After closing a short position, a certain whale has shifted to a long position, with the expectation that the position size will reach $20 million.

January 22 — Per HyperInsight monitoring, a whale wallet starting with 0xe505 opened a 551.44 ETH short position at 5:44 PM today. The wallet currently holds a 25x leveraged ETH short position with: - Position size: ~$1.65 million - Floating profit: ~$8,331 - Liquidation price: ~$3,073

Jan 22 — AI Agent Infrastructure & Application Layer project Warden has closed a $4 million strategic funding round, with the firm valued at $2 billion. Participants include strategic partners and ecosystem contributors such as 0G, Messari, and Venice.AI. The capital will be used to accelerate product development and expand Warden’s AI agent capabilities across trading, automation, and programmable wealth.

Jan 22nd: Onchain Lens monitoring reveals a whale has accumulated 9,439 XAUT over the past 25 days at an average price of $4,463, spending a total of 42.13 million USDe. The position currently holds an unrealized gain of $3.45 million.

Jan 22 — Data from DefiLlama shows trading volumes and open interest (OI) for major Perpetual DEXes (Perp DEX) have mostly risen across the board over the past 24 hours. Leading the pack, Hyperliquid’s 24-hour trading volume rebounded to roughly $9.86B, holding a wide first-place lead. Aster follows with ~$6.2B in volume. Key metrics for select Perp DEXes are below: - **Hyperliquid** (Link: https://app.hyperliquid.xyz/join/NTOD): 24h volume ~$9.86B | TVL ~$4.49B | OI ~$8.44B - **Aster** (Link: https://www.asterdex.com/en/referral/aboter): 24h volume ~$6.2B | TVL ~$1.23B | OI ~$2.52B - **Lighter** (Link: https://app.lighter.xyz/?referral=70045843): 24h volume ~$5.06B | TVL ~$1.05B | OI ~$1.27B - **EdgeX**: 24h volume ~$4.76B | TVL ~$422M | OI ~$1.09B - **Grvt**: 24h volume ~$1.95B | TVL ~$95.36M | OI ~$507M - **Pacifica** (Link: https://app.pacifica.fi/?referral=pacbot): 24h volume ~$837M | TVL ~$45.89M | OI ~$77.7M (Note: TVL = Total Value Locked; OI = Open Interest

On January 22, data from Bubblemaps shows the developer of RALPH— a meme coin tied to the BAGS ecosystem— dumped roughly $300,000 worth of its tokens, triggering an 80% price collapse. The linked address cluster still holds about 3% of the token’s total supply as of now. RALPH’s current market cap sits at $6.16 million, down more than 89% from its today’s peak of $59 million.

**BitGo, U.S.’s First Crypto IPO of 2026, Set to List on NYSE Tonight** BitGo, the first crypto asset custodian to go public in the U.S. in 2026, will debut on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) tonight (Jan. 22) under ticker symbol BTGO. The company priced its IPO at $18 per share—above its initial target range of $15 to $17. At this price, BitGo holds an implied market capitalization of approximately $2.1 billion. Per its prospectus: - First nine months of 2025 revenue: ~$10 billion (surging from $1.9 billion in the year-ago period) - Net income: ~$35.3 million; net income attributable to shareholders: $8.1 million (up from $5.1 million year-over-year) - As of Sept. 30, 2025: ~$104 billion in custody assets, supporting 1,550+ digital assets - 2025 full-year revenue projection: $16.02 billion to $16.09 billion Founded in 2013, BitGo is among the largest U.S. crypto custodians. Its role in securing client digital assets has grown as institutional interest in crypto