According to @ai_9684xtpa, a tracked address sent 24.94 million USDC to Wintermute and then received 10,000 ETH, which the source flags as a likely OTC purchase at a cost of 2416.21. According to the source, over the last two days the same whale or institution accumulated 30,000 ETH worth about 80.56 million dollars with an average cost near 2685.35. The source also reports the address deposited 56.05 million USDC to FalconX and withdrew 20,000 ETH, described as a likely buy at 2819.92, after the address reportedly sold 10,000 ETH at 3011.68 earlier. The source adds that since Jan 21 the address has amassed 80,013 ETH at an average cost of 2885.75 with an unrealized loss around 6.43 million, and provides an Arkham wallet link for verification. (Source)

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). (Source)

According to @KobeissiLetter, the US Financial Conditions Index has declined to 98.3, marking the lowest level since early 2022. According to @KobeissiLetter, financial conditions have been in a firm downtrend for roughly 3.5 years. According to @KobeissiLetter, the Federal Reserve has cut rates by 175 basis points since September 2024, bringing the policy rate to 3.75%. (Source)

According to @OnchainLens, whale address 0xFB78AA8F38843629e89951D9db6FdC398d75e0A3 bought 10,000 ETH from Wintermute for a reported $26.36M, lifting its total to 120,169 ETH valued at $294.79M in staking. According to @OnchainLens, the continued accumulation and staking concentration by a single entity is a dynamic traders monitor for potential liquidity tightening and softer immediate sell pressure. According to @OnchainLens, the identified source and address enable traders to track subsequent on chain flows to assess near term impact on ETH liquidity and order book depth. (Source)

According to @EmberCN, a whale’s roughly 230 million USDC long on Hyperliquid held for nearly two months was fully liquidated when ETH dropped to about 2.2k at 02:43, wiping the position’s margin (source: @EmberCN). The trader had transferred around 230 million USDC into Hyperliquid in early December to open the long, and the liquidation consumed the entire amount (source: @EmberCN). Despite this loss, the entity still holds assets valued around 4.8 billion, including approximately 901,000 ETH and 33,000 BTC (source: @EmberCN). For traders, this confirms that a widely watched whale liquidation level on ETH perpetual futures was reached on Hyperliquid, marking a key deleveraging event on the long side (source: @EmberCN). (Source)

According to @OnchainLens, during the dip the on-chain entity '7 Siblings' borrowed and spent about USD 31.08 million in USDT and USDC to buy 12,806 ETH around 2,427 and still has an open buy order on CoWSwap tied to addresses 0x741aa7cfb2c7bf2a1e7d4da2e3df6a56ca4131f3 and 0x28a55c4b4f9615fde3cdaddf6cc01fcf2e38a6b0. (Source)

According to Ki Young Ju, Bitcoin is in a profit-taking phase as selling pressure persists and realized cap has flatlined, signaling no fresh capital and invalidating a bull market while market cap declines (source: Ki Young Ju on X). He adds that early holders have been taking profits after gains driven by spot ETFs and MicroStrategy MSTR accumulation, but those inflows have now dried up (source: Ki Young Ju on X). He notes MSTR was a key driver of the rally and, unless Michael Saylor conducts significant sales, a crash on the scale of prior cycles is unlikely, yet the bottom remains unclear and a wide-ranging sideways bear market is the base case (source: Ki Young Ju on X). He cites the PnL Index, which measures profit and loss versus wallets’ cost basis, and argues only macro liquidity can override the profit-taking cycle, as previously seen (source: Ki Young Ju on X). (Source)

According to @KobeissiLetter, foreign investors now allocate a record 32.4% of their US financial assets to equities, more than double the level since 2008 and above the previous peak of 31.4% from the 1960s. The source notes that this marks an all-time high in foreign exposure to US equities, underscoring heightened participation in US stocks. (Source)

According to @OnchainLens, the Bitcoin OG (10/11) was completely liquidated on its long positions in BTC, ETH, and SOL, realizing about $221.07M in losses and leaving just $54.58 in the wallet, with address details at hyperbot.network/trader/0xb317D2BC2D3d2Df5Fa441B5bAE0AB9d8b07283ae. According to @OnchainLens, the OG has lost approximately $128.87M overall. (Source)

According to @charliebilello, Apple reported record Q4 results with revenue up 16 percent year over year to 144 billion, net income up 16 percent to 42 billion, and gross margin at 48.2 percent, the highest margin quarter ever for Apple. (Source)

According to @jchervinsky, society’s response to new technology progresses from denial to rational counterargument to name-calling, and he asserts that crypto is inevitable. According to the Wall Street Journal as cited by @jchervinsky, JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon told Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong “you are full of sh*t” after Armstrong accused banks of blocking crypto-friendly legislation. According to @jchervinsky’s framing of this escalation, traders can treat rising institutional confrontation as heightened headline risk that may increase volatility for Bitcoin (BTC) and crypto-exposed equities such as COIN and JPM. (Source)

According to Eric Balchunas on X, iShares Silver Trust (SLV) posted trading volume that exceeded heavily traded stocks Tesla (TSLA) and Nvidia (NVDA) last week, underscoring exceptional turnover in silver exposure (source: Eric Balchunas on X). According to Eric Balchunas on X, he adds that SLV volume is roughly ten times higher than a month earlier and notes the fund was around the 170th largest ETF a year ago, highlighting how quickly interest has accelerated (source: Eric Balchunas on X). Based on the figures reported by Eric Balchunas on X, the volume spike implies elevated liquidity and tighter execution spreads in SLV, making short term momentum and position sizing key considerations for traders (source: Eric Balchunas on X). (Source)

According to @karpathy, nanochat can now train a GPT-2 grade large language model for about 73 dollars in roughly 3 hours on a single 8x H100 node, setting a concrete cost and time benchmark for compact LLM training (source: @karpathy). According to @karpathy, GPT-2 remains a favored milestone because it represents the first recognizably modern LLM stack, and his update highlights reproducible, low-cost training of GPT-2 grade models on current-generation GPUs (source: @karpathy). (Source)

According to @RhythmicAnalyst, Bitcoin has reached its last major support, and he emphasizes monitoring how price reacts to this level rather than relying on hope or expectations. According to @RhythmicAnalyst, the latest drop appears news-driven, attributed to Metropolitan Capital Bank’s failure, while he notes price had been bouncing off support before the headline. According to @RhythmicAnalyst, the key trading takeaway is to watch the support reaction for confirmation or failure at this critical level. (Source)

According to @ai_9684xtpa, Vida, founder of 方程式新闻, disclosed purchasing about 1,983.57 ETH for roughly 2 million USD at an entry near 2,281 USD, which he described as close to a short-term bottom. According to @ai_9684xtpa, the position is showing around 259,000 USD in unrealized profit and he has set aside an additional 20 million USD to buy the dip on any larger selloff. According to @ai_9684xtpa, citing the liquidation of the '1011 insider whale', Vida does not anticipate another major crash over the weekend, intends to hold the ETH position into Monday, and is waiting for precious metals markets to stabilize before a crypto rebound. (Source)

According to @BullTheoryio, Michael Saylor’s Bitcoin strategy is roughly 1.8% from turning negative on its BTC position, with a reported 712,647 BTC acquired at an average cost of $76,038 and valued around $55.72 billion; the post also notes the position was valued near $81 billion at a prior peak around $126k, per the same source. The post frames the reported cost basis as a key level that BTC traders are likely to watch as a breakeven zone, according to @BullTheoryio. (Source)

According to @CryptoMichNL, the RSI of Bitcoin versus Gold has fallen below 30, a condition he notes coincided with BTC bear market lows in 2015, 2018, and 2022, source: @CryptoMichNL. He adds that this trigger is hitting again now, suggesting BTC may be entering the historical bear market end zone when measured against Gold, source: @CryptoMichNL. Traders watching cycle-bottom signals may consider this sub-30 RSI on the BTC versus Gold cross as a historically relevant momentum marker per his analysis, source: @CryptoMichNL. (Source)

According to @ai_9684xtpa, wallet 0xd9012A0C82242B04ee09E45e98B24903F982D975 filled 9.9 BTC during the drop at a $77,060.36 average and simultaneously opened a $500K ETH long and a $500K BTC short, source: @ai_9684xtpa and hyperbot.network. The address updated laddered limit buys to target 34.38 BTC in the $71,750–$75,811 range and 115,600 HYPE in the $19–$24.25 range, roughly $2.5M each, source: @ai_9684xtpa and hyperbot.network. Earlier, the wallet deposited 6M USDC to Hyperliquid and placed wider bids for 73.46 BTC between $60,555–$75,555 and 100,000 HYPE between $15–$20.38, source: @ai_9684xtpa and hyperbot.network. For traders, these stacked bids flag visible order book liquidity that could attract fills near those zones, while the concurrent ETH long and BTC short indicate a hedged positioning approach, source: @ai_9684xtpa and hyperbot.network. (Source)

According to @GracyBitget, top VC and market making partners report losses on DAT exposure, altcoins remain structurally weak after the 10/11 shock, and exchange volumes have declined while some MMs faced liquidations, indicating fragile risk appetite, source: @GracyBitget on X. For trading, she advises cutting leverage, staying defensive, and for underexposed investors considering a staged BTC allocation while focusing on real infrastructure themes such as stablecoins, RWA, and payments that may not issue tokens, adding that this is neither a blind-buy opportunity nor a bull-market top, source: @GracyBitget on X. (Source)

According to @BullTheoryio, Bitcoin dropped about $2,800 in roughly 10 minutes, triggering approximately $1.07 billion in long liquidations across derivatives. According to @BullTheoryio, around $696 million of those long liquidations occurred on the perp DEX Hyperliquid, indicating heavy leveraged exposure concentrated in BTC perpetuals. (Source)