Odaily Planet Daily News: According to an official article by Chainlink on X platform, OpenUSDT, the interoperable version of the world's largest stablecoin USDT created for the OP Superchain ecosystem, has now adopted Chainlink CCIP for cross chain transfers. OpenUSDT_xyz now covers 7 chains, expanding Tether's support for $141 billion in assets in the multi chain economy. OpenUSDT and @ Celo@ Hyperlane and @ VelodromeFi collaborate to use Chainlink CCIP for cross chain transfer, enabling permissionless value transfer without vendor lock-in. In addition to using Celo as the central chain for 1:1 collateralization with native USDT, OpenUSDT can now also be used on the following chains: • Base • Fraxtal • Lisk • Mode • Optimism • Soneium • Unichain

According to Foresight News, Upbit will launch KAITO Korean won, BTC, and USDT trading pairs.

According to OnchainLens monitoring, 5 hours ago, a giant whale address released the pledge of 134902 SOLs worth $19.26 million, and subsequently sold 135000 SOLs through Jupiter limit orders.

Odaily Planet Daily News: In January 2025, the cryptocurrency trading volume in Indonesia surged to 44.07 trillion Indonesian rupiah (approximately 2.68 billion US dollars), an increase of 104.31% compared to 21.57 trillion Indonesian rupiah (approximately 1.31 billion US dollars) in January 2024. This growth trend is consistent with the transaction volume for the entire year of last year, reaching IDR 650.6 trillion (approximately USD 39.56 billion) in 2024, with IDR 94 trillion (approximately USD 5.72 billion) in December. Hasan Fawzi of the Indonesian Financial Services Authority (OJK) announced this data at the monthly committee meeting in February 2025. As of February 2025, there are a total of 1396 cryptocurrency assets available for trading in the Indonesian market. OJK has authorized 19 institutions, including a cryptocurrency exchange, a clearing house, a custodial storage manager, and 16 traders, with an additional 14 institutions in the process of applying for licenses. （Techinasia）

According to Yonhap News Agency Infomax, Seoul Mayor Oh Se hoon expressed support for cryptocurrency ETFs and securities token issuances (STOs). Wu Shixun stated in a Facebook post that South Korea should develop a regulatory framework that combines virtual assets with the real economy, similar to the models in the United States and Europe. He emphasized the importance of establishing basic legislation for virtual assets, which will enable cryptocurrency ETFs, corporate cryptocurrency trading, and STOs, and pointed out that these practices have been widely accepted in leading countries.