💸 California's proposed wealth tax has cost the state an estimated $1 trillion in lost investments and business as billionaires flee.

📊 MacroMicro data shows the average estimated cost to mine 1 $BTC is around $84,000, above Bitcoin’s current ~$65,000 price.

🇬🇧🗣 “I wouldn’t mind if our government mined Bitcoin. Our power stations don’t do anything at night. Great. New gold standard.”

-Jimmy Carr, the UK’s most popular comedian link

🇺🇸💰 The U.S. Senate Banking Committee is collaborating with SEC Chair Paul Atkins on a Bitcoin and crypto market structure bill. This legislation aims to establish America as the crypto capital of the world for generations to come. #regulation

🕵️ 1,013.14 #BTC ($67,049,813)
aggregated inflows to Binance link

🐳 A whale "HXXQk" deposited 60,000 $SOL ($4.42M) into Binance, realizing a $7.38M loss.

The whale initially withdrew 111,945 $SOL ($17.16M) for staking, then sent it back for $9.78M.

Address: HXXQkDUyzCSjxpVTiuwPS3jnvuXM65np43gCG7d8Dg75

🤝 United States Signs Trade Deal With Taiwan, Cutting Tariffs To 15%.

In return, Taiwan will remove 99% of trade barriers on US goods and purchase $84 billion worth of American products. #tradewars

🐳 You need to watch this whale!

Over the past 2 days, he has deposited 8,200 $BTC ($559M) into Binance. Every time he deposits $BTC, the price drops. Yesterday, I warned when he made a deposit — and soon after, $BTC dropped over 3%. link link

💰 The total market capitalization of tokenized gold has surpassed $6 billion, increasing by more than $2 billion since the beginning of this year. Tether Gold (XAUT) and Paxos Gold (PAXG) together account for approximately 96.7% of the market share, with tokenized gold locking up more than 1.2 million ounces of physical gold. link

📉 The crypto market is down

BTC Dominance - 57.88%

Market Cap - $2.29T
BTC - $66,494 (-1.55%)
ETH - $1,952 (-0.91%)
BNB - $607 (-1.65%)
SOL - $78 (-2.16%)
RIVER - $20.97 (+27.69%)

🔮 The CFTC Chairman has expanded the final lineup of the Innovation Advisory Committee to 35 members, with 20 related to cryptocurrencies. The lineup includes CEOs from Coinbase, Ripple, Solana Labs, Uniswap, Blockchain.com, Robinhood, Anchorage Digital, Gemini, Polymarket, Kalshi, and Crypto.com, as well as leaders from Nasdaq, Intercontinental Exchange, Cboe Global Markets, CME Group, Kraken, Bullish, and others. #regulation link

💰 Coinbase Reports Q4 & Full-Year 2025 Results

Coinbase drops its earnings: $1.8B in revenue for Q4 and $7.2B for the full year 2025. link

📉 JPMorgan analysts estimate Bitcoin’s production cost has dropped to $77K, down from $90K earlier. They remain positive on crypto in 2026, citing expected institutional inflows and regulations like the Clarity Act, with a long-term Bitcoin target of $266K. Recent difficulty fell 15% due to high-cost miner shutdowns and U.S. winter storms, but hashrate is recovering. link

🙅 $LRC delisted from Upbit spot link

🙅 $LRC delisted from Bithumb spot link

💼 Indiana Senate Committee Advances HB1042 Allowing State Retirement Funds to Invest in Cryptocurrency.

💰 Aave Labs has submitted a governance proposal to allocate all Aave-branded product revenue to the DAO treasury. link

🗽 The cryptocurrency committee Fairshake has allocated $1.5 million to counter Texas Representative Elu Green in the upcoming Democratic Party primaries due to his negative stance on cryptocurrency.

📊 According to Arkham, Bhutan has sold another $6.7 million in Bitcoin, continuing weekly sales over the past three weeks. Bhutan had planned to produce up to 600MW of mining power with Bitdeer Technologies, but on-chain data shows mining has slowed since the April 2024 halving. In September, it sold at least $100 million in Bitcoin and appears to be gradually continuing sales. Identified wallets still hold around $372 million in Bitcoin. link

🤔 DraftKings predicts revenue of $6.9 billion for 2026 based on expected investments in DraftKings Predictions, launching projects in promising jurisdictions, and disciplined planning as business conditions evolve. link

📊 On February 12 (ET), Bitcoin spot ETFs experienced a total net outflow of $410 million, with none of the 12 ETFs reporting a net inflow. Ethereum spot ETFs had a total net outflow of $113 million, with all nine ETFs also showing no net inflows. link