1. Bitmine staked another 109,504 #ETH ($340.6 million). In total, Bitmine has staked 1,190,016 #ETH ($3.7 billion). 2. A whale opened a new 10x long position on 42,498 #ZEC ($17.53 million). Their total profit increased to $14.69 million. Current longs: 1,331 #BTC ($122.84 million), 22,828 #ETH ($72.16 million), 232,187 #SOL ($33.09 million), 42,498 #ZEC ($17.53 million), 6.63 million #XRP ($13.93 million) - all positions except ZEC are leveraged 20x.
Google Cloud has officially launched a Cardano node on the testnet, a key requirement for the Midnight validator, and a major milestone for both $ADA and $NIGHT.
🔍🐳 Whale transactions: 1. pension-usdt.eth shorted 20,100 #ETH ($62.34 million) for a profit of $395,000, then opened a 3x long position of 20,000 #ETH ($62 million). His total profit now exceeds $22.38 million; 2. A trader who previously made $2.07 million on #GOAT created a new wallet, "captainbigballs," on Polymarket and spent $10,500 on a bet that the Iranian regime would fall before January 31.
🇺🇸 Ark Invest CEO: The US will begin actively replenishing the Bitcoin reserve
👨💻SharpLink Gaming strengthened its position in the Ethereum ecosystem by staking $170 million worth of Ethereum on the Linea network.
👥Zcash developers announced the cashZ wallet after their controversial exit from the ECC
🇨🇳The number of blockchain startups in China has increased sharply
📊USDC has surpassed USDT in DeFi usage
🚀Analyst on ETH: Bullish technical signals point to growth despite institutional investors' cautious stance.
🐳A whale has opened long positions in BTC, ETH, SOL, and XRP.
📉Zcash cryptocurrency fell 20% after the departure of its core development team.
😳According to CryptoZeno, the BTC market has seen a significant spike in the Spent Output Age Bands indicator, indicating a significant volume of previously dormant coins moving to exchanges.
🇨🇳China's financial associations have jointly stated that RWA is illegal under current national laws.
👨💻Ahead of the upcoming Fusaki upgrade, the Ethereum network has made a significant technical leap forward, increasing its block processing capacity.
📉XRP reserves on Binance have fallen to their lowest levels since January 2024.
👥Crazzyblockk: An atypical investor behavior pattern has emerged in the crypto market: BTC is increasingly being transferred to centralized exchanges, while altcoins are being actively withdrawn from trading platforms.
🇧🇷Presidential candidate of Brazil calls for the creation of a national Bitcoin reserve.
📊Arthur Hayes stated that cheap oil in the US and an influx of liquidity into the crypto market will lead to Bitcoin's growth.
👨💻Analyst predicts Bitcoin "stagnation" until 2027
💸Wirex and TRON launch on-chain payments
🐳HYPE reaches $28 amid growing demand from "whales"
📄AIxC plans launch tokenized shares
😳Circle warned about Q-Day and advised networks to prepare for the quantum threat by 2030
📊 Santiment: Among projects with a market cap of >$500 million, memecoins rank 1st, 2nd, and 3rd in terms of growth in large transactions worth >$100,000 this week. Leaders: 1. #FLOKI (on Ethereum): +950%; 2. #PEPE: +620%; 3. #FLOKI (on BNB): +550%.
🔥 IMPORTANT: SharpLink earned $438 ETH in staking rewards last week, bringing its total rewards to $10,657 ETH and generating approximately $1.4 million in value at current prices.
⚠️ Breaking news: Zcash ($ZEC ) developers are resigning due to board disagreements and are forming a new company.
🇺🇸 #ETF Florida introduces legislation to create a Bitcoin Strategic Reserve, allowing for the storage of Bitcoin and ETFs equal to up to 10% of the state's primary funds.
The head of OTC trading at Wintermute, one of the world's largest crypto market makers, said he has seen significant buying activity in BTC call options with strike prices between $98,000 and $100,000 since the beginning of the year. Large traders are betting on BTC growth this quarter.