According to an official announcement, BitMart will list Decred (DCR) on January 26th at 21:00 (UTC+8), with the DCR/USDT trading pair available. Decred is a community-driven cryptocurrency designed to be a store of value that can be passed down through generations. Decred uses a hybrid Proof-of-Work (PoW) and Proof-of-Stake (PoS) consensus mechanism to ensure that PoW miners' power is not abused and that no group can change the consensus rules without community consent. 10% of the block reward goes to the Decred Project Foundation to ensure self-sufficiency in project development, while the remaining block reward is distributed between PoW miners (60%) and stakeholders (30%). Decred's on-chain governance is supplemented by the Politeia system, a blockchain-anchored, off-chain, Reddit-like online proposal voting platform where stakeholders vote on proposed changes to Decred governance and foundation spending.

Odaily Planet Daily reports that Singapore-based blockchain platform DigiFT has announced the launch of the US stock income fund bEQTY on the Ethereum public blockchain. The fund aims to extend tokenization to the actively managed listed stock sector. It is understood that the fund primarily targets accredited investors, enabling them to build more comprehensive, portfolio-related strategies on-chain. Bank of New York Mellon (BNY) serves as the investment management service provider. (Fundselectorasia)

Odaily Planet Daily reports that Nasdaq-listed fintech company DeFi Technologies announced that its subsidiaries, Valour Inc. and Valour Digital Securities Limited, have received approval from UK regulators to offer exchange-traded Bitcoin and Ethereum products—1Valour Bitcoin Physical Staking and 1Valour Ethereum Physical Staking—to UK retail investors through the London Stock Exchange starting January 26, 2026. The company had previously launched an asset-backed Ethereum physical staking ETP for UK professional investors. (PRNewswire)

Odaily Planet Daily reports that traders are currently focused on this week's Federal Reserve meeting, with interest rates expected to remain unchanged, but guidance from Fed Chairman Jerome Powell will be crucial. The recent decline in Bitcoin may be due to concerns about the strength of the yen and fiscal instability; however, a divergence has emerged between cryptocurrencies and traditional safe-haven assets, with funds flowing not into Bitcoin but into gold, pushing gold prices above $5,000/ounce for the first time. Greg Cipolaro, head of research at NYDIG, stated that liquidity preference dominates during periods of heightened uncertainty, and this dynamic has a greater impact on Bitcoin than on gold. CryptoQuant also reported in a previous report that long-term Bitcoin holders have begun selling at a loss for the first time since October 2023. (CoinDesk)

According to Odaily Planet Daily, strategist Claudio Wewel of J. Safra Sarasin points out that the continued surge in silver prices stems from weakened market expectations for a US interest rate cut and silver's newly acquired critical mineral status. The US Department of the Interior added silver to its critical mineral list in November, increasing the likelihood of US tariffs on the metal. He notes that this exacerbates the long-standing supply shortage and prompts US importers to accelerate silver purchases. Meanwhile, retail investors, finding it difficult to purchase gold at historically high prices, are turning to silver as a safe-haven asset. (Golden Ten)