Cryptocurrency Information Gap on January 14, 2026

1. After the CPI release, the Federal Reserve's probability of rate cuts in April increased to 42%. The US December core CPI (not seasonally adjusted) annual rate was 2.6%, compared to an expected 2.7% and a previous value of 2.6%.
2. Bitcoin spot ETF saw a total net inflow of $117 million yesterday, turning from four consecutive days of net outflows to net inflows. Ethereum spot ETF experienced a total net inflow of $5.042 million yesterday, after three days of net outflows, turning to net inflows. Solana spot ETF had a single-day total net inflow of $10.67 million.
3. Pancake proposal suggests reducing the maximum supply of CAKE from the current 450 million to 400 million. The team believes that, given the ecosystem growth fund has already accumulated about 3.5 million CAKE to support growth, and it is almost impossible to return to an inflationary state, lowering the cap to 400 million is sufficient to meet future demand.
4. WLFI launches a lending market supported by Dolomite.
5. Apple has chosen Google’s Gemini to power the AI assistant Siri.
6. BitMine’s ability to continue accumulating ETH depends on shareholder approval for issuing new shares. Without approval, the company may be forced to slow down purchases in the coming weeks. Lee explained, "BitMine is about to exhaust the current authorization of 500 million shares, at which point our ETH accumulation will slow." A related shareholder vote will be held this Thursday, and the proposal needs support from 50.1% of issued shares to pass.
7. Opinion: Columbia Business School professor states that concerns about bank profits from stablecoins are "baseless," noting that the growth of stablecoins could actually increase bank deposits since most demand comes from overseas. Malekan refutes five misconceptions about the banking industry, emphasizing that competition from stablecoins will only affect bank profits, not lending business, and banks can fully compete by raising deposit interest rates.
8. The US Democratic Party hopes to attract crypto-supporting voters and donors again after a crushing defeat in the 2024 US presidential election by launching a new digital asset fundraising platform. BlueVault, which provides crypto fundraising services for the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, went live on Monday, allowing campaign activities to accept Bitcoin and stablecoin donations.