10 #Bitcoin ETFs outflows 4,964 $BTC(-$458.3M) and 9 #Ethereum ETFs outflows 4,701 $ETH(-$15.21M) yesterday.

On January 23, per HyperInsight monitoring, a trader shorted 70 BTC at 16:47 with 12x leverage—entering at an average price of $89,508 and currently sitting slightly in profit. The address follows a high-frequency, short-term trading style; it’s recently focused on BTC perpetual contracts, with frequent switches between long and short positions.

On January 23, crypto exchange Binance filed an authorization application with Greece’s Hellenic Capital Market Commission (HCMC) under the EU’s Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCA), per Cointelegraph. Earlier, on January 13, France’s Financial Markets Authority (AMF) warned that 90 registered crypto firms—including Binance—have yet to secure a MiCA license. France’s MiCA transition period ends June 30, and non-compliant authorized companies must halt operations in July. Per European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) data, Greece has not issued any MiCA licenses to date, while Germany has granted 43 and the Netherlands 22, respectively.

On-chain detective ZachXBT slammed hardware wallet maker Ledger’s plan to go public in the U.S. via an IPO on January 23, citing multiple past hacks that exposed customers’ private data and enabled targeted thefts totaling millions of dollars. ZachXBT also flagged ongoing product issues (including battery problems with the Ledger Nano X) and the company’s recent move to impose a percentage fee for “clear signatures,” arguing the IPO is purely a profit-maximization play. Ledger’s biggest security breach to date was a June 2020 e-commerce database leak: hackers exploited a misconfigured third-party API key on its website to access e-commerce and marketing data, exposing over 1 million email addresses and roughly 272,000 full personal records (including real names, mailing addresses, and phone numbers). Earlier today, Ledger announced plans for a U.S. IPO with a potential valuation exceeding $4 billion. The company has partnered with Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan, and Barclays to advan

On January 23rd, per HyperInsight monitoring (https://t.me/HyperInsight), the whale address 0xa33... closed all 206 of its BTC short positions over the past half hour—valued at ~$18.36 million. With an average opening price of ~$89,280, the closeout has essentially broken even. The address has since withdrawn most of its funds from the account.

Stable, the stablecoin-focused public blockchain, announced on January 23 that its mainnet will undergo an upgrade to version 1.2.0 on February 4. Following the upgrade, the network’s native Gas token will be converted to USDT0, and the wrap/unwrap process will be eliminated. Additionally, the upgrade will enhance the observability of indexers’ staking lifecycles and improve overall network compatibility for developers.