Circle minted 250 million USDC on the Solana network 6 hours ago

Jan 20: Per Bitget market data, U.S. stock index futures extended losses, with Nasdaq 100 futures down 2%.

On Jan 20th, per HyperInsight monitoring (Telegram: https://t.me/HyperInsight), a whale closed a 100 BTC short position at 16:22, netting a $96k profit. They immediately went long 100 BTC with 40x leverage, at an average entry price of $91,153.50. This address follows a high-risk profit-taking strategy—not compounding gains.

On January 20th, per monitoring from HyperInsight (Telegram: @HyperInsight), the whale address 0xbaa... — once the second-largest on-chain long position holder for PUMP and the top long holder for FARTCOIN — attempted to buy the dip yesterday with roughly $10,000 in remaining funds, but closed the position and exited shortly thereafter. The address has lost over $4 million in the past 7 days. The whale took a massive hit on January 15th: its PUMP long position was liquidated for ~$14.32 million, while its FARTCOIN long position was liquidated for ~$11.16 million. Total account assets plummeted from $4.1 million to under $800,000, marking the largest single liquidation across the entire network. From January 16th to 19th, the address faced multiple rounds of position liquidations, with funds once falling near zero (to below $20,000 at the lowest point).

On January 20, traders on decentralized on-chain options, perpetual contract, and structured product protocol Derive.xyz flagged a 30% probability that Bitcoin will fall below $80,000 by the end of June. Derive.xyz Research Director Dr. Sean Dawson stated: “The options market shows a clear downward skew—there’s a 30% chance Bitcoin drops below $80,000 by June 26, versus just 19% odds it hits $120,000 in the same period.” Recently, after 10 countries opposed the U.S.’s plan to acquire Greenland, Trump threatened a 10% tariff on imports from 10 European nations. The renewed tariff concerns sent Bitcoin tumbling from $95,000 to $91,000. Dawson noted geopolitical tensions could drive further declines: “Escalating U.S.-Europe tensions (especially over the Greenland dispute) have raised the market’s systemic transition risk to a high-volatility environment—a dynamic not yet fully priced into current spot prices.” He explained the option skew indicator (measuring the price gap betwee

On-chain analytics firm Onchain Lens reported on January 20 that as the market continued to decline, crypto whale Huang Licheng’s 25x ETH long position was partially liquidated again. His account’s cumulative losses have now grown to $23.6 million, with current unrealized losses topping $1 million.

On January 20, HyperInsight monitoring shows a trader shorted 250 BTC at 16:07 with 40x leverage, entering at an average price of $90,931.40. The position is currently slightly underwater. This trader’s address employs an aggressive short strategy, favoring overnight positions. Swing trades for this address typically last 2–5 days.