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

Jan. 16 — Per Arkham data, a crypto whale withdrew 235,472 TRUMP tokens from Binance roughly 20 minutes ago, with the sum valued at around $1.27 million.

Jan. 16 — The ETHGas Foundation released details on the token distribution and vesting schedule for its governance token GWEI, with a total supply of 10 billion tokens: - **Ecosystem Allocation**: 31% → 10-year linear unlock - **Investor Allocation**: 27% → 1-year lockup (10% unlocked immediately at maturity, followed by 2-year linear unlock) - **Team Allocation**: 22% → Same vesting terms as Investors - **Community Allocation**: 10% → 4-year linear unlock - **Foundation Allocation**: 8% → Unlocked on the first day of listing - **Advisor Allocation**: 2% → Same vesting terms as Investors Additional notes: - GWEI distributed via community airdrops will be auto-staked for 30 days upon listing to ensure early contributors participate in governance. - Holders may lock GWEI for 1 week to 4 years to receive veGWEI.

January 16: On-chain analyst Ai Auntie (@ai_9684xtpa) reports that the top 2 ETH long address on Hyperliquid (0x94d…33814) holds a combined $318 million in long positions across ETH, BTC, and SOL, with $3.9 million in unrealized losses (ETH makes up 62.4% of the total). The address has placed two limit buy orders: - 786.85 BTC (valued at $74.95 million) in the $95,150–$95,381 range - 8,346.78 ETH (valued at $27.48 million) in the $3,285–$3,300 range Should the market pull back, the address is expected to decisively buy the dip and lean bullish.

On January 16, Adam, a macro researcher at Greeks.live, released today’s options expiration data: - 20,000 BTC options are expiring, with a put-call ratio of 1.39, max pain at $92,000, and a nominal value of $2.3 billion. - 120,000 ETH options are expiring, with a put-call ratio of 1.04, max pain at $3,200, and a nominal value of $430 million.

**BitMine Unveils $200M Investment in MrBeast’s Beast Industries at Shareholders’ Meeting** January 16th – At BitMine’s shareholders’ gathering, Chairman Tom Lee outlined the company’s $200 million investment in Beast Industries, the venture led by renowned YouTuber MrBeast (the world’s most-watched creator). Key details from Lee’s update: - MrBeast’s values align closely with BitMine’s team, both at the corporate and personal levels; - BitMine now stands as Beast Industries’ largest corporate and strategic investor; - The investment is part of a long-term overarching vision focused on Ethereum, DeFi, and tokenization.

Bitget Market Data (Jan 16): Spot gold has fallen below $1,590 per ounce, down 0.58% intraday. Spot silver has plunged 4% on the day and is last trading at $88.66 per ounce.