Binance will Lower the Settlement Frequency of Some TradFi Contract Funding Rates

As of January 30, monitoring data from HyperInsight (via its Telegram channel @HyperInsight) shows a crypto whale opened a 40x leveraged long position on 96.31 BTC at 15:37 UTC. The average entry price was $82,564.10, and the position currently holds an unrealized profit of $10,700.

The whale’s address uses an aggressive trading strategy: it has frequently rebalanced positions recently and prefers building positions through small orders.

On January 30, Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin posted on social media that the Ethereum Foundation is entering a phase of moderate belt-tightening, with two core goals: - Advance a proactive roadmap to transform Ethereum into a high-performance, scalable global computer—while preserving its robustness, sustainability, and decentralization. - Ensure the Foundation’s long-term viability, and safeguard Ethereum’s core mission and goals—including the core blockchain layer and users’ ability to access and use the chain autonomously, securely, and privately. Buterin noted: “To support this, my personal approach includes taking on responsibilities that would once have fallen to a Foundation ‘special project.’ Specifically, I’m developing an open-source, secure, verifiable full-stack software-hardware system to safeguard personal well-being and the public sphere. I’ve recently withdrawn 16,384 ETH of my own, which I’ll invest in these efforts over the next few years. I’m also explo

January 30th — Per HyperInsight monitoring, the "DASH Largest Short" whale (address 0x94d37) has just expanded its long position in the xyz:SILVER perpetual silver contract. As of now, the whale holds **$20.53 million worth of silver long positions** with 20x leverage, at an average entry price of $112.24. The position currently has an **unrealized loss of $1.1 million**. Notably, this address remains the **largest DASH short holder on Hyperliquid**: it holds 152,211.28 DASH short positions with 5x leverage, at an average entry price of $71.41. This short position has an **unrealized gain of $2.971 million**. [HyperInsight](https://t.me/HyperInsight) | [Hyperliquid](https://app.hyperliquid.xyz/join/NTOD)

January 30: Greeks.live data indicates 91,000 BTC options expire today, with a Put-Call Ratio (PCR) of 0.48, max pain at $90,000, and notional value of $7.6 billion. 435,000 ETH options also expire today: PCR 0.68, max pain $3,000, notional value $11.9 billion.

Binance is ramping up its expansion in South Korea via its subsidiary GOPAX, targeting institutional crypto adoption by 2026, according to a January 30 Korea Times report. Last year, 23% of global crypto market growth stemmed from institutional adoption, Binance’s Asia-Pacific head SB Seker told The Korea Times in a Friday video interview. “We believe if South Korea advances its regulatory framework, the growth trend will mirror that—if not be stronger,” he added. Beyond core services like spot trading and digital asset products, Binance is building infrastructure for institutional fund management and cross-border stablecoin settlements. Seker expects once regulations are clarified, South Korean firms will begin allocating crypto assets to their balance sheets and diversifying risk across exchanges. Payments are another priority. While crypto payments and remittances remain restricted for domestic South Korean users, Binance is partnering with licensed local payment service pr

**Jan. 30 – Arthur Hayes took to social media to note that U.S. dollar liquidity has contracted by roughly $300 billion over the past few weeks, driven primarily by a $200 billion jump in the U.S. Treasury General Account (TGA).** **The move likely reflects the U.S. government shoring up cash reserves to prepare for a potential shutdown and cover ongoing spending.** **Against this backdrop, Bitcoin’s recent drop comes as no surprise—its price movement has tracked the contraction in U.S. dollar liquidity closely.**