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BlockBeats news, on January 16, the X platform revised its rules last night and revoked InfoFi application's API access. As a result, the Kaito platform token experienced a sharp decline. As of press time, KAITO has dropped more than 18% in the past 24 hours, with its market capitalization falling to $160 million. It is worth noting that two weeks ago, the Kaito multi-signature contract address distributed and transferred a total of 24 million KAITO (approximately $13.31 million) to five addresses. On January 9, one of the addresses that received 5 million KAITO transferred all 5 million KAITO (approximately $2.82 million) into an exchange. The community suspects that the Kaito team may have learned in advance about the revocation of its API access and chose to sell part of their holdings. Meanwhile, 1.1 million KAITO tokens will be unlocked tomorrow, and the KAITO unstaking period is 7 days.

According to Odaily, Week 3 of 2026 (January 10 - January 16): 1. According to cloverpool, the average bitcoin network hashrate was 1005 EH/s, with a peak of 1180 EH/s and a low of 888 EH/s, representing a 3.01% decrease compared to last week's average hashrate (1036 EH/s). 2. According to blockchain.com, the average bitcoin price was $92,312, with a high of $97,964 and a low of $89,584, marking a 1.02% increase compared to last week's average price ($91,376). 3. Noteworthy mining news includes: (1) Bitcoin mining company CleanSpark plans to develop a data center campus of up to 600MW in Texas, with the transaction expected to be completed in Q1; (2) Post-quantum cryptography institution BTQ has launched the "Bitcoin Quantum" testnet, marking the entry of quantum-resistant forks into the testing phase; Data partner: NYSE-listed bitcoin mining company Cango Inc. (CANG).

According to Artemis data, crypto card transaction volume has grown at a compound annual growth rate of 106%, with the annualized market size now exceeding $18 billions, which is close to the $19 billions scale of P2P stablecoin transfers.