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Bitcoin drops below $64,000.

SEC Chair Paul Atkins says agency seeks to regain crypto ground after 'big missed opportunity' under prior administration.

Morgan Stanley applies for OCC national trust bank charter to custody crypto, enable trading, and offer staking services.

Market Updates

Barclays explores blockchain settlement tools for payments and tokenized deposits as banks brace for stablecoin growth

MoonPay and M0 launch PYUSDx framework for developers to issue app-specific stablecoins backed by PayPal USD (PYUSD).

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SBI Holdings and Startale Group unveil JPYSC, Japan's first trust bank-backed yen stablecoin, targeting Q2 2026 launch.

Circle shares hit $90 and Bernstein calls results a 'clear divergence from crypto,' while Mizuho highlights Polymarket-driven USDC growth.

MEV Capital's AUM drops 80% to ~$300M in four months.

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MARA reports $1.7B Q4 net loss from $1.5B Bitcoin markdown, but shares jump 15% on Starwood AI data center JV.

Block Inc. cuts 40% of staff, as Jack Dorsey pushes smaller, flatter, AI-focused strategy.

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Tether makes a $200 million strategic investment in digital marketplace Whop (valuing it at $1.6 billion) to integrate USDT and other stablecoin payments via Tether's wallet tools for its 18+ million users.

Bitcoin briefly touched $70,000 before fading to around $68,300, while altcoins led the strongest bounce in weeks with Ether +8.5%, Solana +6.9%, Cardano +10.8%, and Dogecoin +8.3%.

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World Liberty Financial proposes WLFI Governance Staking System.

ETHZilla rebrands to Forum Markets, pivots to tokenized real-world assets.

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Stripe is exploring a potential acquisition of all or parts of PayPal.

Hong Kong plans to issue its first fiat-referenced stablecoin issuer licenses.

21Shares launches spot SUI ETF (TSUI) on Nasdaq, providing regulated U.S. exposure to Sui token.

Market Updates

Anchorage Digital discloses holding Strategy's perpetual preferred stock STRC on its balance sheet.

TruStage pilots dollar-pegged stablecoin TSDA for U.S. credit unions via Block Time partnership.

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Bitcoin dips below $63,000 amid ongoing market decline, extreme fear, and macro shocks.

Former Chainlink Labs Deputy General Counsel Taylor Lindman joins SEC's Crypto Task Force as Chief Counsel.

Canaan acquires Cipher Mining's 49% stake in three West Texas Bitcoin mining projects for $39.75M in shares.

Market Updates

Step Finance shuts down all operations, including SolanaFloor and Remora Markets, after failing to recover from $40M hack.

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U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs record five straight weeks of net outflows for the first time since March 2025.

SEC issues guidance allowing broker-dealers to apply a 2% haircut on qualifying payment stablecoins for net capital calculations.

TradFi giants like BlackRock, Citadel and Apollo are buying DeFi tokens UNI, ZRO and MORPHO for infrastructure alignment.

Market Updates

Bitdeer liquidates remaining 943.1 BTC, reducing its corporate Bitcoin treasury to zero as of February 20, 2026.

IoTeX bridge exploited via compromised private key, draining up to $8.8M from TokenSafe contracts.

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A growing number of crypto hedge funds have moved to cut risk and pile into cash, underscoring the impact of the post-October crash rout on professional investors.

Geopolitical tensions and a cautious tone in U.S. stocks are keeping risk appetite in check, and some strategists warn of a potential retest of 2024 lows before a more sustained recovery.

Market Updates

Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse said he now sees a 90 percent chance that the long-debated Clarity Act will pass by the end of April, citing renewed momentum in Washington.

Simon Gerovich defended Metaplanet’s transparency, options based Bitcoin strategy, and accounting approach.

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Peter Thiel and Founders Fund exit Ethereum treasury firm ETHZilla, SEC filing shows

CFTC claims exclusive federal authority over prediction markets in new brief, clashing with states

Market Updates

The Trump-affiliated WLFI token surges 10% after Apex stablecoin deal

Hyperliquid starts DeFi lobbying group with $29 million token backing

Karstās tēmas

Kripto VC uzņēmums Dragonfly Capital noslēdz savu ceturto fondu par 650 miljoniem ASV dolāru—pārsniedzot tā 500 miljonu ASV dolāru mērķi.

Stripe stabilā monēta uzņēmums Bridge saņem nosacītu OCC apstiprinājumu nacionālajai uzticības bankas hartai, ļaujot stabilās monētas izdošanai, uzglabāšanai un rezervju pārvaldībai federālās uzraudzības ietvaros.

Tirgus jauninājumi

Elemental Royalty Corporation (ELE), publiska zelta karaliskā uzņēmuma, paziņo par savu pirmo dividendes politiku (0,12 ASV dolāru gadā par akciju, maksā reizi ceturksnī) un kļūst par pirmo šāda veida uzņēmumu, kas ļauj kvalificētiem akcionāriem izvēlēties saņemt izmaksas Tether tokenizētajā zeltā, XAUT, nevis naudā.

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Hong Kong grants first new crypto license since June.

Harvard trims Bitcoin exposure, initiates first Ether position.

Metaplanet sees 81% profit jump forecast after options-driven surge.

Market Updates

DeFi protocol ZeroLend shuts down amid declining activity and security challenges.

Nexo returns to U.S. market after regulatory reset.

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Wall Street remains bullish on bitcoin while offshore traders retreat.

Hong Kong is trying to build up its crypto regulations: State of Crypto.

Elon Musk's X to launch crypto and stock trading in ‘couple weeks’.

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Strategy’s Saylor signals further Bitcoin buys despite rout.

TradFi giant Apollo enters crypto lending arena via Morpho deal.

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Solana Company shares jump 17% after launching institutional borrowing against natively staked SOL.

Digital Chamber counters bankers' stablecoin yield ban with compromise principles to resolve Clarity Act impasse.

Grayscale files to convert its closed-ended AAVE Token Trust into a spot ETF on NYSE Arca.

Market Updates

Tether invests undisclosed amount in DreamCash, a Hyperliquid frontend offering perps on stocks, gold, forex using USDT0 collateral.

Analysts cut Coinbase price targets after Q4 earnings miss, but shares rally 12% anyway.

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Agant registers with the U.K. FCA under anti-money laundering rules, clearing the path for launching its fully backed GBP stablecoin GBPA targeted at institutional payments and tokenized assets.

U.S. CFTC appoints 35 members to its new Innovation Advisory Committee, including Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong and Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse, to advise on crypto and financial innovation.

Bitcoin tumbled toward $65,000–$66,000, nearing last week's lows, as AI fears drove a tech sector sell-off (Nasdaq -2%, software ETF -3%) and triggered sharp plunges in precious metals (gold -3%, silver -10%).

Market Updates

Aave Labs proposes the "Aave Will Win" framework to redirect 100% of revenue from Aave-branded products to the Aave DAO treasury.

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Tether could become a top 10 U.S. T-bill buyer this year, says Tether USA₮ CEO Bo Hines.

Thailand's SEC approves digital assets as underlying for regulated derivatives, enabling crypto-linked products.

ARK Invest buys Bullish shares for the tenth straight trading day, adding $11.6 million.

Market Updates

Zerohash adds Monad support to expand USDC stablecoin payments.

Sonic Labs announces vertical integration of core apps, hinting at acquisitions, to boost S token value.

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Bitcoin drops below $67,000.

White House stablecoin yield meeting ends in impasse as banks demand broader restrictions.

Goldman Sachs reduced spot Bitcoin ETF holdings by 39.4% to $1.06 billion in Q4 2025.

Market Updates

Robinhood launches public testnet for Robinhood Chain, an Ethereum Layer-2 blockchain built on Arbitrum.

Stripe integrates x402 protocol to enable AI agents to pay with USDC on Base.

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U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs record back-to-back inflows totaling $616M, first consecutive days in nearly a month.

BitMine Immersion Technologies buys $84 million in ETH.

VanEck outlines AVAX thesis on product-market fit, economic clarity, institutional distribution.

Market Updates

ARK Invest buys additional $1.83 million in Bullish shares Monday.

Nickel Digital CEO says AI aids crypto trading but is no savior in tough markets, needing human oversight.

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Global crypto ETP outflows slowed to $187 million last week, signaling early stabilization.

Crypto liquid funds, caught off guard by Bitcoin's rapid 20%+ crash.

Tether's gold holdings surpass $23 billion, with recent buys outpacing most central banks, per Jefferies.

Market Updates

CoinShares estimates only ~10,200 BTC face meaningful quantum risk, deeming broader threats overstated.

ENS Labs scraps Namechain Layer 2, deploying ENSv2 exclusively on Ethereum mainnet.

Karstās tēmas

JPMorgan analītiķi teica, ka ilgtermiņa Bitcoin cena sasniegs 266,000 dolāru, norādot uz lielāku pievilcību nekā zeltam.

MARA Holdings pārsūta ~1,317 BTC, kas ir vērti 87 miljonus dolāru, uz institucionālām adresēm kriptovalūtu pārdošanas laikā.

Tether investē 150 miljonus dolāru Gold.com.

Tirgus atjauninājumi

Stratēģijas izpilddirektors saka, ka Bitcoin ir jāsamazinās līdz 8,000 dolāriem un jāturās zemā līmenī gadiem, lai apdraudētu bilanci.

Iris Energy un CleanSpark akcijas turpina pārdošanu pēc tam, kad pēdējās ceturkšņa peļņas ziņojumos netika izpildīti ieņēmumu prognozes.

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Silver plunges 17%, reigniting leveraged tokenized metal liquidations.

Bitcoin slides below $71,000 to lowest since October 2024 amid tech selloff and ETF outflows.

Tether's USDT adds record 35.2 million users in Q4 2025, reaching 534.5 million total amid market downturn.

Market Updates

SBI Holdings unveils Strium Network proof-of-concept, a Layer 1 blockchain co-developed with Startale for tokenized securities.

Multicoin co-founder Kyle Samani steps back from the firm to explore AI and other tech, continuing Solana advocacy.

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Spot Bitcoin ETFs saw $272M outflows on Feb 3, while Ether ETFs gained $14M and XRP-linked products attracted nearly $20M in inflows.

GraniteShares 2x Short MicroStrategy ETF hits record high amid MSTR's decline tied to Bitcoin weakness.

CIRO introduces interim tiered, risk-based Digital Asset Custody Framework for crypto custodians.

Market Updates

Bitwise Asset Management acquires staking provider Chorus One to expand institutional yield offerings.

Tether scales back $20 billion fundraising ambitions to ~$5 billion due to investor resistance.