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ETH Whales on HyperLiquid: 0x460 Closes 4x Long with $441K Profit, 0xfB6 Holds 12,394 ETH 12x Short with $1.56M Unrealized Loss
According to @OnchainLens, the ETH (ETH) 4x long whale address 0x460 has fully closed its position for a realized profit of $441,736, while the ETH (ETH) 12x short whale address 0xfB6 has increased exposure and is currently holding 12,394 ETH (approximately $36.68M) with an unrealized loss of about $1.56M. Source: @OnchainLens; wallet trackers: https://app.coinmarketman.com/hypertracker/wallet/0x4607340232ea34b5f3c57db0ec865ee6191e3ee3 and https://app.coinmarketman.com/hypertracker/wallet/0xfB6678f8Bb51215606b01cA1162afa005B28e4c2. According to @OnchainLens, earlier tracking showed 0xfB6 deposited $6.39M USDC to HyperLiquid and opened a 12x ETH long valued around $31.18M, while 0x460 deposited $3M USDC and opened a 4x ETH short valued around $11.96M on HyperLiquid. Source: @OnchainLens; details: https://x.com/OnchainLens/status/2013523778110656745. (Source) More from Onchain Lens 01-21-2026 01:01 |
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ETH Whale Accumulation During Dip: Trend Research Borrows USDT on Aave to Add 24,555 ETH; OTC Whale Buys 20,000 ETH via FalconX and Wintermute
According to @lookonchain, while the market is falling, whales and institutions are buying ETH. @lookonchain reports that Trend Research borrowed 70M USDT from Aave to purchase 24,555 ETH and now holds 651,310 ETH. @lookonchain also notes that OTC whale address 0xFB7 acquired 20,000 ETH through FalconX and Wintermute. (Source) More from Lookonchain 01-21-2026 01:00 |
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ETH Drops Below $3,000: $660M Long Whale’s Liquidation Set at $2,263 After $106M PnL Swing
According to @EmberCN on X on Jan 21, 2026, ETH fell from above $3,300 back below $3,000, flipping a whale who opened longs with about $230 million in capital from roughly $56 million unrealized profit to about $50 million unrealized loss within a few days. Source: @EmberCN on X on Jan 21, 2026. The post states the account’s mark-to-market swing over the period totals approximately $106 million. Source: @EmberCN on X on Jan 21, 2026. It also reports the whale holds around $660 million in ETH long exposure with a liquidation price at $2,263, roughly $700 below the cited spot. Source: @EmberCN on X on Jan 21, 2026. (Source) More from 余烬 01-21-2026 00:56 |
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ETH Whale Trend Research Moves 70M USDT to Binance, Buys 24,555 ETH, Withdraws On Chain; Holdings 651,300 ETH at $3,180 Avg Cost
According to @EmberCN, Trend Research transferred 70 million USDT to Binance, purchased 24,555 ETH worth about $75.54 million, and withdrew the coins on chain as part of a buy-the-dip averaging strategy (source: @EmberCN). The same source reports the wallet now holds 651,300 ETH valued around $1.92 billion with an average cost near $3,180, implying an unrealized loss of roughly $163 million (source: @EmberCN). These on-exchange inflows followed by on-chain withdrawals and the stated averaging approach were specifically attributed to Trend Research by the source (source: @EmberCN). (Source) More from 余烬 01-21-2026 00:37 |
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Hedge Funds Accelerate Bearish Bets on Japanese Yen: Net Shorts Jump 35,624 Contracts, Biggest Weekly Rise Since 2015
According to @KobeissiLetter, hedge funds are ramping up bearish bets on the Japanese yen. According to @KobeissiLetter, leveraged funds raised net yen shorts by 35,624 contracts in the week ending January 13, the largest weekly increase since May 2015. According to @KobeissiLetter, this marks the first rise in bearish positioning over the last five weeks. (Source) More from The Kobeissi Letter 01-21-2026 00:05 |
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ETH Whale 0xfb7 Buys 20,000 ETH From Wintermute and FalconX, Closes BTC Long and Shifts to stETH; Holdings Reach 50,094 ETH ($147M)
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). (Source) More from Onchain Lens 01-20-2026 23:54 |
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Phantom Announces 6 New Perpetual Futures Markets Live: XMR, COPPER, AXS, DASH, BABA, RIVN With Up To 20x Leverage
According to @phantom, six new perpetual futures markets—Monero (XMR), Copper (COPPER), Axie Infinity (AXS), Dash (DASH), Alibaba (BABA), and Rivian (RIVN)—are live for trading with up to 20x leverage. (Source) More from Phantom 01-20-2026 22:52 |
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Santiment: Japan Bond Turmoil, MicroStrategy’s 22,305 BTC Buy, and NYSE 24/7 Tokenized Stocks Drive Crypto Risk Sentiment
According to @santimentfeed, surging Japanese bond yields have sparked risk-off flows into gold and silver while Bitcoin (BTC) and equities retrace, elevating cross-asset volatility and downside risk for crypto momentum trades. According to @santimentfeed, MicroStrategy bought 22,305 BTC funded mainly via equity and preferred shares, lifting total holdings and signaling persistent institutional demand that can underpin BTC-dip strategies and MSTR–BTC correlation trades. According to @santimentfeed, repeated delays on a Supreme Court tariff ruling are sustaining policy uncertainty, favoring defensive positioning and reduced leverage across crypto perpetuals until clarity returns. According to @santimentfeed, Vanguard’s disclosed purchase of MicroStrategy shares highlights indirect BTC exposure flows that traders can monitor via MSTR relative strength versus BTC. According to @santimentfeed, the NYSE plans a blockchain-based venue for tokenized U.S. stocks and ETFs with 24/7 trading, instant on-chain settlement, and stablecoin funding, a structural tailwind for tokenization narratives and TradFi–crypto connectivity trades pending regulatory approval. (Source) More from Santiment 01-20-2026 22:50 |
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Bitcoin BTC drops $2,000 in minutes; $360M leveraged longs liquidated as price slips below $87,000
According to @KobeissiLetter, Bitcoin fell by about $2,000 within minutes as roughly $360 million in leveraged long positions were liquidated over the last hour, with BTC dropping back below $87,000 and down 9% over 48 hours (source: @KobeissiLetter). (Source) More from The Kobeissi Letter 01-20-2026 22:48 |
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Polymarket Tool Polybro Rebrands to problydottrade and Migrates Token to Soar: Key Trading Implications for Prediction Markets
According to @milesdeutscher, a leading Polymarket-focused tool is undergoing a major rebrand and migrating to the Soar ecosystem, with multiple high-upside projects worth researching. According to @problydottrade on X, Polybro is rebranding to problydottrade and evolving into a unified trading terminal for reality markets that connects prediction markets with real world metrics to make outcomes legible, tradable, and accountable. According to @problydottrade, the Polybro token will migrate to Soar (@LaunchOnSoar) to enable a product roadmap, sustainable fees and revenue, and long-term alignment among users, builders, and the protocol. According to @problydottrade, the platform’s intelligence layer uses purpose-built agents to read primary sources, track market structure and price action, analyze rules and resolution conditions, and surface what moves outcomes. Based on @problydottrade’s migration plan and @milesdeutscher’s recommendation to research Soar projects, traders should monitor token migration mechanics, potential liquidity shifts across prediction markets, and new exposure types emerging within the Soar ecosystem. (Source) More from Miles Deutscher 01-20-2026 22:00 |
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Stablecoins Show the Way: Coinbase CBI Pushes Tokenized Capital Markets to Bridge Access for 4 Billion
According to @iampaulgrewal, stablecoins demonstrate that tokenized dollars expand economic freedom and the same approach should be applied to tokenized capital markets, backed by a new Coinbase CBI paper (source: @iampaulgrewal). He cites data shared by @faryarshirzad that capital income grew 136% over 40 years while labor income rose 57%, and around 4 billion adults lack access to stocks and bonds, positioning tokenization as a bridge for the unbrokered (source: @iampaulgrewal citing @faryarshirzad). For traders, this flags real world asset tokenization and on chain securities as active priorities, with stablecoin rails as core infrastructure as outlined in the Coinbase CBI approach (source: @iampaulgrewal referencing Coinbase CBI paper). (Source) More from paulgrewal.eth 01-20-2026 20:46 |
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Bitcoin (BTC) Breakdown: 4H RSI Oversold, Gold’s Double-Digit Weekly Gains, Davos Event Risk — Short-Term Bounce Possible, Not a Reversal
According to @CryptoMichNL, Bitcoin (BTC) has broken back into its prior range and is accelerating lower as geopolitics worsen, reflecting peak fear across markets (source: @CryptoMichNL on X, Jan 20, 2026). Gold is posting double-digit weekly gains while Davos is underway, with a possible additional meeting between world leaders on Thursday adding event risk for crypto prices (source: @CryptoMichNL on X, Jan 20, 2026). On the 4-hour chart, BTC is taking the lows and testing a potential support, with RSI as oversold as during the move to 80k on the 4-hour, which suggests scope for a short-term bounce rather than a trend reversal (source: @CryptoMichNL on X, Jan 20, 2026). A genuine trend reversal would require BTC to reclaim multiple higher levels, so any near-term strength should be treated as a relief bounce within a highly volatile week (source: @CryptoMichNL on X, Jan 20, 2026). (Source) More from Michaël van de Poppe 01-20-2026 19:47 |
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U.S. Stock Rout Erases $1.3 Trillion: Nasdaq and S&P 500 Turn Negative; What Crypto Traders Should Watch for Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH)
According to @BullTheoryio, roughly $1.3 trillion in U.S. equities was wiped out as the Nasdaq and S&P 500 erased their 2026 gains and turned negative, signaling a broad risk-off move; source: @BullTheoryio. @BullTheoryio attributes the drawdown to escalating U.S.-EU trade tensions, continued weakness in Japan’s bond market, and pension funds cutting risk exposure; source: @BullTheoryio. For crypto positioning, stress in equities often coincides with higher BTC and ETH correlation to stocks and tighter liquidity, so traders should monitor cross asset correlation, perpetual funding and basis, and stablecoin flow metrics for confirmation; sources: Kaiko Research, Binance Research, Glassnode. During deleveraging episodes, options skew tends to steepen and hedging demand rises, making risk management via options and reduced leverage more common than dip buying; source: Deribit Insights. (Source) More from Bull Theory 01-20-2026 19:36 |
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CryptoQuant Upgrades Real-Time Tracking of Coinbase Bitcoin (BTC) Inflows/Outflows After Wallet Shuffle Update for More Actionable On-Chain Signals
According to @ki_young_ju, CryptoQuant now reliably tracks most real-time Coinbase Bitcoin (BTC) inflows and outflows after reverse-engineering Coinbase’s latest wallet shuffling pattern and updating its custom clustering logic, source: @ki_young_ju. For traders, higher-fidelity Coinbase on-chain exchange flow metrics can help assess spot liquidity shifts and potential buy or sell pressure using real-time netflow signals, source: @ki_young_ju. The adjustment addresses frequent privacy-driven wallet rotations at Coinbase, reducing mislabeling risk and improving the signal quality of alerts tied to exchange inflows and outflows, source: @ki_young_ju. (Source) More from Ki Young Ju 01-20-2026 19:22 |
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Glassnode On Chain: Large Holders Drove Accumulation as Smaller Wallets Distributed During the November to December Bottoming; Exchange Wallet Reshuffling and Dip Buying in Focus
According to Glassnode, during the November to December bottoming phase, supply accumulation was led by larger entities while smaller cohorts were net distributors (source: Glassnode). According to Glassnode, this divergence was partly driven by exchange-related wallet reshuffling that can resemble organic flows and by large holders buying the dip (source: Glassnode). According to Glassnode, these dynamics highlight that on-chain accumulation signals must account for internal exchange movements versus genuine whale inflows when informing trade timing (source: Glassnode). (Source) More from glassnode 01-20-2026 18:17 |
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India Ranks No.1 in Blockchain Adoption as Crypto Market Cap Hits $4 Trillion: Binance’s Richard Teng at WEF26 Davos Emphasizes Support for India Users and Policy Collaboration
According to @_RichardTeng, during WEF26 Davos he stated that India ranks number one in blockchain adoption, highlighting the market’s rapid user uptake, source: Richard Teng on X Jan 20, 2026. He added that Binance is committed to supporting users in India and collaborating closely with policymakers to foster responsible growth, indicating ongoing engagement with the Indian market, source: Richard Teng on X Jan 20, 2026. CNBC-TV18 reported in the same context that the total crypto market capitalization has touched 4 trillion dollars, providing a macro backdrop for sector-wide liquidity, source: CNBC-TV18 on X Jan 20, 2026. For traders, the stated commitment to user support and regulatory collaboration in India makes official updates from Binance and Indian policymakers important catalysts to track for changes in market access and activity, source: Richard Teng on X Jan 20, 2026. (Source) More from Richard Teng 01-20-2026 17:10 |
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BTC, ETH, SOL ETF Net Flows (Jan 20): 7-Day Inflows Hold, 1-Day Outflows Flag Near-Term Volatility
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. (Source) More from Lookonchain 01-20-2026 15:40 |
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Anthropic Partners with Teach For All: Claude AI Tools Reach Educators in 63 Countries, Serving 1.5 Million Students
According to @AnthropicAI, the company is partnering with Teach For All to deliver AI training to educators in 63 countries, enabling teachers serving over 1.5 million students to use Claude to plan curricula, customize assignments, and build tools. According to @AnthropicAI, educators will also provide feedback that informs how Claude evolves, and the announcement does not reference cryptocurrencies or blockchain; for traders tracking AI narratives within crypto, this provides a verifiable adoption data point on user scale and institutional reach. (Source) More from Anthropic 01-20-2026 14:52 |
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Rolling Trader 0xD83...Fd7 Adds HYPE Shorts; BTC, ETH, HYPE, XMR Short Exposure Hits USD 261M After Scaling From USD 3M to USD 11M
According to @EmberCN, address 0xD83...Fd7 increased short exposure to HYPE in the past half hour. According to @EmberCN, the trader started by shorting ETH last Friday and used rolling unrealized profits to expand shorts into other assets. According to @EmberCN, the account now holds short positions in BTC, ETH, HYPE, and XMR with total notional around USD 261 million. According to @EmberCN, the trader scaled initial capital from roughly USD 3 million to about USD 11 million through this rolling strategy. (Source) More from 余烬 01-20-2026 14:35 |
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BTC and ETH Treasuries Add: MSTR Buys 22,305 BTC; BMNR Expands ETH Holdings in Latest Accumulation Update
According to EmberCN, Bitcoin treasury company MSTR purchased 22,305 BTC at around 95,284 dollars per BTC last week, bringing total holdings to 709,715 BTC with an average cost of 75,979 dollars and an unrealized profit of 10.813 billion dollars (source: EmberCN on X). According to EmberCN, Ethereum treasury company BMNR also increased ETH holdings last week, with the update noting the accumulation in the same source (source: EmberCN on X). (Source) More from 余烬 01-20-2026 13:50 |