Bitcoin

Norway’s sovereign wealth fund’s indirect Bitcoin exposure increased by 149% year-on-year to 9,573 BTC

According to K33, the Norwegian sovereign wealth fund’s indirect Bitcoin exposure increased by 149% in 2025, reaching 9,573 BTC. The fund has significant investments in companies including Strategy, MARA, Metaplanet, Coinbase and Block. While the state fund has not directly acquired cryptocurrencies, many of these companies continue to accumulate Bitcoin. Norway's sovereign wealth fund, managed by Norges Bank Investment Management, is one of the world's largest sovereign wealth funds with assets in excess of $2 trillion and invests primarily in global stocks, bonds and real estate.

Michael Saylor: Kevin Warsh will become the first Fed Chairman to support Bitcoin

Michael Saylor posted on the X platform that Kevin Warsh will become the first Federal Reserve Chairman to support Bitcoin.

Peter Brandt: Bitcoin will bottom out from August to October and then soar all the way

Peter Brandt, a well-known trader and chart analyst who successfully predicted the Bitcoin crash in 2018, released a chart analysis this morning and pointed out that the ETH trend graph has formed a symmetrical triangle shape, and the total market value of the cryptocurrency shows a right corner expansion pattern. Bulls need to prove a breakthrough to dominate the market. Historically, such patterns often indicate further volatility or decline, emphasizing the advantage of shorts. Peter Brandt also predicted that Bitcoin would bottom out from August to October and then soar higher. At least that's what it looks like now.

BlackRock deposits $240 million worth of Bitcoin and Ethereum to Coinbase

BlackRock deposited 2,288 Bitcoin ($188.99 million) and 19,644 Ethereum ($53.72 million) worth of Coinbase, according to Onchain Lens monitoring.

Bitcoin’s market value fell out of the top 10 assets in the world, currently ranking 12th

8marketcap data shows that Bitcoin’s market value has fallen out of the top 10 assets in the world, currently ranking 12th.

Ethereum

Giveth Lianchuang: Plans to launch the DAO Security Fund and invest approximately 75,000 ETH to enhance the security of Ethereum

Assets associated with The DAO collapse in 2016 were redeployed nearly a decade later to establish a large crypto security fund. That hack directly led to a permanent fork of Ethereum. Griff Green, co-founder of Giveth and one of the original signatories responsible for managing the recovered DAO funds, said on Thursday that he will launch the DAO Security Fund (DAO Security Fund) and plans to invest approximately 75,000 ETH (worth approximately US$220 million) to enhance the security of Ethereum. This move turns one of Ethereum’s early and most damaging failures into a long-term source of funding for cybersecurity. The unclaimed assets left behind by the collapse of The DAO, which once symbolized the immature stage of the crypto industry, are now being repurposed to protect an ecosystem that currently holds hundreds of billions of dollars in value.

The unclaimed ETH from The DAO hack 10 years ago will be used to create a $250 million Ethereum security fund

Unchained podcast host Laura Shin posted a video in which Griff Green said that The DAO is back and that unclaimed ETH is being used to create an Ethereum security fund worth $250 million, nearly 10 years after The DAO hack in 2016. Subsequently, Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin issued a document confirming that "The DAO Security Fund was officially launched and will use more than 75,000 ETH to strengthen Ethereum security." On June 17, 2016, a vulnerability occurred in The DAO contract, and hackers stole approximately 3.6 million ETH. This event eventually led to a hard fork of Ethereum, resulting in two chains, ETH and ETC.

Hang Seng launches gold ETF based on Ethereum tokenization

Hong Kong asset management company Hang Seng Investment has launched a physically-backed gold exchange-traded fund (ETF) and introduced a tokenized share category based on Ethereum for the first time, marking the integration of traditional commodity ETFs and blockchain fund infrastructure. The Hang Seng Gold ETF was listed on the Hong Kong Exchange on Thursday under the stock code "03170" and rose about 9% in early Asian trading. According to product disclosure information, the fund closely tracks the LBMA Gold Price AM and holds physical gold stored in designated vaults in Hong Kong. In addition to the traditional ETF structure, the fund also launched tokenized shares. This tokenized share is initially issued on Ethereum and may be expanded to other public blockchains in the future. HSBC serves as the tokenization agent for the product. However, although these ETF shares are issued on the public blockchain, they cannot be freely traded in the secondary market. Investors can only subscribe or redeem through qualified distributors. In addition, Hang Seng’s product page pointed out that these tokenized shares are not yet open for subscription and will not be launched until relevant regulatory approvals are obtained.

Fidelity will launch stablecoin FIDD on Ethereum

According to market news: Fidelity will launch FIDD, a stable currency compliant with GENIUS standards, on Ethereum.

Vitalik: The Ethereum Foundation will enter a "moderate contraction period" in the next five years

Vitalik Buterin at X The platform issued a statement stating that in the next five years, the Ethereum Foundation (EF) will enter a period of "mild tightening" to achieve two major goals at the same time: First, deliver a more aggressive technical roadmap to ensure that Ethereum continues to become a high-performance, scalable "world computer" without sacrificing robustness, sustainability, and decentralization; second, enhance the long-term sustainability of the Ethereum Foundation itself and protect Ethereum's core mission, including the basic blockchain layer and users' ability to use the network under the premise of security, privacy, and self-sovereignty. Vitalik pointed out that as part of the austerity plan, he will personally take on some of the work that may have been the responsibility of the foundation's "special projects", focusing on supporting an open, verifiable, end-to-end software and hardware technology stack to protect personal lives and the public environment. This technology vision covers finance, communications, governance, blockchain, operating systems, security hardware, biotechnology (personal and public health) and other fields, and emphasizes privacy protection, decentralization and local-first software architecture. To this end, Vitalik has withdrawn 16,384 ETH and plans to gradually invest in the above goals in the next few years, while exploring more secure decentralized staking solutions so that the staking proceeds can be used to support related missions in the long term. He emphasized that Ethereum itself is an integral part of the vision of “full-stack openness and verifiability”. The Ethereum Foundation will continue to focus on the core development of Ethereum, but the priority is not "Ethereum everywhere", but "Ethereum for people who need it", that is, serving self-sovereignty, security and privacy, rather than catering to the needs of centralized enterprises. Vitalik said that in a world increasingly advocating "power through force", this path provides a necessary alternative - building a non-dominated collaborative infrastructure through technology that is truly open, verifiable and at the service of users.

Bitwise releases 2025 Q4 Enterprise Ethereum Adoption Report: Enterprises increase holdings of more than 1 million ETH

Bitwise released a report on enterprise Ethereum adoption in the fourth quarter of 2025. The key developments are as follows: 1. Enterprises added more than 1 million ETH in the fourth quarter of 2025 2. BitMineImmersion’s Ethereum holdings exceeded 4 million ETH 3. BitDigital became the fourth largest Ethereum DAT (digital asset vault) 4. ETH held by enterprises accounted for 5% of the total supply of Ethereum 5. More than 33% of Ethereum vault companies are new entrants in Q4

Other items

Jiuzi Holdings received US$90 million in investment to promote blockchain and Web3 ecological expansion

Jiuzi Holdings, a Bitcoin treasury company listed on Nasdaq, announced the signing of a memorandum of understanding on strategic cooperation with Morgan International Finance Ltd. The latter plans to invest US$90 million in it through share investment. The specific investment structure, lock-up period and other arrangements will be determined after further negotiation between the two parties and the signing of legally binding final transaction documents. The new funds will be used to support Jiuzi Holdings in promoting blockchain and Web3 ecological expansion, as well as executing digital asset strategies.

WisdomTree expands its tokenization fund to the Solana blockchain

New York-based asset management firm WisdomTree will expand its tokenization fund to the Solana blockchain to promote multi-chain development, Coindesk reported. Institutional and individual investors alike can issue, trade and hold tokenized funds on Solana through WisdomTree Connect and WisdomTree Prime.

The Central Bank of the United Arab Emirates has approved the issuance of the US dollar stable currency USDU by UniversalDigital

The Central Bank of the United Arab Emirates approved the country’s first U.S. dollar-backed stablecoin, USDU, under its Payment Token Services Regulations. The stablecoin is issued and managed by Universal Digital, an encryption company regulated by the Financial Services Regulatory Authority of Abu Dhabi Global Markets. USDU is linked to U.S. dollar reserves at a 1:1 ratio, and relevant funds are held in protected accounts at onshore banks such as the National Bank of the United Arab Emirates and Mashreq Bank. This means that a U.S. dollar stablecoin is officially operating under the central bank’s payment regulatory framework for the first time. Aquanow has been appointed as global distribution partner and will provide institutions outside the UAE with access to USDU in licensed territories.

Crypto venture capital Escape Velocity raises US$62 million to bet on "DePIN" encryption network

According to Fortune magazine, cryptocurrency venture capital firm Escape Velocity raised $62 million in funding to bet on the “DePIN” encryption network, covering telescopes, solar energy and other fields.

ByteDance and Alibaba will launch new artificial intelligence models in mid-February

According to The Information: ByteDance and Alibaba will launch new artificial intelligence models in mid-February.