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<h2 class="text-2xl font-bold mb-4">Bitcoin Nears Make-or-Break Support</h2>
<p class="mb-6">Bitcoin’s price slipped under $63,000 during Asian trading hours on Tuesday, marking a new low not seen since February 6. The cryptocurrency stabilized near $63,200 but remains down about 4% over the last 24 hours. This brings Bitcoin’s weekly decline to nearly 7%, with the asset now trading at levels where buyers previously stepped in after a sharp drop earlier in the year.</p>
<p class="mb-10 max-w-xl">Market participants are watching the $60,000 level closely, as this has been identified by Kraken’s Matt Howells-Barby as a critical support zone. A decisive break below could trigger another wave of liquidations and potentially push prices down to $52,500—a historical support area dating back to 2021.</p>
<br><p class="mb-6 italic text-slate-600 my-8">BTC has now fallen for four consecutive days, reaching $63,100 at its lowest point since February 6.</p>
<h2 class="text-2xl font-bold mb-4">Market Nerves as Liquidation Looms</h2>
<p class="mb-6">The recent selloff has not been limited to Bitcoin alone. Bitcoin Cash (BCH) tumbled by 11.5% over the past 24 hours, while other cryptocurrencies like SUI, JUP, PUMP, and WLFI each dropped more than 2%. The broader crypto market is feeling the strain as nearly half of Bitcoin’s value has evaporated since its October peak.</p>
<p class="mb-8 text-lg font-medium">A break below $60,000 could set off another round of forced selling for leveraged traders.</p>
<p class="mb-6">On paper, Bitcoin’s resilience above $60,000 looks promising for bulls. But with over 400,000 BTC purchased between $60,000 and $70,000 during the latest downturn—according to Glassnode data—the pain threshold for many recent buyers is being tested. If prices fall further, these holders may be forced to sell at a loss, accelerating downward momentum.</p>
<h2 class="text-2xl font-bold mb-4">Pippin Frenzy Highlights Speculation Risks</h2>
<p class="mb-6">While Bitcoin struggles to hold key support levels, speculative fervor continues elsewhere in the market. Pippin (PIPPIN), an AI-generated memecoin launched on Solana by Yohei Nakajima, surged by 135% over the last four weeks and gained another 10% in just 24 hours. LunarCrush noted that Pippin’s rally is fueled by aggressive speculation and rapid growth in market capitalization.</p>
<p class="mb-6">Some social media accounts have gone further, alleging that Pippin’s price action may involve money laundering and artificial price manipulation. Despite these concerns—and warnings about frothy trading conditions—traders continue to pour into high-risk tokens even as flagship assets like Bitcoin falter.</p>
<h2 class="text-2xl font-bold mb-4">Institutional Demand Falters, Premium Turns Negative</h2>
<p class="mb-6">The mood among institutional investors appears cautious. CryptoQuant reports that the Coinbase Premium Index—a measure comparing prices on Coinbase (a U.S.-focused exchange popular with institutions) versus global averages—has remained negative throughout this downturn. This suggests that large U.S.-based buyers are not stepping up to accumulate Bitcoin at current prices.</p>
<p class="mb-10 max-w-xl">Meanwhile, Bitcoin’s weekly relative strength index (RSI) has dropped to just 25.71 on Tuesday, signaling one of its most oversold conditions ever recorded.</p>
<h2 class="text-2xl font-bold mb-4">Bitcoin’s Pain Cluster: $60K-$70K Buyers</h2>
<p class="mb-6">More than 400,000 BTC were accumulated between $60,000 and $70,000 during this year’s rally and subsequent decline. For these holders—many of whom entered near local highs—the current retreat below $63,000 threatens significant realized losses if they capitulate now. Glassnode data shows that short-term holder realized profit/loss metrics have turned negative: the STH-SOPR ratio sits at just 0.95 after peaking above 1 earlier this year.</p>
<p class="mb-6">According to cointelegraph.com, realized losses for short-term holders cooled from a peak of $1.24 billion per day on February 6 to around $500 million per day recently—a sign that some exhaustion may be setting in among sellers. However, with the dollar index (DXY) rising by 0.5% since Monday and macroeconomic uncertainty increasing following President Trump’s announcement of a new 15% global tariff over the weekend, risk appetite could remain subdued for now.</p>
<p class="mb-6">History offers little comfort: Bitcoin rarely forms a lasting bottom until its long-term moving averages cross decisively—a pattern not yet confirmed in current price action.</p><h2 class="text-2xl font-bold mb-4">What to watch</h2>
<p class="mb-6">If Bitcoin breaks below the $60,000 support level—identified by Kraken’s Matt Howells-Barby and coinciding with over 400,000 BTC bought in that range—another round of liquidations could be triggered, potentially pushing prices down to the historical support at $52,500; whether this threshold holds remains unclear.</p>

Bitcoin Nears Make-or-Break Support Bitcoin’s price slipped under $63,000 during Asian trading hours on Tuesday, marking a new low not seen since February 6.

Bitcoin Slides Below $63,000 as Capitulation Fears Intensify

<h2 class="text-2xl font-bold mb-4">Whale Liquidations Drive Panic Selling</h2>
<p class="mb-6">Bitcoin's price tumbled more than 5% to $64,270 in the early hours of Monday, before staging a partial recovery to $66,300 by late morning UTC.</p>
<p class="mb-6">The scale of these liquidations was not limited to bitcoin alone. Ether futures saw $113.89 million in forced closures, while solana (SOL) positions lost nearly $20 million overnight. These figures highlight how quickly volatility can wipe out bullish bets when liquidity thins and selling accelerates.</p>
<p class="mb-8 text-lg font-medium">A single whale's misstep can send shockwaves through a fragile market.</p> <h2 class="text-2xl font-bold mb-4">Extreme Fear Grips Bitcoin Traders</h2>
<p class="mb-6">The mood among crypto investors has soured rapidly. The Crypto Fear and Greed Index—an aggregate measure of sentiment—plunged to just 5 out of 100 on Monday, a level classified as "extreme fear" and matched only three times since 2018. This shift comes as short-term holders are realizing steep losses: Glassnode data shows that the seven-day moving average for net realized losses among recent bitcoin buyers is hovering near $500 million per day.</p>
<p class="mb-10 max-w-xl">On paper, bitcoin’s price drop from $68,600 on Saturday to below $65,000 might seem like a routine correction for such a volatile asset. In reality, it has triggered one of the most fearful periods for traders in years.</p> <h2 class="text-2xl font-bold mb-4">Tariff Fears Hit Crypto Sentiment</h2>
<p class="mb-6">Broader macroeconomic forces have amplified the turmoil in digital assets. Over the weekend, U.S. President Donald Trump announced plans to increase global tariffs to 15%, up from 10%, affecting both China and U.S. allies over a 150-day window. This policy shift coincided with declines in U.S. stock futures—Nasdaq 100 futures fell by 0.9%—and spurred investors to seek safety in traditional havens like gold and silver, which rose by 2% and 5.6% respectively.</p>
<p class="mb-6">The uncertainty around tariffs adds another layer of risk for bitcoin holders already contending with thin liquidity and sudden whale-driven selloffs. According to coindesk.com, increased U.S. military presence near Iran further contributed to risk-off sentiment across both crypto and equity markets during Sunday’s trading session.</p> <h2 class="text-2xl font-bold mb-4">$467 Million in Crypto Positions Wiped</h2>
<p class="mb-6">Beyond bitcoin’s own slide, altcoins were hit even harder during the overnight rout. Solana (SOL) dropped between 7% and 8% before recovering somewhat in European hours; SUI followed a similar trajectory. In total, CoinGlass data recorded $270 million in liquidations among altcoin traders alone.</p>

<p class="mb-6">These cascading liquidations reflect how quickly leverage can unwind across the ecosystem when confidence erodes and large players move funds onto exchanges at scale. Notably, CryptoQuant’s “exchange whale ratio”—tracking large deposits relative to overall inflows—has surged to its highest point since 2015 at 0.64, underscoring how much current selling pressure is driven by major holders rather than retail investors.</p> <h2 class="text-2xl font-bold mb-4">Thin Liquidity Amplifies Price Drops</h2>
<p class="mb-6">Liquidity conditions have deteriorated since early February, when bitcoin sent to exchanges peaked at about 60,000 BTC per day before dropping sharply to roughly 23,000 BTC per day on a smoothed basis. Meanwhile, net USDT inflows—a proxy for fresh buying power—have shrunk dramatically from $616 million in November 2023 to just $27 million recently, even turning negative in late January.</p>
<p class="mb-6">The average size of bitcoin deposits onto exchanges has also climbed back to levels last seen during mid-2022’s bear market phase. With fewer new buyers stepping in and whales increasingly active on the sell side, small shocks can trigger outsized moves—a dynamic on full display as bitcoin briefly dipped below $65,000 amid this week’s turbulence.</p><h2 class="text-2xl font-bold mb-4">What to watch</h2>
<p class="mb-6">If Bitcoin's price fails to hold above the $64,000 level following the recent $61.5 million HTX whale liquidation and "extreme fear" sentiment reading of 5/100, further forced liquidations could occur immediately across derivatives markets; however, whether net USDT inflows to exchanges will recover from their recent drop to $27 million remains unclear.</p>

Whale Liquidations Drive Panic Selling Bitcoin's price tumbled more than 5% to $64,270 in the early hours of Monday, before staging a partial recovery to $66,300 by late morning UTC.

Bitcoin Drops Below $65,000 as Whale Selling, ETF Outflows, and Tariff Fears Collide

<h2 class="text-2xl font-bold mb-4">Buterin’s AI Agents: A New Voting Era</h2>
<p class="mb-6">Ethereum cofounder Vitalik Buterin is pushing for a radical shift in how decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs) operate.</p>
<p class="mb-10 max-w-xl">Buterin’s plan also recommends the use of privacy-preserving tools such as multi-party computation (MPC) or trusted execution environments (TEEs). These would allow AI agents to process sensitive data without exposing it on the public blockchain, while zero-knowledge proofs (ZKPs) could enable users to prove voting eligibility without revealing wallet addresses or vote choices. The proposal even suggests launching prediction markets where agents can wager on the likelihood of proposal acceptance, potentially filtering out spam or low-quality submissions.</p> <h2 class="text-2xl font-bold mb-4">Wall Street Piles Into Bitmine, Despite Slump</h2>
<p class="mb-6">While Ethereum developers debate governance upgrades, traditional finance giants are making bold moves in crypto equities. In Q4 2025, Morgan Stanley increased its position in Bitmine Immersion Technologies (BMNR) by about 26%, reaching over 12.1 million shares valued at $331 million. ARK Investment Management followed suit with a 27% increase, now holding 9.4 million shares worth $256 million.</p>
<p class="mb-6">Other major institutions have gone even further: BlackRock boosted its BMNR holdings by 166%, Goldman Sachs by an eye-catching 588%, Vanguard by 66%, and Bank of America by a staggering 1,668% during the same quarter. Yet, on paper these bets look bullish, but BMNR’s share price actually dropped about 48% in Q4 2025 and nearly 60% over six months, trading near $19.90 in premarket action Thursday.</p>

<p class="mb-8 text-lg font-medium">Every one of the top 11 largest shareholders—including Charles Schwab, Van Eck, Royal Bank of Canada, Citigroup, and Bank of New York Mellon—upped their exposure during this period.</p> <h2 class="text-2xl font-bold mb-4">Why It Matters: Practical Impact for Users</h2>
<p class="mb-6">For everyday Ethereum users and DAO participants, Buterin’s AI steward proposal could reduce the friction of active involvement—AI models trained on personal values may vote more consistently than busy humans. The privacy features proposed—such as ZKPs and secure computation—could also make voting less risky by hiding both user identity and vote content from public view.</p>
<p class="mb-6">However, the practical impact remains uncertain until such systems are tested at scale. For instance, the suggestion to use prediction markets as a spam filter is novel but unproven; it’s unclear whether this will genuinely improve proposal quality or simply add complexity. On the investment side, Wall Street’s aggressive accumulation of BMNR shares—even as prices fell nearly 50% last quarter—signals institutional confidence in crypto infrastructure despite short-term volatility.</p> <h2 class="text-2xl font-bold mb-4">Quantum Threats and Ethereum’s Defensive Moves</h2>
<p class="mb-6">Security concerns are not limited to governance. At ETH Denver 2024, experts discussed Bitcoin’s vulnerability to quantum computing attacks. Bitcoin relies on elliptic curve cryptography for digital signatures—a system that could be compromised if quantum computers running Shor’s algorithm become powerful enough. In December 2024, Google revealed Willow, a quantum computer demonstrating below-threshold error correction capabilities.</p>
<p class="mb-6">Ethereum is not standing still: the Ethereum Foundation has assembled a post-quantum security team to study potential risks posed by quantum advances. Coinbase has also convened an advisory board focused on these threats to digital assets. SHA-256—the hashing algorithm used in Bitcoin—is considered difficult for quantum computers to break using Grover’s algorithm alone; however, digital signatures remain a weak point across blockchains.</p> <h2 class="text-2xl font-bold mb-4">Prediction Markets Eyed for DAO Quality Control</h2>
<p class="mb-6">One intriguing aspect of Buterin’s proposal is the idea of using prediction markets to filter DAO proposals before they reach a vote. Under this system, AI agents could bet on whether proposals will be accepted or rejected by the broader community—a mechanism designed to weed out spammy or low-quality initiatives before they consume collective attention.</p>

<p class="mb-10 max-w-xl">As reported by coindesk.com, these mechanisms would rely heavily on privacy-preserving computation environments like MPC and TEEs to ensure sensitive information remains confidential while still allowing agents to make informed assessments.</p>
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            <h3 class="text-xl font-bold mb-4 text-gray-800 dark:text-white p-2">The Gist</h3>
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                <li class="flex items-start"><span class="mr-2 text-blue-500 italic">•</span>Vitalik Buterin proposed using personal AI agents for DAO voting, with privacy ensured by MPC, TEEs, and zero-knowledge proofs.</li>
                <li class="flex items-start"><span class="mr-2 text-blue-500 italic">•</span>The proposal suggests prediction markets for filtering DAO proposals, allowing agents to bet on acceptance likelihood to reduce spam.</li>
                <li class="flex items-start"><span class="mr-2 text-blue-500 italic">•</span>Buterin’s plan was published on X one month after he criticized DAOs for low participation and centralization.</li>
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        </div><h2 class="text-2xl font-bold mb-4">What may drive the next phase</h2>
<p class="mb-6">If Ethereum developers proceed as scheduled, the Hegota upgrade—featuring Fork-Choice Enforced Inclusion Lists (EIP-7805)—is expected to roll out in the second half of 2026; immediate implications would include enforced transaction inclusion by validators, though the precise impact on network operations remains unclear due to ongoing criticism from figures like Ameen Soleimani.</p>

Buterin’s AI Agents: A New Voting Era Ethereum cofounder Vitalik Buterin is pushing for a radical shift in how decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs) operate.

Ethereum’s Governance and Security: AI Agents, Wall Street Bets, and Quantum Threats

<h2 class="text-2xl font-bold mb-4">Ripple CEO Bets Big on Legislation</h2>
<p class="mb-6">Ripple’s leadership is placing a significant wager on near-term regulatory clarity in the United States. Brad Garlinghouse, Ripple’s CEO, announced a striking 90% probability that the Clarity Act—a bill designed to define which digital assets fall under securities regulation and which are overseen by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission—will pass by the end of April. This forecast was made during a Fox Business interview and marks one of the most confident public predictions from a major crypto executive this year.</p>
<p class="mb-10 max-w-xl">The Clarity Act has faced hurdles, particularly around stablecoin rewards and whether crypto platforms can offer yield-like incentives. Despite these obstacles, Garlinghouse pointed to renewed engagement from lawmakers and the White House, with March 1 set as a target date for advancing negotiations. Ripple has spent nearly $3 billion since 2023 on liquidity management and cross-border payment solutions, underscoring its commitment to regulatory progress.</p> <h2 class="text-2xl font-bold mb-4">RLUSD Rises as SEC Softens Rules</h2>
<p class="mb-6">Regulatory winds are shifting for stablecoins in the U.S., with Ripple’s RLUSD emerging as a direct beneficiary. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) recently issued new guidance reducing the capital deduction—or “haircut”—that broker-dealers must apply to payment stablecoin holdings from 100% down to just 2%. SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce clarified that this aligns with requirements for money market funds, making RLUSD and other qualifying stablecoins more attractive for institutional use.</p>
<p class="mb-6">This rule change applies specifically to payment stablecoins issued by state-regulated money transmitters or trust companies before next year’s GENUS Act effective date. SEC Chair Paul Atkins described this move as a positive development for traditional financial firms interested in on-chain markets. For broker-dealers, it means they can now settle trades using stablecoins like RLUSD without severely impacting their balance sheets—a shift called “the most important win of the year” by Exodus CEO JP Richardson.</p>
<p class="mb-8 text-lg font-medium">On paper, regulatory relief sounds technical, but it could significantly boost liquidity and efficiency across both crypto and traditional asset trading.</p> 
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</div> <h2 class="text-2xl font-bold mb-4">SBI Launches Blockchain Bonds Using XRP</h2>
<p class="mb-6">In Asia, Ripple’s influence is expanding through its partnership with SBI Holdings. The Japanese financial giant announced plans to issue its first Series ST Bonds worth $64.52 million—bonds that will pay investors in XRP rather than yen or dollars. These bonds will be digitally registered and tokenized via BOOSTRY’s “ibet for Fin” platform, bypassing Japan’s conventional securities settlement systems entirely.</p>
<p class="mb-6">SBI will handle issuance, administration, and settlement fully on-chain. Secondary trading is scheduled to start on March 25, 2026, through Osaka Digital Exchange’s START system. Retail investors are eligible if they hold an account with SBI VC Trade and complete necessary steps by May 11. In addition to receiving XRP equivalent to their bond subscription upon payment confirmation, holders will be rewarded with extra XRP on interest dates in March 2027, March 2028, and March 2029.</p>
<p class="mb-10 max-w-xl">As of press time, XRP trades between $1.4 and $1.45—a modest increase of 0.81% over the past week according to CoinMarketCap.</p>  <h2 class="text-2xl font-bold mb-4">Why It Matters</h2>
<p class="mb-6">These developments carry practical weight for both institutional players and everyday investors. The SEC’s reduction of the stablecoin haircut from 100% to 2% means broker-dealers can finally integrate digital dollars into their operations without crippling capital costs—potentially improving trade settlement speed for millions of retail brokerage accounts. Interactive Brokers’ move last month to allow stablecoin deposits is one immediate example of this shift taking root in mainstream finance.</p>
<p class="mb-6">For retail investors in Japan, SBI’s blockchain bonds represent a tangible way to access digital assets—receiving payouts in XRP rather than fiat currency—and could serve as a template for future tokenized securities globally. However, it remains uncertain how widely these models will be adopted outside regulated environments or replicated in other jurisdictions soon.</p> <h2 class="text-2xl font-bold mb-4">Micro-Contrast: Progress Amid Volatility</h2>
<p class="mb-6">On paper, Ripple is gaining ground with regulators and financial institutions; yet its native token XRP recently experienced a steep decline of 40%, highlighting persistent volatility even as structural advances unfold. While legislative optimism runs high among executives like Garlinghouse—with his 90% confidence in U.S. regulatory breakthrough—the broader market reaction remains mixed.</p>
<p class="mb-6">This contrast raises a key question: Can regulatory clarity and institutional adoption offset price swings enough to reassure both investors and industry participants?</p>
<p class="mb-8 text-lg font-medium">According to journalducoin.com, Ripple has invested nearly $3 billion since last year into liquidity management and cross-border payments—an indication that its strategy extends well beyond short-term market movements.</p>
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            <h3 class="text-xl font-bold mb-4 text-gray-800 dark:text-white p-2">The Essentials</h3>
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                <li class="flex items-start"><span class="mr-2 text-blue-500 italic">•</span>Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse predicts a 90% chance the Clarity Act will pass by the end of April 2024.</li>
                <li class="flex items-start"><span class="mr-2 text-blue-500 italic">•</span>The SEC reduced the stablecoin haircut for broker-dealers from 100% to 2%, directly benefiting Ripple’s RLUSD.</li>
                <li class="flex items-start"><span class="mr-2 text-blue-500 italic">•</span>SBI Holdings will issue $64.52 million in on-chain bonds paying investors in XRP, with secondary trading starting March 25, 2026.</li>
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        </div><h2 class="text-2xl font-bold mb-4">Signals worth watching</h2>
<p class="mb-6">If the Clarity Act—intended to clarify the regulatory status of digital assets including Ripple’s XRP—passes by the end of April as Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse estimates a 90% chance, it would immediately resolve ongoing uncertainty over XRP’s classification in the U.S.; however, this outcome remains unconfirmed as legislative negotiations continue.</p>

Ripple CEO Bets Big on Legislation Ripple’s leadership is placing a significant wager on near-term regulatory clarity in the United States.

Ripple’s High-Stakes Bet: Legislation, Stablecoins, and Blockchain Bonds Reshape the Crypto Landscape

<h2 class="text-2xl font-bold mb-4">Bitcoin rallies, but nerves remain</h2>
<p class="mb-6">Bitcoin traded near $68,000 on Friday, showing resilience despite the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to strike down President Donald Trump’s global tariff regime. The ruling, delivered in a 6-3 split, declared that Trump lacked authority to impose sweeping tariffs under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA). Yet, after an initial 2% surge that briefly pushed Bitcoin above $68,000, the price quickly slipped back below $67,000 before recovering. This pattern mirrored the broader market’s cautious optimism—Wall Street’s S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100 indices rose 0.9% and 0.7%, respectively.</p>
<p class="mb-10 max-w-xl">On paper, a major legal shakeup might have rattled crypto markets more decisively; in reality, Bitcoin and its peers appeared largely unfazed by the high court’s intervention.</p> <h2 class="text-2xl font-bold mb-4">Supreme Court leaves tariff refunds murky</h2>
<p class="mb-6">While the Supreme Court halted Trump’s previous approach to tariffs, it left key questions unanswered about what happens to the billions already collected from import duties. The Cato Institute estimates that “tens of billions” in customs duties may now be subject to litigation and complex refund processes—a burden likely to fall hardest on small importers. Senator Elizabeth Warren highlighted that there is currently no legal mechanism for consumers or small businesses to reclaim tariff payments, despite an estimated per-household cost of $1,300 this year according to the Tax Foundation.</p>
<p class="mb-8 text-lg font-medium">It remains uncertain whether any meaningful refunds will materialize soon.</p> <h2 class="text-2xl font-bold mb-4">Altcoins outpace Bitcoin after ruling</h2>
<p class="mb-6">As Bitcoin recovered from its brief dip, several major altcoins posted stronger gains. Solana (SOL), Dogecoin (DOGE), Binance Coin (BNB), and Cardano (ADA) all advanced between 3% and 4% over the past 24 hours. DOGE hovered at $0.1001 and ADA at $0.2835 as of Friday morning in Asia. The CoinDesk 20 Index—a broad measure of crypto performance—rose by 2.5%, outpacing Bitcoin’s single-session move.</p>
<p class="mb-6">Gold also found support amid geopolitical jitters, holding near $5,000 an ounce after two days of gains. Meanwhile, Ether dipped slightly below $2,000 even as other digital assets rallied. This divergence suggests traders are recalibrating portfolios in response not only to legal news but also to shifting Federal Reserve signals and renewed U.S.-Iran tensions.</p> <h2 class="text-2xl font-bold mb-4">Trump vows swift new tariffs</h2>
<p class="mb-6">Undeterred by the Supreme Court setback, Trump announced at a Friday press conference that he would order a new 10% global tariff using different legal authorities under Section 122. He indicated this fresh round would be implemented within three days and last for roughly five months as his administration seeks another route for tariff policy. Notably, no president has previously invoked Section 122 for tariffs on this scale or scope.</p>
<p class="mb-6">Lawmakers remain divided: Senator Bernie Moreno criticized the court’s decision on X (formerly Twitter), while Warren publicly supported it but acknowledged its limitations for affected households and businesses.</p>
<p class="mb-6">U.S. economic data added further complexity—core personal consumption expenditures rose by 3% year-over-year in the final quarter of 2025, outpacing forecasts and marking an uptick from prior readings. At the same time, GDP growth slowed to just 1.4% for Q4 and 2.2% annually—the slowest pace since 2020.</p> <h2 class="text-2xl font-bold mb-4">Small traders buy Bitcoin dip</h2>
<p class="mb-6">Despite institutional hesitancy—large holders trimmed their Bitcoin positions by 0.8% since October’s all-time high—retail investors have increased their BTC holdings by 2.5%. Santiment data shows these smaller wallets have steadily accumulated coins even as volatility returned following both macroeconomic data releases and the Supreme Court ruling.</p>
<p class="mb-6">CryptoQuant reports record inflows of Bitcoin from large holders to Binance during this period of legal uncertainty and shifting policy signals.</p>
<p class="mb-6">For now, crypto markets appear more focused on central bank policy and geopolitical risk than on U.S. trade law drama—even as traders brace for further surprises from Washington.</p>
<p class="mb-6">As reported by coindesk.com, neither the Supreme Court decision nor Trump’s renewed tariff threats have fundamentally altered crypto’s upward trajectory so far this week.</p>
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            <h3 class="text-xl font-bold mb-4 text-gray-800 dark:text-white p-2">The Final Word</h3>
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                <li class="flex items-start"><span class="mr-2 text-blue-500 italic">•</span>The U.S. Supreme Court struck down Trump's global tariffs in a 6-3 decision, leaving refund processes for "tens of billions" unclear.</li>
                <li class="flex items-start"><span class="mr-2 text-blue-500 italic">•</span>Bitcoin briefly rose 2% above $68,000 after the ruling on Friday but quickly dropped back below $67,000.</li>
                <li class="flex items-start"><span class="mr-2 text-blue-500 italic">•</span>Altcoins like Solana (SOL), Dogecoin (DOGE at $0.1001), and Cardano (ADA at $0.2835) gained 3%-4% in 24 hours.</li>
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        </div><h2 class="text-2xl font-bold mb-4">Key developments still ahead</h2>
<p class="mb-6">If President Trump’s newly announced 10% global tariff, set to take effect in three days, is implemented as scheduled, markets will immediately face fresh trade policy uncertainty, while the fate of "tens of billions" in previously collected tariff revenue remains unclear and may require further litigation according to the Cato Institute.</p>

Bitcoin rallies, but nerves remain Bitcoin traded near $68,000 on Friday, showing resilience despite the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to strike down President Donald Trump’s global tariff regime.

US Supreme Court Nixes Trump Tariffs, Crypto Markets Barely Flinch

<h2 class="text-2xl font-bold mb-4">Kraken Bets Big on Wyoming Newborns</h2>
<p class="mb-6">Kraken, the Wyoming-based cryptocurrency exchange, is making headlines with its latest initiative: sponsoring Trump Accounts for every child born in Wyoming in 2026.</p>
<p class="mb-6">Kraken’s co-CEO Dave Ripley confirmed that the company will provide additional funding to these accounts, though the exact amount remains undisclosed. The announcement underscores Kraken’s decision to make Wyoming its global headquarters, citing the state’s favorable regulatory environment for digital assets. Notably, Wyoming enabled Kraken to become the first Special Purpose Depository Institution in the U.S., a regulatory status that allows crypto firms to operate more like banks.</p>
<p class="mb-10 max-w-xl">On paper, this is a windfall for newborns in Wyoming; in practice, it also signals how major crypto players are seeking to shape financial infrastructure at the earliest stages of life.</p> <h2 class="text-2xl font-bold mb-4">Unanswered Questions on Funding Details</h2>
<p class="mb-6">While families and outside entities can contribute to Trump Accounts beyond the initial $1,000 government seed, it remains unclear whether Kraken’s sponsorship will match that figure or take another form. There is also uncertainty about whether these accounts will be invested directly in cryptocurrencies or held as cash until children turn 18. This ambiguity leaves families and observers waiting for specifics from both Kraken and policymakers.</p>
<p class="mb-8 text-lg font-medium">Transparency on these points could determine whether Trump Accounts become a meaningful entry point into crypto for a new generation—or remain a symbolic gesture.</p> <h2 class="text-2xl font-bold mb-4">Trump-Backed Bitcoin Firm Hits 6,000 BTC</h2>
<p class="mb-6">Meanwhile, American Bitcoin Corp. (ABTC), which counts members of the Trump family among its backers, has surpassed 6,000 BTC in reserves according to blockchain data tracked by Arkham Intelligence. As of early February 2026, ABTC holds approximately 6,060 BTC—valued near $413 million at current prices—after adding or mining about 217 BTC over the past month. This places ABTC among the top 20 largest public bitcoin holders globally; for comparison, Galaxy Digital holds around 6,894 BTC.</p>
<p class="mb-6">The company’s shares have reflected this activity but not without volatility: after trading above $2 in January 2026, ABTC shares closed last Friday at roughly $1.14—a drop of about 45% year-to-date despite a reported bitcoin yield of approximately 116% since its Nasdaq debut in September 2025 through late January 2026.</p>

<p class="mb-10 max-w-xl">This market movement highlights both opportunity and risk in tying corporate fortunes so closely to bitcoin reserves.</p> <h2 class="text-2xl font-bold mb-4">World Liberty Forum: Crypto Meets Politics</h2>
<p class="mb-6">The Trump family is set to host a high-profile crypto industry event at Mar-a-Lago on February 18: the World Liberty Forum. This gathering will bring together CEOs from Coinbase, BitGo, Franklin Templeton, and Goldman Sachs alongside FIFA’s president and celebrities like Nicki Minaj and Kevin O’Leary. With only 300 attendees—described as “global leaders”—the event reflects an effort to bridge traditional finance with decentralized finance platforms.</p>
<p class="mb-6">World Liberty Financial, founded in 2024 by Eric Trump, Donald Trump Jr., Barron Trump, Zach Witkoff and Alex Witkoff (with Steve Witkoff and Donald Trump listed as emeritus co-founders), positions itself as both a DeFi platform and stablecoin issuer. The timing comes amid ongoing Democratic investigations and after a $2 trillion market downturn—factors likely to influence discussion topics at Mar-a-Lago.</p>
 <h2 class="text-2xl font-bold mb-4">Why it matters</h2>
<p class="mb-6">Kraken’s sponsorship of Trump Accounts links newborn financial security directly to crypto industry engagement—and could make Wyoming’s youngest citizens early participants in digital asset markets if contributions are ultimately allocated toward cryptocurrencies rather than cash. For parents considering long-term savings options starting in 2025 or later, this partnership may offer unique upside—but also exposes families to questions about volatility and regulatory change over an eighteen-year horizon.</p>
<p class="mb-6">At the same time, American Bitcoin Corp.’s accumulation of over $400 million worth of bitcoin shows how political affiliations and corporate strategy are converging around digital assets at scale. The World Liberty Forum’s lineup—featuring figures from banking giants to pop stars—suggests that crypto is now firmly embedded within mainstream economic and cultural debates. As reported by dlnews.com, this intersection between politics and crypto finance is no longer theoretical: it is playing out in real-time across boardrooms and legislative chambers alike.</p>
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            <h3 class="text-xl font-bold mb-4 text-gray-800 dark:text-white p-2">What Stands Out</h3>
            <ul class="space-y-2 text-gray-700 dark:text-gray-300 p-4">
                <li class="flex items-start"><span class="mr-2 text-blue-500 italic">•</span>Kraken will sponsor Trump Accounts for every child born in Wyoming in 2026, as confirmed by co-CEO Dave Ripley.</li>
                <li class="flex items-start"><span class="mr-2 text-blue-500 italic">•</span>Each Trump Account receives a $1,000 federal seed for children born between Jan. 1, 2025, and Dec. 31, 2028; Kraken’s contribution amount is undisclosed.</li>
                <li class="flex items-start"><span class="mr-2 text-blue-500 italic">•</span>American Bitcoin Corp., backed by the Trump family, holds 6,060 BTC (about $413 million) as of February 2026.</li>
            </ul>
        </div><h2 class="text-2xl font-bold mb-4">What remains to be seen</h2>
<p class="mb-6">Whether Kraken will match the $1,000 federal contribution or invest Trump Accounts for Wyoming newborns in crypto or cash remains unclear, and if this is clarified before the World Liberty Forum at Mar-a-Lago on February 18, it would immediately signal the extent of direct crypto exposure for eligible families in 2026.</p>

Kraken Bets Big on Wyoming Newborns Kraken, the Wyoming-based cryptocurrency exchange, is making headlines with its latest initiative: sponsoring Trump Accounts for every child born in Wyoming in 2026.

Trump, Crypto, and the Wyoming Bet: A New Era of Political Finance

<h2 class="text-2xl font-bold mb-4">Mega liquidations shake crypto's core</h2>
<p class="mb-6">The cryptocurrency market faced a dramatic downturn in early February, with both bitcoin and ether suffering steep declines that triggered massive liquidations across trading desks.</p>
<p class="mb-6">This sharp correction forced major players to unwind leveraged positions. Trend Research, led by Jack Yi, had built a $2 billion bullish bet on ether by borrowing stablecoins against ETH collateral on Aave. As prices tumbled, the firm was compelled to liquidate over 300,000 ETH—moving 332,000 ETH worth approximately $700 million to Binance within five days to repay debt. The result was a staggering $686 million loss for Trend Research and a near-total wipeout of their ether holdings; they now retain just 1.463 ETH.</p>
<br><p class="mb-6 italic text-slate-600 my-8">Ether's price reached a low of $1,750 on February 4, its weakest level since April 2025.</p>
<p class="mb-10 max-w-xl">The forced sales by large entities amplified selling pressure and contributed to further price declines throughout the market.</p> <h2 class="text-2xl font-bold mb-4">Record options bets signal panic</h2>
<p class="mb-6">During Thursday’s crash, options activity on BlackRock’s spot bitcoin ETF (IBIT) exploded to unprecedented levels. According to coindesk.com, IBIT options volume soared to 2.33 million contracts in one day—an all-time high—with puts (bets on further downside) narrowly outpacing calls. The demand for protection against falling prices was so intense that options buyers paid a record $900 million in premiums during the session, a sum equivalent to the market capitalization of several mid-tier crypto tokens.</p>
<p class="mb-8 text-lg font-medium">On paper these premiums represent hedging activity, but some market watchers speculated about a hedge fund blowup behind the scenes.</p>

<p class="mb-6">While one analyst claimed that these outsized premium payments were linked to a major hedge fund’s collapse due to heavy IBIT exposure, others disputed this explanation. What is clear is that fear dominated trading desks as volatility spiked and investors scrambled for protection against further losses.</p> <h2 class="text-2xl font-bold mb-4">$900M premiums: fear or opportunity?</h2>
<p class="mb-6">The sheer scale of Thursday’s options activity underscored just how rapidly sentiment shifted from greed to fear. The Crypto Fear and Greed Index plunged into single digits—a territory reached only a handful of times in bitcoin’s 17-year history—mirroring panic seen at previous cycle bottoms. Simultaneously, bitcoin became the third most oversold it has ever been based on the Relative Strength Index (RSI), signaling extreme short-term pessimism among traders.</p>
<p class="mb-10 max-w-xl">With roughly 10 million BTC now held at a loss and another 10 million still in profit, supply metrics have nearly converged—a pattern typically observed at major market turning points such as those in 2015, 2019, and late 2022.</p> <h2 class="text-2xl font-bold mb-4">Ether whales forced to capitulate</h2>
<p class="mb-6">For ether holders with leveraged bets, the selloff brought swift consequences. Trend Research’s liquidation of over 300,000 ETH was described by Jack Yi as a risk-control measure rather than outright capitulation. However, with losses totaling $686 million and their position reduced from hundreds of thousands of ETH to just over one token after repaying Aave loans via Binance transfers, the scale of forced selling was impossible to ignore.</p>
<p class="mb-6">Despite these setbacks, Yi stated publicly that his firm remains optimistic about both bitcoin and ether reaching new highs in the future—a stance echoed by some long-term investors who see deep drawdowns as potential accumulation opportunities rather than signals of permanent defeat.</p>
<p class="mb-8 text-lg font-medium">Yet optimism alone cannot erase realized losses or restore lost capital overnight.</p> <h2 class="text-2xl font-bold mb-4">Flash crash exposes exchange fragility</h2>
<p class="mb-6">Even as global markets reeled from forced liquidations and record options activity, an unrelated incident on South Korean exchange Bithumb highlighted another form of systemic vulnerability. A software error mistakenly credited users with 2,000 BTC each instead of a small reward worth just $1.50 (about 2,000 Korean won). This led hundreds of accounts to show tens of millions in phantom bitcoin balances overnight—even though no actual BTC moved onchain.</p>
<p class="mb-10 max-w-xl">When users rushed to sell these nonexistent assets, Bithumb’s BTC/KRW price crashed nearly 16% below other exchanges—trading briefly at just $55,000 while global prices remained stable.</p>
<p class="mb-6">Bithumb quickly froze affected accounts after detecting abnormal transactions through internal controls and later confirmed there was no hack or external breach involved. Customer assets remain secure according to Bithumb officials; however, the episode demonstrates how technical glitches can trigger flash crashes independent of broader market trends.</p> <h2 class="text-2xl font-bold mb-4">Next support: bargain hunters or freefall?</h2>
<p class="mb-6">As both bitcoin and ether approach key technical levels—the former hovering near its 200-week moving average around $58,011—the market faces an inflection point between renewed accumulation and deeper declines. With long-term holders now sitting on unrealized losses for over 4.6 million BTC (a figure last seen at bear-market lows), some see parallels with past bottoming events where capitulation set the stage for recovery.</p>
<p class="mb-6">But while metrics suggest exhaustion among sellers and historic levels of oversold conditions, it remains uncertain whether bargain hunters will step in forcefully enough to reverse momentum or if further pain lies ahead before stability returns. For now, big players have taken big hits—and smaller investors are left weighing risk versus reward amid ongoing volatility.</p>
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            <h3 class="text-xl font-bold mb-4 text-gray-800 dark:text-white p-2">Key Takeaways</h3>
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                <li class="flex items-start"><span class="mr-2 text-blue-500 italic">•</span>Trend Research lost $686 million after liquidating over 300,000 ETH as ether fell to $1,750 on February 4, 2025.</li>
                <li class="flex items-start"><span class="mr-2 text-blue-500 italic">•</span>BlackRock’s bitcoin ETF (IBIT) saw a record 2.33 million options contracts traded and $900 million in premiums paid during Thursday’s crash.</li>
                <li class="flex items-start"><span class="mr-2 text-blue-500 italic">•</span>Bitcoin’s price dropped over $10,000 to around $62,000 on February 5, marking its largest single-day decline since November 2022.</li>
            </ul>
        </div><h2 class="text-2xl font-bold mb-4">What remains to be seen</h2>
<p class="mb-6">If bitcoin’s price falls below its 200-week moving average of $58,011, it would mark a breach of a historically significant support level that has only been crossed during major bear market lows, but whether this occurs in the aftermath of the Feb. 5 crash remains unclear.</p>

Mega liquidations shake crypto's core The cryptocurrency market faced a dramatic downturn in early February, with both bitcoin and ether suffering steep declines that triggered massive liquidations across trading desks.

Bitcoin and Ethereum Rout Triggers Liquidations and Bottom Signals Across Crypto Markets

<h2 class="text-2xl font-bold mb-4">$2.6B Liquidated Amid Panic Selling</h2>
<p class="mb-6">The cryptocurrency market was rocked on Thursday as more than $2.6 billion in positions were liquidated during a rapid selloff that sent bitcoin tumbling to $60,000.</p>
<p class="mb-10 max-w-xl">While bitcoin’s drawdown dominated headlines, other major tokens also suffered heavy losses. Ether (ETH) plunged to $1,750 before rebounding, and Zcash (ZEC) lost 34% of its value in just seven days. The scale of the liquidation underscores both the leverage present in crypto markets and the speed at which sentiment can shift when prices nosedive.</p> <h2 class="text-2xl font-bold mb-4">Traders Suspect a Hidden Whale Blowup</h2>
<p class="mb-6">As prices collapsed, speculation mounted about the source of the selling pressure. Some traders described the action as “forced” and “indiscriminate,” suggesting that a large player—possibly based in Asia—was offloading massive holdings with little regard for price impact. Pantera Capital’s Franklin Bi pointed to limited crypto-native counterparties in Asia as a potential clue, but it remains unclear whether a single fund blowup triggered the cascade or if multiple entities were involved.</p>
<p class="mb-6">On paper, bitcoin’s fundamentals have not changed dramatically in recent weeks, but the sudden surge in liquidations and thin liquidity created conditions ripe for outsized volatility. During this period, the relative strength index (RSI) showed bitcoin reaching its third most “oversold” level ever recorded—a rare technical signal that typically only appears during historic drawdowns.</p> <h2 class="text-2xl font-bold mb-4">Extreme Fear Index Hits FTX Lows</h2>
<p class="mb-8 text-lg font-medium">The Crypto Fear and Greed Index dropped to 9 on Friday—its lowest reading since November 2022—signaling “extreme fear” not seen since the FTX debacle.</p>
<p class="mb-6">This sentiment gauge, built around factors like volatility, trading volume, and social media engagement, had already fallen from 42 last month to 16 last week before plunging further as bitcoin neared $60,000. The index serves as a snapshot of market anxiety rather than a predictor of future moves, but such low readings often coincide with periods of capitulation and deleveraging. As reported by coindesk.com, this latest drop was accompanied by a sharp contraction in market momentum and an exodus from risky positions.</p> <h2 class="text-2xl font-bold mb-4">Asia Open Sparks Bitcoin Rebound</h2>
<p class="mb-10 max-w-xl">After hitting overnight lows near $60,000 during late U.S. hourrs on Thursday, bitcoin staged a partial recovery as Asian markets opened on Friday morning.</p>

<p class="mb-6">The price rebounded above $65,000—a swing of more than 8% within hours—as buyers stepped back into the market amid extreme volatility. Volmex’s bitcoin volatility index (BVIV), which measures expected price turbulence over four weeks, spiked from 56% to nearly 100%. Such levels had not been seen since the FTX exchange collapse two years prior. The top five most traded options on Deribit were all bearish puts with strikes ranging from $70,000 down to an extreme $20,000—highlighting just how wide traders perceive potential downside risk to be at present.</p> <h2 class="text-2xl font-bold mb-4">Altcoins Slammed Harder Than Bitcoin</h2>
<p class="mb-6">While bitcoin’s fall grabbed attention due to its size and symbolic significance, altcoins suffered even steeper declines over the past week. Solana (SOL), Optimism (OP), and Ether (ETH) each registered losses around 30%, outpacing even bitcoin’s dramatic slide. Zcash’s 34% weekly drop stood out as one of the sharpest among major cryptocurrencies.</p>
<p class="mb-6">This broad-based pain was compounded by thin liquidity across major trading venues. With fewer buyers willing to step in during moments of stress, token prices became more vulnerable to outsized moves—even minor sell orders could move markets significantly lower. Meanwhile, traditional assets were not immune: since January 28, the Nasdaq 100 fell by 6%, gold declined by 12%, and silver plummeted by 38%, underscoring a wider risk-off mood beyond crypto alone.</p>
<p class="mb-6">ETF activity also surged amid the chaos: BlackRock’s spot bitcoin ETF (IBIT) saw its biggest-ever volume day at $10.7 billion traded and a record $900 million in options premium exchanged—a sign that institutional players were active participants during this volatile episode.</p>
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            <h3 class="text-xl font-bold mb-4 text-gray-800 dark:text-white p-2">Key Points</h3>
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                <li class="flex items-start"><span class="mr-2 text-blue-500 italic">•</span>Over $2.6 billion in crypto positions were liquidated during Thursday’s selloff, with bitcoin dropping to $60,000.</li>
                <li class="flex items-start"><span class="mr-2 text-blue-500 italic">•</span>The Crypto Fear and Greed Index hit 9 on Friday, its lowest since the FTX collapse in November 2022.</li>
                <li class="flex items-start"><span class="mr-2 text-blue-500 italic">•</span>Bitcoin volatility index (BVIV) surged to nearly 100% Thursday, matching levels last seen during the 2022 FTX crisis.</li>
            </ul>
        </div><h2 class="text-2xl font-bold mb-4">What to track going forward</h2>
<p class="mb-6">If the Crypto Fear and Greed Index, which hit an “extreme fear” reading of 9 on Friday—the lowest since the FTX collapse—remains at or below this level in the coming days, it would indicate persistent market stress and continued risk of further forced liquidations.</p>

$2.6B Liquidated Amid Panic Selling The cryptocurrency market was rocked on Thursday as more than $2.6 billion in positions were liquidated during a rapid selloff that sent bitcoin tumbling to $60,000.

Bitcoin Plunges to $60,000: Liquidations, Fear, and Forced Selling Roil Crypto Markets

<h2 class="text-2xl font-bold mb-4">Fear Index Plunges to 2024 Lows</h2>
<p class="mb-6">Bitcoin’s price tumbled below the $70,000 threshold on Thursday, sliding to a session low of $69,917.20 and marking a drop of more than 7% over the previous 24 hours. Ether mirrored the decline, also falling over 7%, as market sentiment deteriorated rapidly. The widely watched Fear and Greed Index—a barometer for investor mood—plummeted to 11, its lowest point in 2024 and a level reached only a handful of times in the past. This sharp swing in sentiment has left traders on edge, with many recalling similar episodes of extreme fear that preceded periods of prolonged volatility.</p>
<p class="mb-6">The current downturn comes at a time when bitcoin is revisiting price zones that acted as strong resistance between March and October 2024. For context, in May 2022, a comparable selloff led to a month-long consolidation before prices slid even lower. Market participants are now watching closely for signs that history could repeat itself.</p>
<br><p class="mb-6 italic text-slate-600 my-8">Alex Kupsikevich, chief market analyst at The FxPro, noted that bitcoin has returned to a resistance area last seen from March to October 2024.</p>
<h2 class="text-2xl font-bold mb-4">Leverage Unwinds Accelerate Crypto Slide</h2>
<p class="mb-10 max-w-xl">Derivatives liquidations have played a central role in amplifying bitcoin’s decline this week. As leveraged positions unwound en masse, selling pressure intensified across major cryptocurrencies—including XRP and ether—triggering further losses. Bitget’s chief market analyst cited not only the impact of derivatives but also macroeconomic headwinds such as heightened geopolitical risk and uncertainty around interest rates. These factors have prompted investors to reduce exposure to higher-beta assets, accelerating the downward momentum.</p>
<p class="mb-6">On paper, the Nasdaq-tracking Invesco QQQ ETF was up slightly by 0.05% in pre-market trading; in contrast, crypto-linked equities took a hit. MicroStrategy shares dropped more than 5%, leaving them nearly 80% below their all-time high from November 2024. Coinbase fell another 2%, while digital asset firms like Strive and Nakamoto each lost around 6%. The disconnect between traditional tech stocks and digital assets has rarely been so stark.</p>

<p class="mb-8 text-lg font-medium">Gold and silver joined the selloff: gold slipped more than 1% to under $4,900 per ounce, while silver plunged over 11% to below $79 per ounce.</p> <h2 class="text-2xl font-bold mb-4">Miners Face Mounting Profit Pressure</h2>
<p class="mb-6">For bitcoin miners, the recent price drop has introduced new financial strains. The average cost to mine one bitcoin currently stands at roughly $87,000—about 20% above spot prices after this week’s fall toward $70,000. This means that many miners are now operating at a loss based on industry-wide production cost estimates that use network difficulty as a key metric. In response, some miners have begun selling their bitcoin reserves to cover energy bills and service debt obligations.</p>
<p class="mb-6">Hashrate—the measure of computational power securing the network—peaked near 1.1 zettahash (ZH/s) last October before dropping by approximately 20%. While it has recently rebounded to around 913 exahash (EH/s), the sector remains under pressure as profitability dwindles. Previous bear markets in both 2019 and 2022 saw bitcoin trade below production costs for extended periods before eventually recovering.</p> <h2 class="text-2xl font-bold mb-4">Historic Selloff Mirrors Past Patterns</h2>
<p class="mb-6">Stifel analysts issued a stark warning on Wednesday: bitcoin could crash as low as $38,000 if historical patterns persist. Their note referenced previous drawdowns of up to 93% (2011), 84% (2015), 83% (2018), and most recently, 76% (2022). With bitcoin having peaked above $126,000 last October before halving its value by June 2025, comparisons to prior cycles are increasingly hard to ignore.</p>
<p class="mb-6">Despite these warnings, broader macroeconomic conditions remain uncertain. The Federal Reserve cut interest rates during its final three meetings of 2025 but maintained a hawkish tone; meanwhile, the Dollar Index has dropped nearly 1% this year after sliding almost 10% in the previous year. Oil prices have also stayed volatile amid escalating U.S.-Iran tensions—a reminder that crypto markets do not operate in isolation.</p>
<p class="mb-6">As reported by coindesk.com, many miners are now selling off their holdings just to keep operations afloat—a move reminiscent of prior capitulation phases during major downturns.</p>
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            <h3 class="text-xl font-bold mb-4 text-gray-800 dark:text-white p-2">The Key Lessons</h3>
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                <li class="flex items-start"><span class="mr-2 text-blue-500 italic">•</span>Bitcoin (BTC) fell below $70,000 to $69,917.20, dropping over 7% in the past 24 hours.</li>
                <li class="flex items-start"><span class="mr-2 text-blue-500 italic">•</span>The Fear and Greed Index plunged to 11.00, its lowest level in 2024 and rarely seen historically.</li>
                <li class="flex items-start"><span class="mr-2 text-blue-500 italic">•</span>Derivatives liquidations and leveraged selling accelerated declines across major cryptocurrencies, including ether (ETH) and XRP.</li>
            </ul>
        </div><h2 class="text-2xl font-bold mb-4">Key variables ahead</h2>
<p class="mb-6">MicroStrategy is scheduled to report fourth-quarter earnings later Thursday, and if the company discloses additional bitcoin sales or impairment losses amid BTC's drop below $70,000—now about 20% under the estimated $87,000 mining cost—it could trigger further immediate selling pressure from miners and institutional holders.</p>

Fear Index Plunges to 2024 Lows Bitcoin’s price tumbled below the $70,000 threshold on Thursday, sliding to a session low of $69,917.20 and marking a drop of more than 7% over the previous 24 hours.

Bitcoin Sinks Below $70,000 as Fear Index Hits Yearly Lows and Liquidations Surge

<h2 class="text-2xl font-bold mb-4">Investors Reverse Course After Prolonged Outflows</h2>
<p class="mb-6">After nearly ten consecutive days of withdrawals, U.S.-listed spot bitcoin ETFs witnessed a dramatic reversal on Monday. Investors poured $561.8 million into these funds, marking the largest single-day net inflow since January 14. This influx ended a four-day streak of outflows that had seen $1.5 billion leave spot bitcoin ETFs just last week. The abrupt turnaround comes as bitcoin's price tumbled from highs near $98,000 to a low below $75,000, presenting what some traders viewed as an opportunity to buy at a discount.</p>
<p class="mb-6">On paper, the recent inflows suggest renewed confidence—but the year-to-date picture remains negative. As of Tuesday, spot bitcoin ETFs still showed $1 billion in net outflows for 2024, with total outflows reaching $4.6 billion and only $3.6 billion in offsetting inflows over the same period.</p>
<br><p class="mb-6 italic text-slate-600 my-8">Spot bitcoin ETFs now account for about 1.3 million BTC in assets under management, down from the October 2023 peak of 1.37 million BTC.</p>
<h2 class="text-2xl font-bold mb-4">BlackRock and Fidelity Lead Fresh Surge</h2>
<p class="mb-6">The recent surge was not evenly distributed among all 11 U.S.-listed bitcoin ETFs. BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT) and Fidelity’s FBTC stood out as top beneficiaries, attracting $142 million and $153.3 million in inflows respectively on Monday. This renewed interest follows several weeks where even major players saw consistent redemptions.</p>
<p class="mb-8 text-lg font-medium">Meanwhile, Grayscale’s Bitcoin Trust posted weekly outflows of $119 million, highlighting ongoing divergence between ETF providers.</p>
<p class="mb-10 max-w-xl">Despite strong daily inflows for IBIT and FBTC, it is uncertain whether this momentum will persist or if it merely reflects opportunistic buying after sharp price declines.</p>
<h2 class="text-2xl font-bold mb-4">ETF Holdings Dip Below October Peak</h2>
<p class="mb-6">Spot bitcoin ETFs now collectively hold about 1.3 million BTC in assets under management—a figure roughly 5% lower than their October peak of 1.37 million BTC. This reduction underscores the impact of recent outflows and suggests that while Monday’s inflow was significant, it has not yet reversed the broader trend of diminished holdings across these products.</p>
<p class="mb-6">According to coindesk.com, these shifts in ETF holdings have coincided with notable volatility in bitcoin prices, which hit a year-to-date low of $74,555 on Monday before rebounding above $79,000 later that day.</p>
<h2 class="text-2xl font-bold mb-4">$1.5 Billion Out Last Week—Now What?</h2>
<p class="mb-6">Last week’s exodus of $1.5 billion from U.S.-listed spot bitcoin ETFs was mirrored globally; exchange-traded products tracking bitcoin saw net outflows totaling $1.35 billion worldwide over the same period. Notably, Galaxy Digital’s research head pointed out that bitcoin traded up to 10% below the average cost basis for U.S. ETF holders—calculated at around $84,099—during the weekend selloff.</p>
<p class="mb-6">This gap between current market price (near $78,000) and average ETF entry point leaves many investors underwater for now. Historically, such conditions have sometimes led to further selling as holders cut losses or wait for a recovery back above their initial investment levels.</p>
<p class="mb-6">Yet technical indicators like the daily Relative Strength Index (RSI) dropping into the low 20s—a zone often followed by rebounds—suggest potential for short-term reversals even amid broader uncertainty.</p>
<h2 class="text-2xl font-bold mb-4">Cost Basis Gap Raises Investor Risks</h2>
<p class="mb-6">The average cost basis across U.S.-listed spot bitcoin ETFs stands at approximately $84,099 per BTC, while spot prices remain about 7% lower than that mark as of early this week. Over the weekend, this gap widened to as much as 10%, intensifying pressure on recent buyers who may be facing unrealized losses.</p>
<p class="mb-6">It is unclear whether Monday’s record inflow signals a longer-term shift or is simply a reaction to perceived “fire-sale” conditions after a steep drawdown from all-time highs—a drop measured at roughly 40% from peak levels.</p>
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            <h3 class="text-xl font-bold mb-4 text-gray-800 dark:text-white p-2">Quick Recap</h3>
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                <li class="flex items-start"><span class="mr-2 text-blue-500 italic">•</span>U.S.-listed bitcoin ETFs saw $561.8 million in inflows on Monday, the largest single-day net inflow since January 14.</li>
                <li class="flex items-start"><span class="mr-2 text-blue-500 italic">•</span>Year-to-date, spot bitcoin ETFs have $1 billion in net outflows as of Tuesday, with $4.6 billion out and $3.6 billion in.</li>
                <li class="flex items-start"><span class="mr-2 text-blue-500 italic">•</span>BlackRock’s IBIT and Fidelity’s FBTC led Monday’s surge with $142 million and $153.3 million in inflows, respectively.</li>
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        </div><h2 class="text-2xl font-bold mb-4">What could influence sentiment</h2>
<p class="mb-6">If U.S.-listed bitcoin ETFs sustain inflows above Monday’s $561.8 million—the largest since January 14—after last week’s $1.5 billion in outflows, it would immediately signal renewed institutional demand following a near ten-day outflow streak; however, whether this reversal persists remains unclear.</p>

Investors Reverse Course After Prolonged Outflows After nearly ten consecutive days of withdrawals, U.S.-listed spot bitcoin ETFs witnessed a dramatic reversal on Monday.

Bitcoin ETF Flows Swing Back as Bargain Hunters Move In

<h2 class="text-2xl font-bold mb-4">$290 Billion Vanishes in Weekend Rout</h2>
<p class="mb-6">The cryptocurrency market endured a bruising weekend, with bitcoin plunging to $74,000—its lowest point since April 2025—and the total crypto market capitalization shedding a staggering $290 billion since Saturday. This sharp downturn was accompanied by a parallel drop in ether, which fell to $2,164 before both leading tokens rebounded slightly by about 1% since midnight UTC. The selloff unfolded in an environment of thin liquidity, amplifying price swings and triggering widespread liquidations across digital assets.</p>
<p class="mb-10 max-w-xl">Major and minor tokens alike tracked bitcoin’s trajectory, with CoinDesk reporting that nearly all of its 16 tracked indices have posted losses between 15% and 19% for the year so far. Indexes focused on decentralized finance (DeFi), smart contracts, and computing coins have fared even worse, down 20% to 25% year-to-date.</p>  <h2 class="text-2xl font-bold mb-4">Cramer: "Where Are the Bitcoin Bulls?"</h2>
<p class="mb-6">Jim Cramer, CNBC host and vocal bitcoin holder, questioned the conviction of bitcoin bulls as the asset tumbled over the weekend. Cramer cited strategist Jessica Inskip’s view that a key support zone might exist near $73,000—a level now in focus after the latest flash crash. He argued that bitcoin needed to reclaim $77,000 to regain momentum toward the low-$80,000s, suggesting that this would serve as a “launching pad” for any potential recovery.</p>
<p class="mb-6">Cramer also highlighted how the current decline underscores bitcoin’s notorious volatility and its unreliability for short-term transactions. On paper, bitcoin is often touted as “digital gold,” but its double-digit percentage swings continue to challenge that narrative.</p>
<p class="mb-8 text-lg font-medium">Cramer acknowledged that he personally owns bitcoin despite these concerns.</p> <h2 class="text-2xl font-bold mb-4">Crypto Stocks Hit Hardest on Wall Street</h2>
<p class="mb-6">The shockwaves from bitcoin’s plunge did not stop at digital assets. U.S.-listed crypto stocks faced steep declines in pre-market trading: MicroStrategy (MSTR) dropped more than 6%, Galaxy Digital (GLXY) fell over 7%, while IREN (IREN) and Cipher Mining (CIFR) each lost about 4%. Coinbase (COIN), one of the largest crypto exchanges by volume, slid roughly 4%. These moves coincided with an uptick in broader market volatility—the Volatility S&P 500 Index (VIX) jumped 10% on the day—while S&P 500 futures retreated by 0.58% and Nasdaq 100 futures by 0.85% ahead of Monday’s open.</p>
<p class="mb-10 max-w-xl">The correlation between crypto and equities appeared especially pronounced this weekend as leveraged traders may have been forced to liquidate positions in both markets to cover margin calls or raise cash amid falling prices.</p> <h2 class="text-2xl font-bold mb-4">Why it Matters: Altcoins Follow Bitcoin’s Lead</h2>
<p class="mb-6">Bitcoin’s dominance remains evident despite thousands of new altcoins entering the market as of 2026. Nearly every major token mirrored BTC’s decline: Aave’s AAVE token plunged 26%, while only a handful like Hyperliquid’s HYPE managed positive returns year-to-date—up 20%, though recently pulling back from $34.80 to $30. DefiLlama data shows that platforms such as Hyperliquid, Pump, Aave, Jupiter, Aerodrome, Ligther, Base, and Tron remain among the top revenue generators over the past month.</p>
<p class="mb-6">For investors who believed diversification into DeFi or smart contract tokens would insulate them from bitcoin-led volatility, the current rout delivers a sobering lesson: most digital assets still “dance to BTC's tune.”</p> <h2 class="text-2xl font-bold mb-4">MicroStrategy Quietly Buys the Dip</h2>
<p class="mb-6">While many traders scrambled to manage risk during the downturn, Michael Saylor—executive chairman of MicroStrategy—hinted at another round of corporate bitcoin accumulation. On Sunday he tweeted simply “more orange,” fueling speculation that his company added to its already massive BTC holdings during the dip. Short sellers may be targeting both bitcoin and crypto-exposed equities ahead of MicroStrategy’s upcoming earnings report later this week.</p>
<p class="mb-6">It is unclear how much additional bitcoin MicroStrategy acquired or whether this move will help stabilize sentiment in coming days.</p>
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                <li class="flex items-start"><span class="mr-2 text-blue-500 italic">•</span>Bitcoin dropped to $74,000 over the weekend, its lowest level since April 2025, erasing $290 billion in market cap.</li>
                <li class="flex items-start"><span class="mr-2 text-blue-500 italic">•</span>Major crypto indices tracked by CoinDesk are down 15%-19% year-to-date, with DeFi and smart contract indexes down 20%-25%.</li>
                <li class="flex items-start"><span class="mr-2 text-blue-500 italic">•</span>Crypto-related U.S. equities like MicroStrategy and Galaxy Digital fell over 6% and 7% respectively in pre-market trading.</li>
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        </div><h2 class="text-2xl font-bold mb-4">Key points still in play</h2>
<p class="mb-6">MicroStrategy’s company report later this week remains a key scheduled event, as short sellers may be pressing bitcoin ahead of it; if bitcoin fails to reclaim the $77,000 level before the report, immediate downside pressure on both BTC and crypto-related equities could intensify.</p>

$290 Billion Vanishes in Weekend Rout The cryptocurrency market endured a bruising weekend, with bitcoin plunging to $74,000—its lowest point since April 2025—and the total crypto market capitalization shedding a staggering $290 billion...

Bitcoin Slides Below $75,000 as Crypto Market Faces $290 Billion Rout

<h2 class="text-2xl font-bold mb-4">Warsh’s Crypto Skepticism Haunts Markets</h2>
<p class="mb-6">Donald Trump’s nomination of Kevin Warsh as the next U.S. Federal Reserve chair has reignited debate over the central bank’s stance on digital assets. Warsh, age 55, brings a complex history to the role: he served as the youngest-ever Fed governor from 2006 to 2011 and was a key player during the 2008 financial crisis. Despite his Wall Street pedigree at Morgan Stanley and his policy background under George W. Bush, Warsh’s relationship with crypto is anything but straightforward.</p>
<p class="mb-6">In 2015, Warsh expressed doubts about bitcoin’s ability to serve as a stable medium of exchange. Yet he acknowledged blockchain technology as “the newest, coolest software,” hinting at its disruptive potential in finance. This duality—skepticism about bitcoin as money but enthusiasm for its underlying tech—has left crypto traders unsure what to expect from his leadership.</p> <h2 class="text-2xl font-bold mb-4">Bitcoin’s Slide Follows Fed Shakeup Leak</h2>
<p class="mb-6">The market wasted no time reacting to news of Warsh’s likely appointment. After reports surfaced that Trump intended to replace Jerome Powell with Warsh, bitcoin’s price dropped sharply, falling back to $81,000. The move came despite a brief rally after Trump confirmed the nomination on Truth Social; bitcoin rose 0.7% before settling near $82,600 later in the day.</p>

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<p class="mb-8 text-lg font-medium">Risk markets across the board—including cryptocurrencies—registered immediate volatility following the leak.</p>
<p class="mb-10 max-w-xl">This swift reaction underscores how sensitive digital asset markets remain to perceived changes in monetary policy leadership, especially when uncertainty clouds the incoming chair’s stance on innovation and regulation.</p> <h2 class="text-2xl font-bold mb-4">Druckenmiller’s Protégé Faces Digital Dollar Questions</h2>
<p class="mb-6">On paper, Warsh appears to straddle two worlds: traditional finance and emerging fintech. Since leaving the Fed in 2011, he has been a partner at Duquesne Capital Management, working closely with hedge fund billionaire Stanley Druckenmiller—a relationship described as akin to father and son. Druckenmiller told the Financial Times that “no one [is] better equipped” than Warsh for the Fed chair role and emphasized that Warsh is not always hawkish on interest rates.</p>
<p class="mb-6">But Warsh’s direct involvement in crypto ventures adds another layer of intrigue. He invested in Basis, an algorithmic central bank project that sought to create a price-stable cryptocurrency before shuttering due to regulatory concerns. Additionally, Warsh has advised Electric Capital, a venture firm focused on blockchain and fintech startups.</p>
<p class="mb-6">Despite these credentials, it remains uncertain whether Warsh would champion or constrain a digital dollar initiative if confirmed as Fed chair.</p> <h2 class="text-2xl font-bold mb-4">Why It Matters: Practical Impact for Crypto Markets</h2>
<p class="mb-6">For traders and industry leaders alike, Warsh’s nomination lands at a critical juncture. Jerome Powell’s current term expires on May 15, 2026—a date now looming larger for anyone watching U.S. monetary policy and its ripple effects on crypto valuations. As recently as July, Warsh argued that bitcoin could serve as a form of “market discipline” without weakening the Fed’s ability to manage the economy, according to cointelegraph.com.</p>
<p class="mb-6">However, his criticism of “ultra-loose” monetary policy and calls for a “regime change” at the Fed could signal tighter conditions ahead—potentially dampening risk appetite across digital assets. The fact that gold and silver prices dropped alongside bitcoin after Trump’s announcement only highlights how broad-based these market jitters have become.</p> <h2 class="text-2xl font-bold mb-4">Old-School Banker, New-Tech Challenge</h2>
<p class="mb-6">Warsh is no stranger to navigating uncharted waters; during his tenure at the Fed from 2006 through 2011 he was tasked with bridging communication between central bankers and financial markets amid historic turmoil. Now, he faces an entirely new set of challenges: guiding U.S. monetary policy at a time when cryptocurrencies are both maturing and facing unprecedented regulatory scrutiny.</p>
<p class="mb-6">His previous writings warn against unchecked balance-sheet expansion by central banks—a stance that may affect future decisions about stablecoins or central bank digital currencies (CBDCs). Whether this means stricter oversight or more open experimentation is still up in the air.</p>
<p class="mb-8 text-lg font-medium">Crypto markets may have reacted quickly this week—but their longer-term direction under Warsh remains deeply uncertain.</p>
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                <li class="flex items-start"><span class="mr-2 text-blue-500 italic">•</span>On the day Trump confirmed Kevin Warsh's Fed chair nomination, bitcoin briefly rose 0.7% before returning to around $82,600.</li>
                <li class="flex items-start"><span class="mr-2 text-blue-500 italic">•</span>Following leaks of Warsh’s likely appointment, bitcoin’s price dropped sharply to $81,000 amid broader risk market declines.</li>
                <li class="flex items-start"><span class="mr-2 text-blue-500 italic">•</span>In 2015, Warsh expressed skepticism about bitcoin as a stable medium of exchange but praised blockchain’s disruptive potential.</li>
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        </div><h2 class="text-2xl font-bold mb-4">What to watch closely</h2>
<p class="mb-6">If the Senate schedules a confirmation hearing for Kevin Warsh following President Trump’s nomination announced Friday on Truth Social, immediate market reactions—such as Bitcoin’s price movement, which briefly rose 0.7% before returning to $82,600 after the news—will provide a concrete signal of investor sentiment toward his potential leadership at the Fed.</p>

Warsh’s Crypto Skepticism Haunts Markets Donald Trump’s nomination of Kevin Warsh as the next U.S. Federal Reserve chair has reignited debate over the central bank’s stance on digital assets.

Kevin Warsh’s Fed Chair Nomination Sends Crypto Markets Spinning

<h2 class="text-2xl font-bold mb-4">ETF Outflows Fuel Steep Selloff</h2>
<p class="mb-6">Bitcoin’s price tumbled through the $85,000 level and briefly touched $81,000 during U.S. trading hours on Thursday, marking one of the sharpest declines since late last year. The selloff coincided with nearly $1 billion in outflows from U.S.-listed spot bitcoin and ether ETFs in a single day. Investors pulled $817.9 million from spot bitcoin ETFs on January 29, the largest daily outflow since November 20. Ether ETFs were also hit hard, losing $155.6 million on the same day, and total ether ETF assets fell to $16.75 billion from over $18 billion earlier in the month.</p>
<p class="mb-10 max-w-xl">Major funds were not spared: BlackRock’s IBIT saw $317.8 million redeemed, Fidelity’s FBTC lost $168 million, and Grayscale’s GBTC had another $119.4 million exit.</p>
<p class="mb-6">On paper, ETFs are designed to provide stability and easy access for investors; in practice this week, they became a channel for rapid capital flight as sentiment turned.</p> <h2 class="text-2xl font-bold mb-4">Liquidations Mount as Bulls Retreat</h2>
<p class="mb-6">The cascade of redemptions set off a chain reaction across derivatives makrets. More than $1.7 billion in leveraged positions were liquidated within 24 hours, with 93% of these coming from long bets on rising prices. Bitcoin accounted for about $780 million of these forced liquidations, while ether contributed over $414 million. The largest single wipeout was an $80.57 million BTC-USDT position on HTX exchange.</p>
<p class="mb-8 text-lg font-medium">Roughly 267,370 traders saw their positions forcibly closed as exchanges moved to cover margin shortfalls.</p>
<p class="mb-6">Long exposure dominated the pain: Hyperliquid reported $598 million in liquidations (94% long), Bybit followed with $339 million, and Binance logged $181 million—all with longs bearing the brunt. Short sellers did not escape unscathed but accounted for just $118 million in liquidations.</p> <h2 class="text-2xl font-bold mb-4">Volatility Surges to November Highs</h2>
<p class="mb-6">As prices unraveled, volatility metrics spiked to levels not seen since November. Deribit’s bitcoin volatility index (DVOL) jumped from around 37 to above 44 during Thursday’s sell-off, signaling a sharp rise in expected price swings over the next month based on options pricing. At the same time, Wall Street’s VIX—a barometer of equity market nerves—also climbed higher.</p>

<p class="mb-6">Deribit data placed bitcoin’s implied volatility (IV) rank at 36 and IV percentile near 50, suggesting that while options traders are bracing for more turbulence ahead, outright panic has yet to take hold. Some participants are now targeting the $70,000 mark as a possible destination if selling pressure persists in coming weeks.</p> <h2 class="text-2xl font-bold mb-4">Dollar Strength Adds to Crypto Woes</h2>
<p class="mb-10 max-w-xl">The rout in crypto was mirrored by moves in traditional markets: silver dropped 20% from Thursday’s record high of $121 to trade at $96, while gold slid below $5,000 after falling 11% from Wednesday’s peak of $5,600.</p>
<p class="mb-6">Meanwhile, the U.S. dollar index (DXY) posted a gain of 0.57%, adding further headwinds for risk assets like bitcoin and ether as a stronger dollar tends to sap demand for alternative stores of value. Uncertainty around Federal Reserve leadership—specifically expectations that Kevin Warsh may become chairman—added another layer of caution across global markets.</p>
<p class="mb-6">As risk aversion spread, even high-flying NFT projects like Pudgy Penguins continued retail sales momentum but could not offset broader declines; the CoinDesk 20 Index is down 6.6% since January began.</p> <h2 class="text-2xl font-bold mb-4">Why It Matters</h2>
<p class="mb-6">The synchronized drop across crypto tokens and related ETFs underscores how tightly interconnected digital assets have become with traditional financial flows and sentiment shifts. With nearly $1.8 billion erased through forced liquidations and ETF outflows topping records within a single day, many traders are rethinking leverage strategies heading into February.</p>
<p class="mb-6">It remains uncertain whether support near current levels will hold or if deeper losses toward the targeted $70,000 region will materialize soon. As reported by coindesk.com, options markets signal caution but not outright panic—yet mass unwinding of bullish bets has already changed the landscape for both retail and institutional participants this week.</p>
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                <li class="flex items-start"><span class="mr-2 text-blue-500 italic">•</span>Bitcoin fell through $85,000, briefly touching $81,000 during U.S. trading hours on January 29, 2024.</li>
                <li class="flex items-start"><span class="mr-2 text-blue-500 italic">•</span>Over $1.7 billion in leveraged crypto positions were liquidated in 24 hours, with 93% from long positions.</li>
                <li class="flex items-start"><span class="mr-2 text-blue-500 italic">•</span>U.S.-listed spot bitcoin ETFs saw $817.9 million in outflows on January 29, the largest daily exit since November 20.</li>
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        </div><h2 class="text-2xl font-bold mb-4">What remains under scrutiny</h2>
<p class="mb-6">If outflows from U.S.-listed spot bitcoin and ether ETFs, which totaled nearly $1 billion on Thursday, continue at this scale in the coming sessions, immediate further pressure on bitcoin’s price and additional liquidations—already at $1.68 billion in the past 24 hours—would be likely; whether ETF redemptions persist or subside remains unclear.</p>

ETF Outflows Fuel Steep Selloff Bitcoin’s price tumbled through the $85,000 level and briefly touched $81,000 during U.S.

Bitcoin Plunges Below $81,000 as ETF Outflows and Liquidations Trigger Market Shakeout

<h2 class="text-2xl font-bold mb-4">Ethereum fees drop, usage surges</h2>
<p class="mb-6">Ethereum’s network activity has remained robust even as the broader crypto market faces persistent weakness. Over the past week, Ethereum processed 16.</p>
<p class="mb-6">Alongside record transaction counts, daily active user numbers have climbed to new highs. The network’s ability to handle surging activity without pricing out users has been attributed in part to the December 2025 Fusaka upgrade, which increased data capacity and introduced more efficient transaction batching. As a result, Ethereum’s fee environment now sits at a nine-year low, creating a more accessible landscape for both retail users and developers.</p>
<br><p class="mb-6 italic text-slate-600 my-8">Weekly decentralized exchange volume on Ethereum reached $13 billion, rising from $8.15 billion just four weeks earlier.</p>
<p class="mb-10 max-w-xl">On paper, these metrics signal strength; yet, the price of Ether (ETH) has not reflected the underlying growth.</p> <h2 class="text-2xl font-bold mb-4">Bullish bets liquidated as ETH dips</h2>
<p class="mb-6">Despite positive network fundamentals, Ether experienced a sharp 15.9% correction over the seven days ending Sunday, falling 14% from its 2026 high above $3,200. This downturn triggered $910 million in liquidations for leveraged bullish positions—traders who had bet on rising prices were forced out as markets moved against them. The sell-off left ETH trading 41% below its all-time high of $4,950 set in August 2025.</p>

<p class="mb-6">In response to the correction, Ethereum’s network fees actually jumped by 19% over the same week—a sign that transactional demand remains sticky even during price volatility. Market analysts point to this technical correction as a retest of key support levels rather than a fundamental breakdown.</p> <h2 class="text-2xl font-bold mb-4">Layer-2s eclipse rivals in volume</h2>
<p class="mb-8 text-lg font-medium">Aggregate weekly transactions on Ethereum’s layer-2 networks surged to 128 million, overtaking both BNB Chain and Tron by volume.</p>
<p class="mb-6">This growth highlights how scaling solutions are absorbing much of Ethereum’s transactional load while keeping costs low for end users. Decentralized exchange (DEX) activity further underscores this trend: DEX volumes across the Ethereum ecosystem hit $26.8 billion last week, with $13 billion coming directly from mainnet-based protocols—up from just $8.15 billion four weeks prior.</p>
<p class="mb-6">However, not every project is thriving in this environment. Forgotten Runiverse, an MMORPG built on Ethereum’s Ronin scaling network and backed by investors like Alexis Ohanian, announced it will go offline less than a year after launch due to financial infeasibility. All player data will be preserved while the team considers next steps.</p> <h2 class="text-2xl font-bold mb-4">Traders eye $10K despite correction</h2>
<p class="mb-6">While ETH remains well below its previous peak, some traders continue to set ambitious targets for this cycle. Technical analysis using methods such as Wyckoff patterns and liquidity cycles points to potential price levels between $10,000 and $15,000 if key supports are reclaimed. Annie, a crypto analyst cited by cointelegraph.com, highlighted that these models suggest a breakout above $10K is still possible for ETH this cycle.</p>

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<p class="mb-6">Bitcoinsensus also shared a bullish outlook based on recurring cycle patterns seen in previous years. However, until ETH reclaims critical support zones lost during the recent correction—and with nearly a billion dollars already liquidated from long positions—the path higher remains uncertain.</p> <h2 class="text-2xl font-bold mb-4">Why it matters: Practical impact beyond price</h2>
<p class="mb-6">Ethereum’s technical roadmap extends far beyond short-term price action. On January 24th, the Ethereum Foundation announced the formation of a dedicated Post Quantum team led by Thomas Coratger to address future cryptographic threats posed by quantum computers. According to Antonio Sanso of the Foundation, Ethereum is “probably 20%” of the way toward full quantum resilience—a process expected to take years as multi-client test networks come online and new standards are developed.</p>
<p class="mb-6">The median expectation for quantum computers capable of breaking current cryptography is set at 2040; however, there is a one-in-five chance happen by 2030. With post-quantum security now declared a top strategic priority and biweekly core developer calls underway since February 4th, Ethereum is positioning itself proactively for long-term stability—even as near-term market sentiment remains volatile.</p>
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                <li class="flex items-start"><span class="mr-2 text-blue-500 italic">•</span>Ethereum processed 16.4 million weekly transactions with fees below $0.20, following the December 2025 Fusaka upgrade.</li>
                <li class="flex items-start"><span class="mr-2 text-blue-500 italic">•</span>Ether (ETH) price dropped 15.9% in seven days, triggering $910 million in bullish leveraged liquidations.</li>
                <li class="flex items-start"><span class="mr-2 text-blue-500 italic">•</span>Ethereum layer-2 networks handled 128 million aggregate weekly transactions, surpassing BNB Chain and Tron in volume.</li>
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<p class="mb-6">A post-quantum (PQ) roadmap for Ethereum will be released soon, and if the Ethereum Foundation provides a concrete timeline or technical targets in this document, it would immediately clarify the next steps for the network’s quantum resilience efforts; however, the exact release date remains unclear.</p>

Ethereum fees drop, usage surges Ethereum’s network activity has remained robust even as the broader crypto market faces persistent weakness.

Ethereum Metrics Signal Resilience Amid Price Pressure and Quantum Security Push

<h2 class="text-2xl font-bold mb-4">Metals Fever Draws Eyes From Crypto</h2>
<p class="mb-6">In a week marked by historic milestones for precoius metals, gold and silver have surged to all-time highs, reshaping investor attention and trading behavior across digital asset markets. Gold briefly topped $5,100 an ounce on Monday before settling near $5,043, while silver soared as high as $118 during intraday trading—its largest one-day swing since 2008—before closing at $108. These moves represent a 15% gain for gold over the past month and a staggering 57% jump for silver since the start of the year. The dramatic rallies have coincided with subdued action in major cryptocurrencies, leaving bitcoin and ether range-bound amid declining volumes.</p>
<p class="mb-6">The timing is notable: the U.S. dollar index (DXY) dropped to its weakest level since September, falling more than 1% against the yen to 154.07 on Monday. As metals rallied, many traders shifted focus away from crypto, especially with the Federal Reserve widely expected to keep interest rates unchanged at its policy meeting on Wednesday. With traditional safe-haven assets dominating headlines, digital assets have struggled to maintain momentum.</p> <h2 class="text-2xl font-bold mb-4">Bitcoin Volume Plunges As Gold Shines</h2>
<p class="mb-6">Trading activity in bitcoin has slowed dramatically as metals attract speculative flows. Over the past 24 hours, daily trading volume for bitcoin fell by 25%, dropping to just $35 billion. Ether fared no better: its volume shrank by 21% to $24.6 billion in the same period. This decline in liquidity has left prices stagnant—bitcoin hovered near $88,000 early in the week, modestly lower from late Friday’s $90,000 mark and down about 4% over seven days.</p>
<p class="mb-10 max-w-xl">According to coindesk.com, cumulative outflows from spot bitcoin ETFs exceeded $1.3 billion last week, underscoring waning institutional interest even as metals set new records.</p>
<p class="mb-6">Other major cryptocurrencies followed suit: ether traded around $2,300–$2,940 depending on the session; solana (SOL) held near $124.64; XRP at $1.9033; and dogecoin (DOGE) at $0.1223—all posting small declines as traders stayed cautious. Glassnode data shows bitcoin’s spot cumulative volume delta has flipped sharply negative, reflecting persistent sell pressure and risk-off sentiment among participants.</p> <h2 class="text-2xl font-bold mb-4">Silver’s Wild Ride Jolts Derivatives Markets</h2>
<p class="mb-8 text-lg font-medium">Silver’s surge hasn’t just been confined to spot markets—it has electrified derivatives trading as well.</p>
<p class="mb-6">On Hyperliquid, a popular derivatives exchange catering to crypto-native traders, silver futures contracts (SILVER-USDC) posted nearly $994 million in daily trading volume during Asia hours alone. Open interest for these contracts reached approximately $154.5 million—a level rarely seen for non-digital assets on such platforms. For context, silver futures now trail only bitcoin and ether pairs in terms of volume on Hyperliquid, surpassing established altcoins like solana and XRP.</p>
<p class="mb-6">This influx of activity comes with its own volatility: funding rates for SILVER-USDC remain slightly negative as traders bet both ways on continued price swings following silver’s recent spike above $117 an ounce before retreating. The sheer scale of this movement has revived memories of previous market crises—the bitcoin-to-silver ratio is approaching levels last observed during the FTX collapse in late 2022.</p>
<p class="mb-6">On paper, crypto exchanges are built for digital assets—but this week they’re seeing record volumes driven by old-world commodities instead.</p> <h2 class="text-2xl font-bold mb-4">Low Liquidity Squeezes Crypto Traders</h2>
<p class="mb-6">As metals capture attention and capital flows out of crypto funds, liquidity conditions have tightened further for digital asset traders. Bitfinex analysts expect bitcoin to remain trapped between $85,000 and $94,500 until a significant catalyst emerges—such as regulatory clarity or a shift in macroeconomic policy. Yet with U.S. lawmakers potentially delaying key legislation like the Clarity Act due to government shutdown risks, uncertainty prevails.</p>
<p class="mb-6">Meanwhile, KuCoin has managed to buck broader trends: it captured a record share of centralized exchange volume in 2025 with over $1.25 trillion traded as its growth outpaced that of the overall crypto market.</p>
<p class="mb-10 max-w-xl">For now, most crypto traders remain on the sidelines—waiting for either momentum to return or metals fever to subside.</p>
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                <li class="flex items-start"><span class="mr-2 text-blue-500 italic">•</span>Gold briefly surpassed $5,100 an ounce on Monday, up 15% over the past 30 days before retreating to $5,043.</li>
                <li class="flex items-start"><span class="mr-2 text-blue-500 italic">•</span>Silver reached an intraday high of $118, its biggest one-day swing since 2008, and is up 57% year-to-date.</li>
                <li class="flex items-start"><span class="mr-2 text-blue-500 italic">•</span>Bitcoin daily trading volume dropped 25% to $35 billion in 24 hours, with cumulative ETF outflows exceeding $1.3 billion last week.</li>
            </ul>
        </div><h2 class="text-2xl font-bold mb-4">Factors to watch closely</h2>
<p class="mb-6">The Federal Reserve's policy meeting on Wednesday, where rates are widely expected to be held steady, could trigger immediate moves in both gold and crypto markets if the outcome diverges from expectations; if spot bitcoin ETF outflows, which exceeded $1.3 billion over the past week, persist or accelerate, further downward pressure on BTC prices is likely in the near term.</p>

Metals Fever Draws Eyes From Crypto In a week marked by historic milestones for precoius metals, gold and silver have surged to all-time highs, reshaping investor attention and trading behavior across digital asset markets.

Gold and Silver’s Record Surge Leaves Crypto Markets in the Shadows

<h2 class="text-2xl font-bold mb-4">GameStop’s Bitcoin Exit Raises Eyebrows</h2>
<p class="mb-6">GameStop, the video game retailer known for its volatile stock and meme-fueled rallies, has moved its entire bitcoin treasury—4,710 BTC valued at roughly $420 million—to Coinbase Prime this week.</p>
<p class="mb-6">The company had accumulated its bitcoin position across several investments, with an average purchase price of $107,900 per coin. At current market prices hovering around $89,000 to $90,800 per BTC during the transfer, GameStop faces a potential loss of between $76 million and $84 million if it chooses to liquidate now. The scale and timing of this move have caught the attention of both crypto analysts and traditional investors.</p>
<br><p class="mb-6 italic text-slate-600 my-8">Arkham Intelligence and CryptoQuant both tracked the 4,710 BTC transfer to Coinbase Prime on blockchain data this week.</p>
<h2 class="text-2xl font-bold mb-4">Coinbase Transfer Fuels Sell-Off Rumors</h2>
<p class="mb-6">Coinbase Prime is known for providing institutional-grade custody and trading services through a regulated trust structure. By shifting all 4,710 BTC to Coinbase Prime, GameStop has effectively placed its entire cryptocurrency reserve in a position where it could be rapidly sold or otherwise managed on behalf of the company. Blockchain data confirms that no partial amounts were left behind; the full balance was moved in one coordinated action.</p>
<p class="mb-8 text-lg font-medium">On paper, GameStop’s move looks like a preparation to sell—but so far, there’s no official confirmation.</p>

<p class="mb-10 max-w-xl">CryptoQuant estimates indicate that if GameStop sells at current levels near $89,000 per bitcoin, it will realize a loss close to $84 million compared to its original investment of approximately $504 million. This contrasts sharply with the narrative often associated with corporate bitcoin treasuries as long-term bets on digital assets appreciating over time.</p>
<h2 class="text-2xl font-bold mb-4">Crypto Watchers Eye Possible GME Loss</h2>
<p class="mb-6">Market observers are focused on whether GameStop will actually pull the trigger on a sale or simply reposition its holdings for security or liquidity reasons. As reported by coindesk.com, neither GameStop nor Coinbase has issued any public comment regarding the intent behind this major transfer. The lack of official communication has fueled speculation among both crypto traders and GME shareholders about what comes next.</p>
<p class="mb-6">The numbers are stark: at an average entry price of $107,900 per BTC and current values below $91,000, any immediate sale would cement tens of millions in losses for GameStop’s balance sheet. It’s unclear whether this outcome aligns with CEO Ryan Cohen’s vision for digital asset management or if it signals a pivot away from crypto altogether.</p>

<h2 class="text-2xl font-bold mb-4">$84 Million Hit Looms for GME</h2>
<p class="mb-6">GameStop’s potential loss is not just theoretical. Should they sell at prevailing prices—such as $90,800 per bitcoin—the company would book an estimated loss of around $76 million according to multiple blockchain analytics sources. At slightly lower prices near $89,000 per coin, that figure rises to roughly $84 million in red ink. For a company that invested over half a billion dollars into digital assets within a single month, such a reversal is significant both financially and reputationally.</p>
<p class="mb-6">This episode also highlights how quickly market conditions can turn against even high-profile corporate entrants into crypto markets. In February, CEO Ryan Cohen met with MicroStrategy chair Michael Saylor to discuss Bitcoin treasury strategies—a conversation that appeared to set the stage for GameStop’s rapid accumulation in May. Now just weeks later, those same holdings may be on the chopping block at a steep discount.</p>
<h2 class="text-2xl font-bold mb-4">Ryan Cohen Doubles Down on GME</h2>
<p class="mb-6">While uncertainty surrounds GameStop’s crypto playbook, CEO Ryan Cohen has sent another signal to equity investors by purchasing 500,000 additional shares of GME stock worth over $10 million on Wednesday. This move was disclosed in a regulatory filing and suggests Cohen remains committed to the core business despite turbulence in the company’s digital asset experiment.</p>
<p class="mb-6">No official statement has been released by GameStop regarding either the bitcoin transfer or future plans for its treasury strategy. For now, both shareholders and crypto watchers are left waiting—and calculating what these numbers might mean for GameStop’s next financial report.</p>
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            <h3 class="text-xl font-bold mb-4 text-gray-800 dark:text-white p-2">Key Observations</h3>
            <ul class="space-y-2 text-gray-700 dark:text-gray-300 p-4">
                <li class="flex items-start"><span class="mr-2 text-blue-500 italic">•</span>GameStop transferred its entire 4,710 BTC (worth about $420 million) to Coinbase Prime this week.</li>
                <li class="flex items-start"><span class="mr-2 text-blue-500 italic">•</span>GameStop’s average bitcoin purchase price was $107,900; current prices near $89,000 could mean a loss of around $84 million.</li>
                <li class="flex items-start"><span class="mr-2 text-blue-500 italic">•</span>As of June 2024, GameStop has not commented on the transfer or confirmed any bitcoin sale.</li>
            </ul>
        </div><h2 class="text-2xl font-bold mb-4">What to watch closely</h2>
<p class="mb-6">If GameStop confirms a sale of its entire 4,710 BTC stash recently transferred to Coinbase Prime, the company would immediately realize a loss of approximately $76–84 million at current bitcoin prices; as of now, whether a sale will occur remains unclear since GameStop has not commented on the transfer.</p>

GameStop’s Bitcoin Exit Raises Eyebrows GameStop, the video game retailer known for its volatile stock and meme-fueled rallies, has moved its entire bitcoin treasury—4,710 BTC valued at roughly $420 million—to Coinbase Prime this week.

GameStop’s $420 Million Bitcoin Transfer Sparks Questions Over Treasury Strategy

<h2 class="text-2xl font-bold mb-4">Trump’s Davos Pitch Eyes Crypto Edge</h2>
<p class="mb-6">On January 21, 2026, President Donald Trump took the stage at the World Economic Forum in Davos with a clear message: he intends to position the United States as the “crypto capital of the world.</p>
<p class="mb-6">Trump’s remarks were not limited to digital assets. He also predicted that the Dow Jones Industrial Average could “be doubled,” and pointed to a 0.5% rise in the S&P 500 during Wednesday’s Wall Street session as evidence of economic momentum. Yet despite these optimistic projections, Bitcoin saw only a modest daily gain of 1.7%, suggesting that markets remain cautious about political promises turning into concrete results.</p>
<br><p class="mb-6 italic text-slate-600 my-8">Bitcoin was trading below $90,000 as Trump addressed Davos, according to coindesk.com’s January 21, 2026 report.</p>
<h2 class="text-2xl font-bold mb-4">Bitcoin Fails to Rally on Greenland Talk</h2>
<p class="mb-10 max-w-xl">Earlier in the week, Trump attempted to calm global tensions by clarifying that the U.S. had no intention of taking Greenland by force—a comment that briefly lifted Bitcoin prices before they resumed their decline for 2026. The cryptocurrency’s quick reversal highlights how even presidential statements can fail to sustain momentum when broader market sentiment is negative.</p>
<p class="mb-6">Bitcoin’s inability to hold gains after Trump’s Greenland remarks underscores a growing disconnect between political headlines and crypto market performance. On paper, soothing geopolitical rhetoric might be expected to stabilize risk assets like Bitcoin, but in reality, prices continued their slide—demonstrating that investor confidence hinges on more than just words from the White House.</p>
<p class="mb-8 text-lg font-medium">For now, Bitcoin remains stuck under $90,000 despite presidential assurances.</p>
<h2 class="text-2xl font-bold mb-4">U.S.–China Crypto Rivalry Heats Up</h2>
<p class="mb-6">Trump has made it clear that competition with China is a driving force behind his crypto agenda. By vowing to make the U.S. the global leader in digital assets, he is signaling an intent to outpace Beijing’s own blockchain ambitions. This rivalry is not just rhetorical; it shapes legislative priorities and may affect how quickly new crypto laws are enacted.</p>
<p class="mb-6">The president cited political support as a key motivator for pushing forward with crypto legislation. This approach appears designed to leverage bipartisan interest in technology and finance while framing digital asset leadership as a matter of national pride and strategic necessity. However, it’s unclear whether this strategy will translate into immediate regulatory clarity or simply add another layer of political complexity.</p>
<h2 class="text-2xl font-bold mb-4">Will “Crypto Capital” Vow Move Markets?</h2>
<p class="mb-6">Despite bold promises from Washington, recent market action suggests investors are waiting for more than speeches before committing new capital to digital assets. As reported by cointelegraph.com, Bitcoin posted only a 1.7% daily gain following Trump’s Davos pledge—while other macro indicators like Japanese bond yields hit levels not seen since 1999 (rising to around 2.29%). These cross-market moves may reflect broader uncertainty about how quickly U.S. policy will evolve.</p>
<p class="mb-6">Even as Trump touts legislative victories such as the Genius Act and hints at imminent bill signings, Bitcoin continues to trade below $90,000—a threshold it has struggled to reclaim throughout January 2026. Investors appear unconvinced that political support alone will resolve lingering questions around regulation or unlock sustained price appreciation in the near term.</p>
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            <h3 class="text-xl font-bold mb-4 text-gray-800 dark:text-white p-2">The Final Word</h3>
            <ul class="space-y-2 text-gray-700 dark:text-gray-300 p-4">
                <li class="flex items-start"><span class="mr-2 text-blue-500 italic">•</span>On January 21, 2026, Trump pledged at Davos to sign pro-crypto legislation "very soon" and support U.S. crypto leadership.</li>
                <li class="flex items-start"><span class="mr-2 text-blue-500 italic">•</span>Bitcoin traded below $90,000 during Trump's Davos speech, with only a 1.7% daily gain despite his optimistic projections.</li>
                <li class="flex items-start"><span class="mr-2 text-blue-500 italic">•</span>Trump cited competition with China as a reason for making the U.S. the "crypto capital of the world," per coindesk.com reports.</li>
            </ul>
        </div><h2 class="text-2xl font-bold mb-4">Signals to keep an eye on</h2>
<p class="mb-6">If President Trump signs pro-crypto legislation as pledged "very soon" during his Davos speech on January 21, 2026, immediate market attention will focus on Bitcoin's reaction while it trades below the $90,000 threshold; the exact timing of the bill signing remains unclear.</p>

Trump’s Davos Pitch Eyes Crypto Edge On January 21, 2026, President Donald Trump took the stage at the World Economic Forum in Davos with a clear message: he intends to position the United States as the “crypto capital of the world.

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