Binance Will Delist ENS/BTC, OGN/BNB, and Other Trading Pairs

On January 19, monitoring from HyperInsight (via its Telegram channel @HyperInsight) shows a crypto whale opened an 80-BTC long position with 40x leverage at 17:03, with an average entry price of $93,141.4. Prior to this, the same whale had opened a 50,000-HYPE long position with 10x leverage at an average entry price of $24, leaving the account slightly in the red.

**January 19 (Ember Monitor) – A trader has rolled $1.8 million in profits from an ETH short into a BTC short, per data from the tracker.** - **ETH Short Details**: 31,093 ETH position (valued at $99.87M), entry price $3,270, liquidation price $3,264, profit: $1.8M. - **BTC Short Details**: 563 BTC position (valued at $52.48M), entry price $92,623, liquidation price $96,057, loss: $280k. **Key Context**: The trader’s $3M USDC principal now supports a $152M total short position, with effective leverage up to 35x—placing liquidation levels in very close proximity. ### Notes on American English Adaptations: 1. **Date Format**: Uses *Month Day (Year)* (no comma after day in casual news style). 2. **Abbreviations**: Shorthand like `M` (million) and `k` (thousand) is standard in U.S. financial media. 3. **Conciseness**: Prioritizes scannable bullet points and direct phrasing (avoids redundant wording). 4. **Terminology**: Aligns with U.S. crypto slang (e.g., "tracker" for *

On January 19, Polymarket user Annica has logged 1,265 total predictions since last August—most tied to Musk-related themes. As of press time, their total net profit exceeds $270,000, with a single largest profit of $91,600.

On January 19, BlockBeats data reveals key 2025 metrics for crypto contract trading platforms, covering annual trading volume and web traffic (a measure of user interest). ### Contract Trading Volume Leaders Hyperliquid led by a wide margin with **$2.93 trillion** in annual contract volume. It was followed by: - Lighter: $1.314 trillion - Aster: $791 billion ### Web Traffic Rankings Aster topped the list with ~13.23 million visits. Subsequent positions: - Lighter: 11.65 million visits - Hyperliquid: 6.7 million visits ### Additional Platform Data - EdgeX: $586 billion volume, 1.1 million visits - ApeX: $338 billion volume, 1.7 million visits - Pacifica: $82 billion volume, 870k visits ### Note on Pacifica Pacifica’s mainnet launched in June 2024. It recorded no trading volume in H1 2025, so overall metrics remain relatively low. The reported $82 billion volume reflects activity from September to December 2025 (when the platform entered rapid growth).

On January 19, data from GMGN reveals a whale allocated $211,000 to buy GAS two days prior—when the token’s price dipped below $1,000—in a "buy the dip" attempt. However, the price failed to rebound as expected and continued to slide. As of press time, GAS’s market value has dropped to $1.57 million, leaving the whale’s dip-buying funds with a nearly $170,000 loss.

On January 19, BitcoinTreasuries.NET reported that the Louisiana State Employees' Retirement System (LSERS)—which manages approximately $1.56 billion in assets—disclosed in its latest filing that it holds 17,900 shares of MicroStrategy (ticker: MSTR), the Bitcoin-focused firm. The position is valued at around $3.2 million based on the disclosed price.