TRUMP unlocked 40 million tokens 5 hours ago, equivalent to around 300 million US dollars

On January 16, on-chain analyst Yu Jin reported that Ethereum mining firm BitMine acquired 24,068 ETH (valued at $80.57 million) through FalconX 10 hours prior. Additionally, the company has been steadily staking ETH recently; it currently holds over 1.7 million staked ETH (worth $5.65 billion), representing 40% of its total ETH holdings of 4.17 million.

On Jan. 16, Onchain Lens monitoring shows that whale address 0xE9D withdrew 11,089 AAVE (≈$1.9M) from Kraken—its first withdrawal in a month. Currently, the whale holds a total of 355,093 AAVE, valued at roughly $59.15M, and has a debt of $30M.

As of January 16, LookOnChain monitoring data shows that Ethereum OG whale address 0xB3E8 — which began trading ETH 8 years ago — has deposited 13,083 ETH (valued at ~$43.35 million) into Gemini exchange over the past two days. The whale still holds 34,616 ETH (worth ~$115 million).

On Thursday, January 16, the White House released a latest financial disclosure showing that as of December, former President Trump’s municipal and corporate bond investments included some corporate bonds partially influenced by his administration’s policies, totaling at least $51 million. The bonds cover companies like Netflix, CoreWeave, General Motors (GM), Boeing, and Occidental Petroleum, plus municipal bonds issued by U.S. cities, local school districts, utilities, and hospitals. Disclosures only require reporting transactions within ranges, so specific amounts or prices remain unknown. Trump’s report notes he made 189 buy transactions and two sell transactions between November 14 and December 29 last year; the sells totaled at least $1.3 million. The U.S. government previously stated Trump has always disclosed his investments as required, and neither he nor his family members manage the portfolio—it is handled by a third-party financial institution. (Source: Golden Fina

**Jan 16 – Per The Block, Interactive Brokers has announced it now allows traders to fund their accounts 24/7 with Circle’s USDC to enable round-the-clock trading. Users can transfer USDC from their personal crypto wallets to a secure wallet provided by Zerohash on the Ethereum, Solana, or Base blockchains. The tokens will then automatically convert to USD and deposit into their brokerage accounts. Deposits incur a 0.30% conversion fee, with a $1 minimum. Interactive Brokers plans to add additional stablecoin options as early as next week, including Ripple’s RLUSD and PayPal’s PYUSD.**

Jan 16: A whale has deposited 3M USDC into HyperLiquid, shorting ETH with 25x leverage and XMR with 5x leverage, per Onchain Lens monitoring. The total position is now valued at $61.9M, with breakdown: - 18,260.74 ETH ($60.63M) - 1,838.06 XMR ($1.27M)