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BlockBeats News, January 22 — According to HyperInsight monitoring, "Strategy Opponent" has just increased their DASH short position, currently short 107,986.36 DASH with 5x leverage, with an entry average price of $75.22. The unrealized profit per coin is $860,000, making it the largest DASH short on Hyperliquid.
In addition, this address has short positions in BTC, ETH, and SOL with a total unrealized profit of $7.63 million.

Gwangju District Prosecutors' Office in South Korea discovered a large amount of Bitcoin lost in connection with criminal cases during a routine inspection, with estimated losses reaching hundreds of billions of Korean won. The prosecution suspects that the loss may be related to misaccessed scam websites and has currently launched an internal investigation.

Odaily Planet Daily reports that there are currently over 107,000. The SKR domain has been registered, and this domain is exclusive to Seeker phone holders of Solana Mobile. (SolanaFloor)

BlockBeats News, January 22 — According to HyperInsight monitoring, a trader (0x61cee) at 17:02 opened a long position with 20x leverage on 2996.01 ETH, with an average entry price of $3005.44, currently showing a slight unrealized profit.
In addition, this address is currently shorting xyz:SILVER (pegged to silver prices) with 20x leverage, with an average entry price of $89.71, and an unrealized loss of $1,004,000.

Taiwanese artist Huang Licheng has recently experienced frequent liquidations in ETH long trades, with his account funds drastically shrinking from $4.3 million to less than $100,000. Nevertheless, he still rolled over approximately $100,000 in unrealized gains, increasing his long position to $10.1 million.

Gate officially launches a limited-time event. Users who complete a single TradFi transaction of at least 50 USDT can earn 8 Gate Alpha points. The event runs from January 22 to 26, while supplies last, first come, first served.

Gate News bot message, eleven hours ago, a newly created wallet FYqRpV spent 470,000 USDC to buy 10.19M RALPH. Shortly after the purchase, RALPH crashed. The wallet sold all 10.19M RALPH for only 114,861 USDC, losing $355K in a few hours.

Laser Digital, a subsidiary of Nomura Securities, has launched a tokenized Bitcoin yield fund aimed at providing long-term investors with returns exceeding 5% of Bitcoin spot performance through strategies such as market-neutral arbitrage. The fund is designed for qualified investors, with a minimum subscription of $250,000 or equivalent in Bitcoin.

ChainCatcher message, according to Arkham data, at 17:13, 53,478,300 EDU (worth approximately $8.57 million) was transferred from Animoca Brands to an anonymous address (starting with 0x2797...).

ChainCatcher reports that AI agent infrastructure protocol Warden has completed a $4 million strategic funding round at a $200 million valuation, with participation from 0G, Messari, Venice.AI, and others. The funds will be used to accelerate product development and support the expansion of its agent capabilities in scenarios such as trading, automation, and programmable wealth.

This article summarizes cryptocurrency news as of January 22, 2026, focusing on the latest Bitcoin updates, Ethereum upgrades, Dogecoin trends, real-time cryptocurrency prices, and price forecasts. Major Web3 events today include:
1. Circle promotes the upgrade of United Nations stablecoin payments, with USDC accelerating humanitarian aid and the implementation of the Bermuda "full-chain economy";
2. Tom Lee warns that 2026 may see a dip followed by a rise, with a tug-of-war around the $90,000 Bitcoin mark and the emergence of a $99,000 target;
3. Trump and NATO's "Greenland Framework Agreement" cause turbulence, with Denmark firmly stating that sovereignty is non-negotiable.

The US Bureau of Economic Analysis will release the latest Personal Consumption Expenditures Price Index (PCE), with forecasts indicating core inflation remains between 2.8%-2.9%, and the overall PCE around 2.7%. US inflation shows a high-level sideways trend, with slowing wage growth and stable rents making it difficult for inflation to decline rapidly. The Federal Reserve is expected to keep interest rates unchanged, and high interest rates will continue to constrain the valuation of risk assets. In the crypto market, liquidity is unlikely to improve in the short term, but in the long term, if inflation cannot effectively decline, cryptocurrencies still have the potential to rise again.

ChainCatcher News, according to Jin10, E-mini S&P 500 Index futures rose 0.53%, Nasdaq 100 Index futures increased 0.81%, and Dow Jones futures went up 0.31%

On January 22, it was reported that the whale address added 220 BTC short positions, with a total value of approximately $19.74 million. Currently, it holds 374 BTC short positions, with an unrealized loss of about $190,000. The liquidation price is around $110,000, and the take-profit orders are set in the range of $71,000 to $72,100.

Odaily Planet Daily reports that according to an official announcement, the BitMart contract will launch the ELSAUSDT perpetual contract on January 22, 2026, at 20:00 (UTC+8), supporting up to 20x leverage.

On January 22, news broke that Pump.fun (PUMP) once again triggered market caution after a short-term rebound. Although the project team recently announced the launch of Pump Fund to provide funding support for early open-source projects on the platform, on-chain data and technical charts have shown clear risk signals, and the PUMP price trend is facing potential correction pressure.
According to public data, PUMP surged about 12.5% during the day, reaching a high of $0.0027, then fell back to around $0.0026, with an intraday increase of approximately 6.2%. This rally is closely related to Pump.fun's new fund plan. Pump Fund will provide $250,000 to each of the 12 selected teams, with a fixed valuation of $10 million, and will host a 30-day "Build in Public" hackathon. The goal is to help Pump.fun shed its "Meme coin factory" label and transition into a genuine application ecosystem.

January 22 News, Pi Network announced that a new upgraded version of Pi App Studio will be launched in 2026, along with the launch of a creator incentive program. The goal is to enable ordinary users to quickly build and publish applications without any programming knowledge, thereby accelerating the real-world implementation of the Pi ecosystem. This move is seen as a key step for Pi Network to shift from a "mining narrative" to "application-driven growth."
According to official statements, the new version of Pi App Studio will offer visual and interactive tools, allowing creators to directly integrate Pi payment functions, deploy and test applications for free, without writing code. Users can complete prototypes in a short period and continuously update and optimize features. This low-threshold model will attract many non-technical Pi Oneers to participate in application development, bringing more possibilities for Pi's practical use cases.

On January 22, U.S. President Trump stated at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, that there is an "extraordinary hatred" between the leaders of Russia and Ukraine, which is a key obstacle to ending the Russia-Ukraine war and reaching a peace agreement. However, he believes that both sides actually want a ceasefire and said that negotiations are "quite close" to breaking through.
Trump pointed out that the deep-seated antagonism between Zelensky (Volodymyr Zelenskyy) and Putin (Vladimir Putin) is unfavorable for reconciliation, but nonetheless, the U.S. will resume its role as a key mediator to push the Russia-Ukraine peace talks into a substantive phase. He also revealed that he will meet with Zelenskyy in Davos, while his envoy Steve Witkoff and son-in-law Jared Kushner will go to Moscow to meet with Putin, aiming to finalize key details.

ChainCatcher News, according to Jinshi reports, Alibaba (BABA.N) US stocks after-hours rally, currently up more than 3%.

On January 22, the social platform X announced the launch of a new "Starterpacks" feature, designed to help new users quickly find high-quality accounts and information content based on their interests, with cryptocurrencies and technology becoming key focus areas. X product lead Nikita Bier stated that the feature has been rolled out this week and will be gradually made available to a broader user base in the coming weeks.
From the official demonstration video, users can select their areas of interest during registration or usage, such as crypto assets, blockchain technology, or artificial intelligence. The system will then automatically recommend a curated set of accounts and information streams. For the crypto sector, Starterpacks not only cover mainstream viewpoints but also introduce memecoin trading dynamics, active trader insights, and real-time market sentiment data, aiming to create a more efficient information gateway for new users.