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MegaETH [MEGA] will be listed on Binance Futures Pre-Market at 12:15 UTC Binance Futures will launch #MEGAUSDT perpetual contract pre-market trading with up to 5x leverage today, on January 30, at 12:15 UTC. Pre-market on Hyperliquid: 🔘Current price: $0.17 🔘Current FDV: $1.7B ℹ️ MegaETH is a Layer 2 blockchain enhancing Ethereum's scalability with high-speed, low-latency transactions. It raised $20M backed by DragonFly Capital, Robot Ventures, Big Brain Holdings, Folius Ventures and others. Moreover, MegaETH raised $50M in a token sale at $999M FDV. 🔗binance.com/en/support/announcement/detail/367887bc291d43f8a94877e101e17813 Follow us to be on top of crypto: TG | Chat | X

Flying Tulip raises $25.5M in a Series A Round Investors in the round include Amber Group, Fasanara Digital, and Paper Ventures. Beyond institutional funding, Flying Tulip has also attracted significant retail interest tied to its ongoing and upcoming public token sales. Project has raised $50M so far through Curated as part of a round that accounts for a portion of Impossible’s $200M allocation. A separate $200M allocation has also been set aside for CoinList, which is beginning next week. ℹ️ Flying Tulip is a full-stack onchain exchange integrating spot trading, derivatives, lending, money markets, a native stablecoin (ftUSD), and onchain insurance into a single cross-margin system founded by Andre Cronje. Previously, it raised $200M in a seed funding round backed by Brevan Howard Digital, CoinFund, DWF Labs, FalconX, Hypersphere, Lemniscap, Nascent, Republic Digital, Selini, Sigil Fund, Susquehanna Crypto, Tioga Capital, and Virtuals Protocol. 🔗theblock.co/post/387720/andre-cronje-flying-tulip-additional-funding-token-crypto @TOP7ICO

Binance will turn $1B SAFU Fund into Bitcoin over the next 30D Binance said this decision was made to support the industry through market cycles and periods of uncertainty, emphasizing its continued belief in bitcoin's long-term value. SAFU was established to protect users against losses from unexpected incidents like hacks or platform issues. To address potential volatility from holding bitcoin instead of stablecoins, Binance said it will conduct regular audits and rebalancing of the fund based on market value. 🔗theblock.co/post/387786/binance-1-billion-safu-bitcoin @TOP7ICO

Optimism [OP] will redirect 50% of protocol revenue to buybacks via OTC $OP holders voted to approve a proposal that redirect protocol revenue to token buybacks. The Optimism Foundation first floated the buyback idea earlier this month, as part of a plan "to align the OP token" with the Superchain. In its proposal, the foundation noted the Superchain generated around 5,868 ETH ($17.5M), in revenue last year. The open-market buybacks will begin in February, with the OP entering a “collective treasury” alongside the remaining ETH earned via Optimism’s sequencer. 🔗theblock.co/post/387660/op-token-holders-approve-buyback-plan-50-optimism-protocol-revenue-otc-swaps @TOP7ICO

Ethereum Foundation launches $220M Security Initiative powered by TheDAO Unclaimed funds from the infamous 2016 DAO hack are being transformed into a $220M security endowment for Ethereum. The fund consists of $13.5M from the Curator Multisig and $206.6M from ExtraBalance - ETH that remained unclaimed after the hard fork returned stolen funds to DAO participants nearly a decade ago. “It’s 2026 and we never touched any of those funds. They’ve appreciated substantially. And so it’s time. It’s time to put them to work to make Ethereum safer and more secure,” said Griff Green, one of TheDAO’s “curators” or maintainers who was an employee of Slock.it, the company that coded up the original DAO. Of this, 69,420 $ETH will be staked to generate approximately $8M annually in perpetual funding for Ethereum security initiatives. The grants will support mainnet and Layer 2 security, smart contract audits, incident response teams, and user protection tools—distributed through DAO governance mechanisms including quadratic funding and retroactive grants. 🔗unchainedcrypto.com/exclusive-thedao-to-become-new-220-million-ethereum-security-fund @TOP7ICO

🚨Gold dumps below 5,200 as Bitcoin loses 85,000 support Markets are falling amid escalating tensions between the US and Iran. Bitcoin has sharply dropped below $85,000, with over $412M in liquidations in just one hour. US stock markets are also trading in the red, with major companies under pressure. The sell-off has spread to precious metals as well, with gold losing around $2.8T in market capitalization - roughly equal to the total size of the entire crypto market. All of this is unfolding against rising geopolitical risks in the Middle East, as the US increases its military presence in the region and Iran warns of a harsh response while announcing military exercises. @TOP7ICO

Escape Velocity raises $62M for DePIN Fund The fund will focus on developing crypto networks for physical infrastructure such as telescopes and solar energy. Escape Velocity was founded by former Goldman Sachs employees, and has previously received backing from a16z co-founder Marc Andreessen. 🔗fortune.com/2026/01/29/exclusive-escape-velocity-raises-a-62-million-fund-to-bet-on-depin-crypto-networks-for-telescopes-solar-energy-and-more @TOP7ICO

Lighter [LIT] launches Staking Update: 25% of Circ Supply Staked 65M $LIT (25% of circulate supply) is already staked. From now on, staking LIT is required to access LLP at a ratio of $10 per 1 LIT. If users are currently in LLP without enough staked LIT, any excess liquidity will be returned gradually, either at 3% per day or with a minimum of $100. The real kicker is that in roughly two weeks, LLP will be usable as trading collateral. This update finally aligns incentives properly: staking, liquidity provision, and selling now reinforce each other, and everything is fully on-chain and verifiable. 🔗x.com/Lighter_xyz/status/2016633076344922127 @TOP7ICO

Coinbase launches Prediction Markets for U.S. users The new offering is built in partnership with Kalshi, a U.S.-regulated prediction market operator valued at $11B, and uses event-based yes-or-no contracts whose prices reflect market-implied probabilities. The products are offered through Coinbase Financial Markets, a CFTC-regulated entity. Prediction markets on Coinbase are now live for U.S. users across all states, allowing customers to trade contracts on real-world outcomes spanning sports, politics, and culture. 🔗coindesk.com/markets/2026/01/27/coinbase-rolls-out-prediction-market-to-u-s-customers @TOP7ICO

Flying Tulip [FT] will launch token sale on Coinlist on Feb 2 Purchase will launch on Feb 2, 16:00 UTC and end on Feb 6, 21:00 UTC. Token sale details • Sale price: $0.1 ($1B valuation) • Sale target: $200M • Vesting: 100% unlock at TGE ℹ️ Flying Tulip is a full-stack onchain exchange integrating spot trading, derivatives, lending, money markets, a native stablecoin (ftUSD), and onchain insurance into a single cross-margin system founded by Andre Cronje. It raised $200M in a seed funding round backed by Brevan Howard Digital, CoinFund, DWF Labs, FalconX, Hypersphere, Lemniscap, Nascent, Republic Digital, Selini, Sigil Fund, Susquehanna Crypto, Tioga Capital, and Virtuals Protocol. 🔗x.com/CoinList/status/2016558744788684929 Follow us to be on top of crypto: TG | Chat | X

tradeXYZ & Ostium: Major Commodities Perp DEXes to trade now Gold and silver keep hitting ATHs. Goldman predicted gold at $5,400 by EOY – and its already achieved. On-chain commodities trading is exploding too – and the main protocols capturing this flow are tradeXYZ and Ostium. tradeXYZ is the HIP-3 leader – first deployer on Hyperliquid's HIP-3, which generates 90% of all ecosystem volume. Ostium – a solid VC-backed RWA player, with $27.8M raised from General Catalyst, Jump Crypto, Coinbase Ventures, Wintermute and GSR. 🔹24h Commodities Volume: $1.91B vs $505M 🔹30d Perp Volume: $13.9B vs $4.44B 🔹Open Interest: $912M vs $227M 🔹30d Fees: $2.7M vs $1.58M 🔹30d Revenue: $1.36M vs $989K 🔹Users: 60.1K vs 22.6K Both are pre-token and scaling, with window before mainstream attention hits commodities perps is still open. Don’t miss the narrative. Get 2% Boost to Ostium points with our link 🔗https://ostium.app/trade?ref=OFK54 @TOP7ICO

Arthur Hayes' New Essay – Woomph In his latest essay "Woomph," Arthur Hayes explains why instability in the Japanese government bond market and the weakening of the yen could become a trigger for a new wave of money printing by the US Federal Reserve (Fed) and how this will affect global financial markets and crypto assets. Key Highlights: Japan Crisis Alert • JPY weakening + JGB yields spiking = dangerous combination • BOJ losing control of long-term bond yields • Risk of triggering global financial instability Fed's Intervention Playbook Hayes explains how the NY Fed will manipulate markets: • Create bank reserves (print dollars) • Sell dollars for yen (strengthen JPY) • Buy Japanese Government Bonds with yen • Result: Fed balance sheet expansion = more liquidity Why This Matters for Crypto • Fed balance sheet growth = Bitcoin pumps • New QE disguised as "FX intervention" • More dollar liquidity → risk assets rally Trading Signals to Watch • Monitor Fed's "Foreign Currency Denominated Assets" line item • Wait for confirmation before increasing risk • Rapid yen strengthening initially = short-term risk-off Hayes' Portfolio Moves • Continuing to accumulate $ZEC (Zcash) • Holding DeFi positions: $ENA, $ETHFI, $PENDLE, $LDO • Stopped out of MSTR & Metaplanet (3350 JP) - waiting to re-enter 🔗cryptohayes.substack.com/p/woomph Follow us to be on top of crypto: TG | Chat | X