Can't believe the current discourse about buybacks. A lot of people are being disingenuous about this
Buybacks are not a bad thing, they are one of the best ways to provide some value to tokenholders and make tokens actually anchored to something real
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Wall Street bank Morgan Stanley recently officially filed an application with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to launch a spot Ethereum ETF, further expanding its strategy to penetrate the market...

Morgan Stanley has filed an application to launch an Ethereum spot ETF.

Author: Yuanshan Insights
Data Source: Farside Investors, SoSoValue, Fed H.4.1 Report, CryptoQuant

On the first trading day of 2026, BTC ETF saw a net inflow of $471 million.

What does this figure mean?

In November and December, the combined net outflow of spot BTC ETFs was approximately $4.57 billion; with a net outflow of approximately $1.09 billion in December alone.

Many people frantically sold at a loss above 93K, and institutions bought back about one-tenth of that amount on January 2nd alone.

Also happening...

Smart money influx! Decoding the three driving forces behind the BTC rebound.

PANews reported on January 7 that, according to an official announcement, Binance Wealth Management, One-Click Crypto, Instant Exchange, and Leverage will be launched on Binance Life (Binance Life) and zkPass (ZKP) according to the timeline listed below.
Binance Wealth Management: Binance Life Principal-Protected Earning Crypto Flexible Savings Account and ZKP Principal-Protected Earning Crypto Flexible Savings Account will be launched on the Binance Principal-Protected Earning Crypto platform and open for subscription on January 7, 2026 at 22:00 (UTC+8).
- One-click buy & sell: Binance Life and ZKPass (ZKP) were available one hour after being listed on Binance Spot...

Binance Wealth Management, one-click cryptocurrency purchase, instant exchange, and leveraged trading are now available on Binance Life (Binance Life) and zkPass (ZKP).