A certain Ethereum Ancient Whale is suspected to have sold 5000 ETH, with a cost basis as low as $9.35

January 29th — CCTV News reports that Iranian First Vice President Eshaq Jahangiri, speaking on the regional situation, said the current government has maintained a state of readiness since taking office. Iran will not start a war proactively; if war is initiated, it will defend itself firmly, with "the war’s outcome not to be determined by the enemy." Jahangiri emphasized that preparing for a wartime posture is critical. Iran insists it will not initiate conflict, but if attacked, it will retaliate resolutely and ensure the war’s direction is not dominated by the enemy. He noted Iran advocates dialogue and rationality, but if conflict erupts, the result will no longer be controlled by the opponent. According to community sources, the U.S. aircraft carrier Abraham Lincoln and its strike group — deployed in the Middle East — have entered a communications blackout, a move that has escalated geopolitical war tensions.

On January 29, Bitget market data shows spot gold and silver extended sharp declines: Gold broke below two key levels—$5,400 and $5,300—consecutively, and has since rebounded slightly to $5,327 per ounce. Silver dropped from a high of $121.6 to $111.5 per ounce, then rebounded modestly to $113.5 per ounce.

Bitcoin briefly dropped to $85,224 on January 29, per HTX market data, and has since rebounded to $85,650—recording a 24-hour decline of 4.08%.

Jan. 29 — Spot gold extended its decline Wednesday, dropping nearly $200 at one point from its daily high and breaching the $5400 level, according to Bitget market data.

On January 29, data from Coinglass shows that $268 million in positions were liquidated across the entire network in the past hour—including $265 million in long liquidations and $3.61 million in short liquidations. Over the past 24 hours, 187,634 traders worldwide have been liquidated, with total liquidation volume reaching $617 million. The largest single liquidation occurred on Hyperliquid’s BTC-USD pair, totaling $31.64 million.

As of January 29, Yihui's Trend Research held 651,300 Ethereum (ETH), valued at $1.92 billion with an average cost of approximately $3,180 per ETH. Given the current secondary market price of $2,850 per ETH, the firm’s unrealized loss has reached $214.9 million.