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On January 9th, the Trump family’s crypto project World Liberty Financial posted that it will release a series of announcements regarding the WLFI ecosystem and the USD1’s ongoing growth.

On Jan. 9, Ripple announced (per CoinDesk) that its UK subsidiary Ripple Markets UK Ltd. has been registered with the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) under the country’s anti-money laundering rules. The registration allows the company to now carry out certain crypto-related activities in the UK.

NEW YORK, Jan. 9, 2026 – Nasdaq and the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) Group announced on Jan. 8, 2026, plans to deepen their collaboration by reintroducing the Nasdaq CME Crypto Index (NCI?)—a transparent, reliable benchmarking tool for institutional investors seeking exposure to digital assets.

As of January 9th, HyperInsight (via its Telegram channel @HyperInsight) tracked key whale activity with fresh portfolio shifts between 10:00 AM and 8:00 PM ET today, as follows: ### Bullish Activity - The "Lightning Reversal" whale closed its ETH long positions at a $2.536 million loss while also trimming BTC long positions. - The "PEPE Biggest Bull" locked in $963,000 in profits by closing positions, then reopened a 3x leveraged $8.7 million long position on PEPE. - A whale was liquidated on a $15.53 million ETH long position due to a stop-loss, incurring a $616,000 loss. ### Bearish Activity - The "20 Million Swing Trader" and Hyperliquid’s largest bear whale gradually took profits on their short positions in HYPE and XPL. - Swing whale "pension-usdt.eth" flipped from short to long, opening a 3x leveraged long position on 20,000 ETH.

**Grayscale HYPE ETF Launches, BNB ETF Completes Delaware Registration** Delaware corporate records dated January 9 show the Grayscale HYPE ETF was officially registered and established in the state on January 8, 2026. The fund holds registration number 10465863, is structured as a Statutory Trust, lists CSC Delaware Trust Company as its registered agent, and has a registered address at 251 Little Falls Drive, Wilmington, DE 19808. Separately, reports emerged this afternoon that the Grayscale BNB ETF has also completed its Delaware registration.

Binance Wallet is launching an exclusive Unitas (UP) Booster event and Token Generation Event (TGE), per an official announcement on January 9. Eligible users can subscribe to UP tokens in a priority round before the token begins trading, starting at 18:00 UTC+8 on January 12, 2026. During the exclusive TGE period, users will only be able to subscribe to UP via Binance Wallet. The subscription follows an oversubscription model, with each user permitted to deposit up to 3 BNB. Token allocation will be proportional to each participant’s deposit relative to the total BNB collected from all users.