According to @OnchainLens, Circle minted another $1B USDC on the Solana (SOL) network in the past 24 hours, source: @OnchainLens. Total USDC minted on Solana in 2026 has reached $1.75B as of Jan 6, 2026, source: @OnchainLens. The latest 24-hour mint accounts for roughly 57% of 2026 year-to-date USDC issuance on Solana, indicating concentrated activity, source: @OnchainLens. Based on the reported totals, the 2026 year-to-date average equals approximately $292M minted per day on Solana as of Jan 6, 2026, source: @OnchainLens.

According to @lookonchain, trader 0x10a3 added new ETH and BTC longs 4 hours ago and is now holding maximum-leverage longs across BTC, SOL, ETH, PUMP, FARTCOIN, and ZEC with unrealized profit above $3.5M, source: @lookonchain on X dated Jan 6, 2026. Reported position sizes are 500 BTC, 134,278 SOL valued at $18.49M, 5,000 ETH valued at $16.14M, 4.95B PUMP valued at $12.08M, 19.04M FARTCOIN valued at $8.4M, and 14,154 ZEC valued at $7.22M, source: @lookonchain and the Hyperdash trader profile for 0x10a3.

According to Lookonchain, trader address 8BGiMZ accumulated 45.58M units of Solana memecoin $114514 over the past 11 days for a total cost of $321, now valued at approximately $2.18M, implying a 6,800x return. Source: https://twitter.com/lookonchain/status/2008430265673347163 According to Lookonchain, the on-chain wallet reference for this trader is publicly viewable on Solscan at the provided address, enabling verification of token holdings and transfers. Source: https://solscan.io/account/8BGiMZjg3wLB5DjohecUPaBisCH6GBFrMLi1kb2eSfHS

According to @lookonchain, as the market rallies, a whale who previously sold 255 BTC to short now holds approximately 225.8 million dollars in BTC, ETH, SOL, and SUI shorts with more than 6 million dollars in unrealized losses (source: https://x.com/lookonchain/status/2005655722349175014). According to @lookonchain, the trader’s PnL flipped from a 7.7 million dollar profit to a 1.7 million dollar loss during the move (source: https://x.com/lookonchain/status/2005655722349175014). According to @lookonchain, address 0x94d3 initially sold 255 BTC worth 21.77 million dollars to initiate shorts and, over the past 5 hours, opened additional shorts of 1,360 BTC worth 119 million dollars, 36,281 ETH worth 106 million dollars, and 348,215 SOL worth 43 million dollars (source: https://x.com/lookonchain/status/2004575084896538842).

According to @ai_9684xtpa, three long positions now show over $21.67 million in unrealized profit with the total position value up to $819 million (source: @ai_9684xtpa on X). According to @ai_9684xtpa, ETH accounts for 80% of the book with $15.39 million in unrealized gains, while a $70.52 million SOL long holds $3.908 million in unrealized profit (source: @ai_9684xtpa on X). According to @ai_9684xtpa, the unrealized gains can already cover $4.612 million in cumulative funding fees, indicating positive carry on the current positioning (source: @ai_9684xtpa on X). Based on @ai_9684xtpa, the 80% ETH concentration makes ETH price action the primary PnL driver for this whale, while funding coverage reduces immediate funding pressure on holding the longs (source: @ai_9684xtpa on X).

According to @OnchainLens, the Bitcoin OG (10/11) wallet has returned to profit after weeks of holding, showing a floating gain of over $17 million based on on-chain tracking data. According to @OnchainLens citing Hyperbot Network data, the combined position is valued at $815 million, including 203,341 ETH worth $651.7 million, 1,000 BTC worth $93.5 million, and 511,613 SOL worth $70 million.

According to @FarsideUK, the Bitwise Solana ETF (BSOL) recorded a US$12.5 million net daily flow on Jan 6, 2026, source: Farside Investors tweet on Jan 6, 2026. Data and disclaimers are available at farside.co.uk/sol/, source: Farside Investors dashboard.

According to @1HowardWu, fungibility is a fundamental economic principle of money, and this is what makes Aleo powerful for shielding tokens to preserve fungibility. Source: X post by @1HowardWu on Jan 5, 2026. He encouraged users to bridge BTC, ETH, SOL, and USDC to Aleo and shield their tokens to maintain fungibility. Source: X post by @1HowardWu on Jan 5, 2026. A community reply asked whether ZEC would be supported, but the post itself did not confirm any ZEC integration. Source: X post by @1HowardWu on Jan 5, 2026.

According to @CryptoKing4Ever, the top 10 list shifted from BTC, ETH, XRP, BCH, EOS, LTC, ADA, XLM, MIOTA, TRX in January 2018 to BTC, ETH, USDT, XRP, BNB, USDC, SOL, TRX, DOGE, ADA in January 2026, underscoring rotation and survivorship bias in crypto leadership (source: @CryptoKing4Ever on X, Jan 5, 2026). The author notes BTC and ETH remain the market leaders through both periods, indicating persistent dominance of large-cap benchmarks for core allocation (source: @CryptoKing4Ever on X, Jan 5, 2026). The author highlights SOL and BNB as core infrastructure plays in 2026, contrasting with EOS and MIOTA fading from prominence versus 2018, signaling the need to reassess altcoin exposure over cycles (source: @CryptoKing4Ever on X, Jan 5, 2026). The author advises thinking long term and positioning for the decade rather than a single cycle, guiding traders toward a durable, benchmark-centric strategy aligned with structural winners (source: @CryptoKing4Ever on X, Jan 5, 2026).

According to Bubblemaps, an alleged Polymarket insider wallet received approximately 250 SOL sourced from Coinbase, and a similar SOL deposit was made into Coinbase one day earlier that the post describes as a 99% match, source: Bubblemaps on X, Jan 5, 2026. Bubblemaps further alleges the earlier Coinbase deposit is linked to a WLFI-associated wallet and concludes the two wallets are connected, source: Bubblemaps on X, Jan 5, 2026. The post centers on exchange inflow patterns and wallet linkage involving SOL, a Polymarket insider wallet, Coinbase, and a WLFI-linked address, with no independent confirmation from Coinbase or Polymarket included in the post, source: Bubblemaps on X, Jan 5, 2026. Traders tracking SOL and WLFI flows may note the alleged linkage and Coinbase inflow pattern highlighted by Bubblemaps for on-chain monitoring, source: Bubblemaps on X, Jan 5, 2026.

According to @bubblemaps, claims of a 99% accuracy single-address match are clickbait because thousands of wallets can fit the same exchange in/out pattern, making attribution unreliable for trading signals (Source: Bubblemaps on X, Jan 5, 2026). @bubblemaps states a one-day gap between funds entering and leaving an exchange is not meaningful for wallet linkage, so timing-based heuristics should not drive SOL or broader crypto trades (Source: Bubblemaps on X, Jan 5, 2026). When including USDC, ETH, and other assets instead of only SOL, @bubblemaps finds 20 matching candidates in the same one-day window with the same dollar value, exposing high false-positive risk for whale tracking and on-chain attribution (Source: Bubblemaps on X, Jan 5, 2026). @bubblemaps adds that deposits may come via bank transfer, multiple smaller deposits, or much earlier activity, breaking on-chain causality and invalidating headline wallet matches for trading decisions (Source: Bubblemaps on X, Jan 5, 2026). The trading takeaway implied by @bubblemaps is to treat single-factor on-chain matches as noise and demand multiple independent confirmations before acting on SOL, ETH, or USDC exchange flow narratives (Source: Bubblemaps on X, Jan 5, 2026).

According to @lookonchain, the trader known as BitcoinOG (1011short) now shows $2.68M in unrealized profit on roughly $800M of long exposure across BTC, ETH, and SOL, after holding through more than a month of drawdowns, source: Lookonchain on X, Jan 4, 2026; legacy.hyperdash.com/trader/0xb317d2bc2d3d2df5fa441b5bae0ab9d8b07283ae. The disclosed unrealized PnL implies a gain of about 0.3% on the notional size, indicating these whale longs have only recently moved into the green, source: Lookonchain on X, Jan 4, 2026; legacy.hyperdash.com/trader/0xb317d2bc2d3d2df5fa441b5bae0ab9d8b07283ae. Traders tracking large on-chain participants can monitor the same HyperDash address for changes in position and PnL to gauge potential flow risk around BTC, ETH, and SOL, source: legacy.hyperdash.com/trader/0xb317d2bc2d3d2df5fa441b5bae0ab9d8b07283ae; Lookonchain on X, Jan 4, 2026.

According to @ai_9684xtpa on X, citing the hyperbot.network trader dashboard, a whale dubbed 1011 flash-crash short insider has seen their 29-day long portfolio flip to an unrealized profit of about $0.434 million, driven mainly by SOL strength. According to the same source, current positions include ETH 203,340.64 at a $3,147.39 entry (unrealized loss $1.238 million, portfolio value ~$617 million), BTC 1,000 at $91,506.7 (unrealized loss $0.356 million, value ~$89.86 million), and SOL 511,000 at $130.1911 (unrealized profit $2.076 million, value ~$66.03 million). According to @ai_9684xtpa and hyperbot.network, cumulative funding fees paid total $4.328 million, implying roughly -$3.894 million net when offsetting the current $0.434 million floating profit (calculation based on the source figures). According to the same source earlier in the day, the account’s total exposure was about $775 million with ETH near 80% weight, as ETH reclaimed $3,000 and the aggregate floating loss narrowed to $22.82 million while funding fees reached $4.126 million. According to @ai_9684xtpa and hyperbot.network, trading takeaways are that SOL outperformance is currently offsetting ETH and BTC drawdowns, the ETH $3,000 level remains a key PnL driver for this concentrated long book, and high perpetual-futures funding costs are materially pressuring returns, as evidenced by the multi-million-dollar funding outlay.

According to @AltcoinDaily, Anthony Scaramucci identified SOL, AVAX, and TON as his top three altcoins in a video post on X dated Jan 3, 2026, with the tickers explicitly listed as $SOL, $AVAX, and $TON (source: @AltcoinDaily on X, Jan 3, 2026). The post provides no price targets, time horizon, or rationale for the picks, so any trading decisions should be based on independent checks of liquidity, funding rates, and realized volatility rather than assumptions about performance (source: @AltcoinDaily on X, Jan 3, 2026). The video link is included in the post for full context, and no additional metrics or on-chain data were disclosed in the caption (source: @AltcoinDaily on X, Jan 3, 2026).

According to @santimentfeed, weekend social data highlights PEPE, BTC, ETH, DOGE, SOL, and CRO as the most-discussed tickers, with conversations centering on momentum, volatility, and trading catalysts; source: @santimentfeed. PEPE is driven by rapid price surges, rising trading volume, retail buying, short squeezes, and bullish technical signals, and is framed as a leading memecoin fueling a broader altcoin rally; source: @santimentfeed. BTC discussion focuses on Bitfarms selling a Paraguay mining site for up to $30 million, Tether ranking as the fifth-largest BTC holder with $8.42 billion, a top South Korean exchange preparing for Bitcoin ETFs, late-2025 ETF outflows of $348 million, significant options expiries affecting volatility, institutional interest, regulatory developments, and predominantly bullish sentiment; source: @santimentfeed. ETH talk centers on trading near $3,000, institutional inflows, high network activity (smart contract deployments and transactions), scaling via Layer 2s, reduced gas fees, decentralization and governance debates (Parity wallet bug and the Frozen Recovery Proposal), staking, and active NFT purchases; source: @santimentfeed. DOGE trends on whale purchases, price jumps, support from Elon Musk, and bullish technical patterns indicating strong momentum and volatility; source: @santimentfeed. SOL sentiment highlights low fees, fast transactions, DeFi participation, liquid staking tokens, whale buying, increased TVL, ETF inflows, strong developer engagement, and technical analysis focus on price movement; source: @santimentfeed. CRO debates revolve around valuation, staking benefits, burn programs, its role within the Crypto.com exchange, trust and roadmap concerns, proposals for expanded utility like gaming, and mixed market sentiment; source: @santimentfeed.

According to @FarsideUK, Bitwise’s Solana ETF ticker BSOL recorded a US$0.9 million daily flow on Jan 3, 2026, source: @FarsideUK. The figure is reported on Farside Investors’ Solana ETF flow tracker for BSOL, source: @FarsideUK.

According to @OnchainLens, Circle minted its first $750 million USDC on Solana in 2026 as posted on Jan 3, 2026. According to @OnchainLens, Circle minted $56.25 million USDC on Solana in 2025. According to @OnchainLens, these figures imply roughly 13.3x year-over-year growth in USDC minting on Solana.

According to The Kobeissi Letter, Solana onchain spot volume reached USD 1.6 trillion in 2025, surpassing all offchain exchanges except Binance, which marks a major shift in venue market share for spot crypto trading, source: The Kobeissi Letter on X Jan 2 2026 citing JupiterExchange. According to The Kobeissi Letter, JupiterExchange data shows Solana onchain volumes rose from 1 percent of total volume in 2022 to 12 percent in 2025, indicating rapid growth in onchain market share, source: The Kobeissi Letter on X Jan 2 2026 citing JupiterExchange. According to The Kobeissi Letter, Solana onchain spot venues surpassed Bybit and other centralized exchanges by 2025 volume, positioning Solana onchain as second only to Binance for spot activity, source: The Kobeissi Letter on X Jan 2 2026 citing JupiterExchange. According to The Kobeissi Letter, this ranking makes Solana onchain a top destination to route spot orders and assess liquidity alongside Binance for trade execution, source: The Kobeissi Letter on X Jan 2 2026 citing JupiterExchange.

According to Onchain Lens, a tracked Bitcoin OG wallet that had a floating loss of over $55M is now almost back to breakeven, based on HyperTracker wallet data; this status update is sourced to Onchain Lens with data from HyperTracker. Onchain Lens reports the OG continues to hold ETH and BTC with 5x leverage and SOL with 10x leverage, citing HyperTracker as the data source. In an earlier update the same day, Onchain Lens noted the OG had deposited 100,000 ETH worth approximately $292.12M into Binance, with the position then showing SOL at 20x leverage while still down $55M, citing ARKM Intel and HyperTracker as sources. All position details, leverage levels, and the 100,000 ETH exchange deposit are reported by Onchain Lens with data attribution to HyperTracker and ARKM Intel.

According to CoinMarketCap, SolSniper secured 3 SWIM votes from Killer Whales Season 2 judges AltcoinDaily, cryptomanran, and Scaramucci, highlighting a Solana (SOL) trading toolkit positioned for snipers; source: CoinMarketCap on X. The project is described as fast, sharp, and built for Solana traders, emphasizing sniper-focused execution; source: CoinMarketCap on X. Killer Whales Season 2 is produced by Hello Labs, CoinMarketCap, and AltcoinDaily and is powered by the HELLO token ($HELLO), with CoinMarketCap sharing the full episode link on January 2, 2026; source: CoinMarketCap on X.