🤔 According to FT, Tether is accelerating its expansion, aiming to evolve from a crypto infrastructure provider into a diversified group. Its portfolio now includes about 140 investments, with a headcount of around 300, and it plans to hire 150 more staff. Sources indicate that new CFO Simon McWilliams is strengthening governance and centralizing finance and operations in London. link

🛡️ Illinois Proposes Budget-Neutral Community Bitcoin Reserve

🐳 In the past 24 hours, a whale "0x28e" withdrew 50,415 $ETH ($104.54M) and moved it to multiple wallets, of which "0x3E1" holds 50,155 $ETH ($104.53M). Addresses: - 0x28eFfAd61aeCF3a9e68AEb2e6d5AB742220aEc7e - 0x3E134a497fB015716e48d3F02c13EDbFC9cF94dC

📊 The market is stacked with shorts. Long exposure is thin.

📊 Bitcoin – Short-Term Holders Update The supply held by Short-Term Holders is declining. At the same time, the 90-day net position change shows a clear lack of interest from new addresses to accumulate at these levels. This signals weak marginal demand and reinforces a market environment where continuation is unlikely without a reset in price or sentiment. On-chain data remains very clear.

📊 Data from multiple major exchanges show abnormal price fluctuations in #BTC and #ETH between 00:05 and 00:17 today, with peak-to-trough moves of approximately 1%–5%. The market speculates that the move may be related to irregular grid-trading activity by some market makers. link

📊 Despite starting and ending the week well, the BTC ETFs experienced a weekly net outflow of over $358 million.

🗣 Bloomberg’s Eric Balchunas suggests that those who cannot handle the volatility of Bitcoin should consider buying bonds instead. link

📊 February 5th was the most IBIT options volume ever traded in its history. link

⚠️ Every maxi this past week: "I cannot afford to lose." link

😱 #BTC Google searches for Bitcoin formed a 12-month high before suddenly crashing.

🇹🇷👮 Tether assisted Turkish authorities in freezing $544M (approx. €460M) in crypto assets linked to illegal betting as part of a money laundering investigation. Additionally, Tether revealed it has aided law enforcement in over 1,800 cases across 62 countries, freezing a total of $3.4B in illicit $USDT. #regulation link

🗣 James Lavish believes Bitcoin is experiencing "information arbitrage" and predicts it will trade above $1,000,000 in the early 2030s. He emphasizes that many people do not yet grasp how Bitcoin differs from other assets, viewing it as the ultimate store of value and debasement asset. link

📊 US investors are buying after Bitcoin touched $60K. The Coinbase premium is now positive for the first time since mid-January. link

💼 Binance added 3,600 Bitcoin worth $233.37 million more to their SAFU Fund. link

🐳 Whales are accumulating $ETH. 0x46DB withdrew 19,503 $ETH ($40M) from #OKX over the past 13 hours. 0x28eF withdrew 9,576 $ETH ($19.78M) from Binance over the past 8 hours. link link

🇺🇸🏦 White House Stablecoin Talks Are Back Tuesday and the Banks Just Joined the Room, Per Eleanor Terrett. #stablecoin

📊 According to Arscan data, the Arweave (AR) network has not produced a new block for over 24 hours. The last recorded block, #1,851,686, was generated at 11:18:15 (UTC+8) on Feb. 6. link

🧑‍💻 21Shares files for an ONDO ETF. #etf

🏦 BitMEX co-founder Arthur Hayes stated that the recent BTC selloff was likely driven by dealer hedging related to iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT) structured products. He is compiling a list of bank-issued notes to identify potential trigger points for rapid price swings, emphasizing the need for market participants to adapt as dynamics change. link

📊 According to FT, Cryptocom co-founder and CEO Kris Marszalek has acquired the domain AIcom for about $70 million, marking the largest disclosed domain name deal on record. The purchase, made entirely in cryptocurrency, reflects a long-term bet on AI as a significant technological wave. Marszalek plans to launch a new AI platform promoted via a Super Bowl ad, featuring a consumer-focused AI agent capable of messaging, app usage, and stock trading. #ai link

🐳 A whale deposited $2.5M $USDC into HyperLiquid and opened an $ETH long position with 10x leverage. The whale had previously lost over $2.568M. link

🐳 FYI: Swedish public company H100 Group ($H100) buys 4.39 additional Bitcoin and now holds 1,051 BTC. Bitcoin 100 Ranking: 47 link

🇺🇸📉 The US strategic Bitcoin reserve is down nearly $5B since its inception as $BTC slides 45% from its peak.

📊 #ONDO #RWA Ondo has announced Ondo Perps, a new platform for perpetual futures on stocks and commodities. They plan to eventually create a unified app for 24/7 trading of cryptocurrencies, stocks, ETFs, and derivatives.

🕵️ Some dormant wallets are waking up and buying $ETH on the dip. Address: 0x55C1 Woke up after 2 years and withdrew 10,000 $ETH ($19.24M) from Binance 6 hours ago. Address: 0x1342 Woke up after 1 year and withdrew 1,892 $ETH ($3.75M) from Binance 30 mins ago. link link

😱 #BTC Bitcoin saw its biggest one-day fall since the FTX crash yesterday. HODL

🙋‍♂️ Kraken announced the launch of Kraken Listings for asset listings, integrations, and reward incentives. Currently, Kraken supports 1,466 trading pairs and has listed over 300 tokens in 2025, distributing $2 million in rewards. Recently listed tokens include $HYPE, $SKR, $BNB, $BGB, and $HSK. link

🇺🇸🏦 US Senator Cynthia Lummis has called on banks to adopt stablecoins and digital assets, stating that it "opens up more opportunities for existing financial institutions." #stablecoin link

🕵️‍♂️ Trend Research accelerates the sale of #ETH to repay loans. Over the past 10 hours, Trend Research has sold 170,033 #ETH ($322.5 million) and still holds 293,121 #ETH ($563 million). link

⚠️ #ETH The Ethereum Foundation announced the launch of a “Trillion Dollar Security Dashboard” to provide a structured view of Ethereum’s overall security posture, key risks, mitigation efforts, and progress. The dashboard covers six areas: user experience (UX), smart contract security, infrastructure and cloud security, consensus protocol, monitoring and incident response, and the social layer and governance. link

😱 Stablecoin Inflows Double Despite Persistent Selling Pressure “It is a positive signal, as it shows that investor interest is gradually returning at this level of correction. This dynamic still needs to strengthen, but some participants are buying this dip.” #stablecoin link link

🗣 Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong says crypto and AI are "just getting started."

📊 Pump Fun founder Alon wrote on X that despite unfavorable market conditions, the team will continue to scale headcount quickly and aggressively. He added that Pump Fun will keep investing resources to drive growth across its core platform, the Pump Fun mobile app, and Terminal, while providing technical support for areas such as cross-chain trading infrastructure. link

🕵️ The Bitcoin mining firm #MARA transferred 1,318 $BTC ($86.89M) to Two Prime, BitGo, and Galaxy Digital in the past 10 hours. link

🇺🇸🗣 Michael Saylor says "Donald J. Trump is the Bitcoin President" that is "making America the Bitcoin superpower."

😱 #BTC #COIN CryptoQuant CEO Ki Young Ju says Bitcoin selling pressure is currently coming from Coinbase.

💸 BTC Strategy: −$12.28B over 7 days (−18.95%), total portfolio loss −$3.42B (−6.30%) ETH Bitmine: −$3.64B over 7 days (−28.23%), total portfolio loss −$7.34B (−44.76%). link link

🐳 Whale 0x9671 sold 242 $XAUT ($1.19M) and 461 $ETH ($985K). Then, they bought 682,087 $UNI ($2.58M). link

🐳 In the past 2 days, the whale has sold: - 3.59M $AERO for $1.39M $USDC, losing $3.66M. - 35.45M $BRETT for $310,459 $USDC, losing $3.07M. - 636,148 $VIRTUAL for $407,546 $USDC, losing $1.76M. The whale has also started selling $ANDY, where it has a loss of $1.615M. Address: 0x41dda7be30130cebd867f439a759b9e7ab2569e9

⚖️ According to Decrypt, the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein maintained years of correspondence with Tether co-founder Brock Pierce and was allegedly involved in Pierce's personal relationships. The documents reveal that between 2011 and 2019, they discussed meetings and networking opportunities, with the correspondence occurring after Epstein's 2008 conviction for sex crimes involving minors. link

🐳 This OTC whale is aggressively buying the dip! Over the past 10 hours, he withdrew 2,500 $CBBTC ($182.3M) from Coinbase. During this market crash, he has accumulated 4,000 $CBBTC ($296M) and 83,392 $ETH ($204M) in total. link

🇺🇸🏦 U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent stated during a congressional hearing that the U.S. will keep Bitcoin obtained through asset seizures but will not instruct private banks to buy #BTC during market downturns or “bail out Bitcoin.” He emphasized that neither he nor the Financial Stability Oversight Council has the authority to do so, noting that the value of seized #BTC held by the government has increased from approximately $500 million to over $15 billion. link

📊 A newly created wallet deposited $4M $USDC into HyperLiquid and opened a $SOL short position with 3x leverage. link

📈 #TRX CryptoRank: TRON hit a major milestone, reaching 100M monthly active addresses. Since January 2025, TRON has seen nearly 50% growth in active addresses. Other metrics climbed as well – the stablecoin market cap reached a record $84.5B, while network transactions hit a new ATH of 342M.

🆕 $RNBW, $RAVE added to Coinbase roadmap link

📈 $12 Trillion Vanguard Group increased its position in Bitcoin treasury company Strive $ASST to 27.63 million shares ($17.6 million). link

😱 Bitcoin’s bear market is off to a weaker start than 2022. Since falling below the 365-day MA on Nov 12, 2025, $BTC is down 23% in 83 days, compared to just 6% over the same period in early 2022. Momentum is deteriorating faster this cycle. link

🔮 #ETH Vitalik Buterin proposed to enhance creator coins by combining prediction markets with DAOs. In this model, markets bet on creators' coins joining thematic DAOs with a limit of 200 participants, anonymous voting, and partial revenue used for token burning. link

💼 #HYPE #XRP Ripple has added Hyperliquid to its platform for institutional brokerage services Ripple Prime.