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An OG who received 5,000 $BTC 12 years ago sold another 500 $BTC($47.77M) today.

This OG originally received the 5,000 $BTC 12 years ago($1.66M at the time), when $BTC was priced at $332.

Since Dec 4, 2024, he has been selling $BTC, dumping 2,500 $BTC($265M) at an average price of $106,164.

He still holds 2,500 $BTC($237.5M), with total profits exceeding $500M.

https://intel.arkm.com/explorer/entity/a6f4cb83-3e17-4362-ab60-100374fd7a0f

According to @zachxbt, a victim lost over $282M worth of $LTC and $BTC in a hardware-wallet social engineering scam.

The attacker swapped part of the $LTC and $BTC into $XMR, triggering a sharp spike in $XMR's price.

The attacker also used #THORChain to swap 818 $BTC($78M) into 19,631 $ETH($64.5M), 3.15M $XRP($6.5M), and 77,285 $LTC($5.8M).

Link:
https://x.com/zachxbt/status/2012212936735912351
https://thorchain.net/address/bc1qpsmh26ja0fzzf286zulmt9eywujc2pggj40wzm
https://thorchain.net/address/bc1qgkjems88jyk8hasj9ncspxz093nepdn00vaq0y

It seems that Tom Lee(@fundstrat)'s #Bitmine bought another 20,000 $ETH($65.4M) from #Kraken 3 hours ago.

https://intel.arkm.com/explorer/address/0xC3a9Ff35eF500A7fcd83E1aDf93e18031Fc4CC16
https://x.com/lookonchain/status/2011820606325735520

Insane!

This #BitcoinOG (1011short) has held $845M in $BTC, $ETH, and $SOL longs for over a month — and has doubled down, adding another 20,000 $ETH($65.9M).

Current positions:

223,341 $ETH($736M)
1,000 $BTC($95.5M)
511,613 $SOL($74.2M)
https://x.com/lookonchain/status/2011243610147353056

Jan 16 Update:

#Bitcoin ETFs:
1D NetFlow: +1,474 $BTC(+$140.59M)🟢
7D NetFlow: +15,511 $BTC(+$1.48B)🟢

#Ethereum ETFs:
1D NetFlow: +68,853 $ETH(+$227.42M)🟢
7D NetFlow: +93,878 $ETH(+$310.08M)🟢

#Solana ETFs:
1D NetFlow: +36,579 $SOL(+$5.23M)🟢
7D NetFlow: +348,938 $SOL(+$49.9M)🟢
https://x.com/lookonchain/status/2011808196395221131

Whales are using looped borrowing to buy #gold.

Wallet 0x8522 has bought 8,337 $XAUt($38.4M) over the past 20 days, while borrowing 18.3M $USDe from Aave.

https://debank.com/profile/0x85220e6aa75238ba9c80353c6330ebee5142230e

Turned just $394 into $420.7K in profit — a 1,065x return!

Trader S2XVoy spent $394 to buy 12.6M $GAS, sold 5.3M $GAS for $98.8K, and is still holding 7.3M $GAS($322.5K).

Total profit: $420.7K(1,065x return).

Address: S2XVoysKgsZ8ZPaUApxMCdYMjW2SFt8MjLCPwghb5VT

Don't place large directional bets at ~50¢ odds.

2 #Polymarket traders bet heavily on sports markets at 48¢–57¢, and lost nearly $10M in less than a month.

0x4924: 346 predictions, 46.24% win rate, -$5.96M in 24 days

bossoskil1: 65 predictions, 41.54% win rate, -$4.04M in 11 days

At ~50¢ odds, you're basically flipping a coin. Betting big just means losing faster.

https://polymarket.com/0xa5ea13a81d2b7e8e424b182bdc1db08e756bd96a
https://polymarket.com/0x492442eab586f242b53bda933fd5de859c8a3782

Whale 0xF73a swapped another 404 $BTC($38.62M) for 11,533 $ETH.

Over the past 3 days, he has exchanged a total of 686 $BTC($65.59M) for 19,631 $ETH.
https://x.com/lookonchain/status/2011342447302115553

This guy deposited 3M $USDC into #Hyperliquid for a high-stakes gamble.

He used maximum leverage to short 18,261 $ETH($60.32M) and 1,845 $XMR($1.27M).

$ETH liquidation price: $3,380

https://legacy.hyperdash.com/trader/0xD83516572789F1c782C8298eFce58a5600318Fd7

Ethereum OG continues to sell $ETH!

Ethereum OG 0xB3E8, who started trading $ETH 8 years ago, deposited 13,083 $ETH($43.35M) into #Gemini over the past 2 days.

He still holds 34,616 $ETH($115M).

https://intel.arkm.com/explorer/address/0xB3E84B6C6409826DC45432B655D8C9489A14A0D7

BlackRock received 6,647 $BTC($638.1M) and 4.179 $ETH($13.76M) from Coinbase Prime over the past 8 hours.

https://intel.arkm.com/explorer/entity/blackrock

It seems that Tom Lee(@fundstrat)'s #Bitmine just bought another 24,068 $ETH($80.57M) from #FalconX.

https://intel.arkm.com/explorer/address/0xC7EE677968173895E572de5F90BBF16832f7Bbb8

Jan 15 Update:

#Bitcoin ETFs:
1D NetFlow: +8,346 $BTC(+$809.29M)🟢
7D NetFlow: +10,212 $BTC(+$990.22M)🟢

#Ethereum ETFs:
1D NetFlow: +39,850 $ETH(+$134.5M)🟢
7D NetFlow: -33,442 $ETH(-$112.87M)🔴

#Solana ETFs:
1D NetFlow: +158,237 $SOL(+$23.1M)🟢
7D NetFlow: +379,484 $SOL(+$55.4M)🟢
https://x.com/lookonchain/status/2011433197956178118

This guy created a new wallet "mutualdelta", posing as an insider, and spent $40K betting on “US strikes Iran by January 14, 2026.”

He lost the bet — the entire $40K was wiped out.

https://polymarket.com/0xaa6a2beda1ad8d5b40b6af71c4b6d075fa783c59

James Wynn(@JamesWynnReal) has closed all of his $PEPE and $ETH longs on #Hyperliquid and withdrawn most of his funds from the platform.

https://hypurrscan.io/address/0x5078c2fbea2b2ad61bc840bc023e35fce56bedb6#txs

Smart trader hai15617 used the same strategy to predict #Bitcoin price moves again, earning another $44.5K.

Using this strategy, he made 24 predictions in a single day, with 8 winners—a 33.33% win rate—and total profits of $136.8K.
https://x.com/lookonchain/status/2011458254946316658

Trader 0x913c sold 2.57M $ASTER($1.85M) at $0.72 four hours ago.

He bought these $ASTER about 2 months ago at $1.03, resulting in a loss of ~$797K(−30%).

https://intel.arkm.com/explorer/address/0x913c30185d2Fffc7A8444343699037250F9244dF

This "Sold 255 BTC to short" whale has been trading actively with frequent shifts lately and has now opened long positions worth $466M:

2,536.55 $BTC($245.5M)
45,124 $ETH($150M)
479,601 $SOL($70.7M)

https://legacy.hyperdash.com/trader/0x94d3735543ecb3d339064151118644501c933814
https://x.com/lookonchain/status/2011344527127429627

Tom Lee(@fundstrat)'s #Bitmine staked another 154,304 $ETH($514M) in the past 5 hours.

In total, #Bitmine has now staked 1,685,088 $ETH($5.62B).

https://intel.arkm.com/explorer/entity/bitmine