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The ZRO token experienced significant price appreciation after ARK Invest CEO Cathie Wood expressed support for the LayerZero protocol. Wood highlighted the interoperability chain's potential during a public discussion about blockchain technology.
Barry Silbert stated at the New York Bitcoin Investor Week that financial privacy represents both a fundamental right and a potential area for asymmetric returns in the cryptocurrency sector. He noted that while Bitcoin remains a core portfolio component, privacy-focused projects may offer greater growth potential given current market conditions.
Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse announced the company will focus on business integration this year rather than major acquisitions. He noted Ripple invested approximately $4 billion in the crypto ecosystem last year through investments, acquisitions, and strategic partnerships.
Tether's US subsidiary CEO Bo Hines stated that the company currently holds over $122 billion in US Treasury bills, representing 83.11% of its reserves. The USDT stablecoin now has approximately 530 million users and is growing by about 30 million users per quarter.
Lawmakers raised concerns about SEC enforcement actions dropping approximately 30% overall and 60% for crypto-related cases in 2025. SEC Chair Paul Atkins responded that the agency maintains strong enforcement and attributed some changes to normal regulatory leadership transitions.
The U.S. Department of Justice stated that Paxful knowingly allowed illegal funds related to fraud, prostitution, and human trafficking to flow through its platform. The investigation revealed that approximately $17 million worth of Bitcoin was transferred to websites including Backpage through Paxful wallets from 2015 to 2022.
The wallet infrastructure allows AI agents to independently hold funds, send payments, trade tokens, and execute on-chain operations without human intervention. It is built on the x402 protocol and initially supports EVM ecosystems and Solana, with gas-free transactions available on Base Layer 2.
The live price feeds cover SPYon, QQQon and TSLAon tokenized equities issued by Ondo. These tokenized assets can now serve as collateral in decentralized finance lending markets.
Bitcoin is currently trading at $68,000 against USDT according to Gate.io market data. The cryptocurrency has experienced a 1.13% decline over the past 24 hours.
Market analysts are monitoring Decred's price movements following recent selling pressure. Technical indicators suggest the altcoin may be positioned for a potential recovery phase in the near term.
Bitcoin failed to maintain its position at $70,000, creating a significant liquidity gap below that level. Analysts suggest this market condition makes a move toward $60,000 probable in the near term.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.1%, while the S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite declined 0.01% and 0.16% respectively. Microsoft and Google both dropped 2%, while Nvidia and Apple saw gains under 1%.
The transfer of LayerZero's ZRO tokens occurred at 04:50 according to Arkham data. The transaction was reported by ChainCatcher as part of blockchain monitoring activities.
Binance spot data shows ATM fell 20.83% and DF dropped 53.71% over 24 hours, with both experiencing price surges followed by declines. Several other tokens including NMR, XVS and GHST showed recovery patterns with gains up to 19.27%, while ACA, ACE, VANA and MUBARAK also saw price surges followed by declines.
The Monad cryptocurrency experienced a 13% price increase in recent trading. Analysts have identified several risk factors that could potentially limit further growth of the digital asset.
Technical analysis indicates Bitcoin and major altcoins are consolidating following last week's significant price decline. Market participants are monitoring whether bullish or bearish forces will gain control as trading ranges become established.
Data from Coinglass shows that 127,450 traders experienced liquidations during this period, with the largest single liquidation order valued at $11.86 million on Hyperliquid's BTC-USD pair. Bitcoin long positions accounted for $111 million in liquidations, while Ethereum long positions saw $99.52 million liquidated.
The RIVER cryptocurrency has experienced a significant 20% price increase within a 24-hour period. Market analysts are now evaluating whether this momentum could propel the digital asset toward a $23 valuation.
Bitcoin is currently trading at $67,076.3 against USDT according to Gate.io market data. The cryptocurrency has experienced a 2.79% decline over the past 24 hours.
The investment firm is making its $2.1 billion tokenized Treasury fund available on the decentralized exchange. This move represents a significant expansion of Wall Street's involvement in onchain finance through institutional token trading.
Executives from Ondo and Securitize stated during a panel at Consensus in Hong Kong that the next phase of tokenization must prioritize functionality and compliance. They emphasized that practical applications and regulatory adherence will drive the development of tokenized assets.
SEC Chairman Paul Atkins faced questioning about cryptocurrency enforcement actions during a House hearing. He expressed willingness to provide lawmakers with a confidential briefing on the matter, which included discussions involving Justin Sun and the Tron network.
The bank noted that Bitcoin recently traded below its estimated production cost. JPMorgan anticipates stronger fundamentals and increasing institutional investment will support cryptocurrency market recovery.
The cryptocurrency has experienced a significant decline, dropping below a crucial technical support level. Market analysts are now monitoring whether the $0.088 price point will hold as the next potential defensive position.
Binance stated that data from Coinglass originates from third-party sources and noted DefiLlama previously showed discrepancies. According to OKLink data, Binance experienced $46.58 million in outflows over 24 hours and $19.14 million over seven days, while Coinglass earlier reported $3.76 billion in 24-hour outflows.
Binance stated that recent market concerns stem from third-party platform Coinglass data, with similar issues previously occurring on DefiLlama. The exchange recommends regular withdrawal testing for trading platforms and suggests the industry consider establishing an annual 'withdrawal day' to verify asset authenticity across platforms.
Investors in Ethereum exchange-traded funds have reported significant losses averaging 43% due to recent market fluctuations. Market analysts are monitoring whether these losses will lead to accelerated outflows from cryptocurrency investment products.
Haider Rafique of OKX presented a firm study examining generational perspectives on cryptocurrency investing in the Crypto Long & Short Newsletter. The research highlights how younger investors demonstrate greater trust in algorithmic systems compared to conventional financial institutions.
The transfer was detected by Coinglass at 00:50 on February 12. The movement of funds involved the stablecoin USDT being sent to the cryptocurrency exchange Binance.
Bitcoin requires specific technical developments to establish a foundation for renewed upward momentum. The cryptocurrency's potential year-end target of $150,000 depends on these conditions being met.
Data from Coinglass indicates that a Bitcoin drop below $65,000 could trigger approximately $675 million in long position liquidations across major centralized exchanges. Conversely, a Bitcoin rise above $69,000 could lead to around $905 million in short position liquidations, with liquidation charts illustrating the relative intensity of potential market reactions at specific price points.
A New York district judge dismissed a patent infringement lawsuit against Uniswap Labs, ruling that Bancor's patent claims involved abstract concepts not protected by U.S. patent law. The case centered on code used in Uniswap's 2018 protocol, which Bancor alleged was part of its patented infrastructure.
Robinhood has unveiled its layer-2 testnet protocol for cryptocurrency trading. Meanwhile, investment firm Citadel is backing the LayerZero blockchain, MegaETH has launched its mainnet, and ENS has discontinued its layer-2 development plans.
Data from Coinglass reveals that major exchanges show varying funding rates, with Binance at -0.0012%, OKX at 0.0028%, Bybit at -0.0008%, and Gate at -0.0003%. These figures reflect the current market conditions across different trading platforms.
Ben Goertzel stated that the human brain's advantage in imaginative leaps to comprehend the unknown is diminishing. He suggested that this cognitive edge might only persist for a couple more years before artificial intelligence potentially overtakes it.
The total supply of stablecoins on the Ethereum network has surpassed $158 billion, marking a significant milestone for the platform. This development has drawn attention to the ETH/BTC price ratio as analysts monitor its potential market implications.
The cryptocurrency market has resumed its downward trend after a brief Friday recovery. Investors appear to be shifting focus to other asset classes that are currently experiencing rallies.
The total open interest for Ethereum contracts across all exchanges currently stands at $23.088 billion. Major exchanges including Binance, OKX, Bybit, and Gate hold significant portions of this total open interest.
The publicly traded company disclosed acquiring an additional 2,413.464 LTC, bringing its total holdings to 24,439.464 LTC with zero debt. Luxxfolio Holdings has deployed 20 Bitmain Antminer L9 16G devices for Litecoin mining and plans to expand operations based on market conditions and infrastructure capacity.
The blockchain analytics platform Arkham reported the transfer of 91,800 SOL tokens valued at approximately $7.29 million. The tokens moved from an anonymous address to the wallet identified as degen-retard.sol.
The USDC Treasury has created 250 million new USDC tokens on the Solana blockchain. This activity was detected and reported by the blockchain monitoring service Whale Alert.
Data from Coinglass shows 123,597 traders experienced liquidations during this period. The largest single liquidation occurred on Bitget's ETH-USDT_UMCBL trading pair, valued at $8.2 million.
Bitcoin experienced increased price volatility after the release of unexpectedly strong US nonfarm payrolls figures. Traders maintained their $50,000 price targets for Bitcoin as market participants await the Federal Reserve's upcoming interest rate decision.
Bitget CEO Gracy Chen states that AI trading applications currently function like interns in the financial sector. She anticipates these tools will evolve to become more integral components of trading operations in the future.
The cryptocurrency exchange has scheduled the ESP token circulation for 19:00 UTC+8 on February 12, 2026. Users who obtained Prime Sale Keys can check balances and trade ESP tokens through their Binance Alpha accounts at that time.
The investment firm will make shares of its $2.2 billion tokenized U.S. Treasury fund available for trading on the decentralized exchange. This marks BlackRock's initial move into decentralized finance as the UNI token experiences significant price appreciation.
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The cryptocurrency exchange's CEO attributed the incident to a 24-hour transaction processing delay and outdated cryptocurrency holding updates. While most bitcoins were recovered, 1,786 sold before account freezing remain missing, prompting concerns from lawmakers about regulatory gaps in South Korea's virtual asset market.
Vitalik Buterin stated on the X platform that making Ethereum an ideal platform for AI requires more than replicating existing solutions with a different logo. He emphasized the need for meaningful technical improvements, such as zero-knowledge privacy-preserving payments and reputation systems, to create infrastructure and applications that are genuinely superior to current offerings.
According to Binance spot data, UNI reached a new daily high with a 24-hour increase of 12.39%. Meanwhile, KAITO experienced a pullback after rising, declining 13.98% over 24 hours, while G also showed similar patterns with a 5.59% drop.
According to on-chain analyst Ai Yi, the whale reduced positions through two addresses, resulting in a realized loss of $302,000. The whale's remaining ETH long positions now total 102,000 ETH valued at approximately $202 million.
The cryptocurrency payment platform has introduced a feature that allows users to fund applications using any digital assets from their existing wallets. The system automatically handles cross-chain routing, conversion, and bridging operations, with the service currently available on Telegram's self-custody TON Wallet.
A user paid 64.09 ETH in gas fees for one transaction on the Ethereum network, according to monitoring data from Lookonchain. The transaction cost approximately $125,700 at current market rates.
The asset management firm has not disclosed the specific quantity of UNI tokens it plans to acquire. Uniswap's integration of BUIDL includes a qualified institutional whitelist managed by Securitize and market makers like Wintermute, with access restricted to qualified purchasers holding at least $5 million in assets.
Danske Bank is opening access to Bitcoin and Ether exchange-traded products for self-directed clients after years of cautious approach to cryptocurrency. The bank cited increasing customer demand and clearer European Union regulations as factors in its decision.
The CoinDesk 20 index experienced a 2.5% decline with all constituent cryptocurrencies showing losses. Aptos and Binance Coin led the downturn with drops of 4.1% and 3.7% respectively.
The audit report for the crypto project Moto, deployed on the BNB platform, has been delivered. The audit covered several key smart contracts including 'moto.sol' and 'motoMode.sol'. For detailed findings and security analysis, check out the full audit on the project's detail page.
XDC Network will unlock 841,180,000 XDC tokens on {Date}, constituting approximately 4.76% of the currently circulating supply.
Sui will unlock 43,350,000 SUI tokens on March 1, constituting approximately 1.13% of the currently circulating supply.
Strike Founder Jack Mallers stated that Bitcoin's recent price decline may be eliminating leveraged positions, allowing it to trade based on its hard money properties. He emphasized that while price direction is unpredictable, historical data suggests now is a good time to begin dollar-cost averaging for those who believe Bitcoin will not drop to zero.
The collaboration enables Uniswap Labs to integrate with Securitize's platform for tokenized asset trading. This partnership specifically supports BlackRock's BUIDL fund through enhanced liquidity mechanisms.
The suiUSDe token represents the first synthetic dollar token on the Sui network. SUI Group established a yield vault for suiUSDe on Bluefin's Ember Protocol with an initial funding of $10 million.
Data from Coinglass indicates that if Bitcoin surpasses $70,798, short position liquidations on major centralized exchanges would reach $1.536 billion. Conversely, if Bitcoin falls below $64,082, long position liquidations would amount to $822 million.
The BUIDL token, with a market capitalization of $180 billion, will initially be accessible to qualified institutional investors. BlackRock also acquired UNI tokens as part of this collaboration with Securitize.
The South Korean cryptocurrency exchange's CEO stated inadequate controls allowed erroneous Bitcoin transfers to customers. Most of the transferred assets have been recovered by the company.
BNB Chain's Q4 report shows the cryptocurrency's market value ranking third among digital assets. Real-world asset tokenization reached $2 billion on-chain, while stablecoin capitalization increased to $15.2 billion and DeFi TVL stood at $6.6 billion.
The new product enables institutions to utilize custodied Bitcoin as collateral for onchain finance without transferring asset control. Morpho has been designated as the initial liquidity provider for this institutional custody solution.
The synthetic dollar stablecoin has debuted on the Sui Mainnet with a permissionless vault seeded by SUI Group. The launch includes integration with DeepBook's new margin system for enhanced trading functionality.
Gate market data shows the British pound has dropped over 70 points against the US dollar to 1.362. The US dollar has risen nearly 100 points against the Japanese yen, reaching 154.46.
The collaboration aims to create new liquidity options for BlackRock's USD Institutional Digital Liquidity Fund token. This partnership connects traditional finance with decentralized finance infrastructure through tokenized assets.
High transaction throughput claims face practical limitations as each additional transaction increases processing demands on network nodes. This growing burden challenges the decentralization that blockchain networks aim to maintain.
K33's latest report suggests Bitcoin's recent decline near $60,000 may indicate a local bottom, with selling pressure showing 'capitulation conditions' across spot, ETF, and derivatives markets. The research firm notes Bitcoin's daily RSI dropped to 15.9, the sixth lowest since 2015, while the Crypto Fear & Greed Index reached 6, the second lowest in history.
Digital asset management company DDC Enterprise Limited has purchased 100 Bitcoin, marking its fifth consecutive week of acquisitions. The company's average holding cost per Bitcoin is $85,756.
The S&P 500 index futures increased by 0.4% according to market data from Gate. This movement established a new intraday high for the futures contract.
The job growth exceeded market expectations, indicating continued strength in the labor market. Bitcoin recovered to $67,500 after declining ahead of the employment data release.