According to official sources, Gate Fun's "Chinese Meme Launch Contest," launched on January 12th, has seen a surge in popularity since its inception. To date, over 2,000 meme tokens have been created on the Gate Fun platform, with the Chinese meme token, Malego Coin, showing particularly strong community activity, experiencing a 24-hour increase of 81.85%. It is reported that users can share in a $50,000 reward pool by issuing and trading all-Chinese meme tokens. Among these, high-quality, eligible Chinese meme tokens will be listed on Gate's spot and futures trading platforms.

According to Odaily Planet Daily, crypto market maker Wintermute, in its review of the digital asset over-the-counter market, analyzed that Bitcoin's traditional four-year cycle performed weakly in 2025, and the altcoin cycle almost disappeared. This was not a temporary adjustment, but a structural change. Therefore, for the crypto market to truly rebound strongly in 2026, it highly depends on the following three key outcomes, requiring at least one of them to occur: ETFs and crypto treasuries (DAT) companies expanding their investment scope beyond Bitcoin and Ethereum. Currently, the US spot BTC/ETH ETF concentrates liquidity highly on a few large-cap tokens, resulting in narrow market breadth and severely differentiated performance. Only when more cryptocurrencies are included by institutions through ETFs or corporate treasuries will it be possible to restore broader market participation and liquidity. BTC, ETH, and major assets such as BNB and SOL will once again show strong performance, generating a widespread wealth effect. The traditional cycle of "BTC rising followed by funds flowing to altcoins" was essentially broken in 2025, with the average altcoin upward cycle lasting only about 20 days (compared to about 60 days the previous year), and most tokens continuing to decline due to unlocking selling pressure. Only a significant surge in leading assets could trigger a renewed outflow of funds, revitalizing the altcoin market. Retail investors are returning their attention to the crypto market. Currently, retail investors are still actively participating, but funds are primarily focused on high-growth themes such as S&P 500, AI, robotics, and quantum computing. The painful memories of 2022-2023 (crashes, bankruptcies, forced liquidations) coupled with the expectation that crypto will underperform traditional stocks in 2025 have significantly diminished the allure of crypto's potential for quick riches. Only a large-scale return of retail investors will restore the market's momentum. (Cointelegraph)

According to Huoxun Finance on January 14th, on-chain analyst @ai_9684xtpa's monitoring, Binance Life's 24-hour increase is 60%, with the top on-chain trader's unrealized profit exceeding $2.63 million, a return of over 154,341.1%. His average cost is as low as $0.0001574, having bought in as early as six minutes after the token's launch. He has not deposited any tokens since Binance announced its spot listing and currently holds 18.5 million tokens (1.85% of the total).

According to Odaily Planet Daily, OKX market data shows that BTC has fallen below 95,000 USDT, currently trading at 94,987.1 USDT, with the 24-hour gain narrowing to 3.23%. (This news item was generated with AI assistance.)

According to Onchain Lens monitoring, a whale (0x10D9...85A7) withdrew 139,950 LINK tokens from Binance, worth $1.96 million. This whale has withdrawn a total of 342,557 LINK tokens in the past two days, and currently holds a total value of $4.81 million.