Vitalik Buterin said on Jan. 1 that Ethereum's 2025 roadmap includes zkEVM milestones and PeerDAS deployment, BlockBeats reports. He called for building decentralized apps for a free, open internet rather than pursuing tokenized assets or political meme coins, emphasizing scalable usability and decentralization.

LIGHT (Bitlight) surged from $0.32 at 16:00 Beijing time on Jan. 1 to approximately $2.5 by 18:45, then plunged 77.3% within an hour to a low of $0.5287 before recovering to $0.64, HTX market data show. Over the past 24 hours, LIGHT recorded $32.11 million in liquidations—second only to BTC's $47.85 million—with $12.39 million from long positions and $19.71 million from shorts, Coinglass data show.

Binance Alpha will launch an airdrop for AI Avatar (AIAV) on January 2, the company announced January 1. Eligible users can claim their AIAV allocation using Alpha Points on the Alpha Events page once trading opens.

Centralized exchanges recorded cumulative net inflows of 11.73万 ETH on January 1, Coinglass data show. Binance led with 11.56万 ETH, followed by Gate at 1423.40 and Gemini at 673.35. OKX posted net outflows of 1.06万 ETH.

Ethereum dropping below $2,900 would trigger an estimated $784 million in cumulative long liquidations on major centralized exchanges, while a break above $3,100 could lead to $923 million in short liquidations, Coinglass data show. BlockBeats reports on Jan. 1 that the liquidation heatmap reflects relative intensity of liquidation clusters rather than exact contract values. Higher liquidation bars indicate stronger potential market reactions driven by liquidity shifts when prices reach those levels.

U.S. Ethereum spot ETFs recorded $9.686 billion in total net inflows for 2025 as of January 1, Farside Investors data show. Summer months saw strong inflows, with July at $5.431 billion and August at $3.872 billion, while year-end outflows increased, led by November's $1.424 billion and December's $616.3 million.

US spot Ethereum ETFs recorded net outflows of $72 million on Dec. 31, Farside Investors data show. Grayscale ETH posted $32 million in outflows, while BlackRock ETHA saw $21.5 million exit.

Ethereum holders with an average cost basis below $400 repeatedly realized large profits when ETH broke above $4,000 in 2024 and 2025, on-chain analyst Murphy said on January 1. Data show ETH held for 5 to 7 years has an average acquisition cost of $378, and when the price exceeded $4,000, significant amounts of this long-dormant supply were sold, including over $600 million in single-day realized profit from 5+ year holdings in March 2024 and around $1 billion in June. Murphy also noted that in September 2025 for 7+ year coins and in October 2025 for 10+ year coins, single-day cash-outs each surpassed $500 million, and ETH entered a local top phase after these profits were taken. Since May 2024, the supply of ETH held for more than 5 years has gradually declined, but whales with cost basis under $400 still control 21.01 million ETH.