On January 30, cryptocurrency custodian Copper is engaged in preliminary discussions about a potential public listing. Sources familiar with the matter noted that Goldman Sachs, Citigroup, and Deutsche Bank may be involved in the listing process, with the final decision contingent on the company’s recent revenue performance. Copper reportedly provides institutional-grade crypto infrastructure built on Multi-Party Computation (MPC) technology, including custody, settlement, and prime brokerage services—designed to reduce counterparty risk for banks and trading firms.

On January 30th, per monitoring from HyperInsight (via their Telegram channel: https://t.me/HyperInsight) and Coinglass, the whale address “CZ Opponent” (0x9ee)—which held the second-largest ETH long and largest XRP long positions on Hyperliquid—faced multiple consecutive liquidations after BTC’s price briefly dipped below $82,000. The largest single liquidation totaled roughly $65.13 million, making it the biggest on-chain liquidation in the past 24 hours and the second-largest network-wide single liquidation in that period. Monitoring data shows the address’s ETH, XRP, and HYPE long positions underwent 9 major liquidations around 9:40 AM ET today, resulting in a $34.45 million loss. This erased most of its holdings: total account value plummeted from ~$260 million to $59.5 million. Liquidation breakdown: - **ETH Long**: 2,534 ETH liquidated (~$22.55 million total). The largest single ETH liquidation occurred at ~$2,676, totaling $65.13 million—also the top on-chain liquidation in

On January 30, per Bitget market data, the Nikkei 225 Index fell below 53,000 points, registering an intraday decline of 0.74%. ### Note on American English habits: - Added **"On"** before the date (standard for temporal preposition in U.S. usage). - Used **"per"** (common in financial briefs for data attribution, more concise than "according to"). - Capitalized **"Index"** (proper noun convention for the Nikkei 225 Index). - Replaced "down 0.74%" with **"registering an intraday decline of 0.74%"** (more formal and precise for financial reporting, aligning with U.S. media style). - Kept clarity and brevity (core of news briefs).

On January 30, DeFi protocol YO unveiled its YO tokenomics, with a total supply of 1 billion tokens allocated across five key buckets: - 8% to the Genesis Airdrop (rewarding early backers and active participants) - 30% for community growth and future rewards (funding yield programs, treasury incentives, insurance mechanisms, and upcoming incentive schemes) - 21.5% for ecosystem development and strategic partnerships - 24% for core contributors - 16.5% for investors The token claiming portal is set to open on February 5.

January 30 — Per market sources, the Trump administration is preparing to nominate Kevin Warsh as Federal Reserve Chairman. On Polymarket, Kevin Warsh’s nomination probability currently stands at 88%.