In the past 24 hours, approximately $294 million in crypto contracts were liquidated, with longs representing roughly $228 million and shorts totaling about $66 million.

Bitcoin contracts worth approximately $294 million have been liquidated in the past 24 hours, with longs representing approximately $228 million and shorts around $66 million.

A large whale, potentially associated with Matrixport, has initiated a long position comprising 105,000 ETH, valued at approximately $204.5 million. Addresses 0x6C85 and 0xa5B0 employed bridging protocols to transfer assets from Tron to Arbitrum before depositing into Hyperliquid, indicating they may control the same entity. Collectively, these wallets hold a long position of 105,000 ETH. Furthermore, wallet 0xa5B0 has received multiple transfers from Matrixport, implying a possible link between the entities.

A significant whale, potentially associated with Matrixport, has initiated a long position of 105,000 ETH, valued at approximately $204.5 million. Wallets 0x6C85 and 0xa5B0 utilized bridges to transfer funds from the Tron network to Arbitrum before depositing into Hyperliquid. These wallets likely belong to the same entity. Together, they hold a combined long position of 105,000 ETH in Hyperliquid. Furthermore, wallet 0xa5B0 has received multiple transfers from Matrixport, indicating a possible link.

Arkham Intelligence to shutter its cryptocurrency trading platform due to limited user adoption.
https://www.coindesk.com/business/2026/02/10/arkham-intelligence-said-to-be-shutting-crypto-trading-platform-as-usage-fails-to-sparkle

Hong Kong to issue its inaugural stablecoin licenses in March, marking a significant step in regulatory oversight. coindesk

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The European Parliament has expressed support for the digital euro. cointelegraph

Hyperliquid Strategies reports profit after acquiring 5 million HYPE tokens for $129.5 million at $25.9 each, retaining $125 million.

Danske Bank, Denmark's largest financial institution, has launched exchange-traded products (ETPs) for Bitcoin and Ethereum, expanding its digital asset offerings to clients.

USA December Jobs Report: Unemployment Rate Falls to 4.3% from 4.4%; ADP Nonfarm Payrolls Rise to 130,000 from 50,000.

Uniswap Teams Up with Securitize, Backed by BlackRock
Uniswap has announced a partnership with Securitize, a platform backed by BlackRock. Additional details are available here.

UNI reacts to news, prompting a spike in active token transactions immediately following its launch.
Careport reports; see the chart for details.

UNI experiences a price rally following a reaction to recent news, resulting in increased active token purchases immediately after launch.
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Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) has announced the launch of the Polymarket Signals and Sentiment tool, providing institutional investors with access to predictive market data and analytics from Polymarket.

A U.S. judge dismissed a patent infringement lawsuit filed against Uniswap’s creator, ruling that Bancor’s patents encompassed abstract ideas that do not qualify for patent protection under U.S. law. dlnews

James Winn announced he made $50 million through trading PEPE.

The UK's Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is moving to ban HTX, associated with Justin Sun, citing alleged breaches of cryptocurrency marketing regulations.

State of Optimism for the second half of 2025:

By the end of this period, Superchain accounted for 12.7% of total cryptocurrency transaction volume and has maintained over 50% of the overall Layer 2 market share by transaction count since April 2025.

Active lending on Superchain grew 95.8% year-on-year to $1.95 billion, driven primarily by Morpho.

In the first half of 2025, Superchain's transaction volume reached a record high of 3.60 billion, a 44% increase compared to the end of June.

Bitcoin sentiment: Last week, exchanges recorded a net outflow of 19,162 BTC.

BTC sentiment: In the past week, exchanges witnessed a net outflow of 19,162 BTC.