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On January 5, official sources confirmed that Nasdaq-listed Solana treasury firm DeFi Development (DFDV) has added more than 25,000 SOL to its holdings over the past month. As of January 1, 2026, the company’s total SOL holdings stood at 2,221,329 SOL, with over 15% of the tokens deployed on-chain. It also holds $9 million in cash, stablecoins and other tokens. Additionally, DFDV noted it spent approximately $11.5 million in Q4 last year to repurchase 2,049,113 shares.

January 5, 2026 – Grayscale Investments announced today that its Grayscale Ethereum Trust ETF (ticker: ETHE) has distributed staking income earned between October 6, 2025, and December 31, 2025, to existing shareholders. This marks the first time a U.S.-based spot cryptocurrency trading product has issued staking rewards to its shareholders. Under the distribution plan, ETHE shareholders will receive $0.083178 per share, reflecting the Trust’s staking income from the period (which was later sold). The distribution will take effect on January 6, 2026 (ex-dividend date), with eligible investors being those holding ETHE shares as of the record date: January 5, 2026.

Jan. 5 — On-chain data analyst Ai Auntie (@ai_9684xtpa) reports that an address starting with 0x164 deposited 500,000 LINK (valued at $6.77 million) into a Binance deposit address linked to GSR Markets 10 minutes ago. Per reports, the funds trace back to two addresses that accumulated LINK between June and July 2024. Those addresses had an average withdrawal price of roughly $13.06, while the LINK was deposited this time at a price of $13.54.

**Bitmine Reports $14.2B in Holdings, Crypto Assets on Jan 5** (Official sources) Bitmine announced Wednesday (Jan. 5) that its combined holdings of cryptocurrency, cash reserves, and "potential project" assets have reached $14.2 billion. As of 9:00 PM EST on Jan. 4, the company’s holdings include: - 4,143,502 ETH - 192 BTC - $25 million in equity in Eightco Holdings (Nasdaq: ORBS) — classified as a "potential project" - $9.15 billion in cash Bitmine’s ETH holdings account for 3.43% of Ethereum’s total supply (120.7 million). Thomas "Tom" Lee, Bitmine Chairman and Fundstrat analyst, said the firm is bullish on Ethereum’s 2026 outlook, citing four key factors: 1. Increased U.S. government support for the crypto industry 2. Wall Street’s growing embrace of stablecoins and asset tokenization 3. Rising demand for identity verification and traceability in the complex AI era 4. Accelerated crypto adoption among younger generations Lee added that 2025’s surge in com

On January 5th, Onchain Lens monitoring data shows a whale address deposited 33,499 ETH into staking 30 minutes ago, with the deposit valued at $1.0617 billion. The whale’s cost basis for acquiring these ETH was $1.1325 billion, currently facing an unrealized loss of $7.36 million.

Update: Strategy boosted its Bitcoin holdings by 1,287 BTC last week—spending $116 million, per market sources—pushing its total reserves to 673,783 BTC as of January 5.