Etherealize CEO Vivek Raman, an Ethereum ecosystem analysis company, testified before Congress, pointing out that the current financial system is inefficient and advocating for public blockchains to enable real-time settlement and global regulation. He believes that by clarifying digital asset legislation, the pace of innovation can be increased by 100 times, emphasizing the security and resilience of decentralization.

Odaily Planet Daily reports that CZ posted on the X platform stating that, according to his understanding, the UAE has been using government resources to mine Bitcoin for some time. Previously, Vivek Sen wrote that the UAE has now officially started mining Bitcoin using government resources.

Etherealize team member Vivek Raman released a 2026 Ethereum forecast, predicting that tokenized assets and stablecoins will grow to $100 billion and $1.5 trillion respectively, with ETH reaching $15,000. Several institutions are deploying tokenized products on Ethereum, with user numbers and trading volume continuously increasing.

BlockBeats News, January 1st, Bitcoin's closing price in 2025 was lower than at the beginning of the year, marking the first time in history that a year recorded a decline after a halving. This has sparked intense discussions in the market about whether the "Bitcoin four-year cycle" has ended. Although the latest halving occurred in April 2024, BTC previously hit a record high of $126,000 on October 6th, but then experienced a significant correction, currently down over 30% from the peak, with the year's performance weakening. Analysts point out that after the 2012, 2016, and 2020 halvings, Bitcoin reached new highs in the following year, but this pattern has not continued in this cycle. Bitgrow Lab founder Vivek Sen bluntly stated that Bitcoin's decline in the year following a halving means the "four-year cycle is officially dead." Investor Armando Pan

According to ChainCatcher news, Bitcoin Treasuries.NET posted on the X platform that Vivek Ramaswamy's Strive ASST is raising $500 million through a perpetual preferred stock SATA ATM to buy more BTC.