「$10M Profit Whale」 Suspected of Accumulating 6000 ETH in a Transaction, with an Average Price of $1582

On January 26, Li Hua, founder of Liquid Capital (formerly LD Capital), posted on social media: “Market volatility has been pretty wild these past few days. From our research, short sellers have been dumping like crazy—but that hasn’t dented the overall bullish trend, especially with the U.S. stock market’s sustained strength and the national strategic backdrop for crypto in the U.S. We’re not swayed, and we won’t change our investment strategy. “Our last round of ETH investments netted nearly 2.5x returns. We also navigated ETH dropping from $2800 to $2100 amid the Middle East black swan event—so a few hundred dollars in swings is totally normal. The recent bull market’s been mocked online, too: billions in value swinging overnight, like a roller coaster. But as the saying goes, ‘the rougher the waves, the more precious the fish.’ And there’s no certainty in investing. “Our ongoing strategy: buy the dip, deploy multiple strategies, and accumulate more ETH. Lately, hedge funds

On January 26, official sources confirmed that Upbit—South Korea’s largest centralized cryptocurrency exchange (CEX)—has issued an announcement stating Solare (SXP) has been flagged for a cautious review by member firms of the Digital Asset Exchange Alliance (DAXA). Upbit has suspended SXP deposit services in the meantime. Once flagged, Upbit typically conducts a detailed review of the digital asset to determine whether to extend the review designation, lift it, or ultimately terminate trading support for SXP.

Per LookOnChain monitoring, an address starting with 0xbe4C withdrew 392 XAUT from crypto exchanges Bybit and Gate over the past two hours (Jan 26), with the total valued at roughly $2 million.

January 26th — Per DefiLlama data, weekend trading volumes across major perpetual DEXes (Perp DEXes) dropped amid broader market conditions, while open interest on most platforms also declined, with market sentiment turning cautious. Among these, Hyperliquid’s open interest fell roughly 15% week-over-week but still accounts for 48% of total open interest across leading platforms — nearly the sum of all other platforms combined. Additionally, Hyperliquid has held the top spot in trading volume since the start of January; previously, the volume leader changed hands multiple times due to Lighter’s points incentive program. Here’s the latest 24-hour trading volume, TVL (Total Value Locked), and open interest for select Perp DEXes: - Hyperliquid: ~$58.3B volume | ~$44.1B TVL | ~$74.2B open interest [Link: https://app.hyperliquid.xyz/join/NTOD] - Aster: ~$38.1B volume | ~$12.0B TVL | ~$24.3B open interest [Link: https://www.asterdex.com/zh-CN/referral/aboter] - EdgeX: ~$3

January 26th — Onchainschool.pro monitoring shows a PENGUIN token whale with $400k in unrealized gains has begun taking profits, selling off $40k worth of tokens in the past 10 minutes. As of press time, PENGUIN has a market cap of $85.6 million, with a 31.8% 24-hour price drop.

**January 26 — Silver spot prices surged past $110 per ounce on Wednesday, pushing the commodity’s total market capitalization to $6.149 trillion. That marks a 257% year-over-year jump, lifting silver to the world’s second-largest mainstream asset by market cap.** **Meanwhile, Bitcoin fell 14%, with its market cap now at $1.754 trillion — making silver’s value 3.5x that of Bitcoin.** **Notably, Bitcoin held a market cap lead over silver just six months ago. On September 1, 2023, as Bitcoin declined, silver overtook it with Bitcoin’s market cap then at roughly $2.183 trillion.** **Some analysts warn the rally in silver and other precious metals is driven by short squeezes. They note capital could flow into Bitcoin and Ethereum once a reversal takes hold.**