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The CFTC Establishes New 'Crypto and AI' Advisory Committee with Founding Members from Cryptocurrency Companies and Traditional Institutions

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U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Chair Rostin Behnam announced Monday, January 13, the launch of a new Innovation Advisory Committee focused on guiding regulation of emerging technologies like blockchain and artificial intelligence. The committee will replace the existing Technology Advisory Committee, with a goal of engaging top crypto industry leaders in CFTC’s regulatory processes to craft practical, forward-looking market oversight policies. It will advise the CFTC on “the business operationalization, economic benefits, and practical considerations of emerging financial products, platforms, and business models”—aiming to “set clear rules for the U.S. financial market’s golden age.” Behnam will lead the new committee as its initiator, planning to nominate 12 “CEO Innovators” as founding members. Crypto industry figures tapped include Gemini co-founder Tyler Winklevoss, Polymarket founder Shayne Coplan, Kalshi (prediction market platform) founder Tarek Mansour, Crypto.com CEO Kris Marszalek, and Kraken co-founder Arjun Sethi. Executives from traditional finance are also included: Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) CEO Jeff Sprecher, Cboe Global Markets CEO David Howson, and Nasdaq CEO Adena Friedman.
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Grayscale Q1 Assets Under Consideration List: Additions Include TRX, ARIAIP

**Grayscale Updates Q1 2026 “Assets Under Consideration” List** Grayscale announced its latest “Assets Under Consideration” roster for Q1 2026 on January 13, expanding slightly to 36 potential altcoins across six key blockchain sectors—up from 32 assets in Q4 2025. Key sector changes: - **Smart Contracts**: Added Tron (TRX) - **Consumer & Culture**: Added ARIA Protocol (ARIAIP) - **Artificial Intelligence**: Added Nous Research + Poseidon; Removed Prime Intellect - **Public Utility & Services**: Added DoubleZero (2Z) Inclusion on the list does not guarantee a product launch, but signals the assets are under active evaluation.

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「ZEC Top Short」 has set a ZEC short position take-profit of around $1.465 million, with the current position value at around $5.93 million.

On January 13th, per data from HyperInsight monitoring (https://t.me/HyperInsight), a whale known as “ZEC Maxi Short” partially took profits on its ZEC short position over the past half hour—selling 3,776.39 ZEC (worth ~$1.465 million). The whale’s current ZEC short position remains around $5.933 million, with a floating profit of ~$239,600 (20%), an average entry price of $419.89, and a liquidation price of $3,183.01. This address is well-known for opening a massive ZEC short at $184; at one point, it faced a floating loss of $21 million before turning that loss into a profit. Currently, it also holds large short positions in ETH and MON.

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A whale with a 0x10a address prefix has added approximately $2.3 million to their BTC long position, bringing the total to $14.3 million.

Jan 13 — HyperInsight monitoring reports that in the past 30 minutes, a whale address starting with 0x10a has added 25 BTC to its position at ~$92,074 (≈$2.3 million). The address now holds a 7x leveraged BTC long position of 155 BTC, valued at ~$14.28 million. Its average entry price for this BTC long is ~$90,806, with an unrealized profit of ~$205,800 (10%) and a liquidation price of $78,424.3. Beyond BTC, the address also holds 10x leveraged long positions for PEPE and SOL: the PEPE position is worth ~$1.0121 million, while the SOL position is ~$0.5055 million. Total contract account position size currently stands at ~$15.8 million.

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A certain whale closed a $6.5 million ETH long position and then re-entered with a long position, opening a new 20x leveraged long position with a size of $3.6 million.

As of January 13th, per HyperInsight monitoring (link: https://t.me/HyperInsight), a whale with an address starting with 0x717 liquidated a prior $6.5 million ETH long position near $3137 within the past half hour. Immediately after, the whale opened a new 20x leveraged ETH long position at $3125, with a position size of approximately $3.65 million. The current unrealized profit on this position is around $2,837.

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Analyst: Current Bitcoin Volatility Drops to Extreme Low Levels, Signaling an Upcoming Breakout from Narrow Range Oscillation

On January 13, CryptoQuant analyst Axel took to social media to note that current market volatility has fallen to an extremely low level—one that often precedes a price breakout from a narrow trading range. Axel noted Bitcoin’s realized volatility has compressed to 23%—a threshold that rarely persists long statistically. Historically, such compressed volatility typically gives way to a sharp spike in volatility. Extended periods of extremely low volatility signal a delicate balance between supply and demand; in turn, the market usually enters an active phase of liquidity redistribution, with a notable expansion in its price range. That said, the indicator does not point to a breakout direction nor does it qualify as a trading signal.

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PancakeSwap Official Announces New Proposal to Adjust CAKE Max Supply from 4.5 Billion to 4 Billion

**January 13 Update: PancakeSwap Proposes Cutting CAKE Max Supply to 400M** Official sources confirmed on January 13 that the PancakeSwap team has unveiled a new proposal to reduce CAKE’s maximum supply from 450 million to 400 million. The team noted the adjusted cap will be sufficient to support all the protocol’s future development needs. While there’s a ~50 million token buffer between the current circulating supply (≈350 million) and the new 400 million max, the team expects this reserve won’t need to be accessed. It may only activate the buffer in special circumstances. Notably, Pancake’s ecosystem development fund continues to grow steadily, currently holding ~3.5 million CAKE. These reserves will be prioritized for protocol needs before any additional emissions are considered—meaning the protocol is unlikely to return to an inflationary state.

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