ChatGPT Quietly Tests Ads as OpenAI’s Losses Mount and Rivals Smell Blood (Decrypt)

Google Parent Alphabet Launches Global Bond Push to Fund AI Infrastructure (Bloomberg)

AI’s Productivity Promise Backfires as Workloads Quietly Expand (Decrypt)

Vitalik Buterin Rejects “Accelerationist AGI,” Outlines a Crypto-Aligned AI Path (Vitalik Buterin)

Google Flags AI-Driven North Korean Malware Campaign Targeting Crypto Firms (Decrypt)

MrBeast Steps Into Fintech With Banking App Buy, Fueling Crypto Speculation (Decrypt)

Fed to Roll Out ‘Skinny Master Accounts’ This Year as Crypto Legislation Stalls in Washington (The Block)

BNB Futures Debut on ICE Futures US (ICE)

Hyperliquid Overtakes Coinbase in Trading Volume as Performance Gap Widens (Artemis)

Ark Invest Adds to Bullish Stake as Crypto Stocks Rally (The Block)

Bank of England Partners With Chainlink to Test Atomic Settlement for Tokenized Assets (Cryptopolitan)

Tether Invests in LayerZero Labs to Scale Interoperability for Stablecoins and Agentic Finance (Tether)

Interactive Brokers Adds Nano Bitcoin and Ether Futures via Coinbase Derivatives (Interactive Brokers)

MoonPay Targets Stablecoin Payroll for 40,000 Firms in UK and EU (The Block)

Ledn Secures Investment-Grade S&P Rating for Bitcoin-Backed Loans (DL News)

Hyperliquid Perps Hit $5B Daily Volume as Metals Trading Surges (The Block)

Aave DAO Divided Over Proposed Conflict-of-Interest Rules (DL News)

Backpack Hits $1B Unicorn Status on Tokenization Strategy (The Block)

Binance Emerges as Dominant Holder of Trump-Linked Stablecoin USD1 (Forbes)

Bitget’s TradFi Push Quickly Scales to $4B in Daily Volume (Bitget)

LMAX Group Unveils Omnia Exchange to Unite FX, Crypto, and Blockchain Settlement (The Block)

Kraken Reassigns CFO Ahead of Anticipated U.S. IPO (CoinDesk)

Coinbase to Launch Spot Trading for RAVE, DEEP, and WAL (Coinbase Markets)

Coinbase to Launch Spot Trading for Superform (UP) (Coinbase Markets)

On Feb. 9, U.S. Bitcoin spot ETFs recorded $145 million in net inflows.

U.S. Ethereum spot ETFs saw $57.05 million in net inflows on Feb. 9.

On Feb. 9, U.S. Solana spot ETFs posted $0.0145 million in net outflows.

U.S. XRP spot ETFs logged in $6.31 million in net inflows on Feb. 9.

Phantom’s New Chat Feature Draws Security Concerns Ahead of 2026 Launch (ZachXBT)

Ethereum’s Next Validation Era: Replacing Re-Execution With ZK Proof Verification (Ladislaus von Daniels)

Ledger Integrates OKX DEX to Expand Secure, Self-Custodial Trading (The Block)

Base App Drops Farcaster-Powered Talk Feed to Double Down on Onchain Trading (The Block)

Per-Transaction Encryption Emerges as a New Weapon Against Malicious MEV (Cointelegraph)

FinChain Launches Avalanche Initiative to Scale Institutional-Grade RWAs in Asia (PR Newswire)

Jump Trading to Earn Stakes in Prediction Markets Through Liquidity Deals (Decrypt)

ETH Rebounds to $2.1K After Crash, but Derivatives Signal Skepticism After Sharp Selloff (Cointelegraph)

Polymarket Launches “Attention Markets” in Partnership With Kaito AI (Forbes)

Memecoins Rally as Bitcoin Stalls and Broader Crypto Sentiment Remains Fragile (CoinDesk)

Prediction Markets Growth Quadrupled to $63.5B in 2025, But Risks Structural Strain (Decrypt)

Bitcoin Sheds Post-U.S. Election Gains as $2.7B Liquidations Expose Structural Weakness (Wintermute)

Bitcoin Trades Sideways Below $70K Ahead of Key U.S. Jobs Data (CoinDesk)

Canaan Q4 Revenue Jumps as Bitcoin Treasury Hits New Highs (The Block)

SEC’s Uyeda Urges Fewer Roadblocks for Tokenization (The Block)

South Korean Regulator Threatens Legal Action After Bithumb’s $40B Bitcoin Error (DL News)

Blockchain.com Secures FCA Registration in the UK (The Block)

EU Moves Toward Sweeping Ban on Crypto Transactions With Russia (The Block)

CFTC’s ‘Top Cop’ Unit Disbanded as Agency Embraces Crypto and Prediction Markets (Decrypt)

Japan’s New Prime Minister Signals Continuity on Crypto Reform (DL News)

Andre Cronje Pushes Ahead With Flying Tulip Token Sale (The Defiant)

BitMine Doubles Down on Ethereum, Scooping $84M in ETH (The Block)

Solana Treasury Firms Sit on $1.5B+ in Unrealized SOL Losses (Cointelegraph)

Circle Ventures Backs edgeX Ahead of Token Launch, Plans USDC and CCTP Integration on EDGE Chain (The Block)

Crypto’s Darkest Threat Escalates as Violent “Wrench Attacks” Accelerate in 2026 (DL News)

Fugitive Crypto Scammer Gets 20-Year Sentence for $73M ‘Pig Butchering’ Scheme (Decrypt)

Sam Bankman-Fried Seeks New Trial From Prison (The Block)

SafeMoon Founder Braden Karony Sentenced to Over Eight Years for Crypto Fraud (Crypto Briefing)

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