Stablecoins on exchanges are on the Rise!📈

Since November 4, $USDT has seen a massive jump from $30.5B to $43B—a 41% increase!

More stablecoins mean higher liquidity, and historically, this often leads a bullish momentum.

✔️@Cryptonewspaper

📰 Buterin Hits Back at Solana Hype

Ethereum has faced increasing criticism, with some comparing it unfavorably to Solana, calling it the superior blockchain. Vitalik Buterin finally responded:

"Do I feel good when people claim that a PvP KOL casino, where 99% of users lose money, is the best crypto product?"

He was referring to Solana, Pump.Fun, and the meme coin meta dominating the space.

Vitalik admitted that such trends sometimes make him want to quit, but he keeps fighting for a better future for crypto.

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📰 Exactly one week from now (February 18), the payout process for FTX clients and creditors will begin, with a total distribution of $16 billion.

The first batch will amount to $6.5–7 billion.

Payouts will be based on November 2022 prices.

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📰 DOGE in the White House? Musk Faces Lawsuit!

14 U.S. states sued Elon Musk and Trump, claiming that Musk’s unchecked power over DOGE (Department of Government Efficiency) is unconstitutional.

The lawsuit argues Musk has been given too much authority, including cutting federal jobs, canceling contracts, and accessing sensitive data.

Trump defends Musk, calling DOGE a “force of supergeniuses” and slamming courts for blocking his government downsizing efforts.

Legal battles are piling up, with 22 states halting Musk’s funding cuts and another lawsuit blocking DOGE’s access to Treasury data.

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Saylor Goes Full DeFi – Another $2B for Bitcoin!

Michael Saylor’s Strategy (formerly MicroStrategy) is raising $2B through convertible bonds to buy even more BTC. Because 478,740 BTC ($45B worth) just isn’t enough.

Bonds mature in 2030 with an early redemption option in 3 years

Strategy has been buying BTC 12 out of the last 14 weeks

Goal? $42B in capital by 2027 through stock & debt sales

MSTR stock is down 30% from ATH, but still up 700% in 3 years.

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Lazarus is Cashing Out!

The notorious North Korean Lazarus Group has started laundering the stolen Bybit funds.

Crypto sleuth ZachXBT uncovered their tracks and received $50K for his work

How they do it:
• Convert ERC-20 tokens into ETH.
• Run ETH through mixers, turning it into BTC.
• Withdraw BTC into cash through Asian exchanges.

This method takes time – just like funds stolen in 2016, which are still in North Korea!

The largest crypto hack in history, but when (or if) the money will hit the market is still unknown.

✔️@Cryptonewspaper

📊 BNB Chain and TRON Lead in USDT Use

BNB Chain and TRON continue to dominate the stablecoin game, with 6.97M and 6.78M active addresses using USDT monthly.

In 3rd place, we have Polygon with 1.39M active addresses, beating Ethereum (1.08M). Looks like the big chains are still leading the pack when it comes to stablecoin adoption!

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Bybit Hackers Laundered $1.4B in Just 10 Days

The hackers who stole 499,000 ETH ($1.4B) from Bybit successfully laundered all funds through decentralized platforms like THORChain, according to EmberCN. A significant chunk was swapped for Bitcoin.

THORChain hit record volume: $4.66B in a week, $1B in a single day Funds split & moved via THORChain, Paraswap, Mantle, OK DEX, and DODO. THORChain’s transaction fees surged to $5.5M.

Bybit CEO Ben Zhou claims 77% of funds are still traceable, 20% vanished, and 3% were frozen. The exchange paid $2.17M in USDT to firms aiding recovery.

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⚪️ Ethereum’s MVRV Hits a 16-Month Low—A Bullish Signal?

Ethereum's Market Value to Realized Value (MVRV) ratio just dropped to 1.01, its lowest level since October 2023, when ETH was trading below $1,600.

Historically, an MVRV below 1 during a bullish cycle has marked a key buying opportunity, as it indicates that ETH is trading near the average purchase price of most investors. This suggests that sell pressure is easing, and accumulation is picking up.
With bearish sentiment dominating the market, ETH holders are stacking up.

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Hayden Davis and WOLF – coincidence or another rug?

The guy behind LIBRA and MELANIA might be at it again. Reports suggest Hayden Davis is involved in launching WOLF, a token that Jordan Belfort was rumored to release himself.

Snipers and insiders were all over it before the dump – classic play.

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50M USDC Missing – Infini Blames Their Own Developer

What was first called a cyberattack turned out to be an inside job. One of Infini’s developers allegedly moved the USDC to his own wallet.

Now the company fears he might use it for gambling.

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📰 The Stablecoin Multiverse is Here

Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino declares a new era as hundreds of companies and governments launch their own stablecoins. "Proud to see the mass adoption of technology Tether pioneered in 2014," he said.

USDT now has over 400M users, with projections to surpass 1B soon. Stablecoins are becoming a key part of global finance.

Wyoming is set to launch its own stablecoin by July 2025, according to Bloomberg—another sign that crypto is reshaping traditional finance.

📰 Woman Accidentally Throws Away Husband’s Flash Drive with $3.8M in Bitcoin Keys

🛍 Ellie Hart decided to tidy up the house and unknowingly threw away an old flash drive, mistaking it for one of her school memory cards. Unfortunately, that drive contained wallet keys for Bitcoin worth $3.8 million!

😰 The moment of realization came when her husband, Tom Savvy—a programmer and developer—asked about the missing drive.

🗣️ “I froze and instantly understood everything. I told him, ‘I threw it away.’ I felt absolutely sick. Tom didn’t yell or blame me, but his silence spoke louder than words. The flash drive was in a box with old receipts, dead batteries, and tangled wires. I assumed it was just one of my school memory cards and tossed it without thinking,” — Ellie Hart shared.

That’s gotta hurt. Would you even be able to sleep after this?

📰 Bitcoin just hit 1 ZETAHASH!

For the first time ever, BTC's network hash rate reached 1 ZH/s — that's 1,000 exahashes every second (aka a quintillion hashes per exa ).

What does it mean? The mining difficulty is about to go up to keep that sweet 10-minute block time stable.

But with the market dumping, smaller miners might not survive this power surge — expect some to shut down or get absorbed. Survival of the fittest!

📰 Malicious npm Campaign Targets Atomic & Exodus Wallets

Cybercriminals have launched a supply chain attack via a fake npm package named pdf-to-office. Once installed, it secretly patches Atomic and Exodus crypto wallets on the victim’s device — swapping out the user’s wallet addresses with the attacker’s. This results in all outgoing crypto transactions being hijacked.

Even uninstalling the package doesn’t fix the issue. The malware persists by modifying local wallet files, so users must reinstall their wallets to fully remove the threat.

🔍 The attack was uncovered by ReversingLabs using machine learning-based detection tools. It’s part of a growing wave of sophisticated, hard-to-detect supply chain attacks specifically targeting the crypto space.

⚠️ How to Stay Safe:
• Avoid unknown packages — only install from trusted sources.
• Reinstall your wallet apps if you installed pdf-to-office.
• Double-check destination addresses before confirming crypto transfers.
• Use security tools to monitor for unexpected changes in local apps.
• Keep clipboard monitoring in mind — clipboard hijacking is still a thing.

Stay safe out there — the attacks are getting sneakier! 💸

🚀 Bitcoin to $155K? Gold Might Be the Clue

✨ Could Bitcoin follow gold’s lead?
Despite being down around 10% year-to-date, analysts say it’s too early to count Bitcoin out. The world’s top cryptocurrency is showing signs of strength that mirror gold’s historical price movements — and that could point to a breakout toward $155,000, according to research from Cryptollica.

🔍 Analysts see resilience despite volatility.
Glassnode reports that, even amid recent price swings, Bitcoin is performing far better than during previous crashes — particularly those where it lost over 50% during global economic stress. This newfound stability is a sign that Bitcoin might be maturing into a more resilient asset.

📉 The dollar is falling, and money is flooding the system.
With the U.S. dollar weakening and the global money supply on the rise, investors are once again turning to hard assets. Bitcoin, often dubbed “digital gold,” seems to be stepping into that role more convincingly than ever before.

📈 All eyes on the next move.
As Bitcoin’s behavior increasingly aligns with that of gold, the setup for a major breakout appears to be in place. If this trend continues, a move to $155K might not just be possible — it could be the next chapter in Bitcoin’s evolution.

📰 Big Moves in Crypto: Galaxy Digital appears to be making a significant shift in strategy, rotating out of Ethereum (ETH) and into Solana (SOL). Over the past two weeks, the firm deposited a whopping 65,600 ETH — worth approximately $105.5 million — to Binance, according to data from SpotOnChain.

🚀 Bullish on Solana: At the same time, Galaxy withdrew a massive 752,240 SOL, valued around $98.4 million. This bold move suggests the firm is leaning into Solana, possibly betting on its stronger price momentum or potential for greater upside compared to Ethereum in the near term.

👀 Let the Rotation Begin: With such a high-profile player shifting gears, all eyes are on what comes next. Is Solana gearing up for a breakout run? Galaxy’s rotation could be the first of many as institutions reassess where the biggest gains might be in this next phase of the crypto cycle.

📰 Kamino Integrates Chainlink Data Streams to Power Low-Latency Market Data on Solana!

@KaminoFinance, Solana’s largest DeFi lending protocol with over $2B in TVL, has integrated Chainlink Data Streams into its oracle infrastructure—ushering in a new era of speed, reliability, and resilience for DeFi on #Solana.

With low-latency, pull-based data feeds, #Chainlink Data Streams enhances Kamino’s performance and risk management, delivering real-time market data to ensure more accurate pricing and safer lending conditions.

📰 Vitalik Buterin Proposes Simpler Ethereum Layer 1

Vitalik Buterin has shared a 5-year plan to simplify Ethereum’s Layer 1 by drawing inspiration from Bitcoin’s minimalism. His key goal: make Ethereum’s core leaner and more resilient, with a cap on total lines of code.

The plan involves 10x data capacity for Layer 2s, shifting complexity off-chain while keeping the base layer efficient and secure.

This vision aims to make Ethereum’s foundation easier to maintain, audit, and scale long-term.