「High-Frequency Trading」 Whale Enters Long Position with $11 Million in ETH, Average Entry Price of $3165.38

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

January 12: Per Hyperinsight monitoring (via its Telegram channel: https://t.me/HyperInsight), the "ETH Focus" whale (address 0x720a6) closed a long position of 2599.23 ETH for profit, netting $257,000. Since October 2025, the address has exclusively executed ETH single-asset long/short trend trades—with holding periods ranging from minutes to days—realizing a total profit of $3.4105 million across its full trading cycle.