「麻吉大哥」黄立成地址 added about 24.6 万美元 ZEC long in the past three hours on 1月18日, lowering the average cost from 415 美元 to 411.29 美元, with a current single‑coin floating loss of 4.81 万美元, according to Hyperinsight, as cited by BlockBeats. He partially took profits on HYPE and ETH long contracts and continues to hold ETH、ZEC、HYPE longs, with total positions valued near $45 million. ETH longs are valued at 3487 万美元 with 86.2 万美元 floating profit, HYPE longs at 843 万美元 with 13 万美元 floating profit, and past‑week cumulative floating profit has exceeded 253.8 万美元.

Tom Lee, BitMine Chairman and Fundstrat co-founder, said Bitcoin could reach a new all-time high this year and expects Ethereum to outperform Bitcoin, CNBC reported on Jan. 18. Lee cited strong gains in the first five trading days of January as a positive signal for the full year, with the S&P 500 target of 7,700 offering additional upside. He attributed recent volatility in financials and crypto partly to policy shifts, noting Washington's efforts to cap credit card interest rates could weaken banks' lending capacity if implemented. Lee views progress on the Clarity Act as a positive development for crypto, and after October's sharp decline, he expects substantial recovery over time, remaining bullish on Bitcoin and even more constructive on Ethereum.

Ethereum's PoS network had 2,596,246 ETH waiting to join on January 18, with an estimated activation delay of about 45 days 2 hours, validatorqueue data show. BlockBeats reports the rise was mainly due to BitMine recently staking large holdings. The exit queue for staking has been cleared, with no users currently choosing to redeem ETH.

Polymarket showed 43% odds of Bitcoin reaching $100,000 in January as of Jan. 18, BlockBeats reports. The platform also displayed 15% probability for Bitcoin hitting $105,000, 15% for dropping to $85,000, and 5% for falling to $80,000.

Solana recorded 27.1 million active addresses in the past week, a 56% week-on-week increase, Nansen data show. The network processed 515 million transactions over the same period on January 18, leading all chains in both metrics. BNB Chain and Tron followed.

Senate Democrats are drafting legislation to prevent Donald Trump from imposing higher tariffs on European nations that oppose U.S. annexation of Greenland, Bloomberg reports. Trump announced on Truth Social that starting Feb. 1, goods from Denmark, Norway, Sweden, France, Germany, the U.K., the Netherlands and Finland would face an additional 10% tariff, rising to 25% on June 1. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer criticized the proposed tariffs as harmful to the U.S. economy and alliances, while Trump said the levies would remain until an agreement is reached on a "complete and total purchase of Greenland."

Hyperliquid launched AXS/USDC perpetual futures with maximum 5x leverage on Jan. 18, BlockBeats reports. HTX data show AXS traded at $2.06 with a 24-hour gain of 52.2%, leading the market. Axie Infinity announced the launch of bAXS, a non-transferable token backed 1:1 by AXS and linked directly to user accounts, aiming to reduce inflationary rewards for genuine players.

USDT on the TRON network saw 22.7 billion new tokens issued over the past year, bringing total supply to 82.4 billion, Lookonchain data show on January 18. USDT holders on TRON increased by 11 million in the same period, lifting the holder count above 70.6 million on the network.

A wallet address linked to the Floki team, 0xf12...3739B, sold 27.4 billion FLOKI tokens for 340.61 ETH about one hour ago, on-chain analyst Ai 姨 (@ai_9684xtpa) reported on January 18. The ETH received is valued at roughly $1.35 million.