Bitmine has staked more than 1 million ETH on the Ethereum proof-of-stake network, with total staked holdings reaching 1.032 million ETH valued at $3.215 billion as of Jan. 9, EmberCN data show. The staking position represents one quarter of Bitmine's overall ETH balance of 4.143 million ETH. ETH queued to enter staking has increased to 1.778 million ETH, while the exit queue has been cleared.

Kaito's multisig contract address transferred 24 million KAITO tokens, worth approximately $13.31 million, to five addresses on Jan. 4, EmberCN data show. One recipient address transferred its entire 5 million KAITO allocation, valued at roughly $2.82 million, to Binance approximately eight hours ago.

Global stablecoin transaction volume climbed 72% year-on-year to a record $33 trillion in 2025, driven by a more crypto-friendly policy environment, Artemis Analytics data cited by Bloomberg show. Circle-issued USDC recorded $18.3 trillion in transactions, ranking first, while Tether's USDT saw $13.3 trillion, with the two tokens accounting for the vast majority of activity across payments, trading settlement and cross-border flows. Analysts said the surge underscores stablecoins' rising importance in the global financial system and is likely to draw greater regulatory attention.

Whale address pension-usdt.eth opened a 3x leveraged long position on 20,000 ETH valued at about $62.2 million on Jan. 9, switching from a prior short position, OnchainLens data show. The entry price is $3,097.74, with liquidation at $1,607.9. The address currently holds an unrealized profit of $235,000.

BitMine staked an additional 57,600 ETH on Jan. 8, valued at $176.16M, onchain data show. The company's total staked ETH now stands at 965,792 ETH, worth $2.97B.

The Optimism Foundation proposed on Jan. 8 to allocate 50% of Superchain revenue to OP token buybacks, with implementation starting in February, BlockBeats reports. The proposal aims to tie the OP token more closely to Superchain performance.

Trader Eugene Ng Ah Sio disclosed on Jan. 8 that he has rebuilt his SOL position, citing the token's strongest relative performance among major cryptocurrencies. Based on his technical analysis, SOL displays one of the cleanest trading structures and could swing toward $160 or even $200 if the market uptrend persists and Bitcoin approaches $100,000. Ng noted that SOL remains sufficiently contrarian as many participants lack conviction to go long, adding that he hopes Bitcoin holds $90,000 to frame the recent pullback as an initial shakeout before another rally.

Flying Tulip, a crypto project founded by Andre Cronje, launched its intent whitelist on Jan. 8, BlockBeats reports. Cronje said no funds are being moved at this stage and updates will be posted via official channels. The project previously outlined four sale rounds—early participation, supporter whitelist, intent whitelist and public sale—all with identical terms, and raised $200M at a $1B token valuation in September last year.