Data: Web3 social application Towns has over 400,000 total users, with over 200,000 token holders

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

On January 27, LookOnChain monitoring data reveals multiple crypto whales are accumulating gold-backed tokens. Key on-chain moves include: - Address 0xbe4C withdrew 1959 XAUT (valued at $9.97 million) from exchanges Bybit and Gate. - Address 0x0F67 pulled 559 XAUT (worth $2.83 million) from MEXC. - Address 0x1b7D took 194.4 XAUT and 106.2 PAXG from MEXC, with a combined value of $1.53 million.

January 27 — Per a report from aastocks, Hang Seng Investment has recently launched a new gold ETF, the **Hang Seng Gold ETF** (03170.HK), which is set to list on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange this Thursday, January 29. As of January 23, the ETF’s per-unit net asset value (NAV) stood at HK$16. Key details include: - Minimum trading unit: 50 shares - Annual management fee: 0.25% - Annual total expense ratio (TER): 0.4% - Tracking error: -0.5% - Benchmark: LBMA Gold Price AM The ETF invests in physical gold, with all bars stored in a designated Hong Kong vault. Its gold custodian is a wholly owned subsidiary of HSBC Holdings (00005.HK), which has engaged Hong Kong International Airport Precious Metals Storage Limited and Brink’s Hong Kong Limited to jointly custody the sub-fund’s gold. Additionally, the ETF plans to launch tokenized non-listed fund units, with HSBC Bank acting as the tokenization agent. Ethereum will be the initial primary blockchain, with potential fut