Crypto Market Fear Subsides Significantly, Today's Fear and Greed Index at 45

January 23 — Kenneth Griffin, founder and CEO of multi-strategy hedge fund Citadel, warned at the World Economic Forum in Davos that Japan’s recent record-high government bond yields are a “clear warning” for the U.S. U.S. Treasury yields are now closing in on the dangerous 5% threshold. A 5% yield not only means U.S. bonds now offer returns competitive enough to match stocks, but also signals a fundamental shift in risk dynamics. Typically, bonds serve as a stable, low-risk anchor for portfolios. But when yields surge to levels matching stocks, risk-averse investors chasing stability face excessive risk. Griffin noted: “If the market ever loses faith in the U.S.’s impeccable creditworthiness, U.S. Treasuries will be treated as risky assets, triggering a simultaneous drop in both stocks and bonds. That will push the bond market to demand higher yields, which in turn lifts mortgage rates — ultimately making deficit financing far more costly for the U.S. While the U.S. isn’t yet ‘p

**OKX to Launch ACU/USDT Perpetual Contract on Jan 23, 2026 at 15:00 UTC+8** Per an official announcement, cryptocurrency exchange OKX will officially roll out the ACU/USDT perpetual contract on **January 23, 2026, at 15:00 UTC+8** (3:00 PM China Standard Time) across its web platform, mobile app, and API endpoints. The launch will be available simultaneously across web, iOS/Android apps, and API access for eligible users.

Jan. 23 — Per monitoring from Telegram’s HyperInsight, the “Lightning Reversal” whale (address 0x50b30) closed its 354.87 BTC short position at 13:29 ET, netting $53,000 in profits. The address currently holds no open positions and is waiting on the sidelines. This whale address frequently switches between long and short positions, typically opening a large position in the opposite direction immediately after closing an existing one.

On January 23, @MaxBecauseBTC—founder of crypto analysis platform BecauseBitcoin—posted that Bitcoin’s 3-day Bollinger Bands are highly compressed, signaling extremely low volatility. This compression has occurred just 8 times since 2015 (including the current instance), with 6 of the past 7 leading to an upside breakout. Combining Bollinger Band width and the logarithmic MACD indicator, @MaxBecauseBTC stressed the current market slump is nearing its end.

As of January 23, per monitoring from HyperInsight (link: https://t.me/HyperInsight), the trader nicknamed "McDonald's Battle God" has opened a 40x leveraged long position on 25.12 BTC at an average entry price of $89,550.8—currently sitting on a small floating loss. The associated address has executed 199 trades total: just 5 resulted in a combined loss of $5,195.36, while the other 194 were closed with profits, netting the account $404,200 in total gains.

Per Onchain Lens monitoring, a whale deposited 665,000 HYPE into Bybit on January 23rd—worth approximately $14.54 million, with roughly $7.04 million in profits. The whale previously purchased 651,900 HYPE between December 3 and 8, 2024, at $11.5 per token, spending $7.5 million before staking the tokens.