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What happened in Crypto in the last 12h:

- Trump Announces ‘Strategic Crypto Reserve’
- $BTC Hits $95K Again after Crypto Reserve Announce
- $ADA +70%, $SOL +27%, $XRP +33% Pump
- David Sacks Says More to Come at Summit
- $CRO Token Reissue Proposal
- Ronaldinho Launches Memecoin

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• $BTC $ETH $SOL $XRP $ADA - Trump announced an executive order to create a crypto strategic reserve. The crypto strategic reserve will include $BTC $ETH $SOL $XRP $ADA and has hinted at the possibility of including others in the future. The announcement sent crypto markets into a bull run.

• $BTC - Bitcoin gained around 10% to touch $95K after the announcement of the strategic crypto reserve. It is currently trading at $93K.

• $ADA - Cardano, which is included in the strategic crypto reserve, was the biggest gainer, touching $1.17, up about 70%. $ADA will also be releasing a major update this year, @MidnightNtwrk.

• $SOL - Solana had a big dip recently, but after the announcement of the strategic crypto reserve, it gained about 30% to touch $179. As a result, $RAY, which has seen a big drop recently, is also making a big move higher.

• $XRP - XRP, which is included in the strategic crypto reserve, was the biggest gainer, touching $2.99, up about 33%. $XRP briefly flipped $ETH FDV with this gain.

• White House A.I. & Crypto Czar David Sacks has hinted that a lot will be revealed at the upcoming Crypto Summit at the White House on March 7th. In mid-February, David Sacks hinted that some big announcements were coming soon.

• $CRO - Cronos has announced that it will be putting forward a governance proposal to establish a Cronos Strategic Reserve. The proposal seeks to reissue the 70B CRO tokens that were burned in February 2021.

• $STAR10 - Ronaldinho, the living legend of Brazilian soccer, has launched the official meme coin STAR10.

What happened in Crypto in the last 12h:

- $BTC Touches $81K on Tariffs News
- Trump Says Tariffs on Canada, Mexico Take Effect March 4
- Trump Imposes 10% Additional Tariffs on China
- SEC, Consensus Agree to Dismiss Securities Lawsuit
- SEC Says Memecoins are Not Security
- Congressman Introduces Bill to Stop Politicians Memecoins
- Uniswap Launches Fiat Withdrawal Feature
- $SHELL Binance HODLer Airdrop

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• $BTC - Trump's tariff comments reignite tariff war fears, sending crypto markets, stocks lower. $BTC dips, touches 81K.

• Trump said the 25% tariffs on Canada and Mexico will go into effect on March 4. The April 2 he mentioned yesterday appears to be a date mix-up. April 2 is the effective date of reciprocal tariffs. Canada's prime minister has said that if the U.S. imposes tariffs next week, we will have an immediate and very strong response.

• Trump announced an additional 10% tariff on China, which will bring the total tariffs on China to 20%, effective March 4th.

• Consensus' Joseph Lubin announced that the SEC has agreed to dismiss a securities lawsuit involving MetaMask.

• The SEC issued guidance that most memecoins, tokens derived from memes, are not considered securities.

• Rep. Sam Liccardo will introduce a bill that would block the president, members of Congress and other senior officials, as well as their spouses and children, from issuing or sponsoring securities and cryptocurrencies like memecoins.

• $UNI - Uniswap Labs has released native fiat withdrawal (off-ramp) functionality, allowing users to convert crypto assets to fiat directly from their Uniswap wallets and deposit them into their bank accounts.

• $SHELL $BNB - Binance has announced MyShell AI ($SHELL) on Binance HODLer airdrop. $SHELL is listed on Binance and is trading at $0.59, up about 22% since the HODLer airdrop announcement.

What happened in Crypto in the last 12h:

- Trump Announces 25% Tariffs on the EU
- Bybit Hack Caused by Compromise of $Safe Infra
- $KAITO Begins Leaderboard Voting
- Newcoin Rally Continues $PI $IP
- BNB Chain Ecosystem Rebounds
- SEC Closes Investigation Into Gemini
- SEC, Justin Sun Ask Court to Pause Fraud Case
- $ONDO Partners with Mastercard for RWA
- Coinbase $MORPHO Listing

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• Following Trump's confirmation that tariffs on Canada and Mexico will go into effect on April 2, he also announced that he will impose 25% tariffs on the EU “very soon”. The market dropped after the news was released.

• $SAFE - The forensic review of the Bybit hack concluded that the credentials of the Safe(Wallet) infrastructure developer were compromised.

• $KAITO - Voting for the Kaito leaderboard is now live. $sKAITO weighting was also added to the voting percentage, which is causing $KAITO to gain over +40%.

• $IP $PI - The newcoin rally continues, with $PI up 74% to break $2.7 and $IP up 19% to trade at $6.6.

• The $BNB Ecos that have been in the spotlight recently are rebounding with good performance. $TST $COOKIE $BNX $Broccoli $CGPT

• The SEC informed Gemini that it was closing its investigation and would not be filing enforcement charges against it.

• $TRX - The SEC, the Tron Foundation and Justin Sun filed a joint motion in federal court asking to pause the ongoing case filed by the securities regulator in 2023.

• $ONDO - Ondo Finance has joined Mastercard's Multi-Token Network (MTN). Ondo's OUSG investment product will be available to businesses on Mastercard's MTN, giving them access to yield via tokenized assets

• $MORPHO - Coinbase has announced the $MORPHO-USD market, which will begin on Feb 27 9AM PT.

What happened in Crypto in the last 12h:

- $BTC Touches $91,000
- MSTR Buys 20K $BTC
- SBF is Back $FTT
- Trump Says Tariffs on Canada, Mexico Going Forward
- Wintermute Withdraws $38M SOL from Binance
- Bybit Hackers Laundered About 18%
- SEC Ends Robinhood Crypto Investigation
- $JUP Expected to Announce on Tuesday
- $VANA + YZi Labs (Binance Labs) Investment
- $ENA Raises $100M Private Sale

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• $BTC - Bitcoin has dropped along with US stocks, touching 91K. This has resulted in the Crypto Fear & Greed Index hitting its lowest level since August of last year.

• $BTC - Strategy purchased an additional 20,356 BTC (~$1.99B) at an average price of $97,514 per $BTC. Strategy also completed a $2B offering of convertible notes.

• $FTT - Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF) posts on the X channel after two years. The FTX token, $FTT, is reacting to this and rising.

• Trump has said he will impose tariffs on Canada and Mexico starting March 4, when the one-month moratorium ends.

• $SOL - Wintermute withdrew $38.2M $SOL from Binance ahead of a $2B token unlock, raising concerns over selling pressure as market sentiment worsens.

• According to @EmberCN, the Bybit hackers worked quickly and laundered 89,500 ETH in just 2.5 days, which is 18% of the total 499,000 ETH stolen, with the remaining assets expected to be laundered in the next 15 days.

• The U.S. SEC has ended its investigation into trading platform Robinhood Crypto "with no action," the company said in a statement.

• $JUP - Jupiter will be announcing all of its major work, including the next major steps for Jupiverse, Jupiter, and $JUP, at the JUP Rally on Tuesday at 3:30pm UTC.

• $VANA - Vana announced that VZi Labs (formerly Binance Labs) has made a strategic investment in Vana and that Binance founder CZ has joined Vana as an advisor.

• $ENA - Ethena announced that it has raised $100M in funding, with participation from Franklin Templeton, F-Prime Capital, Dragonfly Capital, Polychain Capital, Pantera Capital, and others.

What happened in Crypto in the last 12h:

- Bybit Hacker Asset Movement Resumes
- $ETH Price Returns to Pre-Bybit Hack
- Bybit Bought 266,694 $ETH After Being Hacked
- Saylor Hints at Buying More $BTC
- Pumpfun Tests Own AMM as Alternative to $RAY
- Kanye Hints at Launching 'Swasticoin' This Week
- Montana Defeats $BTC Strategic Reserve Bill

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• According to @Beosin_com, the Bybit hackers are moving assets again. They mainly used Thorchain to move assets to BTC chain and OKX DEX to convert to $DAI.

• $ETH - Ethereum price touches $2850 and returns to the Bybit hacking. Bybit announced that it has frozen $42.89M of the hackers' funds with the help of several platforms.

• $ETH - Bybit appears to have purchased 266,694 ETH (~$742M) since the hack. Wallets associated with Bybit acquired 157,660 ETH ($437.82M) via OTC trades from Galaxy Digital, FalconX, and Wintermute, and an additional 109,033 ETH ($304.12M) from various DEXs and CEXs.

• $BTC - Michael Saylor hints that Strategy is buying more $BTC. Strategy recently stopped buying BTC, but is speculated to be looking to start buying again.

• Pumpfun is testing its own AMM and the URL has been made public. This may replace Raydium, which is why $RAY is dropping significantly.

• Ye hinted at the launch of a 'Swasticion' token this week and attempted to reach out to Binance co-founder Changpeng Zhao.

• $BTC - Bitcoin Strategic Reserve bill defeated in Montana House of Representatives with 41 votes in favor, 59 against.

What happened in Crypto in the last 12h:

- $S Surges +50% In a Week
- $IP Touches $9.5 + $BERA $KAITO New Coin Rally
- Canary $LTC ETF Listed on DTCC as $LTCC
- SEC Shows Strong Interest in Staking
- $TST + Beta Coin $BNX $LISTA Rebounces
- MSTR Expected to Complete $2B Bond Issue Tomorrow
- SEC Launches CETU to Combat Crypto Fraud

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• $S - Sonic (S) is currently experiencing strong bullish momentum, with its price up ~20% in the last 24H and 53% over the past 7D.

• $IP $BERA $KAITO - Newly listed coins continue to rally. $IP-Perp touched $9.5 on a short squeeze and is now trading at $4.7, up about 70% overnight. In line with this, $BERA and $IP also made new highs. On the other hand, the recently listed new coins $LAYER $B3 $SHELL have not gotten much attention yet.

• $LTC - Canary Litecoin ETF listed on the Depository Trust and Clearing Corporation (DTCC) system under the ticker $LTCC

• Journalist @EleanorTerrett reported that sources told her that the SEC has requested information from the industry about the different types of staking and their benefits, and that the SEC may soon issue guidance on staking.

• $BNX $LISTA $TST - As the Feb 21st scheduled burning of $TST tokens in the $TST LP, $TST is starting to rebound a bit, and the $TST beta tokens, $BNX $LISTA, have rallied significantly.

• It has been reported that Strategy (MSTR) expects to complete a $2 billion convertible preferred bond issue by February 21, and it is predicted that Strategy's $BTC buying will resume soon.

• The SEC has launched the Cyber and Emerging Technologies Unit (CETU), replacing the Crypto Assets and Cyber Unit, to combat fraud in AI, blockchain, and crypto while ensuring cybersecurity compliance.

What happened in Crypto in the last 12h:

- Trump Says 'Ended Biden's War on Bitcoin & Crypto'
- SEC Acknowledges Canary $XRP Spot ETF Filing
- SEC Acknowledges 21Shares' Proposal $ETH Staking on ETF
- $IP $BERA Newcoin Rally
- Tether Treasury Transfers 800M $USDT to Binance
- $KAITO Binance HODLer Airdrop
- Trump's WLFI Buys $SEI $WLFI
- Coinbase $TAO $PYTH Spot Listing
- https://t.co/gssd25LhUN Resumes USD Service
- Monad Public Testnet Live

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• President Trump said he signed executive orders "to end Joe Biden's war on Bitcoin and crypto."

• $XRP - The SEC has acknowledged Canary Capital's filing for a $XRP Spot ETF. The SEC previously acknowledged Spot $XRP ETF filings from 21Shares, Bitwise, Grayscale, and CoinShares.

• $ETH $LDO - The SEC has acknowledged 21Shares' proposal to permit staking on $ETH Spot ETF. If approved, the ETF would be able to generate additional returns on its ETH holdings, which could then be passed on to investors.

• $IP $BERA - While the newer listed coins have been performing poorly lately, $IP $BERA have started to show good gains. $IP is up about 40% overnight.

• $USDT - Tether Treasury transferred $800M USDT to Binance.

• $KAITO $BNB - Binance has announced Kaito ($KAITO) on Binance HODLer airdrop. Users who subscribed BNB to the Simple Earn product between Feb 6 and Feb 10 will receive the airdrop. $KAITO will be listed on Feb 20 at 13:00 UTC.

• $SEI $WLFI - Trump's World Liberty Finance has withdrew $10M $USDC from Coinbase to buy 200M $WLFI. They also spent $125k $USDC to buy 547,990 $SEI.

• $TAO $PYTH - Coinbase has announced the $TAO-USD, $PYTH-USD market, which will begin on Feb 20 9AM PT.

• https://t.co/gssd25LhUN has resumed USD services, allowing users to link their bank accounts to deposit and withdraw USD.

• Monad - Monad public testnet is officially live. Active EVM wallets have received Test $MON and can participate in testnet activities.

What happened in Crypto in the last 12h:

- $BTC Touches 93.6K
- FTX Begins Repaying to Customers
- BNY Mellon Holds $13M $BTC ETFs
- SEC Acknowledges Bitwise Spot $XRP ETF Filing
- MSTR Announces Proposed $2B Private Offering
- Tether Co-Founder Launches Rival Stablecoin
- $CRV Founder is Developing New Product
- Grayscale Launches $PYTH Trust
- New 1B $USDT Minted

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• $BTC - Bitcoin took a big dip, touching 93.6K, but recovered to return to 95.6K. Bitcoin dominance is rebounding with relative altcoin weakness.

• FTX has begun repaying funds to customers with account balances of $50K or less. FTX also announced that repayments to customers over $50K will begin on May 30th.

• $BTC - Bank of New York Mellon held over $13M in $BTC ETFs at the end of the fourth quarter, including 115,108 shares of WisdomTree's BTCW ($11.87 M) and 25,309 shares of BlackRock's IBIT ($1.4M).

• $XRP - The SEC has acknowledged Bitwise's filing for a spot $XRP ETF.

• Michael Saylor announced that Strategy is announcing a proposed private offering of $2 billion of convertible Senior Notes. Strategy plans to use the proceeds from the offering for purposes including the acquisition of Bitcoin.

• Pi Protocol - Tether co-founder Collins is reportedly heading up Pi Protocol, which will use smart contracts to allow parties to mint the USP stablecoin in exchange for the yield-bearing USI token.

• Yield Basis - Curve Finance founder Michael Igorov is working on a new project, Yield Base, which aims to address impermanent losses. Yield Basis has raised $5M at a $50M token valuation, Egorov confirmed.

• $PYTH - Grayscale has introduced new crypto funds for $PYTH, accessible to accredited investors.

• $USDT - 1B $USDT were newly minted at the Tether Treasury.

What happened in Crypto in the last 12h:

- JP Morgan Buys Additional $100M $MSTR
- Cantor Fitzgerald Buys $1B $MSTR
- $LIBRA $MELANIA Were Created by Same Team
- $BNB Ecosystem Rebounds
- Cynthia Lummis Calls for US $BTC Strategic Reserve
- $KAITO Details Revealed This Week

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• JP Morgan has acquired an additional $100M of MicroStrategy shares $MSTR in Q4. They now have $MSTR totaling $300M.

• Cantor Fitzgerald, led by Howard Lutnick, has acquired over $1B worth of $MSTR shares in Q4, which is now the firm's largest position (20% of Portfolio). Lutnick is now serving as the U.S. Secretary of Commerce, responsible for managing Trump's new sovereign wealth fund.

• $LIBRA $MELANIA - @bubblemaps has released on-chain proof that $LIBRA and $MELANIA were created by the same team.

• $BNB - After CZ tweeted yesterday that the team is working on a new video tutorial on how to create AI agents on the BNB chain, $BNB major ecosystem coins started to rebound. $CAKE $XVS $ID $THE

• $BTC - U.S. Senator Cynthia Lummis has called for the U.S. Strategic Reserve to be upgraded to utilize Bitcoin.

• $KAITO - After it was revealed that Kaito AI's token, $KAITO, had already been deployed, founder @Punk9277 announced that token details would be released later this week. As a result, the Kaito Genesis NFT has jumped to around 11.2ETH.

What happened in Crypto in the last 12h:

- Trump Announces Country-by-Country Reciprocal Tariffs
- Gamestop Considering Investing In $BTC, Other Crypto
- $BNB Drops after CZ Unveils His Dog
- WLFI Buys Additional $BTC $MOVE
- SEC Acknowledges $XRP $DOGE ETF 19b-4
- U.S. January PPI rises 3.5% y/y
- $JUP Plans Buyback Starting Next Week
- Coinbase's Q4 Revenue Surged 88%
- OpenSea Announces $SEA Coming
- Doodles Plans $DOOD Token Launch

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• Trump signed the “Reciprocal Trade and Tariffs” executive orders, directing a global tariff review. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick aims to complete it by April 1.

• GameStop $GME is reportedly considering investing in Bitcoin, a cryptocurrency. GameStop reported $4.6B in cash on its balance sheet at the end of the third quarter, so it may have some significant buying power.

• $BNB - For the community that wants memecoin, CZ has shared a picture and name of his dog, Broccoli. Numerous $Broccoli coins were created, and $BNB began to drop, along with BNB Eco, which also dropped slightly.

• $WLFI - Trump's WLFI purchased an additional 2,527,257 $MOVE (~$1.41M) and 52 $WBTC (~$5M).

• $XRP $DOGE - The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has confirmed the receipt of Grayscale’s amendment to the Spot $XRP, $DOGE ETF application.

• The US PPI for January increased by 3.5% YoY, exceeding market expectations of 3.2%.

• $JUP - Jupiter has announced that the buyback it announced in January will start next week. 50% of all protocol fees are used to purchase $JUP and lock it for 3 years.

• Coinbase's Q4 revenue was predicted to be around $1.9B, but the company beat expectations by a wide margin, reporting $2.3B, up 88% QoQ.

• $SEA - The OpenSea Foundation has announced that $SEA is coming. No specific timeline has been announced yet.

• $DOOD - Doodles announced that it will launch its official token $DOOD on Solana and that 68% of the tokens will be allocated to the community.

Binance Alpha
CTs who were shouting ‘Buy-nance’ are now ironically cheering CZ and BNB Chain—an interesting shift in sentiment. Meanwhile, ‘Binance Alpha’ is something most people don’t even know about yet, but it’s worth looking out for.

✅ Number of Binance listings from Alpha : +10
✅ 26 projects have been listed since the launch of Binance Alpha, 14 of which are Alpha projects
✅ Excluding 7 Projects (Launchpool, Megadrop, HODLer), 73% are listed on Alpha

>> Recently, most projects have been performing poorly after listing, but if the BNB Chain project is listed at this point, it could be the one to watch.

Binance Alpha + BNB Chain Listing Candidates 👇

1⃣ Creator Bid - $BID l $29M MC $109M FDV
• $BID can be identified as $VIRTUAL in BNB
• IDO with $BNB on Binance Wallet and could showcase a listing to increase $BNB adoption

2⃣ Cakepie - $CKP l $18M MC $47M FDV
• Cakepie is a subDAO created by Magpie to increase the long-term sustainability of PancakeSwap
• $CAKE is the $RAY of BNB, and $CKP is likely to follow suit.

Other Alpha + BNB
• Utilities - $APX $KOGE
• AI - $AICell $AITECH
• Memecoin - $BOB $MONKY $COCO $BANANA $GOUT $FROG

What happened in Crypto in the last 12h:

- Trump Begins Talks to End War in Ukraine
- Trump Says to Sign Order on Reciprocal Tariffs
- $BNB & BNB Chain Eco Gets Big Rally
- U.S. January CPI rises 3.0% y/y
- 21Shares Proposes Staking for $ETH ETFs
- Franklin Templeton Launches US Gov’t Money Fund on Solana
- National Bank Of Canada Acquires $2M $BTC ETF
- CZ Possibly Launching His Dog MemeCoin

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• Trump agreed to begin negotiations to end the war in Ukraine in a phone call with Putin. The Russian coin, $WAVES, rose significantly on the news and the market as a whole began to rebound. Possible end-of-war scenarios may be presented at the Munich Security Conference on Feb 14-16.

• Trump said of the reciprocal tariff announcement that he will sign it today or tomorrow.

• $BNB - The rally for BNB Chain that started with CZ starting to exert its influence on BNB Chain is getting bigger. Solana players are saying they're moving to BNB Chain, CZ is starting to show interest in memecoin, and BNB Dex projects are getting more attention. $CAKE $BAKE $BSW $ALPACA $DODO $BNX

• The U.S. Department of Labor reported that the CPI for January increased by 3.0% YoY, surpassing market expectations of 2.9%. The bad CPI data caused the crypto markets to drop significantly, but bounced back.

• $ETH $LDO - Cboe files 19b-4 seeking SEC approval of staking in 21Shares Core Ethereum ETF

• $SOL - Franklin Templeton, a financial services company with $1.6 trillion of assets under management, has launched its US Government Money Fund (FOBXX) on Solana.

• $BTC - The National Bank of Canada has made a significant investment by purchasing Bitcoin ETFs valued at $2M.

• CZ interacted with users on Twitter and hinted at the possibility of launching his own dog meme coin.

What happened in Crypto in the last 12h:

- SEC Acknowledges Spot $SOL ETF Filings.
- Oklahoma's $BTC Reserve Bill Passes Committee
- Powell Says QE Only at Zero Rates.
- BNB Chain Project Bull Run Continues
- Trump's WLFI Partners with $ONDO
- WLFI Buys 1.9K $ETH 830K $MOVE
- $BNB Chain 2025 Tech Roadmap Unveiled
- $UNI Announces the Launch of Unichain

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• $SOL - The SEC officially acknowledged the following Spot Solana ETF applications: Canary, VanEck, Bitwise, and 21Shares Solana ETFs

• $BTC - According to @Dennis_Porter_ of the Satoshi Action Fund, a bill to establish a “Strategic Bitcoin Reserve” has passed out of committee in Oklahoma.

• Fed Chairman Powell has said that the Fed will only use quantitative easing when interest rates are at zero.

• Since the listing of $TST on Binance, which CZ mentioned, BNB Chain Projects have been performing relatively strongly despite the bad market conditions. Notably, $BNX, which incubated https://t.co/fuYVHWDcv9, has more than 4X since https://t.co/fuYVHWDcv9's test coin $TST was mentioned. $BNB $CAKE $LISTA $BNX

• $WLFI $ONDO - Trump's WLFI announced a collaboration with Ondo Finance aimed at accelerating the adoption of RWA tokenization.

• $ETH $MOVE - Trump's WLFI bought 1,917 $ETH (~$5M) and 830,469 $MOVE (~$470K) again.

• $BNB - The BNB chain has released its 2025 technology roadmap, with key goals of improving transaction speed, reducing gas costs, integrating AI, and upgrading tools.

• $UNI - Uniswap has announced the launch of its own L2 “Unichain”.

What happened in Crypto in the last 12h:

- MSTR Buys 7.6K $BTC
- Coinshares Files for $XRP $LTC Spot ETF
- Grayscale Files for $ADA Spot ETF
- 90% Chance of $LTC Spot ETF Approval
- Metaplanet Issues $26M in Stock to Buy $BTC
- $VIRTUAL Expands to Solana chain
- $IP Story Mainnet Launches on Feb 13th

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• MicroStrategy purchased an additional 7,633 BTC (~$742M) at an average price of $97,255 per $BTC.

• $XRP $LTC - Coinshares has filed a 19b-4 filing to launch $XRP and $LTC Spot ETF.

• $ADA - Grayscale files 19b-4 with NYSE to convert $ADA trust to spot ETF with SEC

• $LTC - Bloomberg ETF analysts have tipped a 90% chance that the US securities regulator will approve a Spot $LTC ETF before the end of the year. They also rated the $SOL $XRP $DOGE ETF as having a high probability of approval.

• $BTC - Metaplanet announced that it is issuing ¥4B (~$26.3M) worth of Ordinary Bonds to buy more BTC. Metaplanet aims to hold 10,000 BTC by the end of the year.

• $VIRTUAL - Virtuals Protocol has expanded its platform with Solana. It looks like they will soon be releasing a SOL-based launchpad as well as BASE.

• $IP - Story announced that it will launch on the public mainnet on February 13th. The $IP airdrop and claims will also be released on the same day.

What happened in Crypto in the last 12h:

- David Sacks Says Evaluating Bitcoin Reserves
- SEC Crypto Enforcement Unit Scaling Back
- Ohio Senator Proposes Bill for Bitcoin Reserves
- US Congress Establishes Cryptocurrency TF
- Berachain Plans Mainnet/TGE on Feb 6th
- FTX First Repayments Coming Feb 18th
- New 1B $USDT Minted
- SMLR Buys 871 $BTC
- $CRO Unveils 2025 Roadmap
- $ONDO Launches Ondo Global Market
- $EOS https://t.co/ANvPUnbjeE Unit Bullish Plans IPO

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• $BTC - David Sacks said in a press conference that he is evaluating the feasibility of a Bitcoin reserve, which is one of the first things the manager will look at, and that sovereign wealth funds are separate.

• The US SEC is scaling back its 50-plus-member crypto enforcement unit, marking the Trump administration's first concrete move on digital asset regulation.

• Ohio State Senator Sandra O'Brien has introduced a bill that proposes to establish a $BTC Reserve and mandate state agencies to accept Bitcoin as a form of payment.

• French Hill, the Chairman of the U.S. House Financial Services Committee, announced that both chambers of Congress will form a cryptocurrency task force.

• $BERA - The Berachain Foundation announced that the mainnet and TGE will go live on February 6th. Airdrop checkers will be released on February 5th.

• FTX creditors in the Bahamas reportedly in the process of receiving repayments of less than $50,000 on February 18th.

• $USDT - 1B $USDT were newly minted at the Tether Treasury.

• Semler Scientific (SMLR) bought an additional 871 $BTC for (~$88.5M), bringing its total holdings to 3,192 BTC.

• $CRO - https://t.co/DMsDdhYqYD announced plans to launch the Cronos spot ETF in 2025, launch a new stablecoin in Q3, and expand into stocks, options, ETFs, and banking services in the coming quarters.

• $ONDO - Ondo Finance announced Ondo Global Markets, an RWA tokenization platform designed to enable on-chain access to stocks, bonds, and ETFs.

• $EOS - Bullish Global, a cryptocurrency trading platform under https://t.co/ANvPUnbjeE, is considering an IPO this year.

What happened in Crypto in the last 12h:

- Trump's Tariff Increases Triggers Market Shock
- Trump to Talk Tariff with Canada, Mexico Monday
- $BTC Touches $92K
- $BTC Dominance Surpasses 60%
- Revealing Corruption within Binance Labs
- $RUNE Plans Debt Resolution

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• The crypto market started to decline after Trump's announcement of higher tariffs on Canada, Mexico and China . Trump has also signaled tariffs on EU. $BTC dropped over 8%, crashing through 93K, and Nasdaq futures dropped over 2%.

• Canada and Mexico have imposed retaliatory tariffs on U.S. goods in response to Trump's sweeping tariffs, and Trump has said he will speak with Canadian and Mexican counterparts on Monday.

• $BTC - Bitcoin's massive drop has seen it touch 92K again after about a month.

• $BTC - Bitcoin dominance broke through its previous high of 61.5% as crypto markets fell.

• An anonymous Web3 founder exposed unfair practices, internal corruption and misconduct at Binance Labs. He also revealed that Binance Labs is making investment decisions with insiders and backroom deals, and that Dovey, Chris, and others are part of this process. Yi HE wrote a counter statement to this.

• $RUNE - Thorchain's proposal to replace the protocol's defaulted debt with a new token called $TCY, giving debtors a stake, the protocol is debt-free, and $TCY holders receive a permanent share of the protocol's fees (10%).

What happened in Crypto in the last 12h:

- Czech Republic Approves $BTC Reserve
- Kraken Relaunches Staking Services for US Clients
- SEC Approves Bitwise $BTC $ETH Combo ETF
- Gold Spot Price Hits New ATH
- $JUP Buyback Starts Next Week
- OpenAI in $340B Val Investment Round Talks
- Coinbase $AXS $XTZ $EGLD Perp
- $UNI Unisawp V4 Already Deployed
- 430M $USDC Newly Minted

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• $BTC - Czech National Bank (CNB) approves proposal to study Bitcoin as a reserve asset. The proposal came from CNB Governor Alessi Miihl, who has said he is interested in adding bitcoin to the bank's balance sheet.

• Kraken has relaunched its on-chain staking services, including $ETH $SOL for US customers, two years after the SEC sued the company.

• $BTC $ETH - The SEC approved Bitwise's combined Bitcoin and Ethereum ETF.

• The spot price of gold has surpassed $2,795 per ounce and is on track to break its ATH of late October 2024.

• $JUP - Meow said the buyback of $JUP will begin next week and shared more deets. Jupiter has previously announced that it plans to spend 50% of the protocol's revenue on $JUP buybacks.

• OpenAI is in talks to secure up to $40B in a funding round that would value the startup at $340B. SoftBank is expected to lead the round, putting in $15~25B. $WLD #AI

• $AXS $XTZ $EGLD - Coinbase Int. has announced the listing of AXS-PERP, XTZ-PERP, and EGLD-PERP markets will begin on or after 9:30 am (UTC) 6 Feb.

• $UNI - According to DefiLlama data, Uniswap v4 has a TVL of around $1 million and is believed to have already been deployed, although there has been no official announcement from the Uniswap team.

• $USDC - USDC Treasury has minted 430M $USDC

What happened in Crypto in the last 12h:

- China's AI DeepSeek Triggers Market Shock
- Saylor Hints at Buying More $BTC
- $JUP Announces 50% Buyback of Fees
- Jupiter Announces 3B $JUP Burnt
- Bithumb Low Cap Pumping Rotation
- Abstract Plans Mainnet Launch Tomorrow
- $SCR Announcing something
- $AI16Z $ELIZA elizaOS Loading v2
- 250M $USDC Newly Minted

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• The Nasdaq 100 futures fell more than -200 points as the market reacted to the launch of DeepSeek. $BTC is also coupled to this, and has been falling.

• $BTC - Michael Saylor hints that MicroStrategy is buying more $BTC. Expect to see news of MicroStrategy buying more Bitcoin in the coming days.

• $JUP - Jupiter announced that 50% of the protocol fees will be used for $JUP buybacks. Meow also announced its strategy to make $JUP the strongest community-based token on the market and set a target price for $JUP of $5 by 2030.

• $JUP - Jupiter has announced that it has burned 3B $JUP. Jupiter had previously passed a proposal in August last year to burn 30% of its $JUP supply.

• Bithumb's low cap coin pumping rotation continues. Today $APM is up about 60%, and last week $XCN was up about x20, which Justin sun pointed out is price manipulation.

• Abstract announced its mainnet launch tomorrow.

• $SCR - Scroll teased that something will be announced on the X channel.

• $AI16Z $ELIZA - At the CATSTANBUL event, Shaw announced that ElizaOS v2 with improved performance will be released in April.

• $USDC - USDC Treasury has minted 250M USDC on Solana.

What happened in Crypto in the last 12h:

- Trump's Inauguration, No Mention of Crypto
- Moonshot, Coinbase, https://t.co/DMsDdhYqYD in Top 5 Apps
- WLFI Buys $BTC $ETH $AAVE $LINK $TRX $ENA
- Justin Invests Another $45M in $WLFI
- WLFI $ETH Staking in Lido $LDO
- AI Sector Rebounds
- EF Plans DeFi Participation with 50K $ETH
- Mark Cuban Plans Memecoin Launch
- Abstract Mainnet Soon
- Nillion $NIL Airdrop Checker

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• Trump had his inauguration and talked about America First priorities, but he didn't mention cryptocurrency. The prioritized executive order document released by the White House also did not mention cryptocurrency. The resulting disappointment is causing $TRUMP $MELANIA to fall sharply.

• The $TRUMP coin has driven the Moonshot to the top of the rankings for free financial apps in the US Apple App Store, followed by https://t.co/DMsDdhYqYD, Coinbase, Jupiter, https://t.co/gssd25LhUN, and Robinhood.

• Trump's World Liberty Financial (WLFI) announced strategic purchases of $wBTC and $ETH valued at $47M each and $AAVE $LINK $TRX $ENA valued at $4.7M each in honor of Trump's inauguration as the 47th President of the United States.

• $LDO - WLFI staked 4,747 ETH (~$15.75M) in Lido.

• AI Sector - AI and AI Agent projects are rebounding strongly after a significant dip following the launch of $TRUMP. $SWARMS is up about 53% and $VVAIFU is up about 30%. $AI16Z $AIXBT $GRIFFAIN $ELIZA $ALCH

• $ETH - The Ethereum Foundation has announced that it has set up a multisig wallet to participate in DeFi and is transferring 50,000 ETH to it.

• $WLFI - Justin Sun announced that Trondao is increasing its investment in WLFI by another $45M, bringing its total investment to $75M.

• Mark Cuban tweeted that he plans to issue a meme coin like $TRUMP. It would have a 20% float and all revenue from coin sales would go to the U.S. Treasury.

• Abstract - @Abstract_Eco tweeted 'Mainnet Soon'. The launch of the Abstract mainnet seems imminent.

• $NIL - Nillion has announced details of its mainnet launch and $NIL airdrop.