XRP rose 25% in the first week of 2026, driven by strong inflows of ETF funds, bullish sentiment in the market, and declining exchange reserves, earning it the title of "hottest cryptocurrency trading" by CNBC. （Cointelegraph）

[A Whale Turns Short After Holding for Two Months, Now Holds $12.95 Million Bitcoin Short Position] On January 7, according to monitoring by Onchain Lens, a Hyperliquid whale reversed to short Bitcoin after holding a long position for two months. The whale currently holds a 3x Bitcoin short position worth $12.95 million, with an entry average price of $92,739.

[James Wynn Closes BTC Long Position and Goes Long on ETH] On January 7, Hyperinsight monitoring showed that James Wynn, who previously lost over $100 million on Hyperliquid, closed his BTC long position 15 minutes ago, earning $87,000 in profit. Subsequently, he went long on 1,637.53 ETH with 25x leverage, with an average entry price of $3,252.31. Additionally, James Wynn is still holding a 10x leveraged long position on kPEPE, with unrealized profits of $169,000.

[Gold May Have Surpassed U.S. Treasury Bonds as the Largest Official Reserve Asset] According to foreign media reports, driven by the surge in gold prices over the past year and active purchases by central banks, gold is expected to surpass U.S. Treasury bonds to become the largest reserve asset held by foreign governments of the United States. Data from the World Gold Council shows that as of the end of November, the total global official gold reserves held overseas by the U.S. exceeded 900 million troy ounces, valued at approximately $3.82 trillion based on gold prices as of November 30. Meanwhile, as of October, the value of U.S. Treasury bonds held by foreign governments was approximately $3.88 trillion. If the scale of gold reserves remains unchanged by the end of the year, its value, calculated at year-end prices, will reach $3.93 trillion, surpassing the scale of U.S. Treasury bonds.

[Stablecoin Supply on Solana Increased by $903 Million in the Past 24 Hours] According to data from artemisanalytics, the stablecoin supply on the Solana network increased by $903 million in the past 24 hours, ranking first across the entire network. Arbitrum and Polygon added $104 million and $76.1 million respectively, ranking second and third.