OKX token flash crash wipes $6.5B off market cap, arrest warrent issued for crypto exec Mr Bang, Hong Kong exchanges go global: Asia Express. Source: https://cointelegraph.com/magazine/okx-token-flash-crash-crypto-exec-mr-bang-on-the-run-asia-express/

ETF analysts expect spot Ether ETF applications to be “sporadically” delayed until May, when the first of many final decision deadlines are due. Source: https://cointelegraph.com/news/sec-delay-decision-blackrock-spot-ethereum-etf-to-march

The GBTC “mass exodus” may be showing signs of slowing, but that hasn’t stopped Bitcoin from falling to two-month lows on Jan. 23. Source: https://cointelegraph.com/news/bitcoin-price-down-39k-grayscale-gbtc-bleeding-outflow

“We shouldn’t need a court to tell us that our approach is arbitrary and capricious for us to get it right,” said SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce. Source: https://cointelegraph.com/news/spot-ethereum-etf-approval-lawsuit-sec-hester-peirce

It took the SEC more than ten years to approve a spot Bitcoin ETF, while XRP ETFs would face even more hurdles than Bitcoin did, analysts tell Cointelegraph. Source: …

The United States congresswoman wants to know what Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta is planning to do with its five crypto-related trademark filings lodged with the USPTO. Source: https://cointelegraph.com/news/us-lawmaker-maxine-waters-asks-meta-its-crypto-trademark-plans

Online pastor Eli Regalado says he sold over $3 million tokens to his community because “the Lord” told him to give his followers a 10X. Source: https://cointelegraph.com/news/online-pastor-charged-crypto-scam-says-god-made-him-do-it

Several Ethereum users took the recent “critical” bug incident as a clear example of the need for client diversity, which is currently skewed toward Geth. Source: https://cointelegraph.com/news/nethermind-hotfix-after-client-versions-caused-invalid-blocks-ethereum

Ron DeSantis ended his presidential campaign on Jan. 21, saying he had no path to victory and pledging his support to former U.S. President Donald Trump. Source: https://cointelegraph.com/news/cbdc-ban-advocate-ron-desantis-ends-us-presidential-race

Coinbase and SEC face off at hearing, Sam Bankman-Fried’s parents seek clawback dismissal, and the first trading days for Bitcoin ETFs. Source: https://cointelegraph.com/magazine/coinbase-fights-sec-in-court-sbfs-parents-seek-lawsuit-dismissal-and-bitcoin-etfs-hodlers-digest-jan-14-20/