On-chain Evening Recap: Whale Rebalancing Shows Defensive Stance, Increase in Short Positions

Jan. 22 — Coinbase today announced the launch of a Quantum Computing and Blockchain Independent Advisory Board to address future quantum threats. Comprising world-renowned experts, the board aims to assess quantum computing’s impact on the blockchain ecosystem and provide clear, independent guidance to the broader community. It will publish a position paper on quantum risk, offering defense recommendations for developers and institutions and real-time analysis of technological breakthroughs. Coinbase noted the board is part of its post-quantum security roadmap, alongside other initiatives: updates to Bitcoin address handling, internal key management systems, and progress on supporting post-quantum signatures (such as ML-DSA) in multi-party computation (MPC) systems. The board is slated to release its first position paper on quantum risk assessment and resilience roadmap early next year. Board members include: - Scott Aaronson, Director of the University of Texas at Austin’s

January 22 Shortly after Donald Trump’s comments on the “Greenland and Entire Arctic Region Future Agreement Framework,” the U.S. will be able to establish any number of military bases in Greenland and secure all necessary military transit routes on the island. Market reports note the agreement includes missile deployments, mining rights, and NATO-related matters, paving the way for an expanded NATO footprint in the region. The previous day, following a meeting with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, Trump unveiled his “Greenland Agreement Framework,” explicitly stating: “I don’t want to use force, and I won’t use force.” He emphasized the issue centers on Arctic security cooperation, noting the U.S. will gain “greater military presence and mineral access rights” and mentioning the “Golden Dome” missile defense system as part of the partnership.

On January 22, open-source AI platform Sentient announced the launch of its SENT token airdrop. All eligible users who completed airdrop registration may connect their registered wallet to claim their token allocation.

January 22: Robinhood Launches SKY Spot Trading.

January 22 | U.S. Q3 Core PCE Price Index (Annualized QoQ) Final: 2.9% vs Exp 2.9% (Prior 2.90%) (FXStreet)

U.S. initial jobless claims for the week ended Jan. 17 totaled 200,000 (reported Jan. 22), below the 210,000 forecast. The prior week’s figure was revised to 199,000 from an initial 198,000, per FXStreet.