The Whale has accumulated 13,700 ETH so far this year, with a total value of $43.91 million

On January 20th, cross-chain interoperability protocol LayerZero announced in a statement: “There’s a widespread belief in an inevitable truth—one day, the world will no longer be able to ignore it. 2.10.26.” The post hints at a major announcement scheduled for February 10th.

January 20th, per Coinbob Popular Address Monitor: Major long whales like the "BTC OG Insider Whale" didn’t adjust positions. The "Shanzhai Air Force Leader" closed some shorts after locking in expanded profits, while the "On-chain Gold Largest Long" for PAXG kept profiting from its long position. Details below: - **BTC OG Insider Whale**: Overall profit narrowed to $8.1M. Core holding is a long ETH position with $5.5M profit (4%), avg entry $3,161, holding size ~$713M. Also holds long BTC/SOL; total holding ~$874M, now #1 in ETH/SOL longs on Hyperliquid. - **CZ Counterparty**: Overall loss of $12M. Main loss from long XRP (~$75.6M holding, $13.3M loss). Also has long ETH ($1.4M profit, ~$183M holding, avg entry $3,190). Total holding ~$264M; now largest XRP long, #2 ETH long on Hyperliquid. - **ZEC Largest Short**: Continued closing large MON shorts to take profits. Current MON short reduced to $1.4M ($560k profit, 120%). Total short holding ~$166M; now largest on-chain ETH s

On January 20th, monitoring data from HyperInsight (https://t.me/HyperInsight) shows that at 10:32, a whale opened a 40x-leveraged short position on 44.15 BTC (roughly $4.07 million) with an average entry price of $92,359.7. The position is currently slightly profitable. This address exhibits an aggressive trading style, favoring high leverage (5-40x) and focusing primarily on large-cap coins and high-market-cap altcoins.

On January 20th, data from GMGN shows that NPM — a meme token in the BAGS ecosystem — reached a short-term market cap of $6.9 million within four hours of its listing. It currently stands at $5.4 million, with a trading volume of $6.4 million. Per reports, NPM’s narrative pays tribute to Isaac Z. Schlueter, founder of npm (the world’s largest package manager), who is known as the “V God” of the programmer community. BlockBeats reminds users that meme coins often lack practical use cases and carry high price volatility — investors should approach the space with caution.

On January 20th, on-chain analyst Ai Yi (@ai_9684xtpa) reported that Trend Research—a subsidiary of EasyLink—borrowed 10 million USDT from Aave roughly 5 minutes prior, then deposited the funds into Binance. The move is suspected to support further increases in its ETH position. As of the latest data, Trend Research holds 626,778.65 ETH, valued at approximately $1.94 billion. Its average entry cost is around $3,105.50, with an unrealized profit of $53.52 million.

Jan. 20 — European crypto-as-a-service (CaaS) platform CheckSig has closed a €3.5 million funding round at a €33.5 million valuation, per Financialit. The round pushes the company’s total capital raised to €6.2 million. This year, CheckSig secured a MiCAR license and offers services including crypto custody, trading, and cryptocurrency tax withholding and filing. It caters to both individual and institutional investors with secure, transparent crypto solutions.