「Lightning Zap」 Whale Flattens BTC Long and Opens New $1.08M ETH Long

On January 15, per Onchain Lens data, the LIT token price continued sliding, triggering the partial liquidation of a whale’s long position—resulting in a loss of roughly $509,000. The whale still holds an open position, with its next liquidation level set at $1.49.

On January 15, Alexandre Dreyfus—CEO of Chiliz Chain, the blockchain platform focused on sports and entertainment—stated that with the next World Cup year approaching, Chiliz (CHZ) is set to make a major announcement and will roll out its SportFi strategy by 2026.

On January 15, Chris Dixon, managing partner at a16z Crypto, stated that cryptocurrency developers need clear rules. Over the past five years, Republicans, Democrats, and the Trump administration have collaborated closely with members of the crypto industry to protect decentralization, support developers, and create fair opportunities for entrepreneurs. At its core, the Clarity Act (Cryptocurrency Market Structure Act) is intended to advance these goals. The bill isn’t perfect and will require tweaks before formal enactment. However, if the U.S. wants to retain its global leadership in shaping the future of cryptocurrency, now is the optimal time to move the Clarity Act forward.

January 15 — Per monitoring from Hyperinsight (https://t.me/HyperInsight), the address has opened a new position and increased its BTC long position by ~22.3 BTC in the past half-hour. Current holdings: - 10x leveraged BTC long position: ~$2.15M (avg price: $96,400; unrealized profit: ~$1,014) - 3x leveraged FARTCOIN long position: ~$892k (unrealized profit: ~$11,500) Total contract position value: ~$3.04M

January 15th CoinGecko Co-founder Addresses Market Rumors of "Considering Sale at ~$500M Valuation" With nearly 12 years of operating CoinGecko, we regularly evaluate strategic opportunities—like any growing, profitable company—to strengthen our business and accelerate our mission. CoinGecko is currently in a strong standing: expanding business, robust profitability, and surging institutional demand. Our day-to-day operations remain unchanged; there are no shifts to our workflows or data delivery services.

January 15th, Pacific—a perpetual contract trading platform in the Solana ecosystem—announced several plans and updates, including the upcoming testing phase of its unified margin system and confirmation of in-house initiatives like a Layer 1 mainchain, mobile apps, and Vaults. Currently, Pacific’s unified margin system is fully developed and set to launch on testnet imminently. Additionally, Pacific’s proprietary Layer 1 mainchain DevNet has operated smoothly for a week, with plans to offer EVM compatibility, support smart contracts, and integrate a high-performance verification system. The goal is to provide institutional users and ecosystem projects with scalable, verifiable transaction infrastructure. Today, Pacific will distribute 10 million points. Users can now use the on-chain data analysis and copy trading tool Coinbob Pacifica (@CoinbobPAC_bot)—built exclusively for Pacific—to copy high-frequency traders’ strategies, earn trading points, and prepare for potential airdro