Bithumb is facing scrutiny after a major system failure.

• A glitch allowed 620,000 Bitcoin that never existed on chain to appear in its system.

• The exchange held only 175 BTC itself and 42,619 BTC for users, yet fake balances were treated as real.

• Regulators have begun on site inspections and are considering sanctions.

Market sentiment is slightly recovering but still fragile.

• The Crypto Fear and Greed Index jumped to 14 from 7 in just one day.

• Despite the bounce, sentiment remains deep in extreme fear.

A massive ETH leverage trade has ended in heavy losses.

• Jack Yi’s Trend Research built a $2.6B leveraged ETH long using Aave.

• This month, they exited the position for $1.74B to repay loans, locking in a $750M loss.

Crypto News - Key Updates 🚨

🏷 Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is pushing for Kevin Warsh's Fed chair hearings to proceed despite a GOP blockade.— Source

🏷 The White House will reconvene crypto and banking leaders tomorrow, Feb. 10, for a high-stakes second meeting on stablecoin yields.— Source

🏷 Tether has reinvested its stablecoin profits into 140 diverse ventures and plans to expand its workforce to 450 employees.— Source

🏷 An anonymous user "burned" $181,000 by sending 2.565 BTC to Satoshi Nakamoto's Genesis address over the weekend.— Source

🏷 Binance SAFU Fund buys another 4,225 $BTC.— Source

🏷 Strategy bought 1,142 BTC $BTC worth $90M.— Source

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Bitcoin is struggling to respond to fresh capital.

• CryptoQuant CEO Ki Young Ju says $308B in inflows during 2025 failed to push the market cap higher.

• This points to heavy selling pressure and reduced effectiveness of DATs strategies.

Whales are stepping in as fear dominates the market.

• A single whale bought 3,500 BTC worth $245.6M on Binance.

• While retail panics, large players are accumulating aggressively.

Crypto News - Key Updates 🚨

🏷 Polymarket partners with Kaito AI to expand into Attention Markets.— Source

🏷 Sam Bankman-Fried claims “FTX was never bankrupt” and says lawyers filed for bankruptcy without his approval.— Source

🏷 Ray Dalio warned that CBDCs will eliminate financial privacy and grant governments the power to tax or seize funds.— Source

🏷 Fed's Waller says Trump-era crypto euphoria is fading as institutional risk adjustments drive market volatility.— Source

🏷 Vitalik Buterin outlines updated Ethereum-AI vision across four key areas.— Source

🏷 BoE picked Chainlink to test atomic settlement between tokenized assets and central bank money.— Source

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A new market outlook is turning heads.

• Michaël van de Poppe believes Bitcoin topped in December 2024 and could now be close to a bear market bottom.

• He points to historically low Fear and Greed levels that have previously come before major bull runs.

US consumers are facing rising financial stress.

• Loan delinquencies climbed to 4.8% in Q4, the highest level since 2017.

• Pressure is building across student loans, credit cards, auto loans, and mortgages.

Discord is rolling out stricter age controls next month.

• All accounts will default to a restricted teen experience.

• NSFW servers and age restricted channels will be blocked.

• Stage speaking and sensitive content will be limited.

• Full 18+ access will require age verification through face scan or government ID.

Crypto News - Key Updates 🚨

🏷 Binance and Franklin Templeton now allow institutions to use tokenized fund shares as trading collateral.— Source

🏷 Danske Bank has ended its eight-year crypto ban, offering Bitcoin and Ethereum ETPs to its five million clients.— Source

🏷 Trump advocated for the world's lowest interest rates, claiming a 1% cut could save $600B and help eliminate the deficit.— Source

🏷 US economy added 130,000 jobs in January, higher than expectations.— Source

🏷 Hong Kong expands crypto rules to allow margin trading and perpetual contracts.— Source

🏷 Goldman Sachs disclosed $2.36B in crypto exposure via ETFs, including $1.1B in BTC, $1B in ETH, and new stakes in XRP and SOL.— Source

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Silver is making a strong comeback.

• Price has reclaimed $85, rising 6.55% in the last 12 hours.

• This move added around $297B to its total market cap.

US job growth is slowing sharply this year.

• Only 181,000 jobs have been added in 2025 so far.

• This marks the weakest hiring pace for a non recession year since 2003.

Markets are leaning toward a pause from the Fed.

• Polymarket traders see a 92% chance that rates stay unchanged on March 18.

• Only 8% expect a 25 basis point cut at the meeting.

Crypto News - Key Updates 🚨

🏷 Justin Sun says bad regulation is better than no regulation at LONGITUDE Hong Kong.— Source

🏷 SWIFT joins Bank of England lab to test cross border FX and tokenized securities settlement.— Source

🏷 UK Treasury selects HSBC blockchain platform to pilot issuance of digital gilt instruments.— Source

🏷 Ondo partners with Chainlink to enable tokenized US stocks as DeFi collateral on Ethereum.— Source

🏷 World Liberty Financial plans to launch a currency exchange and money transfer platform called World Swap.— Source

🏷 Crypto Fear and Greed Index falls to 5 in Extreme Fear down from 11 yesterday.— Source

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Whales are stepping in during the latest dip.

• Exchange outflows have reached 3.2% on the 30 day average as large holders accumulate.

• Glassnode notes this pattern looks similar to early 2022 before the previous bull phase began.

Bitcoin is absorbing heavy capital without price expansion.

• CryptoQuant CEO Ki Young Ju notes that $308B in 2025 inflows failed to increase market cap.

• This suggests strong selling pressure and weak impact from DATs strategies.

Bitcoin just went through a major washout event.

• CryptoQuant says it ranks among the top 3 to 5 largest capitulations ever recorded.

• The scale of losses is comparable to the 2021 crash.

Crypto News - Key Updates 🚨

🏷 Brazil reintroduces bill to create a Strategic Bitcoin Reserve allowing up to 1 million BTC acquisition.— Source

🏷 Bitcoin records one of its biggest capitulation events ever rivaling the 2021 crash.— Source

🏷 Indiana Senate committee advances HB1042 to allow state retirement funds to invest in cryptocurrency.— Source

🏷 US Senate panel working with SEC chair on crypto market structure bill.— Source

🏷 Binance France CEO escapes home invasion as crypto crime rises in France.— Source

🏷 US inflation comes in lower than expected with CPI at 2.4% year over year and 0.2% month over month.— Source

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Binance has wrapped up a major reserve shift into Bitcoin.

• The final purchase of 4,545 BTC completes the $1B move from SAFU stablecoins into BTC.

• SAFU now holds 15,000 BTC, valued at about $1.005B at a $67K price.

Bitcoin is moving into stronger hands.

• Flows into long term holding wallets have reached a two year high.

• This trend often signals rising conviction among investors.