❕ Official: Russians move $129B in crypto yearly ‘outside our attention’

Russia’s deputy finance minister says around $648 million worth of crypto changes hands daily, calling for crypto market regulation.

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🔽 From peak to present: notable celebrity NFT purchases and current valuations

The 2021-2022 hype turned digital monkeys into "investments". Today, many high-profile purchases have seen dramatic value declines.

🔜 Here are some examples:

• Justin Bieber. Bought Bored Ape #3001 for $1.3M in January 2022.
Current value: ~$12K.
Decline: ~99%.

• Eminem. Acquired Bored Ape #9055 for ~$462K.
Current value: ~$78K.
Decline: ~83%.

• Neymar Jr. Bought two Bored Apes for over $1M total.
Current value: ~$35K combined.
Decline: ~97%.

❕ Many others (Paris Hilton, Snoop Dogg, Madonna, Logan Paul) saw 90-99% drops in BAYC or similar assets.

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💎 Arkham: Hyperunit whale just sold ~$500M of ETH

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🪙 Metaplanet posts ¥8.9B FY2025 revenue (+738% YoY)

BTC holdings surge from 1,762 to 35,102, with ~¥102.2B in unrealized valuation losses.

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⚡️ OKX secures Malta Payment Institution license, unlocking compliant stablecoin payments across the EU

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🔖🔖⬜️🔖 > $70,000

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❕ X has stopped working worldwide

Update: X is working.

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🔽 The Fear & Greed Index has remained in Extreme Fear throughout February so far

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🔥 Tokenized real-world assets rose 13.5% over the past 30 days despite the broader crypto market losing about $1 trillion in value

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🔽 Standard Chartered slashes XRP end-of-year price target by 65% from $8 to $2.8, citing challenging market conditions

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🪙 Whales sent roughly 57,000 BTC to exchanges over the past four days, according to recent on-chain deposit data

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🔥 March to see largest token unlock in 2026 at over $6B, 3x the monthly average

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🪙 El Salvador continues to buy Bitcoin, holdings rise to 7,565 BTC

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🪙 Strategy has acquired 2,486 BTC for ~$168.4M

The company now holds 717,131 BTC.

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🔖🔖🔖🔖 under $67,000

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🔝 Top fastest blockchains, based on block time

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💎 TON Foundation has partnered with Banxa to enable stablecoin payments for businesses across Asia

Banxa is a crypto infrastructure provider with licensed operations across the United States, Europe, UK, Canada, and APAC, powering embedded crypto solutions for over 400 businesses worldwide.

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🪙 Abu Dhabi funds held over $1 billion of BlackRock's Bitcoin ETF at end of last year

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🪙 JPMorgan: Bitcoin miner Bitdeer overtakes MARA, establishing hashrate lead

The company reported mining 668 Bitcoin last month.

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📣 Brian Armstrong, Coinbase CEO: "Coinbase and crypto have never been in a stronger position".

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