If Ethereum breaks $3100, mainstream CEX aggregate short liquidation pressure will reach $1.33 billion

On January 29, ALT5 Sigma Corporation (Nasdaq: ALTS) announced its board of directors has approved a share repurchase program of up to $100 million. The program includes a 50-million-share maximum for purchases made when the stock trades below its Net Asset Value (NAV)—representing roughly 40% of the company’s outstanding shares. The firm noted the initiative is intended to capitalize on valuation discounts and unlock shareholder value. Concurrently, the board has greenlit ongoing accumulation of WLFI tokens in the secondary market. ALT5 currently holds approximately 7.3 billion WLFI tokens, valued at roughly $1.5 billion, and remains bullish on the rapid growth of the World Liberty Financial ecosystem and its USD1 stablecoin. To kickstart these efforts, ALT5 has entered a $15 million loan agreement with World Liberty Financial. The company also signaled potential future financing by leveraging its robust balance sheet, which exceeds $1.6 billion. ALT5 CEO Tony Isaac stated th

As of January 29th, monitoring data from HyperInsight (via its Telegram channel: https://t.me/HyperInsight) reveals key whale movement trends between 10:00 AM and 8:00 PM ET today: ### Bullish Activity - Whale "Buddy" closed its HYPE long position, netting a $961,000 profit. - HYPE’s largest bullish whale withdrew $7 million in collateral, pushing its liquidation price up to $25. ### Bearish Activity - Whale "Silver Iron Head Air Force" added another silver short position with an average entry price of $116.76. - Whale "Lightning Reversal" closed its BTC and ETH short positions, locking in a total $351,000 profit. - Whale "20 Million Range Sniper" kept expanding short positions in gold and XMR — remaining the largest XMR short holder on Hyperliquid (link: https://app.hyperliquid.xyz/join/NTOD).

On January 29, The Information reported that ByteDance and Alibaba are set to launch a new artificial intelligence model in mid-February.

On January 29, Fortune magazine reported that cryptocurrency venture capital firm Escape Velocity has raised $62 million in funding, with a focus on the "DePIN" encryption network—covering sectors including telescopes, solar energy, and beyond.

On January 29, disclosures revealed that U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chairman Paul Atkins told an interviewer “now is the time to allow” cryptocurrency assets to be included in 401(k) retirement account allocations—sparking market focus on the further integration of crypto into the mainstream financial system.

**BTC OG Whale Insider Agent Garrett Jin’s Crypto Market Take (Jan 29)** Garrett Jin, the “BTC OG Whale Insider” agent, posted on social media January 29th noting Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH) have recently lagged other risk assets notably. The main driver, he said, is the crypto market still being in its deleveraging cycle’s late stage and facing microstructural issues — not worsening fundamentals. He pointed out the wave of deleveraging since last October has wiped out leveraged retail positions, while AI stocks and precious metals have drawn a flood of speculative capital. Institutional involvement in crypto remains thin, leaving the market vulnerable to short-term narratives and controlled by a handful of exchanges, market makers, and speculative funds. Garrett emphasized over a 6-year horizon, BTC and ETH still outperform most assets; the current slump is just mean reversion within their long-term uptrend. With regulatory clarity improving, ample marginal liquidity, an