Eugene: Re-accumulate SOL, possibly up to $160 or even $200

On January 9, Morgan Stanley Chief Investment Officer Mike Wilson issued an extremely optimistic outlook for the U.S. stock market. In an interview with CNBC’s “Squawk Box,” Wilson described the market’s future path as “crystal clear.” He believes stable Federal Reserve policy and legislative tailwinds will reinvigorate the consumer sector. Wilson noted, “The Fed is proactively addressing these liquidity issues, and this support has removed a major layer of risk for investors.” While the long-term outlook remains positive, Wilson warned a market pullback is inevitable in a U.S. midterm election year. He advised investors to prepare for at least a 10% decline, but urged them to view such drops as buying opportunities—not exit signals. (Source: Golden Finance)

January 9 — Per Cointelegraph, the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has announced that crypto asset service providers operating in the UK must secure full authorization by October 2027. The FCA expects the application window to open in September 2026. All firms offering regulated crypto services in the UK must be authorized under the Financial Services and Markets Act. Entities currently registered under anti-money laundering (AML) regulations will not be automatically transitioned and must still reapply for authorization. Firms that fail to submit applications on time will face transitional restrictions once the new rules take effect: they will only be permitted to continue offering existing products and prohibited from launching new business activities.

On January 9, per LookOnChain monitoring data, a crypto whale transferred 8.09 million USDC to Hyperliquid four hours ago and placed a limit order targeting 59,458 SOL (approx. $8 million) at a price range of $133.88 to $135.

On January 9th, Aevo announced that it has burned 69 million AEVO tokens from circulation—roughly $2.8 million worth—representing 6.9% of the token’s total supply, in line with the AGP-3 proposal. Staking AEVO will entitle users to a share of Uniswap V3 Liquidity Provider (LP) fees, which are scheduled for distribution starting in June 2026.

January 9th: Amber Group transferred 5,800 ETH (valued at roughly $18.06 million) to Copper 4 hours prior, per monitoring data from The Data Nerd.

**January 9 – Per Coinbob Popular Address Monitor, the "Strategy Whales" address (0x94d) temporarily closed 4 long positions and continued to sharply cut its BTC and ETH long positions amid BTC’s brief drop below $90,000. As of now, the address has liquidated over $170 million in positions within 1 hour, with total position size falling from $352 million to $180 million.** **Key position shifts: - 15x BTC Longs: Size dropped from $137M to $31.27M, average entry price $90,100; - 15x ETH Longs: Size decreased from $137M to $100M, average entry price $3,092.** **The address started building positions in December 2023 with an initial account balance of ~$20 million, later adding short positions on mainstream coins like BTC and ETH. Since its trading direction is opposite to publicly traded MicroStrategy (which has consistently bought BTC), the market sees this address as its clear "on-chain counterpart."**