Bitcoin Core added pseudonymous developer TheCharlatan (also known as "sedited") as its sixth Trusted Keys maintainer with commit access to the software's main branch on Jan. 8, 2026, Protos reports. He joins existing key holders Marco Falke, Gloria Zhao, Ryan Ofsky, Hennadii Stepanov and Ava Chow, whose six PGP keys are the only ones recognized with commit rights among 25 members of the project's GitHub development community. At least 20 contributors in a group discussion supported the promotion, with no objections raised to a nomination citing his reliable code reviews, deep contributions to critical parts of the codebase, careful handling of releases, and strong understanding of technical consensus processes. The South African developer, a computer science graduate of the University of Zurich, focuses on software reproducibility and Bitcoin Core's validation logic, extending prior work by Carl Dong on decoupling validation from non-validation logic.

Selling by long-term Bitcoin holders has slowed, with net outflows retreating from previously extreme levels, blockchain analytics firm Glassnode reported on Jan. 12. The market is gradually absorbing supply from these long-term holders, and a substantial portion of the overhead selling pressure may already have been largely digested, the data shared on social media show.

Strategy purchased 13,627 Bitcoin for $1.25 billion between Jan. 5 and Jan. 11, BlockBeats reports. The acquisition took place over the one-week period, with all figures and timing based on market data cited by the publication.

Bitcoin's Jan. 12 rebound faded as it failed to hold above $92,000, falling sharply after European markets opened, QCP Capital said. The retreat highlights structural resistance and waning optimism for a Q1 breakout, echoing patterns seen in Q4 last year.

Address 0x8d0E flipped to short Bitcoin and scaled its position on Jan. 12, Hyperinsight data show. The address shorted 69.34 BTC at $91,091.70, then added 31.56 BTC for approximately $2.84M roughly four minutes later. The total short position stands at $9.16M with an average entry of $91,022.30, currently showing a floating profit of approximately $28,900 and a liquidation price of $146,687.61.

Bitcoin fell below $91,000 on Jan. 12, with its 24-hour gain narrowing to 0.07%, HTX market data show. BlockBeats reported the price movement based on the HTX market feed.

A whale address labeled "中短线高胜率" (0x3a447) opened a 40x leveraged long position on 11.6 BTC worth around $1.06 million at an average entry price of $92,059.5 per BTC on January 12 at 14:31, Hyperinsight data show. The trader is currently showing a small unrealized loss.

Centralized exchanges recorded a net inflow of 1,348.39 BTC over the 24 hours ending Jan. 12, Coinglass data show. OKX led with a net inflow of 2,032.70 BTC, followed by Coinbase Pro at 244.26 BTC and Bybit at 121.37 BTC. Binance saw the largest net outflow at 876.66 BTC during the same period.