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Crypto analyst Axel Adler Jr. says Bitcoin’s market has entered a critical decision zone, based on its price structure and derivatives market pressure index. The $86,400 support level now acts as the long-short battleground: a break below it could open a downside path toward the lower channel, while holding above signals a potential bottom build and reversal setup. Bitcoin’s derivatives pressure index is at extreme levels—but prices haven’t dropped in tandem. That points to two scenarios: either buyers are soaking up selling pressure at current levels (a bullish bottoming sign) or the market is coiling for a sharp drop once support fails. This disconnect between extreme pressure and price action is an anomaly worth watching closely. Overall, the market is in a tight balance: selling pressure is at its monthly high but facing resistance. This could signal strong support holding—or the final pause before a breakdown. Bitcoin is at a make-or-break point right now.

On January 27th, monitoring from HyperInsight (Telegram: @HyperInsight) shows the "Lightning Backhand" whale wallet 0x50b30 took two short positions: - 684.54 BTC shorted with 20x leverage, at an average entry price of $87,428.6, incurring an unrealized loss of $700,000; - 10,112.2 ETH shorted with 25x leverage, at an average entry price of $2,898.77, leading to an unrealized loss of $339,000. This wallet is known for rapid long-short flips, often opening large reverse positions immediately after closing existing ones.

On January 27, on-chain analyst Ai Auntie (@ai_9684xtpa) observed a "Smart Money" address making a move: one hour prior, it deposited 5,000 ETH from Binance to average down its position—four months earlier, the same address had purchased 10,870 ETH at an average price of $4,388.93. The current average cost for its 15,870 ETH is $3,930.27, resulting in an unrealized loss of $15.825 million. Notably, this address has a track record of past trades: it withdrew 32,416.5 ETH at an average of $1,865.68 between April and June 2023, and reportedly sold 30,878 ETH at $2,944.71 each between March 2024 and September 2025, realizing a profit of $33.318 million.

On Jan. 27, BitMine re-staked 100k ETH (≈$2.913 billion) over the past 12 hours, per data from The Data Nerd’s monitoring.

On January 27, HyperInsight monitoring data shows that Binance whale wallet "pension-usdt.eth" shorted 25,000 ETH with 3x leverage last week, at an average entry price of $2,927.33. While the whale saw notable unrealized profits yesterday, it has yet to close the position—currently sitting on an unrealized loss of $16,000.

**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