Shield: The KiloEx Attacker Tagged Address has returned approximately 1.4 million USDT to KiloEx

On January 3rd, OnchainLens monitoring data shows a whale or institutional address withdrew 20,000 ETH from Galaxy, Coinbase, FalconX, and Cumberland over the past 12 hours. The withdrawal is valued at roughly $62.3 million. Address: 0x363adf8182fd0fcd0f43d1c904809f85d6f24f7a

**BitMine Adds 82,560 ETH to Ethereum Staking, Pushing Validator Queue Near 1M ETH** January 3: BitMine Immersion Technologies recently added 82,560 ETH to Ethereum’s staking system—valued at roughly $2.59 billion—bringing the network’s validator queue closer to 1 million ETH, with an estimated wait time of 17 days. On-chain data shows BitMine now holds 544,064 staked ETH, worth ~$16.2 billion at current prices. The firm launched large-scale ETH staking on December 26, 2025, and plans to expand its staking capacity in Q1 2026 via its in-house MAVA (Made-in-America Validator Network). Driven by institutional entries like BitMine, Ethereum’s validator queue has ~977,000 ETH, with only ~113,000 ETH exiting. To date, 35.5 million ETH (29% of total supply) is staked, yielding an annual ~2.54%. Additionally, BitMine Chairman Tom Lee is pushing to raise the company’s authorized share count to 50 billion, preparing for a potential stock surge tied to rising ETH prices. He hinted ET

On January 3rd, per OnchainLens monitoring data, crypto influencer Jez (@izebel_eth) deposited $908,412 in USDC into Lighter to continue buying LIT. As of now, Jez holds 1,109,196 LIT across two wallets, worth roughly $2.8 million at current market prices.

On January 3rd, per monitoring by HyperInsight (https://t.me/HyperInsight), the whale address 0xEa6…061EE has the following update: ### Key Actions - **Jan 1**: Deposited 8 million USDC as collateral into Hyperliquid, then opened long positions on IP, XPL, STBL, MON, PUMP, GRIFFAIN, VVV, AIXBT, HEMI, MAVIA, and STABLE. - **Yesterday**: Added a 20x-leveraged Bitcoin long position. ### Current P&L Total unrealized profit from long positions exceeds $1.9 million, with all positions profitable: - **Largest gainer**: IP long (> $400k unrealized) - **Smallest gainer**: AIXBT long ($1,200 unrealized)

On January 3rd, as the market caught its breath after 2025’s intense volatility, top global financial institutions quietly mapped out their 2026 outlooks. BlockBeats synthesized forecasts from eight authoritative firms—including BlackRock, Fidelity, JPMorgan, Coinbase, VanEck, Galaxy Digital, 21Shares, and Forbes—revealing a distinct market landscape: ### Key Consensus & Divergences A consensus on stablecoins is taking shape: institutions now view them not as mere technical experiments, but as a core variable challenging monetary sovereignty and reshaping financial infrastructure. Institutional adoption is irreversible, and traditional capital is deepening its crypto ecosystem engagement in more nuanced ways, regardless of market sentiment. Yet significant divides persist on the crypto four-year cycle theory. On regulation and product innovation—from Bitcoin spot ETFs to altcoin ETFs, compliance frameworks to derivatives evolution—institutions are positioning for the next struct

On January 3rd, Amir—founder of Helium, a decentralized telecommunications infrastructure project—tweeted that the market appears indifferent to the project team’s token buyback efforts, so he’s decided to halt wasting funds on buybacks amid current conditions. He noted that last October alone, Helium generated $3.4 million in revenue from its mobile sector, and would rather allocate those funds to business expansion than sink them into buybacks.