According to @ItsDave_ADA, 237.8 SOL was extracted via 7,008 sandwich attacks by 94 attackers over the last seven days at a total execution cost of 31.6 SOL, impacting 6,689 users, underscoring material execution risk for Solana traders; source: https://twitter.com/ItsDave_ADA/status/2014813757990658310. According to @ItsDave_ADA, this value extraction is a direct consequence of Solana’s architecture where transactions can be observed and reordered in real time, making sandwiching a rational strategy for faster actors. According to @ItsDave_ADA, users experience worse execution and unexplained slippage not due to natural price moves but because their orders are deliberately traded around. According to @ItsDave_ADA, higher throughput and faster blocks do not solve the problem and instead increase the opportunity set when ordering is discretionary and incentives are misaligned. According to @ItsDave_ADA, Solana’s speed-first design imposes a quiet, repeated cost on users one transaction at a time, while attackers accumulate profits.

According to @lookonchain, the RALPH developer sold 7.68M RALPH for 1,888 SOL, reported on X twitter.com/lookonchain/status/2014299293272908115 and visible on Solscan solscan.io/tx/HhGNveSe1sqBbpj7C7Kdcxv2WhNKfczyHmmbDpyKyGa2rgxVgVZFSLS7wTBMzeK6SPajN4TNvUFhqHA6tBPiBQe. The move coincided with a drop in RALPH’s market cap from over $50M to about $5M, as stated by @lookonchain on X twitter.com/lookonchain/status/2014299293272908115. @lookonchain also flagged a second wallet, 2mvtNn, that still holds 19.61M RALPH, noted on X twitter.com/lookonchain/status/2014299293272908115 and verifiable on Solscan solscan.io/account/2mvtNnTP2CBRz24q1BzmDX9cv2bQBsY8E77D32qkYKCm. Traders tracking RALPH can monitor further transfers from 2mvtNn directly on Solscan solscan.io/account/2mvtNnTP2CBRz24q1BzmDX9cv2bQBsY8E77D32qkYKCm.

According to @ai_9684xtpa, on-chain address 0x94d…33814 added to its DASH short while maintaining three long positions in ETH, BTC, and SOL, with total unrealized profit at 5.52 million USD. According to @ai_9684xtpa citing HyperBot, the ETH long holds 67,425.59 ETH with 2.34 million USD unrealized profit, the BTC long holds 968.1 BTC with 1.022 million USD unrealized profit, and the SOL long holds 527,399.75 SOL with 1.289 million USD unrealized profit. According to @ai_9684xtpa, the DASH short is the only short among the four positions, sized at 107,986.36 DASH valued around 7.25 million USD with 0.87 million USD unrealized profit.

According to @OnchainLens, the on-chain whale known as '255 BTC Sold' closed BTC, ETH, and SOL short positions, flipped to long, and opened approximately 67,425.6 ETH, 968.1 BTC, and 527,399.75 SOL in long exposure. @OnchainLens also reported the address increased its DASH short to about 106,663 DASH and currently shows roughly $7M in unrealized profit. In a prior update referenced by @OnchainLens, the whale had fully closed BTC, ETH, SOL, and DOGE longs with an aggregate loss near $2.64M, retained the DASH short, and briefly opened very small $100 shorts in ETH, BTC, and SOL, with total profit declining from over $25.7M to $2.58M across five days.

According to @KobeissiLetter, Ondo Finance launched over 200 tokenized stocks, ETFs, bonds and commodities on Solana, expanding tokenized stocks on Solana and RWA trading opportunities on-chain; source: @KobeissiLetter. The lineup includes stocks like Nvidia, Amazon, Walmart and Meta, broadening tokenized equities exposure for Solana-based traders; source: @KobeissiLetter. The number of tokenized assets on Solana increased by about 400%, adding more instruments for on-chain trading strategies on Solana; source: @KobeissiLetter.

According to Lookonchain, the wallet degen-retard.sol withdrew 99,153 SOL from Binance at around $192 nearly two years ago and staked the assets (source: Lookonchain). According to Lookonchain and Solscan, the address has now unstaked 98,328 SOL and is executing sales via a DCA strategy, with transactions visible at https://solscan.io/account/2UAeWoJ9ZTv6KDk1j8kNmRsG3yKq4cGSdip459GMR6Ho#transfers (sources: Lookonchain; Solscan). According to Lookonchain, despite almost two years of staking SOL, the position shows a loss of over $6.6 million (source: Lookonchain).

According to @bubblemaps, the trader nicknamed the 10/10 BTC shorter is down $100 million this week and $30 million in the last 24 hours after increasing long exposure to about $800 million across BTC, ETH, and SOL just before the market dumped (source: @bubblemaps). According to @bubblemaps, the account is still holding those long positions in Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Solana (source: @bubblemaps).

According to @ai_9684xtpa, Hyperliquid address 0x94d...33814 closed BTC, ETH, and SOL shorts for about $3.12M realized profit and then flipped to roughly $294M in longs across the three tokens, now showing around $1.06M unrealized loss with ETH down while the SOL long and a DASH short remain profitable (source: @ai_9684xtpa; hyperbot.network). Whale positioning is split on Hyperliquid: address 0x94d...33814 is the top BTC short with about 1,545 BTC, 70,015 ETH and 490,662 SOL shorts and roughly $4.32M floating profit, while address 0xd83...18fd7 holds about 1,640 BTC and 31,093 ETH shorts with roughly $3.92M floating profit (source: @ai_9684xtpa; hyperbot.network). On the long side, a trader labeled as the post-10/11 flash-crash insider is BTC long top 3 and ETH long top 1 with about 1,000 BTC and 223,340 ETH longs and an unrealized loss near $9.2M, and pension-usdt.eth holds a 1,000 BTC long with a multi-million unrealized loss, while another whale carries 11,000 ETH longs with a seven-figure drawdown (source: @ai_9684xtpa; hyperbot.network). The two-sided leverage concentration in BTC, ETH, and SOL per Hyperliquid leaderboards shows how quickly PnL flips intraday, as illustrated by the same address profiting on shorts and then drawing down on fresh longs (source: @ai_9684xtpa; hyperbot.network).

According to @lookonchain, Bitcoin ETFs recorded a 1D net outflow of 2,886 BTC (−$261.68M) while 7D net inflows stayed positive at 14,760 BTC (+$1.34B); source: Lookonchain on X https://x.com/lookonchain/status/2013637874193670629. According to @lookonchain, Ethereum ETFs posted a 1D net flow of 0 and a 7D net inflow of 172,826 ETH (+$523.84M); source: Lookonchain on X https://x.com/lookonchain/status/2013637874193670629. According to @lookonchain, Solana ETFs showed a 1D net flow of 0 and a 7D net inflow of 278,838 SOL (+$35.69M); source: Lookonchain on X https://x.com/lookonchain/status/2013637874193670629. Day-over-day, BTC ETF 1D outflows widened versus the prior update (from −1,106 BTC to −2,886 BTC), while ETH and SOL 1D flows cooled from inflows to flat; source: Lookonchain on X https://x.com/lookonchain/status/2012168973203415461 and https://x.com/lookonchain/status/2013637874193670629. For trading, the persistent 7D inflows across BTC, ETH, and SOL ETFs point to ongoing demand that may support pullbacks, while the softer 1D prints highlight near-term volatility risks around ETF flow timing; source: Lookonchain on X https://x.com/lookonchain/status/2013637874193670629.

According to @OnchainLens, the 255 BTC Sold whale closed all BTC, ETH, SOL, and DOGE long positions with a realized loss of USD 2.64M as of Jan 19, 2026, source: @OnchainLens. The address retains a DASH short and opened new micro shorts of USD 100 each in ETH, BTC, and SOL, source: @OnchainLens. These position changes and amounts are corroborated on the HyperBot Network trader page for the address, source: HyperBot Network. Total profit fell from over USD 25.7M to USD 2.58M within 5 days, source: @OnchainLens.

According to @OnchainLens, the '255 BTC Sold' whale fully closed prior ETH, BTC, and SOL long positions, flipped to short, and realized a $16.14M loss (source: @OnchainLens). According to @OnchainLens, the trader then flipped long again, opening ETH 15x and BTC 20x while maintaining a DOGE 10x long and a DASH 5x short, with total positions valued around $60M (source: @OnchainLens; data viewable on hyperbot.network).

According to @lookonchain, whale address Ci8jH5 withdrew 20,000 SOL (about $4.1M then) from Kraken five months ago, staked it, earned 466 SOL in rewards (about $62.4k), and has now deposited all 20,466 SOL (about $2.83M) back to Kraken about an hour ago (source: @lookonchain; address reference: Arkham Intelligence). Based on @lookonchain figures, the implied entry is roughly $205 per SOL and the current value is about $138 per SOL, resulting in an unrealized loss of roughly $1.27M (source: @lookonchain). Using the reported rewards over five months, the implied staking yield is approximately 2.33% over the period, or about 5.6% annualized from the same data (source: @lookonchain). These size and timing details are relevant for traders tracking exchange inflows and potential liquidity shifts in SOL order books (source: @lookonchain; Arkham Intelligence).

According to @ai_9684xtpa, a SOL long was initiated on Jan 8 near 134 and most altcoin long exposure was closed on Jan 17, while a core BTC long was retained. Source: @ai_9684xtpa on X, posts dated Jan 8 and Jan 17, 2026 (recounted on Jan 19, 2026). Following a broad crypto selloff this morning, SOL retraced to roughly 134, implying about a 7.7% realized gain from an estimated 134 entry to around 144.32 before the drop. Source: @ai_9684xtpa on X, Jan 19, 2026. The author states profits were taken despite not meeting initial targets, with cash reserved for the next opportunity while maintaining BTC core exposure. Source: @ai_9684xtpa on X, Jan 17 and Jan 19, 2026.

According to @ai_9684xtpa, a whale dubbed the 1011 flash-crash short insider saw unrealized PnL shrink by $35M in 1.5 hours amid the market decline, leaving $13.09M unrealized and $5.39M net after $7.7M in funding fees paid, source: @ai_9684xtpa on X, Jan 19, 2026; HyperBot Network trader dashboard. The trader’s reference entry prices are ETH $3,161.85, BTC $91,506.7, and SOL $130.19, source: @ai_9684xtpa on X; HyperBot Network. Roughly nine hours earlier, the address added 20,000 ETH longs, lifting total to 223,340 ETH valued at $736M with $29.46M ETH unrealized profit and $40.93M overall unrealized profit before the drawdown, source: @ai_9684xtpa on X; HyperBot Network. These updates underscore funding-cost drag and rapid PnL volatility in BTC, ETH, SOL perpetuals, source: @ai_9684xtpa on X; HyperBot Network.

According to @ai_9684xtpa, Coinglass data shows Hyperliquid saw $235 million in liquidations over the past 4 hours before 08:00, with BTC accounting for 44.68% ($105 million) followed by ETH and SOL, and the majority of liquidations hitting long positions (source: Coinglass via @ai_9684xtpa). According to @ai_9684xtpa, since 2025-12-01 Hyperliquid open interest has trended higher to $9.91 billion today while active derivatives traders declined to 155,138, indicating whale or institutional concentration and larger average position sizes (source: @ai_9684xtpa citing Hyperliquid and Coinglass dashboards).

According to @OnchainLens, the '255 BTC Sold' whale opened a 5x short on DASH and a 10x long on DOGE while maintaining BTC, ETH, and SOL long positions valued at $457M with an unrealized loss of $3.3M. Source: Onchain Lens post on X; tracker: hyperbot.network/trader/0x94d3735543ecb3d339064151118644501c933814. This equates to an approximate 0.7% drawdown on the tracked long portfolio value derived from the same figures. Source: Onchain Lens; tracker: hyperbot.network.

According to @ai_9684xtpa, trader Gezi has exited most altcoin long positions, retained a core BTC long, and is holding more cash while waiting for the next opportunity; source: X post by @ai_9684xtpa on Jan 17, 2026 https://x.com/ai_9684xtpa/status/2012478123372376534. According to @ai_9684xtpa, the post estimates a publicly disclosed SOL entry around 134 dollars and an exit near 144.32 dollars for roughly a 7.7 percent gain; source: X post by @ai_9684xtpa on Jan 17, 2026 https://x.com/ai_9684xtpa/status/2012478123372376534. According to @ai_9684xtpa, an earlier update cited a move of about 4.38 percent in SOL from 134 to 139.6 dollars after the initial entry; source: X post by @ai_9684xtpa on Jan 17, 2026 https://x.com/ai_9684xtpa/status/2009468667776655403. According to @ai_9684xtpa, he had previously taken profit on most tokens on Jan 06 when BTC broke 94,000 dollars, making SOL the first new coin he publicly re-entered afterward; source: X post by @ai_9684xtpa on Jan 17, 2026 https://x.com/ai_9684xtpa/status/2009468667776655403.

According to @FarsideUK, the Bitwise Solana ETF (BSOL) recorded US$0 million in daily net flow on Jan 17, 2026; Source: Farside Investors (@FarsideUK) tweet dated Jan 17, 2026. Farside directs users to its Solana ETF flows dashboard for full data and disclaimers at https://farside.co.uk/sol/, where the reported daily figure is listed; Source: Farside Solana ETF flows page https://farside.co.uk/sol/.

According to @lookonchain, Space (@intodotspace), described as the first leveraged prediction market on Solana (SOL), has raised over $18.2M in its public sale and is 729%+ oversubscribed, source: @lookonchain. According to @lookonchain, multiple whales invested a combined $2.2M in the past hour, including whale EMp115 who contributed $998K, source: @lookonchain. According to @lookonchain, the post includes references to the sale portal and an Arkham Intel address for additional on-chain context, source: @lookonchain. According to @lookonchain, these figures are relevant for traders tracking Solana ecosystem fund flows, launch-sale liquidity, and whale positioning in prediction market tokens, source: @lookonchain.

According to @lookonchain, Bitcoin (BTC) ETFs posted a 1-day net inflow of +1,474 BTC (USD 140.59M) and a 7-day net inflow of +15,511 BTC (USD 1.48B) on Jan 16 (@lookonchain). Ethereum (ETH) ETFs recorded a 1-day net inflow of +68,853 ETH (USD 227.42M) and a 7-day net inflow of +93,878 ETH (USD 310.08M) (@lookonchain). Solana (SOL) ETFs saw a 1-day net inflow of +36,579 SOL (USD 5.23M) and a 7-day net inflow of +348,938 SOL (USD 49.9M) (@lookonchain). By USD totals, BTC ETF 7-day inflows led at USD 1.48B, ahead of ETH at USD 310.08M and SOL at USD 49.9M, indicating the strongest net demand among the three during the period (@lookonchain).