Analysis: Market Reaction to Venezuelan Situation May Be Limited, Bitcoin Price Still Holding Strong

On January 5, per LookOnChain data, whale address 0x8c08 spent $8.49 million acquiring 1,948 XAUT at an average price of $4,357.

On January 5, Jesse Pollak—leader of the Base Protocol (jesse.base.eth)—shared on social media that meme coins serve as a key touchpoint for community coordination: they unite people to build collaborative spaces and give users a reason to invite friends to get involved. The industry needs more meme coins to drive creativity, community building, and collective action.

On January 5, Jupiter Data reported that Solana’s on-chain spot trading volume in 2025 has surpassed all Layer 2 trading platforms except Binance, hitting $1.6 trillion. Since 2022, Solana’s share of total on-chain trading volume has surged from 1% to 12%. Also in 2025, Solana’s total trading volume has officially overtaken Bybit, Coinbase Global, and Bitget. Meanwhile, Binance’s market share has fallen from 80% to 55% since 2022.

On January 5th, the X account linked to Bitlight Labs appears to have been compromised, as it has been posting suspicious information. Users are advised to exercise caution with any links or contract addresses from this account.

On January 5th, data from Token Terminal reveals Ethereum’s total stablecoin transfer volume topped $80 trillion in Q4 2025, hitting a new all-time high.

Jan 5 — Data from Coinbob Popular Address Monitor shows bull and bear forces have once again locked in a tug-of-war. The “BTC OG Insider Whale” now holds an unrealized profit of $11.6 million (note: earlier figure adjusted for consistency). The ETH whale group it leads has fully flipped from loss to gain. The “Meme Coin Bear Leader” has amassed ~$20 million in short positions over the past seven days, while “pension-usdt.eth” has taken a significant short on ETH. Key details below: ### “BTC OG Insider Whale” The account’s total unrealized profit has grown to $17 million. Its core holding is long ETH positions, which have flipped from loss to gain — with an unrealized profit of $11.95 million (9%), an average entry price of $3,147, and a position size of ~$650 million. It also holds profitable long BTC and SOL positions. The account’s total current position size is ~$815 million, now ranking first in long positions for ETH, BTC, and SOL on Hyperliquid. ### “CZ Counterparty” Tota