🔮 CFTC Rejects Biden Era Proposal to Ban Prediction Markets for Sports and Politics - Cointelegraph #regulation link

😱 Vitalik.eth is dumping $ETH fast!

Over the past 3 days, Vitalik has sold 2,961.5 $ETH ($6.6M) at an average price of $2,228. The selling is still ongoing. link

🕵️ #RWA SBI Holdings introduces the L1 concept for tokenized stocks, developed in collaboration with Startale Group.
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🇺🇸💸 Several U.S. public pension funds are facing significant losses due to investments in Strategy, a company led by Michael Saylor. Amid a decline in Bitcoin prices, these funds have seen their investments shrink by approximately $337 million, with 10 out of 11 funds experiencing losses of 60%. Strategy’s stock price has dropped by 67%. link

🕵️ A wallet linked to Joseph Lubin, Co-Founder of Ethereum and Founder of Consensys, supplied 15,000 $ETH ($31.43M) to MakerDAO and borrowed $4.1M $DAI.

In total, the wallet holds 137,908 $ETH ($287.29M) and has borrowed $107.77M $DAI. link

🕵️ #ETH wallet provider Payy launches Ethereum L2 focused on privacy. Cointelegraph link

🙅 $RVV, $YALA delisted from Binance futures link

🚀 #ETH Ethereum Transfer Count Surge: A Historical Warning Signal?

High network activity often signifies adoption, but a sudden "parabolic" rise in transfer counts near price highs typically indicates an overheated network. This metric often spikes during moments of extreme market capitulation or euphoria. link link

🇰🇷🚀 South Korea’s Financial Supervisory Service is monitoring the market for ZK tokens listed on Upbit, the country’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, due to abnormal price fluctuations. On February 1, ZK surged nearly 1000% in just three hours, rising from 33 KRW to 350 KRW, before quickly falling back. link

🕵️ 1,512.56 #BTC ($108,156,167)
aggregated inflows to Binance link

🕵️ 260,487,291 #USDT (259,927,243 USD) transferred from RenrenBit to Bitfinex link

🇺🇸🏆 According to SoSoValue, on Feb. 4 (ET), U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs recorded total net outflows of $545 million. The BlackRock spot Bitcoin ETF IBIT saw the largest single-day net outflow at $373 million.

Spot Ethereum ETFs posted total net outflows of $79.48 million, while XRP spot ETFs recorded total net inflows of $4.83 million. #etf link

🕵️ Heads up: Garrett Jin has started buying back $ETH!

He just withdrew 80,000 $ETH ($167.8M) from Binance. link

📝 House launches probe into $500 Million UAE deal linked to World Liberty Financial link

🙅 $YALA has been delisted from Bybit futures. link

💼 Vitalik Buterin stated that there is no need for more copy-paste EVM chains or L1s, as Ethereum L1 is scaling and will provide ample blockspace. He urged the development of truly innovative solutions, including privacy, app-specific efficiency, and ultra-low latency, while expressing support for app chains closely tied to L1 or "institutional L2s" that can enhance algorithmic transparency. link

🧑‍💻 The Gensyn mainnet will launch in April, with the AI token distributed and available on exchanges. link

🆕 $TRIA listed on Bybit futures link

😱🤑 Fear&Greed Index for #BTC and #ETH

💸 #BTC Strategy:
−$12.28B over 7 days (−18.95%), total portfolio loss −$3.42B (−6.30%). link

#ETH Bitmine:
−$3.64B over 7 days (−28.23%), total portfolio loss −$7.34B (−44.76%). link

📊 Borrowing demand is rising again.

Credit withdrawals on Nexo reached $24M in January (+9% MoM), signaling a steady recovery. Aave data shows leverage returning across DeFi.

The rebuild has started, but remains cautious. link