"The 'DASH Whale' Further Reduces BTC Short Position, Single-Coin Unrealized Gain Reaches $590,000"

January 29 — Per HyperInsight monitoring data (via https://t.me/HyperInsight), "Pal" Huang Lizheng fully closed a prior BTC long position worth ~$1.8477 million in the past half-hour, then reallocated those funds into an ETH long position, adding roughly 1,200 ETH (≈$3.1 million). Post-reallocation, his 25x-leveraged ETH long position swelled to ~$28.8786 million, with an average entry price of $2,977. It currently faces an unrealized loss of ~$300,300. He also holds a 10x-leveraged HYPE long position valued at ~$1.09 million.

Binance announced on January 29 that it will delist and cease trading of the following spot trading pairs at 08:00 UTC on January 30, 2026: 0G/FDUSD, ARPA/BTC, AXS/ETH, BEL/BTC, BERA/BNB, ENSO/FDUSD, FORTH/BTC, HEMI/BNB, ILV/BTC, JOE/BTC, MAV/BTC, NEAR/BNB, NTRN/BNB, PHB/BTC, PLUME/FDUSD, PORTAL/FDUSD, RED/BTC, SC/ETH, SEI/BNB, SKL/BTC, SOMI/FDUSD Additionally, Binance will shut down spot trading bot services for these pairs at the same time. Note: The delisting does not impact the availability of the underlying tokens on Binance Spot—users can still trade the assets via other supported trading pairs.

On January 28, Bybit CEO Ben Zhou will deliver the exchange’s first 2026 annual keynote address today at 4:00 PM Beijing Time, themed “BUIDLing a New Financial Era” — with just 10 minutes to go until it kicks off. The keynote will recap Bybit’s key 2025 transformations and compliance milestones, and unveil its core 2026 strategic roadmap. This includes: - Global business expansion - Upgrades to Bybit Institutions and professional services - Launches of Bybit Alpha and traditional finance (TradFi) products - Latest progress on MNT ecosystem integration Additionally, Ben Zhou will share upcoming product upgrades and platform optimization plans, dive deep into the industry-wide liquidation event of October 11, 2025, and update on the platform’s latest enhancements to core products, security, and risk control capabilities. To tie into this online keynote, Bybit has launched a concurrent 10,000 USDT reward live interactive event. Users can join live interactions during the

On January 29, the British government explicitly told banks and other financial institutions that they cannot deny basic banking services solely because a regulated cryptocurrency firm operates in the crypto space. Instead, banks must conduct case-by-case reviews of crypto customers rather than imposing a blanket ban. However, institutions still need to strictly comply with anti-money laundering (AML) and counter-terrorism financing (CTF) requirements—regulators will not ease these rules.

**OKX Alert: Trading Suspension for Select Pairs** Effective February 4–5, 2026 (UTC+8), OKX will pause trading, spot margin trading, and perpetual swap trading for specific pairs—including leveraged pairs of SAHARA, HMSTR, YB, BICO, AEVO, WOO, and SOPH. Users are strongly advised to close their positions proactively before the suspension begins.

On January 29, market data shows Falcon Finance’s stablecoin USDf briefly deviated from its peg, hitting a low of $0.9871 before rebounding to $0.9944. Per the project’s official website, USDf’s current circulating market cap stands at $2.06 billion, with a total backed asset value of $2.43 billion.