Daily Summary, January 30

Cryptomarket and Blockchain
– 🪙 Binance invests $1 billion in BTC — the exchange will change the structure of assets in its SAFU fund, gradually converting stablecoins into bitcoin.
– 👻 The Fear and Greed Index is in the zone of extreme fear (16).
– 🪙 Vitalik Buterin announced that within the next five years, the Ethereum Foundation will transition to a mode of moderate austerity to implement the Ethereum scaling roadmap.
– 🪙 USDC issuer Circle will focus in 2026 on developing infrastructure for scaling stablecoins and transitioning the Arc blockchain to production mode.
– 🕵️‍♂️ The quantum threat to Bitcoin is long-term and manageable; real attacks are decades away.

Regulation and State Actions
– 🗽 The U.S. Department of Justice completed the confiscation of $400 million worth of BTC linked to the Helix crypto mixer.
– 🇸🇻 The Central Bank of El Salvador purchased $50 million worth of gold, while continuing to accumulate bitcoin (currently holds 7,547 BTC).
– 🇨🇿 The head of the Czech Central Bank called for not fighting Bitcoin, but studying and testing it, calling it working with the future.
– 🇷🇺 The Russian Ministry of Finance proposes to establish a monthly limit for individuals on cash deposits via ATMs of 1 million rubles to enhance control over cash circulation.

Corporate News
– 🤖 OpenAI plans to conduct an IPO in the fourth quarter of 2026.