Odaily Planet Daily reports that Andre Cronje's new project, Flying Tulip, announced the launch of its Intent Whitelist on the X platform. However, Cronje specifically noted that no fund transfers are currently involved, and all subsequent updates will be subject to official Flying Tulip announcements. According to previous public offering details disclosed by Flying Tulip, the public offering will be conducted in four rounds: Early Access, Supporter Whitelist, Intent Whitelist, and Open Public, with identical fundraising terms for each round.

According to Lookonchain monitoring, two wallets (0x6ef9 and 0x089f) opened long positions in ZEC with 1x leverage yesterday, with a position of 27,895 ZEC (US$11.1 million), and are now facing a floating loss of US$2.2 million.

Odaily Planet Daily reports that Florida lawmakers are pushing for renewed legislation to include digital assets on the state government's balance sheet, following a setback in a similar proposal earlier this year. The bill, introduced on January 7 by Republican Representative John Snyder for the 2026 legislative session, proposes establishing a state-led cryptocurrency reserve fund. House Bill 1039 (HB 1039) aims to create a "strategic cryptocurrency reserve fund" independent of the state's fiscal system and authorize the Florida Chief Financial Officer (CFO) to manage cryptocurrency investments within a defined risk control framework. (CoinDesk)

Odaily Planet Daily reports that Nasdaq-listed Japanese cryptocurrency exchange Coincheck has announced a share purchase agreement to acquire approximately 97% of the equity in alternative digital asset management company 3iQ Corp. According to the agreement, 3iQ's agreed valuation in this acquisition round reaches $111,840,476. The acquisition is expected to close in the second quarter of 2026, subject to customary commitments and specific conditions, including obtaining regulatory approvals and completing due diligence. (Businesswire)

According to Odaily Planet Daily, Exodus Movement, a NYSE American-listed self-custodied cryptocurrency company, released its December digital asset holdings update. As of December 31, it held 1,704 BTC, a decrease of 198 BTC from the previous month; 1,898 ETH, a decrease of 904 ETH from the previous month; and 12,473 SOL, a decrease of 18,577 SOL from the previous month. Furthermore, the company disclosed a significant drop in its transaction processing volume, reaching $360 million in December, compared to $549 million in November. (Globenewswire)