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As of 12:15 PM on January 15, 2026

Bitcoin is consolidating near the $96,000 level, with conflicting signals from trading volume and on-chain indicators making market direction difficult to determine.

📈 Current Price

Price: $96,197 (+0.93%) Bitcoin is trading near the $96,000 level, slightly up from the previous day. After a sharp rally, the market is not showing a clear directional trend but rather a short-term range-bound consolidation.

Trading Volume: $59.37 billion (+3.00%) Trading volume has slightly increased compared to the previous day. Although volume has recovered alongside the price rise, it remains at a limited level compared to the previous rapid increase phase.

Written by: APRO Team



Prediction markets are collective bets by humanity on uncertainty.



Prediction: This most ancient human economic and social activity is undergoing a fundamental transformation from bottom to top, driven by the wave of blockchain technology. The prediction market sector is closer than ever to its pivotal moment—it is no longer merely a DeFi branch or a compliant gambling platform, but rather a waking-up super-asset market: Internet Expectation Market (IEM).



IEM is not simply a game of odds, probability forecasting, or generalized gambling. Its revolutionary significance lies in being the first to systematically package previously unstandardizable, non-financializable event expectations (Expected Value, EV) into tradable, exchangeable, hedgable, and composable financial products. This creates an entirely new asset issuance model that transcends traditional concepts like securities and tokens, turning collective human judgment about the future into an independent, globally tradable asset class.

New developments in the U.S. (Cryptocurrency Market Structure Act) legislation as two Senate committees will discuss the bill this Thursday and at the end of the month. Bitcoin surged past $96,000 on Wednesday (14th), reaching a two-month high; Ethereum also rebounded above $3,300. Li Sicong, a blockchain technology consultant, said in an interview with (Sing Tao Headlines) that as U.S. regulations gradually take effect, financial institutions increasingly enter the market, and political instability in Venezuela and Iran continues, cryptocurrencies are 'catching up' among various assets. He personally believes Ethereum will outperform Bitcoin this year. Indeed, Bitcoin, regarded as 'digital gold,' fell over 6% last year unexpectedly, and although it has rebounded 8% this year, the overall gain remains below 2%, far behind gold's more than 76% rise year-to-date in 2025.

VanEck's macro outlook released in early 2026 is like a beautifully crafted traditional finance world map: it clearly marks AI valuations, gold premiums, India's growth, and credit cycles. But when builders of the crypto world pick up this map, they discover a fundamental issue—the central region marked 'crypto assets' still uses outdated cartography from the old world.



The most talked-about conclusion in the report is that 'the Bitcoin four-year cycle is broken,' sparking intense debate among traders. But true builders should recognize that this debate essentially reflects a misalignment between traditional finance's time perspective and the native development logic of crypto. Whether the cycle is broken has little practical impact on building the next major protocol, the next killer application, or the next entry point for millions of users. The real signals lie hidden in seemingly unrelated passages—when institutions discuss AI demand, gold monetization, and credit gaps, they inadvertently reveal the true fuel for the next wave of crypto innovation.

Written by: Chloe, ChainCatcher



The U.S. Senate Banking Committee will hold a crucial vote on the (Digital Asset Market Structure Act (CLARITY Act)) at 23:00 Beijing time on Thursday, January 15. Although the Agriculture Committee has postponed the review until late January due to disagreements over DeFi definitions and bipartisan consensus, there's no denying that this is the most important crypto regulation bill since the (GENIUS Act).



This article will deeply analyze the core controversies of the current bill: from the banking industry's 'deposit defense battle' against high-yield stablecoins, to whether DeFi developers should be held criminally liable for 'code,' and the political tug-of-war over the 'moral clause' involving the Trump family. This is not just a legislative vote, but a direct confrontation between traditional financial power and decentralized mechanisms. The outcome could determine the direction of the global crypto market for the next decade.

The domestic stock market showed a volatile trend.

According to data from the Korea Exchange on the 15th, the Korean Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) closed at 4,725.36 points, up 2.26 points (+0.05%) from the previous trading day.

On the main board, institutional investors net bought 68.2 billion KRW, while individual and foreign investors net sold 76.0 billion KRW and 2.9 billion KRW, respectively.

Top-ranked stocks by market capitalization in the Korean composite stock index include: Samsung Electronics (005930) (-0.29%), SK Hynix (000660) (-0.81%), LG Energy Solution (373220) (-0.77%), Samsung Biologics (207940) (+0.83%), Samsung Electronics Preferred Shares (005935) (-0.05%), Hyundai Motor (005380) (-0.97%), Kia (000270) (+0.35%), KB Financial Group (105560) (+0.31%), Celltrion (068270) (-0.95%), and Samsung C&T (028260) (-1.59%).