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

January 3rd: Per AI Monitor, a Matrixport-affiliated entity purchased an additional 46,036.72 ETH on December 29th (the day prices dropped), lowering its on-chain average cost basis to $3,105.5. It has now fully recouped a $110 million unrealized loss and hit break-even.

On January 3rd, data from Coinglass indicates that if Ethereum (ETH) breaks above $3,200, the cumulative short liquidation intensity across major centralized exchanges (CEXs) will reach $907 million. Conversely, should ETH drop below $3,000, the cumulative long liquidation intensity on these mainstream CEXs will hit $916 million. BlockBeats Note: Liquidation charts do not show the exact number or value of contracts at risk of liquidation. Instead, the bars on these charts represent the relative importance of each liquidation cluster compared to neighboring clusters—meaning "intensity." In short, the charts reflect how strongly the underlying asset’s price will react when it hits a specific level: A taller "liquidation bar" signals a more intense price response upon reaching that level, fueled by a surge in liquidity.

On January 3rd, data from the **Coinbob Popular Address Monitor** (via Coinbob_track_CN on Telegram) reveals key updates on crypto whale activity across the Hyperliquid exchange: ### Key Whale Movements 1. **BTC OG Insider Whale** Briefly flipped to profit this morning before sliding back to a loss—*no rebalancing was executed*. Total unrealized losses stand at $11.46 million, led by a $9.88 million (7.7% drawdown) ETH long position (avg entry: $3,147; size: ~$630 million). The whale also holds losing BTC and SOL long positions, with a total account size of ~$786 million—ranking **#1 in ETH, BTC, and SOL longs** on Hyperliquid. 2. **CZ Counterparty** Unrealized losses shrank from $27.6 million to $16.4 million. Its ETH long (size: ~$177 million; avg entry: $3,190) is down $5.21 million, while a $77.8 million XRP long is off $11.14 million. This whale is now the **largest XRP long** and **2nd-largest ETH long** on Hyperliquid. 3. **pension-usdt.eth** Transferre

January 3 marks the 17th anniversary of Satoshi Nakamoto mining Bitcoin’s Genesis Block (Block #0) on a small server in Helsinki, Finland, on January 3, 2009. The Genesis Block’s CoinBase data includes a headline from *The Times* newspaper that day: “The Times 03/Jan/2009 Chancellor on brink of second bailout for banks.” The block contained just one transaction, with a block reward of 50 bitcoins. As of press time, Bitcoin is trading at $90,011.13, with a market capitalization exceeding $1.8 trillion.

Two newly created wallets(0x5240 & 0x387c) withdrew 2.08M $APEX($1.06M) from #Bybit 9 hours ago.

**On Jan 3, OnchainLens data shows that as PEPE started to edge higher, the James Wynn address opened a 10x leveraged long position on the memecoin.** **Key Details:** - Entry price: $0.005218 - Liquidation price: $0.005381 - Total position size: $1.62 million - Current unrealized profit: Over $210,000