SHELL Buyback Address has once again withdrawn 1 million tokens from Binance, and the buyback progress has reached 81.2%.

On January 27th, monitoring from HyperInsight (Telegram: @HyperInsight) shows the "Lightning Backhand" whale wallet 0x50b30 took two short positions: - 684.54 BTC shorted with 20x leverage, at an average entry price of $87,428.6, incurring an unrealized loss of $700,000; - 10,112.2 ETH shorted with 25x leverage, at an average entry price of $2,898.77, leading to an unrealized loss of $339,000. This wallet is known for rapid long-short flips, often opening large reverse positions immediately after closing existing ones.

On January 27, on-chain analyst Ai Auntie (@ai_9684xtpa) observed a "Smart Money" address making a move: one hour prior, it deposited 5,000 ETH from Binance to average down its position—four months earlier, the same address had purchased 10,870 ETH at an average price of $4,388.93. The current average cost for its 15,870 ETH is $3,930.27, resulting in an unrealized loss of $15.825 million. Notably, this address has a track record of past trades: it withdrew 32,416.5 ETH at an average of $1,865.68 between April and June 2023, and reportedly sold 30,878 ETH at $2,944.71 each between March 2024 and September 2025, realizing a profit of $33.318 million.

On Jan. 27, BitMine re-staked 100k ETH (≈$2.913 billion) over the past 12 hours, per data from The Data Nerd’s monitoring.

On January 27, HyperInsight monitoring data shows that Binance whale wallet "pension-usdt.eth" shorted 25,000 ETH with 3x leverage last week, at an average entry price of $2,927.33. While the whale saw notable unrealized profits yesterday, it has yet to close the position—currently sitting on an unrealized loss of $16,000.

Jan. 27 — Politico reports that Republican Sen. Roger Marshall has agreed to drop his credit card swipe fee amendment, which risked pitting the financial industry against major retailers and derailing progress on the Crypto-Currency Market Structure Act (CLARITY Act). Severe winter storms hitting multiple U.S. regions have forced the Senate Agriculture Committee to postpone its markup (originally set for Thursday) to Tuesday, Feb. 3. The bill aims to clarify how federal financial regulators would oversee the crypto industry, but fractures in bipartisan support have caused multiple delays in deliberations.

**January 27th Update** Per GMGN monitoring (link: https://gmgn.ai/sol/token/i_m4TE56o8_a3W4qutoEJA4232T2gwZUfgYJTetr96pU4SJMwppump), Solana-based meme coin WhiteWhale briefly hit an $80 million market cap today, now sitting at ~$70 million with a **60%+ 24-hour gain**. The surge ties to personal buys from the token’s iconic figure—The White Whale (linked address: ECyvt...). Data shows the linked address spent ~$1.05 million today to grab over 15 million WhiteWhale tokens, then transferred them to its main address (EBxg...). That main wallet now holds ~67.9 million tokens (54% of total supply), worth ~$37 million. It has an unrealized gain of $16.7 million (31%), an average entry price of ~$0.0212, and **no sales to date**. Background: WhiteWhale launched on pump.fun October 13, 2025, created by fans using the avatar of The White Whale—a well-known X (Twitter) and Hyperliquid trader (X: @TheWhiteWhaleV2). Concerned the token could be misused to harm his reputation, the trade