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According to @OnchainLens, Vitalik Buterin sold a further 211 ETH for 491,721 GHO, bringing total sales to 704 ETH valued around 1.65 million dollars, with swaps occurring roughly every two hours from address 0xfeb016d0d14ac0fa6d69199608b0776d007203b2 (source: @OnchainLens on X). According to @OnchainLens, prior transactions included 493 ETH swapped for approximately 500,000 USDC and 659,510 GHO (source: @OnchainLens on X). According to @OnchainLens, the wallet also converted 5,000 ETH to WETH before these swaps (source: @OnchainLens on X).

According to @ai_9684xtpa, Vitalik Buterin stated on X that he would withdraw 16,384 ETH to fund a multi‑year donation plan (source: Vitalik Buterin on X). On-chain records show 16,384 ETH moved from his personal wallet to a multisig, with selling activity initiating from that multisig (source: @ai_9684xtpa on X; source: CoW Explorer address 0xfEB016D0D14AC0Fa6d69199608B0776d007203B2). The same wallet approved 5,000 ETH to WETH and executed batched sales totaling 563.4 ETH (source: @ai_9684xtpa on X; source: CoW Explorer address 0xfEB016D0D14AC0Fa6d69199608B0776d007203B2). Traders can monitor that multisig for new WETH approvals and swap executions as near‑term ETH flow signals (source: CoW Explorer address 0xfEB016D0D14AC0Fa6d69199608B0776d007203B2).

According to @OnchainLens, Vitalik Buterin sold 493 ETH for approximately 500K USDC and 659,510 GHO. According to @OnchainLens, he converted 5,000 ETH to WETH and is likely to sell all. According to @OnchainLens, the activity is linked to address 0xfeb016d0d14ac0fa6d69199608b0776d007203b2.

According to @ai_9684xtpa, Trend Research transferred 20,000 ETH to Binance to avoid liquidation, reporting continued exchange deposits over the last 24 hours; if sold, the position would realize a 42.67M USD loss, and on-chain ETH holdings now stand at 608,251.55 ETH worth about 1.28B USD, source: https://x.com/ai_9684xtpa/status/2018204116221317509. Position analysis shows six wallets using WETH as collateral against stablecoin loans, with liquidation prices spanning 1781.09 to 1862.02 USD, source: https://x.com/ai_9684xtpa/status/2018165372026073463. Top exposures include 0xe5c248d8d3f3871bd0f68e9c4743459c43bb4e4c at a 1,833.84 USD liquidation level and 0xfaf1358fe6a9fa29a169dfc272b14e709f54840f at 1,862.02 USD; wallet details referenced via intel: https://intel.arkm.com/explorer/address/0xFaf1358Fe6a9FA29A169Dfc272B14E709f54840f, source: https://x.com/ai_9684xtpa/status/2018165372026073463.

According to @ai_9684xtpa, Trend Research holds roughly 618,246 ETH across six addresses, collateralizing about $1.33B in WETH against $939M in stablecoin loans, with liquidation levels clustered between $1,781.09 and $1,862.02 across key wallets at $1,833.84, $1,862.02, $1,808.05, $1,781.09, $1,855.18, and $1,856.57 assuming no added collateral or deleveraging; source: @ai_9684xtpa. According to @ai_9684xtpa, around 40,000 ETH was deposited to exchanges in the past 24 hours and approximately $94.53M in ETH was moved to Binance at a $2,363.36 deposit price, potentially to mitigate liquidation risk, with on-chain holdings near 618,253 ETH and an estimated cost basis around $3,104.36; source: @ai_9684xtpa.

According to @ai_9684xtpa, who characterizes current flows as panic selling by ETH whales, Arkham Intelligence data shows address nemorino.eth liquidated 7,107.08 WETH at an average around 2,514.85, below a cost basis near 3,045.24, realizing about 3.769 million dollars in losses (source: Arkham Intelligence via @ai_9684xtpa). According to @ai_9684xtpa, Arkham Intelligence also tracks another whale that previously profited on WBTC depositing a cumulative 3,500 ETH to several exchanges, valued near 8.42 million dollars at an average transfer price around 2,406 (source: Arkham Intelligence via @ai_9684xtpa).

According to @ai_9684xtpa, a whale who previously rotated a four-year ETH position into WBTC sold 109.61 WBTC at an average 82,494.79 dollars and bought 3,437.09 WETH at 2,637.62 dollars within about 20 minutes, totaling roughly 9.06 million dollars, source: @ai_9684xtpa. The author reports earlier rotations as 14,145.93 WETH to 492.16 WBTC at an ETH BTC ratio of 0.03479 on 01.03, 578.66 WBTC back to 17,706.74 WETH at 0.03268 on 01.26, and 17,706.74462 WETH to 587.92 WBTC at 0.0332 on 01.27, yielding an additional 6.45 percent in ETH holdings and a further gain of 9.26 WBTC, source: @ai_9684xtpa. The referenced wallet can be tracked via Arkham Intelligence at address 0x4553e3Bc6327006A63C5aA4cdAC887f66b6A433E, source: @ai_9684xtpa.

According to @ai_9684xtpa, an on-chain whale who rotated a four-year ETH position into WBTC executed three ETH/BTC ratio trades: on 01.03, 14145.93 WETH was swapped to 492.16 WBTC at an ETH/BTC rate of 0.03479; on 01.26, 578.66 WBTC was swapped back to 17706.74 WETH at 0.03268; on 01.27, 17706.74462 WETH was swapped to 587.92 WBTC at 0.0332. According to @ai_9684xtpa, the latest round netted 9.26 WBTC in profit (about 810,000 dollars), while the prior round increased the ETH stack by 6.45%, tied to wallet 0x4553e3Bc6327006A63C5aA4cdAC887f66b6A433E.

According to @ai_9684xtpa, an ETH whale who rotated from WETH to WBTC earlier this year has now swapped back, exchanging 578.66 WBTC for 17,706.74 WETH after initially trading 14,145.93 WETH for 492.16 WBTC, with ETH/BTC ratios of 0.03268 and 0.03479 respectively, citing Arkham Intelligence wallet 0x4553...A433E. According to @ai_9684xtpa, this two-way rotation increased the whale’s ETH holdings by 6.45% and re-tilted exposure toward ETH on the ETH/BTC pair, based on Arkham on-chain data. According to @ai_9684xtpa, the wallet currently holds 17,707 WETH and 195.49 WBTC with an estimated total value of 67.38 million dollars, per Arkham Intelligence. According to @ai_9684xtpa, prior context shows the Jan 3 WETH to WBTC swap had an average BTC fill near 89,796 dollars with a small unrealized profit at the time, and the ETH originated from 2022 acquisitions, citing Arkham Intelligence.

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 @ai_9684xtpa, on-chain data shows whale trader nemorino.eth bought back 3,000 WETH at 2,991.29 USD shortly after selling 3,000 WETH around 3,095 USD, lowering the address’s average cost to 3,045.24 USD and bringing total holdings to 7,104.13 WETH (source: Arkham wallet https://intel.arkm.com/explorer/address/0x8AeCc5526F92A46718f8E68516D22038D8670E0D and DeBank profile https://debank.com/profile/0x8aecc5526f92a46718f8e68516d22038d8670e0d). According to @ai_9684xtpa, the address had previously accumulated 9,043 WETH between late November and January at an average near 3,085 USD, briefly showing multi-million unrealized gains before trimming 3,000 WETH with a small realized profit (source: DeBank and Arkham links above). According to @ai_9684xtpa, the quick buyback highlights active range trading by this wallet, and traders can monitor the cited Arkham and DeBank pages to track flows that may inform short term ETH liquidity and order flow (source: Arkham and DeBank data referenced by @ai_9684xtpa).

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 @OnchainDataNerd, about 4 hours ago the WLFI team withdrew 162.69 BTC (approximately $15M) from Aave and swapped the entire amount for 4,611 WETH, source: @OnchainDataNerd on X (Jan 7, 2026). According to @OnchainDataNerd, the referenced wallet is listed at intel.arkm.com/explorer/entity/worldlibertyfi, source: @OnchainDataNerd. Based on the reported amounts, the executed cross-rate implies roughly 28.34 WETH per 1 BTC and an ETH/BTC ratio near 0.0353, derived from @OnchainDataNerd’s figures. This flow indicates a net position rotation in that wallet of -162.69 BTC and +4,611 WETH, with the ~$15M figure implying an approximate $3,253 per WETH at execution, source: @OnchainDataNerd.

According to @ai_9684xtpa, a WLFI Strategic Reserve–labeled wallet at 0x5be9a4959308a0d0c7bc0870e319314d8d957dbb withdrew 162.69 WBTC (approximately $15.07 million) from Aave. source: @ai_9684xtpa on X; Debank profile debank.com/profile/0x5be9a4959308a0d0c7bc0870e319314d8d957dbb/history The same address then used CowSwap to sell 27.1 WBTC for 770.6 WETH, valued near $2.5 million. source: @ai_9684xtpa on X; Debank profile debank.com/profile/0x5be9a4959308a0d0c7bc0870e319314d8d957dbb/history Based on those reported figures, roughly 135.59 WBTC from the withdrawal remains unswapped at the address, which traders can verify via the wallet’s history. source: @ai_9684xtpa on X; Debank profile debank.com/profile/0x5be9a4959308a0d0c7bc0870e319314d8d957dbb/history This on-chain BTC-to-ETH rotation and DEX execution are relevant for monitoring cross-asset flows between BTC and ETH liquidity across Aave and CowSwap. source: @ai_9684xtpa on X; Debank profile debank.com/profile/0x5be9a4959308a0d0c7bc0870e319314d8d957dbb/history

According to @ai_9684xtpa, wallet 0x4553e3Bc6327006A63C5aA4cdAC887f66b6A433E swapped 14,145.93 WETH for 492.16 WBTC over the past 7 hours, worth about $44.195 million at an average fill price of $89,796.47 per WBTC, now showing roughly $213,000 in unrealized profit; source: @ai_9684xtpa on X and Arkham Intelligence explorer intel.arkm.com/explorer/address/0x4553e3Bc6327006A63C5aA4cdAC887f66b6A433E. The ETH used was received over the last two weeks from three wallets opened in early 2022 with an estimated ETH cost basis near $2,916, while ETH traded at $3,125.68 at the time of rotation; source: @ai_9684xtpa on X and Arkham Intelligence explorer intel.arkm.com/explorer/address/0xa6482d46E8e5b68234D01252Db1b99719dBeF1CF, intel.arkm.com/explorer/address/0x8Fde6619B8A24ba32C35790eb1Df1F4fda9C6347, intel.arkm.com/explorer/address/0x75725FdCa88083bD994Ad8ea2fBcc312e8F2c1Bc. This on-chain flow evidences a large ETH-to-BTC rotation at the cited price levels, relevant to monitoring ETH/BTC pair dynamics and WBTC liquidity; source: @ai_9684xtpa on X and Arkham Intelligence explorer links above.

According to @OnchainLens, the U.S. Government transferred 1,934 WETH (about $6.43M) and $13.58M BUSD from FTX/Alameda seized funds to a new wallet, based on Nansen on-chain data. Source: @OnchainLens; data: Nansen. According to @OnchainLens, the destination addresses flagged are 0x9359ecf077186d4543bd53bc3528da4a80938c79 and 0x9aca546f3bc7de864a1df20f4c6b516434105cb0, per Nansen labels. Source: @OnchainLens; data: Nansen. According to @OnchainLens, these movements reflect on-chain relocation of seized assets linked to FTX/Alameda, with tokens impacting ETH/WETH and BUSD liquidity tracking. Source: @OnchainLens; data: Nansen. According to @OnchainLens, traders should monitor the two addresses for any follow-on transfers to exchanges or bridges as potential signals for short-term ETH/WETH and BUSD order flow. Source: @OnchainLens; data: Nansen.