dev selling on side wallets

https://x.com/DonAlt/status/2017301437953544569?s=20

Lighter has launched Lighter EVM, planning to introduce Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM) support that allows developers to deploy general-purpose smart contracts directly on its platform. Originally positioned as a high-performance trading engine, Lighter is now transitioning toward a more comprehensive blockchain and DeFi platform with this upgrade.

Lighter EVM will support running DeFi applications such as Uniswap and Aave on the platform, enabling deeper integration of trading, lending, and shared liquidity pools to improve overall efficiency and reduce incentive-driven "point farming" risks. Lighter also said it is researching further latency reductions and even exploring "synchronous execution" models to support more complex DeFi use cases. — link

markets will only get more volatile from here as we move further into uncertain times

anyone with internet access can trade the markets with almost no friction

no surprise that metals had such a shitcoin move

even equities are slowly turning into a meme market

hyperfinancialisation and gambling hand in hand

MegaETH stated it has not, and will not, provide MEGA tokens to any centralized or decentralized exchange as listing “fees” or airdrops. MegaETH emphasized that any exchange choosing to list MEGA would do so based on its own assessment of the project’s fundamentals and long-term value, rather than token incentives.

The statement comes amid ongoing market debate over paid listings and token distribution practices, with some projects opting to distance themselves from incentive-based exchange listings to signal confidence in their technology and ecosystem. — link

Due to the House being in recess, the U.S. federal government entered a technical, partial shutdown at 12:00 a.m. on Jan. 31 after a funding bill failed to pass in time. While the Senate approved a $1.2 trillion appropriations package, the House will not vote until Feb. 2.

Some federal agencies will pause operations and non-essential workers face furloughs. The White House called it a procedural issue, and markets expect limited short-term impact, though a longer shutdown remains possible. — link

“Unified account” mode is live on mainnet for pre-alpha testing. Unified account is an improved account setting in which spot and perps balances of all quote assets are merged. Unified account mode has been a much requested feature in its own right, and is also a prerequisite for supporting cross margin for HIP-3 DEXs and completing the portfolio margin implementation.

Under unified account mode, a notable change is that USDC spot balances will no longer be separate from USDC perp balances. All USDC deposits from any source will immediately count towards margin requirements and protect against liquidations. The same will be true for all collateral assets as cross margin is enabled on HIP-3 DEXs.

Ultimately unified account will be a reasonable default setting for most interfaces, but is suggested to be tested with small accounts during pre-alpha. On app.hyperliquid.xyz, users can try unified account mode in the settings menu. To return to legacy mode, all positions must be closed and open orders must be canceled.

Unified account and portfolio margin will be rate limited on the L1. After 50k daily user actions (e.g., placing an order or sending an asset) with portfolio margin or unified account active, users will only be able to close positions until the account disables portfolio margin and unified account. Market makers and high volume automated users should manually manage individual DEX balances instead.

Garret Bullish just market-closed 15K ETH (~$38M) and is still long 198K ETH (~$510M).

He is currently closing more.

https://hypurrscan.io/address/0xb317d2bc2d3d2df5fa441b5bae0ab9d8b07283ae

JUST IN: Bitcoin falls under $81,000

Nearly $1,000,000,000 liquidated from the crypto market in the past 24 hours.

@WatcherGuru

Bitcoin Drops Below $80,000 For The First Time Since April 2025: Market

🔗 velo.xyz

It looks like a bear trap.

some old polls to look back at:

eth top
https://news.1rj.ru/str/cryptomumbles/15474

market top
https://news.1rj.ru/str/cryptomumbles/14687

CryptoQuant CEO Ki Young Ju said Bitcoin is declining as selling pressure persists and fresh capital inflows have dried up. He added that without major selling from MicroStrategy’s Michael Saylor, a deep 70% crash like past cycles is unlikely, but warned the market has not yet found a clear bottom and may enter a prolonged sideways consolidation. — link