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News/Updates:

Trump rules out Sam Bankman-Fried pardon in NYT interview
https://cointelegraph.com/news/donald-trump-no-pardon-sam-bankman-fried

Pumpfun overhauls creator fees as token launches hit highest daily count since September
https://www.theblock.co/post/384975/pump-fun-overhauls-creator-fees-token-launches-highest-daily-september

Ripple again rules out IPO, saying balance sheet gives it room to stay private
https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2026/01/07/ripple-again-rules-out-ipo-says-balance-sheet-gives-it-room-to-stay-private

Optimism proposes OP token buybacks using 50% of superchain revenue
https://www.coindesk.com/business/2026/01/08/optimism-proposes-op-token-buybacks-using-50-of-superchain-revenue

TermMax Advances Institutional DeFi Use with Tokenized Stock Financing Integration
https://decrypt.co/353579/termmax-advances-institutional-defi-use-with-tokenized-stock-financing-integration

BNY Debuts Tokenized Deposits for Institutions and 'Digital Natives'
https://decrypt.co/354136/bny-debuts-tokenized-deposits-institutions-digital-natives

Trump-linked World Liberty Financial-connected firm applies for federal bank charter
https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2026/01/07/trump-linked-world-liberty-financial-applies-for-federal-bank-charter

Ethereum Treasury Firm SharpLink Stakes $170 Million of ETH on Linea
https://decrypt.co/354058/ethereum-treasury-firm-sharplink-gaming-stakes-170-million-eth-linea

Jupiter rolls out native JupUSD stablecoin backed 90% by BlackRock and Ethena's USDtb
https://www.theblock.co/post/384366/jupiter-rolls-out-native-jupusd-stablecoin-backed-90-by-blackrock-and-ethenas-usdtb

XRP ETFs see $40M of outflows after eight-week run of inflows
https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2026/01/08/xrp-etfs-finally-see-outflows-after-record-run-that-beat-bitcoin-and-ether-inflows

NFT Paris & RWA Paris 2026 are cancelled
https://x.com/nft_paris/status/2008162329397961069

Announcing the establishment of the Based Foundation
https://x.com/BasedFnd/status/2007429399130570775

A ruble stablecoin outpaced market leaders last year despite international sanctions
https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2026/01/09/a-ruble-stablecoin-outpaced-market-leaders-last-year-despite-international-sanctions

Binance expands into precious metals with gold, silver futures settled in USDT
https://cointelegraph.com/news/binance-gold-silver-perps-usdt-tradfi-settlement-layer

YouTube Rival Rumble Debuts Bitcoin, Tether Wallet for Crypto Creator Tips
https://decrypt.co/353852/youtube-rival-rumble-debuts-bitcoin-tether-wallet-crypto-creator-tips

Tether Gold is introducing Scudo, a new unit of account for Gold Ounce (1/1000)
https://x.com/tethergold/status/2008539498850795551

Truebit token crashes 99.9% after hacker drains $26.6 million in ether
https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2026/01/09/truebit-token-tru-crashes-99-9-after-usd26-6m-exploit-drains-8-535-eth
https://x.com/pashov/status/2009334293798244626

Ledger reveals payments partner leaked customer names, contact information in new data breach
https://www.dlnews.com/articles/web3/ledger-payments-partner-global-e-leaks-customer-data/
The Protocol: Ledger customer data breached from Global-e platform
https://www.coindesk.com/tech/2026/01/07/the-protocol-ledger-customer-data-breached-from-global-e-platform

Flow details December exploit that led to $3.9M in losses due to counterfeit tokens
https://cointelegraph.com/news/flow-details-december-exploit-3-9m-counterfeit-token-losses

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News/Updates (Cont'd):

Ethereum Raises Data Capacity in Latest Scaling Tweak
https://decrypt.co/353816/ethereum-lifts-data-limits-tunes-network-scaling

Nike offloads RTFKT months after investor lawsuit: Report
https://cointelegraph.com/news/nike-quietly-sells-rtfkt-nft-exit

IBM’s crypto partner Dfns integrates Concordium for Web3 compliance
https://cointelegraph.com/news/ibm-partner-dfns-concordium-identity-verified-web3-wallet

Bithumb denies working with lawmaker to target rival Upbit
https://www.dlnews.com/articles/markets/bithumb-worked-with-lawmaker-to-undermine-rival-upbit-report/

Vulnerability found in Babylon staking code could slow block production
https://cointelegraph.com/news/babylon-code-vulnerability-block-production

Conor McGregor calls out Khabib over NFTs, gets shut down by ZachXBT
https://cointelegraph.com/news/conor-mcgregor-khabib-nft-shut-down-zachxbt

After bitter vote, Aave founder pitches bigger future for DeFi lending giant
https://cointelegraph.com/news/aave-founder-strategy-after-governance-vote

Bitmine Immersion Technologies (BMNR) Announces ETH Holdings Reach 4.144 Million Tokens, and Total Crypto and Total Cash Holdings of $14.2 Billion
https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/bitmine-immersion-technologies-bmnr-announces-eth-holdings-reach-4-144-million-tokens-and-total-crypto-and-total-cash-holdings-of-14-2-billion-302652341.html

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AI:

AI giant Anthropic raising $10B at $350B valuation: Report
https://cointelegraph.com/news/ai-giant-anthropic-raising-10b-at-350b-valuation-report

Musk's xAI Raises $20 Billion With Backing From Nvidia and Cisco
https://decrypt.co/353814/musks-xai-20-billion-backing-nvidia-cisco

Nvidia Details New A.I. Chips and Autonomous Car Project With Mercedes
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/05/technology/nvidia-chips-mercedes.html

Elon Musk: Nvidia’s Self-Driving Tech Is Still Years From Challenging Tesla
https://decrypt.co/353909/elon-musk-nvidias-self-driving-tech-still-years-challenging-tesla

Introducing NousCoder-14b, a competitive olympiad programming model
https://x.com/i/status/2008624474237923495

Grok is undressing anyone, including minors
https://www.theverge.com/news/853191/grok-explicit-bikini-pictures-minors
France to investigate deepfakes of women stripped naked by Grok
https://www.politico.eu/article/france-lawmaker-investigate-deepfakes-women-stripped-naked-grok-x/
X blames users for Grok-generated CSAM; no fixes announced
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/01/x-blames-users-for-grok-generated-csam-no-fixes-announced/
India orders Musk’s X to fix Grok over ‘obscene’ AI content
https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/02/india-orders-musks-x-to-fix-grok-over-obscene-ai-content/

New York governor Kathy Hochul signs RAISE Act to regulate AI safety
https://techcrunch.com/2025/12/20/new-york-governor-kathy-hochul-signs-raise-act-to-regulate-ai-safety/

Amazon’s AI assistant comes to the web with Alexa.com
https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/05/alexa-without-an-echo-amazons-ai-chatbot-comes-to-the-web-and-a-revamped-alexa-app/

Nvidia launches Alpamayo, open AI models that allow autonomous vehicles to ‘think like a human’
https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/05/nvidia-launches-alpamayo-open-ai-models-that-allow-autonomous-vehicles-to-think-like-a-human/

Nvidia launches Vera Rubin AI computing platform at CES 2026
https://www.theverge.com/tech/855412/nvidia-launches-vera-rubin-ai-computing-platform-at-ces-2026

Z.AI launches GLM-4.7, new SOTA open-source model for coding
https://www.testingcatalog.com/z-ai-launches-glm-4-7-new-sota-open-source-model-for-coding/

Google, Character.AI Agree to Settle US Lawsuit Over Teen’s Suicide
https://decrypt.co/353927/google-character-ai-settle-us-lawsuit-teens-suicide

MiniMax Releases M2.1: An Enhanced M2 Version with Features like Multi-Coding Language Support, API Integration, and Improved Tools for Structured Coding
https://www.marktechpost.com/2025/12/25/minimax-releases-m2-1-an-enhanced-m2-version-with-features-like-multi-coding-language-support-api-integration-and-improved-tools-for-structured-coding/

Hyundai and Boston Dynamics unveil humanoid robot Atlas at CES
https://apnews.com/article/ces-humanoid-robots-atlas-hyundai-boston-dynamics-8de7b2470c23f5f22441ad1ad7555136

LG says its CLOiD home robot will be folding laundry and making breakfast at CES
https://www.theverge.com/tech/854082/lg-cloid-home-robot-fold-laundry-ces

Meta Buys AI Startup Manus, Adding Millions of Paying Users
https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/meta-buys-ai-startup-manus-adding-millions-of-paying-users-f1dc7ef8
Meta’s $2.5B Manus deal is historic for Asia, but it isn’t Singapore’s win
https://www.asiatechreview.com/p/metas-25b-manus-deal-is-historic

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AI (Cont'd):

OpenAI bets big on audio as Silicon Valley declares war on screens
https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/01/openai-bets-big-on-audio-as-silicon-valley-declares-war-on-screens/

Claude Code is changing how The Browser Company hires and works
https://x.com/joshm/status/2009705767490990418

Uber reveals the design of its robotaxi at CES 2026
https://www.engadget.com/transportation/uber-reveals-the-design-of-its-robotaxi-at-ces-2026-230056302.html

AI godfather says Meta’s new 29-year-old AI boss is ‘inexperienced’ and warns of staff exodus
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/01/05/ai-godfather-calls-meta-ai-boss-alexander-wang-inexperienced-.html

Yann LeCun calls Alexandr Wang ‘inexperienced’ and predicts more Meta AI employee departures
https://www.aol.com/articles/yann-lecun-calls-alexandr-wang-182614948.html

John Carreyrou and other authors bring new lawsuit against six major AI companies
https://techcrunch.com/2025/12/23/john-carreyrou-and-other-authors-bring-new-lawsuit-against-six-major-ai-companies/

Sam Altman is hiring someone to worry about the dangers of AI
https://www.theverge.com/news/850537/sam-altman-openai-head-of-preparedness

Murder-suicide case shows OpenAI selectively hides data after users die
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/12/openai-refuses-to-say-where-chatgpt-logs-go-when-users-die/

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Regulation and Legal:

Crypto pig butchering kingpin who lost $15bn in Bitcoin to US gov. arrested in Cambodia
https://www.dlnews.com/articles/people-culture/prince-group-chen-zhi-arrested-in-cambodia-after-doj-seizes-bitcoin/

Senate Agriculture Committee to follow Banking panel in crypto vote next week: report
https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2026/01/07/senate-agriculture-committee-to-follow-banking-panel-in-crypto-vote-next-week-report

Prosecutors appeal acquittal of Mango Markets exploiter Avraham Eisenberg
https://www.dlnews.com/articles/defi/prosecutors-appeal-acquittal-of-mango-markets-exploiter/

India tax authorities warn crypto undermines tax enforcement
https://cointelegraph.com/news/india-crypto-risks-taxes-regulatory-uncertainty

South Korea to flip bitcoin ETF stance as part of broader crypto push
https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2026/01/09/south-korea-to-flip-bitcoin-etf-stance-as-part-of-broader-crypto-push

CFTC issues no-action letter to Bitnomial, clearing way for event contracts
https://cointelegraph.com/news/cftc-issues-no-action-letter-to-bitnomial-clearing-way-for-event-contracts

Prediction markets? Not for politicians, says US congressman
https://www.dlnews.com/articles/regulation/congress-bill-to-ban-government-officials-using-polymarket/

Wyoming rolls out state-backed FRNT stablecoin to the public
https://cointelegraph.com/news/wyoming-stablecoin-frnt-goes-live-to-public

DeFi, ethics disputes remain in Senate crypto bill ahead of Jan. 15 vote
https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2026/01/06/defi-ethics-disputes-remain-in-senate-crypto-bill-ahead-of-jan-15-vote

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