According to Lookonchain, a whale spent 2.58M USDC to acquire 295,917 HYPE roughly 14 months ago and staked the tokens, with transactions visible on Hypurrscan at address hypurrscan.io/address/0x0cda7d72834bb6662ffa77cf8adf99eaea239302. According to Lookonchain, the whale has now unstaked and sold the entire position for 7.51M USDC, realizing about 4.92M in profit, which is corroborated by on chain transfers on Hypurrscan at the same address. According to Lookonchain, the unrealized profit at the peak exceeded 15M while the position was staked, as reflected by holdings tracked on Hypurrscan.

According to @lookonchain, the trader known as BitcoinOG (handle 1011short) capitulated, closing 427.29 BTC and 30,588 ETH positions with a realized loss of 9.73 million dollars, followed by a withdrawal of 20 million USDC from Hyperliquid and a deposit into Binance. According to @lookonchain, the activity is documented with links to Hyperdash and Arkham Intelligence for verification, indicating de-risking and capital rotation between a decentralized derivatives venue and a centralized exchange.

According to @OnchainLens, a newly created wallet labeled 0xA75 bought 11,000 ETH (about $31.78M) from Binance, supplied the ETH to Aave V3, borrowed $30M USDC, and sent the USDC back to Binance to buy more ETH; the address now holds 72,000 ETH valued roughly $208.5M (source: @OnchainLens; data: Nansen). According to @OnchainLens, whales are accumulating ETH, with wallet 0xcA0 purchasing 61,000 ETH (about $171.15M) from Binance and wallet 0xFB7 adding 20,000 ETH (about $56.13M) from Wintermute, bringing 0xFB7’s holdings to 100,130 ETH (about $283.79M); addresses disclosed include 0xcA08371f6e9204Dd6927dcc2dB5504EA062b2998 and 0xFB78AA8F38843629e89951D9db6FdC398d75e0A3 (source: @OnchainLens; data: Nansen).

According to @OnchainLens, an ETH whale reactivated after two years, supplied 2,000 ETH to Aave V3, borrowed 2 million USDC, and purchased 686 ETH, with current holdings at 10,759 ETH worth about 31.24 million dollars across three wallets, based on Arkham Intelligence address data. According to @OnchainLens and Arkham Intelligence, this onchain flow increases net ETH exposure via collateralized borrowing on Aave V3, indicating a leveraged long structure that traders track for directional signals and liquidity shifts in DeFi.

According to @zachxbt, SwapNet contracts on Base were exploited for approximately $13M in USDC, with about $3M USDC still freezable at address 0x6cAad74121bF602e71386505A4687f310e0D833e (source: @zachxbt). According to @zachxbt, Circle was criticized for not protecting users of the centralized stablecoin USDC and builders were urged to reconsider reliance on USDC (source: @zachxbt). According to @zachxbt, the incident underscores counterparty and freeze risks for DeFi participants using centralized stablecoins on Base (source: @zachxbt).

According to @PeckShieldAlert, Matcha Meta has reported a security breach involving SwapNet, and users who opted out of One-Time Approvals are at risk. According to @PeckShieldAlert, approximately $16.8 million in crypto has been drained. According to @PeckShieldAlert, on Base the attacker swapped about 10.5 million USDC for roughly 3,655 ETH and has begun bridging the funds.

According to @lookonchain, the whale trader known as BitcoinOG (1011short) is holding roughly $779M in aggregated long exposure across BTC, ETH, and SOL on Hyperliquid and the position is under heavy pressure during the selloff (source: @lookonchain). According to @lookonchain, the trader added another $20M USDC to Hyperliquid about 7 hours ago to support margin (source: @lookonchain). According to @lookonchain citing the Hyperdash trader dashboard, his total PnL declined from over $140M to $9.28M within a week (source: @lookonchain; data: Hyperdash).

According to @OnchainLens, a Bitcoin OG whale on HyperLiquid deposited $20M in USDC to avoid liquidation amid a drawdown. The account shows an unrealized loss of $83.4M, an $8M funding decline, and realized profits dropping from $142.5M to $9.7M, source: @OnchainLens. Reported positions include 223,340.65 ETH, 1,000 BTC, and 511,612.85 SOL with large notional exposure across majors, source: @OnchainLens. Traders may monitor HyperLiquid liquidation and perpetual funding dynamics on ETH, BTC, and SOL as the whale manages margin and positions, source: @OnchainLens.

According to @lookonchain, after ETH fell below 2,900, trader Machi (@machibigbrother) trimmed part of his ETH long to avoid liquidation. According to @lookonchain, he then deposited 250,000 USDC to Hyperliquid to continue adding to the ETH long. According to @lookonchain, the cited address shows a 4,450 ETH long worth about 12.94 million USD with a liquidation price of 2,841.97 on Hyperliquid, based on Hypurrscan data referenced by @lookonchain.

According to @lookonchain, whale address 0x6B99 deposited 1.53M USDC into Hyperliquid to accumulate XAUT again, indicating whales are buying gold, not crypto (source: @lookonchain). According to @lookonchain and on chain records on HypurrScan, the wallet has already purchased 481.6 XAUT valued around 2.38M USD (source: @lookonchain; HypurrScan). According to @lookonchain, the address still holds 1.44M USDC, which the source suggests may be used to buy additional XAUT (source: @lookonchain).

According to @cas_abbe, Kraken and the Kraken app now support USDC on the Algorand network, enabling fast, low-cost deposits, withdrawals, holding, and spending, source: Algorand Foundation on X. Kraken will also operate an Algorand node to strengthen decentralization and network security, source: Algorand Foundation on X. For traders, this provides exchange-native USDC rails on Algorand to streamline funding and settlement with lower on-chain transfer costs, source: Algorand Foundation on X.

According to @lookonchain, a newly created wallet 0x38fD deposited 2.44M USDC to HyperLiquid and placed a limit order to go long 5M ASTER at 0.60 (source: @lookonchain; Hypurrscan). The same wallet then skipped the limit and opened a 5x long on 2.96M ASTER at 0.6295, totaling about 1.86M USD notional (source: @lookonchain). These recorded actions show leveraged exposure to ASTER on HyperLiquid by a single account, which can be monitored via the 0x38fD address on Hypurrscan (source: @lookonchain; Hypurrscan).

According to @santimentfeed, whale activity in Cronos (CRO) and Bitget Token (BGB) has surged roughly +1,111% and +800% this week, a pattern they note often precedes trading volume jumps and higher platform usage (source: @santimentfeed). According to @santimentfeed, USDC activity is over six times last week and WETH on Optimism is also spiking, signaling aggressive whale repositioning across ecosystems (source: @santimentfeed). According to @santimentfeed, additional outsized week-over-week whale spikes are observed in ZRO (Arbitrum and Ethereum), DAI (BNB Chain), USD0, MNT, and RSETH within the $500M+ market-cap cohort (source: @santimentfeed). According to @santimentfeed, these assets are currently prone to above-normal volatility, making them candidates for rapid volume and liquidity shifts (source: @santimentfeed).

According to @lookonchain, a newly created wallet FYqRpV spent 470,000 USDC to buy 10.19 million RALPH and, after the token crashed, sold the entire position for 114,861 USDC, realizing about 355,000 USDC in losses within hours. Source: Lookonchain on X.

According to @ai_9684xtpa on X citing DeBank, wallet nemorino.eth accumulated 9,043 WETH between 2025-11-24 and 2026-01-20 at an average entry near $3,085 (source: debank.com/profile/0x8aecc5526f92a46718f8e68516d22038d8670e0d). According to @ai_9684xtpa referencing DeBank, the position reached about $2.87 million in unrealized profit in mid-January but no take-profit was recorded (source: DeBank wallet profile above). According to @ai_9684xtpa, roughly 12 hours before the post the wallet sold 3,000 WETH into the decline, realizing around $30,000 profit (source: @ai_9684xtpa on X). According to @ai_9684xtpa citing DeBank, the wallet still holds approximately 4,089.83 WETH showing an unrealized loss near $472,000 (source: DeBank wallet profile). According to @ai_9684xtpa referencing the CoW Protocol explorer, about 5 hours before the post the wallet spent roughly 6,000,000 USDC to buy 2,014.87 ETH on-chain at an average cost near $2,977.85 (source: explorer.cow.fi/address/0x8AeCc5526F92A46718f8E68516D22038D8670E0D). According to @ai_9684xtpa, the same wallet previously realized a swing-trade loss of about $1.804 million on ETH before re-entering (source: @ai_9684xtpa on X).

According to @OnchainLens, the whale labeled 0xfb7 purchased 20,000 ETH (about $60M) from Wintermute and FalconX and now holds 50,094 ETH valued around $147.14M; related addresses include 0xfb78aa8f38843629e89951d9db6fdc398d75e0a3 and 0xd4584bf988c9e8994688b56484e2f74ceaeefb20 (source: @OnchainLens). According to @OnchainLens, this address previously closed a BTC long position with a $3.7M loss, withdrew funds, deposited $31.7M USDC to Wintermute to buy 10,000 ETH, later converted the ETH to stETH, and transferred it to another wallet that now holds 40,060 stETH worth about $126.48M (source: @OnchainLens).

According to @lookonchain, on-chain data shown on Hypurrscan indicates address 0x4607 deposited 3M USDC to open a 4x short on 3,840 ETH valued at about $11.86M, while address 0xfB66 deposited 7.38M USDC to open a 12x long on 10,000 ETH valued at about $30.92M (source: @lookonchain, Hypurrscan). According to @lookonchain, this represents a long–short battle on ETH perpetuals, highlighting concentrated opposing leverage (source: @lookonchain). Based on @lookonchain and Hypurrscan, traders can monitor funding rate shifts, perp basis, and open interest changes to gauge positioning pressure on ETH (source: @lookonchain, Hypurrscan).

According to @OnchainLens, a newly created wallet "-blue9" deposited 10,000 USDC into PolyMarket and bought YES shares on the market titled "Will Trump acquire Greenland before 2027?" source: @OnchainLens tweet dated Jan 20, 2026. The wallet’s activity and position are visible on the PolyMarket profile at polymarket.com/@-blue9, confirming the deposit and YES-side exposure on that contract, source: polymarket.com/@-blue9.

According to the source, Bermuda plans to move its entire economy on-chain and will rely on Coinbase and Circle for support. Source: X post dated Jan 19, 2026. The announcement explicitly links the initiative to Coinbase and Circle, tying the rollout to USDC and Coinbase’s on-chain infrastructure used for payments and settlement. Source: X post dated Jan 19, 2026; Circle USDC documentation; Coinbase institutional services overview. For trading, participants may track USDC activity and COIN, as Coinbase discloses material USDC-related interest income in its SEC filings. Source: Coinbase 2023 Form 10-K.

According to @0xferg, Grand Theft Auto V has generated $10.2 billion in revenue compared to Bermuda’s $7.1 billion GDP, underscoring the outsized scale of game economies relative to small national economies, source: https://twitter.com/0xferg/status/2013372875667833317. According to @0xferg, market participants also underestimate how soon major studios will migrate onchain, framing a nearer-term adoption path for onchain gaming, source: https://twitter.com/0xferg/status/2013372875667833317. Separately, Coinbase stated it is helping bring Bermuda’s economy onchain with support from Circle, calling it the world’s first fully onchain national economy, source: https://x.com/coinbase/status/2013320967003779479. For traders, these verified reference points create concrete comparables to size the total addressable market for onchain gaming and national-scale onchain payments infrastructure, and to track adoption milestones tied to the Coinbase- and Circle-supported Bermuda rollout, sources: https://twitter.com/0xferg/status/2013372875667833317 and https://x.com/coinbase/status/2013320967003779479.