Main Password: Next Wednesday evening, the US CPI data will be released, and BTC's main trading volume will exceed 600 million US dollars, betting on this direction

According to CoinDesk, Deribit CEO Luuk Strijers confirmed that the company has hired FT Partners as a consultant to evaluate strategic investment opportunities and potential secondary market equity transactions. He emphasized that Deribit has not been listed for sale, but has indeed received interest from multiple strategic investors. Previously, it was reported that cryptocurrency exchange Kraken had considered acquiring Deribit, but did not make a formal offer. According to reports, Deribit's valuation may be between $4 billion and $5 billion or higher. At present, the bull market in the cryptocurrency market is driving up M&A activity within the industry, including Moonpay and Chainalysis announcing two major acquisitions this week.

The liquidation chart shows that in the past 24 hours, the BTC contract market has experienced both long and short positions, with a concentrated liquidation price of $95509, and a total of over $2.16 million orders have been liquidated at this point. At present, BTC has shown a twilight star pattern in the 45 minute custom cycle, and the main force has opened short by $12.25 million and shipped $9.97 million at the $97500 level. In the short term, BTC may face some adjustment pressure, and it is cautious to chase after the rise. It is recommended to break through the pressure level before considering it. The lower support can be noted by paying attention to the EMA24 and EMA52 moving averages. The data is for reference only and does not constitute any investment advice!

According to The Block, the Financial Services Commission (FSC) of South Korea has started discussing the development of a second phase cryptocurrency regulatory framework and plans to draft relevant legislation in the second half of 2025. This meeting focuses on improving the transparency of cryptocurrency trading and holding stablecoin issuers accountable. FSC Vice Chairman Jin Zhaorong stated that the new framework will adopt a comprehensive and systematic approach, covering service providers, cryptocurrency users, and markets, and referencing international regulatory practices to strengthen reserve asset management and safeguard user redemption rights. The first cryptocurrency regulatory framework launched by South Korea last year requires exchanges to store over 80% of user assets in cold wallets and separate them from their own funds. The new law may further improve relevant regulations.

BlockBeats News: On January 15th, community sales platform BuidlPad announced in a post regarding Solayer pre-sales that it will reopen KYC services from now until 11:59 pm (UTC) on January 15th, 2025. At the same time, strict anti witch attack policies will be implemented to ensure the fairness and integrity of token sales. The updated subscription mechanism is as follows: ·Allocation method: The number of LAYER tokens that each participant can purchase will be determined based on the ratio of their subscription amount to the total subscription pool of all eligible participants· Cancel the upper limit: The previously set hard limit for the total subscription amount will be removed. If the total subscription amount exceeds 10.5 million US dollars, the final allocation amount for all participants will be proportionally reduced, and the remaining funds will be refunded· Confirmation: Participants can view their final allocation amount on the page before 10:00 AM (UTC) on January 20, 2025. The excess subscription funds will be refunded to eligible participants.

On January 15th, according to DappRadar's recently released "2024 Dapp Industry Report," NFT trading volume in 2024 decreased by 19% compared to 2023 to $13.7 billion, while sales decreased by 18% to just under 50 million, "making 2024 one of the worst performing years since 2020 DappRadar added that there has been significant volatility in the NFT market, with trading volume increasing by 4% compared to the first quarter of 2023, reaching $5.3 billion. However, the momentum was short-lived as trading volume dropped to $1.5 billion in the third quarter and rebounded to $2.6 billion in the fourth quarter. In addition, NFTs had their best year ever in 2022, when they entered the mainstream for the first time with a trading volume of $57.2 billion and 121.7 million transactions.