A whale transferred 1000 ETH to Binance after a year of hibernation

January 10 As of January 10, the XRP spot ETF has drawn over $1 billion in inflows since its launch in November 2025—but some analysts warn the current enthusiasm may not last. Brian Huang, co-founder of investment platform Glider, noted: “The core of investing boils down to growth potential and which builders are building on the blockchain. When we look at the builders a16z is betting on, XRP doesn’t even crack the list.” Huang’s skepticism stems from a lack of builders in XRP’s ecosystem. “Builders creating infrastructure and apps drive ecosystem growth and boost the value of the underlying token,” he explained. “Without builders, XRP’s growth will be extremely limited. Most big institutions don’t even view Ripple-linked XRP as a serious project—and the institutional investors who hold most crypto ETFs may be reluctant to add XRP, since they see it as a meme coin.”

January 10th: On-chain analyst Yu Jin found that a whale address (starting with 0x94d) transferred 255 BTC (~$21.77M) to Hyperliquid 22 days ago at $85,378 per BTC. Over the past 22 days, the address executed 69 high-frequency trades with a 62% win rate, netting $9.9M in profit. In the last two days, the address has maintained a long position—currently holding $310M in long positions with an unrealized loss of $1.4M, including: - 1,699 BTC ($154M) at an entry price of $90,801 - 33,000 ETH ($102M) at $3,099 entry - 336,000 SOL ($45.83M) at $138.6 entry - 3.777M XRP ($7.91M) at $2.13 entry Notably, this address’s long targets match those of the “BTC OG Insider Whale” with similar entry prices. Combined, the two addresses hold $1.1B in long positions, accounting for one-third of all long positions on Hyperliquid.

On January 10th, monitoring by HyperInsight (via its Telegram channel at https://t.me/HyperInsight) shows that the "BTC OG Insider Whale" has paid a total of $5.55 million in funding fees since it began absorbing losses on December 12, 2025. Specifically, to maintain its 5x-leveraged ETH long position (with a notional value of $627 million), the whale has paid $4.615 million in funding fees, and this position currently has a floating loss of $12.09 million. Notably, the whale was nearly $80 million in floating losses on December 19, 2025, but turned those losses into gains following the market rebound on January 4. It once held a floating profit of $27 million but has not reduced its position. Currently, its overall floating loss is approximately $9 million, while its SOL long position has a floating profit of $3 million.

On January 10, according to market data from GMGN (link: https://t.me/gmgnaibot?start=i_m4TE56o8), the Chinese meme coin “Laozi” briefly topped $4 million in market cap, currently sitting at $3.35 million. The token traces its origins to a tweet posted 10 hours ago by Binance CEO CZ.

On January 10, GMGN market data shows the Chinese meme token “I Just Stepped on the Deer” briefly topped $27 million in market capitalization, hitting an all-time high. It now trades at a $24.13 million market cap, with a 62% 24-hour gain.

On January 10, 2025, analyst Biraajmaan Tamuly noted that Bitcoin Long-Term Holders (LTHs) endured the most aggressive selling phase on record that year. Despite the selling pressure sparking market volatility, on-chain data suggests this pressure may be fading—potentially laying the groundwork for Bitcoin’s next upward price cycle. Key data highlights: - Nearly $300 billion in Bitcoin dormant for at least a year re-entered circulation in 2025. - The period November 15–December 14, 2025, marked one of the most intense LTH selling sprees in over five years. Tamuly explained that since 2019, sharp LTH supply drops have rarely happened in isolation. They typically align with signs of Bitcoin’s trend exhaustion—either an uptrend nearing its end or a structural market transition. Price weakness emerged in October, but the most severe selling followed: a 30-day distribution peak of 1.14 million BTC in November 2025. This sequence signals a **capitulation sell-off** (not orderly