Note: The X account is not owned by the original Enron entity. Users should be aware of the risk.

As of January 27, per an official announcement, the Binance Wallet Fifth Pre-TGE Prime Sale will list Zama (ZAMA) with the following details: - **Time**: January 29, 2026, 8:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. UTC - **Eligibility**: Must hold Binance Alpha Points - **Note**: Specific Pre-TGE rules and the event access link will be released soon.

On Jan. 27, CoinDesk reported that BTC and ETH put option prices remain broadly above call options on Deribit, signaling lingering market concerns over downside risks. Analysts note downside protection has become a crowded trade, with call options now relatively cheaper for bullish investors. From a directional positioning standpoint, bearish spreads, volatility bets, and strategies such as straddles and strangles made up nearly 50% of all large-scale Bitcoin options trades over the past 24 hours. For Ethereum, traders are favoring the "iron condor" strategy to capitalize on potential range-bound price moves. Meanwhile, Volmex’s 30-day implied volatility (IV) indices for BTC and ETH sit at multi-month lows — suggesting the market hasn’t displayed meaningful panic or fear despite outflows and bearish technical patterns.

On January 27, American Bitcoin Corp (ABTC)—the Trump family-backed Bitcoin mining firm—added 416 BTC to its holdings, bringing its total to 5,843 BTC.

On January 27, the Ethereum Foundation’s Ecosystem Support Project Team released the list of 2025 Q4 grant recipients—covering both projects and individuals. Total grant funding awarded in the prior quarter reached $7,385,528.84. Recipients’ work spans key focus areas including: protocol growth & support, cross-ecosystem growth & support, developer experience and tools, the execution layer, cryptography and zero-knowledge proofs, the consensus layer, and community and education.

On January 27, per GMGN monitoring data (https://gmgn.ai/sol/token/61Wj56QgGyyB966T7YsMzEAKRLcMvJpDbPzjkrCZc4Bi), Solana-based meme coin COPPERINUS briefly hit an all-time high with a market cap exceeding $18 million. It currently holds a valuation of $16.75 million and has a trading volume of $42 million. Earlier reports note that Cobie, founder of Echo XYZ, took to X (formerly Twitter) today to tweet about “Copper Inu”—sparking the emergence of multiple Solana-based meme coins bearing the same name, “COPPERINU.” In his post, Cobie stated: “You don’t have to worry about waking up one day to find Copper Inu has taken over the entire copper market share. Unlike some digital assets that pop up every few seconds on Pump Fun to challenge existing value, they won’t do that.” BlockBeats reminds users that meme coin trading is extremely volatile, heavily tied to market sentiment and hype, and lacks actual value or utility. Investors should be mindful of these risks.

**Ethereum PoS Validator Queue Hits All-Time High of 3.33M ETH Amid Strong Staking Demand** Jan. 27 — Data from validator queue tracker ValidatorQueue shows the amount of ETH queued to join Ethereum’s Proof-of-Stake (PoS) network has grown steadily since Dec. 26, 2025, reaching a new all-time high of 3,330,385 ETH (worth ~$9.67 billion). Activation for new validators in the queue is delayed by roughly 57 days and 20 hours, reflecting ongoing strong staking demand. This surge is primarily driven by Ethereum custody firms like BitMine and institutions that have recently staked large volumes of their held ETH. Meanwhile, only 832 ETH (worth ~$2.417 million) has exited the PoS queue, with an exit wait time of about 21 minutes.