Cap Protocol Announces Upcoming ICO via Uniswap CCA

The sale will begin during the week of February 9, 2026.

1️⃣ ICO Details:
- Sale Allocation: 10% of total supply
- Initial Circulating: 11% (10% ICO + ~1% market makers)
- Payment: cUSD stablecoin
- Network: Ethereum Mainnet
- Valuation: FDV $150M, max $250M
- Lockup: None; 100% at TGE

2️⃣ Participation:
- Whitelist: CAPS holders, Frontier participants, pre-approved strategic partners get early bid rights

3️⃣ Bid Phases:
- Registration & KYC: 7 days
- Pre-Bid: 2 days (whitelist)
- Early Bid: 2 days (whitelist)
- General Bid: 5 days (open to all)

4️⃣ Innovative Reward – “Stabledrop”:
- Frontier participants receive cUSD from ICO proceeds instead of CAP tokens, balancing short-term gains and long-term token stability. Full payout details coming soon.

5️⃣ Next Steps – Frontier → Homestead:
- Frontier ends Jan 29, Homestead launches immediately
- Pendle markets open for asset rollover and point accrual

Cap Protocol is building a next-generation DeFi ecosystem focused on fair token access, sustainable rewards, and long-term community growth

👉 x.com/caplabslimited/status/2013277345159749727

​​Bitway (BTW) will hold its token sale on Kaito on January 21st

Sale FDV is $80M with 50% unlock at TGE. Bitway is a Bitcoin-native L1 and financial infrastructure platform designed to power gasless BTC transactions, native BTC lending, and on-chain asset strategies while connecting on-chain liquidity to broader opportunities.

👉 x.com/KaitoAI/status/2013288795387343329

​​Biggest Perp DEXs by Trading Volume in 2025

Perpetual DEXs hit record trading volumes in 2025 as demand for on-chain leverage surged. Market leadership, however, stayed firmly in the hands of Hyperliquid, Lighter and Aster.

​​Pendle Unveils sPENDLE, Replacing vePENDLE With a Liquid Staking Model

Pendle is overhauling its long-standing vePENDLE lockup system by introducing sPENDLE, a liquid staking token designed to improve usability, flexibility, and capital efficiency across the protocol.

1️⃣ Key Changes
- sPENDLE replaces vePENDLE: Users can now stay liquid while earning protocol rewards, with a 14-day withdrawal period
- Rewards funded by PENDLE buybacks from the open market
- No multi-year lockups required to earn rewards or participate in governance.
- sPENDLE is freely transferable and usable across DeFi

2️⃣ Emissions & Governance Update
- Manual gauge voting will be phased out
- An algorithmic emissions model will replace it, expected to reduce token emissions by ~30%
- Existing vePENDLE holders will receive boosted sPENDLE during a two-year transition period

3️⃣ How It Worked vs. Now
- Previously, users deposited yield-bearing assets (e.g. stETH) and received vePENDLE, gaining voting power and bonus rewards while their principal continued earning base yield
- With sPENDLE, users still earn those rewards — but without locking capital long-term
- In simple terms: base yield remains intact, while previously locked value becomes liquid and reusable

4️⃣ Timeline & Stats
- sPENDLE staking goes live: January 20
- New vePENDLE locks paused: January 29 (snapshot taken to calculate conversion boosts)
- Total Value Locked: Over $3B as of Tuesday

5️⃣ Why It Matters
- This shift turns long-term locked positions into flexible, liquid capital, lowering the barrier to entry and making Pendle more attractive to a broader range of DeFi users and investors

👉 x.com/pendle_grandma/status/2013438045991715047?s=20

​​Ethereum Records All-Time High Daily Transactions

Ethereum processed 2,812,123 transactions on January 15, 2026, marking its highest daily transaction count on record.

This surge follows the increase in the block gas limit to 60M, which has expanded network capacity and coincided with a steady rise in new Ethereum addresses on a 30-day rolling average.

ℹ️ The milestone highlights:
- Sustained on-chain activity growth
- Strong network usage despite market cycles
- Increasing demand from DeFi, L2s, and Real-World Applications

This record reinforces Ethereum’s position as the most actively used smart contract network.

👉 x.com/etherscan/status/2012147082279416266?s=20

​​Treasuries & ETFs Board. Crypto Accumulation and Capital Flows

Digital asset investment products recorded their largest weekly inflows since October 2025, led by Bitcoin and supported by Ethereum and Solana, though spot Bitcoin ETFs saw $394M in net outflows on Jan 16.

As of Jan 20, institutional accumulation remains active, with Strategy announcing the acquisition of 22,305 BTC ($2.13B) and BitMine staking an additional $270M in ETH.

​​Mastercard Eyes Strategic Stake in Zerohash After $2B Acquisition Talks Collapse

Mastercard (MA) is considering a strategic investment in blockchain infrastructure firm Zerohash following the collapse of acquisition talks.

The companies were previously in late-stage negotiations over a deal reportedly valued at up to $2 billion, before Zerohash chose to remain independent.

The development highlights Mastercard’s ongoing push into crypto and blockchain infrastructure, even as full acquisition plans are put on hold.

👉 coindesk.com/business/2026/01/16/mastercard-said-to-weigh-zerohash-investment

​​Crypto IPO Outlook: Who’s Going Public in 2026

A new wave of crypto companies is preparing for public markets as IPO activity surges. Exchanges, infrastructure providers, and fintech players are positioning to capitalize on market conditions.

​​Liquidations in the past 24 hours account for $1.04 billion!

In the past 24 hours, 176,991 traders were liquidated. The largest liquidation happened on Bitget - BTC/USDT valued at $13.5M.

Data source: coinglass.com

​​Seeker (SKR) has conducted its initial listing on exchanges

Current Price - $0.0123. Current FDV - $123M. Seeker is Solana Mobile’s next-gen Web3 smartphone designed to natively support crypto wallets, dApps, and secure on-device Web3 interactions.

👉 x.com/solanamobile/status/2013794341614166152?s=20

​​Nansen launches integrated AI-driven trading solution 

New AI-powered trading solution allows users to execute on-chain trades directly across Solana and Base from its web and mobile apps. The feature combines Nansen’s analytics with execution tools to help research, plan, and act in a single workflow.

👉 theblock.co/post/386116/nansen-rolls-out-integrated-ai-trading-solana-base

​​Galaxy launches $100 million Crypto Hedge Fund

$100M crypto hedge fund aimed at capturing opportunities from digital asset price volatility. The launch signals renewed institutional appetite for actively managed crypto strategies amid improving market conditions.

👉 ft.com/content/7c96bafe-c25a-492d-b3ce-e8ebe37bd274

​​Ripple USD (RLUSD) gets listed on Binance on January 23rd

RLUSD is a USD-denominated stablecoin issued by Ripple’s regulated subsidiary, Standard Custody & Trust Company. It is fully backed by U.S. dollars and cash equivalents and designed for compliant, reliable cross-border payments.

👉 binance.com/en/support/announcement/detail/29ba8e4cfa1b

​​Solayer unveils $35M EcoFund after Layer 1 Alpha Mainnet debut

Solayer is powered by a bespoke "infiniSVM" engine, which has reportedly demonstrated 330,000+ transactions per second and approximately 400 milliseconds of finality. Solana, by comparison, offers a theoretical max of 65,000 tx/s and 4 ms blocktime.

👉 x.com/solayer_labs/status/2013659311365673111

​​Akedo raised $5M in a Seed funding led by Karatage

Akedo is an AI-powered game and content creation platform that uses an AI agent framework to let users build playable games using simple natural language prompts, greatly reducing development time and lowering technical barriers.

👉 markets.businessinsider.com/news/currencies/akedo-raises-5m-seed-round-to-build-ai-native-content-creation-engine-1035724212

​​Noble sunsets Cosmos appchain and migrates to EVM-based L1

Noble is winding down its Cosmos appchain in favor of launching a standalone, EVM-compatible Layer 1 network. This transition aims to improve developer access and performance for stablecoin and FX infrastructure while tapping into the broader EVM ecosystem.

👉 x.com/noble_xyz/status/2013603974201463086?s=20

​​Binance Futures to list Acurast and 我踏马来了 later today

Acurast, the first verifiable compute network powered by phones, will be listed at 12:45 UTC. 我踏马来了, a Chinese meme coin on BNB Chain, scheduled to be listed at 14:30 UTC.

👉 binance.com/en/support/announcement/detail/7736f9a5aae24

​​Mask Network has stepped in as the new steward of Lens

The move aims to accelerate the adoption of decentralized social by focusing on real products. Backed by years of experience bridging Web2 and Web3, Mask plans to build consumer-ready social experiences through MaskDAO and its growing ecosystem.

👉 x.com/LC/status/2013614839705612290?s=20

​​Chainlink rolls out 24/5 U.S. Equities Streams

Equities Streams bring near-continuous price feeds for major U.S. stocks and ETFs on-chain. The rollout enables dApps to access reliable equity data beyond traditional trading hours, unlocking new use cases across derivatives, RWAs, and on-chain financial products.

ℹ️ What this milestone highlights:
- Expansion of real-world assets on-chain
- Improved market accessibility and uptime
- New opportunities for perps, synthetics, and prediction markets

This move further positions Chainlink as the core data infrastructure bridging traditional finance and on-chain markets.

👉 blog.chain.link/chainlink-24-5-us-equities-streams/

​​Trump Media sets February 2 for its rewards token launch

Trump Media shareholders need to hold their positions by February 2nd to be eligible for the token airdrop. The tokens are expected to be minted and custodied via Crypto com, with more details on allocation and distribution to follow.

👉 theblock.co/post/386306/trump-media-sets-feb-2-record-date-for-upcoming-rewards-token

​​Bermuda unveils plan for world’s first fully on-chain national economy

Bermuda has announced plans to become the world’s first fully on-chain national economy, with support from Circle and Coinbase, integrating blockchain and stablecoins into everyday activities.

👷 What’s Being Built
- On-chain payments infrastructure using stablecoins like USDC
- Tokenization tools for public and private sector use
- Blockchain rails embedded across services and businesses

ℹ️ Why It Matters
- Serves as a real-world blueprint for nation-scale adoption
- Lowers transaction costs and modernizes financial infrastructure
- Positions Bermuda as a global on-chain finance hub

👉 x.com/circle/status/2013333135908343956?s=20