The Nigerian government has passed a new tax law that allows for the traceability of cryptocurrency transactions and their inclusion in the tax declaration system.

As of January 13, on-chain data from onchainschool.pro shows a key Wintermute wallet is currently selling its VVV holdings on the open market. The wallet still holds roughly $100,000 worth of VVV and has received incoming transfers from other wallets linked to Wintermute.

January 13th, data from the Coinbob Popular Address Monitor (via https://t.me/Coinbob_track_CN) shows that "BTC OG Insider Whale" and other ETH long whales are still holding their mainstream long positions with no adjustments so far. The "Strategy Counterparty" has significantly shifted to short positions, opening a new short worth approximately $141 million. Details are as follows: ### "BTC OG Insider Whale" The account has an overall unrealized loss of $6.8 million. Its core holding is a long ETH position: - Unrealized loss: $11.2 million (-9%) - Average entry price: $3,147 - Position size: ~$630 million Its main profit comes from a long SOL position: - Unrealized gain: $4.22 million (60%) - Average entry price: $130 - Position size: ~$70.8 million Total account position size: ~$790 million → Now ranks **1st** on Hyperliquid’s leaderboards for ETH and SOL long positions. ### "CZ Counterparty" Current long ETH position: - Unrealized loss: $5.7 million - P

January 13 – A netizen from Chongqing, China, known online as "Daidai," recently posted a video asking for help slaughtering a pig. The post drew thousands of people driving to the scene from across China, while the accompanying live stream drew over 100,000 online viewers. Daidai also quickly gained 1.6 million followers, emerging as a new social media influencer in the country. Notably, in a "2025 Year in Review" video, Daidai revealed placing a 100x leveraged short position on Bitcoin in the early hours of November 29 of last year. Additionally, following Daidai’s sudden rise to fame, various meme coins have been hyped—with dozens themed around the BSC (Binance Smart Chain) alone. However, their performance has been underwhelming.

On January 13th, former New York City Mayor Eric Adams launched the NYC token, per analysis from Bubblemaps. The token deployer’s associated wallet, 9Ty4M, created a one-sided liquidity pool on the Meteora platform. It withdrew roughly $2.5 million in USDC at the token’s price peak, then reinvested only about $1.5 million after the token plummeted 60%—netting approximately $1 million in profit.

On January 13th, market sources report that Tempo has launched its mainnet browser, though access to the tool requires a password. Additionally, data from Polymarket shows the probability Tempo will issue tokens by year-end currently stands at 69%.

Per Arkham data, on January 13, trader Remus spent just $370 to acquire 1.5% of the supply of meme coin WHITEWHALE. He has held most of the tokens ever since, even as the meme coin’s market cap hit $150 million. As of now, he has cashed out a total of $220,000 and still holds WHITEWHALE tokens valued at $987,000.