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The US government will enter a short-term partial shutdown on Saturday, triggering discrepancies in prediction market contracts. Polymarket shows an 88% chance of a shutdown, while Kalshi is as high as 93%. The trigger conditions of the contracts and official confirmation are important factors influencing the odds.

PANews January 31 News, Ethereum Layer 2 project MegaETH clarified on the X platform: MegaETH has not done so in the past and will not in the future give MEGA tokens to any centralized or decentralized exchanges as a "listing fee" or airdrop.

PANews January 31 News, according to Onchain Lens monitoring, a trader converted $2,021 into $1.14 million in just two days through $MOLT tokens. The trader bought 1.24 billion $MOLT tokens at a price of 0.68 ETH (approximately $2,021), and now these tokens are worth $1.14 million, with a return of up to 563 times.

PANews January 31 News, according to Coindesk reports, during this week's earnings call, executives from Visa and Mastercard both made cautious assessments of digital assets, especially stablecoins. They believe that stablecoins currently have little market fit in the realm of everyday consumer payments, particularly in highly digitalized markets.
Both card organizations are experimenting with blockchain and stablecoins for settlement, but they believe that most cryptocurrency activities at present are trading and speculation, rather than posing a short-term threat or opportunity to their core businesses.

ChainCatcher message, according to Arkham data, at 11:06, 18,142,700 TRUMP (worth approximately $81,640,000) was transferred from Official Trump Meme to Fireblocks Custody.

On January 30th, the total net inflow of XRP spot ETF reached $16.79 million, of which 21Shares XRP ETF TOXR had a net inflow of $8.19 million. The total net inflow in history reached $419 million. As of now, the total net asset value of XRP spot ETF is $1.19 billion, with a cumulative net inflow of $1.18 billion in history.

ChainCatcher message: According to Web3 asset data platform RootData's token unlock data, INFINIT (IN) will unlock approximately 35.73 million tokens, worth about $2.17 million, at 17:00 Beijing time on February 7.

The White House Office of Management and Budget has issued a memo instructing agencies set to expire at midnight to prepare for a government shutdown involving multiple departments. The Senate has passed a funding bill, but the House has not reviewed it in time, and a shutdown is expected to begin on the 31st. It is hoped that the shutdown will not last long.

Wintermute founder Evgeny Gaevoy stated that public figures should speak carefully, believing that the market volatility on October 10 was caused by macro news triggering a liquidity crunch with high leverage flash crash, rather than a software malfunction. He pointed out that looking for a scapegoat is not honest.

PANews January 31 News, according to on-chain analyst Ai Yi's monitoring, address 0x54d...e6029 bought 3667.51 ETH at an average price of $2725.67 twelve hours ago, worth $9.996 million; currently, this address holds more than $220 million worth of ETH.

Gate News bot message, Bitcoin OG (10/11) is currently experiencing a floating loss of $109 million on long positions in $BTC, $ETH, and $SOL in the current bearish market. The overall loss has now surpassed $25 million.

PANews January 31 News, according to Scam Sniffer disclosure, 10 hours ago, a victim lost 4,556 ETH (worth $12.25 million) due to copying the incorrect address from a contaminated transaction record.

Citibank stated that although geopolitical and economic risks support gold demand, about half of the risks are expected to diminish later this year. The main influencing factors include US debt and AI uncertainties. In the long term, many risks may not materialize or their impact may weaken by 2026.

According to Coinglass data, the whale holdings on the Hyperliquid platform amount to $5.338 billion, with short positions accounting for 51.1% and long positions for 48.9%. The mega whale address 0xb317..ae is holding a 5x full position long on ETH, currently with an unrealized loss of $96.031 million.

ChainCatcher message, according to Arkham data, at 09:51, 540.55 BTC (worth approximately $45.35 million) was transferred from an anonymous address (starting with 1MSa7...) to another anonymous address (starting with 1KbDE...). Subsequently, this address transferred some BTC (138 coins) to Wintermute.

Nomura Holdings turned to losses due to the impact of the digital asset market on its European business. The CFO stated that risk controls for cryptocurrency operations have been strengthened, and although virtual currency holdings have been reduced, the company remains committed to long-term development.

Foresight News: Jupiter's "CatLumpurr 2026" event officially opened today in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The event will include major product updates, DeFi educational workshops, ecosystem-wide announcements, in-depth technical analysis, team meet-and-greets, and informal community gatherings. The event will run until February 2.