Tether Launches USAT; Fidelity Announces FIDD

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Crypto News

• ⭐️ Tether launches $USAT, a GENIUS-compliant stablecoin for the US market; issued by Anchorage Digital Bank; Cantor Fitzgerald serves as reserve custodian & preferred primary dealer.

• ⭐️ Fidelity to launch Fidelity Digital Dollar $FIDD, a GENIUS-compliant stablecoin in the coming weeks on Ethereum & Fidelity Platforms; to be issued by Fidelity Digital Assets.

• Tether to allocate 10% to 15% of investment portfolio to Gold $XAU; buying ~2 tons of Gold (~$2B) a week; currently holds ~140 tons of Gold (~$24B).

• US White House to meet with crypto and banking executives on February 2nd to discuss stalled crypto market structure bill; Senate Ag Committee is scheduled to markup the bill on January 29th.

• Fairshake, a pro-crypto super PAC; says it has more than $193M on hand heading into the 2026 US midterms; includes contributions from Coinbase ($25M), Ripple ($25M), & a16z (~$24M).

• American Bitcoin $ABTC buys an additional 416 Bitcoin $BTC (~$37M) for its Strategic Bitcoin Reserve; now holds 5,843 BTC (~$524M).

• Steak 'n Shake $BH buys an additional $5M of Bitcoin $BTC for its Strategic Bitcoin Reserve; also recently bought $10M of BTC on January 16th.

• Ripple $XRP launches Ripple Treasury, a corporate treasury platform powered by GTreasury; Ripple acquired GTreasury for $1B in October 2025.

• WisdomTree $WT launches tokenized funds on Solana $SOL; also available on Ethereum, Arbitrum, Base, Optimism, Avalanche, Stellar, & Plume.

• Morgan Stanley $MS hires Amy Oldenburg as Head of Digital-Asset Strategy; previously Head of Emerging Markets Equity at Morgan Stanley; MS recently filed for Bitcoin, Ethereum, & Solana ETFs.

• Laser Digital applies for a US national trust bank charter with the US OCC; Circle, Ripple, BitGo, Fidelity Digital Assets, & Paxos recently received conditional approval.

• DefiLlama acquires Bulletin, an OTC data provider, for an undisclosed amount; to allow DefiLlama to provide more granular data on the valuation of private crypto companies.

Alpha

• ⭐️ Coinbase $COIN launches prediction markets powered by Kalshi; available in all 50 US states; notably, Coinbase acquired The Clearing Company, a prediction markets company, in December 2025.

• Uniswap $UNI to launch Continuous Clearing Auctions (CCAs) directly on the Uniswap website starting on February 2nd; Rainbow $RNBW is scheduled to launch its Uniswap CCA on February 2nd.

• ⭐️ MegaETH $MEGA to launch public mainnet on February 9th; recently launched global stress test on mainnet is ongoing.

• Abstract $ABS launches new Flash Badge, 'The Ultra Badge,' on the Portal; users who buy a treasure box on Bythen Treasure are eligible.

• Citrea, "the Bitcoin's application layer," launches mainnet; previously raised $14M in Series A funding led by Founders Fund.

• Nado $INK distributes 80,000 points to users who submitted feedback, bugs, and/or issues via tickets during Private Alpha; to launch Open Beta Season 1 soon.

• Infinex $INX launch TGE on January 30th; to take snapshot of Patrons NFT holders on January 30th at 07:00 UTC; 1 Patron is equal to 100K INX.

• MetaMask $MASK delays MetaMask Rewards claim citing "to ensure the distribution of LINEA is as accurate and fair as possible"; to announce claim date "in the coming days."

• ICYMI OpenEden $EDEN launches PRISM pre-deposit campaign; users will earn 4.7M EDEN tokens over the ~30 day campaign; full launch expected in February.

Airdrops

• Moonbirds $BIRB to launch airdrop claim soon; Moonbirds NFT & SBT holders will be eligible; BIRB is already live.

• ⭐️ USDai $CHIP to launch airdrop in Q1 2026; Allo (points) Airdrop Aligned holders will be eligible; to announce ICO details soon.

• ICYMI Mezo $MEZO launches airdrop allocation checker; Mezo Mats (points) holders & Mezo Bitcoin borrowers were eligible to register; to potentially launch airdrop claim in ~February.

• ICYMI Rainbow $RNBW completes snapshot of points holders; points holders will be eligible for upcoming airdrop; to launch airdrop on February 5th.

• ICYMI Sentient $SENT launches airdrop claim; Sentient Chat users, open-source AI researchers, & more were eligible to register in November.

• ICYMI Seeker $SKR (Solana Mobile) launches airdrop claim; Seeker users & developers are eligible; closes in ~90 days.

• ICYMI ETHGas $GWEI launches airdrop claim; Beans (points) holders who also shared their Gas ID on X or quote-tweeted ETHGas’ Open Gas Initiative announcement are eligible.

Finance News

• Upcoming Events: Mastercard $MA, Apple $AAPL, Visa $V earnings on January 28th; December PPI Inflation data on January 30th.

• US Federal Reserve leaves interest rates unchanged at 3.50 to 3.75%; first time since July 2025; Polymarket projects a ~92% chance the Fed leaves rates unchanged again in March.

• US Dollar Index falls to lowest level since 2022; notably US President Trump says the US dollar is "doing great" adding he is not concerned with its decline.

• ⭐️ Gold $XAU & Silver $XAG reach new all-time highs (again & again & again...); Gold is up ~25% YTD & Silver is up ~60% YTD.

• Nvidia $NVDA & Apple $AAPL reportedly consider Intel $INTC for 2028 chip production due to geopolitical concerns, political pressure, potential tariffs, & capacity constraints.

• ASML $ASML reports Q4 2025 earnings; reports $11.7B in revenue (+21% YoY), beating expectations; reports adjusted EPS of $8.81 (+23% YoY), missing expectations; to reportedly reduce headcount by 1,700 positions.

• Microsoft $MSFT reports FY26 Q2 earnings; reports $81.3B in revenue (+17% YoY) & adjusted EPS of $4.14 (+28% YoY), beating expectations.

• OpenAI reportedly developing 'biometric' social network; to potentially use World's $WLD eyeball scanning orb or Apple's Face ID to ensure users are people, not bots.

• SoftBank $9984.T reportedly in talks to invest an additional $30B in OpenAI; already previously invested ~$41B, giving it an ~11% stake in OpenAI.

• Tesla $TSLA reports Q4 2025 earnings; reports $24.9B in revenue (-3% YoY) & adjusted EPS of $0.50 (-32% YoY), beating expectations; still holds ~$1B worth of Bitcoin $BTC.

• Anthropic reportedly raising $20B at $350B valuation; double its initial target due to investor demand; leading investors include Coatue & GIC.

• Revolut launches full banking operations in Mexico; also recently applied for a banking license with the US OCC, after abandoning plans to buy a US lender.

• Amazon $AMZN lays off 16,000 (~10%) corporate employees citing cuts were necessary to "reduce layers, increase ownership, and remove bureaucracy"; similarly laid off 14,000 employees in October 2025.

• ICYMI US Senate to potentially oppose spending bill citing ICE funding; Polymarket projects a ~70% chance there will be another US government shutdown by January 31st.

Security and Exploits

• Coinbase $COIN & Crypto ISAC expand partnership "to continuously share high‑confidence threat intelligence, helping defenders respond faster to sophisticated attacks."

• Jingliang Su sentenced to nearly 4 years in prison for his role in $37M crypto laundering scam; also ordered to pay over $26M in restitution.

• X Player exploited for ~$717K due to flash loan attack; CertiK notes that the attacker shows similarities to the PGNLZ exploiter.

• WhatsApp launches 'Strict Account Settings' to protect users against cyber attacks; blocks media & attachments from unknown senders, silences unknown calls, and restricts other settings.

• Microsoft releases emergency security update for Office products; patches a high-severity vulnerability that is currently being exploited in the wild.

Token Unlocks

• Sign $SIGN / ~$11M / JAN 28th
• Jupiter $JUP / ~$10M / JAN 28th
• Zora $ZORA / ~$5M / JAN 30th
• Kamino $KMNO / ~$9M / JAN 30th
• Optimism $OP / ~$9M / JAN 31st
• Sui $SUI / ~$61M / FEB 01st
• EigenCloud $EIGEN / ~$12M / FEB 01st
Sourced from Tokenomist

Funding

• Mesh raises $75M at $1B valuation in Series C funding led by Dragonfly.

• Startale raises $13M in Extended Series A funding from Sony Innovation Fund.

• Doppler raises $9M in Seed funding led by Pantera Capital.

• Tenbin raises $7.1M in Seed funding led by Galaxy.

• Bleap raises $6M in Seed funding led by Blossom Capital.

• Sentient $SENT raises an undisclosed amount in Strategic funding from Franklin Templeton.

• Humanity Protocol $H raises an undisclosed amount in Strategic funding from Hex Trust.

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