On January 29, 2026, the publication outlines a final presale phase for BlockDAG at $0.0005 with 1.25 billion BDAG available and says over $450 million has been raised, with a stated launch target of $0.05. It also highlights Ethena's USDe exchange listings, Ondo's tokenized stocks and ETFs push, and MemeCore's new perpetuals platform, framing these as themes drawing investor attention.

Between October 2025 and January 2026, security researchers reported that around 175,000 private AI servers running Ollama were exposed to the public internet, with about 23,000 of them remaining persistently online. These unprotected systems span 130 countries and are being hijacked by criminals to steal computing resources, bypass security safeguards, and potentially access internal data using techniques like SSRF, scanning, and prompt injection. Around 48% of the exposed hosts allow tool-calling, and most use a common model file format that could let attackers crash thousands of servers with a single exploit.

Following a 29 January markup session, the US Senate Agriculture Committee approved its portion of the digital asset market structure legislation, moving it out of committee. US Senator Cynthia Lummis said in a post on X the vote puts the bill "one step closer" to the president's desk. The measure focuses on oversight of digital commodity intermediaries and spot markets.

SEC Chair Paul Atkins and CFTC Chair Mike Selig signaled a collaborative approach in a CNBC appearance focused on the crypto market structure bill and an upcoming White House meeting. The Senate Agriculture Committee voted 12–11 to advance the legislation. Debate over how to treat stablecoin yield remains a sticking point, with Coinbase withdrawing support over related provisions.

OP traded near $0.27 after dropping 8.8% in 24 hours while the broader crypto market fell 5.26%. Token holders approved diverting 50% of Superchain sequencer revenue to buybacks starting in February, yet the delayed, $8 million plan covering roughly 1.5% of market cap has not stemmed selling pressure.

On 29 January 2026, the United Arab Emirates approved USDU as the first USD-backed stablecoin for regulated digital-asset and derivatives settlement, issued by Universal Digital Intl Limited under the Central Bank's Payment Token Services Regulation. The token is currently the only Foreign Payment Token registered in the country, fully backed 1:1 with reserves held onshore at major banks such as Emirates NBD and Mashreq, and is designed for both domestic and permitted cross-border digital-asset transactions.

On Thursday, Bitcoin plunged from levels near $90,600 to around $84,635, briefly breaking below the $85,000 area. The sharp move triggered liquidations of nearly $800 million in leveraged positions over 24 hours, including about $301.15 million in longs wiped out in a single hour. One BTC-USD position worth $31.64 million on Hyperliquid was the day's largest forced closure.

On 29 January 2026, the U.S. Dollar Index moved toward the 96 area after breaking its long-term trend, a level historically linked to Bitcoin bull phases. Past dips below 96 in 2017 and 2020 preceded 7–8x BTC gains, while gold's daily RSI recently reached 91+, signaling potential cross-asset rotation. Markets are watching whether DXY can reclaim 96.