Today's Crypto Pulse
Bitcoin slides below $70k as energy‑price worries spark $1.8B in liquidations
Bitcoin fell under $70,000 amid heightened energy‑price uncertainty linked to U.S.–Iran tensions. The dip triggered roughly $1.8 billion in crypto liquidations, while institutional investors pulled more than $4.2 billion from digital‑asset positions.
Also developing:
By the numbers: Strive acquires 2,500 Bitcoin for $185.2M
Polymarket Bettors Appear to Have Insider-Traded on a Market Designed to Catch Insider Traders
A group of at least 12 wallets on Polymarket collectively pocketed more than $1 million by betting on Axiom being the target of ZachXBT’s insider‑trading investigation before the report was public. The largest holder, dubbed predictorxyz, bought 477,415 shares at an average $0.14 and now sits on $411,000 profit, a roughly 7‑fold return. Polymarket’s Axiom market generated about $40 million in volume since Monday, but the concentration of high‑conviction bets from newly created wallets suggests inside information leaked ahead of the publication. The platform’s offshore, no‑KYC model makes tracing the traders difficult, raising regulatory concerns.
Top 3 Must-Read Books for Crypto Literacy
Got a few questions about why @CoinDCX is celebrating #CryptoLiteracyWeek. The short answer: There are a lot of misconceptions about crypto, and as India's crypto coach we wanted to help demystify it for the masses. Reading is one of the best...
20% ETH Swing Triggers $4‑5B in Liquidations
If #ETH makes a 20% pump, approximately $4.34B in short positions will be liquidated. If ETH sees a 20% dump, around $4.64B in long positions will be liquidated. https://t.co/ZAvjYl247Q
World Liberty Financial Ties Voting Power to Staking as USD1 Supply Tops $4.7 Billion
World Liberty Financial has submitted a governance proposal that obliges WLFI token holders to stake their tokens for at least 180 days before they can vote. The framework creates two tiered statuses—Node at 10 million WLFI and Super Node at 50 million WLFI—offering...
Figure Doubles Consumer Loan Volume and Adds Auto Lending
Figure Technology Solutions reported a 131% year‑over‑year surge in its Consumer Loan Marketplace, reaching $2.7 billion in Q4 2025. More than half of that volume, $1.5 billion, flowed through its newly launched Figure Connect platform, marking a rapid shift toward a capital‑light...
Stop Blaming Cycles; Learn From Alt Losses
Blaming a cycle for a bad execution? Complaining about no alt season because blue-chips didn't pump? The truth is, you were hoping your alts would recover and they didn't. Avoid these mistakes next cycle. #CryptoTips #Trading #IvanClips https://t.co/rfW0zmgYMF
How to Accept Crypto Payments in Your Business (2026 Guide)
Crypto adoption has exploded to about 741 million users, making digital‑asset payments a mainstream expectation. Modern crypto payment gateways now provide plug‑and‑play solutions that remove the need for in‑house wallet management. Businesses across ecommerce, SaaS, and retail can integrate crypto checkout...
OCC May Give Senators Warren and Scott Access to Trump Bank Application
The OCC’s comptroller, Jonathan Gould, indicated he will consider providing Senators Elizabeth Warren and Tim Scott with the unredacted bank charter application of World Liberty Financial, a Trump‑family‑linked DeFi firm. The application, submitted in January, seeks a national trust bank...
Bullish Retest: Volume‑Driven Breakout to Continuation
#TaTip 🐂 Bullish retest: 1) High volume breakout 2) Slow dip to local support on declining volume making a higher low 3) Support bounce - buyers step in; volume increases 4) Bullish continuation 📈
AI and Intents Unite NEAR as Unified Commerce Layer
Here's my keynote from NEARCON earlier this week with all the launches and highlights – AI and Intents are converging to make NEAR the Unified Commerce Layer. We're in a new era of growth and adoption for @NEARProtocol.
Vietnam: Building a Regulated Digital Asset Market: Vietnam
Vietnam is set to launch its first pilot crypto‑asset exchange before 28 February 2026, following the government’s five‑year pilot programme and new licensing rules issued in January 2026. The Ministry of Finance’s detailed procedures codify market entry criteria, capital thresholds, and supervisory safeguards,...
Crypto Incentives Can Fuel AI’s Data Hunger
So many interesting ideas to explore at this intersection. One such example: crypto is great at using incentives (i.e. $) to get people to do something, and AI companies are incredibly data-hungry. If you can use crypto incentives to get...
Decibel Perpetuals Exchange Launches on Aptos
Decibel, an Aptos‑incubated perpetual derivatives DEX, went live on the Aptos mainnet alongside its Amps points incentive program. The platform debuted with a central limit order book model, on‑chain risk engine, and cross‑chain support for Ethereum and Solana deposits. Testnet...
Bitcoin's Sharpe Ratio Outshines Gold, Offering Generational Upside
The fact that Gold has gone up so much, that's only accelerated through all financial products that we've designed. However, holding Gold at this point isn't the right bet for most asset managers. The Sharpe Ratio is way worse. The flipside: the...
Bitcoin Miner MARA Jumps 17% After Striking a Deal with Starwood to Build AI Data Centers
Marathon Digital Holdings (MARA) announced a partnership with Starwood Capital to transform select U.S. bitcoin mining sites into AI‑focused data centers. The joint venture aims to deliver about 1 GW of compute capacity initially, with plans to exceed 2.5 GW over time,...
Korean CEX Listings Continue to Boost Altcoins
South Korean centralized exchanges Bithumb and UpBit have again demonstrated their power to move altcoin prices, with recent listings of Centrifuge’s CFG and Espresso’s ESP driving 177% and 103% gains respectively. The spikes, however, are typically short‑lived as trading volumes...
Crypto Exchange NoOnes Confirms Ray Youssef Is No Longer CEO
NoOnes announced on X that Ray Youssef is no longer involved in the exchange’s management, citing ongoing personal legal matters. Youssef had led NoOnes for just over two years, during which the platform expanded across Africa and Southeast Asia. The...
Bloomberg Extends Financial Data to $25B Tokenized Markets via Kaiko
Bloomberg is partnering with Kaiko to embed the newswire’s licensed financial data directly onto blockchain platforms, tackling the fragmented information problem in tokenized markets. The collaboration targets tokenized U.S. Treasury and repo products on the permissioned Canton Network, offering a...
PIPPIN Jumps 23% as AI and Meme Tokens Gain Momentum
PIPPIN, an AI‑driven memecoin on Solana, surged 23% in the last 24 hours, outpacing major cryptocurrencies. The token now trades around $0.87, marking a 70% weekly gain and a 169% rise over the past month. Its market cap sits near...
Crypto Social Isn’t Dead, It’s Just Changing Hands
In late January, Farcaster handed its protocol, client and Base launchpad to infrastructure provider Neynar, while Lens Protocol moved stewardship from Avara to Mask Network. The rapid leadership swaps reignited debate over whether crypto‑social is a dead experiment. Analysts argue...
Bluprynt Secures $4.25M Seed, Bridges Compliance to On‑Chain
Truly big news today: I’m delighted to share that my startup @blupryntco has completed its oversubscribed $4.25m seed raise. Thanks to an all star roster of investors including @valorcapgroup @CultivationCap @RobinhoodApp @cbventures @QuonaCapital @FlourishVC @SelahVentures and Kazea for joining...
Kananga Launches Tokenized MMF. CIMB Partners Ant for Tokenized Deposits
Kenanga Investment Bank has unveiled its Myrra tokenization platform, issuing two tokenized money‑market funds on the Stellar blockchain – a first for Malaysia. At the same time, CIMB, the country’s second‑largest bank, announced a partnership with Ant International to explore...
BTC Supply Ratio Signals Bottom, Bear Market Nearing End
Every time $BTC vs. $BTC Supply in profit/loss hits these levels. It marks a bottom. It did this in 2011. It did this in 2015. It did this in 2018. It did this during the COVID crash in 2020. It did this after the FTX crash...
Ethereum's Quantum Roadmap: Replace BLS with Hash Signatures
Now, the quantum resistance roadmap. Today, four things in Ethereum are quantum-vulnerable: * consensus-layer BLS signatures * data availability (KZG commitments+proofs) * EOA signatures (ECDSA) * Application-layer ZK proofs (KZG or groth16) We can tackle these step by step: ## Consensus-layer signatures Lean consensus includes fully replacing BLS...
Nigeria’s Crypto Exchanges Must Now Report Trades, but Enforcement Remains Unclear
Nigeria’s tax authority has mandated that all crypto exchanges upload daily transaction logs to a new e‑reporting portal, a rule that took effect in January 2026. The requirement aims to broaden the tax base and fund the country’s expanding fiscal...
Market Makers Add Costs, Not Major BTC Price Moves
In short: no. I was a wall st market maker 15 years ago, explicitly exploiting inefficiencies in products like ETFs. Market makers absolutely do “game the system” in all sorts of ways, but for liquid products like BTC...
Aave Thrives Only When All Stakeholders Collaborate
The way I see this, Aave is a result of all its parts. Like a cake, you can argue it's 80% flour, 20% eggs, 10% sugar, 5% butter, 1% baking powder, but take away any of its components, and there's...
Coinbase Employees Reportedly Face Wise “Payment Blocks” Amid UK Banking Crackdown
A LinkedIn post alleges that Wise has blocked payroll payments from Coinbase to UK‑based employees, disrupting their finances. Coinbase acknowledged the post but offered no further comment, while Wise has not responded. Wise’s Acceptable Use Policy prohibits direct crypto transactions...
Self‑custody Is Essential: No Keys, No Coins
"That is why Bitcoin OGs have long said, "Not your keys, not your coins," "don't trust, verify", and even "trusted third parties are security holes." --@NickSzabo4
Bitcoin Shifts From Retail to Mega Institutions
You are witnessing the greatest rotation of Bitcoin and Bitcoin-based assets from weak hands to mega institutions.
Circle Reveals Plans for Native Arc Token
Circle’s chief executive Jeremy Allaire announced on the Q4 2025 earnings call that the firm is actively exploring a native token for its Arc blockchain. The Arc network, launched on a public testnet in October 2025, is tailored for stablecoin issuance with...
HGRAF Hits Record High, Eyes $5 Target
$HGRAF Another ATH and another highest daily close ever. $5 in sight which would be a 5x 🔥 https://t.co/epXCaZe867
Bitcoin's Tiny Cap vs $400T Real Estate Gap
Silver may have industrial applications, but Bitcoin is a replacement application for storing value in real estate. The global real estate market is $400 trillion dollars. The current Bitcoin market cap is less than $1.35 trillion.
Aeternum Botnet Shifts Command Control to Polygon Blockchain
Aeternum, a newly discovered botnet loader, has moved its command‑and‑control (C2) infrastructure onto the Polygon blockchain, using smart contracts to issue instructions. By writing commands as immutable blockchain transactions, the botnet eliminates the traditional servers and domains that law‑enforcement typically...
Politicians Must Be Barred From All Investment Trading
I agree with Elizabeth Warren here 😱 Any politician or anyone who is involved in any type of policy should not be allowed to trade or invest. This needs to be bipartisan and not just stocks Traditional finance, but crypto too.
Crypto.com's $15M Trump Donation Raises Charter Conflict
Crypto .com parent co donated a combined $15M to Trump entities. It just received conditional approval of its trust bank charter app. Even if these things AREN'T related, and I hope they're not, the appearance of a conflict of interest is...
MicroStrategy and BitMine Still Lead Corporate Crypto Purchases
Top 5 companies buying crypto for their balance sheets by unrealized losses — according to CryptoRank The usual record holders remain the same: #MSTR MicroStrategy - the world’s largest corporate buyer of #BTC #BMNR BitMine - the world’s largest corporate buyer of #ETH...
Bitcoin Restores Money's Value and Human Dignity
Money is information. Information is power. Money represents your time and effort. When governments debase money, they debase you. Printing, censoring, and confiscating money are affronts to human dignity. Bitcoin fixes this. My latest keynote: Fix the money, fix the world. https://t.co/jhZBTWaOM8
BlackRock Adds 4,309 BTC, $290M in Hour
BlackRock continues to increase its #BTC holdings. Over the past hour, the company purchased 4,309 BTC worth $289.6 million. https://t.co/XHsOQfFWwO
Everyone Misunderstands Bitcoin; Learn the Truth
Everybody understands #Bitcoin wrong. Even I did, that's why I've learned so much from @JeffBooth during our conversation. Watch why everyone gets it wrong here: Proposed Text: Watch it here: https://t.co/NFDNZYiYoS
Banks to Embed Wallets Directly in Online Banking
🎯+ wait until you see what @Vantage_Bank & @custodiabank are delivering to a consortium of banks that abstracts away the complexity of wallets *INSIDE* the banking system, accessible from your online banking page. I gave an interview to @BankDirector on...
Charts Look Good, Yet Follow‑Through Remains Missing
Some decent looking charts out here but the problem over the last month has been almost no follow through.
Early DAT Token Purchases Signal Inevitable Project Failure
DATs buying tokens before they even start trading. Omid Malekan (@malekanoms) verdict? 💀 "From that moment on, I just concluded this project will definitely fail." https://t.co/pXNQkgmcif
Bunq CEO Ali Niknam Challenges EU Stablecoin Rules
🔵 The banker who sued his central bank and changed European regulation. I sat down with Ali Niknam, founder and CEO of @bunq, at Davos during the WEF 2026 🎥 "𝐛𝐮𝐧𝐪'𝐬 𝐂𝐄𝐎 𝐚𝐭 𝐃𝐚𝐯𝐨𝐬: 𝐀𝐈, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐔𝐒 𝐁𝐞𝐭, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐓𝐚𝐤𝐞...
Governments Censor Data, yet AML/KYC Exposes It
Governments all around the world have tried to censor access to this kind of data. Hilarious that their own AML/KYC fetish is revealing it anyway.
TRX Launches on Gemini with Full Trading Support
TRX by @trondao Now trading on Gemini 🎉 Deposits and withdrawals enabled ✅ Buy, sell, and store today: https://t.co/k8dbSGNRvL https://t.co/knhBTpSMmd
Bitcoin Holds; Higher Low Needed to Sustain Uptrend
So far, so good for #Bitcoin. Find a higher low and we'll be continuing the trend upwards. https://t.co/MBUW2vWV47
Double Standards: Swiss Bank Targeted, Binance Pardoned
The hypocrisy of cutting off a Swiss Bank for facilitating payments to Iran and Russia, while the administration pardons CZ & family does business with Binance... https://t.co/p2PfBgrfDs
DeFi Lending and Crypto VC Leaders Dominate Timeline
all of ct timeline consumed with who built more of the biggest defi lending protocol who started one of the biggest crypto vcs
AI Hype Mirrors Crypto 2021, Real Change Takes Time
The hype cycle around AI right now reminds me of the 2021 hype cycle around crypto. The reality is of course different… yes change is coming, but it takes far more time than you think