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New data paints a clearer picture of how January’s US winter storm disrupted US Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) mining operations, revealing a sharp downturn in daily production across publicly traded operators. The storm underscored the sector’s tether to energy-market dynamics, as grid stress, snow, ice

Written by: Liang Yu Edited by: Zhao Yidan On January 21, 2026, the snow and ice in Davos, Switzerland, have not yet melted, and a heated discussion about the future of global finance is underway. Hong Kong SAR Financial Secretary Paul Chan announced to the world that Hong Kong is expected to issue its first batch of licenses related to stablecoins within the year and reaffirmed the principle of "same activity, same risk, same regulation." This statement is consistent with his public confirmation six months ago in December 2024 of the plan to introduce a stablecoin licensing system this year. This upcoming policy is not an isolated move. In his speech in Davos, Paul Chan systematically outlined Hong Kong's strategic blueprint for digital assets: since 2023, Hong Kong has already...

The Nietzschean Penguin (PENGUIN) token, a memecoin launched on the Solana (CRYPTO: SOL) blockchain, surged by roughly 564% after a White House post on X featuring an image of the president and a penguin walking through the snow went viral. The move occurred despite a broader downturn in the memecoi

Wyoming Launches the World's First State-Backed USD Stablecoin $FRNT. Can this conservative "Cowboy State," once wealthy from coal mines, use digital assets to fill the fiscal gap and bridge the wealth divide? This article is adapted from a piece by Bootly, organized, translated, and written by BitpushNews. (Previous context: Trump family WLFI applies for a U.S. national trust bank license to independently issue stablecoin USD1) (Additional background: Trump pressure, interest rate adjustments, stablecoins... The six hurdles the Federal Reserve cannot avoid by 2026) On the map of the United States, Wyoming (Wyoming) is often overlooked as a "Western asset." When mentioned, most people's first reaction is Yellowstone National Park's Old Faithful geyser erupting, or the perennial snow on Grand Teton Peak. This is the state with the smallest population in the United States.

According to Mars Finance news on November 26, data from Binance Wallet shows that its "on-chain stock" zone has currently integrated two types of tokenized assets, namely xStock, which adopts the synthetic asset model, and Ondo Tokenized, which uses a brokerage buy model. The stock codes for the two types of assets are marked with suffixes "x" and "on" respectively. Among the leading tech stocks, the top three tokenized assets with the highest rise in the last 24 hours are: METAon / METAx (META): Tokenized stock of Meta Platforms, the parent company of Facebook, with a 24-hour rise of 4.2%, currently reported at 641 USD. SNOWon (SNOW): Cloud data warehouse and data cloud services company.

Author: Arthur Hayes, founder of BitMEX; compiled by Golden Finance It’s that time again when I transform into a "keyboard meteorologist." Concepts like La Niña and El Niño flood my vocabulary. Predicting the direction of a snowstorm is just as important as forecasting snowfall amounts, as it directly affects where I should go skiing. I use my limited weather knowledge to comment on when autumn ends and winter begins in Hokkaido, Japan. I also discuss with other local skiing enthusiasts about my dream for the powder season to start sooner. However, the app on my phone that updates the most frequently is not my favorite cryptocurrency chart app, but the snow condition forecast app. As the data points come in one after another, I have to decide when to head to the slopes with incomplete information. Sometimes, you can't predict the weather conditions until the day before you put on your skis. A few seasons ago, I arrived in mid-December and said

Original author: Arthur Hayes Original Title: Snow Forecast Original compilation: Luke, Mars Finance Snow forecast It’s that time again when I become a "keyboard meteorologist." Concepts like La Niña and El Niño are flooding into my vocabulary. Predicting the wind direction of a snowstorm is just as important as forecasting snowfall amounts, as it directly affects where I should go skiing. With my limited weather knowledge, I express opinions on when autumn ends and winter begins in Hokkaido, Japan. I also discuss with other local ski bums my dreams of an early start to the powder season. However, the app I check most frequently on my phone isn't my favorite cryptocurrency chart app, but the Snow-Forecast app. As data points arrive one after another

Neal Stephenson, the American science fiction writer hailed as the "father of the Metaverse," coined the term "Metaverse" in his classic 1992 science fiction novel Snow Crash. Surprisingly, he not only foresaw the birth of virtual worlds but also depicted concepts strikingly similar to today's Bitcoin, Blockchain, and large language models of artificial intelligence in his subsequent works. Science fiction writer becomes Builder Stevenson recently founded Lamina1, aimed at providing a blockchain platform for an "economic track" for the future Metaverse. This system is designed to give creators sovereignty over their own rules and intellectual property rights, aspiring to regain the open spirit of early Web1 and break free from the "walled garden" of Web2. He uses Lamina1.

What if the next big crypto story wasn’t in the usual suspects, but hidden in a snow-covered corner of the world most have never seen? That’s precisely the narrative fueling Arctic Pablo Coin (APC) — a meme coin tying mythical Earth exploration to massive profit potential. With its final meme coin p