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According to Geoff Kendrick, Global Head of Digital Assets Research at Standard Chartered Bank, institutional funds entering the market may drive BTC and Ether to new highs. It is predicted that by the end of 2025, the price of BTC may surge to $200,000, while Ether may skyrocket to $10,000. However, competing coins may lose momentum due to institutional funds concentrating on BTC and Ether. Nevertheless, some analysts believe that TRUMP, the official meme coin recently launched by US President Trump, may become a catalyst for a new wave of competition among coins.

During the Taipei Game Show, Lootex and encryption City jointly organized the Biru Game Night, inviting game industry and blockchain industry workers, developers, publishers, KOLs, game guilds, and others to participate. By playing games and engaging in casual conversations, the event aimed to bring the two industries closer together and attracted many game enthusiasts and blockchain community members to join in the fun.
Blue Game Night Live
The event featured a variety of independent games, including 'Weird Ship Battle', 'Borderland Dream', and 'Seeker Alliance', each with unique styles and gameplay. Players enthusiastically participated, challenging diverse gameplay, and the atmosphere was full of vitality.
"Weird Ship Battle": Players can freely assemble ships, explore character stories in PVE mode, or participate in PVP season challenges to experience the charm of strategy and operation.

Cross-Chain Interaction Liquidity protocol THORChain (RUNE) recently plunged into a cloud of bankruptcy suspicion. The latest news indicates that in order to avoid potential liquidation risks, THORChain has currently suspended savings and borrowing functions, and does not allow users of these products to withdraw BTC, Ether coin, causing market turmoil, with the native coin RUNE plummeting by more than 30% in response.
According to the official message from THORChain on Telegram, in order to address the debt issue, network node operators proposed and implemented a '90-day suspension plan' earlier today (24th) to buy time for the community to develop a response plan, avoiding large-scale withdrawals due to panic by users, which would lead to continued deterioration of the financial situation.
Dragonfly Capital Management partner Haseeb Qureshi

The first White House 'AI and Crypto Assets Tsar' in history, David Sacks, said that Trump's meme coin can be used as a collectible, just like baseball cards or stamps.
Before the inauguration, the Trumps separately launched meme coins 'TRUMP' and 'MELANIA.' David Sacks said he did not believe that President Trump's new meme coin constitutes a conflict of interest. However, members of Congress believe that Trump's move does indeed present a conflict of interest.
David Sacks said in an interview with Fox Business on Thursday: "I think Trumpcoin is a collectible," "People buy it because they want to commemorate something. That's just my personal opinion. I'm not a regulator, but my personal opinion is that it totally makes sense."
Democratic senators Elizabeth Warren and Jacob

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced on Thursday the abolition of the controversial 'SAB 121' Cryptocurrency accounting standard, which required Financial Institutions and publicly traded companies to include customers' Crypto Assets in their balance sheets, triggering a Rebound among many industry players. SAB 121 was proposed to be abolished by Congress last year but was rejected. The SEC's decision to abolish it aligns with the stance of Hester Peirce, who was recently appointed as the head of the 'Cryptocurrency Regulatory Special Group'.

Deutsche Bank released a report optimistic about the future of the Crypto Assets market, expecting BTC prices to remain at a high level in 2025. The report mentions that US President Trump continues to support Crypto Assets, along with a more friendly regulatory and political environment, the participation of institutional investors, and the loose trend of the Federal Reserve, all of which provide strong support for BTC prices. In addition to the Favourable Information in policies, it is also expected that the US will announce the details of whether to establish BTC reserves this year.

David Balland, co-founder of the well-known Cryptocurrency cold wallet company Ledger, and his partner were recently kidnapped in central France, shocking the entire crypto world. However, this thrilling kidnapping case has now peacefully concluded with the efforts of the police, as the Paris prosecutor's office confirmed on Thursday that both victims have been successfully rescued.
According to Bloomberg, the incident occurred early Tuesday morning, when David Balland was kidnapped by intruders in his home. He was rescued by the police on Wednesday evening, and his partner was also held hostage until Thursday before being rescued.
It is understood that the kidnappers separated the two and demanded a huge ransom from another founder of Ledger, specifying that it could only be paid in . This shocking incident has once shaken the nerves of the entire industry.
Paris prosecutor Laure Beccuau

President Trump signed an executive order on Thursday to establish a Cryptocurrency working group responsible for proposing new regulations on digital assets and exploring the possibility of establishing a national Cryptocurrency reserve, fulfilling his promise to quickly reform U.S. encryption regulation policies and establish a BTC strategic reserve during his campaign. Trump also called for the protection of banking services for Cryptocurrency companies and the prohibition of the establishment of Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDC) that may compete with existing Cryptocurrencies.
The working group includes the Minister of Finance, the chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), etc., to develop a regulatory framework for digital assets such as stablecoins. In addition, the working group will also assess the possibility of establishing a national encryption asset reserve, which includes cryptocurrencies legally seized by law enforcement agencies, such as BTC assets seized from the dark web Silk Road, which will no longer be sold in the future, but will be held by the U.S. government. Market analysts believe that this move will

Author: Damilare Damidez, Cryptocurrency analyst
Compiled by Felix, PANews
Recently, there have been some inconsistent comments from the cryptocurrency community about on-chain detective ZachXBT. Some people still regard ZachXBT as a righteous man, but others believe that the "dragon slayer" ZachXBT will eventually become a "dragon". In response, Cryptocurrency analyst Damilare Damidez posted in support of ZachXBT and exposed the truth behind the controversy.
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A few days ago, US President Donald Trump launched his meme coin $TRUMP, and his wife quickly launched the token. These events caused a big stir in the market. In this meme craze, Cryptocurrency trader Micki

Source: Sander Lutz, Decrypt
Compiled by BitpushNews
During the weekend, the new meme coin launched by President Trump and the First Lady caught many people off guard. However, some traders placed big bets early and reaped the rewards.
When Trump launched his own meme coin on Friday, many people quickly made a lot of money - but at least one trader made a lot more by betting much earlier than most people.
On Friday, four hours before Trump announced the launch of his own Solana meme coin TRUMP, an anonymous user recharged over 1 million USD worth of SOL in a brand new crypto wallet (6QSc2), and then waited for it to appreciate.
On Friday night, Trump announced on Truth Social that within 30 seconds after the launch of meme coin, the wallet purchased over 590.

On January 22, the Financial Supervisory Commission of Taiwan announced the latest legislative progress in the management of virtual assets. It is expected that the special law for virtual assets will be released in June this year, and it will be announced that the regulation of stablecoins will be included in the special law. Tseng Ming-chung, the chairman of the Financial Supervisory Commission, pointed out that the stablecoin market will be jointly supervised by the Financial Supervisory Commission and the Central Bank.
Peng Jinlong stated that the Financial Supervisory Commission (FSC) has reached a consensus with the Central Bank on the regulation of stablecoins and will jointly supervise this market in the future. As for the Central Bank's Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC), it still falls under the jurisdiction of the Central Bank.
Who is responsible for regulating 'Stable Coins'? FSC and Central Bank have different opinions.
Peng Jinlong mentioned that in terms of positioning, Stable Coin is the "entrance" for investors when trading virtual assets, mainly acting as a "bridging tool" between legal coins and virtual assets, so the FSC will actively deal with it in the virtual asset law.
The director of the Central Bank, Zhuang Xiu-yuan, said that the most common stablecoins on the market are currently USDT and USDC.

Digital asset management company Bitwise has officially filed for registration with the state of Delaware, preparing to launch the first DOGE (DOGE) ETF. The above news was confirmed by Bitwise's Chief Investment Officer Matt Hougan himself, who revealed to the foreign media: "Yes, this is the application we submitted."
Matt Hougan said on Wednesday that Bitwise had submitted the registration documents for 'Bitwise DOGE ETF' to the Delaware Department of Corporations earlier in the day.
DOGE was born in 2013, created by software engineers Billy Markus and Jackson Palmer. It was originally intended as a humorous satire of the traditional financial system, but unexpectedly developed into a globally well-known meme coin, especially after the establishment of the 'Department of Government Efficiency' by the Trump administration.

Goldman Sachs CEO David Solomon said in an interview at the World Economic Forum that they have invested a lot of time studying the underlying technology of Cryptocurrency and testing how to use it to reduce friction in the financial system. However, Goldman Sachs is still unable to directly hold, operate, or participate in BTC-related businesses. If the regulatory environment changes, they will discuss the matter again. Solomon emphasized that he has always been a loyal advocate of the US dollar and stated that BTC will not threaten the status of the US dollar.

The Western District Court of Texas in the United States has ordered the overturning of the previous ruling in support of sanctions against the Cryptocurrency mixer Tornado Cash, and has requested the case to be remanded to the lower court for retrial.
The court document states: 'The court orders and rules that the judgment of the local court has been revoked and the case will be remanded to the local court for further proceedings.'
After the news came out, Tornado Cash's native token TORN soared 140%, from $9.5 to $23.
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BlackRock CEO Larry Fink has stated that cryptocurrency is a hedge against inflation, and BTC may surge to $700,000. BlackRock's BTCSpotETF and other products have attracted billions of dollars in inflows. Fink suggests that if the global dialogue expands, the price of BTC could reach $500,000 to $700,000.

The CEO of Bank of America stated that if regulatory requirements are clear, banks can vigorously adopt Crypto Assets as a trading tool. He mentioned that in the future, transactions need to be 'non-anonymous and verified,' banks have invested in blockchain technology, and most transactions have been digitized. Cryptocurrency is just another form of payment and does not threaten the US dollar. However, the biggest challenge remains regulatory uncertainty. The industry is looking forward to clearer regulations on encryption coins, which will lead to many larger-scale collaboration projects involving encryption coins.

BTC has recently begun to show a step-by-step increase, jumping by about $18,000 each time. If this pattern continues, BTC is expected to challenge $122,000 in February this year, but may then enter a period of consolidation. The current trading price of BTC is $104,856. 10x Research recommends setting a stop loss at $98,000 to control potential losses within the lowest range and maximize profit potential.