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Bitmine adds 40,613 ETH during crash, now holds over 4.3M tokens

Bitmine Immersion Technologies added 40,613 ether last week amid a crypto price crash, bringing its holdings to more than 4.3 million tokens worth about $8.7 billion at the current price just above $2,000. Led by Chairman Tom Lee, the company is the world’s largest holder

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3 Meme Coins To Watch In The Second Week Of February 2026

PIPPIN is attempting a trend reversal after a sharp corrective leg. Price bounced cleanly from the $0.1565 demand zone and has formed short-term higher lows, while the MACD histogram is forming a bullish crossover, suggesting selling pressure is fading. It trades around $0.2592, with a strong daily close

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Sell-off pushes focus to blockchains with real business models, Yuval Rooz says

The cryptocurrency market sell‑off is prompting a shift toward blockchains with tangible business models that channel value to token holders and users rather than intermediaries or speculative order flow, Yuval Rooz said. Rooz, co‑founder and CEO of Digital Asset and creator of the Canton Network, added he is

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Bitcoin Cash only gainer, up 3.4% as Aptos and NEAR fall

Bitcoin Cash (BCH) was the only gainer, rising 3.4%. Aptos (APT) declined 9.4% and NEAR Protocol (NEAR) fell 8%, leading the index lower. Those losses outweighed BCH's rise, leaving the index under pressure. bitcoin cash, bch, aptos, apt, near protocol, near, gainer, declined, index, under pressure

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Strategy buys 1,142 Bitcoin for $90M at about $78,815 per coin

Michael Saylor’s Strategy added 1,142 Bitcoin last week, spending $90 million at an average price of $78,815 per coin. Bitcoin traded below that level for most of the week and briefly touched $60,000 on Coinbase last Thursday. The purchase brings Strategy’s total holdings to 714,

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Bitcoin rebounds as whales accumulate 40,000 BTC

Bitcoin rebounded 17% to trade near $70,000 on Monday, recovering from a 15-month low below $60,000 as large investors bought the dip and added at least 40,000 BTC. Glassnode data shows addresses holding 1,000–10,000 BTC added about 22,000 BTC since Friday, while those

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Crypto’s Infrastructure Pivot: Inside BeInCrypto’s Executive Council

More than fifteen years after the Bitcoin white paper sparked a revolution, the cryptocurrency industry is entering a period of rapid transformation at the intersection of co‑option by incumbent financial institutions, the rise of AI agents, and shifting demographics that come with mainstream adoption. What began as a fringe

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3 Token Unlocks to Watch in the Second Week of February 2026

More than $278 million in crypto tokens will enter circulation during the second week of February, with Connex, Avalanche and Aptos among the largest releases. The added supply could increase volatility and affect short-term price action. Connex will unlock 1.32 million CONX on February 15, raising the released supply

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13.4 Million Altcoins Dead as Regulation Strips Tokens of Rights

CoinGecko data shows 53.2% of cryptocurrencies listed on GeckoTerminal had failed by the end of 2025, and more than 13.4 million tokens have "died" since 2021. The collapse accelerated in 2025, when 11.6 million tokens failed — 86.3% of all failures recorded since 2021. Listings

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Gate Bolsters Crypto ETF Offering With Transparency and Low Fees

Over the past two years the supply of ETF leveraged tokens has contracted as major exchanges phased suspensions, halted subscriptions, or delisted pairs. Demand for leverage has persisted, creating a liquidity gap that Gate has chosen to fill. Rather than retreat, Gate made leveraged tokens a core product, emphasizing transparent

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Buterin: DeFi should shift risk, not rely on USDC yield

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin drew a clear boundary around what he considers real decentralized finance, pushing back against yield-driven stablecoin strategies that he says do not meaningfully transform risk. He argued DeFi's value comes from changing how risk is allocated and managed, not simply generating yield on centralized

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Binance adds $300M in Bitcoin to SAFU as market sentiment remains fragile

Binance added another 4,225 Bitcoin—about $300 million—to its Secure Asset Fund for Users (SAFU), blockchain data platform Arkham shows. The purchase lifts the fund’s Bitcoin holdings to more than $720 million at current prices. On X, Binance said, “We’re continuing to acquire #Bitcoin for the

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Traders Debate SAFU Fund’s Market Signal After $734 Million Bitcoin Buy

Binance converted $734 million into Bitcoin as part of a plan to shift SAFU reserves, bringing the fund’s holdings to 10,455 BTC. The move is one stage of a broader effort to convert a $1 billion reserve into Bitcoin over a 30-day period. Early batches included roughly 1,

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Six arrested in France over crypto-linked kidnapping of magistrate

French police arrested six people, including a minor, over the kidnapping of a 35‑year‑old magistrate and her 67‑year‑old mother in a cryptocurrency‑linked ransom plot aimed at the magistrate’s partner, a crypto entrepreneur. The partner received a photo of the magistrate and a threat to

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Bitcoin mining difficulty falls 11% as miners capitulate

Bitcoin’s mining difficulty fell about 11%, the largest decline since China’s 2021 crackdown, after a sharp drop in hashrate tied to plunging prices and winter storm outages. The metric moved from just over 141.6 trillion to roughly 125.86 trillion as the network rebalanced; difficulty adjusts roughly

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Xinbi processed nearly $17.9B in crypto transactions, TRM Labs finds

A Chinese-language crypto guarantee marketplace known as Xinbi processed nearly $17.9 billion in on-chain transaction volume despite platform bans and United States enforcement actions aimed at dismantling similar services, TRM Labs found. The $17.9 billion figure reflects gross on-chain transaction volume processed by wallets attributed to Xinbi, covering

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From Billions to $187M: Is Crypto’s Selling Frenzy Nearing an End?

Crypto fund outflows plunged to $187 million last week, a sharp drop that suggests the recent wave of selling may be losing momentum, the latest CoinShares report shows. Total assets under management fell to $129.8 billion, the lowest level since March 2025. Exchange-traded products saw record activity, with $63.

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Where Bitcoin Might Bottom: Key Levels Analysts Are Watching

Bitcoin has fallen more than 22% over the past month, briefly hitting its lowest level in over a year before a partial rebound. Market data showed the largest cryptocurrency dropped to $60,000 on February 6 and was trading at $70,354 at press time, up 1.20% on the

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How market makers likely accelerated bitcoin's crash to $60,000

Bitcoin plunged early this month to nearly $60,000, wiping out large chunks of value across the crypto market and vaporizing some trading funds. Most observers blamed macro forces, including the capitulation of spot ETF holders and rumors of funds blowing out positions, but a quieter force likely played a

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TON Pay Turns Telegram Mini Apps into Crypto Checkout Layer

The Open Network Foundation has launched TON Pay, an SDK designed to make cryptocurrencies usable for everyday consumer transactions inside Telegram. The wallet-agnostic payment layer lets merchants and Mini App developers accept crypto directly through the messaging app. TON Pay provides a single software kit that integrates with Telegram Mini

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Solv CEO: 3 Protocols That Would Matter in a Tokenless Crypto World

Ryan Chow, CEO and co-founder of Solv Protocol, says token prices are often a noisy, lagging signal and that real value in crypto would shift to fundamentals if tokens ceased to matter. He argues that adoption, usability and security would become the dominant measures, and that builders would prioritize infrastructure

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Previewing policy at Consensus Hong Kong 2026

CoinDesk is hosting its second annual Consensus Hong Kong conference on Feb. 8, 2026, with policymakers and industry participants in town. The event will kick off Wednesday with a speech from Hong Kong Chief Executive John KC Lee. Day one features Financial Secretary Paul Chan and Securities and Futures Commission

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Bitcoin Price Forecasts Say $50,000 Is on the Way

Bitcoin begins the second week of February still on the defensive after last week’s sharp drawdown, with traders increasingly eyeing deeper retracements toward $60,000 — and even $50,000 — before a durable macro bottom forms. Market forecasts broadly agree that price has not yet put in a reliable long-term

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Why Quantum Computing Isn’t the Immediate Bitcoin Threat Many Assume

Concerns that quantum computing could one day break Bitcoin’s cryptography have resurfaced, but CoinShares argues the risk remains distant. The firm frames quantum computing as a long-term engineering challenge and says Bitcoin has ample time to adapt before quantum machines reach a cryptographically relevant scale. In theory, Shor’s

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Coinglass ignites perp DEX data debate over Hyperliquid, Aster, Lighter

An analysis by Coinglass comparing perpetual decentralized exchange data has sparked a fierce debate and highlighted rifts within the crypto derivatives sector. The study exposed marked discrepancies in trading volumes, open interest and liquidations across Hyperliquid, Aster and Lighter, leaving users asking what qualifies as genuine activity on these platforms.