Binance will airdrop 3500 EPT tokens to eligible users

On January 9, Tether minted 1 billion USDT on the Tron network, per monitoring from Onchain Lens. This marks Tether’s first USDT minting of 2026.

On January 9, Daniel Li—founder of Liquid Capital (formerly LD Capital)—posted: “Investing is mostly about waiting. It’s not just timing the dip right; it’s also being patient enough to see the final outcome. Our research team released a SOL report on July 26, 2023, and we built a position near $20, expressing strong confidence in the SOL ecosystem and believing its value was undervalued. But as news of FTX’s private sales kept emerging, panic set in, and we quickly liquidated below $50—perfectly missing the subsequent 15x price surge.” Investing and trading might seem easy, but the journey from start to finish is the hardest part. It’s a major test of human nature. Outside of blowhard talkers and crypto influencers who act like they nail every market move, no one can truly predict how short-term fluctuations will play out or how long the waiting period will last.

On January 9, per monitoring data from Onchain Lens, a cryptocurrency whale dormant for two years first deposited 2.64 million USDC into HyperLiquid, then spent $1.54 million to purchase 59,976 HYPE tokens. The whale currently holds $1.09 million in USDC and has open buy orders to continue accumulating more tokens.

On January 9, Meteora announced that the claim deadline for its MET airdrop will be January 23. Unclaimed tokens will be allocated to the circulating community reserve for future rewards.

As of January 9, LookOnChain monitoring shows two newly created wallets have wagered $23,000 on the bet: "Israel will attack Iran before January 31, 2026."

As of January 9th, DefiLlama data shows heightened trading activity across several Perpetual DEX (Perp DEX) platforms over the past 24 hours. Hyperliquid leads with a 24-hour trading volume of approximately $75.4 billion, but its open interest and Total Value Locked (TVL) have not grown proportionally—signaling cautious market sentiment. Key Perp DEX metrics (24h): - **Hyperliquid** (https://app.hyperliquid.xyz/join/NTOD): ~$75.4B volume | ~$43.3B TVL | ~$90.7B open interest - **Aster** (https://www.asterdex.com/zh-CN/referral/aboter): ~$57.5B volume | ~$12.5B TVL | ~$26.1B open interest - **Lighter** (https://app.lighter.xyz/?referral=70045843): ~$46.6B volume | ~$12.4B TVL | ~$14.2B open interest - **EdgeX**: ~$38.7B volume | ~$3.68B TVL | ~$11.1B open interest - **Variational**: ~$15.9B volume | ~$66.18M TVL | ~$10.9B open interest - **Paradex**: ~$15.7B volume | ~$1.86B TVL | ~$8.34B open interest - **Pacifica** (https://app.pacifica.fi/?referral=pacbot): ~$9.37B v