U.S. President Donald Trump announced a $200B program on Jan. 9 to purchase mortgage-backed securities through Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, aiming to lower mortgage rates and improve home affordability, BlockBeats reports. Bill Pulte, director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, told the Financial Times the plan will use existing arrangements that allow a combined $200B in mortgage investment capacity and do not require congressional approval. Analysts noted the strategy resembles the Federal Reserve's post-2008 approach of stabilizing markets through MBS purchases, even as the Fed has cut rates by 75 basis points and the U.S. 30-year fixed mortgage rate remains at 6.16%.

JPMorgan said on Jan. 9 that the crypto market's recent de-risking phase may be nearing its end, as Bitcoin and Ethereum ETF fund flows are displaying stabilization and bottoming signals, according to a report led by Managing Director Nikolaos Panigirtzoglou. While BTC and ETH ETFs saw outflows in December 2025, global equity ETFs posted $235 billion in historic monthly net inflows over the same period, and multiple indicators began to improve in January 2026, including positioning across perpetual swaps and CME Bitcoin futures that points to easing selling pressure. The analysts noted that simultaneous reductions by retail and institutional investors during Q4 2025 have likely run their course; they also highlighted MSCI's decision in February 2026 to refrain from removing Bitcoin and crypto asset reserve companies from global equity indexes as providing at least temporary relief and benefiting related firms including Strategy. The team argued the recent crypto pullback was not driven by deteriorating liquidity but was triggered by MSCI's Oct. 10 statement regarding MicroStrategy's index status, with current signs suggesting this de-risking process is largely complete.

Blockchain scalability protocol TrueBit was hit by a suspected attack on Jan. 9, with 8,535 ETH worth around $26.4 million drained from the protocol, BlockBeats reports. On-chain data show the funds flowed out of TrueBit-linked addresses during the incident.

JPMorgan said the crypto selloff is approaching a bottom, with Bitcoin and Ethereum ETF outflows stabilizing in January, CoinDesk reports. Analyst Nikolaos Panigirtzoglou said futures positioning shows de-risking toward end-2025 has largely been completed. The bank said liquidity remains healthy and linked the adjustment to MSCI's October warning on potential exclusion of crypto-related firms; MSCI later said its February 2026 global index review would not exclude them, easing index-linked forced selling risk.

SharpLink deployed $170 million in ETH on Linea and launched an enhanced yield strategy on Jan. 8, BlockBeats reports. The strategy combines Ethereum native yield, EigenCloud restaking rewards, and direct incentives from Linea and ether.fi, with assets custodied by Anchorage Digital.

Binance said platform volume reached $34 trillion in 2025 as of Jan. 8, with spot trading topping $7.1 trillion and average daily volume rising 18%. Alpha 2.0 recorded $1 trillion in volume with 17 million users, while the exchange prevented $6.69 billion in potential fraud losses, became the first global platform with full ADGM approval, and surpassed 300 million registered users.

U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen called on the Federal Reserve to pursue additional interest rate cuts on Jan. 8, CNBC reports. The report did not specify the scope or timing of potential policy adjustments.

Japan-based crypto exchange Coincheck agreed on January 8 to acquire roughly 97% of Canadian digital asset manager 3iQ in a stock deal valuing 3iQ at $112 million, BlockBeats reports. Under the agreement with Monex Group, shares in 3iQ's holding company beneficially owned by Monex will be exchanged for 27,149,684 newly issued Coincheck Group common shares priced at $4.00 each, with Coincheck Group potentially issuing up to 810,435 additional shares to 3iQ minority shareholders to reach 100% ownership. Founded in 2012, 3iQ launched some of the first Bitcoin and Ethereum funds listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange in North America and in 2025 introduced a Solana staking ETF and an XRP spot ETF.