Why Real Finance Needs Proof, Not Exposure
Most blockchains sell an imagined version of future finance — full transparency, open ledgers, everyone watching everyone. But real finance has never worked like that. Banks don’t reveal customer data. Institutions don’t expose internal logic. What matters isn’t being seen — it’s being provable.
That’s where Dusk Foundation takes a different path. Dusk doesn’t fight reality; it designs around it. Privacy isn’t an extra feature here — it’s part of the system’s foundation. Verification exists to enforce rules, not to create spectacle.
This is also why $DUSK isn’t built as a hype token. It secures the network, aligns validators, and keeps the protocol operational over time. Its value comes from function, not noise.
Dusk isn’t flashy.
It’s survivable.
And in real finance, survivability always wins.
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World Liberty Financial launches new lending platform World Liberty Markets
Decentralized finance company World Liberty Financial, backed by President Donald Trump and his sons, on Monday announced the launch of World Liberty Markets, a platform that allows users to earn yield by lending assets or borrow against their portfolios using stablecoins, Ethereum (ETH), or cbBTC.
Powered by the multi-chain DEX protocol Dolomite, the platform supports a variety of assets, including World Liberty’s native token WLFI, stablecoin USD1, USDC, USDT, Ethereum, and Coinbase Wrapped Bitcoin (cbBTC). World Liberty Markets aims to support the future of tokenized finance, providing access to real-world asset products and expanding USD1 usage across all WLFI applications.
Since its launch, the platform has attracted around $20 million in supplied assets, primarily from USD1, which offers a 27% incentive rate and USD1 reward points for users depositing at least $1,000. Zak Folkman, co-founder and COO of WLFI, said, “World Liberty Markets is a major step forward, giving USD1 users new ways to put their stablecoins to work.”
The platform currently operates as a web app, with plans to integrate into the WLFI mobile app. Asset support and incentive structures will be determined by users and WLFI token holders through decentralized governance votes.
World Liberty Financial launched USD1 across multiple blockchains in March last year, now ranking as the seventh-largest stablecoin with over $3.4 billion in circulation. Its native governance token WLFI launched in September, trading around $0.17, up 18% in the last two weeks but still 49% below its all-time high of $0.33.
The company has also applied for a national bank charter with the U.S. Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), joining other crypto and stablecoin firms like Circle and Ripple that received approval last December.
ASTER Token Faces 3.64% Drop Amid Token Unlocks and $1.779B Trading Surge
ASTERUSDT experienced a 3.64% price decline in the last 24 hours, closing at 0.689 USDT according to Binance. This downward movement is likely driven by a combination of factors, including concerns over upcoming monthly token unlocks that could add selling pressure, as well as recent technical debates and a year-to-date decline of 47% noted by market participants. Despite strong trading activity—highlighted by a 24-hour perpetual contract volume of $1.779 billion and robust spot and futures trading volumes—the market remains cautious, with technical traders closely monitoring the $0.70 support level and potential breakout scenarios.
Aster maintains a significant market presence with a current market capitalization of approximately $1.72 billion, a circulating supply of about 2.50 billion ASTER, and high liquidity on exchanges such as Binance and Bybit. Recent project updates, including the Aster Chain Testnet launch and a roadmap for 2026, have generated community optimism, but price action is currently shaped by both infrastructure progress and the potential impact of new token releases.
Traditional decentralized storage systems are good at storing data, but weaker at guaranteeing predictable availability. In many systems, data may exist somewhere in the network, yet there is no strong assurance about when it can be retrieved, who is responsible for serving it, or what happens if nodes silently fail.
Walrus focuses on this missing layer. Its goal is not just to keep data alive, but to make availability measurable, enforceable, and economically backed. By tying storage commitments to verifiable performance and incentives, Walrus addresses the gap between “data exists” and “data is reliably accessible when needed.” This distinction matters for applications that depend on consistency rather than best-effort retrieval.@WalrusProtocol #walrus $WAL
CFTC taps Tyler Winklevoss and other crypto CEOs for innovation advisory committee
Mike Selig, the new Chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), has announced the formation of a restructured Innovation Advisory Committee that will include crypto industry leaders as charter members. Tyler Winklevoss, CEO of Gemini, will join executives from Kraken, Bitnomial, Crypto.com, and Bullish on the panel.
The committee, rebuilt from the former Technology Advisory Committee, will advise the CFTC on developing regulations tailored for emerging financial technologies, including blockchain, artificial intelligence, and cloud computing. Selig stated, “The committee will help develop fit-for-purpose market structure rules for this new frontier of finance.”
The CFTC is inviting the public to nominate additional members and suggest topics for consideration by the end of January. This committee is one of five outside advisory panels designed to provide expert guidance to the agency.
Decentralized systems often focus on speed and scalability, but long-term data persistence is just as critical. This is where @WalrusProtocol :stands out. Walrus introduces a fresh approach to decentralized storage by focusing on verifiable, durable, and cost-efficient data availability, especially within the Sui ecosystem. Instead of treating storage as a secondary layer, Walrus makes it a core primitive that applications can rely on with confidence.
What makes the design compelling is how $WAL aligns incentives between storage providers and users while ensuring data integrity through cryptographic proofs. This creates an environment where developers can build without constantly worrying about data loss, centralized dependencies, or unpredictable costs. From NFTs and gaming assets to on-chain history and AI datasets, Walrus enables use cases that demand reliability over long time horizons.
In a space where many projects promise decentralization but quietly rely on centralized infrastructure, Walrus takes a more disciplined and infrastructure-first approach. If Web3 is serious about becoming a long-lasting digital foundation, protocols like Walrus will play a quiet but essential role behind the scenes.
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Why 2026 is the Year of Regulated Privacy for $DUSK
As we kick off January 2026, the conversation around blockchain has shifted from "hype" to "infrastructure." Among the noise, @Dusk_Foundation stands out as a project that didn't just chase trends—they built for the inevitable era of regulated finance.
With the Dusk Mainnet now fully operational and the rollout of the DuskEVM, we are seeing a bridge being built between traditional financial institutions and the world of DeFi. What makes $DUSK unique is its "Compliance-by-Design" philosophy. While other chains are scrambling to retroactively add privacy or meet MiCA regulations, Dusk has integrated these features at the protocol level from day one.
Key Drivers for Dusk in 2026:
RWA Tokenization: Through partnerships like NPEX, hundreds of millions in securities are moving on-chain. This isn't just theory; it’s active institutional adoption.
DuskEVM & Solidity Support: By offering EVM compatibility, @dusk_foundation has lowered the barrier for developers to build private, auditable dApps using familiar tools.
Zero-Knowledge Proofs (ZKP): Using advanced tech like PLONK, Dusk ensures that users can prove their identity or solvency without exposing sensitive personal data.
Hyperstaking: Staking ($DUSK) isn't just about rewards; it's about securing a network designed for high-stakes, regulated financial activity.
The bridge between traditional finance and Web3 needs a foundation that is both private and auditable. That’s exactly what the @dusk_foundation is providing. As institutional interest grows, the utility of (DUSK)as the network's fuel becomes more apparent than ever.
@Dusk_Foundation #DUSK $DUSK
Walrus ($WAL) is not just another storage token — it’s a decentralized data persistence network built on Sui that lets developers store, verify, and retrieve large files like media, AI datasets, and archives in a verifiable way. It splits data into encoded slivers and uses on-chain proofs so anyone can check that data really exists and is available later. 
Binance recently listed WAL for trading on both Binance Spot and Binance Alpha with pairs like WAL/USDT, WAL/USDC, BNB, FDUSD, and TRY — a major step for accessibility and liquidity. 
Walrus was also featured as the 50th project on Binance’s HODLer Airdrop program, where eligible BNB holders received WAL rewards, helping introduce the token to a wider audience. 
The WAL token has a max supply of 5 billion, and on launch the circulating supply was just under 1.48 billion WAL (~29.6% of total) giving early liquidity without flooding the market. 
Unlike traditional storage, Walrus stores only metadata and proofs on Sui while the actual data lives off-chain but remains reconstructible and verifiable. This makes it a cost-effective, developer-friendly layer for Web3 and AI apps. 
In simple terms: Walrus turns data storage into a provable service on blockchain, and its Binance listing plus airdrop attention shows real demand for decentralized, scalable data infrastructure not just hype.#Walrus @WalrusProtocol $WAL
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In the last 24 hours, pump fun purchased $1,543,689 worth of $PUMP , which equals 108.9% of the previous day’s revenue
This brings its total purchases to $240,083,462 to date
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BlockBeats News, January 13th, according to market sources, Tempo has launched its mainnet browser, but access requires a password.Also, according to Polymarket, the probability of Tempo issuing tokens before the end of the year is currently at 69%.