On January 27, local time, the US Office of Management and Budget ordered a suspension of all federal government funding and loans, causing chaos in Washington. The memorandum, signed by Matthew J. Vaeth, Acting Director of the White House Management and Budget Office, calls for federal agencies to temporarily suspend all activities related to federal financial assistance and conduct a comprehensive analysis of their respective appropriation and loan programs to ensure their consistency with President Trump's executive orders. These executive orders include measures that prohibit federal diversity, equity, and inclusion programs and restrict clean energy expenditures. (The Washington Post)

Silk Road founder Ross Ulbricht, who was pardoned by President Trump and released on January 21, is currently working on his first autobiographical documentary. The documentary is led by filmmakers Jonah Tulis and Blake J. Harris, who have conducted over 60 hours of interviews since 2019. The documentary is scheduled to be released in 2025 and will be produced and globally issued by Submarine.

Trump disclosed in X that "Donald J. Trump's historic inauguration ceremony set a record for viewership. According to data from Streams Charts, YouTube's news section set a new 'all-time viewership record' with 9.6 million viewers due to coverage of President Trump's inauguration ceremony. In addition, the live broadcast of the inauguration on President Donald J. Trump's X account received 36.7 million views. With TV ratings added, an estimated 80.7 million viewers watched the presidential inauguration, breaking the record of Ronald Reagan's inauguration in 1981 with 42 million viewers.

J. Christopher Giancarlo Denies Rumors of Taking Over As SEC Chairman Speculation surrounding J. Christopher Giancarlo potentially replacing Gary Gensler as SEC chairman has been dismissed by Giancarlo himself. The former CFTC Chair denied seeking the top SEC job or a crypto role in the U.S. Treasury Department.

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Odaily Planet Daily News According to J, co-founder of Sanctum, the LST protocol of the Solana ecosystem, a beta version of the Sanctum platform's personal Profile feature is about to be released on X platform. According to the Sanctum official website interface, this feature is a one-stop wallet management and personal social media account linking interface.

Former U.S. President Donald J. J. Trump was convicted of at least one felony in a criminal case allegedly paying hush money to a porn star on the eve of the 2016 election. He is the first U.S. president to be declared a felon, a stain that will accompany him in his quest for re-election. Prosecutors at the trial described Mr. Trump as defrauding the American people on 34 counts of falsifying business records, arguing that he had concealed information from his predecessor, the problem-solver, Michael Brown. The true use of the money paid by D. Cohen. Protocol to the records, records disguised the payments as ordinary legal fees, when in fact Mr. Trump was repaying Cohen for a $130,000 hush money agreement with porn star Stormy Daniels to block her claims about sexual relations with Mr. Trump.

"Paxos is honored to join Paxos as a leader in bridging traditional and digital asset markets through the launch of regulated solutions for institutional and consumer safety," J. Christopher Giancarlo, former CFTC chairman joins the board of directors of stablecoin issuance Paxos Board of Directors and be part of innovation in the financial sector. ”（Coindesk）

Former U.S. Commodity and Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Chairman J. Christian Giancarlo emphasized the need for CBDCs and stablecoins to ensure privacy and censorship in his keynote address at the FT Live Crypto Assets and Digital Assets Summit. He argues that by coding personal economic privacy into their own architecture, CBDCs and stablecoins should be the ideal tools for people around the world who aspire to financial autonomy and inclusivity, consistent with basic human rights and civic values. In addition, he stressed that by 2024, 134 countries, which account for 98% of global GDP, are actively exploring the issuance of CBDCs, compared to 35% in 2020. Stablecoins have reached $11 trillion in on-chain transaction settlements, almost surpassing Visa's settlements, and their global market capitalization has risen from $3 billion in 2019 to $138 billion in 2024. At the same time, Bitcoin's market capitalization has surpassed the Swiss franc to become the 13th largest coin in the world. Giancarlo said the reality is that people around the world will use various digital money including Crypto Assets, CBDCs, stablecoins at the same time. （Cointelegraph）

Former U.S. Commodity and Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Chairman J. Christian Giancarlo highlighted the need for CBDCs and stablecoins to ensure privacy and censorship in his keynote address at the FT Live Crypto Assets and Digital Assets Summit, stressing that CBDCs and stablecoins should become ideal tools for people around the world who aspire to financial autonomy and inclusion by coding personal economic privacy into their own architecture. Consistent with basic human rights and civic values.

coin: Marathon Digital has unveiled ambitious plans to strengthen its operations by 2024, revising its hashrate rise forecast from about 46% to about 50 EH/s. This adjustment is due to the anticipated fourth Block Reward Halving of the Bitcoin network. Chairman and chief executive officer Fred Thiel said confidence comes from the company's strong Liquidity and advanced mining technology. Despite market challenges, Marathon set the Benchmark to achieve operational efficiency of 21 J/TH and maintain financial stability while scaling up. Bernstein analysts noted that mining stocks such as Marathon performed well due to strong financial results and investor confidence. Bitcoin Mining Difficulty has reached unprecedented levels, resulting in hashrate remaining stable, partly due to higher transaction fee income.