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BlockBeats News, January 17: A joint survey report released by Bitwise and VettaFi shows that financial advisors' allocation to crypto assets reached a record high in 2025, with approximately 32% of advisors allocating crypto assets in client accounts, a significant increase from 22% in 2024.The report also indicates that 56% of advisors hold crypto assets in their personal portfolios, the highest level since the survey began in 2018. Among client portfolios that allocate crypto assets, 64% have an allocation exceeding 2%, up from 51% in 2024. 42% of advisors stated they are able to purchase crypto assets in client accounts, a substantial increase from 35% in 2024 and 19% in 2023. Stablecoins and tokenization sectors are the most closely watched by advisors (30%), followed by digital gold (22%) and crypto-related AI investments (19%).Matt Hougan, Chief Investment Officer at Bitwise, said: In 2025, advisors have embraced crypto assets like never before.

BlockBeats News, January 17 – According to CME FedWatch data, traders have reduced expectations for two U.S. interest rate cuts in 2026 due to Trump hinting he would nominate someone other than National Economic Council Director Hassett to succeed Federal Reserve Chair Powell.By the end of 2026, the probability of no rate cuts at all for the full year is 11.8%, the probability of a cumulative 25 basis points rate cut is 30.3%, and the probability of a cumulative 50 basis points rate cut is 32.1%.Today, Trump said regarding White House National Economic Council Director Hassett, "I want him to stay in his current position, we'll see." This remark suggests that Trump may have someone else in mind as a candidate for Federal Reserve Chair.

According to Nikita Bier, X Product Lead and Solana Ecosystem Advisor, on January 15th, Deep Tide TechFlow reported that X platform is revising its developer API policy, which will no longer allow applications that reward users for posting on X. Bier stated that such applications have led to a large amount of AI-generated low-quality content and reply spam on the platform. X platform has revoked API access for these applications, and user experience is expected to improve soon. For developer accounts whose API access has been terminated, X platform indicated it will assist in transitioning their business to Threads and Bluesky platforms.

Deep Tide TechFlow News, January 15 - According to Coinglass data, the total liquidation amount in the cryptocurrency market over the past 24 hours reached $356 million, with long positions liquidated at $214 million and short positions liquidated at $142 million.BTC liquidation amounted to $103 million, while ETH liquidation reached $80.6949 million. Over the past 24 hours, a total of 125,326 traders were liquidated, with the largest single liquidation occurring on the PUMP-USD trading pair on Hyperliquid, valued at $11.1454 million.

BlockBeats News, January 16th, according to Bloomberg, Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong met with lawmakers on Capitol Hill to ensure his company can continue paying rewards to users holding stablecoins on the platform. Armstrong stated that banking lobbying groups are attempting to restrict stablecoin rewards through legislation, which would hinder the crypto industry's ability to compete with banks for funds. He believes that Americans should have the right to earn higher yields through their funds, and banks are concerned about being forced to raise deposit rates for customers as a result.Previously, Armstrong opposed a draft digital asset market structure bill planned for review by a Senate committee, after which committee chairman Tim Scott announced a delay in action on the bill. The compromise clause in the draft originally prohibited payment of deposit yields but allowed other forms such as trading rewards. However, senators are expected to vote on an amendment that comprehensively bans stablecoin rewards, with the outcome still unclear.

PANews reported on January 16th that Goldman Sachs is exploring opportunities in prediction markets, a move aimed at allowing the investment bank to benefit from this rapidly evolving field of betting on real-world events. CEO Solomon called prediction markets "very interesting" and said he had personally met with the heads of two of the largest prediction market firms in the field over the past two weeks. "We have a team here engaging with them and conducting research," Solomon said on Thursday's analyst call following the bank's fourth-quarter earnings release. The entry of this mainstream Wall Street firm into prediction markets could enhance the legitimacy and trading volume of this less regulated but burgeoning financial segment. Several market-making firms have already joined the race.

PANews reported on January 16th, citing Bloomberg, that World Liberty Financial, the Trump family's crypto project, is seeking a banking license, with its new entity, "World Liberty Trust Co.", submitting its application on January 5th. According to the application documents, the current position of Chief Financial Officer is "pending," but sources indicate plans to fill the role soon. If approved, the license would allow World Liberty Trust Co. to perform banking functions in specific ways, including asset protection, as part of the company's goal to promote the "mainstream adoption" of its USD-denominated stablecoin, USD1.

BlockBeats news, January 16, Michael Saylor posted, "Digital credit is a refinement of digital capital: stripping risk, suppressing volatility, compressing duration, conducting currency conversion, and extracting yield."

BlockBeats 消息，1 月 16 日，据 Onchain Lens 监测，过去 8 小时，贝莱德从 Coinbase 提取 6647 枚 BTC（6.3809 亿美元）和 4179 枚 ETH（1376 万美元）。过去两天，他们累计提取 9346 枚 BTC（9.0023 亿美元）。

PANews reported on January 15 that, according to Onchain Lens monitoring, the whale "pension-usdt.eth" has reopened a long ETH position with 3x leverage, holding 20,000 ETH (worth $67 million), after closing out a position that yielded a profit of $4.7 million. Currently, the whale holds $1.2 million in floating profits, with total profits exceeding $28 million.