🇯🇵🕵️ Former CEO of Mt. Gox proposed conducting a one-time hard fork of #BTC to recover 79,956 #BTC (~$5.2 billion) from a hacker's address for the creditors' repayment. #hack link

🇺🇸🕵️ According to Reuters, Tether has frozen approximately $4.2 billion worth of USDT linked to illicit activity, with about $3.5 billion of that amount frozen since 2023.

This week, the company assisted the U.S. Department of Justice in freezing nearly $61 million tied to "pig-butchering" scams.

USDT's total circulating supply now exceeds $180 billion. Tether can remotely freeze tokens in users' wallets upon requests from law enforcement. #regulation link

😱🤑 Fear & Greed Index for #BTC

📊 On Dec 10, 2025, a new wallet was created to bet that OpenAI would launch a new frontier model "on Dec 11" and "before Dec 13," resulting in a profit of $16,872.

Today, it was reported that OpenAI fired an employee for prediction market insider trading. #ai link

🇺🇸🗽 Democrats in the US Senate have requested the Department of the Treasury and the Department of Justice to investigate Binance's activities related to monitoring illegal finances. link

💸 $100,000,000 worth of crypto longs liquidated in the past 15 minutes, following Israeli strike on Iran.

🛡️ According to CNN, Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz announced that Israel launched a “preemptive strike” against Iran on Saturday morning. The government has declared a nationwide state of emergency due to concerns over potential Iranian retaliation involving drones and ballistic missiles. link

🥷 Trader Vivaldi007 joined Polymarket on February 8, betting on a potential U.S. and Israel attack on Iran. After initially losing on nearly every possible date, he has now turned it around with Israel's recent strike on Iran, resulting in a total profit of $385K. #hack link

📉 The crypto market is down.

BTC Dominance - 57.38%

Market Cap - $2.23T
BTC - $63,893 (-5.57%)
ETH - $1,865 (-8.36%)
BNB - $597 (-4.78%)
SOL - $78 (-9.89%)

💸 After Israel's strike on Iran, $ETH dropped sharply, leading to Machi getting liquidated again.

His account is now down to only $13,580 after putting in $245K just 4 days ago. link

🕵️ Trust Wallet unveiled new AI tools, including an MCP server and an open-source Claude Code skills marketplace. The update also features AI capabilities integrated into its developer libraries. link

🤔 Citigroup plans to launch institutional bitcoin custody later this year. The bank aims to integrate the cryptocurrency into the same custody, reporting, and tax frameworks it uses for traditional assets. link

📊 The BTC ETFs saw their first weekly net inflow since January.

🧑‍💻 World Liberty Financial Launches Real-Time Reserve Verification for USD1 Stablecoin #stablecoin

⚠️ President Trump announced a large-scale U.S. military assault on Iran, with explosions reported in Tehran. Israel confirmed it was conducting coordinated strikes. Trump stated the operation aims to devastate Iran’s military and eliminate its nuclear program, calling for regime change. In response, Iranian state media reported that the country was preparing to retaliate, with missile alerts sounding across Israel. link

🕵️ A 3-day-old wallet - possible insider - bought “YES” shares for “US strikes Iran”:

- $60,816 to strike on Feb 28
- $3,000 to strike on March 1

Currently made a profit of $493,512. link

🇺🇸📉 Panic selling accelerates across derivatives amid rising tensions between U.S and Iran.

Sell volume surged by approximately $1.8B within a single hour this morning, reflecting aggressive market sell orders hitting the books. link link

💰🧑‍💻 #AI Tech giants are expecting to spend nearly $700 billion on AI in 2026.

🐳 Whale 0x6Afa, who bought 1,343 $PAXG ($7.08M) at an average price of $5,269 a month ago, has started selling to take profits.

In the past 6 hours, he sold 500 $PAXG ($2.74M) at an average price of $5,480 and still holds 843 $PAXG ($4.55M).

Profit: $217K link

🥷 Iran warns "no ship" is allowed to pass through the Strait of Hormuz in response to US and Israel attacks.

Roughly 20% of the world's oil supply passes through this strategic waterway.

🗣 Goldman Sachs says its private credit arm is holding firm with lower redemptions and solid inflows, even as AI fears rattle software-focused lenders.