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

As of January 22, data from validatorqueue—a site that tracks Ethereum’s Proof-of-Stake (PoS) validator queue—shows the current queue to join the network has grown to 2,818,506 ETH, valued at roughly $8.49 billion. The estimated activation wait time is around 48 days and 22 hours, with BitMine recently staking a significant portion of its held ETH as the primary driver. Additionally, the Ethereum PoS network’s unstaking queue is fully cleared; there are no users currently choosing to redeem staked ETH.

Per official sources, Binance will list Ripple USD (RLUSD) on its Savings, One-Click Buy, Instant Exchange, Leveraged, and VIP Loans platforms on January 22nd.

On January 22, per monitoring from Hyperinsight (via Telegram: https://t.me/HyperInsight), a Binance Smart Chain (BSC) crypto whale using the address “pension-usdt.eth” shorted 25,000 ETH with 3x leverage last night. The whale entered the position at an average price of $2,927.33 and currently holds an unrealized loss of $2.02 million.

On January 22, Coinglass data shows Bitcoin dropped below $88,000 in early morning trading. After Trump stated he would not impose tariffs on Greenland, Bitcoin rebounded above $90,000. However, current funding rates across major CEXs and DEXs signal bearish market sentiment, with strong bearish outlooks on top coins like SOL and BCH. **BlockBeats Note**: A funding rate is a fee set by crypto exchanges to balance contract prices with underlying asset values—typically for perpetual contracts. It’s a fund transfer between long and short traders; exchanges do not charge this fee. Its goal is to adjust holding costs/profits for traders, keeping contract prices aligned with underlying assets. - A 0.01% rate is the baseline. - Rates **above 0.01%** signal broad bullishness. - Rates **below 0.005%** signal broad bearishness.

Binance Alpha will list FIGHT (FIGHT) on January 22 at 7:00 PM GMT+8, and eligible users can claim an airdrop. Users with at least 231 Alpha Points qualify for a first-come, first-served airdrop of 2,000 FIGHT tokens. If the reward pool isn’t fully distributed, the points threshold will automatically drop by 5 points every 5 minutes. Note: Claiming the airdrop will use 15 Alpha Points. Users must confirm receipt of the airdrop on the Alpha event page within 24 hours—otherwise, the airdrop will be forfeited.