Bitget Daily Digest (Jan.13)｜Market Risk-Off Triggered by Fed Independence Dispute; Meta Plans to Cut Metaverse Investment; Strategy Added 13,627 BTC Last Week

Bitget2026/01/13 02:36

By:Bitget

Today’s Outlook

1、U.S. SEC Chair: Whether the U.S. will confiscate seized Bitcoin held by Venezuela remains to be seen.

2、Thailand’s Prime Minister ordered tighter regulation of gold trading and digital assets to crack down on “grey money.”

3、According to The Block, Republican Senator Cynthia Lummis and Democratic Senator Ron Wyden introduced a bill clarifying that software developers who do not control user funds are not considered money transmitters—amid rapid efforts by senators to prepare broader crypto legislation.

4、Standard Chartered plans to establish a crypto prime brokerage business, expanding its digital asset footprint.

Macro & Hot Topics

1、Bessent warned that investigations into the Federal Reserve could trigger market volatility and may prompt Powell to resist stepping down.

2、Former Fed Chair Janet Yellen said the investigation into Powell undermines the Federal Reserve’s independence.

3、White House National Economic Council Director Hassett said he does not know whether President Trump approved the investigation into the Fed, added that he remains interested in a Fed position, and described Chair Powell as a good person.

4、QCP Capital: The dispute over Fed independence has driven risk-off sentiment, with BTC pulling back after a surge.

Market Performance

1、In the past 24 hours, total crypto market liquidations reached $231 million, including $143 million in long liquidations; BTC liquidations were about $72 million, and ETH about $46 million.

2、U.S. stocks: Dow +0.17%, Nasdaq +0.26%, S&P 500 +0.16%. Additionally, CRCL (Circle) +3.1%; MSTR (Strategy) +3.11%; NVDA (NVIDIA) +0.04%.

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3、Bitget BTC/USDT liquidation map shows BTC trading around 91,258. Dense long liquidations are clustered in the 89,000–90,500 range, mainly at 50x and 100x leverage; a pullback into this zone could trigger cascading liquidations and amplify downside pressure. Short liquidations are accumulating in the 92,000–94,000 range; a decisive breakout and hold could spark short covering and accelerate upside.

4、Over the past 24 hours, BTC spot inflows were approximately $100.68 million, outflows about $107.22 million, resulting in near-zero net inflows.

News

1、Solana privacy app SHDW is suspected of locking user funds.

2、Fortune reported that former New York City Mayor Eric Adams announced a crypto initiative called “NYC Token,” aimed at raising funds to combat antisemitism and anti-American sentiment and to educate children about blockchain technology; details remain vague.

3、Meta plans to cut investment in its metaverse team to save costs and shift resources toward VR headsets.

4、Apple has chosen Google’s Gemini to power the AI-driven Siri launching this year. Likely influenced by this news, Alphabet’s market capitalization surpassed $4 trillion for the first time.

5、BitGo has filed for a U.S. IPO, targeting up to approximately $201 million in fundraising.

Project Updates

1、The U.S. SEC delayed its review of the PENGU and T. Rowe Price crypto ETF applications.

2、pump.fun transferred another 148 million USDC and USDT obtained from the public sale of $PUMP to Kraken.

3、WLFI officially sent 500 million WLFI tokens (worth about $83.12 million) to Jump Trading; previously reported, $TRUMP tokens worth $271 million are set to unlock this week.

4、FTX/Alameda unstaked over 190,000 SOL, worth about $27.98 million.

5、Bitmine staked over 150,000 ETH again, worth approximately $479 million; earlier, Bitmine purchased 24,266 ETH, bringing total holdings above 4.16 million ETH.

6、Crypto treasury firm Strategy has unrealized gains of $10.55 billion, while BitMine has unrealized losses of $3.225 billion. Last week, Strategy added 13,627 BTC for about $1.25 billion, bringing total holdings to 687,400 BTC.

7、In a study titled “What If Ethereum Goes to Zero? How Market Risk Becomes Infrastructure Risk,” the Bank of Italy warned that if ETH were to fall to zero, validators could exit, block production could slow, and network security could weaken—impacting financial services such as stablecoins and tokenized assets that rely on Ethereum settlement.

8、WLFI launched a Dolomite-powered lending market called “World Liberty Markets.”

9、BlackRock transferred over 3,100 BTC and 7,200 ETH to Coinbase.

10、Bitcoin Core added its sixth core code maintainer, TheCharlatan, for the first time in three years.

Disclaimer: This report is generated by AI with human verification for information accuracy only and does not constitute any investment advice.

Disclaimer: The content of this article solely reflects the author's opinion and does not represent the platform in any capacity. This article is not intended to serve as a reference for making investment decisions.

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Bitget Daily Digest (Jan.13)｜Market Risk-Off Triggered by Fed Independence Dispute; Meta Plans to Cut Metaverse Investment; Strategy Added 13,627 BTC Last Week

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