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XRP Ledger's payment volume plummeted by 99% this weekend, mainly due to poor liquidity and reduced institutional participation. Technical analysis shows the price fluctuating around the moving averages, with unstable trading volume. This is a weekend phenomenon, and trading volume is expected to return to normal after market activity resumes on Monday.

MetaMask's prediction market has an average of only 300 to 400 daily active users, with a nominal trading volume of $700,000. Its performance is mediocre and significantly lagging behind competitors like Phantom, facing challenges in increasing user adoption rates.

An early Bitcoin miner transferred 2,000 BTC, marking their first move since November of last year, which is worth noting. Historically, their transfers have often reflected key market turning points, and this sudden transfer could indicate a new market assessment. The subsequent transfer direction will reveal their intentions.

Recently, a trader has been continuously building a position in ETH, currently holding 3,100 tokens. Over the past two days, they have accumulated ETH with a total market value of $9,543,000, demonstrating a clear swing trading strategy.

The meme coin WhiteWhale in the Solana ecosystem has recently performed remarkably, with a market capitalization surpassing $200 million, currently stable at $174 million. The 24-hour trading volume exceeds $11.4 million, with a 47.38% increase. This coin is highly traded and volatile, so investors should monitor market dynamics in real-time.

Recently, a major whale address experienced a drastic change in its cryptocurrency holdings, shifting from peak unrealized gains to a paper loss of $1,451,000, with the held SOL losing $817,000. This indicates that market fluctuations are rapid, and even proactive positioning makes it difficult to seize the right timing.

The Chinese Meme coin "Laozi" surpassed a market capitalization of $10 million on January 10, with a 171% increase, but then fell back to $9.22 million. This round of hype was triggered by a tweet from a well-known figure. However, Meme coin trading carries extremely high risks, mainly driven by market sentiment, lacking real value, so caution is advised when investing.

【ChainWen】Interesting on-chain observation: 23.1 million USD worth of ONDO tokens were detected to be transferred in batches from a suspected project team address to four different wallets. The historical behavior of these wallets is quite regular—previously, they kept dumping chips onto exchanges. Based on the usual pattern, the recent transfer of ONDO is also likely headed to exchanges. What does this kind of dispersed transfer + bulk deposit into exchanges usually imply? A continuous selling pressure signal, worth paying attention to. The on-chain data is here; interpret it as you see fit.

A whale achieved a profit of $9.9 million through high-frequency trading on the Hyperliquid platform and currently holds long positions worth $310 million, despite a floating loss of $1.4 million. This whale, along with another giant whale holding a long position of $788 million, has a total scale of $1.1 billion, accounting for one-third of the platform's long positions, drawing attention.

On-chain analysts have discovered that an address (0x69b...0e37) withdrew 1139 ETH from an exchange, worth approximately $3.5 million, indicating optimism about the future market. This address has a history of significant profitable transactions, and its large position-building signals have attracted market attention.

【Crypto World】Bitcoin price is stuck between $95,000 and $96,000, which is precisely the breakeven point for large mining farms. Below this level, miners' profit margins are squeezed tightly, and network expansion is also hindered. Interestingly, although the hash rate growth has started to slow down and the mining difficulty has only adjusted by a small 1.2% this round, on-chain data reveals the miners' true intentions — they are not massively liquidating, but rather carefully managing their balance sheets. Statistics show that miners have net accumulated about 663 Bitcoins. What does this indicate? Under economic pressure, miners are actually in a phase of adjustment and consolidation, far from a collective surrender.

Last year, a leading compliant trading platform's derivatives business grew rapidly, adding 110 new crypto assets and 100 perpetual contracts, with open interest reaching $4.8 billion in October. The platform plans to continue expanding by 2026, developing new indices and asset types to further enrich its derivatives toolkit.

【Crypto World】Recently, the public opinion about XRP has been quite interesting. Many people criticize XRP all day long, but upon closer inspection of their arguments, their logic is actually somewhat flawed.
For example, some keep emphasizing the ETF fund outflows. Indeed, there has been a $40 million outflow recently, which sounds quite alarming. But the problem is, they ignore the net inflow of over $7.9 million during the same period. Focusing only on the bad news and selectively ignoring the good news makes the discussion pointless.
Currently, XRP is trading at $2.09, up 0.88%, which is quite good compared to the overall market. Although trading volume has indeed shrunk a bit, down 15.43% from previous levels, with a current transaction volume of around $3.81 billion, the price performance doesn't indicate any issues.
Instead of dwelling in resentment and repeatedly entangling over negatives, it's better to calmly look at the full picture of the data. How high can XRP go? The market will eventually give the answer.

Traders generally expect the Federal Reserve to initiate a new round of 50 basis point easing cycle in 2026, which will loosen dollar liquidity and potentially direct funds toward high-risk crypto asset markets. Market sentiment regarding the Fed's policy has become clearer, and future focus should be on US economic data and inflation trends.