Today's Crypto Pulse
Bitcoin crashes below $65,000 amid $1.86B liquidations and Saylor sell‑off
Bitcoin slipped under the $65,000 psychological barrier on June 3, sparking a 12% weekly decline. The drop triggered roughly $1.86 billion in leveraged futures liquidations and a $2.97 billion outflow from spot Bitcoin ETFs over ten sessions. Michael Saylor added pressure by selling 32 BTC, valued at about $2.5 million.
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By the numbers: Strive acquires 2,500 Bitcoin for $185.2M
ElmonX Launches “Vitruvian Man” — Leonardo Da Vinci’s Iconic Study of Human Proportion Reimagined as a Digital Collectible
ElmonX announced the launch of a digital collectible version of Leonardo da Vinci’s Vitruvian Man on 3 February 2026, in partnership with Bridgeman Images. The limited‑edition NFT includes Artist Proofs that grant owners a handmade 70 g physical print, a gold‑foil Certificate of Authenticity, and an optional museum‑grade frame produced after five orders. Collectors can view the artwork in augmented reality through the ElmonX iOS and Android apps, with two drops scheduled exclusively on the platform. The release is not available for purchase in Italy because of licensing constraints.
Add Kid‑Task Crypto Rewards to Boost Engagement
On to more productive conversations. Here is a great one I just received: --- i had a feedback/suggestions, i wanted to talk about something positive lol. i think we all agree that Square needs to improve, but tbf, it’s a new function, and...
Bitcoin's Youth Means We're Still Early
This can happen with even a physical asset, like gold and silver, with thousands years of history. Bitcoin is a 17 years old technology, heavily suppressed in most of its existence. Most other crypto are younger. We are still early.
Polymarket, Kalshi Contract Limits Demonstrated in Latest U.S. Government Shutdown Fight
The U.S. government is set to enter a partial shutdown at midnight Saturday after the Senate approved a funding package that still requires House approval. Prediction‑market platforms Polymarket and Kalshi have launched contracts betting on the shutdown, each defining the...
Most Complaints Come From Low‑Follower Sockpuppet Accounts
Word of the day: 水军 https://t.co/W0BMI3n58C See how many complainers 👇 are from accounts you don't recognize. Most of them are new accounts, with low followers. While we are not perfect, we spend time on improving ourselves. Let them spend their time...
Infinex Token Launches at $300 Million Valuation
Infinex, the DeFi super‑app led by Synthetix founder Kain Warwick, launched its INX token with a $330 million fully‑diluted valuation, pricing initially at $0.033 before slipping to $0.021 as early investors took profits. The platform’s ICO closed on Jan. 10, raising $7.2 million...
Polkadot Treasury Posts First OpenGov Profit as DOT Price Lags
Polkadot’s treasury posted its first net profit under the OpenGov model in Q4 2025, recording a gain of 1.6 million DOT despite a flat‑lined token price. Treasury outlays fell to $7.4 million, the lowest since the governance shift, with $2.5 million allocated to...
SpaceX-Tesla Merger Talks Puts Nearly 20,000 Bitcoin in Focus
Elon Musk’s exploratory merger talks involving SpaceX, Tesla, and possibly xAI have drawn attention to the combined bitcoin holdings of the two companies, which total nearly 20,000 BTC worth roughly $1.7 billion. Tesla reported a $239 million after‑tax loss on its digital...
Amboss Launches RailsX DEX
Amboss Technologies unveiled RailsX, the first Lightning‑native peer‑to‑peer decentralized exchange, at the PlanB Forum in El Salvador. The platform enables atomic swaps between Bitcoin and stablecoins using Lightning channels and Taproot Assets, drawing liquidity from Amboss’s Magma marketplace. RailsX also integrates...
European Commission Calls on 12 Countries to Implement Crypto Tax Rules
The European Commission will issue formal notices to twelve EU member states for not fully applying the bloc’s new crypto‑asset tax reporting rules, giving them two months to respond before a possible reasoned opinion. The directive, aligned with the OECD’s...
Why OG DeFi Failed | Kain Warwick, Founder of Synthetix
In this episode of The Defiant, Kain Warwick—founder of Synthetix and Infinex—dissects why early DeFi projects faltered, pinpointing poor user experience and token distribution as the real bottlenecks rather than decentralization itself. He explains the controversial INX token sale, the...
Changpeng Zhao Rejects Claims Binance Worsened Crypto Market Crash
Former Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao publicly refuted claims that Binance was a primary driver of the October 10, 2025 crypto market crash that erased roughly $19 billion in positions. He called the accusations “far‑fetched” and emphasized he speaks only as a shareholder, not...
Cardano Secures $70B Liquidity Injection that Finally Solves the Network’s Biggest Missing Piece for Investors
Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson announced a partnership with Circle to integrate USDCx, a Circle‑linked stablecoin, into the Cardano ecosystem. The deal gives Cardano direct access to Circle’s $70 billion USDC liquidity network via the xReserve model, aiming to close the platform’s...
Ink-Based Perp DEX Nado Airdrops Official NFT Collection
Nado, a perpetual derivatives DEX built on Ink’s Layer 2, airdropped its official "Templars of the Storm" NFT collection to early pre‑alpha users who opted for NFTs over Ink points. The floor price is 0.45 ETH (≈$1,200) and the collection has generated...
Ethereum Supply Tightens With 45% of ETH Locked: Sygnum
Sygnum’s Q1 2026 Investment Outlook reports that roughly 45 % of all Ether is now locked or otherwise hard to sell, tightening the circulating supply. Exchange‑held ETH dropped 14.5 % during the quarter, while exchange‑traded funds hold about 10 % of total ETH and...
NDSS 2025 – Silence False Alarms
Researchers at NDSS 2025 introduced AutoAR, a system that automatically recognizes anti‑reentrancy patterns in Ethereum smart contracts. By leveraging a novel RentPDG graph representation and a graph auto‑encoder with clustering, AutoAR can detect twelve common protective patterns with 89% accuracy....
Citi Analysts Say Crypto Bill Could Be Delayed Beyond 2026
Citi analysts say the CLARITY Act, a cornerstone of U.S. crypto market‑structure reform, could still clear Congress this year, but the likelihood of a delay beyond 2026 is rising. The biggest hurdle is defining when decentralized finance protocols and developers...
Bitwise CIO Matt Hougan Says Bitcoin Could Hit $6.5 Million in 20 Years
Bitwise CIO Matt Hougan predicts Bitcoin could reach $6.5 million per coin within 20 years, basing the forecast on ongoing sovereign debt growth and fiat debasement. He sees 2026 as a consolidation period, with Bitcoin likely ranging between $75,000 and $100,000...
Stake DIEM for Free Private Clawdbot Access
DIEM is the only crypto token that enables free (and private) use of Clawdbot/@openclaw 1. Create https://t.co/iUPC8ijDPN account and stake DIEM 2. Install @openclaw and select Venice as inference provider 3. Choose Opus 4.5 or Kimi K2.5 (latter is nearly as intelligent...
Economic Superalignment Empowers Aligned Agents, Blocks Misaligned
In anticipation of AGI and the singularity, based on my 10 years of experience designing and struggling with the challenges of DAOs, for the past few years I’ve been developing Synomics - a comprehensive paradigm of superalignment for swarms of...
Why Proof-of-Reserves Alone Doesn’t Build Real Trust
Proof‑of‑reserves (PoR) lets crypto exchanges publicly prove on‑chain asset holdings at a specific moment. However, PoR typically omits full liability data, offers only a point‑in‑time snapshot, and cannot confirm solvency, liquidity, or unencumbered reserves. Regulators and auditors stress that PoR...
Binance Plans to Buy $1 Billion of Bitcoin
Binance announced a plan to purchase $1 billion worth of Bitcoin within the next month, positioning the exchange as a major institutional buyer. The fund will be replenished if the post‑conversion Bitcoin holdings dip below $800 million, underscoring a floor‑price strategy. Binance...
#143 – Emmanuel Maggiori – The Economics of State Failure
In this episode, Emmanuel Maggiori examines how inflation, distorted incentives, and the erosion of monetary rules gradually undermine an economy, using Argentina’s black markets and capital controls as a cautionary tale. He explains that inflation first destroys trust in institutions...
Hong Kong Regulators to Submit Draft Bill for Crypto Framework in 2026
Hong Kong’s Financial Services and the Treasury Bureau and the Securities and Futures Commission will submit a draft digital‑asset framework in 2026, targeting crypto‑advisory services and stable‑coin licensing. The Hong Kong Monetary Authority is already processing stable‑coin licence applications, though...
Visa and Mastercard Aren’t Buying the Stablecoin Hype for Everyday Payments
Visa and Mastercard remain skeptical about stablecoins for everyday payments, citing ample existing options for U.S. consumers. Both firms acknowledge blockchain experiments but see limited product‑market fit, especially in developed markets. Mastercard frames stablecoins as an additional currency it can...
Brian Armstrong Was Snubbed by Top Executives From the Biggest U.S. Banks in Davos
Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong was rebuffed by the CEOs of JPMorgan, Bank of America, Wells Fargo and Citigroup during Davos meetings as he pushed back against the Senate’s CLARITY Act. The bill seeks to regulate stablecoin reward programs that offer up...
How Trady Combines CEX-Grade Performance with DeFi Principles
Trady bridges the long‑standing gap between centralized‑exchange speed and DeFi’s trust‑less ethos by leveraging account abstraction, liquidity aggregation, and smart routing. The platform delivers millisecond‑level execution, deep cross‑chain liquidity, and a professional UI while keeping users in full control of...
USDT & USDC Dominance Surge, New Uptrend Emerging
Stablecoin Dominance - $USDT and $USDC Both USDT and USDC Dominance continue to climb following from their retesting phases USDT Dominance has successfully post-breakout retested the multi-year Downtrend (blue trendline) into new support, confirming a new Macro Uptrend And USDC Dominance continues to...
WISeKey Advances Post-Quantum Space Security with 2026 Satellite PoCs
WISeKey International announced proof‑of‑concept testing of post‑quantum cryptography on satellites in late 2025, with a fully operational quantum‑resistant satellite slated for launch in the second quarter of 2026. The initiative combines hybrid Triple Key Encapsulation Mechanisms that blend PQC algorithms with...
Visa Doles Out Stablecoin Advice
Visa has launched stablecoin advisory services to guide financial institutions, merchants and tech firms on integrating digital assets, debuting the offering last month. The move coincides with the expansion of stablecoin‑enabled cards to about 50 countries and a settlement run...
BGB Lists on Kraken, Expanding Regulated Global Access to Onchain Settlement Infrastructure
Bitget Token (BGB) has been listed on Kraken, marking its first major regulated U.S. exchange debut and expanding global access. The listing enhances BGB’s liquidity and makes the token available to traders across regulated markets worldwide. BGB powers Morph’s on‑chain...
Paradex Boosts $DIME Airdrop Allocation Ahead of Token Launch
Paradex announced its $DIME token generation event for late February or early March and increased the airdrop allocation for XP Season 2 participants. The exchange will distribute 25% of the fully diluted supply to all XP holders, with Season 2 traders receiving...
CoinDesk 20 Performance Update: Index Slides 1.9% as All Assets Trade Lower
CoinDesk’s daily 20‑asset index slipped 1.9% on Jan 30, settling at 2,510.59 points. Every constituent posted a loss, with the biggest drags coming from Cronos (CRO) down 4.2% and Aave (AAVE) off 3.7%. The modest leaders, Polkadot (POL) and Bitcoin Cash...
Sentient: The “AI Economy” Stress Test
Sentient has begun its AI‑economy stress test, introducing the GRID—a blockchain‑backed network that lets developers publish, reuse, and monetize AI artifacts such as models, data, and compute. The project is overseen by the nonprofit Sentient Foundation and backs its native...
Lido’s New stVaults Will Let L2s Create Their Own Rules for Ethereum Staking
On Jan 30, 2026 Lido Labs Foundation deployed stVaults on Ethereum mainnet, a modular extension that lets third‑party teams plug into Lido’s staking system. The new vaults provide isolated environments where builders can configure validators, optionally mint stETH, and still tap Lido’s...
Premium Investor Report #501
Premium Investor Report #501, authored by Lark Davis, highlights three core themes: a deep dive into Sentient’s AI‑economy stress test, a bullish outlook on North American silver stocks, and the emergence of Minara AI’s usage‑reward system. Davis adds Copx, Blue...
Crypto's Twilight Zone: Bullish Institutions vs Burned‑Out Natives
Institutions appear ultra-bullish but crypto natives are burning out. What's going on? In this @unchained_pod episode, @RyanWatkins_ joins me to unpack: 🤔 Why he thinks crypto is in a “twilight zone” 💥 How the market could surprise investors ⁉️ What needs to happen for...
Low Sentiment, Yet Unexpected Big Crypto Moves Ahead
Crypto market sentiment is in the dumps. But @RyanWatkins_ says big moves happen when people least expect them 👇 https://t.co/QgFoh6zvlt
NLW's Last Breakdown
In the final episode of *The Breakdown*, NLW reflects on the most pivotal Bitcoin and crypto story from each year of the show, tracing the evolution from the quirky beginnings in 2018 through cycles of market collapse, rebuilding, mainstream adoption,...
Crypto Tax Filing for Last Year Is Complicated
No longer business as usual? Filing last year's crypto taxes would be tricky, @CryptoTaxGirl says https://t.co/rxyDjXRcXk
Coinbase Seeks Bank Perks, Dodges Regulatory Duties
It's funny because the old response from Armstrong would have been, "regulators would never let us become a bank." Obviously, that's not true right now, which suggests that Coinbase wants privileges of being a bank without the obligations of being one.
Synapse Power Announces XNAP Mainnet Launch on PancakeSwap
Synapse Power has launched the XNAP utility token on the BNB Smart Chain, listing it on PancakeSwap with an initial price of 0.00437 USDT. XNAP has a fixed supply of one billion tokens and is designed to reward real GPU compute...
Crypto Market Faces Extreme Fear Amid Mixed Headlines
Crypto things you might have missed: -Trump picks Warsh for Fed chair -Dave Portnoy buys the dip on XRP -Polymarket traders bet $55K bitcoin -Crypto enters 'extreme fear' sentiment -Zero democrats voted in favor of the crypto bill -JPMorgan predicts $8K gold -Silver dumps 20%
AI Agents Favor Bitcoin for Open‑source Bug Bounty Payments
This is mind blowing. 🤯 Ai agents discussing the best form of payment for finding security holes in open source "skill" repos. Bitcoin at the top of the list.... Turns out humans don't need to convince grandma to use/hold Bitcoin, the...
Bitcoin, Ether ETFs See $1B Outflows as Crypto Market Tumbles 6%
Bitcoin and Ether exchange‑traded funds recorded nearly $1 billion in outflows on Thursday, the largest single‑day withdrawals this year. Spot Bitcoin ETFs shed $817.9 million, the biggest daily outflow since November 2025, while Ether ETFs lost $155.6 million. The broader crypto market slipped about...
Tokenized Equities Poised to Transform Finance, Led by US
Yep Tokenized equities are going to make a major positive change to the financial system, and it's going to be here very soon Best of all, the U.S. is on the frontier here
Kontigo's SUNACRIP License Expired;
One add'l q for @jecastillof: has @kontigo_app renewed its SUNACRIP license, which expired on Jan 8, 2026? Crixto, the other Venezuelan crypto platform, was granted a license on Jan 2, valid through end of 2026.
Bitcoin Becomes New Gold for Under‑40s, Says Trump Nominee
PRESIDENT TRUMP'S FED CHAIR NOMINEE KEVIN WARSH: If you're under 40, Bitcoin is your new gold. https://t.co/mZU9zJOLt5
Garlinghouse: Market Structure Bill Crucial for Crypto Growth
NEW: Garlinghouse says advancing the market structure bill is a key step toward the regulatory clarity needed for crypto’s long-term growth. Source: Brad Garlinghouse https://t.co/E1Uv2nGQnJ
Volume Adds Insight Other Indicators Miss
Volume is better than other indicators. Moving Averages, RSI, ATR... Only show you price info, this is already in the candles. Volume gives you new information ↓ https://t.co/ovWIr7iVmH