24-Hour Hot Cryptocurrencies and News | Venezuela May Hold Over $60 Billion in BTC Shadow Reserves; Various Indicators Show Solana Meme Rebound (January 6)

1. Popular cryptocurrencies on CEXs

Top 10 CEX trading volumes and their 24-hour price changes:

1. BTC: +0.98%
2. ETH: +0.76%
3. XRP: +10.92%
4. SOL: +0.59%
5. BNB: +0.65%
6. DOGE: +0.6%
7. SUI: +12.79%
8. PEPE: -1.29%
9. LINK: +0.58%
10. ADA: +4.97%

24-hour gainers list (data source: OKX):

1. PRCL: +84.51%
2. NAVX: +18.46%
3. SWFTC: +15.88%
4. ASP: +15.03%
5. SUI: +13.03%
6. ZBCN: +12.27%
7. VIRTUAL: +11.63%
8. XRP: +11.03%
9. IOTA +10.21%
10. TOSHI: +9.5%

24-hour cryptocurrency stock gainers list (data source: msx.com ):

• Bakkt Holdings, Inc. - MSX: 37.69%
• Tron Inc. - MSX: 28.63%
• ALT5 Sigma Corporation - MSX: 25.21%
• DeFi Development Corp. - MSX: 22.85%
• Figure Technology Solutions - MSX:22.31%
• Upexi, Inc. - MSX: 19.9%
• ASP Isotopes Inc. - MSX:19.01%
• Semler Scientific, Inc. - MSX:18.11%
• NuScale Power Corporation - MSX:16.86%
• GraniteShares ETF Trust GraniteShares 2x Long COIN Daily ETF - MSX:16.08%

2. Top 5 trending memes on Chain14514 (data source: GMGN ):

• TRUMP
• PIPPIN
• 114514
• Fartcoin
• PENGU

Headlines

Venezuela may hold over $60 billion in Bitcoin shadow reserves.

Analyst Serenity, writing on the X platform, stated that intelligence reports indicate the Venezuelan regime has accumulated shadow reserves of Bitcoin and USDT worth over $60 billion. These reserves were allegedly accumulated by circumventing sanctions through gold swaps and requiring oil exports to be settled in USDT.

Polymarket's "No" bet on "Christ's Second Coming" could yield a 5.5% annualized return, outperforming US Treasury bonds.

A Polymarket contract on the prediction market, betting on whether Jesus Christ will return to Earth in 2025, attracted approximately $3.3 million in investment in 2025. Since the event was ultimately ruled "no," participants who bet on it not happening at the April peak earned an annualized return of approximately 5.5%, outperforming even the yield on US Treasury bonds during the same period. The report points out that the contract at one point maintained the probability of the "return" above 3%, reflecting the pricing characteristics of prediction markets driven by a mix of sentiment, belief, and speculation.

For more absurd betting odds, see: Polymarket's Top Ten Almost Guaranteed Winning Bets.

Solana Network's Meme coin launch platform has seen all metrics reach new highs in the past three months.

Solana Network's Meme coin launch platform saw trading volume hit a three-month high. Daily trading volume, token issuance, and the number of daily token listings all reached their highest levels in three months.

Industry News

The OECD's CARF (Crypto-Asset Tax Filing Framework) has officially come into effect, covering 48 jurisdictions.

The Crypto-Asset Reporting Framework (CARF), spearheaded by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), officially came into effect on January 1, 2026, initially covering 48 countries and regions. This framework requires cryptocurrency service providers (CASPs) to disclose user transaction information to tax authorities and submit annual reports covering transactions, exchanges, and asset transfers, aiming to promote global tax transparency and strengthen cross-border data exchange.

Bank of America: Starting January 5th, wealth advisors will be officially allowed to recommend 4% BTC allocations.

Starting today, Bank of America, with $1.7 trillion in assets under management, is officially allowing its wealth advisors to recommend a 4% BTC allocation to clients.

Grayscale ETHE becomes the first US spot crypto ETP to issue staking rewards.

Grayscale Ethereum Staking ETF (ETHE) has distributed staking rewards earned between October 6, 2025 and December 31, 2025 to existing shareholders. ETHE shareholders will receive $0.083178 per share, payable on January 6, 2026. This distribution marks the first time a US spot crypto ETP has distributed staking rewards to its shareholders.

Project News

Nearly $9 billion in assets will be transferred to Solana via cross-chain bridges by 2025.

SolanaFloor stated on the X platform that in 2025, nearly $9 billion in assets transferred from other blockchains to Solana via cross-chain bridges. Of this, over $5 billion came solely from Ethereum.

Polymarket will launch a real estate forecasting market, allowing users to bet on housing price trends.

On-chain real estate platform Parcl and prediction market Polymarket have announced a partnership to integrate Parcl's daily house price index into Polymarket's new real estate prediction market. Polymarket will list and operate these markets, while Parcl will provide independent index data and settlement reference values. The initial markets will focus on major U.S. cities. Users can predict the monthly, quarterly, or annual changes and threshold results for specific city house price indices. Each market will have a dedicated Parcl analytics page showcasing the final settlement value, historical index background, and calculation methodology. The two companies will launch the initial city prediction markets in phases, adding more cities and market types as needed.

The Ethereum staking exit queue has been emptied, and over 1.18 million ETH are now in the queue for staking.

According to crypto analyst EmberCN, the Ethereum PoS staking exit queue has been cleared, and no addresses have yet chosen to redeem their staked ETH. Meanwhile, the staking queue has increased significantly, primarily due to BitMine's recent large-scale staking, which has deposited approximately 768,000 ETH in the last 10 days. Data shows that the total amount of ETH currently queued for staking across the entire network exceeds 1.186 million.

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Vitalik Buterin: Ethereum is breaking the blockchain Blockchain Trilemma with actual code.

Vitalik Buterin stated that Ethereum is close to solving the long-standing "blockchain Blockchain Trilemma" in practical operation. He pointed out that the two key upgrades, PeerDAS and ZK-EVM, are making Ethereum a "new and more powerful decentralized network." Vitalik said that PeerDAS will launch mainnet in 2025, while ZK-EVM, although still in the security improvement stage, has reached production-level performance and is expected to begin small-scale use on the network in 2026.

Infinex founder responds to public offering setbacks: If necessary, will personally fund project operations.

Synthetix and Infinex founder Kain Warwick responded to users' concerns about project funding in a post on X, saying: "I funded and operated the project myself for the first 18 months, and I would do so again if needed."

Previously, it was reported that Infinex's public offering had performed poorly, with subscriptions totaling only $600,000 two days after its launch.

Venezuelan opposition leader: Bitcoin will become a key component of its national reserves

Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado stated, "We envision Bitcoin becoming part of our national reserves to help rebuild everything stolen by the dictatorship. Before the gold reserves were plundered, Venezuela had substantial financial reserves globally, and we will restore these reserves and incorporate Bitcoin as a key component."