Suspected Sonic Labs-Related Address Transfers 11.78 Million S Tokens to Binance, Valued at Approximately $5.55 Million

January 5 Per Coinbob Popular Address Monitoring: - Over the past 2 hours, the "Meme Coin Whale" has been building a short position on recently rallied meme coin PEPE. The current position totals ~$120k, with an average entry price of $0.007. - Since LIT’s official launch, the whale’s LIT short position has grown to $11.2 million (average entry: $2.7)—making it the largest short across LIT, ASTER, and UNI on the Hyperliquid platform. Coinbob’s data also shows: - This address has held over 20 distinct meme coins since November. Its total position value rose from ~$20 million to $40.7 million. - Today’s market rally trimmed its unrealized gains by ~$800k, but unrealized profits still sit at ~$4.6 million. Cumulative gains over the past two months: ~$13 million; annual total: $81 million. In stark contrast, another whale (which clashed with this address in November, holding similar meme coins but long positions) has seen heavy losses: - Total position value plummeted fro

**January 5 –** According to CoinPost, Japanese Finance Minister Okatsuka Katsuki delivered remarks at the Tokyo Stock Exchange’s New Year’s first trading day opening ceremony, framing 2026 as the “Digital First Year.” Okatsuka stated that commodities and securities exchanges must play a key role for the public to benefit from crypto and blockchain-based assets, expressing hope these digital assets will gain broader adoption via exchange infrastructure. She noted that in the U.S., crypto has become a popular inflation hedge for the public through exchange-traded funds (ETFs), hinting Japan may pursue similar measures. As Finance Minister, Okatsuka added she will fully back exchanges’ efforts to build a trading environment leveraging cutting-edge fintech, and expects the stock market to hit new highs this year.

As of January 5th, per monitoring from HyperInsight, the "100% Win Rate" trader (0xf970f) is still shorting 2,000 SOL with 3x leverage (roughly $272k). They currently hold an unrealized loss of $22k, with an entry price of $124.91 and a liquidation price of $236.43.

On January 5, analyst @eyeonchains reported that the "BTC OG Insider Whale" has transferred 34,244 ETH (valued at ~$102.8 million) from Coinbase to its Binance deposit account over the past five days. The analyst noted this move may indicate the whale holds a leveraged trading position on Binance. Previously, the account’s total unrealized gains have expanded to $17 million. Its core holding is a long ETH position that has flipped from loss to profit: $11.95 million in unrealized gains (9%), an average entry price of $3,147, and a position size of ~$650 million. The whale also holds profitable long positions in BTC and SOL. With a total current account size of ~$815 million, it now ranks first in ETH, BTC, and SOL long positions on Hyperliquid.

Onchain Lens data shows that on January 5, trader James Wynn further boosted his 40x-leveraged Bitcoin long position while maintaining his 10x-leveraged PEPE long position. His total position is now worth $14 million, with unrealized gains topping $750,000.