Binance will delist the BTC/RON spot trading pair, where RON is a fiat currency.

**BNB Chain Hits All-Time Highs in 2025: Key Metrics Surge Across Users, Liquidity, Transactions** On January 1st, official sources confirmed BNB Chain released its 2025 annual summary report, showcasing record-breaking performance across core network indicators. Highlights from the report: - **TVL Growth**: Total Value Locked (TVL) rose 40.5% year-over-year; - **Transaction Volume**: Daily transactions hit 10.78 million, with a one-time peak of 31 million (zero downtime recorded); - **User Base**: Unique addresses exceeded 700 million; BSC and opBNB each boasted over 4 million daily active users (DAUs)—new all-time highs; - **Stablecoins & RWA**: Stablecoin market cap doubled to $14 billion (peak period); Real-world asset (RWA) size surpassed $1.8 billion; - **Institutional Adoption**: Institutional participation continued to grow. This update underscores BNB Chain’s expanding footprint in decentralized finance and Web3.

Per official sources, Binance Alpha is launching an AI Avatar (AIAV) airdrop on January 2nd—one day after its official rollout date of January 1st. Once trading opens, eligible users can claim the airdrop using Alpha Points on the Alpha Events page.

January 1 – Per HTX market data, Bitcoin rallied past $88,000 on a rebound, last trading at $88,024.

On January 1st, per MLM Monitor data, of the roughly $200 million Justin Sun deposited into the Lighter LLP platform, he has to date withdrawn ~$38 million, allocated ~$33 million to purchase 13.25 million LIT tokens, and retains ~$5.5 million in his spot account. These LIT holdings represent ~1.33% of the token’s total supply and ~5.32% of its circulating supply.

On January 1, according to Coinglass data, Ethereum (ETH) recorded a total net inflow of 117,300 ETH across centralized exchanges (CEXs) in the past 24 hours. The top three CEXs by ETH inflow were: - Binance: 115,600 ETH - Gate: 1,423.40 ETH - Gemini: 673.35 ETH Additionally, OKX led all CEXs in net outflows with 10,600 ETH withdrawn.

On January 1, a new report from Global SWF reveals global sovereign wealth funds (SWFs) have hit a record $15 trillion in assets under management (AUM) this year. The growth is driven primarily by major funds’ gains in a bull market and their ongoing focus on the technology sector. Sovereign investors’ total AI and digitalization investments are projected to reach $66 billion by 2025. Middle Eastern SWFs have emerged as leaders in this digital transformation push: Abu Dhabi’s Mubadala Investment Co. plans to allocate $12.9 billion to AI and digitalization by 2025, followed by the Kuwait Investment Authority ($6 billion) and Qatar Investment Authority ($4 billion). (Source: Jinse)