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Mars Finance reports that at 3 a.m. Beijing time tonight, the Federal Reserve will announce its first interest rate decision for 2026, with a pause in rate cuts almost a certainty. As the Fed faces political challenges, issues such as central bank independence, the new chairman candidate, and Powell's future may become focal points. Gold prices hit a new high, the US dollar index fell to a four-year low, and the market may stir up another wave.

Mars Finance News: On January 28, according to HyperInsight monitoring, a trader closed a long position of 78.37 BTC at 12:14, incurring a loss of $32,000. Currently, the account has a total unrealized profit of $66,000. This address primarily uses full-position leverage mode, prefers 5-10x leverage trading, and employs a typical short-term swing strategy.

Mars Finance reports that, according to Coinglass data, the cryptocurrency fear and greed index is currently at 30, up 0 points from yesterday. The average over the past 7 days is 25, and the average over the past 30 days is 31.

The Hong Kong Legislative Council's Financial Affairs Committee will hold a briefing on January 30th to discuss policies to promote the development of the digital asset industry. They plan to submit legislative proposals to implement a crypto asset reporting framework and to automatically exchange relevant tax information with other regions starting in 2028.

WORLD3 has submitted ERC-8118 proposal to provide a secure and controllable on-chain authorization mechanism for autonomous AI Agents. The standard includes features such as time-limited authorization, usage count and quota limits, and fine-grained permission control, supporting revocation of authorization at any time. It has been validated on the WORLD3 platform and has completed review at the IEEE International Blockchain Conference.

Mars Finance News reports that according to Jintiao, a Goldman Sachs report states that despite rising geopolitical risks, investor risk appetite remains high, indicating that the market has largely absorbed macro risks. Investor optimism is currently at approximately 67 percentile, with its proprietary risk preference index rising to the highest since April 2021. Capital is flowing comprehensively into high-risk assets, stock allocations remain positive, and international funds are accelerating into Europe, Japan, and emerging markets.

Mars Finance News, according to Jintiao, Swiss Vontobel Global Corporate Bond Head Christian Hantel stated that the current US economic outlook remains optimistic, with continued economic growth, a slightly weakened but stabilized labor market. The inflation rate remains above the Federal Reserve's target level, making recent rate cuts lack sufficient justification. Investors should pay attention to the March and June FOMC meetings, viewing them as potential policy adjustment windows. The market will closely watch the signals from Federal Reserve Chair Powell regarding further easing policies.

According to Mars Finance, HyperInsight has detected a surge in precious metals futures trading on the Hyperliquid platform in the past 24 hours. Gold and silver contracts ranked among the top ten in trading volume. The total trading volume of the gold token PAXG contract reached $166 million, and the silver mapping contract's trading volume was $1.138 billion.

Mars Finance reports that the well-known DeFi data platform DefiLlama announced the acquisition of crypto OTC data provider Bulletin, enabling the company to offer more detailed secondary market valuation data for private crypto companies. It is reported that Bulletin is an OTC trading data company that provides detailed valuation data for crypto companies, aiming to connect buyers and sellers of crypto company stocks and tokens. It was founded by NEAR Foundation Chief Operating Officer David Mirzadeh in 2023.

In the past 24 hours, the total liquidation amount across the entire network reached $299 million, with long positions liquidated at $68.2793 million and short positions at $231 million. Both Bitcoin and Ethereum experienced significant losses in long and short positions, with a total of 90,398 people liquidated. The largest single liquidation occurred on the Hyperliquid platform, amounting to $13.2576 million.

Mars Finance reports that on January 28, the Ethereum official announced that the ERC-8004 standard will soon be launched on the mainnet. By enabling discovery mechanisms and portable reputation, ERC-8004 allows AI agents to interact across different organizations, ensuring reputation flows everywhere, thereby unlocking a global AI service interoperability market.

Morgan Stanley appoints executive Amy Oldenburg as Head of Digital Asset Strategy and plans to expand the cryptocurrency team. Currently recruiting for multiple positions, while planning to list Bitcoin and Solana spot ETFs, and launching a self-developed digital wallet.

Mars Finance reports that, according to Onchain Lens monitoring, a newly created wallet deposited 8,840,000 USDC into HyperLiquid within 5 hours and placed 2 TWAP orders to buy HYPE.

Mars Finance reports that according to Jintiao, StoneX senior analyst Matt Simpson stated that the current political situation and policy orientation in the United States are exerting downward pressure on the dollar. Simpson said that the current market positioning of the dollar has not shown signs of overheating, and the bullish momentum that has been continuously released over the years is gradually weakening. He further pointed out that President Trump is very likely to expect a softening of the dollar exchange rate to coexist with a more dovish stance by the Federal Reserve.

Mars Finance reports that on January 28, SoftBank is in talks to invest up to $30 billion more in OpenAI. (The Wall Street Journal)

Mars Finance News, according to Jintiao, analyst Win Thin stated that the Trump administration is taking calculated risks. While currency devaluation is beneficial, if the situation spirals out of control, the consequences could be dire. He pointed out that the dollar's weakness is worth monitoring closely, and the yen should rebound, attempting to recover the 150 level. It is expected that the Bank of Japan will raise interest rates by 50 basis points, while the Federal Reserve will cut rates by 75-100 basis points.

Mars Finance reports that AetheriumX has announced the completion of an $8 million strategic financing round, led jointly by CGV, GAINS Associates, DuckDAO, and Genesis Capital. The funds will be used to optimize its DCIP protocol, expand DeFi and GameFi modules, and focus on the Asia-Pacific market to build a sustainable and verifiable on-chain interactive economic ecosystem.