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According to PANews on January 5th, data from Bitcoin Treasuries shows that Venezuela has held 240 Bitcoins since December 31, 2022, with a current balance of approximately $22.33 million. Previously, in May 2024, the Venezuelan government banned Bitcoin mining citing energy load and power supply stability; in September 2024, opposition leader Maria Corinna Machado proposed including Bitcoin in the national reserve assets. Meanwhile, the government-led national digital currency, the Petro, ceased circulation in January 2024. However, other analysts estimate that Venezuela has been "laundering" assets into Bitcoin since 2018 through gold swaps and oil settlements in USDT, estimating its holdings at approximately 600,000 BTC, worth between $56 billion and $67 billion. Some sources indicate that in 2018, approximately $2 billion worth of gold was used to purchase about 400,000 BTC at an average price of $5,000, equivalent to approximately $3.6 billion at current prices. This scale is close to the holdings of MicroStrategy and BlackRock. If the US Department of Justice seizes and freezes these assets for an extended period, it could create a supply lock-in and short-term volatility, making rapid liquidation unlikely.

PANews reported on January 5th that, according to Yu Jin, with ETH rising to $3,200, both Trend Research and the "$230 million whale" – two major institutional investors – have broken even and turned their long ETH positions into unrealized profits. The whale opened long positions in 203,000 ETH (approximately $647 million) through Hyperliquid, with an average cost of $3,147, and currently has an unrealized profit of approximately $14 million. Trend Research, on the other hand, purchased 626,000 ETH (approximately $2 billion) through Aave leverage, with an average cost of $3,186, and currently has an unrealized profit of approximately $8.77 million. Previously, both had unrealized losses of up to $74 million and $141 million, respectively.

BlockBeats News, January 5: The Bitlight Labs X account appears to have been compromised, posting suspicious information repeatedly. Users should exercise caution regarding any links or contract addresses from this account.

BlockBeats news, January 5, according to Token Terminal data, in the fourth quarter of 2025, stablecoin transfer volume on Ethereum exceeded $8 trillion, setting a historical record.

Deep Tide TechFlow news, January 5th, according to Alternative.me data, today's cryptocurrency fear and greed index rose to 26 (yesterday's index was 25), indicating the market has shifted from 'extreme fear state' to 'fear state'.

PANews reported on January 5th that the South Korean KOSPI index opened 73.77 points higher, or 1.71%, at 4383.4 points on Monday, January 5th. The Nikkei 225 index opened 711.05 points higher, or 1.41%, at 51050.53 points on Monday, January 5th. Samsung Electronics' stock price rose by more than 4%, hitting a record high.

BlockBeats news, January 5th, according to HTX market data, Bitcoin has broken through $92,000, with a 24-hour increase of 1.53%.

According to data from Alternative.me, on January 4th, the cryptocurrency fear and greed index dropped to 25 (yesterday's index was 29), indicating that the market has shifted from a 'fear state' to an 'extreme fear state'.

PANews reported on January 3 that, according to MLM monitoring, Justin Sun is suspected of selling approximately $200,000 worth of LIT. He currently holds 13.23 million LIT in his wallet, worth approximately $34.4 million.

BlockBeats News, January 3, according to AI Yi monitoring, the institution under Yilihua added 46,036.72 ETH on the day of the decline on December 29, lowering the average on-chain position cost to $3,105.5, currently just recouping $110 million in floating losses and reaching the break-even line.