Musk publicly refers to Bitcoin as an energy currency

[Netflix Announces Acquisition of Metaverse Identity Platform Ready Player Me] Netflix announced the acquisition of the metaverse identity platform Ready Player Me, backed by a16z. The specific acquisition amount and terms have not been disclosed. Ready Player Me will cease operations on January 31, 2026, and all team members will join Netflix. Ready Player Me had previously raised a total of approximately $72 million in funding, with investors including Roblox co-founder David Baszucki and Twitch co-founder Justin Kan.

[Arthur Hayes Views Fed's RMP as QE and Predicts Bitcoin to Peak in March Next Year Before Pullback] BitMEX co-founder Arthur Hayes stated in a post that the Federal Reserve's new Reserve Management Purchase program (RMP) is a new way to disguise money printing. Once the market realizes that RMP is essentially a quantitative easing policy, Bitcoin will quickly return to $124,000 and move toward $200,000. By March next year, market expectations for RMP driving up asset prices will peak, after which Bitcoin will decline and form a local bottom well above $124,000. Hayes also expressed his strongest optimism for the altcoin Ethena (ENA).

[$50 Million Address Poisoning Attack Proceeds Exchanged to ETH and Deposited into Tornado Cash] The scammer who profited $50 million USDT through the 'transaction history poisoning attack' began transferring assets within 30 minutes of receiving the funds. The scammer first exchanged $50 million USDT for DAI via MetaMask Swap, then converted all DAI into 16,690 ETH, and finally deposited all the funds into the mixing service Tornado Cash.

[Hyperscale Data Launches ATM Financing Plan, Aims to Raise Up to $50 Million] NYSE American-listed company Hyperscale Data announced the launch of an equity issuance ATM financing plan, aiming to raise up to $50 million through periodic sales of common stock. The net proceeds from the fundraising will be used to continue purchasing Bitcoin, developing Hyperscale Data's data center in Michigan, and for general corporate purposes, including repayment, refinancing, redemption, or repurchase of future debt or equity.

Binance BCH/USDT perpetual trading volume surged 16 times within 10 minutes, with a turnover of 471 million US dollars in the past 24 hours, an increase of 8.84% A surge in trading volume generally indicates an increase in market trading activity or large-scale fund buying and selling operations, which may be caused by certain important market changes or news announcements. According to AiCoin data, the comprehensive ranking of Binance contracts ranks first in the world