January 2nd, according to HTX market data, the Bitcoin price saw a significant increase in volatility after the US stock market opened. After dipping to $88,459 and rising over 1.8%, breaking through $90,000, the current price is $90,054.

January 2nd, according to market data, the spot silver price fell by over $1 in the short term, now trading at $73.24 per ounce, with an intraday gain narrowed to 2.4%. The spot gold price fell by over $20 in the short term, now trading at $4348.42 per ounce, with a daily gain narrowed to 0.7%. (IG)

January 2nd, Trust Wallet posted on social media that the browser extension is now back on the Chrome Web Store. In addition, version 2.71.0 is now released, which includes customer service CAPTCHA support to assist with the claims process.

January 2nd, according to market data, on the first trading day of 2026, the U.S. stock market opened with the Dow rising by 0.18%, the S&P 500 rising by 0.54%, and the Nasdaq rising by over 1%. Cryptocurrency-related stocks saw a general increase, including:Coinbase (COIN) up 1.65%Circle (CRCL) up 1.88%MicroStrategy (MSTR) up 1.22%Bullish (BLSH) up 1.43%Gemini (GEMI) up 1.81%Bitmine (BMNR) up 3.35%SharpLink Gaming (SBET) up 2.13%Bit Digital (BTBT) up 2.91%ETHZilla (ETHZ) up 2.86%ALT5 Sigma (ALTS) up 2.73%American Bitcoin (ABTC) up 2.65%

January 2nd, according to community information, ElizaOS founder Shaw recently returned, causing the related token elizaos to see its market cap rise to around $40 million.Meanwhile, Shaw's personally issued token $FARM2 has also attracted market attention. The FARM2 community has officially announced via their Twitter account the development of the FARM2 metaverse, integrating social, gaming, office, entertainment, and virtual reality experiences into one metaverse world.After the original team announced the project's reboot, $FARM2's market cap rose to around $100,000. Shaw has publicly stated his intention to assist in the development work of the FARM2 project in subsequent stages.

January 2nd, according to HTX market data, possibly influenced by the strong rebound of PEPE, the veteran Meme coins saw a general rise, including:· PEPE rose by 37% in the past 24 hours, now priced at $0.00000569· NEIRO rose by 23.69% in the past 24 hours, now priced at $0.00013· FLOKI rose by 18.77% in the past 24 hours, now priced at $0.000047· PENGU rose by 16.41% in the past 24 hours, now priced at $0.01· BONK rose by 15.9% in the past 24 hours, now priced at $0.00000883· PNUT rose by 14% in the past 24 hours, now priced at $0.08· BOME rose by 12.64% in the past 24 hours, now priced at $0.000623

January 2nd, according to Hyperinsight monitoring, the hot whale redistribution trends from 10:00 to 20:00 today are as follows:Long Position Camp:A whale/institution that previously bought high and sold low in November, losing $13.73 million in ETH in a week, spent $9.95 million today to buy 2,251 XAUt (Gold Token) at an average price of $4,420.「Brother Whale」 Huang Licheng reduced his 25x leveraged ETH long position to 8,000 coins to take profit, and added a 10x leveraged long position for 11,888.88 HYPE.Short Position Camp:A whale who borrowed 5,000 ETH for short selling a month ago closed his position after ETH reached $3,000, making a profit of about $390,000 from this short sale.A whale (0x218) increased their ETH short position to 18,875.18 coins, worth $57.32 million.「Meme Short Army Leader」 LIT increased their short position to 3,813,196 coins, now the largest on-chain LIT short position.

January 2nd, according to Coinglass data, today, after some altcoins saw a price increase, the current mainstream CEX and DEX funding rates show a recovery in the altcoin market. Some platform altcoin trading pairs have returned to neutral rates. However, as Bitcoin approaches the $90,000 resistance again, the market is starting to turn bearish. Currently, it has not entered into negative funding rate territory. This is in contrast to the situation during the previous market slump (BTC and ETH neutral rates, altcoins universally negative rates). The specific mainstream coin funding rates are shown in the attached image.BlockBeats Note: Funding rates are rates set by cryptocurrency trading platforms to maintain the balance between the contract price and the underlying asset price, usually applicable to perpetual contracts. It is a mechanism for fund exchanges between long and short traders. The trading platform does not charge this fee but uses it to adjust the cost or profit of traders holding contracts to keep the contract price close to the underlying asset price.When the funding rate is 0.01%, it represents the baseline rate. When the funding rate is above 0.01%, it indicates a generally bullish market. When the funding rate is below 0.005%, it indicates a generally bearish market.

January 2, according to official sources, Binance will delist and cease trading for the following spot trading pairs at 16:00 (Beijing Time) on January 3:AI/BNB, ETC/BNB, FLOW/BTC, LPT/BNB, SFP/BTC, VET/BNB, WCT/FDUSD, WIF/BRL, and WLFI/BRL.

January 2nd, according to Blur data, possibly influenced by Vitalik's avatar change, the Milady series NFT floor price surged by 27.53% in the past 24 hours, now at 1.07 ETH.BlockBeats previously reported that Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin changed his Twitter avatar to a Milady NFT-style image at 8 am Beijing time on January 1st (0:00 UTC).