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Standard Chartered: 'Buy Quality' as Solana Dip Opens Outperformance Window

Standard Chartered is urging investors to look through near-term volatility in digital assets and focus on what it calls “quality” blockchain projects, with Head of FX and Digital Assets Research Geoff Kendrick saying, “I am a buyer of this dip in digital assets.” The bank continues to favor Ethereum and

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Pi Core Team Moves 500 Million Pi as Token Falls Over 94%

Wallets labeled as belonging to the Pi Core Team recorded large transactions in early February, including a transfer of 500 million Pi from the PI Foundation 1 wallet to another internal wallet. The funds were not moved to exchanges. The activity came as Pi’s price has fallen about 25%

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XRPL Permissioned Domains Activate on Feb 4; Price Impact Likely Indirect

The XRP Ledger will activate Permissioned Domains on February 4 after more than 91% of validators backed the XLS-80 amendment. Permissioned Domains are credential-gated access layers on the public XRPL, built on the XLS-70 Credentials framework. Domain owners set accepted credentials and accounts with those credentials become members automatically, and

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Vitalik Buterin Urges New Approach as Ethereum Layer 2 Usage Drops by 50%

Vitalik Buterin urged Layer 2 networks to rethink their role after active addresses fell from 58.4 million in mid-2025 to about 30 million, even as Ethereum’s mainnet active addresses rose from 7 million to 15 million. Buterin said the original Layer 2 vision as branded shards is outdated,

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Why Binance’s $200M Bitcoin Conversions Haven’t Moved the Market

Binance has completed two $100 million stablecoin-to-Bitcoin conversions from its Secure Asset Fund for Users (SAFU), totaling $200 million, or 20% of a $1 billion target, as part of a 30-day plan announced on January 30, 2026. The batches, about 1,350 BTC each, were moved into the SAFU wallet,

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Tom Lee: BitMine’s $6+ Billion Unrealized ETH Losses ‘Part of the Plan’

BitMine’s Ethereum treasury is showing more than $6 billion in unrealized losses amid a sharp decline in ETH, with CryptoQuant data placing the paper losses at about $6.4 billion. BeInCrypto reported that ETH fell more than 24% over the past week and briefly touched lows near $2,109.

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Tether Scales Back Fundraising, IPO Prospects Reassessed

Tether, issuer of the $185 billion USDT stablecoin, has dramatically scaled back a planned private raise that initially targeted $15–20 billion at a $500 billion valuation and is now considering as little as $5 billion or no raise at all amid investor pushback. Backers reportedly balked at the lofty

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One Bitcoin Chart Correctly Predicts the 5% Bounce — But 3 Metrics Now Question It

Bitcoin posted a near 5% rebound from its recent low and tested the $76,980 area after a bullish divergence formed on the 4-hour chart, but the move stalled at that level. On-chain data show notable supply clusters in the UTXO Realized Price Distribution (URPD) near $76,990 and the

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Bitwise to Acquire Chorus One as Crypto Staking Demand Accelerates

Bitwise Asset Management is acquiring institutional staking provider Chorus One, expanding its crypto yield services. Chorus One provides staking services for decentralized networks and currently has $2.2 billion in assets staked. Financial terms were not disclosed, Bloomberg reported, and Cointelegraph reached out to Bitwise and Chorus One but had

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Bitcoin miners risk shutdown if BTC falls below $70,000, BeInCrypto says

BeInCrypto reports Bitcoin’s latest sell-off is approaching a key level — around $70,000 — where many modern miners approach breakeven; falling below it could force shutdowns or BTC selling and increase downside pressure. At current network difficulty and electricity costs of about $0.08 per kWh, new mining data shows

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Bitcoin falls to lowest since pre-2024 election after metals crash and Warsh pick

Bitcoin has slid to its lowest level since before the 2024 election, plunging as much as 37% from its October peak and briefly dropping below $75,000 on Monday before edging back to about $78,500. Analysts say the latest sell-off was driven in large part by a shift in

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Solana, Hyperliquid and TRX face major liquidation risk in early February

The crypto market enters the first week of February with Solana (SOL), Hyperliquid (HYPE) and Tron (TRX) facing major liquidation risks amid intense volatility, BeInCrypto reports. Bears still hold the advantage but bulls are spotting opportunities, raising the chance of sharp price swings and liquidation losses for both long and

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Bitcoin rebounds to about $79,000 but crypto stocks remain under pressure

Trading just below $79,000 in midday U.S. trade Monday, bitcoin has bounced from its worst weekend level below $75,000 and was quoted at $78,978.19, though it remained more than 10% lower week-over-week. At $78,700, BTC was higher by about 2% over the past 24

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Buttcoin surges 259% — 3 meme coins to watch in the first week of Feb

Meme coins are starting the first week of February with renewed momentum, driven by fresh launches, community growth and aggressive price action, BeInCrypto said. The outlet analysed three tokens—BUTTCOIN, WHITEWHALE and EGL1—to watch during the period. BUTTCOIN emerged as a top performer, up 259% over the past seven

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Binance buys 1,315 BTC in first $100M step of $1B SAFU-to-Bitcoin plan

On February 2, on-chain data confirmed Binance executed the first Bitcoin purchase under its newly announced $1 billion SAFU conversion plan, acquiring 1,315 BTC worth about $100.7 million as Bitcoin traded below the $80,000 level. BeInCrypto reported the SAFU Fund address received 1,315 BTC and Binance

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HBAR eyes recovery after 35% drop — holding $0.076 will decide direction

Hedera’s HBAR entered February 2026 under pressure after a sharp market-wide correction, falling nearly 35% since mid-January and more than 40% from its November highs, the BeInCrypto analysis said. The article notes the token remains inside a falling wedge that began in late October 2025, a pattern that can

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Ethereum nears $2,000 as buying fades; MVRV hits opportunity zone

Ethereum has dropped sharply in recent sessions and was trading around $2,211 at the time of writing, roughly 9.2% from falling below $2,000 after a 27% decline over the past five days. Recent on-chain data show exchange net position change indicating that the buying momentum built over

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Trend Research risks $1.33B ETH liquidation as price falls toward $1,781–$1,862

Trend Research, one of the largest Ethereum whales, holds 618,246 ETH across six addresses and faces a potential $1.33 billion liquidation threshold as ETH prices slide, blockchain monitoring by @ai_9684xtpa and BeInCrypto report. As of this writing, Ethereum was trading at $2,226. The firm has $1.

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Ripple unlocks 1B XRP, relocks 700M — net 300M added supply

Ripple unlocked roughly 1 billion XRP from escrow on February 1, then relocked 700 million XRP, leaving a net 300 million XRP added to circulation, according to on-chain data and Whale Alert. The unlocks were split across four transfers of 100 million, 400 million, 100 million and 400 million XRP,

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Strategy hits nearly $1B paper loss after Bitcoin briefly falls below $75,000

Bitcoin’s brief drop below $75,000 on Feb. 1, 2026 pushed Strategy’s (formerly MicroStrategy) Bitcoin holdings into unrealized losses approaching $1 billion, BeInCrypto reported. Strategy holds 712,647 BTC with an average purchase cost of $76,037 per coin. At BeInCrypto’s reported trading price of $75,826

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Two Ethereum whales sell $371M in 48 hours to repay Aave loans

Two major Ethereum whales sold a combined $371 million in ETH over a 48-hour period (Feb. 1–2) and converted proceeds to stablecoins to repay outstanding loans on Aave, the largest decentralized lending protocol. The on-chain entity known as BitcoinOG (1011short) deposited 121,185 ETH, worth about $292 million, into

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CrossCurve bridge loses about $3M after spoofed cross‑chain messages bypass validation

CrossCurve, a decentralized cross‑chain liquidity protocol, confirmed its cross‑chain bridge was attacked, with on‑chain data and Defimon Alerts reporting losses of about $3 million across multiple networks. Security monitors said the exploit targeted a smart‑contract vulnerability that allowed spoofed cross‑chain messages to bypass gateway validation.

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Epstein funded Blockstream and debated Bitcoin with Peter Thiel, files show

The newly unsealed Epstein files, released on January 30, show Jeffrey Epstein funded early crypto firm Blockstream and exchanged messages about Bitcoin with figures including Peter Thiel and Adam Back. A 2014 email thread reveals Epstein’s involvement in Blockstream’s oversubscribed $18 million seed round, where co-founder Austin Hill

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Bitcoin sell-off exposes clash between conviction buyers and structural risks

Bitcoin’s recent sell-off has exposed a growing divide in crypto markets, with long-term bulls calling it a buying opportunity and analysts warning of structural weakness. As of this writing, Bitcoin was trading for $76,819, down by 0.34% in the last 24 hours. Author and long-time Bitcoin bull

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Onyxcoin sees 350M XCN moved to exchanges; charts show 150% breakout potential

Onyxcoin (XCN) selling surged after roughly 350 million tokens moved to exchanges, coinciding with a roughly 12% price drop that prompted panic among short-term holders. The 350 million XCN inflow is valued at nearly $2 million at current prices and typically reflects growing sell intent rather than long-term positioning. Many