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A whale achieved a profit of $9.9 million through high-frequency trading on the Hyperliquid platform and currently holds long positions worth $310 million, despite a floating loss of $1.4 million. This whale, along with another giant whale holding a long position of $788 million, has a total scale of $1.1 billion, accounting for one-third of the platform's long positions, drawing attention.

On-chain analysts have discovered that an address (0x69b...0e37) withdrew 1139 ETH from an exchange, worth approximately $3.5 million, indicating optimism about the future market. This address has a history of significant profitable transactions, and its large position-building signals have attracted market attention.

【Crypto World】Bitcoin price is stuck between $95,000 and $96,000, which is precisely the breakeven point for large mining farms. Below this level, miners' profit margins are squeezed tightly, and network expansion is also hindered. Interestingly, although the hash rate growth has started to slow down and the mining difficulty has only adjusted by a small 1.2% this round, on-chain data reveals the miners' true intentions — they are not massively liquidating, but rather carefully managing their balance sheets. Statistics show that miners have net accumulated about 663 Bitcoins. What does this indicate? Under economic pressure, miners are actually in a phase of adjustment and consolidation, far from a collective surrender.

Last year, a leading compliant trading platform's derivatives business grew rapidly, adding 110 new crypto assets and 100 perpetual contracts, with open interest reaching $4.8 billion in October. The platform plans to continue expanding by 2026, developing new indices and asset types to further enrich its derivatives toolkit.

【Crypto World】Recently, the public opinion about XRP has been quite interesting. Many people criticize XRP all day long, but upon closer inspection of their arguments, their logic is actually somewhat flawed.
For example, some keep emphasizing the ETF fund outflows. Indeed, there has been a $40 million outflow recently, which sounds quite alarming. But the problem is, they ignore the net inflow of over $7.9 million during the same period. Focusing only on the bad news and selectively ignoring the good news makes the discussion pointless.
Currently, XRP is trading at $2.09, up 0.88%, which is quite good compared to the overall market. Although trading volume has indeed shrunk a bit, down 15.43% from previous levels, with a current transaction volume of around $3.81 billion, the price performance doesn't indicate any issues.
Instead of dwelling in resentment and repeatedly entangling over negatives, it's better to calmly look at the full picture of the data. How high can XRP go? The market will eventually give the answer.

Traders generally expect the Federal Reserve to initiate a new round of 50 basis point easing cycle in 2026, which will loosen dollar liquidity and potentially direct funds toward high-risk crypto asset markets. Market sentiment regarding the Fed's policy has become clearer, and future focus should be on US economic data and inflation trends.

A Bitcoin investment firm recently acquired the trading and investment business division of a certain digital asset group, planning to vigorously expand Bitcoin derivatives trading to meet institutional clients' demand for crypto derivatives and volatility trading, and to capture market volatility gains through derivatives strategies.

Babylon project exposed a high-risk technical vulnerability, allowing attackers to cause other validators to crash by deleting the block hash field, affecting network consensus and block production speed. The affected versions are 4.2.0 and earlier. Users are advised to upgrade as soon as possible to ensure security.

JPMorgan's Chief Investment Officer is optimistic about the stock market outlook, believing that the Federal Reserve's liquidity release will stimulate consumption potential, despite the possibility of a 10% market pullback in an election year. Investors should view the decline as a buying opportunity rather than panic selling. The same logic applies to the crypto market.

Recently, a whale address withdrew 241,600 LINK, worth approximately $3.2 million, demonstrating confidence in the market and investment plans. This operation earned it a profit of $765,000, indicating institutional investors' outlook on the market.

VanEck's long-term Bitcoin research report predicts the future growth potential of Bitcoin, with a baseline scenario reaching $2.9 million per coin by 2050. The conservative scenario is $130,000, while the extreme bullish scenario could soar to $53.4 million. It is recommended to allocate 1-3% of the investment portfolio to Bitcoin, emphasizing its value as a low-correlation asset.

【Crypto World】Bitcoin has just hovered around $90,985, and the key level of $90,000 is exactly the "biggest pain point" in the current options market — in other words, traders are watching this level closely. The situation with Ethereum is similar; the current price of $3,113 has already surpassed the pain point level of $3,100.
This options expiration is significant — over $2.2 billion in contracts are set to be settled on a major derivatives platform. Interestingly, the options market for Bitcoin appears relatively balanced, with bullish and bearish forces roughly in equilibrium, which suppresses volatility spikes. But Ethereum is different; the open interest in call options is noticeably higher, and once they expire, it could likely provide an upward price push.
Currently, traders' focus is on two things: when the December US employment data will be released, and tonight’s Supreme Court ruling on Trump’s tariffs policy. Both events could stir up

【ChainNews】Ethereum spot ETF was uneventful yesterday—no, it was a significant outflow. According to the latest data, the single-day net outflow reached $159 million. Among them, BlackRock's ETHA product performed the best, with a single-day outflow of $108 million. However, despite some "bleeding" in recent days, the historically accumulated net inflow remains as high as $12.802 billion, indicating that institutions are still long-term bullish on Ethereum.
In contrast, Grayscale's ETHE appears somewhat subdued, with a outflow of $31.716 million yesterday, and the total net outflow has reached $5.131 billion, a clear gap.
Looking at the entire Ethereum ETF market, the current total assets are approximately $18.926 billion, accounting for 5.05% of Ethereum's total market capitalization. Although there have been recent fluctuations, the historical net inflow remains at $12.528 billion.

In December 2025, the overall spot trading volume of mainstream CEXs declined by 35%, showing weak performance. Some platforms like HTX, Bybit, and Bitget demonstrated stronger resilience, while Kucoin and Binance experienced declines of over 39%. The perpetual contract market also declined, with trading volume decreasing by 26% month-on-month, and market enthusiasm significantly waned.

Iran recently experienced a nationwide digital blackout, with internet traffic dropping to nearly zero. Issues such as high inflation and rising living costs triggered protests, leading to tense situations. This incident has sparked discussions about decentralized communication, especially the potential applications of satellite internet like Starlink.

On January 9th, the Chinese Meme token "I'm Coming" briefly surpassed a market capitalization of $16 million, an increase of 483%. Meanwhile, "Binance Life" saw a slight decline in market cap to $146 million, reflecting the diversification of the Meme token market and the need for investors to exercise caution.