Binance Wallet announced details of FOGO's Pre-TGE public sale on Jan. 12, adopting an oversubscription model with a deposit cap of 6 BNB per user and proportional allocation based on total BNB contributed. After the subscription period, users can claim a Key representing their allocation on BNB Smart Chain via the sale page in Binance Wallet, with excess BNB refunded automatically at claim. FOGO tokens will be airdropped to Binance Alpha accounts at 12:00 UTC on Jan. 15, where Alpha limit orders can be used for trading, Binance Wallet said.

Former Federal Reserve Chairs Janet Yellen, Ben Bernanke and Alan Greenspan issued a joint statement on Jan. 12 supporting current Chair Jerome Powell, BlockBeats reports. The group described the criminal investigation targeting Powell as an "unprecedented" attack on the Federal Reserve's independence.

Bitcoin Core added pseudonymous developer TheCharlatan (also known as "sedited") as its sixth Trusted Keys maintainer with commit access to the software's main branch on Jan. 8, 2026, Protos reports. He joins existing key holders Marco Falke, Gloria Zhao, Ryan Ofsky, Hennadii Stepanov and Ava Chow, whose six PGP keys are the only ones recognized with commit rights among 25 members of the project's GitHub development community. At least 20 contributors in a group discussion supported the promotion, with no objections raised to a nomination citing his reliable code reviews, deep contributions to critical parts of the codebase, careful handling of releases, and strong understanding of technical consensus processes. The South African developer, a computer science graduate of the University of Zurich, focuses on software reproducibility and Bitcoin Core's validation logic, extending prior work by Carl Dong on decoupling validation from non-validation logic.

Former U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said on Jan. 12 that the investigation involving Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell is "extremely concerning" for the central bank's independence, BlockBeats reports. Yellen added that markets should pay attention to the Fed's independence in light of the inquiry.

JPMorgan Securities' trading desk said on Jan. 12 that risks to Federal Reserve independence pose at least a short-term threat to U.S. equities, BlockBeats reports. Reports Sunday night of a criminal probe into the Fed weighed on markets, with stock futures and the dollar lower and flows into gold. Andrew Tyler said fundamentals support a tactical long stance, but risks around Fed independence cap upside and warrant near-term caution.

Selling by long-term Bitcoin holders has slowed, with net outflows retreating from previously extreme levels, blockchain analytics firm Glassnode reported on Jan. 12. The market is gradually absorbing supply from these long-term holders, and a substantial portion of the overhead selling pressure may already have been largely digested, the data shared on social media show.

Standard Chartered now targets Ethereum at $7,500 by end-2026, down from a previous $12,000 forecast, while raising longer-term projections to $15,000 for 2027, $22,000 for 2028, $30,000 for end-2029 and $40,000 for end-2030, according to its digital asset report on Jan. 12. The bank said rising adoption of blockchain and on-chain products is strengthening Ethereum's drivers relative to Bitcoin and expects the ETH/BTC rate to gradually return toward the 0.08 level seen in 2021, supported by structural advantages across stablecoins, real-world assets and decentralized finance. Standard Chartered added that planned Layer 1 throughput increases—including measures adopted via the Fusaka upgrade in December 2024—are viewed as critical because historically higher throughput often correlates with higher market capitalization, and a more favorable regulatory backdrop, specifically a US Clarity Act that could pass in the first quarter, could further improve the outlook. The bank said that if the act is approved and combined with resilient US equities, Bitcoin could set an all-time high in the first half, a scenario that would support Ethereum's longer-term upside even as near-term ETH targets were reduced amid broader market weakness.

BitMine said its combined crypto assets, cash and "Potential Projects" investments reached $14 billion on Jan. 12, BlockBeats reports. As of 7 p.m. Eastern Time on Jan. 11, the company held 4,167,768 Ethereum and 193 Bitcoin, maintained $988 million in cash, and recorded a $23 million investment in Eightco Holdings (Nasdaq: ORBS); its Ethereum position represents 3.45% of current supply. Chairman Thomas "Tom" Lee said stablecoin adoption and asset tokenization are pushing blockchain toward becoming Wall Street's settlement layer, with Ethereum especially benefiting, and characterized the period after Oct. 10, 2025 as a 'mini crypto winter' ahead of price recovery in 2026 and stronger growth in 2027–2028. The company increased its cash position by $73 million over the past week and bought 24,266 Ethereum, selectively issues stock above adjusted NAV, and will become the largest staking service provider when MAVAN begins commercial operations.

BlackRock deposited 3,743 BTC ($339.45 million) and 7,204 ETH ($22.42 million) to Coinbase Prime within a 40-minute span on Jan. 12, Lookonchain data show. The transfers occurred during the trading session, marking significant on-chain movements by the asset manager.