🇺🇸🏦 Crypto critic Senator Elizabeth Warren asked a U.S. banking regulator to pause the application connected to World Liberty Financial until President Donald Trump divests his business interests in that company. link

🐳 Whale 0x218A is now sitting on over $6.37M in unrealized losses on his 10× leveraged $BTC and $ETH shorts.

To avoid liquidation, he deposited 4.8M $USDC into Hyperliquid. link

🇰🇷💳 South Korean financial giant KB files patent for stablecoin credit card - #stablecoin link

🇺🇸🏆 According to SoSoValue, on Jan. 13 (ET), U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs recorded total net inflows of $754 million. Fidelity’s FBTC saw the largest single-day net inflow among Bitcoin spot ETFs at $351 million.

Spot Ethereum ETFs posted total net inflows of $130 million, Solana spot ETFs $5.91 million, and XRP spot ETFs $12.98 million. link

🔓 CoinList has announced the ZAMA Token Sale.

For the first time ever, CoinList is fully non-custodial and onchain.

Sale starts: January 21, 2025 at 8:00 UTC
Sale type: Sealed-bid Dutch auction
Allocated sale supply: 880M (8%)
FDV Floor: $55M
Unlock schedule: February 2, 2026
Min purchase amount: $100 link

🐳 As the market surges, a whale identified as "pension-usdt.eth" has closed a long position of 10,000 $ETH (3x leverage, 50%), securing a profit of $2.39M.

It still holds a position of 10,000 $ETH with a floating profit of $2.34M and has placed an open order to close this position at $3,710. link

🤔 #BTC #ETH Backpack CEO Armani Ferrante announced the launch of an invite-only private beta for prediction markets, introducing the Unified Prediction Portfolio. This system integrates predictions into a single subaccount through cross-margin and cross-collateral across various trading options, allowing users to quote prediction prices and hedge with perpetuals within the same margin account. Broader beta access and additional markets and features are expected to follow. link

🤔 Cryptocurrency-focused bank Old Glory Bank is planning to list on Nasdaq through a SPAC company. link

🐳 A whale withdrew 12,000 $ETH, worth $39.98M, from Binance.

Currently, the whale holds 80,980 $ETH, worth $269.46M.

Address: 0x3952d69643f7a87237c7fc8bb33f8453c0b45500

🆕 $USDE listed on Upbit spot (KRW) link

🏦 #USD1 Pakistan has signed an agreement with a company affiliated with World Liberty Financial (WLF) to collaborate with the State Bank of Pakistan on integrating WLF’s USD1 stablecoin into the country's regulated digital payments framework. This integration will enable the stablecoin to operate alongside Pakistan’s own digital currency infrastructure for cross-border payments. #stablecoin link

🐳 Whale and institutional transactions:

1. Bitmine staked an additional 186,560 #ETH ($624.8 million). In total, Bitmine has staked 1,530,784 #ETH ($5.13 billion).

2. The whale closed long positions worth $413 million, locking in profits of $14.5 million. link

🇰🇷📊 South Korea’s largest crypto exchange Upbit will list Ethena’s USDe, adding KRW, BTC, and USDT trading pairs. USDe is a synthetic stablecoin built on a delta-neutral structure. #stablecoin link

🗣 Elon Musk says Tesla $TSLA Full Self-Driving will switch to a monthly subscription and remove the one-time purchase option.

🚀 Deleveraging Signal as BTC OI Drops by 31%

Historically, these drops have often marked significant bottoms, effectively resetting the market and creating a stronger base for a potential bullish recovery. link link

🐳 Another whale exchanged 282.17 $BTC ($26.33M) for 8,098 $ETH today. link link

🆕 $SIGHT live on Binance alpha link

🏦 The Spanish bank Bankinter acquires a stake in the cryptocurrency exchange Bit2Me. link

💳 Visa collaborates with BVNK to launch payouts in stablecoins. #stablecoin link

😱🤑 Fear&Greed Index for #BTC and #ETH

👮 #XRP Ripple has received preliminary approval from regulatory authorities in Luxembourg to obtain an electronic money institution license.
theblock #regulation link