, interest payments, and redemption of tokenized bonds, involving roles such as payment agents, custodians, and registrars. This project builds on a previous pilot conducted by Swift and Chainlink under the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) 'Guardianship Program,' demonstrating how financial institutions can leverage existing Swift infrastructure to facilitate off-chain cash settlement for tokenized funds.
Bybit Exchange Real-time Announcement: Bybit will launch the LIT trading pair in 2026
HashChain News: Bybit plans to launch the LIT trading pair on January 15, 2026 at 14:45 UTC. This means users can now easily exchange over 400 types of cryptocurrency assets on the Bybit platform, conduct fiat-to-token trading activities, and incur no additional fees.
Ripple invests $150 million to promote the use of RLUSD stablecoin in institutional markets
Hase Chain News report: According to the announcement by Ripple and LMAX Group, the two parties have entered into a multi-year strategic partnership. Ripple will provide $150 million in funding to support the widespread use of the RLUSD stablecoin as collateral and settlement assets within LMAX's global institutional trading system. RLUSD will support crypto, perpetual contracts, CFDs, and certain fiat currency cross-products, aiming to enhance cross-asset margin efficiency and enable 7×24 on-chain settlement. The collaboration also includes RLUSD being held in isolated wallets through LMAX Custody, as well as integration with Ripple Prime to expand institutional liquidity and reduce market fragmentation.
Stablecoins and self-custody are driving the rise of crypto banking, with the industry shifting toward payment scenarios
Hashi Chain News report: It is reported that the crypto industry is transitioning from infrastructure development to 'new banking' application services, focusing on payments, lending, and stablecoins. Projects such as Polygon and ether.fi are integrating on-chain self-custody features with traditional financial experiences, offering users banking products without requiring deep understanding of underlying technologies. Although this trend holds significant potential, there is currently severe homogenization among crypto cards and payment products. The industry generally agrees that real user growth will come from on-chain native and composability-rich financial experiences.
Anchorage Digital and Spark Partner to Launch Institutional-Grade DeFi Lending Solution
Hase Chain News: Anchorage Digital officially announced its collaboration with the DeFi lending protocol Spark, leveraging the Atlas collateral management platform to provide institutional users with an efficient lending channel that does not require on-chain asset transfers. Anchorage will act as Spark's collateral agent, monitoring LTV (loan-to-value ratio) in real time, executing liquidation operations, and managing BTC collateral assets. This partnership enables institutions to access authentic DeFi liquidity while maintaining compliant custody, and also provides the protocol with a standardized institutional onboarding template. Currently, several institutional borrowers have successfully completed large-scale loan collateralization and withdrawal through this model.
MetaMask integrates the Tron network for native TRX and USDT operations
Hashi Chain News: According to reports, MetaMask has natively integrated the Tron network into its mobile and browser extension wallets, allowing users to directly manage TRX and its DeFi applications, send USDT, stake TRX, and interact with native Tron dApps. This integration is part of MetaMask's multi-chain strategy, further expanding its non-EVM network footprint after supporting Solana and Bitcoin. Tron currently processes over $21 billion in stablecoin transactions daily, making it one of the world's primary settlement layers.
Hyperliquid has moved $FOGO from pre-listing contracts to standard contracts, supporting up to 3x leverage trading
Hashi Chain News report: According to Hyperliquid's announcement, $FOGO has been transitioned from pre-listing contracts (hyperm) to standard perpetual contracts, now supporting up to 100x leverage for long or short positions.
Binance will list Fogo (FOGO) USDT-margined perpetual contracts
Hase Chain News: According to Binance's announcement, Fogo (FOGO) has been fully integrated into the Binance ecosystem and will support Simple Earn subscriptions, 'Buy Crypto' entry, zero-fee spot trading, and leveraged trading across all product categories (including cross-margin), as well as USDT-margined perpetual contracts starting today at 22:00 (UTC+8). The maximum leverage for the contract is 25x, and copy trading will be supported within 24 hours.