Huobi HTX has launched AERGO perpetual contracts and kicked off a contract trading party.

Jan. 29 – Per AI Whale Watching, an ancient ETH whale dating back to 2016 reportedly sold 5,000 ETH with an average cost as low as $9.35. Address 0x660…7Bf35 deposited 5,000 ETH (valued at $14.7 million) to Wintermute three hours ago. Tracing its origin, two key prior addresses stand out: - Address 0xDA2…80100 previously withdrew 10,600 ETH from Gate 10 years ago — with a total cost of just $99,000; - Address 0x132…38378 previously withdrew 18,049.96 ETH from Kraken 9 years ago, at an average price as low as $86.

January 29: U.S. initial jobless claims for the week ended Jan. 24 hit 209,000, topping the expected 205,000. The prior week’s figure was revised up from 200,000 to 210,000. (FXStreet)

On January 29, ALT5 Sigma Corporation (Nasdaq: ALTS) announced its board of directors has approved a share repurchase program of up to $100 million. The program includes a 50-million-share maximum for purchases made when the stock trades below its Net Asset Value (NAV)—representing roughly 40% of the company’s outstanding shares. The firm noted the initiative is intended to capitalize on valuation discounts and unlock shareholder value. Concurrently, the board has greenlit ongoing accumulation of WLFI tokens in the secondary market. ALT5 currently holds approximately 7.3 billion WLFI tokens, valued at roughly $1.5 billion, and remains bullish on the rapid growth of the World Liberty Financial ecosystem and its USD1 stablecoin. To kickstart these efforts, ALT5 has entered a $15 million loan agreement with World Liberty Financial. The company also signaled potential future financing by leveraging its robust balance sheet, which exceeds $1.6 billion. ALT5 CEO Tony Isaac stated th

As of January 29th, monitoring data from HyperInsight (via its Telegram channel: https://t.me/HyperInsight) reveals key whale movement trends between 10:00 AM and 8:00 PM ET today: ### Bullish Activity - Whale "Buddy" closed its HYPE long position, netting a $961,000 profit. - HYPE’s largest bullish whale withdrew $7 million in collateral, pushing its liquidation price up to $25. ### Bearish Activity - Whale "Silver Iron Head Air Force" added another silver short position with an average entry price of $116.76. - Whale "Lightning Reversal" closed its BTC and ETH short positions, locking in a total $351,000 profit. - Whale "20 Million Range Sniper" kept expanding short positions in gold and XMR — remaining the largest XMR short holder on Hyperliquid (link: https://app.hyperliquid.xyz/join/NTOD).

On January 29, The Information reported that ByteDance and Alibaba are set to launch a new artificial intelligence model in mid-February.

On January 29, Fortune magazine reported that cryptocurrency venture capital firm Escape Velocity has raised $62 million in funding, with a focus on the "DePIN" encryption network—covering sectors including telescopes, solar energy, and beyond.