A whale closed a 65-day 5000 ETH long position, making a profit of $581,000

On January 19, Paradex said in a maintenance update that it has identified the issue, and the chain state will be rolled back to block 1604710 (UTC 04:27:54). This is the state prior to database maintenance and the last known valid state—all accounts will be reverted to their pre-maintenance condition. In a prior update, the Starknet-based perpetuals DEX Paradex announced temporary maintenance. The protocol remains offline after exceeding its expected completion time. Community feedback indicates some users had their Paradex perpetual contract positions liquidated due to abnormally high funding rates.

On January 19th, Towns—a decentralized social platform—will support EIP-8004 and EIP-7702.

EIP-8004 provides a standardized framework for trustlessly discovering, selecting, and interacting with autonomous AI agents across different organizations and ecosystems; EIP-7702 introduces a new transaction type that allows traditional Externally Owned Accounts (EOAs) to set executable code either permanently or temporarily.

On January 19, Paradex—a perpetual contract DEX in the Starknet ecosystem—announced emergency maintenance via its official website. The expected maintenance completion time has passed, but the protocol remains offline. Community feedback indicates some users had their perpetual contract positions liquidated on Paradex due to abnormally high funding rates. Public records show Paradex is a decentralized perpetual derivatives Layer 2 application chain that integrates liquidity from crypto institutional platform Paradigm with DeFi’s transparency and self-custody features. It operates as its own chain built on the Starknet developer stack, and is the result of a six-month collaboration between StarkWare and Paradigm.

On January 19th, analyst @alicharts noted that Ethereum’s daily active addresses have doubled over the past two weeks, topping 800,000—signaling a rebound in network participation. Recent Ethereum ETF buy orders are most concentrated in the $2,772–$3,119 range, which now acts as a key support zone. From a technical standpoint, Ethereum continues to consolidate within a daily chart triangle. As long as price holds above the $3,085 support level, a breakout above the $3,400 resistance could trigger a move toward $3,660—and potentially extend to $4,000.

January 19, according to the Xiamen Procuratorate’s official WeChat account, a salesperson at a Fujian-based company—who ran up massive debts from cryptocurrency investments—began embezzling company funds in spring 2024. The employee secretly replaced the company’s official payment QR code with their personal WeChat QR code and directed customers to transfer educational subscription fees directly to their personal bank account instead of the company’s. Between spring 2024 and spring 2025, the individual embezzled more than 1.53 million yuan (≈$210,000) in company funds. All the stolen money was invested in Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies in an attempt to profit from speculation—but the employee lost every penny. The Tong’an District Procuratorate charged the person with embezzlement, and the court sentenced them to two years and three months in prison and ordered payment of a fine.