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CoinWorld reported: According to a tweet by Wu Blockchain, Tether's profit in 2025 is expected to be around $15 billion. Its holdings of US Treasury bonds exceed those of large economies such as South Korea, and it also holds a significant amount of bitcoin and gold. The CEO stated that as regulatory frameworks become clearer, stablecoins are moving into the mainstream financial system. In recent years, the company has also increased its investments in various sectors such as data centers and telecommunications.

CoinWorld reported: According to CoinWorld, former SEC attorney Teresa Goody Guillen publicly supported Ripple's view, stating that the mere "passive economic interest" of holding tokens in anticipation of price appreciation should not itself trigger securities laws, and suggested establishing a new classification of "digital value instruments" for cryptocurrencies that do not fully meet the definitions of securities or commodities.

ChainCatcher News, according to Criptonoticias, the municipal government of Sanxenxo, Galicia, Spain, suffered a ransomware attack in which hackers encrypted thousands of administrative documents and blocked system access, demanding a $5,000 bitcoin ransom. The attack occurred on January 26, causing a complete paralysis of the municipal servers and affecting the basic services of this city with more than 17,000 residents. The municipal government has reported the incident to the Spanish Civil Guard, refused to pay the ransom, and stated that it is activating daily backups to restore the system.