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Lausanne, Switzerland, January 19th, 2026, Chainwire
SwissBorg, Europe’s leading app for investing and earning crypto, announced the launch of Dynamic Elite Ranks, a new evolution of its Paid to Trade model that rewards the most committed community members with up to 99% of exchange fees returned as BORG cashback.
Dynamic Elite Ranks extend the existing Loyalty Ranks system, pushing it forward to provide greater users benefits. For users at the very top of the Loyalty Score leaderboard, trading fees become almost irrelevant.
A New Phase of Paid to Trade
Dynamic Elite Ranks are designed for users who naturally sit at the intersection of long-term conviction and active trading. This is not just a perk. It is a reinforcement of the BORG buyback flywheel, built for those who contribute most to the ecosystem.
If you are already one of SwissBorg’s top Loyalty Score holders, trading is about to get dramatically cheaper.
What Are Dynamic Elite Ranks?
Dynamic Elite Ranks are an additional layer built on top of SwissBorg’s Loyalty Ranks system, designed to reward the most committed members of the community. Unlike traditional tiers with fixed thresholds, Elite Ranks are determined by a user’s position on the Loyalty Score leaderboard. Your rank is relative to the rest of the community, meaning positions can move up or down over time. In return for staying at the top, Elite members unlock industry-leading exchange fee cashback of up to 99%.
Dynamic Elite Cashback Levels
Top 10 Loyalty Scores: up to 99% cashbackTop 100 Loyalty Scores: up to 95% cashbackTop 500 Loyalty Scores: up to 92% cashback
Your Dynamic Elite Rank is not determined solely by how much BORG you have locked. Instead, it is based on your overall Loyalty Score position, reflecting both commitment and participation. The Loyalty Score combines locked BORG, where one BORG equals one point, your non-cumulative multiplier, and any bonus points you may have earned, some of which may be temporary. This structure ensures the system remains fair, dynamic and representative of ongoing contribution rather than static holdings alone.
Dynamic Elite Ranks are not fixed by design. If another user overtakes you on the Loyalty Score leaderboard, your rank and cashback level can change. This creates healthy competition, continuous engagement and a live reflection of the strongest supporters of the SwissBorg ecosystem. Elite members are encouraged to stay comfortably ahead rather than sitting on the edge, making Loyalty Ranks a constantly evolving system rather than a one-time achievement.
How to Check Your Elite Rank
Checking your Dynamic Elite Rank is simple:
Open the SwissBorg appUpgrade to EliteGo to the Profile tabView your Loyalty Score position
You can also see the cashback received directly inside each transaction summary.
When you trade, part of the exchange fee is used to buy BORG from the market, which is then returned to you as cashback each week. For top Elite members, this creates a powerful flywheel of near-zero effective trading fees, automatic BORG buybacks and cashback that is auto-locked, reinforcing your rank. The more you trade, the stronger this loop becomes.
Dynamic Elite Ranks further strengthen the BORG token economy by directly aligning trading activity with long-term holding. More trading leads to more BORG buybacks, more cashback results in more locked BORG, and more locked BORG reduces selling pressure. The biggest BORG holders are often also the most active traders, and Dynamic Elite Ranks align those incentives in a way that benefits both the ecosystem and its most committed participants.
About SwissBorg
SwissBorg is the leading community-driven crypto wealth management platform, engineered in Switzerland and licensed in the EU. Committed to trust and transparency, SwissBorg is on a mission to democratise the future of finance to make financial freedom possible for everyone. At its core is the groundbreaking Meta-Exchange, which seamlessly connects to multiple centralised and decentralised exchanges to secure the best liquidity and prices for users. Beyond trading, SwissBorg offers curated yield strategies through DeFi, and empowers users to access early Web3 opportunities through its Alpha Pre-Sales. Swissborg’s token, BORG, sits at the heart of their ecosystem providing a multitude of benefits to its holders.

Lausanne, Switzerland, January 15th, 2026, Chainwire

SwissBorg, Europe’s leading app for investing and earning crypto, today announced the integration of Base into its Meta-Exchange (MEX), expanding access to the fast growing Layer 2 ecosystem. Through this connection, SwissBorg users gain deeper liquidity routes, better access to emerging Base-native tokens, and lower-slippage execution.
As part of the integration, the Meta-Exchange now supports liquidity from key Base DEXs, including Uniswap, PancakeSwap, and Aerodrome, the network’s native liquidity layer optimised for capital efficiency and early-stage token markets. Additional integrations will follow as the ecosystem matures.
SwissBorg’s Meta-Exchange aggregates liquidity from centralized exchanges, decentralized exchanges, and fiat rails, consolidating them into a unified, intuitive trading experience. The integration of Base maintains the app’s one-tap simplicity and removes the complexities of cross-chain interaction.
“Base is today the most active Layer-2 on Ethereum, home to some of the most exciting projects and tokens in the ecosystem,” said Cyrus Fazel, Co-Founder and CEO of SwissBorg. “With Base, Solana, BNB Chain, Avalanche, and more now live, SwissBorg covers almost all liquid tokens across crypto. One tap is all it takes to swap cross-chain, as our Meta-Exchange arbitrages liquidity and delivers execution that often outperforms traditional CEXs, without bridges, friction, or complexity.”
Base, built on the OP Stack in collaboration with Coinbase, offers a fast, low-cost environment with EVM compatibility and an expanding developer ecosystem. With high throughput and inexpensive transactions, Base has positioned itself as a highly active hub for DeFi, consumer-facing applications, and emerging token launches. 
By connecting to Base, SwissBorg continues to extend its multi-chain liquidity infrastructure, adding to recent integrations such as Solana, Avalanche, Berachain, Hyperliquid, and BNB Chain. Users can swap Base-native assets against any SwissBorg-supported token in a single tap, without needing external wallets, bridges, or network switching.
The addition of Base is another step forward in SwissBorg’s mission to build the most powerful cross-chain liquidity layer broader vision, as the Meta-Exchange delivers more liquidity, broader token access, and less friction through a single, seamless interface.
About SwissBorg
SwissBorg is the leading community-driven crypto wealth management platform, engineered in Switzerland and licensed in the EU. Committed to trust and transparency, SwissBorg is on a mission to democratise the future of finance to make financial freedom possible for everyone. At its core is the groundbreaking Meta-Exchange, which seamlessly connects to multiple centralised and decentralised exchanges to secure the best liquidity and prices for users. Beyond trading, SwissBorg offers curated yield strategies through DeFi, and empowers users to access early Web3 opportunities through its Alpha Pre-Sales. Swissborg’s token, BORG, sits at the heart of their ecosystem providing a multitude of benefits to its holders.
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Base Network
Base is an Ethereum Layer 2 (L2) network that provides a secure, low-cost, and developer-friendly environment for building decentralized applications. Its mission is to help make onchain the next online and support the onboarding of more than one billion users into the cryptoeconomy. Designed to serve as both the home for Coinbase’s onchain products and an open ecosystem for builders everywhere, Base aims to create an accessible, scalable foundation for the next generation of onchain applications and communities.

Zug, Switzerland, January 21st, 2026, Chainwire

The dYdX Foundation hosted its January Analyst Call on January 20, 2026, featuring a guest discussion with global liquidity provider Wintermute, alongside updates on protocol performance, governance developments, and broader market conditions. The session brought together analysts, token holders, and ecosystem participants for a data-driven review of activity across the dYdX ecosystem through the end of 2025 and into early 2026.

During the call, the Foundation reviewed metrics from the recently published 2025 dYdX Annual Ecosystem Report, which detailed activity across the protocol through the end of the year. According to the report, dYdX facilitated approximately $1.6 trillion in cumulative trading volume across all protocol versions, with $64.7 million in cumulative protocol fees generated since the launch of dYdX v4. Trading activity followed an adjustment-and-recovery pattern in 2025, with volumes declining from approximately $26.1 billion in Q1 to $16.0 billion in Q2, before rebounding in the second half of the year and reaching $34.3 billion in Q4, the strongest quarter of the year.

December 2025 trading volume totalled approximately $11.5 billion, representing the second-strongest month of Q4 despite a softer industry-wide trading environment into year-end. Protocol fees tracked this recovery, closing 2025 at approximately $16.86 million, reflecting steadier, execution-driven derivatives usage rather than volatility-driven spikes.

Participation metrics showed a similar trajectory. Weekly active traders declined early in the year before strengthening through the second half, reaching approximately 12,700 active traders in Q4, the highest level of the year.

The Foundation also provided updates on DYDX token dynamics. As of year-end, approximately 83% of the DYDX token supply is unlocked, with the majority of emissions now complete. The number of DYDX token holders increased by approximately 85% year-over-year, reaching 98,000 holders, while more than 34,000 addresses participate in staking. Approximately 237 million DYDX are staked to validators, supporting network security.

“2025 marked an important transition for the dYdX ecosystem,” said Charles d’Haussy, CEO of the dYdX Foundation. “Participation recovered meaningfully in the second half of the year while leverage remained more disciplined, reflecting a maturing market structure and a shift toward more sustainable, execution-led trading activity.” - positive number (number of traders is this and that - add more stats and table)

The guest segment with Wintermute focused on the evolution of crypto derivatives market structure and the growing convergence between onchain and traditional financial markets. The discussion covered the role of perpetual futures as the dominant crypto derivatives product, the rise of equity perps, and the implications of continuous, 24/7 market access for execution quality and risk management.

The call also included updates on recent governance-approved initiatives and integrations aimed at improving liquidity depth, execution quality, and market accessibility, followed by a live question-and-answer session.

Materials from the January Analyst Call, along with the full 2025 dYdX Annual Ecosystem Report, are available through the dYdX Foundation’s public channels.

About the dYdX Foundation

The dYdX Foundation is an independent not-for-profit organization based in Zug, Switzerland. Its mission is to support the current and future implementations of the dYdX protocol and foster community-driven governance and growth across the ecosystem.

Disclaimer

The content here is for informational and educational purposes only; it should NOT be taken as legal, business, tax, or investment advice or be used to evaluate any investment or security. All figures and charts are based on the most accurate data available and may be subject to updates. For more details, please see https://www.dydx.foundation/terms-of-use

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トロント、オンタリオ州、2026年1月20日、Chainwire

TenXプロトコルズ株式会社（TSX-V:TNX）（「TenX」または「会社」）は、次世代のブロックチェーンネットワークのためのステーキングソリューションを構築するブロックチェーンインフラ企業であり、今日、Tezosブロックチェーンのネイティブトークンであるtez（XTZ）をTezos財団との戦略的ステーキングパートナーシップの一環として取得したことを発表しました。

XTZの取得は、TenXのTezosネットワーク上での継続的なバリデーター運営を支援し、TenXがインフラを運営するブロックチェーンエコシステムとの長期的な連携を強調する、参加促進、ステーキングによる収益創出を重視した企業のより広範な戦略の一部を形成します。

Singapore, Singapore, January 20th, 2026, Chainwire

Pendle, The world's largest crypto yield trading platform, has announced an upgrade to its native token, introducing sPENDLE. The update is intended to unlock deeper liquidity, diversify revenue streams, and strengthen Pendle’s position within the onchain yield and rates segment. Supported by recent performance metrics from Pendle and Boros, the upgrade underscores the platform’s long term goals in decentralized finance (DeFi) and broadens related markets.

Record 2025 Performance and Protocol Dominance

In 2025, Pendle achieved major milestones across key network and financial metrics, illustrating both robust usage and sustained market capture in yield trading:

Average Total Value Locked (TVL): ~$5.7B up 76% YoY, with a peak TVL of ~$13.4B. This reflects strong liquidity engagement across yield markets, placing Pendle immediately within the likes of other major DeFi protocols such as Uniswap, Aave and Hyperliquid.

Total fees accrued: ~$44.6M up +134% YoY, with holders’ revenue reaching ~$34.9M.

Monthly notional trading volume: ~$54B (90-day trailing average) with frequent daily nine-figure volume, a testament to Pendle’s fixed yield demand.

The data reflects Pendle’s position as a notable venue for tokenized yield and funding rates trading, with reported realized fees and liquidity depth exceeding those of several comparable platforms within the fixed income space.

Pendle’s New Token Enhancements

The upgraded Pendle token introduces a comprehensive solution to for simplicity and fair distribution across its ecosystem:

Protocol revenue will be used for PENDLE token buybacks, and distributed to active sPENDLE holders

Improved liquidity model by enabling sPENDLE a simple 14-day withdrawal period (or instant redemption for a 5% fee). 

sPENDLE also transforms as composable, and fungible token that can be integrated with any dApp, eliminating the trade-off between participation and liquidity regardless of time horizon

The previous manual voting system will be upgraded to an algorithmic emission model, targeting to cut PENDLE emissions by 20-30% while delivering significantly better allocation efficiency

vePENDLE locks will be paused on January 29th, and any existing vePENDLE holders by then will receive a special multiplier to their virtual sPENDLE balance based on their remaining lock duration (up to 4x). Rewards will be distributed based on this virtual sPENDLE balance, allowing PENDLE holders to gain outsized rewards during this transition period with vePENDLE

“This upgrade is a structural improvement as we scale both Pendle and Boros” said TN Lee, Co-Founder and CEO of Pendle. “Our goal has always been to bring the efficiency and scale of traditional fixed income markets into DeFi. With this upgrade, Pendle becomes a more robust, sustainable, and institution ready yield infrastructure.”

Boros: New Frontier in Onchain Rates Trading

Additional catalyst for Pendle’s upgraded token architecture is Boros, a first-of-its-kind onchain venue that tokenizes perpetual funding rates, transforming an untradable yield stream into a tradable instrument. Boros metrics highlight rapid organic adoption and material growth potential:

Key Metrics: 4-months after its launch Boros achieved ~$6.9B in open interest ~$91M and $6.8M in deposits by year-end 2025.

Boros has generated ~$301K in fees while operating in a nascent market establishing early product-market fit for rate derivatives on-chain.

Perpetual markets with ~$63B in open interest represent a significant growth potential where Boros currently holds early share, expecting to unlock up to 10x OI penetration with corresponding ~15% incremental protocol fee growth.

Boros has also listed NVDAUSDC-Hyperliquid, allowing users to speculate and trade the funding rate of HIP-3 NVIDIA perp market, heralding the listing of more exotic assets as well as other equity perps like S&P500, NASDAQ, AMZN, TSLA and more.

By addressing one of the largest untapped yield sources in DeFi which is funding rates exposure, Boros further strengthens Pendle’s growth vector, helping diversify revenue beyond TVL and traditional yield fees.

Strategic Vision: From DeFi Yield to Global Fixed Income Infrastructure

Pendle’s token upgrade is intended to support the protocol’s infrastructure for scaling the yield layer of decentralized finance (DeFi) in relation to both centralized and traditional financial markets. Fixed income remains one of the largest segments in global finance, and Pendle has developed a range of tools—from principal and yield tokens to funding rate derivatives—aimed at facilitating access to this area. The protocol continues to broaden its integrations, including leverage strategies, AI applications, collateralized PT usage, and cross-chain liquidity mechanisms.

About Pendle

Pendle is the world's largest crypto yield trading platform empowering the tokenization and trading of yield-bearing assets. Pendle unlocks sophisticated yield strategies for retail and institutional participants alike redefining the future of onchain fixed income.

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Growth growth@secrettune.io Disclaimer. This is a paid press release.

Barcelona, Spain, January 19th, 2026, Chainwire

Paybis, a crypto tools provider for the global leading businesses, will host an invitation-only dinner for senior iGaming and fintech executives during ICE Barcelona on January 20th. The event is the latest in a series of private gatherings the company has run at major industry conferences over the past year.

A select group of operators, payment providers, and compliance professionals will meet at ELDELMAR Hermanos Torres, a Michelin-recommended Mediterranean restaurant on Barcelona's Port Olímpic waterfront. Guests will spend the evening in private conversation over dinner, away from the exhibition floor. Seats are limited and granted only by direct invitation.

The dinners are part of Paybis’s broader, long-term effort to deepen engagement with iGaming operators through a series of smaller, invitation-only gatherings over the past year. As crypto has matured into a mainstream payment option for the sector, the focus has shifted beyond adoption toward infrastructure — specifically, how to build payment systems that deliver speed and scalability while remaining compliant and resilient under regulatory scrutiny.

Paybis has spent the last several years working on that problem through Paybis Send, its B2B payout product. The service lets businesses run instant crypto payouts at scale. Operators deposit fiat through a dedicated IBAN account, and Paybis converts and sends the crypto in seconds. 

Companies can plug into the API for automated payouts, or use the dashboard if they want to handle payouts themselves. Paybis handles compliance on its end, so operators don't need to worry about new licenses or regulatory filings.

"iGaming operators and fintech companies have been circling each other for years, but the real partnerships are only starting to form now," said Innokenty Isers , Founder and CEO of Paybis. “Payments are the connective tissue. When you solve that piece properly, everything else moves faster. These dinners are our way of getting the right people in the same room to figure out what comes next."

Paybis holds licenses in the United States and the European Union. The company has served more than five million users since 2014 and works with over 200 business partners across crypto and fintech.

The ICE Barcelona dinner follows previous Paybis events at SiGMA Europe in Malta and a private gathering in Dubai.

About Paybis

Paybis is a global crypto platform with 11 years of experience. The company provides solutions for individuals and businesses to buy, sell, and transfer digital currencies. Services include on/off-ramp solutions, OTC desk, and B2B payments through Paybis Send. Paybis operates in full compliance with local regulations across the US, UK, Canada, and Europe. More than 200 partners and five million users trust Paybis for secure, accessible crypto transactions worldwide.

Website | X | LinkedIn | Blog

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Dubai, UAE, January 16th, 2026, Chainwire

NEXT INNOVATIONS TECHNOLOGY L.L.C. (NEXST), a next-generation Web3 entertainment platform, announced a strategic partnership with KISS OF LIFE, the winner of the 2025 Asia Artist Awards “Best Musician Group.” The group will join NEXST VR LIVE as the platform’s second official collaboration artist.

NEXST VR LIVE is the immersive VR concert service within the NEXST ecosystem, supported by the $NXT token. Through this collaboration with KISS OF LIFE, NEXST continues its mission to bring large-scale global fandoms on-chain by embedding digital ownership, decentralized access, and immersive technology into entertainment experiences.

Building a Gateway From Web2 Fandoms to Web3

NEXST is an AI-, VR-, and blockchain-powered entertainment platform designed to bridge mainstream Web2 audiences into Web3 in a natural and accessible way. Rather than requiring prior crypto knowledge, NEXST leverages globally recognized artists and immersive VR content as an intuitive entry point into the decentralized ecosystem.

In July 2025, NEXST VR LIVE announced Korean girl group UNIS as its first collaboration artist, with VR content currently in production. The partnership with KISS OF LIFE is the perfect spark that kicks off the next stage of evolution at NEXST. 

By centering highly interactive entertainment experiences, NEXST introduces Web3-native value propositions such as digital asset ownership and cryptocurrency-based purchases of VR content—while maintaining a seamless user experience for fans new to Web3.

At its core, NEXST delivers deeply interactive experiences with built-in Web3 value: digital asset ownership, crypto-powered VR content purchases all in a smooth, beginner-friendly package.

KISS OF LIFE: A Global Artist Leading the Next Wave of Immersive VR Lives

KISS OF LIFE is an award-winning K-POP group with approximately 9 million followers across global social platforms, known for its distinctive artistry, high-energy performances, and strong influence on global youth culture. Following their successful Japanese debut in November with a new album, they wrapped up a sold-out Japan tour in December. With each milestone, KISS OF LIFE continues to expand their international influence and solidify their place on the global stage.

Through this partnership, KISS OF LIFE’s expressive performance style and dynamic stage presence will be fully integrated into the immersive environments of NEXST VR LIVE. Moving beyond traditional “watch-only” concert formats, fans will be able to step inside the music world itself—sharing a virtual space with the artists and engaging in a next-generation VR live experience that redefines how live music is consumed in digital environments.

Shaping the Future of Entertainment With NEXST

NEXST blends AI, VR, and Web3 to rebuild entertainment at its core: making music, live shows, and fan communities more immersive and rewarding than ever.

NEXST is expanding collaborations with more global and K-pop artists as well as premium IP to create a new paradigm where fans can discover artists, connect directly with them, and co-create shared experiences. Meanwhile, the company aims to build a sustainably scalable entertainment ecosystem that evolves alongside its global community.

For information on the NEXST token ($NXT), upcoming TGE, and the latest updates, users can visit NEXST’s official channels.

Website: https://www.nexst.io

X (Twitter): https://x.com/NEXST_AI

Discord: https://discord.gg/nexst

Medium: https://medium.com/@sns.nexst

About NEXST

NEXST is an AI-driven entertainment infrastructure that transforms the full spectrum of fan experiences into on-chain, verifiable value. By blending proven Web2 models with VR, AI, gaming, and RWA ticketing, NEXST is building a new paradigm of fan continuity—a unified digital economy for global engagement.

About KISS OF LIFE



KISS OF LIFE is a multinational girl group made up of Julie (JULIE), Natty (NATTY), Belle (BELLE), and Haneul (HANEUL).The group's name embodies their mission: to breathe new life into the world through fresh music and ignite excitement for living.

Since debuting in 2023, KISS OF LIFE has captivated K-POP fans around the world powerful choreography that far exceeds rookie expectations, alongside original and highly creative content. Beginning in Korea in October 2024, the group embarked on their world tour, “KISS OF LIFE 1ST WORLD TOUR [KISS ROAD],” traveling across North America, Europe, and Asia. Following their successful Japanese debut in November with a new album, they wrapped up a sold-out Japan tour in December. With each milestone, KISS OF LIFE continues to expand their international influence and solidify their place on the global stage.

「KISS OF LIFE」Official Channels

KISS OF LIFE OFFICIAL X :https://x.com/KISSOFLIFE_S2

KISS OF LIFE OFFICIAL Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/kissoflife_s2

KISS OF LIFE OFFICIAL YouTube : https://www.youtube.com/@KISSOFLIFE_official

KISS OF LIFE OFFICIAL TikTok : https://www.tiktok.com/@kissoflife_official

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スイス・ヒンウィル、2026年1月16日、Chainwire

世界で最も著名な舞台でデジタル資産を再定義するための複数年の戦略的パートナーシップ

このパートナーシップは、革新と精密さを象徴する2つのブランドを結びつけます。

ネクソは、プレミアムな購入できない体験とデジタルファーストのエンゲージメントを通じて、グローバルに展開します。

アウディ・レボリューションF1チームは、本日、デジタル資産プラットフォームのリーダーであるネクソとの複数年のパートナーシップを発表しました。この戦略的パートナーシップにより、ネクソはチームの初代公式デジタル資産パートナーとなり、ネクソの次世代デジタルツールを世界的な舞台に置くことになります。

スイス・ツューゲン、2026年1月15日、Chainwire

dYdX財団は、2025年のdYdXエコシステム年次レポートを発表しました。このレポートは、dYdXエコシステム全体におけるプロトコル活動、開発、ガバナンスの実行、エコシステム成長について、包括的な年間概要を提供しています。

レポートは、dYdXがより持続可能で機関レベルの参加を促進する方向へ進展し続けた、オンチェーンデリバティブ市場の構造的進化の一周年を記録しています。今年の上半期における調整期を経て、取引活動は下半期に回復し、2025年第4四半期が最も強力な四半期となりました。

London, United Kingdom, January 15th, 2026, Chainwire

OpenServ and Neol Advance Enterprise-ready AI Reasoning Under Real-world Constraints

The foundational design partnership applies structured AI reasoning in high-stakes, regulated environments, with detailed findings forthcoming

OpenServ today announced a foundational design partnership with Neol to apply and evolve SERV’s AI reasoning framework in real-world, high-stakes production environments. Neol is an AI-powered network intelligence platform used by enterprises and public-sector institutions, including government organizations in the United Arab Emirates, to understand, evaluate, and mobilize complex networks of people, programs, and partners.

The collaboration focuses on how AI reasoning systems behave under production pressure, where accuracy, reliability, and development speed are critical. Learnings from this work are currently being documented in a forthcoming case study.

“OpenServ’s reasoning framework started adding value to our work from day one, but the real excitement is in how it keeps evolving under real conditions,” said Akar Sumset, Co-Founder and CPO of Neol. “For us, a true design partnership is one where both teams are actively shaping the technology together. We expect this collaboration to keep pushing the framework forward and unlock new capabilities for our partners.”

Through this partnership, OpenServ and Neol are examining how structured reasoning, workflow decomposition, and bounded decision-making improve performance in complex, regulated environments. These patterns are being refined as part of OpenServ’s core reasoning framework.

“Enterprise AI doesn’t break because models are weak; it breaks when AI’s reasoning capabilities aren't designed for reality,” said Tim Hafner, CEO and Co-founder of OpenServ. “This partnership is about evolving how reasoning systems in AI are built so they hold up outside of demos and inside real production.”

A detailed case study outlining the evolution, tradeoffs, and operational insights from the partnership will be released following completion of documentation and review.

As a result of this work, OpenServ is integrating these enterprise-tested reasoning patterns directly into its platform. Every workflow and project launched on OpenServ now inherits the same enterprise-ready reasoning discipline by default.

The work builds on OpenServ’s 2025 research1, which outlines a structured AI reasoning framework for bounded decision-making and execution (OpenServ, 2025).

References:

OpenServ. (2025). BRAID: Bounded Reasoning for Autonomous Inference and Decisions. [Research paper].

About OpenServ

OpenServ is a complete AI suite of services and platforms for building, launching, and running real crypto businesses. Developers worldwide choose OpenServ to build and employ AI agents equipped with state-of-the-art cognitive reasoning capabilities to take action across digital systems. Designed for builders across all experience levels, OpenServ provides the world’s leading infrastructure for deploying agents that interact with APIs, automate workflows, and operate across any framework. With native support for Telegram and a modular SDK, OpenServ enables agents to move from passive interfaces to active participants in decentralized ecosystems. From finance and governance to messaging and research, agents on OpenServ are designed to act, earn, and evolve for your business.

For more information, users can visit openserv.ai.

Additional details are available via marketing@openserv.ai. 

About Neol

Neol is an AI-native network intelligence company that helps organizations turn scattered people and organizational data into a living, actionable network. Neol’s Network Intelligence OS sits on top of existing systems and data, enriching profiles from internal and public sources and reshaping them into a dynamic network layer that AI can reason over with natural language. This lets governments, public institutions, foundations, and enterprises see who is in their ecosystem, understand how they are connected, and mobilize the right people and partners for any initiative from talent and expert sourcing to innovation programs, events, and strategic projects. Neol operates globally with teams across Europe and the Middle East.

Website: www.neol.ai 

General disclosure: This document is intended for information and educational purposes only, and does not constitute investment advice, a recommendation, or an offer or solicitation to purchase or sell any securities or any investment strategies. The opinions expressed are as of January 8, 2026 and are subject to change without notice. Reliance upon information in this material is at the sole discretion of the reader. Investing involves risks. This information is not intended to be complete or exhaustive, and no representations or warranties, either express or implied, are made regarding the accuracy or completeness of the information contained herein. This material may contain estimates and forward-looking statements, which may include forecasts and do not represent a guarantee of future performance.

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スイス・ツューリッヒ、2026年1月13日、Chainwire

世界規模のインフラストラクチャによって支えられる既存のGPUクラウドプラットフォームであるSalad.comと、最初の分散型コンピューティングプロトコルの一つであるGolem Networkは、提携を発表しました。この協業により、GolemのWeb3インフラストラクチャがSaladの既存の計算需要を満たす可能性を評価します。
エンジニアリングテストの一環として、Saladはまず、Golemの許可なし実行レイヤーを利用して、自社の既存の商業活動の一部を「ミラー」し、マッピングすることを計画しています。この活動の範囲は、Saladのクラウドコンピューティング製品およびサービスにまたがります。この提携は、DePINプロトコル（この場合Golem）が、現在Saladのクラウドインフラストラクチャを活用している顧客およびワークロードの多様性をサポートできるかどうかを検証するための機能的テストとして位置づけられています。

デラウェア州ドーバー、2026年1月14日、Chainwire

USD1の追加により、流動性の向上、より多くのユーザーの参加、予測市場エコシステム全体の継続的な成長が支援されます

予測市場プロトコルのMyriadは、World Liberty Financial（WLFI）のUSD1を、プラットフォーム初のベースステーブルコイン決済資産として統合しました。この統合により、Myriadがネットワーク上で最近拡張した製品にUSD1が導入されました。

Myriadは1月14日にUSD1建ての市場を開始し、当初はBNBチェーン統合の一部として事前に発表されたCandles製品から開始します。この初期展開の後、Myriadは2026年第一四半期中にBNB予測市場をすべてUSD1をベースの決済資産として運用するように移行する予定です。これにより、流動性の統合とプラットフォーム全体の市場インフラの標準化が図られます。

George Town, British Virgin Islands, January 14th, 2026, Chainwire

Human Trader ProMint Claims Championship as AI Demonstrates Superior Risk Control

Aster, the high-performance and privacy-focused on-chain trading platform backed by YZi Labs, has announced the final results of its “Human vs AI” live trading competition. Conducted over a two-week period under highly volatile market conditions, the event highlighted a clear contrast between discretionary human trading and AI-driven strategies.

While individual human trader ProMint secured the top ranking with positive net profits, the human trading team as a whole recorded an overall ROI of -32.22%, reflecting significant performance dispersion across participants. In contrast, AI agents delivered materially more stable results at the aggregate level, limiting total losses to approximately USD 13,000 and achieving an overall ROI of -4.48% across all participating AI strategies.

Trading Insight: Stability vs Asymmetric Opportunity

Competition data highlighted a clear contrast in risk behavior between human traders and AI agents. During the event, 43% of human participants were liquidated, while all 30 AI agents completed the competition without a single liquidation, achieving a 100% survival rate.

According to Aster, the results underscore the structural strengths of AI-driven strategies in stable, risk-controlled market environments, where systematic execution and disciplined risk management help mitigate large drawdowns. At the same time, the findings also suggest that in market conditions driven by human emotion, rapid market shifts, and nonlinear price dynamics, discretionary human traders with strong judgment and narrative awareness can still capture asymmetric opportunities and outperform purely systematic approaches.

Future Competitiveness Lies in Collaboration, Not Replacement

Competition data showed that human traders exhibited significantly wider performance dispersion, with individual gains exceeding USD 19,000 and losses in other cases approaching USD 18,000, resulting in higher overall return volatility.

Aster emphasized that the “Human vs AI” showdown was designed not to determine replacement, but to clarify evolving roles. AI is becoming a foundational tool for execution and risk management, while human traders increasingly contribute judgment, context awareness, and narrative interpretation in complex market conditions. As a result, Aster believes future competitiveness will be driven by collaboration between humans and AI, rather than direct confrontation.

Aster: Using the Market as a Real-World Testing Ground

Aster stated that the initial goal of hosting this live trading showdown was to observe how different trading participants behave on the same decentralized infrastructure under real market conditions, rather than relying on backtesting or simulated data.

As the decentralized derivatives market continues to grow, Aster will continue to explore infrastructure designs that better serve professional trading needs, enabling strategies, risk management, and execution to achieve higher certainty on-chain.

“This was not a competition with a predetermined conclusion, but a starting point,” said Leonard, CEO of Aster, in the post-event summary. “As markets become more complex, traders need more than individual tools. They need integrated systems that can evolve alongside the market.”

The Next Trading Showdown Begins on Jan 22

Aster has confirmed that the next live trading showdown will officially kick off on January 22 and take place on the Aster Chain Testnet.

This upcoming event will open participation to a newly expanded group of traders, including professional participants from around the world, enabling live competitive trading within Aster’s testnet environment.

Additional details regarding competition mechanics, rewards, and participation criteria are available in Aster’s official X competition announcement.

About Aster

Aster is an on-chain trading platform offering high-performance perpetual and spot trading with MEV-aware trading mechanics, advanced order types such as Hidden Orders, and a protected trading mode, Shield Mode, across multiple chains. Beyond trading, Aster enables greater capital efficiency through Trade & Earn and supports ecosystem growth via Rocket Launch, which connects real traders with early-stage liquidity opportunities. Backed by YZi Labs, Aster is building toward its own Aster Chain and is currently running a multi-stage airdrop and incentive program to support its global community.

Users can learn more at the Aster official website or connect with Aster on the official X account.

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PR & Content Manager Lola Chen Aster lola.chen@asterdex.com Disclaimer. This is a paid press release.

Castries, Saint Lucia, January 14th, 2026, Chainwire

PrimeXBT, a leading global crypto and CFD broker, has listed 40 new crypto futures trading pairs, significantly expanding its asset coverage across high-demand segments including AI, Layer-1 and Layer-2 networks, DeFi, Infrastructure, Meme tokens, NFT, Metaverse, and Payments. The expansion is part of the company’s ongoing commitment to provide traders with deeper market access, better liquidity, and cost-efficient trading conditions.

The newly added markets include a curated selection of highly traded coins and tokens such as CELO, DASH, DYDX, EIGEN, SNX, ZK, ZRO, and emerging community and meme-driven assets. This batch also introduces several trending tokens, including HYPE and PUMP, now available for futures trading.

The new crypto futures come with 100–150x maximum leverage across most pairs, while ETH/BTC offers up to 400x leverage, among the highest available in the industry. Traders can also benefit from higher maximum order sizes in markets with strong liquidity, enabling more flexible position management. Most instruments are USDT-margined, and each coin has been added based on market liquidity and clear trader demand, supporting deeper books, tighter execution, and more efficient trading conditions.

As part of the launch, PrimeXBT is also expanding its zero-fee offering, introducing new opportunities on popular pairs such as FLOW, KAIA, EGLD, RUNE, GALA, BOME, and others. This update complements the platform’s existing roster of cost-efficient markets and supports high-frequency and cost-sensitive traders.

PrimeXBT stated that recent volatility has shown how quickly new narratives emerge in the crypto market, making timely access to new opportunities essential the moment they gain momentum. In conditions like these, cost efficiency becomes even more important. The broker added that it remains focused on creating an environment where traders can turn fast-moving trends into long-term growth.

With this expansion, PrimeXBT strengthens its crypto futures offering while continuing to provide traders with over 350 markets across both crypto and CFDs, supported by some of the industry’s lowest fees. With over 100 global, local, crypto, and fiat payment methods, and zero-fee deposits and withdrawals, the broker ensures accessible and cost-efficient funding for traders worldwide. As market volatility continues to create new opportunities, PrimeXBT remains focused on fairness, transparency, flexibility, and empowering traders to succeed in fast-moving conditions.

To trade Crypto Futures with PrimeXBT, users can visit the PrimeXBT website.

About PrimeXBT

PrimeXBT is a global multi-asset broker and crypto asset service provider trusted by traders in more than 150 countries. The platform bridges traditional and digital markets within one integrated environment, redefining versatility and innovation in online trading. Clients can access Forex, CFDs on indices, commodities, shares, crypto, and Crypto Futures, as well as buy, store and exchange cryptocurrencies directly. This unified experience extends across both the native PXTrader platform and MetaTrader 5, supported by advanced risk-management tools and a wide range of funding options in crypto, fiat and local payment methods. Since 2018, PrimeXBT has focused on empowering traders through broad multi-asset access, fair and transparent conditions, professional-grade technology and dedicated human support. By combining expertise, trust and a client-first approach, PrimeXBT sets a benchmark of excellence in the financial industry and provides traders with the tools they need to trade, grow and succeed with confidence.

Disclaimer: The content provided here is for informational purposes only and is not intended as personal investment advice and does not constitute a solicitation or invitation to engage in any financial transactions, investments, or related activities. Past performance is not a reliable indicator of future results. The financial products offered by the Company are complex and come with a high risk of losing money rapidly due to leverage. These products may not be suitable for all investors. Before engaging, you should consider whether you understand how these leveraged products work and whether you can afford the high risk of losing your money. The Company does not accept clients from the Restricted Jurisdictions as indicated on its website / T&Cs. Some products and services, including MT5, may not be available in your jurisdiction. The applicable legal entity and its respective products and services depend on the client’s country of residence and the entity with which the client has established a contractual relationship during registration.

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PrimeXBT pr@primexbt.com Disclaimer. This is a paid press release.

Frisco, Texas, January 13th, 2026, Chainwire

The agreement builds on Nexo’s long-term approach to partnerships with established global sports institutions.

Nexo, the digital assets wealth platform, has been named the U.S. ATP 500 Dallas Open’s first-ever Title Partner under a multi-year agreement beginning in 2026, as the company advances its long-term brand strategy through leading global sports properties. The partnership was unveiled in Dallas alongside the debut of the Nexo Dallas Open brand and the resurfacing of two public tennis courts in North Texas. As one of only two ATP 500 tournaments in the U.S. and the country’s sole indoor ATP Tour championship, the Dallas Open places Nexo among a limited group of ATP 500 title partners.

“This partnership with Nexo represents a transformative milestone for the Dallas Open,” said Tournament Director Peter Lebedevs. “Securing a title sponsor of this caliber as we launch into year two as an ATP 500 event continues to elevate our tournament on the global stage. Aligning with a partner that is shaping the next generation of digital asset solutions strengthens our vision for the next generation of tennis.” 

For Nexo, the multi-year agreement is a strategic investment in sustained global brand visibility, positioning the company within premium sports ecosystems that engage affluent audiences and reinforce long-term value.

As part of today’s announcement, the Nexo Dallas Open highlighted its community impact with two newly resurfaced tennis courts in North Texas aimed at expanding year-round access for youth and recreational players.

The Dallas Open, now entering its fifth year in North Texas, was elevated to ATP 500 status in 2025 — a move that has increased its international visibility and commercial appeal. 

Attracting top-ranked U.S. and international players including leading U.S. players Taylor Fritz and Ben Shelton, as well as 2025 Dallas Open runner-up Casper Ruud, the 2026 Nexo Dallas Open will be held February 7–15 at the Ford Center at The Star in Frisco, the Dallas Cowboys’ headquarters and training facility. 

The Dallas Open marks Nexo’s fourth tennis partnership overall and its third ATP Tour collaboration, building on a recently announced multi-year partnership with the Australian Open, following sponsorships of the ATP 500 Abierto Mexicano Telcel in Acapulco and the ATP 250 Mifel Tennis Open in Los Cabos.

Press Kit

About Nexo 

Nexo is a premier digital assets wealth platform designed to empower clients to grow, manage, and preserve their crypto holdings. Our mission is to lead the next generation of wealth creation by focusing on customer success and delivering tailored solutions that build enduring value, supported by 24/7 client care. 

Since 2018, Nexo has provided unmatched opportunities to forward-thinking clients in over 150 jurisdictions. With over $371 billion processed globally, we bring lasting value to millions worldwide. Our all-in-one platform combines advanced technology with a client-first approach, offering a Flexible and Fixed-term Yield product, crypto-backed loans, sophisticated trading tools, and liquidity solutions, including the first crypto debit/credit card. Built on deep industry expertise, a sustainable business model, robust infrastructure, stringent security, Nexo champions innovation and long-lasting prosperity. Official website: nexo.com/us 

About The Nexo Dallas Open 

The Nexo Dallas Open is currently an ATP Tour 500 men’s tournament that will play its fifth year in North Texas, its first in Frisco on February 7-15, 2026, at the Ford Center at The Star in Frisco. It will be the only ATP Tour indoor championship in the United States, and features men’s top world tennis players in singles and doubles competition. The tournament, previously held as the New York Open, is one of the longest-running American tournaments on the ATP Tour. Its rich history features some of the top names in tennis, including legends John McEnroe, Pete Sampras, Andre Agassi, Andy Roddick, Michael Chang, John Isner, and Andy Murray, and a current generation of stars like Kei Nishikori, Milos Raonic, and Reilly Opelka. 

About The ATP 

The ATP’s mission is to serve tennis. As governing body of the ATP Tour and Challenger Tour we entertain a billion global fans, showcase the world’s greatest players at prestigious tournaments, and inspire the game’s next generation. From the United Cup in Australia, to Europe, the Americas and Asia, the stars of the game battle for titles and PIF ATP Rankings points at ATP Masters 1000, 500 and 250 events, and Grand Slams. All roads lead to the Nitto ATP Finals, our prestigious season finale held in Turin, Italy. Featuring only the season’s best 8 singles players and doubles teams, the tournament sees the crowning of the year-end ATP World No. 1, presented by PIF, the ultimate achievement in tennis. For more information, please visit www.ATPTour.com. 

Media Contacts 

Kate Okiomah | Tony Fay PR | kate@tonyfaypr.com | 602-550-2969 

Luke Adams | Tony Fay PR | luke@tonyfaypr.com | 469-503-5883 

Nexo Media Contacts | Nexo Communication team | communications@nexo.com

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Be'er Sheva, Israel, January 13th, 2026, Chainwire
Fors, a prediction market aggregation platform built on Solana, today announced the release of its beta version, designed to address fragmentation and inefficiencies across modern prediction markets.
Prediction markets covering multiple categories, including politics, sports, macroeconomic events, cryptocurrencies, and global developments, have expanded rapidly in recent years. However, market data, liquidity, and pricing remain fragmented across isolated platforms, making it difficult for participants to compare outcomes and identify inefficiencies efficiently.
Fors addresses this challenge by aggregating multiple prediction venues into a single, unified interface. The platform normalizes probabilities, pricing, and liquidity, allowing users to compare identical outcomes side by side across different markets.
Built on Solana, Fors leverages high-performance infrastructure to support real-time aggregation and low-latency data processing. The platform is also developing smart order routing capabilities designed to direct trades toward the most favorable venue based on price, liquidity, and execution conditions, while maintaining transparency and user control.
One of the core benefits of aggregation is improved visibility into cross-market price differences. By presenting pricing disparities across venues, Fors enables users to identify arbitrage opportunities that may exist due to fragmented liquidity and inconsistent market pricing.
In addition to aggregation and execution optimization, the beta release introduces copy trading functionality adapted for prediction markets. Users can follow experienced participants across aggregated venues, supported by transparent performance metrics, historical analytics, and configurable risk controls. A built-in demo practice mode allows users to test copy trading strategies without committing real capital.
Fors operates with a non-custodial design, ensuring users retain ownership of their funds while interacting with multiple prediction markets through a single interface.
The January 8 beta launch represents an early step in Fors’s broader vision to provide infrastructure-level tools as prediction markets continue to mature.
About Fors
Fors was created to solve the fragmentation and inefficiencies in modern prediction markets. Built on Solana, the platform aggregates multiple prediction venues into a single, transparent interface. Fors focuses on fairness, neutrality, and data integrity, allowing users to compare markets without bias. Its mission is to make prediction markets accessible, efficient, and professional-grade. With features such as real-time aggregation, smart order routing, arbitrage visibility, and copy trading with demo practice, Fors has attracted strong early adoption and is helping shape the next generation of prediction market infrastructure.
Contact
Johnathan Peled, Tel Aviv
Head Of Public Relations
partnerships@fors.market

ニューヨーク、ニューヨーク、アメリカ合衆国、2026年1月12日、Chainwire

Mezoの「Bitcoinを自宅に持ち帰る」イニシアチブは、イーサリアム上のラップドビットコインの数十億ドルを標的にし、BTCの流動性をその本拠ネットワークに移動させる参加者にMEZOトークン報酬を提供しています。

Mezoは、ビットコインネイティブな金融インフラプロトコルとして、本日、『Bitcoinを自宅に持ち帰る』プレデポジットボックスの早期預け入れ者をインセンティブ化するため、MEZOトークン総供給量の最大2.5％を割り当てると発表しました。このボックスは、現在イーサリアムDeFiに約110億ドル以上あるラップドビットコインを標的にしています。

スイス・ダボス、2026年1月12日、Chainwire

世界中の機関投資家、政策立案者、デジタル資産および金融サービス分野の上級リーダーが、4回目の『機関投資家会議』として、ブロックチェーンファウンダーズキャピタル（BFC）が主催する限定的で招待制のフォーラムとして、ダボスで集結します。会議は、歴史あるパノラマホール、ホテル・ゾーフで開催されます。

閉鎖的な集まりは、ファンドマネージャー、アセットマネージャー、ファミリーオフィス、HNIs、フィンテックのリーダー、および規制関係者を結集し、デジタル資産、ステーブルコイン、ブロックチェーンベースの金融インフラの機関投資家の採用の次の段階について議論する予定です。

Tel Aviv, Israel, January 8th, 2026, Chainwire

Orbs announced today that Atlantis has integrated Orbs’ Perpetual Hub Ultra to enable onchain perpetual futures trading on Monad. The integration expands Atlantis beyond spot trading, adding a fully managed perpetuals stack powered by Orbs’ Layer-3 infrastructure and positioning Atlantis as a comprehensive DeFi hub on Monad.

Perpetual Hub Ultra is a scalable, capital-efficient perpetual futures protocol that delivers a full perps stack (hedging, liquidation, oracles, and a pro trading interface) through a modular integration layer, enabling decentralized exchanges to aggregate liquidity from multiple sources without building custom infrastructure. Ultra enables fast deployment and intent-based execution, allowing fully decentralized trading venues to offer competitive performance and user experience.

Built on Atlantis’ modular V4 architecture, the integration allows the platform to offer perpetual futures through a plug-and-play framework without requiring custom backend development. Users gain access to deep aggregated liquidity, customizable leverage, and efficient execution, while Atlantis retains flexibility to evolve its trading offering as the ecosystem grows.

“This integration shows how advanced onchain derivatives can be deployed quickly and efficiently without sacrificing decentralization,” said Ran Hammer, head of ecosystem at Orbs. “By powering perpetuals on Atlantis through Perpetual Hub Ultra, Orbs is enabling teams on Monad to offer professional-grade derivatives trading using a modular, turnkey infrastructure.”

Perpetual Hub Ultra builds on Orbs’ earlier Perpetual Hub deployments, which are already live across multiple decentralized trading venues. The Ultra version extends these capabilities by routing liquidity from both onchain and offchain sources, including major centralized exchanges, while maintaining decentralized settlement and execution.

The deployment further establishes Orbs as an execution layer for advanced onchain trading, supporting aggregated liquidity, advanced order types, and decentralized derivatives. By operating as a Layer-3 network secured by a public set of permissionless validators using delegated proof-of-stake, Orbs enables DeFi protocols to deliver execution quality comparable to centralized exchanges.

As intent-based trading continues to grow in spot markets, Perpetual Hub Ultra brings the same model to perpetual futures. The integration with Atlantis demonstrates how decentralized exchanges can compete on performance and user experience while remaining fully onchain and composable within the broader DeFi ecosystem.

About Atlantis

Atlantis is a DeFi hub built on Monad, designed around a modular V4, plugin-based architecture that enables continuous upgrades without migrations. The platform combines swaps, advanced order types, perpetuals trading, cross-chain swaps, fiat on-ramps, and vetted IDO access through Stargate Atlantis in a single interface.

Atlantis also offers farming, staking, bonds, token creation, token and liquidity locking, and DeFAI integrations. By combining AI-driven fee optimization with Monad’s high-performance execution, Atlantis delivers lower gas costs while evolving alongside its community to support next-generation DeFi applications. Learn more at https://x.com/AtlantisDEX_xyz.

About Orbs

Orbs is a decentralized Layer 3 blockchain designed for advanced on-chain trading. Using a Proof of Stake consensus, Orbs acts as a supplementary execution layer that enables complex logic and scripts beyond the capabilities of standard smart contracts. Orbs powered protocols, including dLIMIT, dTWAP, Liquidity Hub, and Perpetual Hub, bring CeFi level execution to decentralized markets. With a global team spanning multiple locations, Orbs continues to innovate at the frontier of blockchain infrastructure. Learn more at www.orbs.com.

Telegram: https://t.me/OrbsNetwork

X: https://x.com/orbs_network

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Ran Hammer hello@orbs.com Disclaimer. This is a paid press release.

マヘ、セーシェル、2026年1月8日、Chainwire

BitMEXは、安全な取引所の一つとして知られる企業であり、今日、エクイティ・パーパスと呼ばれる新たなデリバティブ製品の提供を発表しました。この製品により、暗号資産を担保として使用することで、主要な米国株式や株価指数への曝露が可能になります。この発表により、BitMEXの製品ラインナップは暗号資産に特化した市場から、従来の株式ベンチマークの24時間取引へと拡大され、米国株式市場が閉鎖している時間帯でも取引が可能になります。
エクイティ・パーパスは、現金決済の永続スワップ契約であり、個々の米国株式や指数の価格を追跡するもので、有効期限がありません。BitMEXの既存の暗号資産用永続スワップと同様に、価格が基準となる指数に一致するように、フーディングレートメカニズムが採用されています。トレーダーは、ビットコインやテザーなどの資産を証拠金として使用し、最大20倍のレバレッジでロングまたはショートのポジションを取ることができます。