🗣 #BTC "Ultimately, Bitcoin needs to be and is an excellent store of value over time. So I do see more comfort with that.”

- Becca Amilee on #BTC link link

🐳 The whale "0xfb7" has purchased 20,000 $ETH ($60M) from WinterMute and FalconX.

The whale now holds 50,094 $ETH, worth $147.14M.

Addresses:

- 0xfb78aa8f38843629e89951d9db6fdc398d75e0a3
- 0xd4584bf988c9e8994688b56484e2f74ceaeefb20

🕵️ Machi got completely liquidated on his $ETH (25x) long position and has reopened 25x longs with 600 $ETH.

Overall, Machi is now down ~$24.5M. link

🗽 President Trump signs executive order to restrict Wall Street investors from buying single-family homes.

🇺🇸🤝 Trump-Backed World Liberty Financial Will Host a Closed-Door Mar-a-Lago Forum on February 18.

🐳 The market is falling, but whales and institutions are buying $ETH.

Trend Research borrowed 70M $USDT from Aave and bought 24,555 $ETH ($75.5M). They are currently holding 651,310 $ETH ($1.92B).

An OTC whale (0xFB7) bought 20,000 $ETH ($58.8M) via FalconX and Wintermute. link link

🗣 Jeff Booth stated, “Money’s so broken and so centralized that the control system has to fool us, has to have us believe something to extract more and more and more. Because the money has changed, everything else changes.” link

🚀 Gold reaches new all-time high of $4,800

🐳 The "$3M Deposit to Short" whale is now sitting at an unrealized profit of $15.82M.

Also, the whale has added a $HYPE short with 10x leverage:

- 1667.04 $BTC worth ($148.29M)
- 45,523.34 $ETH worth ($134.95M)
- 928,898 $HYPE worth ($19.89M)
- 823.91 $XMR worth ($412.7K) link

💰 Shielded Labs, an independent core development team led by Zcash founder Zooko, announced a donation of 3,221 ZEC from Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss, valued at approximately $1.2 million. This funding will support Shielded Labs' core initiatives, including the Network Sustainability Mechanism (NSM), Crosslink, and Dynamic Fees. link

🙅 $FIDA delisted from Bithumb spot link

📉 Bitcoin sinks below $89,000 as US equities and Japan bond turmoil rattle markets - link

📉 Bitcoin sinks below $89,000 as US equities and Japan bond turmoil rattle markets - link

🇺🇸🗽 ‘Compromises Need to Be Made’: Trump’s Crypto Advisor Urges Quick Passage of Market Structure Bill link

📝 Crypto Fear & Greed Index drops to 24, signaling Extreme Fear across the market.

📉 The crypto market is down

BTC Dominance - 58.73%

Market Cap - $3.04T
BTC - $89,452 (-3.11%)
ETH - $2,984 (-6.22%)
BNB - $881 (-4.89%)
SOL - $127 (-4.73%)
RIVER - $36.65 (+12.43%)

🧑‍💻 Mask Network to Steward Next Chapter of Lens, Shaping Decentralized Social From Infrastructure to Consumer Adoption link

⚖️ A judge in Massachusetts has stated that the court is preparing to issue a ban on Kalshi offering contracts on sporting events in the state. #regulation link

🇭🇰🗣 Hong Kong to issue first batch of stablecoin licenses in Q1, finance chief says - #stablecoin link

🇭🇰🗣 Hong Kong to issue first batch of stablecoin licenses in Q1, finance chief says - #stablecoin link

🐳 Whale 0x9671 sold 798,734 $UNI for $4.26M at $5.33 five days ago.

After the market dipped, he bought back 757,684 $UNI for $3.66M at $4.83 five hours ago. link