「On-chain Shareholder」 Reduces BTC Short Position and Accelerates On-chain Stock and Gold Deployment, Related Holdings Reach $24.3 Million

On January 19, the ETHGas Foundation announced that the GWEI airdrop snapshot has been completed. The snapshot was captured at 08:00 on January 19, 2026. Next steps include: - Airdrop eligibility checks opening at 21:00 on January 20 - Community airdrop distribution launching at 21:00 on January 21 Eligibility is based on two criteria: 1. Historical gas consumption on the Ethereum mainnet 2. Social and community engagement with the Gasless Future project The foundation stressed that eligible users must meet specific historical gas consumption thresholds (tracked via Gas ID to monitor Ethereum mainnet gas spending). They also need to join key community activities, including sharing their Gas ID on X and participating in social actions tied to the Open Gas Initiative.

Jan 19th — Bitcoin saw a sharp drop this morning, plummeting more than $3,000 in two hours and sliding from $95,400 to under $92,000. Over that window, the largest single liquidation on the network hit $25.83 million, with the trade occurring on the Hyperliquid platform. Notably, as of press time, total Bitcoin contract holdings across the network have reached 663,900 BTC — up roughly 14,000 BTC from the prior day.

On January 19, monitoring from HyperInsight (via its Telegram channel @HyperInsight) shows a crypto whale opened an 80-BTC long position with 40x leverage at 17:03, with an average entry price of $93,141.4. Prior to this, the same whale had opened a 50,000-HYPE long position with 10x leverage at an average entry price of $24, leaving the account slightly in the red.

**January 19 (Ember Monitor) – A trader has rolled $1.8 million in profits from an ETH short into a BTC short, per data from the tracker.** - **ETH Short Details**: 31,093 ETH position (valued at $99.87M), entry price $3,270, liquidation price $3,264, profit: $1.8M. - **BTC Short Details**: 563 BTC position (valued at $52.48M), entry price $92,623, liquidation price $96,057, loss: $280k. **Key Context**: The trader’s $3M USDC principal now supports a $152M total short position, with effective leverage up to 35x—placing liquidation levels in very close proximity. ### Notes on American English Adaptations: 1. **Date Format**: Uses *Month Day (Year)* (no comma after day in casual news style). 2. **Abbreviations**: Shorthand like `M` (million) and `k` (thousand) is standard in U.S. financial media. 3. **Conciseness**: Prioritizes scannable bullet points and direct phrasing (avoids redundant wording). 4. **Terminology**: Aligns with U.S. crypto slang (e.g., "tracker" for *

On January 19, Polymarket user Annica has logged 1,265 total predictions since last August—most tied to Musk-related themes. As of press time, their total net profit exceeds $270,000, with a single largest profit of $91,600.

On January 19, BlockBeats data reveals key 2025 metrics for crypto contract trading platforms, covering annual trading volume and web traffic (a measure of user interest). ### Contract Trading Volume Leaders Hyperliquid led by a wide margin with **$2.93 trillion** in annual contract volume. It was followed by: - Lighter: $1.314 trillion - Aster: $791 billion ### Web Traffic Rankings Aster topped the list with ~13.23 million visits. Subsequent positions: - Lighter: 11.65 million visits - Hyperliquid: 6.7 million visits ### Additional Platform Data - EdgeX: $586 billion volume, 1.1 million visits - ApeX: $338 billion volume, 1.7 million visits - Pacifica: $82 billion volume, 870k visits ### Note on Pacifica Pacifica’s mainnet launched in June 2024. It recorded no trading volume in H1 2025, so overall metrics remain relatively low. The reported $82 billion volume reflects activity from September to December 2025 (when the platform entered rapid growth).