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🔈🔈 BD Ventures is proud to be an official Community Partner of Consensus 2026 – Miami Edition!

💥 Consensus returns — bringing the #1 destination for dealflow and the most influential crypto gathering to the Miami Beach Convention Center!

👑 About Consensus 2026
Built on CoinDesk’s legacy of independent journalism, Consensus has become the world’s leading event across digital finance, blockchain, and AI.
✔️ 20,000 attendees from over 100 countries
✔️ $4T AUM represented at Consensus 2025
✔️ Recognized as “The Super Bowl of Blockchain, the World Cup of Web3”
✔️ Premier global stage for founders, executives, policymakers & major brands
✔️ Three days of high-value meetings, dealmaking, and collaboration

📣 Why attend?
✔️ Access the world’s most influential crypto market
✔️ Join industry-leading panels, keynotes, and discussions
✔️ Connect with top-tier builders, investors, regulators, and enterprises
✔️ Accelerate partnerships and business growth
✔️ Experience Miami — a global hub of finance, culture, and tech

🎫 Registration & Community Perks
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🗓 Date: May 5–7, 2026
📍 Location: Miami Beach Convention Center
🔖 More info & registration: https://consensus.coindesk.com/

🔈🔈 X officially "kills" InfoFi
💥 According to Nikita Bier – Head of Product at X, X has revoked the API of token reward applications for posting content (InfoFi).
💎 Reason:
InfoFi has generated an excessive amount of AI spam, reply spam, severely degrading the user experience.
🔥 Immediate consequences:
✔️ Projects closely tied to InfoFi such as Kaito and Cookie DAO have been significantly affected
✔️ Tokens reacted negatively, with prices dropping nearly 20% at one point
🛡 The message is clear: X prioritizes user experience over fake engagement.
📣 With this move, the era of "posting to farm tokens" on X is nearly over, and InfoFi, if it wants to survive, will have to find a different path outside this platform.

The state is accelerating the tightening of crypto transaction regulation

New proposals go beyond monetary fines, extending to stronger measures:

Confiscation of crypto

Confiscation of digital assets, tools, and means used for illegal transactions

Applicable to investors who intentionally violate regulations and conduct transactions outside authorized scope

🚨 Current penalty levels (10–30 million VND) are considered inadequate:

Too severe for small individual traders

Too lenient for individuals trading hundreds of millions to billions, easily viewed as "transaction costs"

The Ministry of Public Security proposes increasing penalties to 30–50 million VND, or even higher, to enhance deterrence

⚠️ For "rug pull" projects (raising funds then vanishing):

Legal responsibilities must be clarified

Not only administrative penalties but also mandatory restitution of illicit gains

🔒 Repeated violations or large-scale offenses:

May be required to surrender all profits obtained

Consideration of criminal prosecution

📉 The legal gray area surrounding crypto in Vietnam is rapidly shrinking

📌 Recommendations for investors:

Trade only through licensed institutions

Maintain complete records of transaction history and fund sources

Comply early to minimize legal risks as policies continue to tighten

👉 The market is entering a phase of selection and transparency—caution today ensures safety tomorrow.

🚨 Notable token unlock schedule in the coming days 🚨

📅 15/01

SEI: Unlock 55.56M $SEI (1.05%) ⏰ 19:00

STRK: Unlock 127M $STRK (4.83%) ⏰ 07:00

📅 16/01

ARB: Unlock 9.65M $ARB (1.86%) ⏰ 18:00

📅 17/01

ZK: Unlock 173.08M $ZK (3.16%) ⏰ 15:00

APE: Unlock 14.83M $APE (1.53%) ⏰ 19:30

📅 18/01

TRUMP: Unlock 50M $TRUMP (11.96%) ⏰ 07:00

ONDO: Unlock 1.94B $ONDO (57.23%) ⏰ 07:00

⚠️ Note: Large unlock events may create short-term selling pressure — please manage risk and closely monitor market fluctuations.

🔥 Will the Peace Nobel "name" Trump?

María Corina Machado — leader of Venezuela's opposition and the 2025 Peace Nobel laureate — brought the Nobel medal to the White House and presented it to President Donald Trump as a symbolic gesture to thank him for his support of freedom and the democratic aspirations of the Venezuelan people. Meeting at the White House, Ms. Machado said this was her way of acknowledging "Trump's special commitment to our freedom" — although the Nobel Committee has stated that the prize cannot be officially transferred.

🔈🔈 BD Ventures is proud to be an official Community Partner of the DavosWeb3 Roundtable 2026
💥 We’re thrilled to support the DavosWeb3 Roundtable, a premier gathering of global thought leaders shaping the future of the decentralized ecosystem.
👑 About DavosWeb3 Roundtable
The Davos Web3 Roundtable is a focused, high-level event bringing together entrepreneurs, investors, developers, and influential industry insiders to discuss the direction of Web3.
✔️ Premier roundtable format with global Web3 stakeholders
✔️ Focus on the future of decentralized ecosystems
✔️ Participation from founders, investors, developers & industry leaders
✔️ Emphasis on long-term value, real adoption, and global relevance
🔖 More about DavosWeb3
Global signals start in Davos. DavosWeb3 convenes leaders who are actively shaping the next phase of Web3.
This year’s roundtable includes speakers and signatories of the Davos Declaration 2026, standing behind principles of responsible innovation, sustainability, accountability, and trust.
🗓 Date: January 21, 2026
📍 Location: Davos, Switzerland
🔗 Social Links:
📱 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/davosweb3/
📱 X: https://x.com/DavosWeb3

🔈🔈 Consensus Hong Kong 2026 – Speaker Lineup Announced
💥 Consensus by CoinDesk officially returns to Hong Kong | February 10–12, 2026, following a sold-out 2025 edition.
The 2026 event is set to welcome 15,000+ global decision-makers from Web3, AI, and institutional finance.
🎤 CONFIRMED SPEAKERS & LEADING ORGANIZATIONS
✔️ Richard Teng – Binance
✔️ Lily Liu – Solana Foundation
✔️ Justin Sun – TRON
✔️ Peter Mintzberg – Grayscale Investments
✔️ Hsiao-Wei Wang – Ethereum Foundation
✔️ Ella Zhang – YZI Labs
✔️ Joseph Chalom – Sharplink
✔️ Annabelle Huang – Altius Labs
💎 AGENDA HIGHLIGHTS
✔️ Tokenizing the Planet – Securitize · Ondo · J.P. Morgan
✔️ Securing the Multi-Chain Future – Babylon · Mysten Labs
✔️ AI vs Mining in the US – Bitmain · American Bitcoin
✔️ Ethereum: Scaling & UX – Ethereum Foundation · Scroll
🔴 Key themes: Institutional adoption · DeFi · Stablecoins · AI agents · Robotics · On-chain execution
⭐️ BEYOND THE STAGE
✔️ EasyA Hackathon & CoinDesk PitchFest
✔️ 350+ city-wide side events
✔️ Exclusive networking & official parties across Hong Kong
✔️ Solana Accelerate APAC hosted alongside Consensus
🎟 Tickets Available Now — Important Pricing Update
⚠️ Ticket prices will increase starting December 18 at 11:00 PM (HKT)
🔴 Secure your pass early and save up to $1,000
🎁 Exclusive discount for the BD Ventures community
🔗 Register here with code BDVEN20 to receive 20% off your ticket: https://go.coindesk.com/hk26-bdventures

⌛⌛The AMA “Winter Is Coming – How to Survive the Bear Market?” with #PieBit was a success with more than 4500+ listeners and 104K tuned in.
Thanks for your support. See you next time! 🤝🤝
➡️Please join Piebit group: https://t.me/piebitcommunity

🔥 BNB Chain upgrades Fermi: Finality ~1 second, BSC significantly faster 🔥
💥 BNB Chain has just activated the Fermi hard fork, elevating BNB Smart Chain (BSC) performance to a new level:
⭐️ Key highlights
✨ Block time: reduced from 0.75s → 0.45s
✨ Transaction finality: ~1 second
✨ Become one of the fastest EVM chains today
💎 What does Fermi improve?
✨ Refined consensus mechanism and voting rules
✨ Reduced finality latency during network congestion
✨ Maintains high speed while ensuring stability & predictability
🎯 Targeting low-latency use cases
✨ On-chain trading
✨ Real-time DeFi
✨ Games & high-interaction DApps
🔖 Note for developers
✨ Most DApps do not require code changes
✨ Projects relying on precise block timing should review their logic
🛡 With Fermi, BNB Chain clearly demonstrates its ambition: faster – smoother – ready for high load, not just in theory but in real-world usage.

💥💥 Vietnam proposes stricter penalties for crypto transactions
🔥 Not only fines, regulatory authorities are also considering:
✅ Increasing fines for individual investors who violate regulations (proposed amount: 30–50 million VND).
✅ Seizing digital assets and means of violation when fines are insufficient as a deterrent.
✅ Criminal prosecution for serious offenses, repeat violations, tax evasion, or money laundering.
⚠️ Key points to note
✅ Legal gray areas surrounding crypto will continue to be narrowed.
✅ OTC and black market transactions will face stronger scrutiny.
✅ Project founders involved in rug pulls may face both civil and criminal liability, no longer "innocent."
💎 What should investors do?
✅ Prioritize trading through licensed entities.
✅ Limit high-frequency trading and keep complete records of transaction history & source of funds.
✅ Proactively manage risks before the legal framework is fully established.
📌 Clear message: Violating crypto rules is no longer an "acceptable cost" – legal accountability will be tightened for both investors and the projects behind them.

🔈🔈 Bitcoin (BTC) Market Update – 01/15/2026
💥 BTC continues to hold above the $95k level following a strong breakout earlier. The market enters a trend-holding phase but begins to show divergence, as short-term capital becomes more selective and intraday volatility increases.
💎 Key News & Notable Developments on 01/15/2026:
✔️ BTC maintains the $95k zone after breakout:
Price fluctuates between $94.8k and $97k, with no significant selling pressure → short-term uptrend structure remains intact.
✔️ CLARITY Act introduced for discussion in the U.S. Senate:
The bill aiming to clarify classification and oversight of digital assets continues to be reviewed → supports medium-to-long-term sentiment in the crypto market.
✔️ U.S. macroeconomic environment remains risk-on:
Expectations of the Fed maintaining a dovish stance in 2026 are driving positive momentum in both equities and crypto.
✔️ Derivatives market cools after short squeeze:
Open interest remains high → market remains sensitive and prone to two-way volatility.
✔️ Spot BTC ETFs remain stable:
No significant inflows or outflows → no new upward momentum generated.
✔️ On-chain data supports uptrend:
Long-term holders (LTH) are not distributing, exchange reserves remain low → short-term supply remains tight.
✔️ Altcoins face localized noise:
Some token unlocks during the day may cause short-term volatility.
🛡 Strategy:
✔️ Trend:
BTC holds above $94.5k–$95k → short-term uptrend remains valid.
✔️ Bullish continuation scenario:
Break and close above $97k → target extension to $98k–$100k.
✔️ Healthy pullback:
Correction to $93k–$94k holds firm → safe zone to re-enter long positions.
✔️ Risk warning:
Loss of $92k–$93k → BTC may revert to test the previous accumulation zone, with heightened volatility likely due to high open interest.

🔈🔈 💥💥BD Ventures is pleased to announce its role as a Media Partner for Traders Fair Manila 2026 at Philippines!
💥 One of Asia’s leading finance and trading events returns to Manila—bringing together top traders, investors, fintech experts, and global industry leaders under one roof.
⭐️ What to Expect:
✔️ Practical strategies in forex, crypto, stocks & commodities
✔️ Latest fintech tools & trading platforms
✔️ Insights on global markets, AI & digital finance
✔️ High-value networking with traders, educators & brokers
💎 More than an expo—it’s a global finance movement designed to educate, inspire, and empower traders at every level.
🗓 May 9, 2026
📍 Edsa Shangri-La, Manila
🌐 tradersfair.com/philippines
📧 [email protected]
📣 See you at Traders Fair Manila 2026!

🔥 VelaFi raises $20M in Series B funding, accelerating cross-border stablecoin payment infrastructure 🔥
💥 VelaFi has just announced the completion of its $20M Series B funding round, led by XVC and Ikuyo, with participation from several major funds. This brings the company's total raised capital to over $40M since its founding.
💎 The new funds will be used by VelaFi to expand its cross-border payment and settlement infrastructure using stablecoins, focusing on high-demand markets such as the U.S., Asia, and Latin America, while strengthening regulatory compliance and connecting with traditional banking networks.
⭐️ Unlike platforms targeting individual users, VelaFi focuses on serving businesses, offering international payment solutions, treasury management, FX, and fiat on/off-ramp services. The platform has already served hundreds of enterprise clients and processed billions of dollars in transactions, demonstrating that stablecoins are gradually becoming a crucial part of the global payment infrastructure.

💥💥 Bitmine significantly increases Ethereum treasury
✅ Bitmine Immersion Technologies has just purchased an additional 24,266 ETH, raising its total holdings to approximately 4.17 million ETH (~3.4% of circulating supply).
✅ Total assets (crypto + cash) are around $14 billion, with $988 million in cash.
✅ Staking has surged: approximately 1.26 million ETH are now staked; a dedicated staking platform is expected to launch early 2026.
✅ CEO Tom Lee urges shareholders to approve increased stock issuance to continue the ETH acquisition strategy.
✅ According to CoinGecko, Bitmine is the largest ETH treasury company, far ahead of its competitors.
✅ Next goal: own 5% of ETH supply (~6 million ETH).
📈 Meanwhile, the BTC segment remains led by Strategy (Michael Saylor), continuing large-scale BTC purchases.

🔈🔈 Bitcoin (BTC) Market Update – 01/14/2026
💥 BTC surged strongly back to the $95k zone, breaking out of the previous prolonged sideways consolidation. The upward momentum was driven by macro catalysts in the U.S. + short squeeze, causing increased volatility during the session and attracting short-term capital inflows.
💎 Key News & Notable Developments on 01/14/2026:
✔️ BTC breakout above $95k: Price surged sharply from the day's low around $90.9k to $95k–$95.9k, breaking through the prior consolidation zone → notable increase in market volatility.
✔️ Supporting macro catalysts: Cooling U.S. inflation data helped revive risk-on sentiment, supporting BTC and other risk assets.
✔️ Short squeeze triggered upward momentum: As BTC surpassed the $93k–$94k resistance, numerous short positions were forced to close, creating strong upward pressure.
✔️ Long-term holders remain stable: No significant selling pressure from long-term holders → the rally was not hindered by large-scale distribution.
✔️ Miners & on-chain metrics maintain balance: Hashrate remains stable, with no signs of large-scale sell-offs → short-term supply remains unaffected.
✔️ Spot BTC ETFs not yet surging: Although price rose quickly, ETF inflows still need additional confirmation to sustain the trend.
✔️ Derivatives market heating up: Funding rate rose slightly, open interest expanded → short-term capital is returning, but also brings higher volatility risk.
🛡 Strategy:
✔️ For long positions entered between $90k–$92k: Prioritize trailing stop-loss or partial profit-taking as BTC approaches the supply zone of $95k–$96k.
✔️ Bullish continuation: Sustained above $94.5k–$95k with rising volume → confirms ongoing uptrend, target $98k–$100k.
✔️ Healthy pullback: Re-testing $92k–$93k and holding → presents a safer opportunity to re-enter.
✔️ Risk warning: Reversal below $90k → BTC could revert to the previous consolidation range.

🔥 YouTube crypto viewership hits lowest level since early 2021 🔥
💥 After more than three months of continuous decline, viewership for cryptocurrency content on YouTube has dropped to its lowest level since January 2021. This trend isn't limited to YouTube but has spread to X and other platforms, reflecting a clear cooling of retail investors' interest.
💬 Many creators believe:
✨ Small investors are exhausted by scams, altcoin pump and dumps
✨ The market still resembles a prolonged bear market dating back to 2021
✨ The current cycle is led by institutions, with retail playing a secondary role
💎 While BTC underperformed in 2025, traditional assets like gold and silver have outperformed → capital and attention are being分散.
⭐️ A bright spot: Santiment reports a slight improvement in social sentiment toward Bitcoin, with the $90,000 level being a key psychological threshold to maintain retail confidence. ETH, however, still lacks a clear trend.
🛡 Less noise, less hype — the market may be entering a 'noise-filtering' phase, where real value matters more than views.

💥💥 How will the CLARITY Act change the U.S. crypto market?
🔥 On January 15, 2026, the U.S. Senate will vote on the CLARITY Act – a major turning point aimed at ending years of legal ambiguity in the cryptocurrency market.
💡 Core elements of CLARITY
✅ Clear division of authority:
- CFTC to oversee the digital commodity spot market
- SEC to continue regulating securities-like assets
✅ Reduced regulatory overlap between the two agencies
✅ Stricter measures against market manipulation (wash trading, spoofing)
✅ Higher transparency requirements for exchanges (Proof-of-Reserves, real-time monitoring)
👑 Expected impacts
✅ Increased investor confidence
✅ Open the door for institutional capital
✅ Support for altcoin listings, improved liquidity
✅ Accelerate ETFs, custody services, and other crypto financial products
📊 The market is already reflecting positive expectations, with BTC trading around $91,000 and small-cap altcoins seeing slight gains ahead of "D-Day".
📌 CLARITY is not just a law – it's the foundation for a more transparent, structured, and sustainable U.S. crypto market.

🔈🔈 Bitcoin (BTC) Market Update – 01/13/2026
💥 BTC continues to fluctuate within the $90k–$92k range; the market remains generally quiet, lacking major catalysts, with large capital still in observation mode.
💎 Notable News & Developments on 01/13/2026:
✔️ BTC maintains a sideways movement between $90k–$92k: The narrow range suggests market compression, with no clear breakout yet.
✔️ Some positive accumulation signals from long-term institutions: No increase in selling pressure from long-term holders, indicating the current price level has not triggered panic selling.
✔️ Miners & on-chain metrics remain relatively stable: No significant selling pressure from miners observed, hashrate remains stable → short-term supply is not under shock.
✔️ Spot BTC ETFs remain neutral: No major outflows, but inflows remain weak → institutions are still waiting for clearer signals.
✔️ Derivatives market remains healthy: Funding rates remain near neutral, open interest is flat → the market is not skewed toward long or short positions.
✔️ Investors await U.S. macro data: Inflation reports and expectations around monetary policy remain key focus this week.
🛡 Strategy:
✔️ Hold positions as long as BTC stays above $89k–$90k.
✔️ The sideways phase is suitable for short-term scalp/trading, with risk management prioritized.
✔️ Break and hold above $94k–$95k with volume → confirms continuation of uptrend, target $98k–$100k.
✔️ Close below $88k–$89k → short-term breakdown warning, BTC may revert to a wider consolidation range.
📌 BTC on 01/13/2026 has seen little significant news, with the market in a prolonged technical accumulation phase. The medium-term uptrend remains intact, but the next move is likely to occur only with a clear macro catalyst or a strong return of institutional capital.

🔥 The former Zcash team launches new wallet "cashZ" 🔥
✨ The developers behind Zcash have just announced they are building a new wallet called cashZ, less than 24 hours after leaving Electric Coin Company (ECC).
✨ The cashZ wallet uses the Zashi codebase and is expected to launch in a few weeks; Zashi users can seamlessly migrate.
✨ Former ECC CEO Josh Swihart confirms no new coin will be issued, and the team remains 100% focused on developing Zcash under a new company.
✨ This news comes amid a ~7% rise in ZEC price following the announcement that Digital Currency Group acquired $85 million worth of Zcash.
🛡 Positive signal for the Zcash ecosystem, especially in the area of wallets & user experience.