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Bitcoin fell below $91,000 on January 12, with its 24-hour gain narrowing to 0.07%, according to HTX Market Data.

On January 12, per monitoring from HyperInsight (via their Telegram channel @HyperInsight), the address tagged "30 Longs Longs Battles" (0x8d0E) boosted its long position in FET at noon: it snapped up ~1.41 million FET worth roughly $462k. After the add-on, the address’s total long position in FET now stands at $2.314M, with ~$47.2k in floating profit (10.21% margin). It later closed out all its FARTCOIN long positions—previously holding ~$1.255M worth. Notably, this address is known for high-frequency, aggressive long trades. Since the October 2023 market slump, it’s repeatedly placed intraday long bets, accumulating over 30 opening positions by December, and has a track record of "big losses, small gains" overall.

On January 12, blockchain analytics platform Lookonchain reported that trader 0xf380 turned an $85 investment into roughly $146,600 in profits—a 1,720x return. **Transaction Breakdown**: - The trader used 0.1 BNB (≈$85) to buy 6.25 million units of Chinese meme coin *"I Stepped on the Throttle"*. - They later sold 1.53 million units, netting 34.88 BNB (≈$31,500). - As of now, the trader still holds 4.72 million units of the coin, valued at ~$115,000. Total Profit: ~$146,600 (1,720x return) Wallet Address: 0xf3801f41366505e8207a0c692f6b6d003d005270

January 12: Per Coinglass data, if Ethereum (ETH) drops below $3,000, cumulative long liquidations across major centralized exchanges (CEXs) will hit $1.001 billion. On the flip side, if ETH breaks above $3,300, cumulative short liquidations on these same CEXs will reach $638 million. BlockBeats Note: Liquidation charts do not show the exact number or value of contracts at risk of liquidation. Instead, the bars reflect the relative importance of each liquidation cluster compared to its adjacent clusters—meaning "strength." In short, these charts signal how sharply the price will react when hitting a specific level: a taller bar means a more intense response due to a liquidity cascade at that price point.

On January 12, per HyperInsight monitoring (via their Telegram channel at https://t.me/HyperInsight), a whale liquidated 275 BTC long positions at 16:05, netting a $228,000 profit. The whale currently holds a 10x-leveraged long position of 75,927.87 HYPE with an average entry price of $24.54, and the position is slightly profitable as of now.

On January 12, Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin outlined in a new post that the Ethereum network must pass the **"Walkaway Test"** — meaning it can operate long-term, securely, and in a decentralized way even without ongoing core development or "supplier-side" maintenance. Buterin noted Ethereum’s mission is to serve as infrastructure for trust-minimized applications across finance, governance, and other fields. This requires apps to act more like **"tools" than "services"**: once deployed, they should work reliably long-term without failing if their dev team stops maintenance, is attacked, or shifts to value extraction. To hit this, the underlying protocol can’t rely on constant upgrades to stay available. He stressed Ethereum must reach a stage where *"even if it chooses protocol ossification, its core value proposition still holds."* This doesn’t mean halting upgrades — but ensuring future updates are **"icing on the cake" rather than essential for survival**. Buterin al