According to official news, BitMart's latest pre-market trading project, Bitway (BTW), has been launched. The minting phase began today at 14:00 (UTC+8), and the pre-market trading phase will officially launch on January 30th at 14:00 (UTC+8). Users can mint assets by staking USDT and freely trade them in the pre-market spot market, enabling price discovery and early positioning before the project's official launch. As one of BitMart's innovative mechanisms, pre-market trading, together with the BMD Discovery Zone, DEX module, and LaunchPrime, forms a complete chain service covering "discovery—circulation—incubation," helping users participate in high-quality projects earlier.

Huoxun Finance reported on January 29th that, according to Decrypt, representatives from Wall Street giants JPMorgan Chase and Citadel, along with the securities industry trade organization SIFMA, met with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's (SEC) Crypto Working Group on Tuesday to discuss numerous concerns raised by regulators' lenient stance on digital assets. Participants expressed concern that the SEC's upcoming plan to grant exemptions to tokenized securities could harm the overall U.S. economy and expressed worry about the SEC's plan to exclude some DeFi projects from securities law compliance obligations. SIFMA stated in its meeting materials that regulatory treatment should be based on economic characteristics rather than technology or labels, and that broad exemptions for tokenized trading activities could weaken investor protection and lead to market chaos, citing the potential risks of a crypto market flash crash in October 2025 as an example.

According to a report by Cointelegraph on January 29th, a Santiment report analyzes that despite the overall weak sentiment in the cryptocurrency market, the number of "whale" wallets holding more than 1 million XRP has been steadily increasing since the beginning of 2026, which may indicate a positive long-term outlook for the asset. On-chain data shows that the number of such "millionaire" wallets has increased by 42 since January 1st, reversing the downward trend since last September. Meanwhile, the proportion of "smart money" traders increasing their XRP holdings in the past 30 days has risen by 11.55%. Analysts interpret this trend differently: some traders believe that strong net buying may push XRP to break through resistance and rise; while others point out that further gains in XRP may rely too heavily on macro narratives, and unexpected events in the voting process of the CLARITY Act could put short-term pressure on the price.

According to Onchain Lens monitoring, a newly created address (0x0E4F...927E) withdrew 450 XAUTs from Bybit, worth $2.51 million. This address currently holds 1250 XAUTs, with a total value of $6.98 million.