Bitget Daily Digest (Jan.16)｜CME to Launch ADA, LINK and XLM Futures on Feb 9; Bitmine Purchases 24,068 ETH; Polygon Lays Off 30% to Pivot Toward Stablecoin Payments

Bitget2026/01/16 02:22

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Today’s Outlook

1、CME will launch ADA, LINK and XLM futures on February 9.

2、Bitcoin Magazine reports that $BTC has recently become one of the most searched Cashtags on X.

3、BlackRock and Microsoft’s AI partnership has raised $12.5 billion, with a target of $30 billion.

Macro & Hot Topics

1、BlackRock CEO Larry Fink: If you believe in the power of AI, there is sufficient justification for rate cuts.

2、Fed’s Goolsbee: Bringing inflation back to 2% is the most important objective.

3、Analysis: The new CFTC chair faces dual regulatory challenges from crypto assets and prediction markets.

Market Performance

1、Over the past 24 hours, total crypto market liquidations reached $319 million, with short liquidations accounting for $259 million. BTC liquidations were about $81 million, while ETH liquidations were about $57 million.

2、U.S. equities: Dow +0.6%, Nasdaq +0.25%, S&P 500 +0.26%. In addition, CRCL (Circle) -9.67%; MSTR (Strategy) -4.7%; NVDA (NVIDIA) +2.13%.

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3、Bitget BTC/USDT liquidation map shows dense liquidation zones on both sides of the current price around $95,400. The $97,000–98,000 range above concentrates a large number of 50x and 100x high-leverage short positions, meaning a breakout could trigger a short squeeze. Below, around $94,000, there is a notable buildup of long liquidation risk; a break below key support could lead to cascading stop losses and accelerated downside.

4、Over the past 24 hours, BTC spot inflows were approximately $76 million, outflows about $106 million, resulting in a net outflow of $30 million.

News Updates

1、X has canceled post rewards and banned “InfoFi” applications from attracting users through incentivized posting.

2、State Street has launched a digital asset platform, entering the tokenized deposits and stablecoin market.

3、SWIFT, together with Chainlink and several European banks, completed a pilot for interoperability of tokenized assets.

Project Developments

1、A whale converted a total of 363 BTC into 10,390.5 ETH over the past two days.

2、The “0xE9D” whale purchased 11,089 AAVE (worth $1.9 million) from Kraken.

3、Ethereum treasury company Bitmine purchased 24,068 ETH around 10 hours ago, valued at approximately $80.57 million.

4、BeInCrypto reports that sources say Polygon recently carried out large-scale internal layoffs, with about 30% of staff laid off this week, as part of a strategic pivot toward stablecoin payments.

5、The Trump family’s crypto project WLFI is recruiting a Chief Financial Officer for its proposed crypto bank.

6、Ripple invested $150 million into LMAX to promote institutional settlement use cases for the RLUSD stablecoin.

7、Anchorage Digital and Spark launched an institutional-grade DeFi lending custody solution.

8、MetaMask has officially integrated the Tron network, supporting native TRX and USDT operations.

9、Hyperliquid has converted $FOGO from a pre-listing contract to a standard contract, supporting up to 3x leverage trading.

10、Sentient released its tokenomics, with community activities and airdrops accounting for 44%.

Disclaimer: This report is generated by AI and manually reviewed for information accuracy only. It does not constitute any investment advice.

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