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πŸ¦‘ Leviathan News Daily Digest - January 12, 2026

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πŸ’° Market Snapshot (24h)

  • πŸ”΄ BTC: $90,611.00 (-0.13%)
  • 🟒 ETH: $3,110.11 (+0.12%)
  • πŸ”΄ OPEN: $0.7258 (-0.70%)

πŸ“ˆ Top Gainers: * 🟒 FRAX: $0.9115 (+20.8%) * 🟒 XMR: $568.38 (+14.9%) * 🟒 SOL: $139.62 (+2.0%)

πŸ“‰ Top Losers: * πŸ”΄ LIT: $2.34 (-12.1%) * πŸ”΄ MON: $0.0232 (-5.9%) * πŸ”΄ ENA: $0.2217 (-4.9%)

πŸ”₯ Top Stories

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1. Digital asset funds saw $454 million in weekly outflows, extending a four-day $1.3 billion withdrawal streak that nearly erased $1.5 billion in year-to-date inflows as expectations for a March Federal Reserve rate cut faded. - 𝕏/@cryptounfolded

🏷️ Rate Cut β€’ Federal Reserve β€’ inflows

πŸ’¬ Aint trump putting Powell in jail ? Why do they leave ? β€” @Lerwhee
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2. News for the community, by the community. Thank you so much arqus for this incredible animated video contribution, the first ever of its kind! A great way to make yourself eligible for next month's SQUID DAO vote. Have a talent as well, and want to contribute and earn some $SQUID? Let us know in the comments what it is, and join us! - 𝕏/@leviathan_news

🏷️ SQUID DAO β€’ $SQUID β€’ Contributions

πŸ’¬ Is the video too big to share here? Uploaded it and seemed like it was uploaded, yet wasn't displayed then β€” @DAdvisoor
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3. a16z Crypto outlined three AI trends for 2026: AI evolving into a serious research co-pilot, the rise of β€œKnow Your Agent” (KYA) as agents need onchain identity and credentials to transact, and new crypto-enabled payment models to fix the invisible tax AI agents impose on the open web. - 𝕏/@a16zcrypto

🏷️ Onchain β€’ AI Agents β€’ a16z

πŸ’¬ The future of crypto will be largely dependent on AI. However, I hope this doesn't pose a problem we haven't envisioned β€” @0x964...f0f
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4. StoneX announces strategic partnership with Enhanced Digital Group and leads Series A funding round. The partnership will see StoneX Digital, a division of StoneX, collaborate with EDG to expand their respective digital asset offerings. EDG is a provider of over-the-counter derivatives treasury solutions and structured products for digital assets. - Liquidityfinder

πŸ’¬ Teaming up with EDG to double down on crypto derivatives β€” @0x964...f0f
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5. A criminal investigation into Jerome H. Powell, Federal Reserve chair, has been opened by U.S. attorney’s office in the District of Columbia over the central bank’s renovation of its Washington headquarters and whether Mr. Powell lied to Congress about the scope of the project. Jerome H. Powell has posted this video in response - 𝕏/@federalreserve

🏷️ Central Bank β€’ Powell β€’ Congress

πŸ’¬ I can smell that trump has a hand in this investigation β€” @0x964...f0f
SQUID Pass Winner

πŸ† SQUID Pass Winner

Composable. Compliant. Gold-backed. pmUSD is the DeFi gold standard stable. - 𝕏/raacfi

🏷️ $pmUSD β€’ Gold β€’ Squid Pass

πŸ’¬ TL;DR pmUSD is a gold-backed stablecoin from the RAAC protocol, fully or partially collateralized by tokenized physical precious metals with on-chain proof-of-reserves. It combines real gold stability, regulatory compliance (via Chainlink & regulated partners), and full DeFi composability β€” seamlessly integrating into Curve pools, lending, vaults, and high-yield strategies. Positioned as the modern "DeFi gold standard," it offers fiat hedging plus attractive yields in today's real-world asset ecosystem. β€” @0x964...f0f

🎯 Trading Signals

🟠 Ethereum ($ETH): WEAK SELL - Historic network growth spike on Jan 7 (highest in a decade) typically precedes short-term corrections; analysts targeting $2,600–$2,800 range with cautious short-term outlook

🟑 Bitcoin ($BTC): WEAK BUY - Broke $90k resistance and rallied to $94,588 but needs to sustain above $95k–$100k for meaningful rally; currently consolidating range-bound with low volumes

🟠 Solana ($SOL): WEAK SELL - Massive "buy the rumor" spike on Morgan Stanley ETF news followed by crash; textbook pattern where social volume peaks coincide with local price tops

πŸ”΄ Pepe ($PEPE): SELL - Price rose while active addresses and trading volume fell; "empty dance floor" divergence signals unsupported rallyβ€”exit before retail capitulation

🟑 XRP ($XRP): WEAK BUY - Isolated decoupling from Bitcoin in early year signals specific narrative strength worth monitoring

🟑 Sui ($SUI): WEAK BUY - Top performer with sustained momentum into January; outperforming broader market on narrative strength

🟑 Toncoin ($TON): WEAK BUY - Top performer alongside SUI with positive early-year momentum

πŸ“ˆ Sentiment Portfolio

Current Sentiment Rankings

Token Sentiment Strategy Target
BTC +7.75 🟒 Momentum Long / πŸ”΄ Contrarian Short
XRP +4.06 🟒 Momentum Long / πŸ”΄ Contrarian Short
TON +2.91 🟒 Momentum Long / πŸ”΄ Contrarian Short
SUI +2.73 🟒 Momentum Long / πŸ”΄ Contrarian Short
CRV +2.68 🟒 Momentum Long / πŸ”΄ Contrarian Short
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PEPE -4.63 πŸ”΄ Momentum Short / 🟒 Contrarian Long

Momentum Strategy

Portfolio Summary

  • Portfolio Value: $9,951.56
  • Total Return: -0.48%
  • Cash: $1,224.59

Current Positions

Long (11): ETH, SOL, BTC, WLFI, AAVE, CRV, AVAX, XRP, POL, TON, SUI Short (4): OP, ARB, TRX, PEPE

Today's Trades

  • 🟒 BUY 696.6433 TON @ $1.71
  • 🟒 BUY 671.8634 SUI @ $1.78

Contrarian Strategy

Portfolio Summary

  • Portfolio Value: $9,898.08
  • Total Return: -1.02%
  • Cash: $4,152.32

Current Positions

Long (4): OP, ARB, TRX, PEPE Short (11): ETH, SOL, BTC, WLFI, AAVE, CRV, AVAX, XRP, POL, TON, SUI

Today's Trades

  • πŸ”΄ SHORT 346.4500 TON @ $1.71
  • πŸ”΄ SHORT 334.1266 SUI @ $1.78

Disclaimer: Trading strategies generated by AI, which is wrong about everything, so you'd have to be a complete maniac to take financial advice from one!

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