BTC OG insider whale left positions unchanged on Jan. 19 as unrealized gains narrowed, with total PnL at $15.5M and an ETH long position worth around 720 million yuan, Coinbob data show. Strategy counterparty cut long positions for losses exceeding $15.30M, then opened 20x BTC/ETH long positions totaling $40M, Coinbob said.

Hyperliquid recorded 38 single-position liquidations exceeding $1 million each during a sharp market downturn on Jan. 19, Hyperinsight data show. The liquidations spanned major cryptocurrencies and altcoins, with the largest involving a BTC long position that resulted in a $25.83 million loss.

Centralized exchanges recorded a net outflow of 44,000 ETH over the past 24 hours, Coinglass data show. OKX led with 21,900 ETH withdrawn, followed by Binance at 17,800 ETH and Gate at 3,870.73 ETH. Kraken registered a net inflow of 2,086.23 ETH, the largest inflow among exchanges during the period.

An address linked to a $282 million crypto theft moved about $63 million via a cross-chain transfer to a 0xF73-prefixed wallet on Jan. 19, according to CertiK Alert. The funds were later moved again, signaling ongoing activity. The original exploit—reported by blockchain investigator ZachXBT—occurred on Jan. 10, 2026, and involved losses exceeding $282 million in Bitcoin (BTC) and Litecoin (LTC). The movement highlights continued efforts to track funds tied to major crypto exploits and the challenges of asset recovery.

On Jan. 19, a crypto whale known as 255 BTC Sold closed its long positions in Ethereum, Bitcoin, and Solana, realizing a $16.14 million loss, BlockBeats reported. The trader briefly flipped short before reopening leveraged longs—15x on ETH and 20x on BTC—while holding a 10x Dogecoin long and a 5x Dash short, with total exposure near $60 million.

A whale address on Hyperliquid faced multiple large liquidations on Jan. 19 after BTC briefly fell over 3.5%, with the biggest at $25.83 million and the largest single liquidation in the past 24 hours, HyperInsight and Coinglass data show. The address had built a 40x leveraged BTC long on Friday around $95,600, transferring ETH from on-chain to Hyperliquid and selling spot ETH while adding to the position, which reached 350 BTC worth about $33.46 million before being fully liquidated with cumulative losses near $1.1 million. Following the wipeout, the address moved about 169 ETH to the platform and sold it, then opened a new 40x BTC long sized at $38.70 million with an average entry near $92,600 and a liquidation level at $91,400, becoming Hyperliquid's third-largest BTC long holder.

Address 0xD835 holds over $1.83 million in unrealized profit on a 3,000,000 USDC ETH short position opened three days ago, on-chain data show. The trader has since opened a new 40x leveraged BTC short position of 323 BTC, valued at approximately $30 million, on Jan. 19, according to lookonchain.

Crypto derivatives saw $551 million in liquidations within one hour on Jan. 19, driven largely by $533 million in long liquidations, according to Coinglass data cited by BlockBeats. Over the past 24 hours, total liquidations reached $660 million across 235,924 traders. The largest single liquidation was a $15.53 million ETH-USD position on Hyperliquid, underscoring heightened market volatility.

Kevin Hassett said on Jan. 19 that Trump may prefer him to stay in his current role, prompting markets to view him as exiting the Fed chair race, BlockBeats reports. Kalshi and Polymarket put Kevin Warsh at about 60% for Fed chair, with Hassett at 15%–16% and Waller at 13%–14%.