Single-day Collateralization of 106k ETH to Borrow 180M USDC, "BTC OG Insider Whale" New Address Withdraws Another 23k ETH to Deposit into Aave

On January 27, Coinbase Derivatives—Coinbase’s regulated derivatives platform—launched copper and platinum futures trading, per official sources.

January 26: Cybersecurity researcher Jeremiah Fowler recently uncovered a publicly accessible large-scale database. Per his findings revealed in a blog post from ExpressVPN, the database holds roughly 149 million records of usernames and passwords from personal mobile devices and computers. The credentials are linked to services including Facebook, Instagram, Netflix, and Binance—with at least 420,000 tied to Binance users. The leaked data also contains 48 million Gmail accounts, 4 million Yahoo accounts, 17 million Facebook accounts, 6.5 million Instagram accounts, 3.4 million Netflix accounts, 780,000 TikTok accounts, and more. Fowler also noted that the volume of credentials tied to government-related accounts and .gov domains is particularly worrying, creating a risk of phishing attacks where threat actors could pose as government agencies. In response, a Binance spokesperson said: “Information stealers are a known type of malware that siphon credentials when a user’s devi

On January 26, Hong Kong’s Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) officially added “Ju.com” to its list of suspicious virtual asset trading platforms. The regulator noted the entity claims to operate a virtual asset trading platform and is suspected of doing so without a license.

Jan. 26 — Crypto markets rebounded following the U.S. stock market’s open, with most major assets now back to pre-morning-dip levels, per HTX market data. Bitcoin (BTC) is up 1.25% to $88,770. Ethereum (ETH) is up 2% to $2,944. Solana (SOL) is up 1.75% to $125.

On January 26, cryptocurrency journalist Eleanor Terrett shared on social media that the U.S. Senate Agriculture Committee has rescheduled the hearing on the Cryptocurrency Market Structure Bill—also known as the CLARITY Act—to Thursday morning at 10:30.

On-chain data shows that as of January 26th, a new address tied to the "BTC OG Insider Whale" withdrew another 12,000 ETH from Binance just 15 minutes ago, then deposited those funds into Aave. Latest figures indicate this address currently holds 118,000 ETH on Aave (valued at $343 million), has borrowed 180 million USDC, and maintains a Health Factor of 1.59.