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George Town, British Virgin Islands, January 14th, 2026, Chainwire Human Trader ProMint Claims Championship as AI Demonstrates Superior Risk Control Aster, the high-performance and privacy-focused on-chain trading platform backed by YZi Labs, has announced the final results of its “Human vs AI” live trading competition. Conducted over a two-week period under highly volatile market conditions, the event highlighted a clear contrast between discretionary human trading and AI-driven strategies. While individual human trader ProMint secured the top ranking with positive net profits, the human trading team as a whole recorded an overall ROI of -32.22%, reflecting significant performance dispersion across participants.…

Castries, Saint Lucia, January 14th, 2026, Chainwire PrimeXBT, a leading global crypto and CFD broker, has listed 40 new crypto futures trading pairs, significantly expanding its asset coverage across high-demand segments including AI, Layer-1 and Layer-2 networks, DeFi, Infrastructure, Meme tokens, NFT, Metaverse, and Payments. The expansion is part of the company’s ongoing commitment to provide traders with deeper market access, better liquidity, and cost-efficient trading conditions. The newly added markets include a curated selection of highly traded coins and tokens such as CELO, DASH, DYDX, EIGEN, SNX, ZK, ZRO, and emerging community and meme-driven assets. This batch also introduces…

Ethereum is seeing a surge in new user activity even as ETH price action remains largely range-bound. Summary Ethereum is averaging about 327,000 new wallets per day, with a single-day peak of nearly 394,000, the highest on record. Lower fees after the Fusaka upgrade and record stablecoin usage have encouraged user onboarding. Wallet growth is growing even as ETH trades sideways, pointing to adoption driven by real usage rather than speculation. According to a Jan. 13 post by on-chain analytics platform Santiment, Ethereum has recorded an average of 327,000 new wallets created per day over the past week, marking the…

Bitcoin long-term holders showed early capitulation as LTH SOPR dipped below 1.0, signaling some six-month-plus holders sold at a loss. Bitcoin (BTC) is showing early signs of strain among long-term holders as the LTH SOPR (Spent Output Profit Ratio) recently fell below 1.0, signaling that some holders are starting to sell at a loss. While isolated, this move reflects growing uncertainty in the market as BTC trades near $92,000 amid mixed technical signals. This development is significant because those holding BTC for more than six months have historically provided stability during price corrections. Their tentative selling could hint at short-term…

Former New York mayor Eric Adams’ new NYC token fell more than 81% within about 30 minutes of its Jan. 12 launch on Solana, wiping out roughly $500 million in peak paper value.The token briefly reached an estimated market cap of $540 million–$600 million.Adams unveiled the project at a Times Square event about 12 days after leaving office and tied the token to funding blockchain education and combating antisemitism.The launch was promoted through his verified X account and later annotated by X Community Notes with a “rug pull” warning.Adams framed the venture as part of an effort to counter antisemitism.On-chain…

The latest version of a Senate market structure bill bans passive yield on stablecoin holdings.But it protects certain software developers from prosecution under money transmission laws.A version under negotiation in the Senate’s Agriculture Committee will be filed before the end of the month.Stablecoin issuers will be forbidden from paying passive yield under the latest version of a landmark crypto bill filed by US Senators on Monday night, marking a major victory for banks that had warned the tokens could undermine their ability to lend to businesses and homebuyers.But it includes significant protections for software developers such as Tornado Cash co-founder…

On Jan. 13, the US Senate Banking Committee released the full text of the highly anticipated Digital Asset Market Clarity Act (CLARITY) ahead of its expected markup this week.The 278-page draft abandons the strategy of picking winners on a token-by-token basis. Instead, it constructs a comprehensive “lane system” that assigns jurisdiction based on the functional lifecycle of a digital asset.Speaking on the legislation, Senate Banking Committee Chairman Tim Scott said:“[This legislation] gives everyday Americans the protections and certainty they deserve. Investors and innovators can’t wait forever while Washington stands still, and bad actors exploit the system. This legislation puts Main…

Binance continued to dominate in 2025, as it captured over 40% of spot and Bitcoin perpetual volumes across major global exchanges. Crypto exchange activity diverged sharply in 2025, as spot market growth slowed down while derivatives trading continued to expand at a strong pace. Total spot trading volume reached $18.6 trillion. This represented a 9% year-on-year increase, but it is a significant deceleration from the 154% growth recorded in 2024. Crypto Exchange Activity According to CryptoQuant, perpetual futures activity, in contrast, rose 29% year-on-year to $61.7 trillion, after adding $13.8 trillion in volume compared with the previous year. Spot trading…

The firm cited SEC filings showing the ex-director previously served as Vice Chairman of 10X, challenging claims of board independence. YZi Labs has escalated its public dispute with BNC’s board by questioning the independence of a former director, who is accused of being linked to the company’s asset manager, 10X Capital. This disclosure comes amid allegations that the group is engaging in entrenchment and attempting to silence investor voices. Former BNC Director Linked to 10X Capital In its latest statement shared on X, YZi Labs emphasized that transparency is “non-negotiable,” as it highlighted what it described as undisclosed ties between…

Be’er Sheva, Israel, January 13th, 2026, Chainwire Fors, a prediction market aggregation platform built on Solana, today announced the release of its beta version, designed to address fragmentation and inefficiencies across modern prediction markets. Prediction markets covering multiple categories, including politics, sports, macroeconomic events, cryptocurrencies, and global developments, have expanded rapidly in recent years. However, market data, liquidity, and pricing remain fragmented across isolated platforms, making it difficult for participants to compare outcomes and identify inefficiencies efficiently. Fors addresses this challenge by aggregating multiple prediction venues into a single, unified interface. The platform normalizes probabilities, pricing, and liquidity, allowing users…