BlackRock exec says 1% crypto allocation in Asia could unlock $2 trillion in new flows
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2026. Feb. 11. 19:33
During a panel discussion at Consensus in Hong Kong, Peach pointed to massive capital pools in traditional finance as ETF adoption spreads across Asia. U.S. DOJ hits Paxful for $4 million in case tied to illegal sex work, money laundering
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2026. Feb. 11. 18:52
The crypto platform's penalty was sharply reduced due to its ability to pay, according to U.S. authorities. Hong Kong remains committed to digital assets but feels competition from an ‘aggressive’ UAE
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2026. Feb. 11. 18:18
Dubai and Abu Dhabi have established a solid regulatory framework for virtual assets, and each region has brought this under the auspices of a single, dedicated regulatory authority. Gen Z 'nihilism' is fueling a $100 trillion crypto derivatives boom in response to a broken system
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2026. Feb. 11. 18:06
A significant increase in housing costs makes home ownership unattainable for many Gen Z individuals, leading to financial nihilism, said CoinFund's David Pakman. Ondo and Securitize execs say utility, not hype, will drive tokenization’s next phase
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2026. Feb. 11. 17:48
Executives from both firms say the next phase of tokenization must prioritize functionality and compliance during a panel at Consensus in Hong Kong. SEC's Paul Atkins grilled on crypto enforcement pull-back, including with Justin Sun, Tron
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2026. Feb. 11. 17:42
The U.S. agency's chairman said in a House hearing that he's open to a confidential briefing for lawmakers on the topic. JPMorgan bullish on crypto for rest of year as institutional flows set to drive recovery
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2026. Feb. 11. 17:34
After bitcoin fell below its estimated production cost, the bank said stronger fundamentals and rising institutional inflows could lift crypto in 2026. Why crypto VCs at Consensus Hong Kong are playing a 15-year game
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2026. Feb. 11. 17:01
With capital tightening, investors are backing “what’s working,” like stablecoins and tokenization, while selectively betting on AI and prediction markets. Crypto Long & Short: Gen Z trusts code over bank promises
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2026. Feb. 11. 17:00
In this week’s Crypto Long & Short Newsletter, Haider Rafique of OKX shares a firm study on the generational perspectives of crypto investing. Then, Sky defies 2026 downturn in Chart of the Week. Institutional crypto platform BlockFills reportedly halts withdrawals, restricts trading
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2026. Feb. 11. 16:43
It's shades of 2022, when any number of crypto platforms were forced to suspend withdrawals as prices crumbled. The Protocol: Robinhood unveils its layer-2 testnet
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2026. Feb. 11. 16:26
Also: Citadel Securities backs LayerZero chain, MegaETH mainnet debut and ENS scraps L2 plans The human brain's edge is fading. AI could outhink us in 2 years, Ben Goertzel says
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2026. Feb. 11. 16:04
"The human brain is better at taking the imaginative leap to understand the unknown ... We should enjoy it for a couple more years." Cryptos crumble, bitcoin falls through $66,000, as Friday's bounce fades
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2026. Feb. 11. 15:58
With so many other asset markets in rally mode, investors for the moment appear to have moved on from crypto. In unfamiliar market conditions, historical data-driven AI trading bots will falter
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2026. Feb. 11. 15:26
Bitget CEO Gracy Chen says AI trading apps are like interns for now; soon they will be full time employees. Decentralized AI is in a trough but real opportunities are emerging, crypto VCs say
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2026. Feb. 11. 15:15
Moving away from overhyped GPU marketplaces and large AI model alternatives towards purpose-built, full-stack solutions is the goal. BlackRock takes first DeFi step, lists BUIDL on Uniswap as UNI jumps 25%
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2026. Feb. 11. 14:57
BlackRock will make shares of its $2.2 billion tokenized U.S. Treasury fund tradable on the decentralized exchange Uniswap. Analysts react as Robinhood slumps 10%, with slowdown in crypto trading weighing on results
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2026. Feb. 11. 14:43
JPMorgan and Compass Point were among the sell-side teams trimming price targets on HOOD. CoinDesk 20 performance update: index trades 2.5% lower as all constituents decline
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2026. Feb. 11. 14:19
Aptos (APT) dropped 4.1% and Binance Coin (BNB) fell 3.7%, leading the index lower. Bithumb admits to ‘serious flaws’ that left internal systems vulnerable to potential sabotage
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2026. Feb. 11. 14:13
The South Korean crypto exchange’s CEO Le Jae-won said the lack of proper controls led to the erroneous transfer of bitcoin worth more than $40 billion to customers. Most has been recovered. Ethena-backed suiUSDe stablecoin goes live on Sui with $10 million yield vault launch
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2026. Feb. 11. 13:59
The synthetic dollar debuts on Sui Mainnet alongside a permissionless vault seeded by SUI Group and integration with DeepBook’s new margin system. U.S. added stronger than expected 130,000 jobs in January, with unemployment rate falling to 4.3%
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2026. Feb. 11. 13:34
Down sizably ahead of the jobs data, bitcoin rose modestly to $67,500 following the news. Recapping day 1 of Consensus Hong Kong
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2026. Feb. 11. 12:56
Hong Kong is looking to build its digital assets economy, its leaders said on stage. Crypto's latest selloff was a TradFi event, not a crypto crisis
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2026. Feb. 11. 12:54
Last week’s downturn was driven by yen carry trades and macro leverage, highlighting how deeply digital assets are now tied to traditional markets, panelists at Consensus Hong Kong 2026 said. As bitcoin extends declines, industry figures say it's time to buy
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2026. Feb. 11. 12:27
Your day-ahead look for Feb. 11, 2026 Aviva Investors to tokenize funds on XRP Ledger in Ripple partnership
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2026. Feb. 11. 12:02
The U.K. asset manager teamed up with Ripple to bring traditional fund structures onchain in its first tokenization push. Franklin Templeton and Swift say the future of banking is 24/7 and onchain
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2026. Feb. 11. 11:39
Tokenized funds and deposits are edging toward the mainstream, though regulation, infrastructure and security remain obstacles. Franklin Templeton and SWIFT say the future of banking is 24/7 and natively on-chain
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2026. Feb. 11. 11:39
Tokenized funds and deposits are edging toward the mainstream, though regulation, infrastructure and security remain obstacles. Bearish sentiment prevails as bitcoin falls below $67,000, ether drops
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2026. Feb. 11. 11:36
Bitcoin and ether extended declines, dragging down crypto-related stocks, even as gold and silver rallied. Joe Lubin claims DeFi is as safe as traditional finance, adding that bitcoin is in crisis
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2026. Feb. 11. 11:17
During an interview at Consensus Hong Kong 2026, Joseph Lubin argued that "blue chip" decentralized finance has reached parity with traditional banking. Regulation, derivatives helping drive TradFi institutions into crypto, panellists say
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2026. Feb. 11. 10:59
Non-participation in decentralized finance is becoming a career risk for traditional finance professionals, panellists said. DeFi is not really decentralized, it is unavoidably centralized
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2026. Feb. 11. 10:59
Rules are required to ensure DeFi projects grow and mature, which means they need layers of centralization before becoming truly decentralized.
. Robinhood believes yields should be passed on to the customer, criticizes traditional finance
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2026. Feb. 11. 10:58
Robinhood’s Johann Kerbrat took the stage along with Bullish CEO Tom Farley to speak of his platform's views on stablecoin yields and traditional financial systems.
Tokenization still at start of hype cycle, but needs more use cases, specialists say
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2026. Feb. 11. 10:21
Crypto asset specialists must figure out how to match tokenization hype to real-world utility, Securitize's Graham Ferguson said. Hong Kong ready to issue first stablecoin licenses in March, Financial Secretary says
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2026. Feb. 11. 09:39
Hong Kong will begin issuing a small number of stablecoin licenses to companies with credible business models and strong compliance, Paul Chan Mo-po said. Arkham denies exchange closure plan, says switching to decentralized platform
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2026. Feb. 11. 09:22
Data analytics firm Arkham Intel first floated the idea of adding a crypto derivatives exchange in late 2024.
Arkham Intelligence said to be shutting crypto trading platform as usage fails to sparkle
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2026. Feb. 11. 09:22
Data analytics firm Arkham Intel first floated the idea of adding a crypto derivatives exchange in late 2024.
Tom Lee says stop timing the bottom and start buying the dip
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2026. Feb. 11. 09:03
Thomas Lee, speaking on stage at Hong Kong Consensus 2026, said investors should be looking at opportunities as crypto is in the midst of a "mini winter." MrBeast's finance bet could become the new generation's Schwab, Robinhood, Tom Lee says
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2026. Feb. 11. 08:49
The BitMine chairman said at Hong Kong Consensus 2026 that MrBeast acquiring neobank Step could win over a new generation of investors to crypto. Binance teams up with Franklin Templeton to use tokenized money market funds as off-exchange collateral
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2026. Feb. 11. 08:00
Institutions can now use Benji-issued tokenized money market funds as off-exchange collateral to trade on Binance using Ceffu’s custody layer. Spark looks to build a safe bridge between onchain capital and TradFi
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2026. Feb. 11. 06:00
Spark is opening access to its $9 billion stablecoin liquidity pool for hedge funds and other institutions to bridge onchain capital with off-chain credit markets. Spark looks to build building a safe bridge between onchain capital and TradFi
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2026. Feb. 11. 06:00
Spark is opening access to its $9 billion stablecoin liquidity pool for hedge funds and other institutions to bridge onchain capital with off-chain credit markets. Hong Kong working to allow perpetual contracts, chief regulator says
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2026. Feb. 11. 05:13
Hong Kong's Securities and Futures Commission will publish a "high-level framework" allowing perpetual contracts, SFC CEO Julia Leung said. ICE’s CoinDesk crypto futures are live, with DeFi rate contracts next on the list
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2026. Feb. 11. 04:15
The NYSE owner’s CoinDesk index futures began trading Monday. Attention now shifts to planned USDC rate futures tied to onchain borrowing costs. Institutions fuel tokenized RWA boom as retail looks set to follow suit
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2026. Feb. 11. 03:21
From treasuries and funds today to equities and private assets tomorrow. Solana's Lily Liu champions internet capital markets at Consensus Hong Kong 2026
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2026. Feb. 11. 02:53
Fireside chat with Michael Lau spotlights finance focus, Asia's centrality, and revenue-driven growth SkyBridge's Scaramucci is buying the bitcoin dip, calls Trump a crypto President
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2026. Feb. 11. 02:39
Scaramucci noted that SkyBridge has been purchasing bitcoin at various price points, including around $84,000, $63,000 and in the current lower range. Hong Kong continues to support local digital asset community growth, chief executive says
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2026. Feb. 11. 01:40
The government will continue to support a local crypto/Web3 agenda, Chief Executive John KC Lee said at Consensus. Robinhood starts testing its own blockchain as crypto and tokenization push deepens
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2026. Feb. 11. 01:30
The Robinhood Chain, built on Ethereum-based Arbitrum, aims to become key plumbing for around-the-clock trading and plugging tokenized stocks into DeFi. Crypto PAC Fairshake leaps into first midterm Senate race with $5 million in Alabama
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2026. Feb. 10. 23:52
The industry's leading campaign-finance operation is getting behind a pro-crypto candidate, Barry Moore, in Alabama's Republican Senate primary. Crypto's banker adversaries didn't want to deal in latest White House meeting on bill
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2026. Feb. 10. 23:03
The White House had instructed crypto executives and bankers to come ready to compromise, but bankers maintained their call for a ban on stablecoin yields. What to expect at CoinDesk's Consensus Hong Kong 2026
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2026. Feb. 10. 22:00
Consensus Hong Kong kicks off on Wednesday with speeches from the city's chief executive and the head of its markets regulator. Robinhood misses Q4 revenue estimates as fourth-quarter results dinged by crypto slump
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2026. Feb. 10. 21:36
Crypto revenue fell 38% year over year to $221M, even as the company expanded token listings and crypto features across its platform. Citadel Securities backs LayerZero as it unveils ‘Zero’ blockchain for global markets
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2026. Feb. 10. 21:30
Citadel has made a strategic investment in LayerZero’s ZRO token as the interoperability firm rolls out its high-performance blockchain. Ex-SafeMoon CEO gets 8-year prison sentence for defrauding investors
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2026. Feb. 10. 20:24
Braden John Karony had been convicted last year on several federal charges, and he's ordered to pay back $7.5 million in restitution. Sam Bankman-Fried files for new trial over FTX fraud charges
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2026. Feb. 10. 20:12
The incarcerated former leader of the failed crypto exchange wants a new chance to defend against fraud charges. Concerns over Strategy selling bitcoin are 'unfounded,' Michael Saylor says
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2026. Feb. 10. 19:18
Strategy Executive Chairman Michael Saylor affirmed the firm’s commitment to a long-term bitcoin strategy following major fourth quarter losses and a continued plunge in prices early this year. Struggling Coinbase gets price target cut from JPMorgan ahead of Thursday earnings
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2026. Feb. 10. 17:00
Shares of COIN are down nearly 30% this year, with analysts warning that softer trading and crypto prices are likely to weigh on revenue. Tether invests in LayerZero Labs as it doubles down on cross-chain tech, agentic finance
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2026. Feb. 10. 16:04
LayerZero’s Omnichain infrastructure (OFT) enables liquid stablecoin use across networks and “agentic finance” use cases. Bitcoin remains in tight range under $70,000 ahead of Wednesday's U.S. jobs report
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2026. Feb. 10. 16:01
Two Trump administration officials suggested markets should brace for weaker-than-expected January employment data. Crypto exchange Kraken fires chief financial officer ahead of long-awaited IPO
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2026. Feb. 10. 15:44
Kraken has moved chief financial officer Stephanie Lemmerman to a strategic advisory role, according to a person familiar with the matter. Vitalik Buterin outlines how Ethereum could play a key role in the future of AI
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2026. Feb. 10. 15:29
In a post on X revisiting ideas he first outlined two years ago, the co-founder of Ethereum argues that the push toward artificial general intelligence often resembles the kind of unchecked speed and scale the blockchain was created to challenge. CoinDesk 20 performance update: index falls 3.4% as all constituents trade lower
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2026. Feb. 10. 14:09
Aptos (APT) declined 5.5% and Ethereum (ETH) dropped 5.4%, leading the index lower from Monday. Blockchain.com wins UK registration nearly four years after abandoning FCA process
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2026. Feb. 10. 13:44
The London-based company elected to withdraw its application for FCA licensing in March 2022 having not won approval ahead of an impending deadline. Bitcoin a tech trade for now, not digital gold, says Grayscale
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2026. Feb. 10. 13:23
The cryptocurrency's latest sell-off looks more like a retreat from growth, according to the crypto asset management firm. AI mania is helping cap crypto's upside, Wintermute says
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2026. Feb. 10. 12:53
Your day-ahead look for Feb. 10, 2026 Jump Trading to take small stakes in Polymarket, Kalshi: Bloomberg
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2026. Feb. 10. 12:15
Jump is set to take a fixed amount of equity in prediction market Kalshi, while its stake in Polymarket will grow over time depending on the trading capacity that the firm provides. Memecoins post gains as largest crypto tokens languish
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2026. Feb. 10. 11:50
Bitcoin was little changed Tuesday, while ether fell. CoinDesk's memecoin Index rose. Memecoins lead crypto market gains as biggest tokens languish
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2026. Feb. 10. 11:50
Bitcoin was little changed Tuesday, while ether fell. CoinDesk's memecoin Index rose. Fugitive foreigner sentenced in the U.S. to 20 years for $73 million crypto scam
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2026. Feb. 10. 10:17
A U.S. judge sentenced Daren Li to 20 years for a $73 million crypto fraud. The scam used Cambodia-based compounds to target victims via social media and dating apps. I'm not confident we hit a true capitulation in bitcoin, derivatives expert says
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2026. Feb. 10. 09:30
Bitcoin's futures market doesn't show panic capitulation as in late 2022, analyst said. LMAX unveils new exchange to break the wall down between crypto and FX
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2026. Feb. 10. 08:56
Omnia allows users to trade any asset directly against any other 24/7, without restrictions on size or type. AI is no savior when markets get tough … but it can help, says Nickel Digital chief
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2026. Feb. 10. 08:24
Sometimes human intervention and an “old school” approach is needed, said Anatoly Crachilov, founding partner and CEO of Nickel Digital Asset Management. U.S. bitcoin ETFs register back-to-back inflows for first time in a month
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2026. Feb. 10. 07:58
ETF assets under management continue to diverge from spot bitcoin price. Bitcoin’s U.S. demand signal flickers back after crash
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2026. Feb. 10. 03:27
A rebound in the Coinbase Bitcoin Premium Index suggests U.S. buyers stepped in near recent lows, though it does not confirm a broader risk-on turn. Bitcoin rebound has hit a wall at $71,000 with sentiment at most fearful since 2022
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2026. Feb. 10. 03:07
Trading data show a broad risk-off unwind, with spot volumes on major exchanges down about 30% since late 2025 and retail participation fading McHenry predicts fast crypto deal as Witt brokers talks
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2026. Feb. 09. 23:21
Patrick McHenry and Patrick Witt told CoinDesk Live at Ondo Summit that crypto law momentum grows, even as disputes over yield and ethics continue to sharpen. Farcaster founders join stablecoin startup Tempo after Neynar acquires social protocol
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2026. Feb. 09. 19:34
Dan Romero and Varun Srinivasan have both exited crypto social media to focus on global payments via stablecoins. Bitcoin shakes off early decline, returns to $70,000 as Bernstein reiterates $150,000 outlook
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2026. Feb. 09. 18:09
"What we are experiencing is the weakest bitcoin bear case in its history," wrote Bernstein's Gautam Chhugani. Cipher Mining and TeraWulf are buys, MARA a sell, as Morgan Stanley begins bitcoin miner coverage
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2026. Feb. 09. 16:55
The analyst framed some bitcoin mining sites as infrastructure assets, lifting CIFR and WULF shares while MARA lags. U.S. government isn't poised to sweep in with bitcoin buys, despite Jim Cramer rumor
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2026. Feb. 09. 16:50
President Donald Trump did order a bitcoin reserve, but it doesn't yet exist, even as the CNBC host says the feds will start filling it when bitcoin hits $60,000. MegaETH debuts mainnet as Ethereum scaling debate heats up
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2026. Feb. 09. 16:14
The project, which had pitched itself as a layer-2 “real-time blockchain" targeting more than 100,000 transactions per second, would make onchain interactions feel closer to traditional web apps than today’s crypto networks. Bitcoin miner Cango sold $305 million of BTC during market slump to fund AI shift
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2026. Feb. 09. 15:38
The company plans to deploy modular GPU units across 40+ global sites to provide on-demand AI inference capacity for small and mid-sized businesses. Tom Lee’s Bitmine Immersion added 40,613 ether last week as prices crashed
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2026. Feb. 09. 14:49
The firm's total ETH holdings top 4.3 million tokens worth about $8.7 billion at the current price just above $2,000. CoinDesk 20 performance update: Bitcoin Cash (BCH) is only gainer, up 3.4%
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2026. Feb. 09. 14:15
Aptos (APT) declined 9.4% and NEAR Protocol (NEAR) fell 8%, leading index lower. Michael Saylor's Strategy made modest bitcoin purchase at start of last week's crypto crash
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2026. Feb. 09. 13:16
The company added 1,142 bitcoin purchased for about $90 million, or an average price of $78,815 per coin. Bitcoin value investors move in as price drops, 'capitulation' searches rise
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2026. Feb. 09. 13:07
Your day-ahead look for Feb. 9, 2026 Bitcoin, major tokens drop as traders position for downside protection
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2026. Feb. 09. 11:51
Bitcoin extended recent losses as derivatives data show a clear risk-off shift. Crypto.com founder buys ai.com for record $70 million: FT
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2026. Feb. 09. 11:29
Kris Marszalek joined the AI industry with autonomous agents and a Super Bowl ad that briefly sidelined the website. Bitcoin mining difficulty drops by most since 2021 as miners capitulate
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2026. Feb. 09. 11:06
Miners are facing significant challenges, with bitcoin revenue per petahash falling by half from a peak of $70 to $35. Here's how market makers likely accelerated bitcoin's brutal crash to $60,000
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2026. Feb. 09. 10:07
The invisible hands of market makers likely accelerated bitcoin's recent crash. Coinbase, Robinhood earnings, U.S. jobs report: Crypto Week Ahead
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2026. Feb. 09. 09:00
Your look at what's coming in the week starting Feb. 9. Story co-founder defends token unlock delay, says project needs ‘more time’
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2026. Feb. 09. 07:48
In an interview with CoinDesk, S.Y. Lee pointed to Worldcoin’s extended lockups as precedent for longer runways.
Tether's gold stash tops $23 billion as buying outpaces nation states, Jefferies says
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2026. Feb. 09. 07:28
The Wall Street investment bank estimates the crypto firm holds at least 148 tonnes of physical gold holdings, joining top 30 global holders of bullion. Bithumb $44 billion bitcoin blunder puts South Korea regulators on alert over local crypto exchanges
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2026. Feb. 09. 06:44
The Financial Supervisory Service said it plans to build tools that automatically extract suspicious trading patterns by the second and minute. $44B bitcoin blunder puts South Korea regulators on alert over local crypto exchanges
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2026. Feb. 09. 06:44
The watchdog said it plans to build tools that automatically extract suspicious trading patterns by the second and minute. Here's why the quantum threat for bitcoin may be smaller than people fear
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2026. Feb. 09. 06:29
The key point is that most of the potentially exposed bitcoin isn’t sitting in a handful of giant, juicy targets. It’s scattered across more than 32,000 separate wallets. Takaichi Triumph: Japan’s record 56,000 Nikkei surge sends bitcoin to $72,000, gold past $5,000
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2026. Feb. 09. 01:18
Japanese mandate sparks surge in equities and safe havens. Previewing policy at Consensus Hong Kong 2026: State of Crypto
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2026. Feb. 08. 19:00
The CoinDesk crew is back in Hong Kong, with policymakers and policy-users alike. Bitcoin bulls spot bottoming signs as longtime bears take victory laps
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2026. Feb. 08. 18:01
The Financial Times and Peter Schiff were among the no-coiners giving themselves pats on the back as crypto crashed this week. Odds of Jesus Christ appearing in 2026 double, beating return on bitcoin
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2026. Feb. 08. 15:33
The Polymarket bet is a reminder that the weirdest corners of crypto are sometimes the only ones going up. 
