PANews reported on January 21 that, according to a Binance Wallet announcement, the Binance Alpha platform will open ETHGas (GWEI) trading on January 21, 2026 at 20:00 (UTC+8). Users holding at least 230 Alpha Credits can claim a 2400 GWEI airdrop on a first-come, first-served basis. The airdrop will consume 15 Credits. If the reward pool is not exhausted, the Credit threshold will automatically decrease by 5 Credits every 5 minutes. Users must confirm their claim within 24 hours on the Alpha event page; otherwise, they will be considered to have forfeited their claim.



BitGo’s move creates further competition in a burgeoning European crypto market that is expected to generate $26 billion revenue this year, according to one estimate. BitGo, a digital asset infrastructure company with more than $100 billion in assets under custody, has received an extension of its license from Germany’s Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin), enabling it to offer crypto services to European investors. The company said its local subsidiary, BitGo Europe, can now provide custody, staking, transfer, and trading services. Institutional clients will also have access to an over-the-counter (OTC) trading desk and multiple liquidity venues.The extension builds on BitGo’s previous Markets-in-Crypto-Assets (MiCA) license, also issued by BaFIN, and adds trading to the existing custody, transfer and staking services. BitGo acquired its initial MiCA license in May 2025, which allowed it to offer certain services to traditional institutions and crypto native companies in the European Union.Read more