BlockBeats news, on January 28, the U.S. Department of Justice announced that a 45-year-old Chinese man, Jingliang Su, was sentenced to nearly 4 years of federal imprisonment for participating in money laundering of nearly $37 million in proceeds from cryptocurrency fraud, and ordered to pay over $26 million in restitution.Prosecutors stated that the transnational criminal network he belonged to lured American victims into fake cryptocurrency investments through text messages, phone calls, and online dating platforms, using counterfeit trading websites to carry out the fraud. The related funds were transferred through U.S. shell companies, cryptocurrency wallets, and international bank accounts, with approximately $36.9 million ultimately wired to the Bahamas' Deltec Bank and converted to USDT, then moved by accomplices in Cambodia. The case identified 174 American victims in total. (The Block)

BlockBeats news, January 28: Morgan Stanley has appointed Amy Oldenburg, a veteran executive with over 20 years at the bank, as the newly created Head of Digital Asset Strategy. She previously served as Head of Emerging Markets Equities. This appointment follows the bank's recent submission of applications for spot Bitcoin and Solana ETF listings and plans to launch its own digital wallet this year.Concurrently, Morgan Stanley is expanding recruitment for multiple digital asset-related roles, covering functions such as portfolio governance and crypto and digital asset compliance advisory. (The Block)

PANews reported on January 27 that, according to Jinshi News, US President Trump stated on social media: "The South Korean National Assembly has not fulfilled the agreement reached with the United States. President Lee Jae-myung and I reached an agreement beneficial to both countries on July 30, 2025, and reaffirmed those terms during my visit to South Korea on October 29, 2025. Why has the South Korean National Assembly not yet ratified this agreement? Because the South Korean National Assembly has not yet ratified our historic trade agreement, which is within their power, I hereby announce an increase in equitable tariffs on South Korean automobiles, timber, pharmaceuticals, and all other goods from 15% to 25%."

BlockBeats 消息，1 月 27 日，据 Onchain Lens 监测，BitMine 从 FalconX 买入 20,000 枚 ETH（5822 万美元），并再次质押了 184,960 枚 ETH，价值 5.38 亿美元。他们累计质押 2,128,160 枚 ETH，价值 62.2 亿美元。

BlockBeats News, January 27th, according to on-chain analyst Ai Yi (@ai_9684xtpa) monitoring, the 'BTC OG insider whale' withdrew an additional 30,000 ETH (87.81 million USD) from Binance three hours ago via address 0xcA0…b2998. Since yesterday, it has accumulated a total of 148,000 ETH from the exchange, with a total value reaching 427 million USD.As of now, it has borrowed 240 million USD in stablecoins on Aave for leveraged long positions, with a health factor of 1.49 and a liquidation price of 1,953.09 USD.

Deep Tide TechFlow news, on January 26th, HTX market data shows that BTC fell below $87,000 this morning, currently reported at $86,943; ETH fell below $2,800, currently reported at $2,831.

深潮 TechFlow 消息，01 月 25 日，据 Onchain Lens 监测，某新建钱包从 Bitfinex 接收 25001 枚 ETH，价值 7317 万美元。

PANews reported on January 26 that Entropy, a decentralized custody startup backed by a16z, announced it will shut down and return remaining funds to investors. Founder and CEO Tux Pacific stated that after four years of operation, multiple business shifts, and two rounds of layoffs, the company failed to find a business model commensurate with its venture capital investment. Entropy completed a $25 million seed funding round in June 2022, led by a16z crypto, bringing its total funding to approximately $27 million. The company initially positioned itself as a decentralized alternative to centralized custodians like Fireblocks and Coinbase, but later shifted its focus to developing a crypto automation platform. The founders stated that after initial market feedback indicated its business model was not worthy of venture capital investment, they decided to cease operations.

PANews reported on January 26 that spot gold broke through the $5,000/ounce mark for the first time in history, just over 100 days after it first broke through the $4,000 mark (October 8, 2025).

BlockBeats news, January 26th, according to Coinglass data, Bitcoin fell to the $86,000 level in the early hours of today, currently quoted at $86,683. The funding rates on major CEXs and DEXs indicate a fully bearish market, with only Bitcoin's rate positive, while ETH's rates have turned negative across all platforms. The funding rates for major cryptocurrencies are shown in the attached chart.BlockBeats note: Funding rates are fees set by cryptocurrency trading platforms to maintain balance between contract prices and the underlying asset prices, typically applied to perpetual contracts. They serve as a fund exchange mechanism between long and short traders; trading platforms do not charge this fee, using it to adjust the cost or profit of holding contracts, keeping contract prices close to the underlying asset prices.When the funding rate is 0.01%, it represents the baseline rate. When the funding rate is greater than 0.01%, it indicates a generally bullish market. When the funding rate is less than 0.005%, it indicates a generally bearish market.