The popular AI framework Virtuals Protocol will host an in-person meet-up in Hong Kong on Friday, January 17.

On January 23, trader Eugene Ng Ah Sio announced on his personal channel: “I’m confused by this week’s latest price trends, so I plan to sit on the sidelines for now. Higher time frames (HTF) show an unideal pattern—I assess prices are most likely to decline. I’d hoped the New Year would bring enough momentum to push prices above $100,000 and catch up with other risk assets, but that scenario now looks unlikely. I’m temporarily exiting all markets, stepping back into real life and ‘touching grass’ again.”

Jan 23 — Per Coinbob Popular Address Monitor, the whale behind yesterday’s $1.99B BTC short liquidation (address 0xd83, nicknamed “Air Force Commander”) has reactivated. Overnight and this morning, the address rolled over short positions across BTC, ETH and other assets, and opened a 20x leveraged short on SOL: 123,000 SOL (valued at $15.86M). Key updates: - Total position size rose from $266M to $305M - 24-hour paper profits expanded by ~$2.6M Asset-specific position details: - BTC Short: $145M → $150M; avg. price $91k; liquidation at $91.8k - ETH Short: $96.1M → $106M; avg. price $3,067; liquidation at $3,061 - PEPE Short: $13.3M → $19.3M; avg. price $0.0049; liquidation at $0.0058 - SOL Short: $15.86M; avg. price $127.9; liquidation at $157 Background: The address previously rolled over aggressive short positions across multiple assets, with total positions once near $500M. It was simultaneously the largest on-chain short holder for BTC, ETH, PEPE, XRP and mo

January 23 — Per GMGN Monitoring data (via https://gmgn.ai/bsc/token/i_m4TE56o8_0xf74548802f4c700315f019fde17178b392ee4444), the meme coin “memes” saw its market cap surge this morning from a low of $4.5 million to a peak of $13 million, rallying over 140% in the short term. Since then, it has pulled back slightly, now sitting at roughly $10.4 million with a price of ~$0.0104 per token. BlockBeats Note: Meme coins are highly volatile, driven largely by market sentiment and hype, with no underlying real value or practical use case. Investors should be aware of the risks associated with such assets.

Jan. 23 – A-share gold concept stocks extended gains on Monday, with China Gold and Yugang Gold-Lead hitting daily limit-ups. Related silver and nonferrous metals stocks saw four consecutive limit-ups, while Hunan Silver, Shengda Resources, Xiaocheng Technology and Sichuan Gold followed suit. On the news front, spot silver broke above the $99 mark, and spot gold is now less than $50 shy of the $5,000 level. (Source: Jin10)

On January 23, prediction market platform Polymarket faced widespread scrutiny from the crypto and media community after false information spread on its official X account. Investor DCinvestor noted they had unfollowed Polymarket’s official account—not over the platform’s product, but because it frequently posts large volumes of false information framed as "breaking news," which seriously misleads users. Journalist Rachel Karten also pointed out Polymarket’s official account "often publishes completely fabricated news," calling the phenomenon "very strange." A key point of the controversy was a "JUST IN" tweet where Polymarket claimed Jeff Bezos suggested Gen Z entrepreneurs should first work at traditional companies like McDonald’s or Palantir before pursuing entrepreneurship. Bezos himself directly replied to deny the claim, stating: "No. I’m not sure why Polymarket would fabricate this." The incident has raised market concerns about Polymarket’s information credibility a

Jan 23: OnchainLens monitoring shows "Buddy" (Huang Licheng)'s address has again deposited 250,000 USDC into HyperLiquid, continuing to scale up his ETH long position with 25x leverage. Current position breakdown: ~$12.11M in size, holding 4,100 ETH; entry price $2,944.95, unrealized profit $73,000, liquidation price $2,888.40.