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Jan 28 — Polymarket data shows Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin joined the platform with a verified account in March 2023, participating in 141 prediction markets total. His largest single profit was $54.8, while total accumulated losses across all trades hit $1,120. He currently has no open prediction trades. From his trading style, Vitalik favors betting on high-probability events. For example: - About two months ago, he invested $3,867 to bet on *"The Federal Reserve will not raise interest rates by more than 25 basis points in December 2025"* — a near-100% probability scenario — and ultimately made a $3.87 profit. - Three months ago, he placed a total of $600 in bets at 93% and 96% probabilities on *"MetaMask will not launch its own coin in 2025"*. He actively sold the position two months ago at a 97% probability, netting a $25.53 profit. Notably, most of Vitalik’s bet amounts are just $10, with single-trade profits typically only a few cents. But he didn’t start with

On January 28th, per HyperInsight’s monitoring (via its Telegram channel @HyperInsight), a crypto whale closed a 6,967.77 ETH long position at 12:42 ET, locking in a $137,000 profit over the past week. The same address currently holds long positions in gold and silver, with a total unrealized profit of $110,000.

On January 28, Farside Investors reported that U.S. Bitcoin spot ETFs recorded a net outflow of $147.4 million the previous day (January 27), with breakdowns as follows: - BlackRock IBIT: -$102.8 million - Fidelity FBTC: -$44.6 million Additionally, U.S. Ethereum spot ETFs posted a net outflow of $64.6 million the same day, including: - BlackRock ETHA: -$59.0 million - Grayscale ETHE: -$14.6 million

Per Onchain Lens monitoring, on January 28, a whale address deposited 2 million USDC into HyperLiquid, opened a 2x-leveraged short position on HYPE, and placed a limit order at $34.25 to add to this position.

Jan 28th — Per The Data Nerd’s monitoring, wallet 0x8c6 deposited 139,000 LINK tokens to Binance eight hours ago, valued at approximately $1.67 million. The address amassed these tokens 8 months ago at an average cost of ~$15.70; selling at current market prices would incur an estimated $520,000 loss. Two additional whale wallets also transferred a combined 520,000 LINK (worth ~$6.24 million) to Binance and Coinbase.