Binance Futures will list Frax (FRAX)

On Jan. 15, Cointelegraph reported that Argentine crypto exchange Lemon has launched a Bitcoin-backed Visa credit card. The card lets users lock up Bitcoin as collateral to secure a peso credit line—no need to sell their crypto holdings.

January 15 – Per HyperInsight monitoring, trader James Wynn (0x507), once on the brink of “bankruptcy,” liquidated all his PEPE and ETH long positions on Hyperliquid today and withdrew most of his funds from the platform—roughly $41,000. The PEPE long position yielded ~$110,000 in profits, while the ETH long position posted a $160,000 loss. The address initially opened PEPE long positions with ~$20,000, and account funds once peaked at $900,000. However, on January 8, his positions faced 12 consecutive liquidations, with the account size halved multiple times. He exited all positions amid today’s market rally, locking in a final profit of ~$20,000. Notably, on January 1 of this year, James Wynn publicly predicted PEPE’s market cap would exceed $69 billion by 2026, vowing to deactivate his social media accounts if it fails to materialize. PEPE’s current market cap stands at ~$25.4 billion.

On January 15, GeckoTerminal released data showing that 53.2% of cryptocurrencies have so far gone to zero, with most of these collapses occurring in 2025. In 2025 alone, roughly 11.6 million tokens became worthless—making up 86.3% of all tokens that went to zero between 2021 and 2025. Notably, 7.7 million of those 2025 losses happened in the fourth quarter.

On January 15th, sources report the Bank of Japan (BOJ) is more focused on the weakening yen than ever and may hold interest rates steady in its January policy meeting. Bitget market data shows USD/JPY has fallen 30 pips, hitting a low of 158.32.

On Jan 15, HyperInsight monitoring (via its Telegram channel @HyperInsight) revealed that the address tagged the "20 Million Bandit" (0x880a) executed a partial take-profit on its PEPE short position: it reduced its PEPE shorts by 144 million tokens, worth ~$1.217 million. After this move, the address still holds ~$3.43 million in PEPE short positions. The position’s current floating profit is ~$360,600, with a 105.14% return rate. Its average holding price and PEPE’s current price both hover around $0.01, while the liquidation price is $0.051. Noted for its high-frequency, multi-currency arbitrage strategy, the address has an average holding time of ~20 hours. Since last October, with ~$20 million in initial capital, it has racked up nearly $100 million in profits.