According to a Hong Kong Stock Exchange announcement, Odaily Planet Daily reports that Hong Kong-listed company Yingzheng International plans to strategically enter the Web3 field, intending to provide software development services to blockchain exchanges and projects, and prepare its own trading platform. With compliance as its goal, it aims to explore digital asset trading platforms, wallets, and related technologies. The company's main business is biometric identification and security software services. It changed its name to Yingzheng International in December 2025 and currently has a market capitalization of approximately HK$123 million.

Huoxun Finance reported on January 17th that, according to Zhitong Finance, a store selling Pokémon cards in New York City was robbed on January 14th local time. Surveillance footage shows the robbers threatening customers with a gun and smashing glass display cases with a hammer, stealing Pokémon cards worth over $100,000. The two suspects are reportedly still at large.

According to data from Coinglass, as reported by Odaily Planet Daily, after a nearly two-day correction in the crypto market, funding rates on major CEXs and DEXs currently indicate a return to a bearish bias, with an even stronger bearish sentiment towards altcoins. Specific funding rates for major cryptocurrencies are shown in the attached chart.

According to an official announcement, GateAlpha launched its 46th round of the Points Lucky Draw on January 17th at 14:00 (UTC+8). Users holding ≥100 GateAlpha points can participate in the Lucky Draw. Users can invest 1-10 Alpha points to participate in each round of the lottery, with the probability of winning directly proportional to the number of points invested. The Lucky Draw consists of 20 rounds, with each person winning 240 ARB in each round. GateAlpha currently supports popular public chains such as SOL, ETH, GateLayer, BNBChain, Base, SUI, ARB, WorldChain, AVAX, Polygon, LINEA, ZK, OP, and Berachain. It also enables seamless trading of tokens across the entire chain through the contract address search function, facilitating cross-chain transactions and allowing users to access all on-chain tokens with a single click.

Huoxun Finance News, January 17th - According to Jinshi, Marex analyst Edward Meir stated, "After several weeks of significant gains, commodities as a whole have retreated due to some profit-taking. Easing tensions in the Middle East have also caused gold and other metals, especially silver, to lose some of their geopolitical premium." With the easing of protests in Iran, US President Trump adopting a wait-and-see approach, and Russian President Putin intervening, geopolitical tensions appear to have eased. Meir said, "I still believe that gold prices have a chance to reach $5,000 at some point this year, but this will be accompanied by a significant pullback."