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The tokenized commodities market accelerates
According to data from blockchain analytics platforms, the tokenized commodities market has grown by more than 50% in less than six weeks, from around 4 billion USD at the beginning of the year to over 6.1 billion USD. This is currently the fastest-growing segment in the RWA ecosystem.
Most of the growth comes from gold tokens such as Tether Gold $XAU and PAX Gold (PAXG). These two assets currently account for over 95% of the total market capitalization of tokenized commodities, indicating a high level of concentration in on-chain gold products.

Tether invests in LayerZero, enhancing Interoperability infrastructure

The official announcement states that Tether $USDT has made a strategic investment in LayerZero Labs; however, the specific value of the deal has not been disclosed. This investment is part of Tether's long-term strategy to support technologies that enable digital assets to move flexibly across different blockchains.
LayerZero is an interoperability protocol developed to allow assets and data to be transferred cross-chain in real time. LayerZero's technology has been utilized by Everdawn Labs to build USDT0 - the omnichain version of USDT.

Leaking Trump's 2026 market plan causes controversy
In recent weeks, the global financial market has started to spread a scenario believed to be the "2026 market plan" of U.S. President Donald Trump. Contrary to the popular expectation that the market will rise sharply right from the beginning of 2026, this scenario suggests that the early part of the year may witness a deep correction, before entering a period of easing and a strong recovery towards the end of the year.

During periods of high market volatility, the keyword 'liquidation' frequently appears on crypto statistics and social media. Hundreds of millions, even billions of USD are liquidated in just a few hours. For many traders, this is not just a statistic, but a very real experience: accounts 'evaporating' almost immediately.
So what is crypto liquidation, why does it happen so frequently, and what can traders do to avoid falling into the liquidation spiral?

The crypto market is adjusting. Prices are falling, sentiment is heavy, and confidence is shaky. And the familiar question arises again: Is this a new crypto winter?
To answer this question, we need to look back at how past crypto winters have formed, as well as place the current phase in the correct historical context and the changing market structure.
How do crypto winters typically begin in history?

1. Why is it necessary to use CEX exchange security tools?
Don't be complacent thinking that hacking only happens to others until it happens to you. Many cases occur because of complacency or laziness, causing users to inadvertently open the door for hackers.
In 2022, Crypto.com was hacked, affecting 483 accounts and resulting in a loss of 35 million USD. Binance surveyed nearly 30,000 users in Asia and found that only 80.5% had two-factor authentication enabled. Nearly 20% of the remaining accounts were left almost empty, with no protective layers.

just fell below $73K, in the context of a widespread sell-off in the US stock market. Futures liquidation has surged, while investors are stressed ahead of the US corporate earnings report season this week.

The familiar question arises again: is this panic or a buying opportunity at a discount?

Yesterday, BTC hit $72.9K, marking a new low for 2026, as the bulls couldn't hold the $80K level as support.

Data from L2Beat shows that the Layer 2 ecosystem on Ethereum is expanding in quantity but shrinking in users.

- Currently, there are ~135 L2 networks, but 109 networks recorded UOPS @ 1/day → almost no real activity.
- Only a few leading names are still thriving: Base, Polygon, Arbitrum $ARB , Optimism $OP
- Many L2s that were once a 'hot trend' are now almost forgotten: ZKsync Era $ZK , Blast, Linea, Manta
- Even some true L2s have names but no users: Loopring, Redstone

Bitcoin just had a sharp drop to around 74,680 USD, mainly due to a wave of liquidations in the futures market. However, looking closely at the macro environment, derivatives, and cash flow, the overall picture is not as negative as the price reflects.

Below are 4 main arguments according to Cointelegraph's analysis:
1️⃣ The macro environment has not yet entered an extreme risk-off state
The yield on the 2-year U.S. Treasury bond is holding around 3.54%, almost unchanged from previous weeks.

According to data from CryptoQuant, the total spot trading volume on major crypto exchanges has decreased from around $2 trillion in October to $1 trillion by the end of January. This drop of 50% clearly reflects the 'pullback' state of investors, amidst a backdrop of continued market liquidity contraction.
Bitcoin $BTC is currently down about 37.5% from the October peak, as the market enters a phase of strong risk aversion, combined with a lack of liquidity, causing trading activity to decline broadly.

Today, the ISM index of the US rose to 52.6%, the highest in 40 months. This indicates that the US manufacturing sector has returned to expansion territory, no longer contracting as before.

Looking back at history is quite interesting.

Both 2017 and 2021 saw strong altseasons only really take off after ISM created a clear upward trend. In particular, the largest altseason all began when ISM exceeded 55%.
Currently, it has not yet reached 55%.

But this is the first time in a long while that ISM has given a clear recovery signal. In other words, the 'macroeconomic conditions' that had weighed down altcoins are beginning to loosen.

The Hyperunit whale has just recorded a significant loss after closing all of its Ether (ETH) positions. According to on-chain data from Arkham, this whale has exited all of its long ETH positions on the Hyperliquid platform, realizing an estimated loss of around 250 million USD, leaving the account balance at only 53 USD.
The ETH position was closed after a sharp market decline
The loss occurred against the backdrop of Ethereum's sharp decline over the past week. $ETH currently trading around the 2,100 USD mark, after losing about 10% of its value in just 24 hours, according to market data. Previously, many on-chain analysts had warned that the position of the Hyperunit whale was becoming increasingly risky as the price of ETH weakened throughout January.