Binance will airdrop 3500 EPT tokens to eligible users

On January 20th, monitoring by Hyperinsight (via https://t.me/HyperInsight) shows the largest on-chain gold bear trader is currently shorting 2,989.3 PAXG tokens (roughly $14.02 million) with 5x leverage. The trader’s average entry price is $4,533 per token, with an unrealized loss of $477,000 per token. Additionally, the same address holds highly leveraged short positions on BTC and a basket of altcoins, posting a total unrealized profit of $1.245 million across its account.

On January 20th, PeckShield monitoring confirmed the MakinaFi platform was hacked, with approximately 1,299 ETH (valued at roughly $4.13 million) stolen. Some transactions were front-run by MEV addresses. The stolen funds are currently held in two separate addresses, totaling around $3.3 million and $0.88 million respectively.

January 20 — Philippine police in Pasig City rescued a Chinese national kidnapped by Chinese abductors on January 16, ABS-CBN News reports. The victim was held by four knife-wielding suspects, forced to transfer roughly $400,000 in cryptocurrency and an extra $14,000 in cash. The abductors broke into the victim’s apartment on Roxas Boulevard, claiming the victim owed them $1 million and threatening to harvest organs or sell the victim to Cambodia. The victim was rescued after sending a distress message to a friend.

Jan 20th — Per GMGN monitoring (via https://t.me/gmgnaibot?start=i_m4TE56o8), the Solana-based meme coin WhiteWhale nosedived suddenly around 0:00 UTC today. Its market cap plummeted from ~$50 million to nearly $20 million in roughly 5 minutes, a ~60% drop. As of press time, it has rebounded to a $37 million market cap, with a current price of ~$0.038 and a 36% 24-hour decline. Monitoring data shows the drop was driven by large-scale sell-offs from several top-holding addresses. Addresses starting with 6kas..., 5tf1..., and 5AAn... dumped over 48.36 million tokens (worth ~$1.6 million) starting around 0:27, creating heavy short-term selling pressure. Multiple other meme coins share the same name in the market. The token with the most liquidity has the contract address: WhiteWhale (contract: a3W4qutoEJA4232T2gwZUfgYJTetr96pU4SJMwppump). BlockBeats warns users: Meme coin trading is extremely volatile, often tied to market sentiment and hype, lacks actual value or utility, and in

Jan. 20 — The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) announced last night it’s developing a tokenized trading and settlement platform for U.S. stocks, featuring multi-chain settlement and custody capabilities plus 24/7 trading. The news sparked widespread debate in the crypto community; key takes follow: - Carlos Domingo, CEO of BlackRock-backed tokenization platform Securitize, said the upcoming NYSE native tokenized stock on-chain trading (no wrappers, derivatives, or tokenized equities involved) is an unprecedented win for the crypto market. - Blockworks Research analyst Shaun Da Devens commented the NYSE’s proposed 24/7 tokenized trading is a major win for stock traders—with weekend price discovery as its biggest benefit. - Binance founder CZ stated this morning: “This is good news for both crypto and crypto trading platforms.” The Block founder Mike Dudas retweeted the NYSE announcement, expressing optimism and interest. - Blockworks Data Director Dan Smith noted the announcem