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

On January 15, per EmberCN monitoring, 25 million ONDO tokens (valued at roughly $10.19 million) were transferred from Ondo’s multi-signature wallet to exchanges including Coinbase, OKX, Bybit, Gate and Kucoin six hours prior.

On January 15, OnchainLens data shows a whale labeled "255 $BTC Sold" has expanded its long positions in BTC, ETH, and SOL, with total current holdings worth approximately $471 million: - 2,578.51 BTC (≈$249.88 million) - 45,124 ETH (≈$151 million) - 479,601 SOL (≈$70 million) Additionally, the whale has exited its FARTCOIN position, posting a loss of roughly $85,000. It also closed a prior long position on PUMP, resulting in a loss of about $138,000.

On January 15, per blockchain analytics firm OnchainLens, the whale wallet “pension-usdt.eth” opened a 3x-leveraged long position in Ethereum (ETH) after closing an ETH position for a $4.7 million profit. The position holds 20,000 ETH, currently valued at roughly $67 million. As of now, it has a floating profit of over $700,000, while the whale’s total cumulative profits exceed $28 million.

On Wednesday, January 15, several Federal Reserve officials publicly stressed the importance of central bank independence in setting monetary policy. Most also signaled the Fed may pause rate cuts at this month’s meeting, citing the U.S. economy’s ongoing strength, elevated inflation, and the need for continued restrictive monetary policy. In response to a U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) subpoena over the Fed’s headquarters renovation and a probe into whether the project influenced policy decisions, multiple officials noted political or judicial pressure should not interfere with monetary policy choices. Minneapolis Fed President Neel Kashkari explicitly backed Chair Jerome Powell’s stance, stating the investigation touches on monetary policy independence and the Fed will keep making data- and analysis-driven decisions even if leadership changes. Chicago Fed President Charles Evans, Atlanta Fed President Raphael Bostic, and New York Fed President John Williams also emphasized th

On January 15, investment bank TD Cowen cut its one-year price target for Bitcoin-focused firm Strategy from $500 to $440, citing ongoing dilution of its Bitcoin yield (defined as Bitcoin holdings per share growth) from the company’s continued use of common and preferred stock financing. TD Cowen analysts now project Strategy will add ~155,000 Bitcoin coins in fiscal 2026 (up from a prior forecast of 90,000), but the faster acquisition pace will rely primarily on equity financing—diluting the firm’s Bitcoin yield. The bank has cut its fiscal 2026 Bitcoin yield forecast to 7.1%, down sharply from a prior 8.8% and well below fiscal 2025’s 22.8%. Amid a recent Bitcoin price pullback, Strategy ramped up its coin purchases. For the week ended January 11, the firm issued ~6.8 million common shares and 1.2 million STRC floating-rate preferred shares, raising ~$1.25 billion—nearly all of which was used to buy 13,627 Bitcoin coins. TD Cowen noted the financing was priced near book value,

January 15 — The Zcash Foundation said Wednesday the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has formally closed its years-long investigation into the group and confirmed it does not intend to take enforcement action or seek remediation. The foundation disclosed it received an SEC subpoena in August 2023 related to “Certain Crypto Asset Offerings.” The regulator has now completed its review and closed the case. An SEC spokesperson declined to comment on the existence of any investigation. The closure comes amid a shift in the SEC’s approach to crypto regulation. Over the past year, the commission has dropped or terminated enforcement actions and investigations against several crypto firms—including Coinbase and multiple DeFi projects—under the Trump administration, a stark contrast to the Biden administration’s aggressive “enforcement-first” stance. Current SEC Chair Paul Atkins is leading updates to crypto regulatory rules via “Project Crypto,” focused on on-chain activ