Preface
Bitcoin and Ether have risen by 3.04% and 5.3%, respectively, over the past 24 hours, with current prices at $99,940 and $3,400. The ETH/BTC exchange rate is 0.034. The Crypto Fear & Greed Index stands at 75, indicating greed.

Market Trending

Amid the cooling of inflation in the U.S., the crypto market has surged. Bitcoin briefly hit the $100,000 mark, with Ethereum following closely above $3,400. XRP broke past $3.2, setting a new all-time high; SOL returned to $200, with a 7.89% rise in 24 hours; VIRTUAL hit $4, with a 28% increase in 24 hours; the total market capitalization of cryptocurrencies has risen to over $3.65 trillion.
The U.S. core CPI for December showed a year-on-year decrease from 3.3% in November, marking the first decline since July. The lower-than-expected core inflation has reignited speculation that the Federal Reserve may cut interest rates in 2025, benefiting risk assets like Bitcoin.
Cryptocurrency research strategists said, “The December CPI data marks the removal of the last macroeconomic obstacle to Bitcoin’s price reaching below $100,000 before Donald Trump’s inauguration.”
Beyond the moderate macroeconomic factors, the market surge is also linked to Donald Trump’s presidential inauguration on January 20, 2025, with the market anticipating potential policy changes that could drive the market upward. Although no specific policies have been released, discussions in news channels and social media suggest that the government might immediately consider introducing favorable policies for the crypto market. Additionally, the U.S. SEC is preparing to advance crypto policy reforms after Trump takes office, fueling optimism in the crypto space.
AI Sector: The AI sector saw widespread gains, with VIRTUAL leading the charge, hitting $4 with a 28% increase in 24 hours. FARTCOIN continued its previous rally, maintaining a daily rise of over 25%. AIXBT surged again for two consecutive days, with a 40% increase in 24 hours, now priced at $0.89207. AI16Z saw a 15% increase, priced at $1.52339, while ELIZASOL rose by over 38%, now priced at $0.10351. The AI token market is buzzing, with a surge in trading volumes on exchanges and on-chain transactions.

Spot Bitcoin ETF Flows

Yesterday, U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs saw net inflows of $754.77 million, with IBIT gaining $31.39 million, FBTC seeing $463.1 million, and GBTC gaining $50.54 million.
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Daily Spotlight

Today’s spotlight is VIRTUAL, with a 24-hour increase of 38.12%.
Virtuals Protocol (VIRTUAL), founded in 2021, is a decentralized AI agent generation platform based on Base. It creates various AI characters for different virtual worlds (such as games or online spaces) that can respond to text, voice, and actions. The AI agents on the protocol can move and speak in 3D space, conduct on-chain transactions, learn, make decisions, and interact “virtually” with their environment. Virtual Protocol also provides incentives for the decentralized creation and monetization of AI characters for every virtual interaction (games, metaverse, online interactions, or others).
VIRTUAL is up 38.12% in 24 hours, currently priced at $3.6993.
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The Word on the Street

VanEck Submits Onchain Economy ETF Application to SEC. Reportedly, asset management firm VanEck submitted an application to the U.S. SEC on January 15 for an “Onchain Economy” Exchange-Traded Fund (ETF). According to the filing, the fund will invest in cryptocurrency companies across the industry, including software developers, mining companies, crypto exchanges, infrastructure builders, payment companies, and other enterprises in the crypto space.
The asset manager defines these companies as “digital transformation companies,” stating: “The selection of digital transformation companies is based on fundamental analysis, market trends, their strategic position in the digital asset ecosystem, and valuation.” The fund will also invest in digital asset tools such as commodity futures contracts, but will not directly invest in digital assets by holding cryptocurrencies.

Project Airdrop

Bitcoin staking protocol Solv Protocol announced that the SOLV token airdrop will open for qualification checks on January 16, with official token claims starting on January 17. Unclaimed tokens will be returned to the community rewards and DAO treasury after March 18.
In terms of token distribution, 7.65% of the tokens are allocated to the Solv community, with 7.25% for Solv point system participants, 0.25% for early supporters, and 0.15% for active users.