「Buddy」 Partially Closes ETH Long Position, Account Total PnL $1.57M

**As of January 8th** Data from Coinglass indicates: - If Bitcoin drops below $90,000, the cumulative long liquidation value across major centralized exchanges (CEXs) will hit $1.07 billion. - By contrast, if Bitcoin rises above $92,000, the total short liquidation value on major CEXs will reach $417 million. **BlockBeats Note** Liquidation charts do not show the exact number or total value of contracts at risk of liquidation. Instead, the bars reflect the relative importance of each liquidation cluster compared to adjacent clusters—this is defined as "strength." In other words, the chart signals how impactful reaching a specific price level will be: a taller "liquidation bar" means the price crossing that threshold will spark a stronger reaction driven by a liquidity cascade.

On January 8, per HyperInsight monitoring, a whale closed a 40x leveraged long position of 136 BTC (≈$12.4 million) at 13:27 today, realizing a $22,000 loss. The whale then opened a 40x leveraged short position with 80 BTC (≈$7.26 million) at an entry price of $90,997.7, and is currently slightly in profit.

Jan. 8 — Binance announced today that it will delist and suspend trading for 24 trading pairs on Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2026, at 3:00 UTC, as part of efforts to safeguard users and uphold a high-quality trading market. The affected pairs are: 1000SATS/FDUSD, 2Z/BNB, AEVO/BTC, BARD/FDUSD, BIO/BNB, DOLO/FDUSD, EDEN/BNB, EDEN/FDUSD, EGLD/BNB, ETHFI/FDUSD, GLMR/BTC, HOT/ETH, HUMA/FDUSD, IOTA/ETH, KAITO/BTC, MIRA/FDUSD, MORPHO/BNB, MORPHO/FDUSD, NEIRO/FDUSD, RONIN/FDUSD, SOMI/BNB, SSV/ETH, TURTLE/BNB. Concurrently, Binance will discontinue spot trading API services for these pairs. Important note: The delisting does not impact the availability of the underlying tokens on Binance’s spot platform—users may still trade the assets via other supported trading pairs.

On January 8, Tom Lee told CNBC in an interview that the 2026 New Year’s Day surge (spanning stocks, precious metals, cryptocurrencies, etc.) has long been a positive signal of market breadth for both retail and institutional investors. This year will mirror the 2025 pattern: “joy, doldrums, and rally.” There will be a moment when investors feel the market has entered a bear phase, Lee said—but a strong rebound will follow, and stocks will ultimately finish the year bullish. He forecasts the S&P 500 could hit 7,700 points by the end of 2026. Lee added that a 15% to 20% pullback may occur as the market tests the new Fed chair (notably in the second half of the year)—but this isn’t the end of the cycle; it’s a buying opportunity.

On January 8th, per Coinbob Popular Address Monitor (https://t.me/Coinbob_track_CN), ZEC dropped 6.4% in the short term, hitting a low of $449 before rebounding to around $465. During this fluctuation, the biggest ZEC long whale on Hyperliquid (address 0x152) briefly swung from profit to loss, then quickly added to its long position at $459—boosting holdings by 2,486 ZEC (≈$1.14 million) in 10 minutes. Over the past 20 hours, this whale has cumulatively added 9,871 ZEC (≈$4.54 million) to its long positions. It now holds a 10x-leveraged ZEC long position worth ~$12.35 million, with an average entry price of $463. Coinbob data also shows the "largest ZEC short whale" remains in unrealized loss and has not adjusted its short position recently. Its current short size is ~$17.48 million, with an average entry of $419 and an unrealized loss of $1.64 million (47%). Meanwhile, the "Altcoin Short Army Leader" has been ramping up its ZEC short position over the past few hours—it now to

On January 8, Farside Investors reported that U.S. Bitcoin spot ETFs registered a net outflow of $486.1 million the previous day. IBIT recorded a net outflow of $130 million, while FBTC saw $247.6 million in net outflows. For Ethereum spot ETFs, the total net outflow was $98.3 million: ETHA posted a net outflow of $6.6 million, and FETH had a net outflow of $13.3 million.