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Hyperliquid is capitalizing on the wave of FUD surrounding Lighter DEX to emphasize its stance of being a 'trustworthy neutral', saying no to private investors, agreements with market makers, and fees paid to any companies.

The competition among perpetual DEXs is heating up as the community scrutinizes airdrops, liquidity incentives, and market-making agreements. The latest debate revolves around Lighter, amid Hyperliquid also facing significant pressure from market share decline compared to its peak period.

Jupiter (JUP) increased 6.9% in 24 hours and daily trading volume rose 32%, but the higher time frame trend is still leaning bearish, making the 0.20 USD level a key point for both buyers and sellers.

The short-term rally is likely supported by the release of Jupiter Mobile V3 and ecosystem updates; however, the longer technical picture still warns of risks if JUP does not convert 0.20 USD from resistance to support.

Whales are accumulating Solana (SOL) as market sentiment approaches the neutral zone, amidst strong on-chain data such as RWA and TVL that may indicate long-term valuation is gradually being reflected.

Early 2026 opens with the model of 'buy when afraid', when the Crypto Fear & Greed index approaches neutral. Although the total market capitalization increases weekly, SOL still stands out thanks to whale buying power and signals of ecosystem expansion, raising questions about Solana's unique growth dynamics.

Nick Tomaino believes that 2025 will mark the end of the easy profit era in cryptocurrency; to achieve superior returns, the market needs products not based on token speculation.

He stated that the cryptocurrency market is currently around $3.1 trillion, down 14% compared to the same period last year, but in 2009 this figure was 0. According to him, the pump and dump models of venture capital funds, Memecoin, and DAT have failed.

BlackRock warns that stablecoins will challenge the government's ability to control fiat currency, especially as the acceptance of stablecoins rapidly increases and could narrow the use of fiat currency in emerging markets.

This statement is part of BlackRock's 2026 Global Outlook report, in the context of banks also warning of the risk of large-scale withdrawals if stablecoins are widely used.

Liquidation of cryptocurrency futures contracts across the entire network reached 224 million USD in the past 24 hours, with shorts liquidated at 169 million USD and longs at 55,0274 million USD.

CoinAnk data shows that liquidation pressure is more concentrated on the short side, while both BTC and ETH recorded significant liquidation volumes during the same 24-hour period.

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Total cryptocurrency futures liquidation: 224 million USD/24 hours.

Shorts liquidated: 169 million USD; longs: 55,0274 million USD.

Short order 21.820.69 ETH at wallet 0x218…B7Da2 is facing an unrealized loss of 1.244 million USD, according to on-chain analyst Ai Yi.

The recorded position has an average opening price of 3.496.31 USD and a liquidation price of 3.496.31 USD, indicating that the risk of liquidation may occur when the price fluctuates around this threshold.

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Wallet 0x218…B7Da2 short 21.820.69 ETH, unrealized loss 1.244 million USD.

Average opening price: 3.496.31 USD.

Liquidation price: 3.496.31 USD.

The increase in stablecoin supply indicates that buying power is on the sidelines, and if this flow of money returns to the market, Bitcoin could rise to the 94,000–96,000 USD range, potentially heading towards 100,000 USD in January.

Bitcoin previously benefited from inflows into Spot ETFs in the first half of the year and reached a historic peak of 126,000 USD in early October. However, the recent 10-week correction has made the short-term outlook difficult to trade, as both buyers and sellers face the risk of being 'swept' in thin liquidity conditions.

ETH just surpassed the 3,100 USD mark, currently trading around 3,105.03 USD/ETH, up 3.85% for the day according to OKX market data.

The price increase occurred on January 2, indicating short-term buying pressure helped ETH break through the psychological threshold of 3,100 USD.

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ETH surpassed 3,100 USD on OKX data.

Current price: 3,105.03 USD/ETH.

Up 3.85% for the day.

ETH price exceeded 3,100 USD

ETH has broken above 3,100 USD and is currently trading at 3,105.03 USD/coin.

Ilya Lichtenstein, the hacker involved in the Bitfinex Bitcoin theft in 2016, was released early thanks to the sentence reduction mechanism under the First Step Act (2018).

Information from DL News indicates that Lichtenstein has had his sentence reduced for participating in rehabilitation programs, under the law signed by U.S. President Trump in 2018.

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Ilya Lichtenstein was released early under the First Step Act.

Sentenced to 5 years (11/2024) for laundering nearly 120,000 bitcoins from the 2016 Bitfinex case.

On the opening session of January 2, 2026, U.S. stocks rose, with the Nasdaq Composite increasing by over 1%.

The positive trend spreads to blockchain-related stocks, with many codes rising from over 1% to more than 3% at the start of the session.

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Dow Jones +0.18%, S&P 500 +0.54%, Nasdaq Composite +over 1%.

Blockchain stocks surged on the first trading day of 2026.

BitMine leads the gainers group: +3.03%.

The U.S. market opened the year 2026 in the green.

Michael Saylor stated that Bitcoin makes Strategy more liquid, after announcing that the average trading volume ratio of stocks over 30 days compared to the company's market capitalization reached 7.2%, much higher than many tech giants.

On January 2, Saylor posted a chart on platform X, comparing the liquidity index of Strategy stocks with Tesla, Nvidia, Meta, Amazon, Microsoft, Apple, and Google. The data highlights the vibrancy of Strategy stocks in the market.

The TD Sequential buy signal on the 2-week chart has just appeared, often coinciding with medium-term reversal points and may indicate that the downward momentum of XRP has peaked.

This development comes after several months of XRP making progressively lower highs and facing selling pressure, while the downward momentum has slowed and volatility has contracted. When higher time frame signals 'filter noise' better, the market often requires further confirmation to transition into a recovery phase.

The Trust Wallet extension has been brought back to the Chrome Web Store, along with the update v2.71.0.

Announcement posted by Trust Wallet on X, according to news on 2/1. Version 2.71.0 adds CAPTCHA support for the customer service department to assist with the claims process.

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Trust Wallet extension returns to the Chrome Web Store.

Released version 2.71.0.

Added CAPTCHA support for the claims process.

Trust Wallet extension returns to the Chrome Web Store

Yahoo Finance raises 4 big questions for 2026, notably the wave of market explosion when Coinbase partners with Kalshi to allow users to trade based on the outcomes of real-world events.

This list reflects hot spots: debates about the AI bubble but tech giants still maintain their investment direction; risks of policy volatility with a new Fed Chair; and business stories surrounding Elon Musk, SpaceX.

A whale address has continuously increased its 10x leveraged short position on ETH to 21,820.69 ETH (66.51 million USD), with an average entry price of 3,016 USD, currently showing a floating loss of 719,000 USD.

Data released by on-chain analyst Ai Yi (@ai_9684xtpa) on 02/01 shows an increase in short selling positions for ETH, reflecting short-term bearish expectations or the hedging strategies of whales.

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Whales raised their 10x short position on ETH to 21,820.69 ETH.

Binance Leverage will delist the margin trading pair FLOW/BTC (full margin and isolated margin) at 11:00 on 03/01/2026 (Vietnam time).

The information is presented in an official announcement, specifying the time and scope of the leverage pair removal from Binance Leverage.

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Binance Leverage removes the margin pair FLOW/BTC.

Applies to both full margin and isolated margin.

Execution time: 11:00 on 03/01/2026 (Vietnam time).

Binance will delist and stop trading 9 trading pairs, including AI/BNB, ETC/BNB, FLOW/BTC, LPT/BNB, SFP/BTC, VET/BNB, WCT/FDUSD, WIF/BRL, and WLFI/BRL from 15:00 on 03/01/2026 (Vietnam time).

The exchange stated that the review of trading pairs occurs periodically and may lead to delisting when liquidity or trading volume is low, based on the latest assessment results.

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Delist 9 trading pairs and stop trading.

Huang Licheng (Brother Machi) just reopened the long HYPE position with 10x leverage, holding about 8.888 HYPE at an average entry price of around 24.57 USD.

On-chain data from 02/01 shows that he has also increased his bet on large cryptocurrencies by opening additional long positions on Ethereum with 25x leverage, holding thousands of ETH.

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Reopened long HYPE 10x: ~8.888 HYPE, entry price ~24.57 USD.

Added long Ethereum 25x: holding 7,700 ETH.

ETH position worth 23.675 million USD, floating profit ~505,000 USD.

Ethereum aims to significantly enhance privacy by 2026, especially for organizations, to embrace the wave of tokenization and expand compliant DeFi.

The Ethereum Foundation stated that the blockchain is 'very open', making the transaction history easy to trace. Therefore, improving application-level and protocol-level privacy, alongside accelerating transaction completion speeds, is considered a priority to meet organizational needs and reduce surveillance risks.