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[Whale address 0xf0a3 injects $3 million USDC into HyperLiquid to open 20x leveraged BTC long position] According to Onchain Lens monitoring, address '0xf0a3' deposited $3 million USDC into the HyperLiquid platform and opened a 20x leveraged Bitcoin long position.

[Whale Shorts 3,697.06 ZEC with 2x Leverage] On January 7, according to Hyperinsight monitoring, the 'firmly shorting ZEC' whale, after stopping out of a ZEC short position yesterday, re-entered the market this morning. Currently, they are shorting 3,697.06 ZEC (approximately $1.83 million) with 2x leverage, at an average entry price of $507.66, with an unrealized profit of $41,000. This address has previously shorted ZEC seven times, never going long, with a cumulative loss of $508,000.

According to Santiment data, after the price of Bitcoin broke through $94400, the market's call for a $100000 target surged, and historically, when market greed reached its peak, it was usually a bearish signal. （Cointelegraph）

[SlowMist: Fusion Project EOA Account Attacked Due to Contract Vulnerability] SlowMist stated on the X platform that MistEye detected potential suspicious activity related to Fusion. The reason is a vulnerability in the base contract delegated by the EOA account controlled through EIP-7702 by the project team. This vulnerability allows arbitrary external calls. Exploiting this vulnerability, the attacker created and configured a malicious fuse contract for PlasmaVault, extracting funds from the contract.

[Ripple Reaffirms No IPO Plans, Focuses on Business Expansion] Ripple President Monica Long stated that the company has no plans for an initial public offering (IPO) and will continue to operate privately, focusing on growth through product development and acquisitions. She mentioned that Ripple's financial position is robust, eliminating the need to access capital market liquidity through listing, and the company has the capability for sustained investment. Previously, in November 2025, Ripple completed a financing round of approximately $500 million, with a valuation of around $40 billion. Investors included Fortress Investment Group, Citadel Securities, and several crypto-focused funds. In 2025, Ripple completed multiple acquisitions totaling nearly $4 billion, with targets including Hidden Road, Rail, GTreasury, and Palisade. As of last November, Ripple's payment business had accumulated a transaction volume exceeding $95 billion.