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BTC may have hit a temporary bottom

BTC may have hit a temporary bottom

Hot projects + Market overview

I. Mainstream exchange news

  • Coinbase has listed the Peanut the Squirrel (PNUT) memecoin.
  • Bitcoin-native data availability layer Nubit has partnered with OKX Wallet to launch large-scale sBTC test token distribution.
  • Bithumb has listed the Zircuit (ZRC) token on the KRW market.

II. Mainstream projects and trending events

  • Cryptocurrency firm Tether has obtained a license for a digital asset service provider from El Salvador and plans to move its headquarters to the country.
  • IP blockchain co-founder Jason Zhao has tweeted that he will donate all of his AICC tokens (worth approximately $1.78 million) to develop open-source AI projects on the blockchain.
  • Virtuals Protocol’s revenue has reached $70 million, and according to Virtuals co-founder Wee Kee, the focus will be on rewarding the ecosystem rather than the team.
  • Sonic Labs (formerly Fantom) co-founder Andre Cronje has responded to sarcastic remarks from Monad Growth Director Tunez, stating that the development direction of the Monad project changes every few months and lacks real technology.
  • Cross-chain data oracle platform Band Protocol has gone live on the XRP Ledger (XRPL) mainnet.
  • Donald Trump's son, Donald Trump Jr., has joined the startup Kalshi as a strategic adviser.
  • Japanese publicly traded company Remixpoint has acquired an additional 33.34 Bitcoins, valued at 500 million yen (approximately $33.5 million).
  • Business intelligence and analytics software company MicroStrategy has invested approximately $243 million to purchase 2,530 more Bitcoins.
  • AI agent platform Phala Network has launched the first-ever Op-Succinct layer 2 rollup on Ethereum, bringing TEE-based AI to blockchain.

III. Funding news

  • Crypto payment platform MoonPay has acquired blockchain payment processing company Helio for $175 million to expand its crypto payment infrastructure. 
  • Blockchain analytics company Chainalysis has acquired AI security startup Alterya for $150 million.
  • Databricks, a data analysis, and AI company has secured $5 billion in funding from private lenders and banks to accelerate AI products and international expansion.
  • AI-driven crypto exchange VOOX has received a $50 million investment from Pinnacle Capital.
  • Bitcoin infrastructure company Alpen Labs has completed an $8.5 million strategic funding round led by Cyber Fund. 

IV. Regulatory news

  • Former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra has suggested that Thailand should consider issuing stablecoins backed by government bonds to retail and institutional investors.
  • The US SEC must thoroughly "explain itself," following a circuit-court ruling on January 13, for refusing to grant Coinbase's formal request that the agency write regulations on how the industry should assess whether crypto assets are securities.

V. Popular projects

Market overview

Bitcoin has reached a new phase low of $89,256, continuing its correction from the peak of $108,000.

The current adjustment falls within the 0.16 to 0.32 Fibonacci retracement (a method for spotting key price levels), with the 0.32 level aligning at $89,120, suggesting that the price is a potential pause or reversal.

Bitcoin's market dominance is now at 58.5%. The TOTAL3 index, which tracks altcoin performance, touched a low of $897.5 billion but has since slightly recovered to $952 billion.

ACOLYT: Virtuals ecosystem project

Acolyte is an AI agent built on Virtuals, born from within DTR (Decentralized Technology Researchers), a knowledge-sharing collective created by @ghost93_x. The project aims to explore and discuss the rapidly evolving world of AI agents.

Acolyte develops a unified system that integrates key data from various sources into a dynamic pipeline, enabling agents to continuously gather real-world information with minimal overhead. This system supports AI agent functions like custom queries and real-time interactions.

The token has a market cap of $40.14 million.

FXN: AI growth protocol

FXN is a protocol designed to address the communication and resource-sharing challenges between AI agents. As artificial intelligence evolves, numerous AI agents and frameworks have emerged, but they often operate in isolation with limited resources and capabilities.

The FXN protocol offers a universal framework that enables agents to discover, communicate, and share resources across different frameworks and implementations, enhancing the overall capabilities of AI systems.

FXN has a market cap of $41.32 million.

BUZZ: Interoperable DeFi Agent Network

The Hive is a network designed specifically for decentralized finance, aiming to simplify and automate complex on-chain operations through a series of specialized and composable smart agents.

In essence, The Hive provides a natural language interface that allows users to easily interact with these agents to perform various DeFi operations.

The project is developed by @jsonhedman, who holds 5% of the token supply that will be locked for one year.

The BUZZ token has a market cap of $64.31 million.

CLUSTR: AI Agent Neural Cluster

Clustr Labs is building the first-ever "neural cluster" with over a million AI agents, leveraging artificial swarm intelligence (ASI) to model emergent behaviors and accelerate the path to achieving Artificial General Intelligence.

The Clustr Labs ecosystem, which includes the creation, hosting, enhancement, tokenization, collaboration, competition, and monetization of AI agents, is supported by a modular dApp system called the Artificial Intelligence Operating System.

The CLUSTER token has a market cap of $63.85 million.

VADER: Virtuals Ecosystem Project

VaderAI is an AI agent on the Virtuals platform, designed to spearhead the emerging agent economy by managing AI-driven investments.

It specializes in research (analyzing AI tokens), simulation (testing strategies), and execution (on-chain trading).

All VADER tokens are in circulation, with 36% held by the team. A Dune dashboard provides transparency by tracking wallet movements. VADER's market cap stands at $62.37 million.

On-chain daily

1. MOBYMOBY is an AI Agent token on Solana developed collaboratively by @assetdash, @whalewatchalert, and Griffain. It specializes in trading analysis and uniquely incorporates AssetDash's proprietary model.

2. USDTUSDT, short for Ultra Sigma Donald Trump, is a memecoin on Solana themed around Donald Trump. It has garnered market attention due to the anticipation of Trump's formal inauguration.

3. AIOSAIOS is the world’s first AI operating system on Solana. The foundation announced it would burn 66% of all AIOS tokens held by the foundation, significantly impacting its tokenomics.

4. CLUSTRBase’s AI Agent token, CLUSTR, explores self-sustaining economic ecosystems created by AI Agents without human intervention.

5. DOGERDOGER is a Solana-based memecoin featuring Doge in a spacesuit.

6. CROWCROW is an AI Agent token on Base, focusing on cryptocurrency analysis. AIXBT has highlighted its strong potential for narrative-driven insights.

AI agent market overview

  • Number of listed tokens: 87
  • Overall market cap change: Total market cap is $1.071 billion, with a daily decrease of 7.1%.
  • Overall trading volume change: 24-hour trading volume is $1.35 billion, with a daily increase of 4%.

Top 3 tokens by holder growth in 24 hours

1. AI16Z: AI16z is a decentralized AI trading fund built on Solana, leveraging AI to analyze both on-chain and off-chain data for token trading.

  • 24-Hour Holder Growth: +2,248 addresses (+2.5%)
  • Current Price: $1.12
  • Market Cap: $1.12 billion
  • 24-Hour Change: +3.9%
  • Official Twitter: https://x.com/ai16zdao
  • Trading Dashboard: https://dexscreener.com/solana/cjjn3aerjzjy87r2q9mybuz3xag8j4tdhc8fmmaykta5

2. PIPPIN: Developed by Yohei Nakajima, Pippin is a memecoin generated and named by GPT, with a narrative focusing on it becoming the next big emotional memecoin. $ZEREBRO, $YOUSIM, $SHEGEN, and $AVB are in competition. Yohei Nakajima, with 94,000 followers on Twitter, is a General Partner at Untapped Capital. He livestreamed the entire process of creating this AI meme, attracting a large following.

  • 24-Hour Holder Growth: +1,682 addresses (+6.15%)
  • Current Price: $0.187
  • Market Cap: $187 million
  • 24-Hour Change: -11%
  • Official Twitter: https://x.com/pippinlovesyou
  • Trading Dashboard: https://dexscreener.com/solana/8wwcnqdzjcy5pt7akhupafknv2txca9sq6ybkgzlbvdt

3. GRIFFAIN: An AI agent token on Solana, Griffain acts as an AI agent engine, resembling a Web3 version of ChatGPT, but with the ability to perform on-chain operations through dialogue commands. It is not yet available for all users. Previously, Solana launched physical goods for sale that could be purchased using GRIFFAIN.

  • 24-Hour Holder Growth: +1,306 addresses (+2.56%)
  • Current Price: $0.362
  • Market Cap: $362 million
  • 24-Hour Change: +12%
  • Official Twitter: https://x.com/griffaindotcom
  • Trading Dashboard: https://dexscreener.com/solana/cpsmssqi3p9vmvnqxrdwvbsbcwyuhbggncrw7morbq3g

Data from https://www.sentient.market/

Top 3 coins by community engagement and market cap (Last 24 hours)

1. LIMITLESS: An AI agent token on Solana designed for social networks, helping users gain insights into trending topics on social media and automate short video production.

  • Twitter Followers: 2,989
  • Holder Addresses: 2,212
  • Current Price: $0.0034
  • Market Cap: $3.4 million
  • 24-Hour Change: +74%
  • Official Twitter: https://x.com/onlywithneo
  • Trading Dashboard: https://dexscreener.com/solana/14yucfitrqhrptzp1hp5ff1pqpnsoqnvucrnzjbyymb7

2. KIRA: An AI agent token on Solana, Kira is a no-code platform that allows anyone to create and deploy their own AI agents.

  • Twitter Followers: 5,479
  • Holder Addresses: 5,856
  • Current Price: $0.006
  • Market Cap: $6 million
  • 24-Hour Change: +10%
  • Official Twitter: https://x.com/infera_network
  • Trading Dashboard: https://dexscreener.com/solana/fwrdhgmkpcybf4z2vvjyvvervqfnn5lm2yykngymdfjw

3. ANTIRUG: An AI agent token on Solana aimed at preventing project teams from engaging in malicious activities (Rug Pulls). Their database already marks 655 wallets as having Rug tags.

  • Twitter Followers: 4,800
  • Holder Addresses: 2,267
  • Current Price: $0.00404
  • Market Cap: $4 million
  • 24-Hour Change: +16%
  • Official Twitter: https://x.com/AntiRugAgent
  • Trading Dashboard: https://dexscreener.com/solana/e6anctch9ax5tqa2wf7zl4ukkeejmshbglfnxfqkprjg

Data from https://www.cookie.fun

Bitcoin ecosystem overview

BTC Mainnet Gas Fee Update:

  • The current BTC transaction fee is 2 satoshis/byte.
  • Gas Fee performance remains weak.

Fractal Bitcoin Gas Fee Update:

  • The transaction fee is 2 satoshis/byte.
  • Gas Fee performance remains sluggish.

Inscription, Rune, and Fractal Bitcoin Leading Token Tracking:

ORDI:

  • Current Price: $24.55
  • 24-Hour Change: -3.03%
  • Market Cap: $515.52 million

DOG:

  • Current Price: $0.0051
  • 24-Hour Change: -6.57%
  • Market Cap: $507.03 million

FB:

  • Current Price: $1.95
  • 24-Hour Change: -3.01%
  • Market Cap: $20.09 million

Today's Popular Projects:

fifa: Concept based on the International Football Federation.

  • Market Cap: $57.89 million
  • 24-Hour Trading Volume: $60.4K
  • 24-Hour Change: -11.3%
  • Number of Holders: 10,715

Bitsky: Dog-themed Fractal Bitcoin inscription.

  • Market Cap: $33.66 million
  • 24-Hour Trading Volume: $8.31K
  • 24-Hour Change: -2.90%
  • Number of Holders: 2,818

GIZMO•IMAGINARY•KITTEN: A cat GIZMO drawn by puppet artist @lepuppeteerfou.

  • Market Cap: $9.44 million
  • 24-Hour Trading Volume: $50.05K
  • 24-Hour Change: -1.11%
  • Number of Holders: 8,423

Performances of today's top three tracks

CeFi: Overall Daily Sector Change: -1.30%

1. SWFTC: SWFT Blockchain is a one-stop cross-chain trading protocol and payment network that offers both custodial and non-custodial (decentralized) storage options, as well as features like NFTs and lending.

  • Daily Increase: +10.31%
  • Current Price: $0.00644
  • Market Cap: $57.7 million
  • 24-Hour Trading Volume: $5.18 million

2. HYPE: Hyperliquid is a high-performance L1 platform with a vision of a fully on-chain open financial system, where user-built applications connect to high-performance native components without affecting the end-user experience.

  • Daily Increase: +4.35%
  • Current Price: $21.303
  • Market Cap: $7.11 billion
  • 24-Hour Trading Volume: $120.71 million

3. SOLO: Sologenic is a tokenized ecosystem that enables users to invest, trade, and tokenize assets like stocks, ETFs, and fiat currencies on the XRP Ledger.

  • Daily Increase: +0.39%
  • Current Price: $0.51375
  • Market Cap: $205.09 million
  • 24-Hour Trading Volume: $1.52 million

PayFi: Overall Daily Sector Change: -1.67%

1. WALLET: Ambire Smart Account offers multi-signer options, supporting two types of signers: one using email/password and the other an EOA (Externally Owned Account) like hardware wallets or browser extensions (Web3 wallets).

  • Daily Increase: +3.27%
  • Current Price: $0.01249
  • Market Cap: $8.48 million
  • 24-Hour Trading Volume: $1.64 million

2. BTG: Bitcoin Gold is an experimental Bitcoin hard fork designed to restore a more decentralized and democratic mining environment that Bitcoin had in its early days.

  • Daily Increase: +2.99%
  • Current Price: $12.06
  • Market Cap: $211.22 million
  • 24-Hour Trading Volume: $26.93 million

3. BCH: Bitcoin Cash is a cryptocurrency created in 2017 by a group of Bitcoin users who disagreed with the Bitcoin Core development team's roadmap and believed that different technical decisions were needed to make Bitcoin more accessible globally.

  • Daily Decrease: -0.02%
  • Current Price: $441.5
  • Market Cap: $8.75 billion
  • 24-Hour Trading Volume: $270.7 million

Meme: Overall Daily Sector Change: -2.32%

1. MAX: Agents.Land is developing a comprehensive, advanced launchpad for AI agents on Solana, featuring one-click agent deployment, fair launch-driven market creation, and custom tools to fully guide the next generation of AI brands and assets.

  • Daily Increase: +23.87%
  • Current Price: $0.11353
  • Market Cap: $113.51 million
  • 24-Hour Trading Volume: $13.28 million
  • Recent Updates: None

2. ELIZA: The AI Agent token launched by Shaw, a partner at ai16z.

  • Daily Increase: +22.83%
  • Current Price: $0.00425
  • Market Cap: $4.08 million
  • 24-Hour Trading Volume: $2.24 million

3. LUCE: Luce is the meme named after the official mascot of Vatican 2025 Holy Year, inspired by the Church's desire to "live in pop culture, which is loved by young people."

  • Daily Increase: +17.30%
  • Current Price: $0.02895
  • Market Cap: $28.95 million
  • 24-Hour Trading Volume: $23.66 million

Disclaimer

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