Midday Key Developments on January 28

7:00 (UTC+8) - 12:00 (UTC+8) Keywords: spot gold, bitcoin hashrate, Tether 1. Spot gold surpassed $5,200 for the first time; 2. Social NFT platform Rodeo announced it will gradually shut down; 3. Tether currently holds about 140 tons of gold, valued at approximately $23 billions; 4. Spot silver rose by 2.00% intraday, now quoted at $114.60/ounce; 5. Bitcoin's total network hashrate saw the largest historical drop, possibly related to extreme weather in the United States; 6. U.S. officials are reviewing whether the Maduro regime's funding sources involve digital assets; 7. ERC-8004 will go live on the Ethereum mainnet, aiming to support AI agent cross-organization interaction and reputation transfer; 8. Arthur Hayes: Has closed high-leverage bitcoin-related positions such as Strategy and Metaplanet.