Cryptocurrency Content Viewership on YouTube Hits Lowest Level Since January 2021

Jan. 12 — Per Coinglass data, Bitcoin surpassing the $93,000 mark would trigger a cumulative short liquidation intensity of 352 million across major centralized exchanges (CEXs). Conversely, a drop below $90,000 would lead to a cumulative long liquidation intensity of 637 million for those same CEXs. BlockBeats Note: Liquidation charts do not show the exact number or value of contracts being liquidated. Instead, the bars represent each liquidation cluster’s relative importance compared to neighboring clusters — i.e., its intensity. A higher bar signals a more pronounced market reaction when Bitcoin hits that price level, driven by a liquidity cascade.

As of January 12th, per GMGN monitoring (link: https://t.me/gmgnaibot?start=i_m4TE56o8), a trader began continuous buying after the meme coin "I Just Came" saw its market cap climb past $43 million. 14 hours ago, when the market cap fell to $25 million, the trader sold off in 6 batches to cut losses, cashing out $193,000—incurring a single-coin loss of $157,600 (a 44.95% drop). BlockBeats Note: Meme coins are highly volatile, heavily reliant on market sentiment and hype, and have no real value or use case. Investors should be aware of these risks.

On January 12th, per Coinbob Popular Address Monitor (https://t.me/Coinbob_track_CN), the "Strategy Whale" address (0x94d) has adjusted its positions again in the past few hours, continuously ramping up long positions in major coins like ETH and BTC. Its total position has grown from ~$250 million at 10 a.m. today to the current ~$315 million, adding over $60 million. Around 4 a.m. today, the address closed its ETH, BTC, and SOL short positions at breakeven, then opened a BTC long at ~$90,600 and subsequently increased positions in several major coins. As of press time, it holds long positions in 7 major coins with a total size of ~$315 million—currently the largest BTC long position on the Hyperliquid platform. Key position changes in the past 4 hours: - 20x BTC Long: Position size rose from $121M to $157M, avg. entry price $90,800, unrealized gains $1.86M; - 20x ETH Long: Position size climbed from $70M to $91M, avg. entry price $3,123, unrealized gains $950K; - 20x SOL L

Binance Alpha to Launch CharacterX (CAI) on Jan. 12, 2026 Per an official announcement, Binance Alpha will debut CharacterX (CAI) on Jan. 12, 2026. Trading for CAI on the platform kicks off at 16:00 UTC+8 the same day. **Airdrop Rules**: - Users with at least 252 Binance Alpha Points qualify to claim 40 CAI tokens via the Alpha event page. - The airdrop is first-come, first-served. - If the event remains ongoing, the points threshold will automatically drop by 5 points every 5 minutes.

Jan 12 – JPMorgan has revised its Federal Reserve rate outlook: it no longer expects the Fed to cut rates in 2026 (previously projecting a 25-basis-point cut in January 2026). Instead, the bank now anticipates a 25bp rate hike from the Fed in the third quarter of 2027. (IG)

On January 12, official sources confirm Arbitrum has activated its ArbOS Dia upgrade. Arbitrum officials note this is a major tech stack update, adding support for the Fusaka EIP and boosting overall user experience.