Kazakhstan Plans to Use Asset Forfeiture for Expanding National Crypto Reserve

On January 30, per HyperInsight monitoring, Binance whale address "pension-usdt.eth" closed a 25,000 ETH short position 8 hours ago, pocketing $2.721 million in profit.

On January 30, Bitcoin rebounded above $82,000, narrowing its 24-hour decline to 6.89%, according to HTX market data.

On January 30, the official Chinese Backpack account posted: “TGE is approaching—24% to the community, 1% to Mad Lads.” The post hints at a 1% airdrop of the total supply to Mad Lads holders.

On January 30, cryptocurrency custodian Copper is engaged in preliminary discussions about a potential public listing. Sources familiar with the matter noted that Goldman Sachs, Citigroup, and Deutsche Bank may be involved in the listing process, with the final decision contingent on the company’s recent revenue performance. Copper reportedly provides institutional-grade crypto infrastructure built on Multi-Party Computation (MPC) technology, including custody, settlement, and prime brokerage services—designed to reduce counterparty risk for banks and trading firms.

On January 30th, per monitoring from HyperInsight (via their Telegram channel: https://t.me/HyperInsight) and Coinglass, the whale address “CZ Opponent” (0x9ee)—which held the second-largest ETH long and largest XRP long positions on Hyperliquid—faced multiple consecutive liquidations after BTC’s price briefly dipped below $82,000. The largest single liquidation totaled roughly $65.13 million, making it the biggest on-chain liquidation in the past 24 hours and the second-largest network-wide single liquidation in that period. Monitoring data shows the address’s ETH, XRP, and HYPE long positions underwent 9 major liquidations around 9:40 AM ET today, resulting in a $34.45 million loss. This erased most of its holdings: total account value plummeted from ~$260 million to $59.5 million. Liquidation breakdown: - **ETH Long**: 2,534 ETH liquidated (~$22.55 million total). The largest single ETH liquidation occurred at ~$2,676, totaling $65.13 million—also the top on-chain liquidation in