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Telegram has launched its own decentralized network Cocoon (Confidential Compute Open Network), which processes user AI requests within secure enclaves — specialized isolated areas of memory where data remains encrypted even during processing. The new service was a response to the failed negotiations with Elon Musk's xAI regarding the integration of Grok into the messenger.

Albert Einstein once said: education is what remains after you forget everything you learned in school. Modern AI agents are the complete opposite of this principle: they remember every fact but forget every lesson.
We are on the verge of a new evolutionary leap in the development of artificial intelligence. From agents that solve problems and forget about them to a digital mind that remembers every decision and learns from it. This is not just a technical improvement — it is a transition to a fundamentally new type of machine intelligence.

The company Anthropic and the US Department of Defense have encountered serious disagreements regarding a contract worth up to $200 million for the use of the AI model Claude for military purposes. Negotiations have stalled due to fundamental differences in approaches to the application of artificial intelligence (AI).

Dario Amodei, CEO of Anthropic, in his essay 'The Coming of Age of Technology', published in January 2026, compared humanity to a teenager who gains incredible power but does not know how to wield it. This analogy is alarmingly accurate — and here’s why.
The head of one of the leading AI companies in the world does not hold back in his expressions, describing the future that may arrive in just a couple of years. 'The country of geniuses in the data center' — this is how he refers to the millions of AI systems, each of which surpasses Nobel laureates in all fields. Amodei asserts: technically, this is possible as early as 2027.

Everyone is afraid that artificial intelligence (AI) will make us dumber. But do you know what the real problem is? It's not that AI will replace our thinking, but that we are ready to give it up ourselves.
Listen, how often do you hear panic talks about machines turning people into a 'bunch of idiots'? Every day. But that is an absolutely incorrect framing of the issue. The problem is not with artificial intelligence — the problem is whether we will allow it to enhance our thinking or give up without a fight.

The shadow group of technologists plans to sabotage the development of artificial intelligence (AI) by contaminating the internet with poisoned data for training neural networks. The Poison Fountain project calls on webmasters to place links to streams of low-quality content on their sites, which can harm large language models during the training process.

When the top manager of a large technology company first heard that artificial intelligence (AI) should be perceived as a new employee, he sarcastically remarked: "Great news — now I have a subordinate I can't trust for a second." This cynical view, as it turned out, became prophetic.

Head of Circle, the issuer of the popular stablecoin USDC, Jeremy Allaire stated at the World Economic Forum in Davos that in the next three to five years, billions of AI agents will use stablecoins for everyday payments. In his opinion, AI agents simply have no other alternative for conducting economic activities.

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) will hold a joint event to discuss the coordination of crypto oversight — this is the first such step towards implementing President Donald Trump's policy.
The agencies announced that SEC Chairman Paul Atkins and new CFTC Chairman Michael Selig will meet to discuss "harmonization between the two agencies."

Almost $1 billion has flowed out of Bitcoin and Ethereum ETFs in a single day — investors fled faster than rats from a sinking ship. January 21 turned out to be especially painful for the exchange-traded funds market.
Spot Bitcoin ETFs saw a net outflow of $708.7 million, marking the largest single-day outflow in the last two months. According to SoSoValue, the leader in the exodus was BlackRock’s IBIT with an outflow of $356.6 million. Fidelity’s FBTC was not far behind, losing $287.7 million, while four other funds also recorded capital outflows.

In the classic finance, this practice describes the transfer of capital between regions with different yield rates; in futures, it manifests through synchronous buying and selling of related contracts, and in the digital asset market — through the use of price differences on individual exchanges. In futures markets and cryptocurrencies, the idea is the same: excessive price divergence turns into a trade. In the cryptocurrency environment, high volatility requires continuous monitoring, so automation through a cryptocurrency trading bot becomes the key to speed and discipline. The constant flow of quotes, quick decisions, and working with multiple platforms are easier for specialized software than for a person, which is especially noticeable in the volatile cryptocurrency market.

In 2026, the cryptocurrency Dash celebrated its 12th anniversary. On January 18, 2014 (Eastern Standard Time, EST), the Dash network was launched, and the genesis block was mined — the point from which the project's history began.
It is symbolic that on this birthday, Dash received a nice 'gift': the coin was added to the decentralized exchange Hyperliquid. Hyperliquid is a cutting-edge Perp DEX built on its own high-performance infrastructure, so such a listing is indeed a strong sign of attention and a great gift for the Dash community.

The Nansen analytics platform has launched autonomous cryptocurrency trading tools that allow users to execute trades through artificial intelligence (AI) agents and natural language commands — that is, instructions that a person gives to a computer in ordinary words, as if talking to a person.

The crypto market has once again come under pressure. The reason is the strong signals from the USA about the readiness to return to trade wars. The statements were made at the World Economic Forum in Davos and quickly changed the mood of investors.
U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessen confirmed: tariffs remain a key tool of the administration's foreign policy under Donald Trump. Markets took this as a direct hint at rising inflation risks and tightening financial conditions.

Chainlink expands its work with real-world assets and adds support for tokenized stocks and US ETFs in a 24/5 mode. New data streams are built on the already utilized Chainlink Data Streams technology.
The service will deliver market data on stocks and ETFs throughout all trading sessions, including evening and night hours. Updates will be available five days a week.

PancakeSwap has taken another step towards a strict deflationary model by approving a reduction in the maximum supply of the CAKE token. The platform voluntarily renounced the potential issuance of another 50 million tokens, establishing a new ceiling at 400 million CAKE. This decision does not affect the current circulation but significantly changes the long-term trajectory of tokenomics and market expectations.

Copper has turned into a real monster of commodity markets, and those who underestimated this unassuming reddish metal are now biting their elbows. In early January 2026, copper futures on the London Metal Exchange (LME) confidently hold above the mark of $13,000 per ton — practically at historical highs. In 2025, the price jumped by more than 40%, showing the strongest growth since the turbulent times of the late 2000s.

The ambitious Stargate project by OpenAI is turning into a systemic threat to the entire technology industry. The paradox of the situation is that a company with colossal losses is dictating the terms of the global memory market, creating a shortage felt by millions of ordinary users.

The decentralized perpetual futures market is shifting power dynamics again. Hyperliquid has regained its status as the largest perp-DEX by trading volumes, while Lighter has faced a sharp decline in activity and a crash of its own token LIT to an all-time low. Additional pressure on the sector is exerted by the overall weakening of the crypto market.