Florida’s State-Level Bitcoin Reserve Initiative
House Bill 1039, submitted to the Florida House of Representatives, paves the way for the creation of a strategic Bitcoin reserve in the state’s balance sheet. According to the bill, the crypto assets to be reserved must have an average market value of at least $500 billion over the last 24 months.
Currently, only Bitcoin meets this criterion; other major crypto assets, including Ethereum, are excluded. Senate Bills 1038 and 1040, previously introduced in the Senate, also support the initiative.
US Weekly Jobless Claims Below Expectations
The number of people filing for unemployment benefits for the first time in the US in the week of January 3 was announced as 208,000. The expectation was 210,000. The previous week’s data was revised upward from 199,000 to 200,000. The data shows that the labor market remains relatively strong.
$2.22 Billion in BTC and ETH Options Expire
According to Deribit data, $2.22 billion in Bitcoin and Ethereum options will expire this week.
- Bitcoin: $1.84 billion, put/call ratio 1.05, max pain $90,000
- Ethereum: $384 million, put/call ratio 0.89, max pain $3,100
Intense put positions below $85,000 in BTC and increasing call interest in the $90,000–100,000 range point to volatility risk around expiration.
Fed Member Milan: I Expect a 150 Basis Point Interest Rate Cut in 2026
Fed Governor Milan announced that he expects a total of approximately 150 basis points of interest rate cuts throughout 2026. The statement reinforced expectations of a more dovish monetary policy in the medium term.
21Shares announced that it will distribute a staking reward of $0.010378 per share to TETH Ethereum ETF investors. The payment date was announced as January 9, 2026. Grayscale had previously announced that it would distribute staking income to ETHE investors.
Heavy BTC and ETH Transfer from BlackRock
According to Onchain Lens data, BlackRock deposited 2,164 BTC ($195.1 million) and 22,902 ETH ($71.4 million) to Coinbase Prime. The transfers indicate that portfolio and liquidity management continues on the institutional side.
Russia Expands Digital Ruble in Budget and Banking System
Russia has begun to widely use the digital ruble in its budget system and banking sector. The digital ruble can now be used in transfers to the state budget and in payments to federal agencies. The Central Bank plans to make the use of the digital ruble mandatory for large banks and corporate clients as of September 1, 2026. Digital ruble transactions for tax and public payments will be free of charge.
Wintermute CEO: Project Investment Approval Rate Dropped to 4% in 2025
Wintermute founder and CEO Evgeny Gaevoy stated in a post on the X platform that the “random investment” approach of 2021–2022 has ended and that the project investment approval rate will only be 4% in 2025. Gaevoy said Wintermute Ventures aims to make a total of 23 investments throughout 2025, primarily as a lead investor in Pre-Seed and Seed rounds. He emphasized that the investments are not aimed at obtaining a market maker (MM) license and are conducted completely independently of trading activities.
SOL Strategies reduced its SOL holdings in December
Publicly traded company SOL Strategies announced in its December 2025 business update that it held a total of 523,134 SOL in its treasury as of December 31. This figure represents a decrease of 3,503 SOL compared to the 526,637 SOL held at the end of November. The company also reported that its own validator nodes generated approximately 925 SOL in revenue in December.
Vanadi Coffee Increases Bitcoin Holdings
According to BitcoinTreasuries.NET data, Vanadi Coffee, which is traded on the Spanish stock exchange, increased its Bitcoin holdings by 10 BTC. With this latest purchase, the company’s total Bitcoin holdings rose to 183 BTC.
AWS and Ripple Evaluate AI-Powered Monitoring Solutions for XRP Ledger
According to a report by Cryptopolitan, Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Ripple are evaluating the use of Amazon Bedrock’s generative AI technologies to monitor and analyze the XRP Ledger (XRPL). The parties aim to reduce the time required to identify network issues by applying AI-powered analysis to XRPL system logs. Based on internal evaluations conducted by AWS engineers, review processes that previously took days can now be completed within 2 to 3 minutes. This work is intended to reduce the operational challenges posed by high-volume C++ logs in the XRPL’s global node network.
