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Recently, address 0x0ddf closed a long position of 20,000 ETH, cashing out approximately $66.4 million with a profit of $740,000. The trader's capital exceeds $30 million, and they specialize in high-frequency trading, with cumulative profits surpassing 10.23 million USDC. Market trends are worth paying attention to.

The founder of the DFINITY Foundation, Dominic Williams, released a new white paper titled "Mission 70," which outlines three core areas: economic reform, application implementation, and an action plan, aiming to expand the ICP ecosystem economy. The market response was positive, with the ICP price rising by 30.3%. The key now is whether DFINITY can execute the plan to attract developers and users.

OP has increased by over 13% in the past 24 hours, leading the Layer 2 track. Trading activity has significantly risen, with trading volume surpassing $200 million. On the technical side, OP successfully broke through the neckline of the inverse head and shoulders pattern. If this support level can be maintained, the target is expected to reach $0.45.

Since 2021, over 53% of newly issued cryptocurrencies have lost vitality, especially in 2025, when 86% of projects failed. The emergence of low-threshold issuance platforms has led to a surge of low-quality projects, ultimately resulting in a massive market crash that wiped out 7.7 million tokens.

Federal Reserve Board member Milan stated that external pressures will not exacerbate inflation and reiterated the expectation of a 150 basis point rate cut this year. This signal could boost market risk assets, especially investments in cryptocurrencies, and stabilize expectations for future policies.

On-chain data shows that the whale who previously sold 255 BTC has recently closed their short positions and taken long positions on BTC, ETH, SOL, and FARTCOIN, with a total position of $351 million, indicating a strong market reversal signal.

Bitmine Chairman pointed out that Washington policies are more influential than traditional monetary policies, and the credit environment may tighten. Credit card companies and the Federal Reserve face difficulties. Winners include housing-related assets, cyclical industries, and cryptocurrencies. Investors should seize policy dividend opportunities.

Traditional banks are facing competitive pressure from stablecoins, crypto assets, and tokenized deposits, driving a transformation of the financial structure. These innovations, underpinned by increased confidence, challenge the market position of traditional banks and prompt them to reevaluate their strategies. The de-constraints process requires regulatory and infrastructure support but has already shown a trend of deconstructing the traditional financial system.

Federal Reserve official Kashkari pointed out that Trump's policies directly influence monetary policy formulation, and Powell's interpretation of this is accurate. This statement highlights the Fed's concern about the policy environment and will impact the trend of the cryptocurrency market. Investors should pay attention to policy signals for strategic planning.

A technology company focused on financial services software has completed a Series D funding round of $150 million, with a valuation of $1.15 billion. The company's software platform connects traditional finance with cryptocurrencies, with its core competitive advantage being convenient trading services. Its annual recurring revenue has surpassed $100 million, reflecting strong market demand for its infrastructure services.

A well-known exchange promotes the World Cup champion athlete, using football equipment as a metaphor to explain the logic of a multi-asset trading platform. The platform addresses the pain point of frequent switching between different assets, improves trading efficiency, attracts retail and professional traders, and becomes a competitive advantage.

【Crypto World】 Recently, cryptocurrency index products have introduced new features. A physically-backed crypto basket product called FLEX has been officially launched on the Xetra exchange. It is a joint creation by a well-known asset management firm and European banking institutions.
What are the highlights of this product? It employs a combination strategy—using a minimum variance framework to reduce volatility and introducing momentum signals to capture market trends. More interestingly, during market downturns, this ETP can flexibly allocate up to 30% in USDC for defense, making this risk management approach quite practical.
As a new tool for wealth management in Europe, it fills a gap in compliant crypto investments. The annual fee of 1.49% is also in line with industry standards. For institutional investors looking to allocate crypto assets under controlled risk conditions, this type of index product indeed offers a good option—allowing participation in the growth of the crypto market.

Recently, ETH has shown strong technical signals, with the price rebounding and closing with a bullish candle, and increased trading volume supporting upward momentum. Technical indicators indicate sustained accumulation by the bulls, but overbought risks should be approached with caution. Key trading levels have been set, and the overall trend remains bullish.

Pakistan has reached an agreement with World Liberty Financial to use stablecoins for cross-border payments at the official level for the first time. This marks a shift in the global attitude towards crypto financial infrastructure and could drive stablecoin applications from theory to practice.

On January 14th, a trader shorted 54.77 BTC with 10x leverage, equivalent to approximately $5.2 million, at an average price of $94,986, currently with a slight unrealized profit. This large short position reflects market pessimism about BTC's short-term trend, and subsequent movements should be closely monitored.

A whale account deposited 4.8 million USDC into the Hyperliquid platform to supplement margin, using 10x leverage to short BTC and ETH, but currently has an unrealized loss of over $6.37 million. This serves as a reminder to market participants of the risks of high leverage trading.

【BlockBeats】On January 14th, the market experienced a sharp rebound. According to on-chain monitoring data, a well-known leverage trading platform experienced a series of large liquidation events, with six traders losing a total of over $10 million due to misjudgment of their position directions.
Specifically, four traders were liquidated for shorting Bitcoin, with losses of $5.8227 million, $1.3937 million, $1.294 million, and $1.4531 million respectively. Another trader was liquidated on an Ethereum short position, losing $2.4714 million. Additionally, one trader was forcibly liquidated for shorting Solana, with a loss of $4.7641 million.
Looking at the distribution of liquidations, BTC short positions were the main victims in this rebound, accounting for the largest proportion. The market's rebound was so rapid that it clearly exceeded the risk management expectations of many short traders. These large liquidation events also serve as a reminder to investors that in high volatility