🕵️ A newly created wallet "0x1AE" linked to Bitmine further received 17,222 $ETH worth $34.7M from Kraken and now it holds 27,722 $ETH worth $54.57M.

Address: 0x1AE9D8e2357348baD1F5cA1f743981E8D092a177

🕵️ Tom Lee's Bitmine bought another 17,722 $ETH for $34.74M eight hours ago.

This week, three wallets likely linked to Bitmine purchased a total of 62,722 $ETH for $123.25M. link link

🇺🇸🕵️ The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has updated its Broker-Dealer Financial Responsibility FAQ, allowing broker-dealers to include stablecoins in their regulatory capital calculations with a 2% "haircut." Previously, stablecoins faced a 100% haircut, preventing them from being counted toward regulatory capital. Institutions can now recognize stablecoin holdings, such as USDC and USDT, at 98% of their book value for capital purposes. SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce noted that this change will facilitate broker-dealers' participation in tokenized securities and crypto asset-related businesses. #regulation link

🇺🇸🕵️ Someone created a new wallet and spent $100K betting that the U.S. will strike Iran in March.

Gambler or insider? link

🐳 The whale "0xaCB" deposited $5M $USDC into HyperLiquid and increased its #GOLD (4x) and opened new #SILVER (3x) short positions.

Stats:

- 2,978.17 $GOLD ($15.21M)
- 97,085.91 $SILVER ($8.22M) link

🕵️ Garrett Jin deposited 11,318 $BTC ($760.6M) into Binance.

However, it appears he hasn't sold them on the market immediately.

This could indicate an OTC deal, or he may simply be holding them on Binance. link

🐳 Whale AHdUMw spent $10.26M in $USDC to buy 121,368 $SOL at an average price of $84.57 one hour ago. link

🐳 Antalpha sent 1,000 $XAUT (~$5M) into Bybit, likely to sell.

They still hold 59,033 $XAUT (~$300.69M). link

🗣 #ETH Vitalik Buterin stated he is developing a "cypherpunk-principled" Ethereum to improve censorship resistance, zk-friendliness, and leaner consensus. He indicated that Ethereum might transition to a new system language within five years, potentially accelerated by AI, along with upgrades to the state tree, consensus, ZK-EVM verification, and VM. link

🕵️ 1,462.13 #BTC ($99,332,772)
aggregated inflows to Coinbase Pro link

🙅 Tether announced it will discontinue support for the offshore yuan stablecoin CNH₮ effective immediately. No new tokens will be issued, and redemption support will end one year after the announcement, with a prior reminder. The decision was based on market conditions and limited demand, as CNH₮’s scale no longer justifies ongoing operational support. CNH₮ will remain redeemable under Tether’s terms until the deadline, and holders are advised to redeem promptly. #stablecoin link

🇺🇸⚖️ President Trump signed an executive order to impose an additional 10% tariff on all countries.

Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker is sending Trump a bill demanding the return of $8.6 billion following the Supreme Court's decision on tariffs. #regulation

📊 According to Fortune, Wintermute founder Evgeny Gaevoy stated on the Crypto Playbook podcast that the industry has moved away from its cypherpunk roots toward a "number go up" narrative. He argued that stablecoins reinforce U.S. dollar dominance rather than creating a decentralized parallel system, emphasizing the need for crypto to reconnect with its cypherpunk ethos instead of fully integrating with Wall Street. Despite Ethereum's over $120 billion in TVL, he noted that real decentralized application adoption remains limited. #stablecoin link

🆕 Tether announces the discontinuation of support for the CNHT stablecoin. #stablecoin link

🤔 The Nasdaq is hiring a Digital Asset Tokenization Product Manager. This move may indicate plans to expand their offerings in the digital asset space. #rwa link

📈 The crypto market is neutral.

BTC Dominance - 57.84%

Market Cap - $2.35T
BTC - $67,870 (+0.16%)
ETH - $1,963 (+0.36%)
BNB - $627 (+2.42%)
SOL - $84 (+1.55%)

🏆 On Feb. 20 (ET), total net inflows into Bitcoin spot ETFs reached $88.04 million.

The Bitcoin spot ETF with the largest single-day net inflow was BlackRock’s IBIT, which recorded $64.46 million in net inflows, bringing its cumulative historical net inflows to $61.303 billion.

Ethereum spot ETFs saw total net inflows of $17,200.

The Ethereum spot ETF with the largest single-day net inflow was BlackRock‘s ETHA, with $1.78 million in net inflows, raising its cumulative historical net inflows to $11.875 billion. #etf link

🗣 Elon Musk says "inverse Cramer is rarely wrong."

💰 #ICP DFINITY Foundation updates the tokenomics of Internet Computer.

Old model:
Node providers only receive payment for the work of the nodes.

New model:
80% of the revenue from the cloud engine goes to the nodes that support it.
20% goes towards buyback and burning of ICP.

🥷 #IOTX Specter: There has been a probable leakage of private keys on the IoTeX network, resulting in attackers completely draining funds from the project's token vault.

The loss amounted to $4.3 million.