Bitcoin Rally To $75K Possible If These 3 Triggers Are Pulled

Key takeaways: Historical data shows Bitcoin often outperforms during trade wars and liquidity injections despite initial macro fear. Resilient mining activity and a shift to net long positions on CME futures suggest professional traders are buying the dip. Bitcoin (BTC) traders are becoming increasingly anxious after 18 days of trading below the $75,000 level. Concerns…

Step Finance Shuts Down After $27 Million Hack

Three Solana-based platforms have announced they are shutting down after a Step Finance hack at the end of January that has been deemed unrecoverable.  Solana portfolio dashboard and DeFi aggregator Step Finance announced on Monday that it would be winding down operations. The closure also extends to subsidiaries Solana NFT analytics and the ecosystem media…

Bitcoin Rally To $75K Possible If These 3 Triggers Are Pulled

Key takeaways: Historical data shows Bitcoin often outperforms during trade wars and liquidity injections despite initial macro fear. Resilient mining activity and a shift to net long positions on CME futures suggest professional traders are buying the dip. Bitcoin (BTC) traders are becoming increasingly anxious after 18 days of trading below the $75,000 level. Concerns…

Saylor Says Quantum Risk to Bitcoin is distant and Manageable

Strategy CEO Michael Saylor dismissed concerns about quantum computing during an appearance on Natalie Brunell’s Coin Stories podcast, saying the cybersecurity community broadly agrees that any credible quantum threat is likely more than a decade away. While it remains unclear if or when a quantum risk might materialize, Saylor told the podcast host that any…

Trump‘s ‘Board of Peace‘ Considers Stablecoin for Gaza Efforts: FT

The Board of Peace established by US President Donald Trump, which requires a $1 billion contribution for membership, is reportedly exploring a stablecoin for use in rebuilding Gaza’s economy following two years of war triggered by a Hamas terror attack in October 2023. According to a Monday Financial Times report, the board is in the…

Spot Bitcoin ETF Demand Slows Down In 2026: Here’s Why

Spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) are on track to post a fourth consecutive month of net outflows as Bitcoin (BTC) approaches a fifth negative monthly close in February. The slowdown is visible across the shrinking fund balances and the bearish rolling net flow data, especially when measured against competing asset ETFs. With Bitcoin price and…

Curve’s Egorov Calls for Sustainable DeFi Yield

Decentralized finance (DeFi) can no longer rely on inflationary token incentives to sustain growth, according to Curve Finance founder Michael Egorov.  In an interview with Cointelegraph, Egorov said protocols must generate real revenue rather than depend on emissions to attract liquidity. “Your yield should come from revenues, not from tokens,” Egorov told Cointelegraph. “You need…

IoTeX bridge exploit raises debate over losses and recovery prospects as CEO offers 10% bounty

IoTeX, a blockchain project focused on Internet-of-Things devices, offered a 10% white-hat bounty to the hacker or hackers who exploited a private key on its cross-chain bridge ioTube, siphoning millions of dollars, in exchange for the voluntary return of funds within 48 hours. With this move, IoTeX is offering the $440,000 if the malicious actor…

Spot Bitcoin ETF Demand Slows Down In 2026: Here’s Why

Spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) are on track to post a fourth consecutive month of net outflows as Bitcoin (BTC) approaches a fifth negative monthly close in February. The slowdown is visible across the shrinking fund balances and the bearish rolling net flow data, especially when measured against competing asset ETFs. With Bitcoin price and…

AI Assistants could Transform Governance: Buterin

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin says artificial intelligence could help create more efficient decentralized governance models and enable users to make better-informed decisions.   Buterin said in an X post on Sunday that one of the main issues with democratic and decentralized modes of governance, like DAOs, is the “limits to human attention,” because of the many…