Bokeh Capital Partners Chief Investment Officer Kim Forrest pointed out that the U.S. non-farm payroll data was below expectations, economic volatility has increased, layoffs are rising, and corporate personnel are overstaffed. She believes that the current economic measurement methods are insufficient to reflect the true situation and provide a basis for the Federal Reserve to cut interest rates.

South Korean lawmaker Kim Seung-won proposed amending the law to require cryptocurrency investment advisors on social media to disclose personal assets and compensation in order to improve market transparency and combat misleading information and self-dealing. This move aims to protect investors' rights.

Gate News bot message, according to the official Gate announcement: Gate has delisted trading markets for 38 tokens, including RUNECOIN, SHARE, WUF, BUBB, SN, SAKAI, TAP, CROS, MIS, FINE, INTR, BLOCKASSET, TALK, NOTAI, BSCPAD, OCT, GQ, EGP, YFDAI, DNOW, ANDR, MBS, AKV, NFTD, DOGE2, PSY, BAKED, YULI, BEES, MEMUSIC, VDA, AIEPK, BLS, MOVEZ, STZ, LEMD, STAGE, KIM, among others. The related trading pairs have been removed from the platform. Gate states that it has conducted buybacks of the relevant tokens stored on the platform, and the buyback amounts for eligible users have been credited to their Gate accounts. After delisting, users can still use Gate as a wallet for these tokens to store assets. The specific delisting time for wallet functions will be announced separately through future official notices.

Gate News bot message, according to the official Gate announcement Gate has re-evaluated and decided to delist trading markets for 38 tokens. The tokens involved in the delisting include RUNECOIN, SHARE, WUF, BUBB, SN, SAKAI, TAP, CROS, MIS, FINE, INTR, BLOCKASSET, TALK, NOTAI, BSCPAD, OCT, GQ, EGP, YFDAI, DNOW, ANDR, MBS, AKV, NFTD, DOGE2, PSY, BAKED, YULI, BEES, MEMUSIC, VDA, AIEPK, BLS, MOVEZ, STZ, LEMD, STAGE, KIM, etc., and the related spot trading pairs and quantitative grid will be delisted simultaneously. Gate has suspended deposits for these tokens and will suspend trading services at 11:00 on February 2, 2026 (UTC+8). Users holding positions can choose to withdraw their tokens or transfer them to Gate Web3 Wallet for permanent storage. After February 16, 2026, users with token holdings still stored on Gate can apply for buyback within the specified time. Gate will buy back at the designated price, with a maximum compensation limit of 100 USDT per user. Among them, LEMD tokens are temporarily unable to contact the project team due to on-chain anomalies and do not support withdrawal services on this chain for now. The service will be restored immediately once the issue is resolved.

Odaily Planet Daily reports that Bitmine, an Ethereum treasury company listed on NYSE American under the New York Stock Exchange, announced executive updates, appointing Axiom Investors partner and senior portfolio manager Young Kim as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and Chief Operating Officer (COO). Young Kim will report directly to Chairman Thomas “Tom” Lee. The appointment is effective immediately. It is also known that Young Kim previously worked at Columbia Threadneedle Investments.

As Bitcoin prices rebounded on January 5th and briefly surpassed $94,000, the crypto market once again experienced a surge in sentiment. A self-proclaimed "world's smartest" crypto celebrity, YoungHoon Kim, publicly stated on social media that Bitcoin would break $100,000 within 48 hours. This prediction quickly spread across the crypto Twitter community, sparking widespread discussion among traders and investors. YoungHoon Kim is a recently popular Korean internet celebrity known for his extreme and aggressive Bitcoin price forecasts. He has repeatedly claimed to have an IQ of up to 276 and believes that traditional technical analysis and macro analysis have underestimated Bitcoin's potential gains. Although his statements are highly sensational, his track record is not impressive. In November 2025, he predicted Bitcoin would rise to $220,000 within 45 days; in December, he claimed it would break $100,000 within a week, but neither prediction came true.

Golden Finance reports that former Galaxy Digital Vice President of Research Christine D. Kim posted on X platform today that Ethereum developers have agreed to consider including five new EIPs in the Glamsterdam upgrade, while rejecting four other EIPs for inclusion. Currently, only 15 EIPs remain under review, and it is uncertain whether they will be considered for this upgrade.

As Bitcoin enters a key time window in the second week of December, two analysts with vastly different backgrounds have given completely opposite predictions for its trend. One is legendary trader Peter Brandt, who has decades of experience, and the other is YoungHoon Kim, known as the “world’s highest IQ person” with an IQ of 276. Their disagreement highlights that even top intelligence or highly experienced experts can arrive at entirely different conclusions about the crypto market. Brandt believes that Bitcoin’s current rebound is merely a retest of an “expanding top formation.” He points out that this pattern usually signals waning upward momentum and that the price may drop significantly in the future. According to his technical analysis, Bitcoin could surge to $102,000 in the short term, but may then pull back to around $58,840. He has repeatedly warned that the current market has characteristics of a “dead cat bounce,” cautioning investors against excessive optimism.

The founders of South Korea's largest crypto assets exchange Dunamu Inc., Song Ji-hyung and Kim Hyung-nyun, agreed to sell the company to Naver Corp.'s fintech division in an all-stock deal, valuing the transaction at $13.6 billion. Song Ji-hyung will receive a 19% stake, while Kim Hyung-nyun will receive a 10% stake, making both of them global billionaires.

A real-time dashboard estimating the fair value of Ethereum at $4747.4, which is undervalued by 56.9%, was launched by Simon Kim, founder of the venture capital firm Hashed. The dashboard updates every two minutes and combines eight valuation models from TradFi and encryption analysis.