BlockBeats news, January 7th, Coinbase officially reviewed key developments in 2025: the company became the first crypto-native enterprise to be included in the S&P 500 index; completed 10 mergers and acquisitions throughout the year, including the acquisition of Deribit, setting the record for the largest M&A in crypto industry history. Coinbase also achieved a record high in the number of new asset listings that year, with the SEC voluntarily withdrawing its lawsuit, and significant improvements in European and American regulatory environments.At the business level, Coinbase launched futures and perpetual contracts, U.S. stock trading and prediction markets, crypto-collateralized loans, integrated DEX trading, and obtained the EU MiCA license; institutional business custody scale reached $300 billion. The Base network achieved Stage 1 decentralization, with stablecoins, payments, and developer ecosystems continuing to expand. Coinbase stated that 2025 was a "year of high-intensity delivery" and will move towards a new phase in 2026.

BlockBeats news, January 6, Bitfinex analysts stated that if U.S. companies enter Venezuela to develop its vast crude oil reserves, it could suppress energy prices in the medium to long term, thereby improving the profitability of Bitcoin miners. Cheaper and more abundant energy supply is expected to boost miner margins and may drive a new round of mining expansion, especially in regions where long-term power contracts can be secured.Bitfinex believes that even utilizing only a small portion of Venezuela's 303 billion barrels of crude oil reserves could have a substantial impact on the energy market, providing relief for miners currently under pressure due to Bitcoin price corrections, rising mining difficulty, and increasing electricity costs. However, the analysis also notes that the substantial recovery of Venezuela's crude oil production capacity will still require many years, with its progress depending on political transitions and sanctions policy arrangements. Overall, the impact of energy changes on the crypto market remains a secondary factor, with price trends more likely to be dominated by macro risk appetite and cross-asset allocation.

BlockBeats News, January 6th, U.S. Senator Cynthia Lummis stated in a post, "Why is the U.S. government still selling Bitcoin, when Trump has explicitly instructed that these assets should be retained to establish a U.S. strategic Bitcoin reserve. While other countries are continuously increasing their Bitcoin holdings, we are squandering these strategic assets, which we cannot afford. I am deeply concerned about this report."Previously reported, on November 3rd, 2025, the U.S. Department of Justice instructed the U.S. Marshals Service to sell 57.55 Bitcoins, approximately $6.367 million, through Coinbase Prime, which were paid as part of the plea agreement in the Samourai Wallet developer case. This may violate Executive Order No. 14233 signed by President Trump. The order requires that Bitcoin obtained by the government through criminal forfeiture be included in the "National Strategic Bitcoin Reserve" and not sold. Currently, the balance of this Bitcoin address is zero, indicating that the related assets may have been liquidated.

Deep Tide TechFlow News, January 6 - According to data from Alternative.me, today's cryptocurrency Fear and Greed Index rose to 44 (yesterday's index was 26), indicating the market remains in a "state of panic."

PANews reported on January 6 that, according to OKX market data, BTC has just broken through $94,000 and is currently trading at $94,000.00 per coin, a daily increase of 0.05%.

BlockBeats news, January 6, NVIDIA (NVDA.O) announced that the highly anticipated new "Rubin" data center products are set to launch this year, allowing customers to trial the technology and thereby accelerating the development of artificial intelligence. NVIDIA stated that all six Rubin chips have been delivered from manufacturing partners and have passed several key tests, indicating that customer deployment is progressing as planned. The newly launched Rubin accelerator offers a 3.5x improvement in training performance over the previous Blackwell generation and runs AI software 5x faster.The company emphasized that systems based on Rubin will have lower operating costs than those based on Blackwell, as they achieve the same results using fewer components. It is reported that Microsoft and other major remote computing service providers will be among the first to adopt this new hardware in the second half of this year. (Jin10)

BlockBeats News, January 6th, according to Onchain Lens monitoring, Bitmine has staked an additional 186,336 ETH, valued at $604.5 million. Currently, Bitmine has cumulatively staked 779,488 ETH, with a total value of $2.52 billion.

According to PANews on January 5th, data from Bitcoin Treasuries shows that Venezuela has held 240 Bitcoins since December 31, 2022, with a current balance of approximately $22.33 million. Previously, in May 2024, the Venezuelan government banned Bitcoin mining citing energy load and power supply stability; in September 2024, opposition leader Maria Corinna Machado proposed including Bitcoin in the national reserve assets. Meanwhile, the government-led national digital currency, the Petro, ceased circulation in January 2024. However, other analysts estimate that Venezuela has been "laundering" assets into Bitcoin since 2018 through gold swaps and oil settlements in USDT, estimating its holdings at approximately 600,000 BTC, worth between $56 billion and $67 billion. Some sources indicate that in 2018, approximately $2 billion worth of gold was used to purchase about 400,000 BTC at an average price of $5,000, equivalent to approximately $3.6 billion at current prices. This scale is close to the holdings of MicroStrategy and BlackRock. If the US Department of Justice seizes and freezes these assets for an extended period, it could create a supply lock-in and short-term volatility, making rapid liquidation unlikely.

PANews reported on January 5th that, according to Yu Jin, with ETH rising to $3,200, both Trend Research and the "$230 million whale" – two major institutional investors – have broken even and turned their long ETH positions into unrealized profits. The whale opened long positions in 203,000 ETH (approximately $647 million) through Hyperliquid, with an average cost of $3,147, and currently has an unrealized profit of approximately $14 million. Trend Research, on the other hand, purchased 626,000 ETH (approximately $2 billion) through Aave leverage, with an average cost of $3,186, and currently has an unrealized profit of approximately $8.77 million. Previously, both had unrealized losses of up to $74 million and $141 million, respectively.

BlockBeats News, January 5: The Bitlight Labs X account appears to have been compromised, posting suspicious information repeatedly. Users should exercise caution regarding any links or contract addresses from this account.