"The 20M Bandit" Adds to ETH, XRP, and XMR Short Positions, Account Sees Unrealized Gain of $12.33M
January 22 — Per monitoring from HyperInsight (via their Telegram channel), the address labeled “20 Million Band Hunter” (0x880a) has continued adding to short positions on ETH, XRP, and XMR over the past hour, with an unrealized gain of $12.33 million.
This address uses an aggressive trading style, excels at high-leverage short-term trades, and has amassed total profits of $107.9 million since its activity began.
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Binance Will Delist AI/BTC, ALLO/BNB, APE/BTC Trading Pairs
Binance will remove and cease trading for the following spot trading pairs on January 22:
Starting at 03:00 UTC on January 23, 2026:
AI/BTC, ALLO/BNB, APE/BTC, AUCTION/BTC, BOME/FDUSD, DYDX/FDUSD, ENA/BNB, FIL/ETH, ID/BTC, KITE/BNB, LDO/BTC, LRC/ETH, NMR/BTC, PENGU/FDUSD, PNUT/BTC, PYR/BTC, STRK/FDUSD, XVG/ETH, YFI/BTC, ZIL/ETH.
Delisting these spot trading pairs does not impact the availability of the respective tokens on Binance’s spot market. Users may still trade the underlying and quote assets of these pairs via other available trading pairs on Binance.
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RIVER Surges Over 33% in 24 Hours, Market Cap Reaches $945 Million
On January 22, HTX market data shows RIVER has surged over 33% in the past 24 hours, currently trading at $48 (as of press time) with a market cap of $9.45 billion.
Separately, River announced it has secured an $8 million strategic investment from Justin Sun. The funding will support the project’s deep integration into the TRON ecosystem and deployment of chain-agnostic stablecoin infrastructure.
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River Receives $8 Million Strategic Investment from Justin Sun to Support Deep Integration into the TRON Ecosystem
On January 22, River announced via an official statement that it has secured an $8 million strategic investment from Justin Sun. The funding will support its deep integration into the TRON ecosystem and deployment of chain-agnostic stablecoin infrastructure.
River will bring cross-ecosystem assets and liquidity to TRON via its stablecoin, satUSD. The token can be minted 1:1 against USDT, USDD, or USD1, or backed by multi-chain assets—enabling users to access TRON’s native high-yield opportunities directly.
satUSD will join USDT and USDD in the SUN.io stablecoin pool, with price oracles powered by WinkLink. It will also be available for lending on JustLend.
The integration will include core assets like USDT, TRX, wBTC, BTT, JST, SUN, WIN, and NFTs, with native sTRX staking rewards serving as the initial onboarding point. River also plans to roll out a Smart Vault and an institutional-grade Prime Vault, delivering a scalable yield solution for stablecoins and TRON’s core assets.
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Whale Trader Executes "I'm Here to Steal Your Money" Strategy, Takes Profit of $42,300
On January 22, per GMGN monitoring, a trader of the meme coin “I’ve Arrived on a Horse” locked in a swing profit after the token’s market cap topped $17 million yesterday.
The trader opened a position with $99,900, later sold all holdings, and converted proceeds to a total of $142,200—realizing a $42,300 gain.
Earlier reports noted Binance announced the launch of “I’ve Arrived on a Horse”/USDT perpetual contracts (with up to 20x leverage) at 22:30 UTC+8 on January 21.
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BTC and ETH's biggest bearish trader, the "Short Air Force Commander," has been liquidated for $199 million, becoming the largest liquidation in the entire network in the past 24 hours.
Jan. 22 — Per monitoring from HyperInsight (Telegram: @HyperInsight) and Coinglass, the crypto market saw significant volatility overnight and early this morning.
Driven by a 2.3% short-term jump in BTC and a nearly 5% surge in ETH around 3 a.m. ET today, the largest short whale on Hyperliquid — dubbed the "Short Air Commander" (address 0xd83) — was hit with a massive liquidation totaling $199 million. Its largest single liquidation reached $40.22 million, marking the biggest single liquidation across the network in the past 24 hours.
The address had previously loaded up on shorts across ETH, XRP, and other assets, with its total position once approaching $500 million. It was also the top short holder for BTC, ETH, PEPE, XRP, and other assets on Hyperliquid. Due to its full cross-margin mode, the whale’s trades pushed down liquidation prices for multiple assets sharply. Around 3:30 a.m. ET, the address saw dozens of consecutive liquidations across five assets.
In recent hours,
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