Centralized exchanges recorded a net outflow of 30,600 ETH over the past 24 hours, Coinglass data show. Coinbase Pro led withdrawals with 81,000 ETH, followed by Bybit at 18,900 ETH and Bitstamp at 194.54 ETH. Binance topped inflows during the period, receiving 25,600 ETH.

On Jan. 22, Hyperliquid logged 13 buy orders above $2 million, Hyperinsight data show. Address 0x15df closed a 3,300 ETH short position near break-even at about $9.98 million, posting roughly $32,000 in profit. The address then used part of the funds to add AXS long positions, now holding a 5x AXS long of 530,000 tokens valued at about $1.42 million with unrealized profit near $5,973 and a liquidation price around $2.107.

On Jan. 22, "BTC OG Insider Whale" unrealized losses narrowed from $47M to $33M while "Air Force Commander" faced $199M in liquidations with account drawdown exceeding $20M, Coinbob hot address monitoring data show as reported by BlockBeats. On Hyperliquid, "BTC OG Insider Whale" total position size rose from $663M to $829M; its largest long positions include ETH (5x long) worth approximately $670M at average price $3,061.18 with liquidation price $2,254 and unrealized loss around $33M, and BTC (5x long) worth approximately $90M at average price $91,680 with no liquidation price disclosed and unrealized loss around $1.68M. "Air Force Commander" total position size fell from $450M to $266M; its largest short positions include BTC (40x short) worth approximately $140M at average price $90,375.78 with liquidation price $91,000 and unrealized gain around $1.92M, and ETH (25x short) worth approximately $96M at average price $3,010.63 with liquidation price $3,092 and unrealized gain around $2.12M. Other tracked changes include "Strategy Counterparty" total position size $365M with ETH (15x long) worth approximately $200M showing unrealized gain around $2.77M and BTC (20x long) worth approximately $87M showing unrealized gain around $890K; "CZ Counterparty" total position size $252M with ETH (15x long) worth approximately $170M showing unrealized loss around $10M and XRP (10x long) worth approximately $76M showing unrealized loss around $13M; "ZEC Largest Short" total position size $179M with ETH (15x short) worth approximately $140M showing unrealized gain around $11M; address pension-usdt.eth total position size $75M with ETH (3x short) worth approximately $75M showing unrealized loss around $2.18M; and Machi Huang total position size $430K with ETH (25x long) worth approximately $10M showing unrealized gain around $130K.

On Jan. 22, crypto trader 0x880a expanded short positions in Ethereum (ETH), XRP, and Monero (XMR), generating $12.33 million in unrealized gains, according to HyperInsight. Known for aggressive, high-leverage trading, the address has logged $107.9 million in total realized profits, with the latest moves signaling continued near-term bearish conviction on these assets.

Binance will delist 20 spot trading pairs on Jan. 23, 2026 at 03:00 UTC, including AI/BTC, ALLO/BNB, APE/BTC, AUCTION/BTC, BOME/FDUSD, DYDX/FDUSD, ENA/BNB, FIL/ETH, ID/BTC, KITE/BNB, LDO/BTC, LRC/ETH, NMR/BTC, PENGU/FDUSD, PNUT/BTC, PYR/BTC, STRK/FDUSD, XVG/ETH, YFI/BTC and ZIL/ETH, BlockBeats reports. The delisting will not affect the availability of the underlying tokens on Binance's spot market. Users can continue trading the base and quote assets through other available pairs on the exchange.

X rolled out six product updates over 10 days under product lead Nikita Bier, BlockBeats reports. On Jan. 11, Bier said crypto-related posts had been downranked on X, drawing community pushback; on Jan. 19 he clarified that creator revenues are calculated only from Home timeline impressions, with replies excluded. X announced it is developing Smart Asset Labels to let users trade financial assets directly on the platform, stating a V1 would roll out within the next month; Bier added the API will handle near-real-time on-chain mints and query small-cap crypto assets not yet listed on major exchanges without switching to DEX. On Jan. 15, Bier said X will revise its developer API policy to prohibit apps that reward users for posting (so-called "InfoFi"), citing a surge of low-quality AI content and reply spam, with Kaito and Cookie seeing brief price drops and project direction changes; on Jan. 21, X introduced a "Starter Pack" to help newcomers discover top accounts across industries and regions, including CZ, Vitalik and Justin Sun, and the "Global Trends" page added a meme category.

As of Jan. 22, the “BTC OG” whale (address 0xb31) cut unrealized losses on long positions to $31 million, despite $8.18 million in funding fee losses and a $95 million weekly drawdown, Coinbob data cited by BlockBeats shows. The wallet holds about $830 million in open positions, making it the largest on-chain long holder of ETH and SOL, including a $673 million 5x ETH long. The whale transferred $230 million from Binance to Hyperliquid in December and last adjusted its portfolio on Dec. 28 by reducing SOL leverage, with BlockBeats noting a history of trading in line with U.S. policy shifts and a prior $100 million gain from BTC shorts.

Donald Trump said on Jan. 22 he wants the next Federal Reserve chair to resemble Alan Greenspan, who led the U.S. central bank for an extended period in the 1990s, BlockBeats reports. Trump argued that strong economic growth does not necessarily trigger inflation or require rate hikes, and criticized what he described as excessive market reactions. Greenspan cut rates early in his tenure, later tightened policy, and allowed high-risk assets to rise; his approach was credited with fueling a tech-stock bubble and broader economic expansion while also being linked to conditions preceding the 2000 internet crash and the low-rate environment tied to the 2008 housing crisis.

U.S. M2 money supply reached a record $22.3T on Jan. 22, Barchart data show. The U.S. Treasury conducted a $2.8B buyback of Treasuries the same day.