This year, less than two weeks into the new year, Bitcoin's rally has indeed attracted a lot of attention. From around $92,000 climbing all the way up to $96,000, it is now stable around $95,300+ (data from CoinMarketCap). The driving forces behind this are quite clear: US inflation data showing moderate performance, MicroStrategy continuing large-scale purchases, and institutional ETF inflows persistently increasing. This market movement is a typical example of institutional relay effects, with bullish sentiment across the entire market being fully unleashed.

What’s even more noteworthy are the on-chain activities. On January 14, BNB Chain completed the Fermi hard fork upgrade, which is not a minor change — the block interval was shortened from 750 milliseconds to 450 milliseconds, meaning a significant increase in network throughput. Faster transaction speeds and lower fees will definitely benefit the BSC ecosystem’s DeFi, GameFi, and Meme projects. The BNB price also responded by breaking through $910, with a 24-hour increase of over 1%, approaching $1000.

From an investment perspective, 2026 is very likely to evolve into a "year of institutions" +