According to data from DeFiLlama, Aptos has broken its on-chain application revenue record for two consecutive weeks. From December 22nd to 28th, 2025, it generated approximately $1.65 million in revenue, which further increased to $1.75 million from December 29th to January 4th, 2026. Meanwhile, on December 31st, 2025, Aptos' daily fee revenue reached $1.07 million, setting a new single-day record. Aptos' fee revenue primarily comes from transaction fees, protocol fees, and other application-level monetization, and is considered an important indicator of real-world on-chain usage and economic density.

According to CCTV, Yao Qian, former director of the Science and Technology Supervision Department and former director of the Information Center of the China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC), was asked by a businessman surnamed Zhang to contact a trading platform in 2018 to help raise 20,000 ETH. The businessman then transferred 2,000 ETH to Yao Qian as a reward. The investigation team found a hardware wallet in a drawer in Yao Qian's office. Several bank accounts opened by others were Yao Qian's shell accounts, containing 10 million yuan that, after approximately four layers of transfer, originated from a cryptocurrency exchange's account and was ultimately used to purchase a villa in Beijing.

According to Odaily Planet Daily, CZ stated during an AMA livestream on Binance Square that he does not recommend novice users trade contracts because the losses caused by related volatility can be substantial, and it is impossible to predict market trends over the next three or four months. He added that even the US president "may not be able to predict market trends over three or four months."

Odaily reports that Indian law enforcement has frozen $1.3 million worth of assets, including cryptocurrency, linked to a $3.2 million fraud case. (Cointelegraph)

Huoxun Finance reported on January 14th that MANTRA co-founder John Patrick Mullin announced a company restructuring and team downsizing, affecting multiple support departments including business development, marketing, and human resources. Mullin stated that adverse events in April 2025 and downward market pressures led to an unsustainable cost structure, and the restructuring aims to focus on core strategies in the RWA (Resources, Services, and Environment) field to improve capital efficiency and maintain a leading position.