「Strategy Counterparty Close」 Liquidated PEPE Long Position, Profits $9,000

January 12: Per HyperInsight monitoring, the "Lightning Reversal" whale (0x50b30) continued reducing its holdings, closing 16.96 BTC in long positions with a $4,401 loss. Currently, the whale still holds: - A 20x leveraged long position of 16.96 BTC (≈$1.55 million) with an unrealized loss of $5,000; - A 14x leveraged short position of 11,366.46 ETH (average entry price: $3,073.66) with an unrealized loss of $843,000.

January 12th Recent turmoil between Venezuela and Iran has once again put stablecoins’ dual role in the spotlight. US dollar-backed stablecoins—especially Tether (USDT)—serve as a critical store of value and payment tool for everyday people in inflation-stricken, financially constrained nations. At the same time, they’ve been used by some sanctioned groups to make cross-border transfers and evade sanctions. In Iran, the rial’s long-running devaluation, combined with sanctions and social unrest, has made crypto a key hedge against inflation and systemic risks. The 2025 hack of Iran’s largest crypto exchange, plus multiple blacklistings of USDT addresses, hit stablecoin adoption hard. Last September, Iran’s government imposed annual stablecoin limits: individuals may hold up to $10,000 in stablecoins and make annual purchases no exceeding $5,000. Compliance concerns have also drawn scrutiny. Blockchain analytics firm TRM Labs notes that since 2023, Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Gu

On January 12, Binance is set to list United Stables (U) and launch a zero-fee trading event.

Jan. 12 – Stacy Muur of the Crypto Research Institute noted that market data shows privacy-focused crypto assets are shifting from niche to mainstream attention. As of 2025, privacy coins have collectively outperformed Bitcoin and Ethereum, demonstrating stronger resilience amid market volatility. Meanwhile, on-chain adoption continues to grow, with their transaction share rising from ~9.7% to 11.4%. Currently, Monero and Zcash still lead in privacy transaction volume, and the total market cap of privacy-focused projects has topped $24 billion. Several infrastructure teams are now rearchitecting privacy features as a default blockchain layer—not an optional add-on—indicating privacy is emerging as a core component of underlying architecture. This trend looks like a long-term shift, not a short-term rotation. Amid growing global regulation and enhanced on-chain surveillance, demand for on-chain anonymity and transaction privacy is on the rise. Privacy coins and related tools are p

On January 12th, per monitoring from HyperInsight (Telegram: https://t.me/HyperInsight), the "short-to-medium-term high-accuracy" whale at address 0x3a447 opened a 40x leveraged long position of 11.6 BTC (≈$1.06 million) at 14:31. The average entry price was $92,059.5, and the position is currently in a slight unrealized loss.