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Blockchain infrastructure company Zerohash is in talks to raise $250 million at a $1.5 billion valuation, and has not yet responded to this matter. The company received $104 million in funding last year, with a valuation of $1 billion. Founded in 2017, it provides cryptocurrency-related APIs and developer tools.

PANews January 26 News, according to The Information: OpenAI sought premium pricing in early advertising campaigns.

ChainCatcher reports that, according to Jinshi, Goldman Sachs expects the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting in January to be uneventful, with all parties generally expected to agree to keep interest rates unchanged. The bank notes that Directors Waller and Bowman may support this decision, with Stephen Milan likely to be the sole dissenter. Goldman Sachs predicts that the Federal Reserve will cut rates twice in 2026, with the first cut possibly occurring in June.

Bitmine discloses that the total Ethereum staking amount exceeds 2 million, reaching 2,009,267, with an increase of 171,264 staked tokens compared to last week. The company plans to launch the "Made in America" Ethereum validation network MAVAN and ranks 91st in trading volume among stocks listed in the United States.

Odaily Planet Daily reports that Bloomberg senior ETF analyst Eric Balchunas posted on X that BlackRock has just released the official S-1 filing for the upcoming iShares Bitcoin Quality Income ETF, but fee and trading code information have not yet been disclosed. The ETF's strategy is to track Bitcoin price movements and generate quality income through an actively managed covered call strategy. This strategy primarily targets IBIT stocks and occasionally targets

Gate News bot message, a Bitcoin OG (1011short) closed 12,588 ETH worth $36.4M, recording a $3.4M loss. The trader currently holds 210,753 ETH ($614.24M), 1,000 BTC ($88.05M), and 511,613 SOL ($63.12M).

Odaily Planet Daily reports that Ethereum treasury company BitMine Immersion Technologies disclosed an increase of 40,302 ETH last week. Currently, the company's crypto holdings include 4,243,338 ETH, 192 BTC, equity in Eightco Holdings valued at $22 million, and $979 million in unencumbered cash. Last week, they increased their holdings by 35,268 ETH.

Odaily Planet Daily reports that Societe Generale Bank states the prediction that gold prices will reach $5000 per ounce by the end of the year has been realized. We now expect gold prices to reach $6000 per ounce by the end of the year, but it is important to note that this may be a conservative estimate, and prices are very likely to be higher. (Jin10)

OFA Group launches Hearth, a physical asset tokenization platform through Hearth Labs, aiming to provide services for the issuance and management of physical assets. Initially focusing on its own assets, it will expand to third parties in the future. The platform features asset management, compliant issuance, and project structuring, and plans to support secondary trading and liquidity enhancement.

PANews January 26 News, open-source cryptography company Zama announced that its first encrypted ICO on Ethereum (Zama Public Auction) ended on January 24, 2026, raising $118.5 million. This Dutch auction used Fully Homomorphic Encryption (FHE) to protect bid privacy, enabling decentralized confidential bidding. It attracted over 11,000 independent users who submitted nearly 24,700 bids, with a final clearing price of $0.05. Total demand was oversubscribed by 318%.

Aster launches CMC20 spot trading and RIVER perpetual contract trading incentive activities, each with a reward pool. During the event period, trading can earn additional bonuses and rewards, with rankings based on trading volume and holding time.

BlockBeats News, January 26 — According to market reports, Strategy spent $264.1 million to acquire 2,932 Bitcoins from January 20 to January 25.

ChainCatcher News, according to Jin10, Coreweave surged briefly in pre-market trading on the US stock market, rising over 11% at one point.

Tether officially announces that Tether Gold accounts for over 50% of the gold stablecoin market share, with a market capitalization of over $4 billion. The total gold reserve is 520,089.350 ounces, and the number of XAU₮ tokens in circulation is nearly equal, with a gold reserve ratio of 1:1. The number of tokens sold is 409,217.640000 XAU₮.

ChainCatcher message, according to Arkham data, at 20:52, 189 BTC (worth approximately $16,448,800) was transferred from an anonymous address (starting with bc1q5uzqv...) to another anonymous address (starting with bc1q8c3a3...).

Gate recently launched a new multi-asset trading portal, Gate TradFi, allowing users to trade traditional financial assets such as precious metals, forex, and global stocks using USDT. It supports up to 500x leverage and enables centralized management of both crypto assets and traditional assets, further enriching the user trading experience.

Odaily Planet Daily News: Singapore-based blockchain platform DigiFT announced the launch of the US Stock Yield Fund bEQTY on the Ethereum public blockchain, aiming to expand tokenization into the actively managed listed stock sector. The fund is primarily targeted at accredited investors, enabling investors to build more comprehensive, portfolio-related strategies on-chain. Bank of New York Mellon (BNY) serves as the investment management service provider. (Fundselectorasia)

DeFi Technologies announces that its subsidiary Valour has received regulatory approval in the UK to offer Bitcoin and Ethereum exchange-traded products to retail investors on the London Stock Exchange starting January 26, 2026.

Silver prices continue to rise due to weakened expectations of a rate cut in the US and the inclusion of new critical minerals, leading to tighter supply and accelerating imports of silver. Meanwhile, retail investors are turning to silver for safe-haven assets as gold prices remain high.