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• Bitcoin back to record fear levels as it wipes weekend gains Bitcoin plunged over $3,000 in two hours, while the Crypto Fear and Greed Index has slumped to historic lows again. •

• Vitalik Buterin floats simulated transactions to enhance crypto security Crypto users would specify the onchain action they want, then click ‘OK’ or ‘Cancel’ after seeing a trans

• SEC allows broker-dealers to take 2% ‘haircut’ on stablecoins Staff said the US regulator would ’not object’ to broker-dealers counting stablecoin holdings toward their net capit

• Crypto infrastructure company BitGo named issuer for FYUSD stablecoin The GENIUS Act-compliant stablecoin is geared toward institutional investors in Asia features a programmable

• Curve Finance founder says disagreement within a DAO is a healthy sign Decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs) govern some of the biggest decentralized finance protocols, i

• Bitcoin price may rebound to $85K as CME ‘smart money’ slashes shorts Futures traders slashed bearish Bitcoin bets last month, a shift that preceded a 70% rally in 2025 and a 190

• Bitcoin historical price metric sees $122K ‘average return’ over 10 months Bitcoin past performance gave 88% odds of higher prices by early 2027, the latest in a series of new bu

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• Crypto capital rotates from tokens to stocks as new launches struggle: DWF More than 80% of 2025 token launches trade below listing price while IPO funding and M&A in the crypto

• AI agent OpenClaw confirms ban on Bitcoin, crypto discussions in Discord OpenClaw creator Peter Steinberger confirmed that users can be removed for mentioning Bitcoin and crypto

• Bitcoin miner Bitdeer dumps entire BTC reserves, holdings drop to zero Bitcoin miner Bitdeer liquidated 943 BTC from reserves and sold newly mined coins, cutting corporate holdin

• Crypto investors’ interest moves ‘pretty wide’ beyond majors as dip drags: Exec Robinhood’s head of crypto, Johann Kerbrat, pointed out that crypto investors are looking for more

• 50% of Bitcoin’s past 24 months ended in gains: Economist Economist Timothy Peterson expects Bitcoin to trade above its current level by December, though some analysts are pushin

Trump raises global tariff rate from 10% to 15% using Trade Expansion Act, bypassing Supreme Court ruling. Tariffs apply only to deficit‑bearing countries for 150 days, capped by l

• Crypto market retraces almost all 2024-2025 US election pump gains The crypto market experienced a historic market crash in October that derailed the uptrend and caused investor

• US lawmakers critical of Trump tariffs, say it will derail economy The tariffs are just taxes on American businesses and consumers, while providing no benefit to the economy, cri

• IoTeX confirms ‘suspicious activity’ involving token safe, says losses contained IoTeX said it is assessing suspicious activity tied to a token safe, coordinating with exchanges

• European Central Bank (ECB) president Christine Lagarde is stepping down sometime before the French presidential election next year. • Under her leadership, the ECB has consulted

• Spot Bitcoin ETFs record five weeks of net withdrawals, totaling $3.8B US spot Bitcoin ETFs logged five straight weeks of outflows, with $315.9 million leaving last week as insti

• Santiment notes decline in $150k-$200k Bitcoin price calls, signaling healthy sentiment shift. • FOMO and ‘Lambo’ memes decreasing, indicating retail optimism fading. • Bitcoin p

• Uniswap founder slams scam crypto ads after victim ’lost everything’ Uniswap founder Hayden Adams highlighted a case where a victim lost a ‘mid-six-figure’ portfolio to a fake to

• Bitcoin’s bull catalyst could be AI stocks becoming ‘silly big’: Lyn Alden Bitcoin only needs a ‘marginal amount of new demand’ to push higher, according to macroeconomist Lyn Al

• Bitcoin’s bull catalyst could be AI stocks turning ‘silly big’: Lyn Alden Bitcoin only needs a ‘marginal amount of new demand’ to push higher, according to macroeconomist Lyn Ald

• Dubai Land Department launches second phase of real estate tokenization pilot after $5M tokenized, 7.8M tokens sold. • Ctrl Alt, licensed VASP, issues Asset-Referenced Virtual As

• Bitcoin whales participate in V-shaped accumulation, offsetting 230K BTC sell-off Despite the sharp multi-month market downtrend, Bitcoin whales added 236,000 BTC since December

• Bitcoin bears at risk of $600M liquidation, raising chance for rally to $70K Despite bearish pressure and weak US economic data, Bitcoin’s recovering hashrate and new onchain sec

• Dutch authorities call on Polymarket arm to cease activities The prediction market’s Dutch arm, Adventure One, allegedly offered illegal bets, including on elections in the Nethe

• Crypto slides, but tokenized RWAs and VC push ahead As Bitcoin and altcoins continue to sell off, venture capital is raising millions for blockchain-based financial infrastructur

• Trump announces 10% global tariff following SCOTUS ruling The United States Supreme Court ruled on Friday that President Donald Trump could not use national emergency powers to l

• The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) issued a ruling on Friday striking down most of US President Donald Trump’s tariffs, with six of the nine Supreme Court justices r

• Wall Street boosts Bitmine stakes as DeFi lenders buckle on liquidity: Finance Redefined Crypto illiquidity is pressuring DeFi lending companies, but Wall Street giants continue

• Price predictions 2/20: BTC, ETH, XRP, BNB, SOL, DOGE, BCH, ADA, HYPE, XMR The failure of the bulls to start a strong recovery in Bitcoin and the major altcoins suggests that the

• Bitcoin mining difficulty rebounds 15% as US miners recover from winter outages Bitcoin’s mining difficulty climbed to 144.4 trillion after January storms briefly slashed hash ra

• Core technical contributor to cease involvement with Aave DAO After four years contributing, BGD Labs said it would be leaving the DAO, citing changes to the organization and tak

• Bitcoin ignores US Supreme Court Trump tariff strike amid talk of $150B refund Bitcoin stayed rangebound within a ‘downward trajectory’ as the Supreme Court concluded that some U

• BTC treasury executives call for reform of 1,250% risk weight in Basel III Private equity, which has the second-highest risk weighting, carries a 400% weight under the current Ba

• Tennessee judge issues injunction blocking state move against Kalshi US Federal Judge Aleta Trauger granted Kalshi a preliminary injunction against Tennessee, finding its sports

• Stablecoin A7A5 grows parallel system for sanctioned companies Stablecoin ecosystem A7A5 has faced accusations of sanctions evasion and, according to some analysts, is creating a

• House Democrats press Treasury on World Liberty bank charter and UAE stake House Democrats are pressing Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent over World Liberty Financial’s push for a

• Tether USDT supply set for biggest monthly decline since 2022 FTX collapse Tether’s USDT is nearing its largest monthly supply drop since the collapse of FTX, with whales and sma

• Bitcoin ETFs shed $166M as BTC heads for worst start in years Spot Bitcoin ETFs are approaching a five-week outflow streak, with $2.7 billion in net redemptions year-to-date, as

• Metaplanet CEO rejects claims it hid details of Bitcoin trades Metaplanet’s Simon Gerovich addressed critics who accused the company of hiding losses and key details of its Bitco

• South Korean authorities under fire over $43B Bithumb Bitcoin error Lawmakers criticize South Korea’s Financial Services Commission after Bithumb mistakenly credited 620,000 BTC

• Parsec shuts down amid ongoing crypto market volatility The on-chain analytics firm’s focus on decentralized finance and non-fungible tokens had fallen out of step with the indus

• White House floats limited stablecoin rewards in 3rd crypto, bank meeting White House crypto adviser Patrick Witt reportedly refocused crypto and bank lobby talks on a crypto bil

• Fed’s Kashkari lashes crypto and stablecoins, praises AI Minneapolis Fed President Neel Kashkari says crypto is ‘utterly useless’ compared to AI, and that pro-stablecoin argument

• Illicit stablecoin activity hit 5-year high of $141B in 2025: TRM Labs Sanctions evasion networks, guarantee marketplaces, and large-scale money laundering schemes dominated illi

• Bitcoin selloff due to quantum fears doesn’t add up with Ether flat, says dev Bitcoin developer Matt Carallo says Bitcoiners are looking to ‘blame something’ for the asset’s slug

• AI agents not worth the cost as humans still cheaper: Tech execs Tech investor Jason Calacanis says he’s paying around $110,000 annualized to run an AI agent, more than most US s

• Bitcoin options market structure leans toward $60K retest in February Bitcoin may stay capped under $70,000 as traders deploy bearish options strategies, and spot BTC ETF outflow

• Kraken’s xStocks tops $25B in volume with more than 80K onchain holders Blockchain-based versions of US stocks are drawing growing investor activity, with onchain wallets and cro

• Bitcoin Lightning Network exceeds $1B in monthly volume: Report Analysis by Bitcoin services company River forecasts a transaction surge as individuals and businesses experiment

• Bitcoin’s monthly losses break records, but history says a turnaround is brewing Bitcoin is on course to lock in another negative month, but one analyst says major differences in

• SEC leaders seek to clarify how tokenized securities interact with existing regulation Paul Atkins and Hester Peirce spoke at ETHDenver on Wednesday on the future of regulation a

• Community banks see net deposit outflows to Coinbase: Study A transaction-level analysis of 92 community banks found $78.3 million in net deposits moved to Coinbase over 13 month

• Tightening Bitcoin Bollinger Bands forecast explosive price move, but which way? • The Bollinger Bands indicator has narrowed to its tightest level on record, a rare technical se

• ProShares seeks stablecoin reserves with GENIUS Act-compliant Treasury ETF The ETF invests exclusively in short-term US Treasurys and is structured for potential use by stablecoi

• Ripple CEO confirms White House meeting between crypto, banking reps Trump administration officials held a similar event last week to discuss stablecoin yield within a market str

• Newity has raised $11 million in new funding led by CMT Digital as it explores taking its small business lending platform onchain.

• Bitcoin ETFs still sit on $53B in net inflows despite recent outflows: Bloomberg Heavy outflows haven’t erased the success of spot Bitcoin ETFs, which still hold $53 billion in c