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

January 25 — Per monitoring from Hyperinsight (via its Telegram channel @HyperInsight), a whale address beginning with 0x50b3 has opened 20x-leveraged BTC long positions over the past 24 hours. After multiple additions to the position, its current long size stands at 379.62 BTC (valued at $33.69 million), with an unrealized loss of $209,000 and an entry price of $89,318. Additionally, the same address has initiated several 25x-leveraged ETH short positions or hedges. Its current short size is 9,999 ETH (worth $29.36 million), with an unrealized loss of $15,000 and an entry price of $2,935.

Per Onchain Lens monitoring, 7 wallets linked to the same entity purchased 4,300 XAUT 8 hours ago at $5,049 apiece, totaling roughly $21.71 million.

Jan. 25 — South Korean outlet Ohmy News reports the Gwangju Regional Prosecution Service has lost seized Bitcoin tied to criminal cases. The exact value of the lost cryptocurrency remains undisclosed, but sources indicate it could be worth up to 70 billion Korean won. Prosecutors uncovered the loss during a routine check of seized financial assets: an official accessed a fraudulent website while verifying Bitcoin-related passwords stored on a USB drive. The office is conducting an internal investigation. A Gwangju prosecution official declined to confirm the details when approached by media.

January 25th — DUSK has surged above $0.2, currently trading at $0.205, with a 24-hour gain of 33.9% per HTX market data.

On January 25th, crypto analytics firm Santiment posted on X that major Bitcoin whales are ramping up accumulation at a notable clip. Addresses holding 1,000+ BTC have added 104,340 BTC in recent days—an increase of 1.5%. Additionally, the count of large transactions ($1M+) has surged to a two-month high.

January 25 — Per popular address tracker Coinbob (via https://t.me/Coinbob_track_CN), the top Bitcoin short position holder on the Hyperliquid platform—dubbed “Air Force Commander”—added 105.53 BTC to its short position in the past 20 minutes. As of now, the address holds a total short position of $246 million, with the following breakdown: - Bitcoin (40x leverage): Short position = $1.229 billion; Unrealized profit = $232.6 million - Ethereum (25x leverage): Short position = $99.76 million; Unrealized profit = $2.887 million - Solana (20x leverage): Short position = $9.98 million; Unrealized profit = $10.77 thousand - HYPE (10x leverage): Short position = $8.72 million; Unrealized loss = $49.58 thousand - KPEPE (10x leverage): Short position = $4.9 million; Unrealized loss = $4.79 thousand