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

January 26 — According to the Seoul Economic Daily, Cha Myung-hoon, major shareholder and chairman of South Korean crypto exchange Coinone, is weighing a partial stake sale. He holds a combined 53.44% of Coinone’s shares via his personal firm The One Group (3.430% ownership) and direct personal holdings (19.14%). Coinone-affiliated sources noted the exchange is in talks with overseas exchanges and domestic financial institutions about equity investment and other partnership opportunities, though specific details remain unconfirmed.

Jan. 26: LookOnChain monitoring indicates the "BTC OG Insider Whale" is not only deep underwater on a $7.79 billion BTC/ETH/SOL long position but is now running a circular leverage trade on ETH. Earlier today, the whale set up a new wallet, withdrew 61,000 ETH (≈$174.3 million) from Binance to deposit into Aave, then borrowed 60 million USDC from Aave and transferred it back to Binance.

January 26th — Per LookOnChain monitoring, a whale address notorious for "buying high, selling low" has panic-sold 5,500 ETH over the past three days at $2,912 each, totaling roughly $16.02 million. Five days prior, the same address purchased 2,000 ETH at $2,984 per token (around $5.97 million). Today, it repeated the classic "buy high, sell low" maneuver.

As of January 26th, per HTX market data: - Bitcoin has rebounded above $87,000, currently trading at $87,284; - Ethereum has rebounded above $2,850, now priced at $2,866; - SOL has risen above $120, currently at $121.

On January 26, Onchain Lens data shows that "Brother Whale" Huang Licheng’s 25x-leveraged ETH long position on Hyperliquid was fully liquidated again during this morning’s price drop, resulting in a $696,000 loss. He subsequently opened a new 25x-leveraged ETH long position. That new position, however, was partially liquidated amid further downside. To date, "Brother Whale" has racked up cumulative losses exceeding $25 million.

January 26th – Per popular address monitoring by Coinbob (https://t.me/Coinbob_track_CN), the top BTC short holder on the Hyperliquid platform, dubbed "Air Force Commander," ramped up its short positions significantly earlier this morning. As of now, the address holds **$387 million in total short positions** (up from $246 million yesterday) with an **unrealized profit of $12.84 million**. Breakdown by asset: - Short BTC (40x leverage): $150M | Unrealized profit: $5.71M - Short ETH (15x leverage): $189M | Unrealized profit: $6.94M - Short SOL (20x leverage): $9.3M | Unrealized profit: $0.645M - Short KPEPE (10x leverage): $19.74M | Unrealized loss: $0.164M - Short XRP (20x leverage): $16.54M | Unrealized loss: $0.217M - Short HYPE (10x leverage): $3.31M | Unrealized loss: $0.068M （Note: "ramped up" is a casual, common phrase in U.S. financial quick updates to emphasize a sharp increase; bolding key figures aligns with how U.S. crypto news highlights critical data.）