January 2nd, according to market data, the spot silver price fell by over $1 in the short term, now trading at $73.24 per ounce, with an intraday gain narrowed to 2.4%. The spot gold price fell by over $20 in the short term, now trading at $4348.42 per ounce, with a daily gain narrowed to 0.7%. (IG)

January 2nd, Trust Wallet posted on social media that the browser extension is now back on the Chrome Web Store. In addition, version 2.71.0 is now released, which includes customer service CAPTCHA support to assist with the claims process.

January 2nd, according to market data, on the first trading day of 2026, the U.S. stock market opened with the Dow rising by 0.18%, the S&P 500 rising by 0.54%, and the Nasdaq rising by over 1%. Cryptocurrency-related stocks saw a general increase, including:Coinbase (COIN) up 1.65%Circle (CRCL) up 1.88%MicroStrategy (MSTR) up 1.22%Bullish (BLSH) up 1.43%Gemini (GEMI) up 1.81%Bitmine (BMNR) up 3.35%SharpLink Gaming (SBET) up 2.13%Bit Digital (BTBT) up 2.91%ETHZilla (ETHZ) up 2.86%ALT5 Sigma (ALTS) up 2.73%American Bitcoin (ABTC) up 2.65%

January 2nd, according to community information, ElizaOS founder Shaw recently returned, causing the related token elizaos to see its market cap rise to around $40 million.Meanwhile, Shaw's personally issued token $FARM2 has also attracted market attention. The FARM2 community has officially announced via their Twitter account the development of the FARM2 metaverse, integrating social, gaming, office, entertainment, and virtual reality experiences into one metaverse world.After the original team announced the project's reboot, $FARM2's market cap rose to around $100,000. Shaw has publicly stated his intention to assist in the development work of the FARM2 project in subsequent stages.

January 2nd, according to HTX market data, possibly influenced by the strong rebound of PEPE, the veteran Meme coins saw a general rise, including:· PEPE rose by 37% in the past 24 hours, now priced at $0.00000569· NEIRO rose by 23.69% in the past 24 hours, now priced at $0.00013· FLOKI rose by 18.77% in the past 24 hours, now priced at $0.000047· PENGU rose by 16.41% in the past 24 hours, now priced at $0.01· BONK rose by 15.9% in the past 24 hours, now priced at $0.00000883· PNUT rose by 14% in the past 24 hours, now priced at $0.08· BOME rose by 12.64% in the past 24 hours, now priced at $0.000623

January 2nd, according to on-chain analyst Ai Auntie (@ai_9684xtpa), a certain whale address has been continuously increasing its ETH short position, which has grown 10 times to 21,820.69 ETH, worth $66.51 million. The entry price is $3,016, and the current unrealized loss is $719,000.

January 2nd, according to Hyperinsight monitoring, the hot whale redistribution trends from 10:00 to 20:00 today are as follows:Long Position Camp:A whale/institution that previously bought high and sold low in November, losing $13.73 million in ETH in a week, spent $9.95 million today to buy 2,251 XAUt (Gold Token) at an average price of $4,420.「Brother Whale」 Huang Licheng reduced his 25x leveraged ETH long position to 8,000 coins to take profit, and added a 10x leveraged long position for 11,888.88 HYPE.Short Position Camp:A whale who borrowed 5,000 ETH for short selling a month ago closed his position after ETH reached $3,000, making a profit of about $390,000 from this short sale.A whale (0x218) increased their ETH short position to 18,875.18 coins, worth $57.32 million.「Meme Short Army Leader」 LIT increased their short position to 3,813,196 coins, now the largest on-chain LIT short position.

January 2nd, according to Coinglass data, today, after some altcoins saw a price increase, the current mainstream CEX and DEX funding rates show a recovery in the altcoin market. Some platform altcoin trading pairs have returned to neutral rates. However, as Bitcoin approaches the $90,000 resistance again, the market is starting to turn bearish. Currently, it has not entered into negative funding rate territory. This is in contrast to the situation during the previous market slump (BTC and ETH neutral rates, altcoins universally negative rates). The specific mainstream coin funding rates are shown in the attached image.BlockBeats Note: Funding rates are rates set by cryptocurrency trading platforms to maintain the balance between the contract price and the underlying asset price, usually applicable to perpetual contracts. It is a mechanism for fund exchanges between long and short traders. The trading platform does not charge this fee but uses it to adjust the cost or profit of traders holding contracts to keep the contract price close to the underlying asset price.When the funding rate is 0.01%, it represents the baseline rate. When the funding rate is above 0.01%, it indicates a generally bullish market. When the funding rate is below 0.005%, it indicates a generally bearish market.

January 2, according to official sources, Binance will delist and cease trading for the following spot trading pairs at 16:00 (Beijing Time) on January 3:AI/BNB, ETC/BNB, FLOW/BTC, LPT/BNB, SFP/BTC, VET/BNB, WCT/FDUSD, WIF/BRL, and WLFI/BRL.

January 2nd, according to Blur data, possibly influenced by Vitalik's avatar change, the Milady series NFT floor price surged by 27.53% in the past 24 hours, now at 1.07 ETH.BlockBeats previously reported that Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin changed his Twitter avatar to a Milady NFT-style image at 8 am Beijing time on January 1st (0:00 UTC).

December 24th, according to DL News, despite increasing pressure on the Digital Asset Treasury (DAT), Metaplanet has taken a step towards its goal, planning to hold 210,000 bitcoins by the end of 2027.Metaplanet's Chief Strategy Officer, Dylan LeClair, stated that the company passed several equity-related proposals at a recent extraordinary shareholders' meeting, which will help the company raise funds to further purchase Bitcoin.This move effectively enables Metaplanet to utilize financial instruments to increase its Bitcoin holdings without immediately diluting existing shareholders' ownership stakes.

December 24th. According to official sources, Huobi HTX, as a leading global digital asset exchange, has always adhered to the principle of "100% user asset redemption" and is committed to building trust through the highest standard of transparency. The platform has regularly disclosed its Merkle Tree Reserve Proof (PoR) for 38 consecutive months, with the reserve ratio of all core assets consistently maintained above 100%, and all historical data is on-chain verifiable.The changes in reserve data for 2025 clearly reflect market trends and the platform's sound operation. The most notable change is the surge in user USDT assets from around 695 million tokens in January to around 1.765 billion tokens in December, an increase of about 150%, demonstrating strong fund deposition and user trust. Meanwhile, BTC user holdings remained relatively stable. According to a CoinDesk research report, as of November, Huobi HTX's 2025 market share growth reached 2.06%, ranking first among mainstream centralized exchanges. Furthermore, in 2025, Huobi HTX proactively expanded asset transparency by including assets such as WLFI and USDC in the PoR coverage.All of Huobi HTX's actions are taken with user asset security and interests as the top priority. Users can visit the official website's "Reserve Proof Report" standalone page to verify on-chain data at any time and jointly witness a secure and transparent trading environment.

December 24th, according to Onchain Lens monitoring, BlackRock has just deposited 2292 Bitcoins (about $199.8 million) and 9976 Ethereum (about $29.23 million) into Coinbase.

December 24th, Wintermute OTC Head Jake posted on social media, stating, "Most traders will naturally become trend followers, especially those who are purely profit-driven. Currently, BTC, ETH, and SOL are all trading below their respective moving averages, which is enough to deter short-term speculators.""However, conversely, the same logic holds true: once they reclaim key moving averages, funds will systematically flow back in, and market momentum will also recover."