The US Bitcoin Spot ETF saw net outflows for the fifth consecutive day, with net inflows of $6.8 million yesterday.

Jan. 27 — Politico reports that Republican Sen. Roger Marshall has agreed to drop his credit card swipe fee amendment, which risked pitting the financial industry against major retailers and derailing progress on the Crypto-Currency Market Structure Act (CLARITY Act). Severe winter storms hitting multiple U.S. regions have forced the Senate Agriculture Committee to postpone its markup (originally set for Thursday) to Tuesday, Feb. 3. The bill aims to clarify how federal financial regulators would oversee the crypto industry, but fractures in bipartisan support have caused multiple delays in deliberations.

**January 27th Update** Per GMGN monitoring (link: https://gmgn.ai/sol/token/i_m4TE56o8_a3W4qutoEJA4232T2gwZUfgYJTetr96pU4SJMwppump), Solana-based meme coin WhiteWhale briefly hit an $80 million market cap today, now sitting at ~$70 million with a **60%+ 24-hour gain**. The surge ties to personal buys from the token’s iconic figure—The White Whale (linked address: ECyvt...). Data shows the linked address spent ~$1.05 million today to grab over 15 million WhiteWhale tokens, then transferred them to its main address (EBxg...). That main wallet now holds ~67.9 million tokens (54% of total supply), worth ~$37 million. It has an unrealized gain of $16.7 million (31%), an average entry price of ~$0.0212, and **no sales to date**. Background: WhiteWhale launched on pump.fun October 13, 2025, created by fans using the avatar of The White Whale—a well-known X (Twitter) and Hyperliquid trader (X: @TheWhiteWhaleV2). Concerned the token could be misused to harm his reputation, the trade

On January 27, LookOnChain monitoring data reveals multiple crypto whales are accumulating gold-backed tokens. Key on-chain moves include: - Address 0xbe4C withdrew 1959 XAUT (valued at $9.97 million) from exchanges Bybit and Gate. - Address 0x0F67 pulled 559 XAUT (worth $2.83 million) from MEXC. - Address 0x1b7D took 194.4 XAUT and 106.2 PAXG from MEXC, with a combined value of $1.53 million.

January 27 — Per a report from aastocks, Hang Seng Investment has recently launched a new gold ETF, the **Hang Seng Gold ETF** (03170.HK), which is set to list on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange this Thursday, January 29. As of January 23, the ETF’s per-unit net asset value (NAV) stood at HK$16. Key details include: - Minimum trading unit: 50 shares - Annual management fee: 0.25% - Annual total expense ratio (TER): 0.4% - Tracking error: -0.5% - Benchmark: LBMA Gold Price AM The ETF invests in physical gold, with all bars stored in a designated Hong Kong vault. Its gold custodian is a wholly owned subsidiary of HSBC Holdings (00005.HK), which has engaged Hong Kong International Airport Precious Metals Storage Limited and Brink’s Hong Kong Limited to jointly custody the sub-fund’s gold. Additionally, the ETF plans to launch tokenized non-listed fund units, with HSBC Bank acting as the tokenization agent. Ethereum will be the initial primary blockchain, with potential fut

January 27th: Per monitoring data from HyperInsight, a whale opened a 20x leveraged long position on 25,000 SOL at 14:08, with an average entry price of $124.27. The position is currently slightly underwater. The wallet address mitigated overall risk exposure through multi-collateral hedging, using leverage to capitalize on short-term opportunities while strictly limiting position size.

On January 27, OKX founder Star took to social media to post: “Gold addressed the trust issue of the past. Bitcoin is tackling the trust issue of the future. While the world continues to debate how to store gold, the real future is already operating on-chain. Bitcoin is the cornerstone of the next-gen value system. 2026: All in.”