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Bitcoin briefly dipped below $67,000 before rebounding above the level as a broader selloff intensified pressure across altcoins. Even as liquidity tightens, infrastructure momentum continues, with LayerZero unveiling its new “Zero” blockchain alongside major institutional backers and Robinhood launching a public testnet for its Ethereum-based layer 2 built on Arbitrum, known as Robinhood Chain.

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Artificial Intelligence

  • ‘SpaceMolt’ Lets AI Agents Run the MMO While Humans Watch From the Sidelines (Decrypt)

  • AI.com Launches During Super Bowl After $70M Domain Buyy, Faces Early Turbulence (Decrypt)

  • OpenAI Deploys Custom ChatGPT on Pentagon Platform Amid Security Concerns (Decrypt)

Decentralized, Centralized, & Traditional Finance

  • Balancer DAO Slashes Recovery Bounty to 10% Following $128M Exploit (The Defiant)

  • Goldman Sachs Slashes Bitcoin and Ether ETF Holdings by Nearly 40% in Q4 (The Block)

  • Franklin Templeton and Binance Enable Tokenized Money Funds as Trading Collateral (The Block)

  • Malaysia’s Central Bank to Pilot Stablecoin and Tokenized Deposit Initiatives in 2026 (The Block)

  • Cash App Eliminates Fees on Large and Recurring Bitcoin Purchases (Cash App)

  • Ripple Teams With Aviva Investors to Tokenize Funds on XRP Ledger (The Block)

  • Ethena-Backed suiUSDe Debuts on Sui With $10M Yield Vault (CoinDesk)

  • Africa Sees Highest Stablecoin Conversion Spreads Amid Liquidity Gaps (Cointelegraph)

  • Lombard Aims to Unlock Custodied Bitcoin for Onchain Lending (Cointelegraph)

  • Bank of England Launches Distributed Ledger Settlement Pilot With Industry Partners (Cointelegraph)

  • Privacy-Preserving USAD Stablecoin Launches on Aleo Mainnet via Paxos Partnership (The Block)

  • Standard Chartered and B2C2 Partner to Boost Institutional Digital Asset Access (Standard Chartered)

  • CME-Backed Crypto Lender BlockFills Halts Withdrawals (The Block)

Exchanges

  • Robinhood Shares Drop After Revenue Miss as Crypto Trading Slows (Decrypt)

  • Bithumb's $43 Billion Bitcoin Distribution Error Burdens Users (Decrypt)

  • Arkham Exchange Pivots to Fully Decentralized Model (Cointelegraph)

  • Binance Disputes $3.76B Asset Outflow Figure, Cites Third-Party Data Discrepancies (Binance)

Exchange-Traded Products

Infrastructure

  • LayerZero Unveils ‘Zero’ Blockchain With Backing From Citadel, Ark, Google Cloud, and DTCC (The Block)

  • Robinhood Unveils Public Testnet for Ethereum-Based Layer 2 Blockchain Built on Arbitrum (The Block)

  • Stripe Integrates x402 to Enable USDC Payments for AI Agents on Base (The Block)

Markets

  • Onchain Options Surge to Record Volumes as DeFi Users Hunt for Yield (The Defiant)

  • Tokenized Commodities Crosses $6B as Gold Rally Fuels Onchain Growth (Cointelegraph)

  • Bitcoin Drops Below $67,000 as Hawkish Fed Signals Weigh on Crypto (The Block)

  • Zcash, BNB, and Sui Tumble as Liquidity Crunch Weighs on Altcoins (Decrypt)

  • BlackRock Brings $2.2B Treasury Fund Onchain to Uniswap, Sending UNI Up 25% (CoinDesk)

  • U.S. Economy Added 130K jobs in January, Exp. 55K, Prev. 48K (BLS)

  • U.S. Unemployment Rate Falls to 4.3%, Exp. 4.4%, Prev. 4.4% (BLS)

  • Kalshi CEO Grapples With Insider Trading Boundaries in Prediction Markets (DL News)

Politics & Regulation

  • EU Lawmakers Backs Digital Euro to Strengthen Monetary Sovereignty (DL News)

  • UK Regulator Files High Court Case Against HTX Over Illegal Crypto Promotions (Cointelegraph)

  • Russia Clamps Down on Telegram With New Restrictions and Potential Fines (Reuters)

  • Russian Court Fines Telegram 11 Million Roubles Over Banned Content (Reuters)

  • White House Stablecoin Talks Stall as Banks Push for Broad Yield Ban (The Block)

  • Hong Kong Expands Crypto Rules to Permit Margin Financing and Perpetuals (The Block)

  • Crypto Super PAC Plans $5M Ad Blitz Backing Barry Moore’s Senate Run (Cointelegraph)

  • Democratic Lawmakers Criticize SEC Chair For Easing Crypto Policy (Decrypt)

Treasuries

  • Hyperliquid Strategies Reports $318M Net Loss On Unrealized HYPE Losses (The Block)

  • Upexi Posts $179M Loss as Solana Price Drop Hits Treasury Despite Revenue Growth (The Block)

Venture Capital

  • Birch Hill Raises $2.5M to Build Institutional-Grade Onchain Credit Infrastructure (The Block)

Other News

  • Discord Seeks to Calm Privacy Fears Over New Age-Verification Policy (Decrypt)

  • X $1M Article Winner Accused of Profiting $600K from Solana Memecoin Rug Pulls (The Block)

  • Bots Surpass Humans in Internet Traffic for First Time (Polkadot)

  • Judge Dismisses Bancor Patent Suit Against Uniswap in Early Court Victory (Cointelegraph)

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Bitcoin’s hashrate has fallen 20%, triggering the network’s largest difficulty adjustment since 2021 and increasing rewards for miners who remain as less efficient operators drop off.

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