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Animoca Brands co-founder and executive chairman Yat Siu stated that in 2025, the crypto market's excessive expectations for Trump's re-election will fall short, marking the end of the "politically-driven" phase. In the future, the market will be driven by infrastructure development, regulatory progress, and real user demand. He pointed out that institutional capital has already positioned Bitcoin as a reserve asset similar to gold, forcing Altcoins to prove their actual utility. At the same time, artificial intelligence and crypto technology are accelerating their integration, and Hong Kong is expected to become a major global hub. He believes that crypto assets are essentially a natural asset class for AI agents.

PANews, January 19th – According to Caixin, a technology expert familiar with digital RMB revealed that smart contracts based on the account system of digital RMB and those on public blockchains are essentially both "automatically executed code triggered by conditions." The difference lies in whether they possess full Turing completeness. Smart contracts based on the account system of digital RMB are restricted Turing complete, with programming strictly limited to template scripts permitted by the central bank, and only support preset, simple condition-triggered functions. This design is mainly for security and risk control considerations. The development of digital RMB smart contracts supports multiple programming languages, including fully Turing complete languages such as Ethereum's Solidity, so technically there is no issue. However, the core challenge is how to design a set of standard access and audit mechanisms that can be accepted by the financial system.

BlockBeats News, January 19 — Berenberg Bank Chief Economist Holger Schmieding stated that Trump’s attempt to force Denmark to sell Greenland to the United States has dashed hopes that this year’s tariff war will be less intense than in 2025. Trump has threatened to impose a 10% tariff on eight countries, including the UK and France, which support Denmark, starting February 1, and plans to raise the rate to 25% in June. Schmieding pointed out that this move could backfire, causing U.S. consumer prices to rise by as much as 0.15%. He also noted that in 2024, the total value of U.S. imports from these targeted countries is about $350 billions. If the U.S.-EU tariff agreement is ultimately scrapped (although this is unlikely), the losses for U.S. consumers could be even more severe. Although logically both sides may eventually avoid economic losses, “we must first be prepared for more turbulence.” (Golden Ten Data)