According to Axios, US President Trump stated in a phone interview that the US is engaged in "deep negotiations" with Iran and hopes to reach an agreement before Tuesday's deadline. "The chances of reaching an agreement are very high, but if they don't, I will destroy everything there," he said. When asked if he was worried about harming innocent civilians, Trump said he believed Iranians opposed to his government would support such strikes to weaken the regime. In the approximately eight-minute phone interview, Trump stated that his special envoys, Witkov and Kushner, were conducting intensive negotiations with the Iranian side. Two sources involved in the negotiations said communication was being conducted both through intermediaries such as Pakistan, Egypt, and Turkey, and through text messages between Trump's advisors and Iranian Foreign Minister Araghchi. "The negotiations are progressing well, but dealing with the Iranians is never a long way off," Trump said. He also stated that the two sides were close to reaching an agreement to hold direct talks a few days earlier. "But they said they would meet again in five days. I asked, why five days? I felt they weren't serious enough. So I attacked that bridge," Trump said. (Jin Shi)

In the past hour, total liquidations across the network reached $10.36 million, with $762,473.42 from long positions, with $9.60 million from short positions. BTC liquidation $3.48 million, ETH liquidation $3.96 million.

According to Huoxun Finance, Middle East scholar Mohammad Ali Shabani stated that US President Trump is prepared to carry out his threat to strike key Iranian infrastructure, which risks a serious escalation of the regional situation. Iran, in turn, is sending a signal to the US that it will not back down by attacking Kuwaiti infrastructure. He added that the current situation resembles a standoff, with neither side having a path to a graceful exit, and the possibility of a serious escalation in the region within the next 24 hours is high.

According to Huoxun Finance, on-chain data shows that address 0x78F…07a2B received 30.99 million STO tokens an hour ago, equivalent to approximately $5.98 million at the current price. Then, 45 minutes ago, this address deposited 10 million STO tokens into Binge, worth approximately $1.92 million. Tracing the source of these 30.99 million STO tokens, it appears that two addresses accumulated them at an average price of $0.1713 between October 2025 and January 2026. In this transaction, the parties involved will profit $207,000 from the sale; however, these tokens previously had a floating profit of $52.33 million at the peak of the token price.

Huoxun Finance reports that economist and cryptocurrency critic Peter Schiff has called for a sell-off of Bitcoin, a call refuted by Strategy founder Michael Saylor. Schiff pointed out earlier that Bitcoin's price has only risen 12% over the past five years; in contrast, the Nasdaq rose 57.4%, the S&P 500 rose 59.4%, gold rose 163%, and silver rose 181% during the same period. He questioned why anyone would continue to hold Bitcoin if its appeal lies in its superior long-term performance. Saylor responded that the time frame is crucial. Since August 2020, Bitcoin has been the best-performing mainstream asset, and its advantage is very significant; this gap only widens over a longer timeframe.