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🚨Zcash developers quit after board clash as ZEC drops 17% in 24H The entire Electric Coin Company team behind Zcash resigned on January 7 after what CEO Josh Swihart described as a constructive discharge by the Bootstrap board. “Yesterday, the entire ECC team left after being constructively discharged by ZCAM. In short, the terms of our employment were changed in ways that made it impossible for us to perform our duties effectively and with integrity.” According to the U.S. Department of Labor, constructive discharge refers to a situation where an employee's resignation is not considered voluntary due to an employer creating a hostile work environment or applying pressure that forces the quit. • $ZEC price: $406 (-17% in 24H) • FDV: $6.62B 🔗theblock.co/post/384737/zcash-developers-form-new-company Follow us to be on top of crypto: TG | Chat | X

Upcoming Projects Most Likely to Hit $1B at TGE – Polymarket Bets Traders on Polymarket are already pricing some future tokens as possible unicorns (at least at launch) Base – 99% probability of reaching $1B FDV one day after launch MegaETH – 92% EdgeX – 81% Backpack – 62% Opensea – 56% MetaMask – 55% Ink – 55% StandX – 47% SentientAGI – 45% Zama – 31% The real test starts post-launch: emissions go live, early liquidity dries up, narratives fade, and price discovery turns brutal. Polymarket doesn’t tell you who survives. It shows what the market believes right now. Some projects will become infrastructure. Others - just exit liquidity. Follow us to be on top of crypto: TG | Chat | X

🚨 Bitmine bought another $105.3M worth of ETH over the past week Tom Lee’s Bitmine bought another $105.3M $ETH over the past week, bringing their total holdings to $13.23B. Bitmine staked $1.46B of Ethereum last week, and now holds 3.43% of the supply. Tom Lee keep buying and staking $ETH. 🔗intel.arkm.com/explorer/entity/bitmine Follow us to be on top of crypto: TG | Chat | X

Musk's xAI raises $20B in Series E Round Elon Musk's AI startup xAI has closed an upsized $20B Series E funding round, exceeding its original $15B target. Investors in the round include Nvidia, Cisco Investments, Valor Equity Partners, Stepstone Group, Fidelity Management & Research Company, Qatar Investment Authority, MGX, and Baron Capital Group. The company is currently training Grok 5 while continuing to develop its image- and video-generation models through Grok Imagine, an AI-powered creative tool. The European Commission recently condemned Grok's "Spicy Mode" for producing "illegal" and "appalling" content, while France, the UK, India, and Malaysia have launched separate investigations. 🔗x.ai/news/series-e Follow us to be on top of crypto: TG | Chat | X

🚨 New Polymarket bet just dropped: Will 2026 deliver the largest crypto liquidation event ever? The new market asked by streamer threadguy will resolve YES if liquidations exceed $19.16B - the official all-time record set on Oct 10 - at any point in 2026. One event. One wick. One cascade. Odds currently sitting at 13%. Everyone says never again - until it happens. 🔗http://polymarket.com/event/record-crypto-liquidation-in-2026?via=top-7-ico Follow us to be on top of crypto: TG | Chat | X

Binance will list zkPass [ZKP] and 币安人生 [币安人生] $ZKP and #币安人生 will be listed on Binance today, at 12:30 UTC. An additional 300M $ZKP will be allocated into future marketing campaigns. ℹ️ zkPass is a decentralized oracle protocol that transforms private internet data into verifiable proofs on-chain. • Current $ZKP price: $0.15 • Current FDV: $150M 币安人生 is a meme on BNB Chain dedicated to satirising the aspirational "Binance Life," inspired by co-founder He Yi's viral tweet. • Current $币安人生 price: $0.17 • Current FDV: $170M 🔗binance.com/en/support/announcement/detail/51881f9d018242ce80bed6ce015de2a7 Follow us to be on top of crypto: TG | Chat | X

Fraction AI introduces Signature Agents inside Stable-Up Signature Agents let users create and share their own agents, each shaped by how its creator thinks about using stablecoins. Access starts with FOXX NFT holders, beginning with the Legendary group, and will open up more broadly over time. ℹ️ Fraction AI simplifies AI agent creation by allowing users to design agents through natural language prompts without requiring coding expertise. In 2024, it raised $6M backed by The Spartan Group, Symbolic Capital, Mask Network, MH Ventures and others. 🔗x.com/FractionAI_xyz/status/2008191997610238096 Follow us to be on top of crypto: TG | Chat | X

Lighter launches LIT Buyback Program, starting with $550K in repurchases Lighter previously said it would allocate its revenues between growth initiatives and token buybacks, depending on market conditions .$LIT rose 15% in the past 24H to trade at roughly $3.23. Lighter quickly became one of the most popular perp exchanges. In December, it reported over $200B in monthly trade volume, outperforming Aster's $177.5B and Hyperliquid's $169.3B. 🔗theblock.co/post/384399/lighter-lit-buyback Follow us to be on top of crypto: TG | Chat | X

MetaDAO Dashboard - Upcoming RNGR Sale MetaDAO continues to stand out among decentralized launchpads, with $19M raised across 7 token launches and an impressive 3.6x current ROI. The upcoming raise features Ranger Finance $RNGR - a Solana-based DeFi platform unifying multiple trading markets into a single interface, designed for efficient, non-custodial on-chain trading. 🔗x.com/ranger_finance/status/2007140827081089086 Follow us to be on top of crypto: TG | Chat | X

Cascade will raise Liquidity Pool to $2M at 17:00 UTC! Cascade’s Liquidity Strategy (CLS) will be opened today, on Jan 6, at 17:00 UTC. Only users with a Cascade invite code can access the platform, and points are earned exclusively through CLS pre-allocations. ℹ️ Cascade operates as a neo-brokerage offering perpetual markets across crypto, U.S. equities, and private assets. It raised $15M in a funding round backed by Coinbase Ventures, Polychain Capital, Variant and Archetype Ventures. 🔗x.com/cascade_xyz/status/2005708651558822308 Follow us to be on top of crypto: TG | Chat | X

Jupiter partners with Ethena Labs to launch JupUSD Stablecoin Initially, 90% of reserves will be held in USDtb, a licensed, GENIUS-compliant stablecoin, collateralised by BlackRock’s BUIDL Fund, with a 10% USDC liquidity buffer, paired with a secondary pool on Meteora. Over time, Jupiter plans to transition a portion of reserves to USDe for additional flexibility, resilience, and efficient economics for the ecosystem. 🔗x.com/JupiterExchange/status/2008194274362544603 Follow us to be on top of crypto: TG | Chat | X

ZenChain’s token sale will be launched on Binance Wallet $ZTC allocation will be based on a pro-rata basis of a user’s subscription amount against the total amount deposited during the subscription period. Token sale details • Activity Start: Jan 7, at 8:00 UTC • Subscription cap per user: 3 BNB • Vesting: 100% on TGE TGE details and the event portal will be released soon 🔗x.com/BinanceWallet/status/200849533298930092 Follow us to be on top of crypto: TG | Chat | X