ChainCatcher news, according to IntoTheBlock data, Litecoin (LTC) traders are actively taking advantage of price fluctuations, increasing withdrawals for selling when prices rise and increasing deposits for buying when prices fall. This trading pattern has kept LTC prices oscillating in the range of $90 to $130 for about the past three months.

ChainCatcher news, according to Decrypt, based on a recent report from global investment firm Bernstein, investors should prepare for further increases in Bitcoin-related assets and stocks. Analysts point out that as institutional funds continue to flow into the space, the Bitcoin bull market will persist.The report states: "The joint adoption by banks, institutional investors, corporations, and sovereign nations (either directly or through sovereign funds) makes Bitcoin a clear challenger to gold." Analysts added that the Abu Dhabi sovereign wealth fund's purchase of Bitcoin through ETFs is positive for its future performance.The disclosed data shows that top institutions, including Jane Street Group, Citadel Advisors, and Morgan Stanley, have purchased hundreds of millions of dollars in Bitcoin ETFs. Bernstein analysts had previously predicted that Bitcoin would reach $200,000 by the end of 2025.

ChainCatcher news, MetYa COO and co-founder Christy shared MetYa's innovative vision and development direction at the Wave2025 roundtable.Christy emphasized that MetYa achieves personalized matching through an innovative AI Agent model and provides real-time translation across languages, breaking down language barriers and facilitating seamless interaction among global users. MetYa's goal is to enable users to gain economic rewards through social interactions via a decentralized economic model, thus promoting the popularity and development of Web3 social platforms.Currently, MetYa has launched a Mini App in the TON ecosystem, with over 500,000 monthly active users, and plans to expand to 10 million in the future. MetYa's native token MET successfully completed its TGE in January 2025, with stable market performance.Looking ahead, Christy stated that MetYa will continue to expand its decentralized social network, launching more new features such as live streaming and video social, further enhancing user experience. At the same time, MetYa will strengthen cooperation with the Web3 ecosystem, advancing cross-chain technology and diversified economic incentive mechanisms to enhance the platform's sustainability and attractiveness.

ChainCatcher news, Greeks.live macro researcher Adam posted on the X platform that this week's macro aspects worth noting are the news from the US and Europe regarding the Russia-Ukraine conflict. The Russia-Ukraine war has been a significant reason for the rise in commodity prices, and any changes in the situation could alter the current overall inflation logic.In terms of cryptocurrency, this week marks the opening of Consensus in Hong Kong, with many related conferences. At the same time, FTX will begin repaying creditors, which is also worth paying attention to. The EU's Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCA) has come into full effect, and compliant exchanges like Kraken are gradually delisting stablecoins like USDT in Europe.The cryptocurrency market remains sluggish, with Bitcoin continuing to fluctuate below $100,000. The drama surrounding Milei's token issuance has exacerbated the downturn in altcoins, resulting in a weak wealth effect in the market and a very pessimistic sentiment. In options, the implied volatility (IV) for the full term continues to decline, with the at-the-money IV dropping to 45% this month, mainly driven by large traders adjusting their positions.

ChainCatcher message, The ETF Store President Nate Geraci posted on X: "Creating a meme coin only takes a few clicks, which is why 60,000 meme coins are created every day, and this is well known.At this point, if you get 'rug pulled'—whether by Trump, Milei, or anyone else—this is not an indictment of crypto, but rather your own 'fault.' For my traditional finance friends who haven't played with meme coins yet, the focus should be on the technology, not the 'grift.'The technology is nearly flawless; it is currently just a real-time testing environment serving what you see, but it will evolve further from this stage."

ChainCatcher news, according to CNBC, the US stock market continues to rise under the influence of multiple factors. The Producer Price Index (PPI) for January was slightly higher than market expectations, but the data shows a downward trend in the prices of some important components. Citigroup analysts expect that this trend may indicate a moderation in the Personal Consumption Expenditures (PCE) price index, which the Federal Reserve closely monitors.On the policy front, although Trump signed an executive order on reciprocal tariffs, he did not immediately impose tariffs on other countries, alleviating market concerns about escalating trade frictions. Analysts point out that despite facing inflationary pressures and policy uncertainties, investors still tend to focus on positive factors such as economic resilience and corporate profit growth. On that day, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose by 0.91%, the S&P 500 index increased by 0.58%, and the Nasdaq gained 0.30%.

ChainCatcher news, Matrixport stated that amid the current inflation uncertainty, the market demand for safe-haven assets like gold and Bitcoin remains strong. If the market expects the Federal Reserve to keep interest rates unchanged and liquidity to tighten, gold theoretically should not rise, but the reality shows that even with controllable inflation, safe-haven demand continues to drive gold higher.Although Bitcoin has recently consolidated, this trend may provide support for it. Matrixport noted that when gold first broke through $2,000 per ounce, it issued a bullish report, and since then, the gold price has risen over 50%. Despite the overall inflation rate in the U.S. rising to 2.9%, Truflation data indicates that the actual inflation level is closer to 2.0%. If the trend of declining inflation continues, the outlook for gold and Bitcoin remains bullish.

ChainCatcher news, CryptoQuant founder and CEO Ki Young Ju posted on the X platform that since 2023, the market has sold off $142 billion worth of Bitcoin, yet the price of Bitcoin has been rising.

ChainCatcher news, Greeks.live macro researcher Adam stated that there are many important macro events this week, with the Federal Reserve and U.S. economic data being quite prominent. The semi-annual monetary policy and CPI data are worth paying attention to.New EU regulations require cryptocurrency exchanges to comply with travel rule guidelines and strengthen anti-money laundering measures. Exchanges like Deribit need to improve KYC in order to operate normally.The EU's Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCA) has come into full effect, and compliant exchanges like Kraken are gradually delisting stablecoins such as USDT in Europe. The cryptocurrency market continues to be sluggish, with Bitcoin oscillating below $100,000. Altcoins have generally seen significant declines over the past month, and the wealth effect in the market has weakened, with enthusiasm gradually turning into pessimism.In terms of options, the implied volatility (IV) for the full term continues to decline, with the at-the-money IV for the current month dropping below 50% and the quarterly at-the-money IV below 55%. Market speculation is not very intense. Recently, there has been a significant amount of trading in large call options, mainly driven by large holders adjusting their positions.

ChainCatcher news, Matrixport released a report today stating that since late January, the cumulative inflow of funds into Ethereum spot ETFs has reached $500 million, but the ETH price has not shown a significant rebound, indicating that market selling pressure remains strong. Nevertheless, the interest from long-term value investors seems to be recovering, with some institutions, including members of the "World Financial Freedom" organization, starting to pay attention to ETH.Looking ahead, the Ethereum network upgrade in March is seen as a potential catalyst, but the market reaction has been relatively lukewarm, failing to recreate the enthusiastic atmosphere seen during past upgrades. The market generally believes that this upgrade is unlikely to trigger a major trend. In the absence of clear positive factors, the ETH price may continue to be under pressure. Currently, Ethereum's market share has dropped to 10%.

ChainCatcher message, according to SoSoValue data, the encrypted market sector continues to generally decline, with AI Agents and Meme sectors experiencing significant drops of 6.92% and 5.38% over the past 24 hours, respectively. The AI Agents sector has been continuously declining recently, with the leading project Virtuals Protocol (VIRTUAL) down 10.42% and Fartcoin (FARTCOIN) down 9.58%. However, the mainstream AI token ai16z (AI16Z) rose against the trend by 9.52%. The Meme sector has seen consecutive declines, with Dogecoin (DOGE) down 4.59% and OFFICIAL TRUMP (TRUMP) down 14.08%, falling over 80% from previous highs.In other sectors, the CeFi sector has a 24-hour decline of 2.27%, the Layer1 sector is down 2.72%, the DeFi sector is down 3.17%, the Layer2 sector is down 3.66%, and the PayFi sector is down 3.98%. Within the sectors, XRP is down 4.03%, Stellar (XLM) is down 7.44%, but Litecoin (LTC) rose against the trend by 2.65%.

ChainCatcher news, Strategy founder Michael Saylor has once again released information related to the Bitcoin Tracker, stating: "The blue line is dead. Long live the green dot."It is reported that every time Strategy buys BTC, the website marks a green dot on the corresponding date, while the BTC price trend line is in blue.According to previous patterns, Strategy always increases its Bitcoin holdings the day after relevant news is released.

ChainCatcher message, renowned analyst PlanB, who has 2 million followers on X, released a chart indicating that backtesting historical data shows all Bitcoin price increases are concentrated in the red periods of the chart (6 months before the halving to 18 months after the halving), while the blue periods on the chart are mostly declines.We are currently in the red period, and the bull market is expected to continue for another 9 months (from February to October).

ChainCatcher news, Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino stated on social media, "At the PlanB forum in El Salvador, I was asked this question: Are you worried about competitors to USDT? My answer: Many people do not realize that Tether has built one of the most extensive digital and physical distribution networks in human history over the past 10 years.While some competitors are raising funds from investors and increasing the market value of their stablecoins on their balance sheets by paying incentives to banks, Tether already has hundreds of thousands of partners, establishing service terminals in all developing countries, creating digital platforms with tens of millions of users and amazing technology. The scale of our network is what sets us apart.This is why USDT has been able to successfully empower 400 million users in emerging markets, enabling them to access the global financial system through the USDT stablecoin. There are still billions of people who cannot access basic financial services; these are good people who are simply overlooked by banks because they are too poor. We will continue to fulfill our mission to help them.And in the process, we are helping the U.S. economy by repurchasing hundreds of billions of U.S. Treasury bonds and strengthening the dollar's position as the most widely used fiat currency in the world. So no, I am not worried at all."