OpenAI CEO Sam Altman co-founded the identity verification company Tools for Humanity, which is facing executive departure issues. The company's eye scan device Orb aims to create a digital authentication system. Although the technology has potential impact, the challenge of talent attrition is evident.

According to Business Insider, the startup Tools for Humanity, co-founded by Sam Altman and known for its eye-scanning device "Orb," has recently experienced a wave of executive departures, sparking widespread attention to its long-term strategy and corporate culture. Sources familiar with the matter revealed that in recent months, two core executives and several senior employees have left the company. Adrian Ludwig, the Chief Information Security Officer and Chief Architect, resigned after two years in the role; he previously worked at Alphabet, Atlassian, and Adobe. Another departing executive is Damien Kieran, the Chief Legal and Privacy Officer, who previously held key positions at BeReal and Twitter, and left after Elon Musk took over Twitter.

Matrixport analysis indicates that Bitcoin, after experiencing capitulation-style selling, is attempting a rebound. In the short term, technical indicators suggest potential upward movement, but sustained gains will depend on new inflows of capital rather than short covering. Currently, the market remains in a bear market reset phase, with weakening demand momentum and increased price volatility. If spot support remains weak, it could lead to a gap down in price.

The crypto community is divided on Bitcoin's short-term trend, with some analysts warning of a potential new low, while others expect the price to rebound to $84,000. Keth Alan believes the bottom has not yet been reached, while Rekt Capital is bearish. Michaël van de Poppe and Samson Mow are optimistic, expecting the price to recover.

ChainCatcher reports that, according to The Block, OpenAI is planning to launch a new social media platform that may utilize World (formerly known as Worldcoin)'s eye scan Orb technology to verify that users are real humans, in order to create a robot-free social environment. It is worth noting that OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is also involved in developing World technology through Tools for

January 21 News, Meme coin issuance platform Pump.fun announced the launch of a $3 million Pump Fund. This new venture fund marks the project's attempt to shift from a single Meme coin trading model to a more long-term Web3 entrepreneurial ecosystem. The fund will be officially launched through an "Open Build" hackathon, with community influence rather than traditional venture capital review as the core basis for funding allocation. According to official disclosures, teams participating in Pump Fund do not need to pitch to judges but must issue tokens, retain part of the supply, and continuously showcase product progress in the public eye. Funds will flow to projects that gain recognition on social levels and among real users. Its core philosophy is to let the market itself decide which early teams deserve capital support. This mechanism is seen as an alternative to traditional venture capital processes and provides tools for Pump.fun to explore longer project lifecycles.

Entering 2026, XRP price movement remains relatively moderate. After reaching a cyclical high of approximately $3.65 in 2025, XRP retreated to around $2.15 in early January and fluctuated, with market sentiment showing a wait-and-see attitude. Overall, there is a certain degree of dislocation between the price performance and its infrastructure development. From a technical and ecological perspective, the XRP Ledger officially launched the EVM sidechain in mid-2025, which is seen as an important step to promote ecological expansion. The sidechain allows developers to deploy smart contracts using mature development tools from the Ethereum ecosystem, thereby lowering the entry barrier. However, early data remains conservative. As of early January, the on-chain revenue generated by the EVM sidechain is very low, with a total locked value of less than $50,000, indicating that actual usage has not yet reached scale.

On-chain analyst Eye pointed out that agent Garrett Jin created two staking pools through the company XHash, depositing 886,440 ETH, which were sourced from Bitcoin swaps. Recently, all ETH has been unstaked. Additionally, he discovered that Jack Chen might be another agent of the "1011 Insider Whale."

In 2025, only 12% of token sales remain profitable, with only 63 tokens out of 533 sales priced above the issuance price. Projects like PUMP are eye-catching but underperform, leading investors to adopt short-term strategies. The MYX project stands out with a return rate of up to 2103 times.

Macroeconomist Henrik Zeberg pointed out that the Fed, despite having a large number of PhD economists, failed to notice the impending severe economic recession. He believes that the unemployment rate is an important indicator for predicting a recession, and the current unemployment rate in the United States has reached 4.6% in November, increasing the likelihood of a recession to about 40%.