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According to Coinmarketcap data, the performance of the top 100 cryptocurrencies by market capitalization is as follows, with the top five gainers: Decred (DCR) up 7.55%, current price $27.94; pippin (PIPPIN) up 7.06%, current price $0.7741; MemeCore (M) up 3.52%, current price $1.42; Monero (XMR) up 3.3%, current price $326.27; ether.fi (ETHFI) up 3.01%, current price $0.4767.The top five losers: Humanity Protocol (H) down 11.94%, current price $0.1361; Bitcoin Cash (BCH) down 11.49%, current price $475.15; Pump.fun (PUMP) down 6.04%, current price $0.001777; Nexo (NEXO) down 5.48%, current price $0.8102; PancakeSwap (CAKE) down 5.02%, current price $1.2.

U.S. White House officials stated that Trump's plan to impose a 15% tariff rate under Article 122 "remains unchanged," and it is unclear when it will be changed to 15%.

According to the official announcement, Gate will launch the sixth phase of the Flash Exchange Lucky Draw event from February 24, 18:00 to March 2, 00:00 (UTC+8). During the event, users can initiate flash exchange transactions with a minimum of just $1 after completing registration, with a maximum daily win of 1,000 USDT.During the event, users can unlock multiple lottery chances by completing beginner tasks, trading tasks, and inviting new user tasks. Among them, new users can earn 1 lottery chance by completing their first flash exchange transaction of no less than $10; trading tasks can unlock up to 8 lottery chances in a single day; and invitation tasks can earn up to 10 lottery chances per person. The total prize pool is $60,000.It is reported that Gate Flash Exchange currently supports over 2,200 types of cryptocurrency assets, offering zero fees, rapid transactions, and smart exchange rate matching services, helping users easily complete multi-currency one-click exchanges.

According to reports from the WeChat public account "Singapore All-in-One," a Chinese suspect involved in fraud through a cryptocurrency platform was recently arrested in Nakhon Pathom, Thailand. The suspect, nicknamed "Duan Zong," is related to the BHE Exchange cryptocurrency fraud case.BHE Exchange had issued a token called DDO, promising investors an annual return of 6% and a 20-fold increase within ten years, attracting around 20,000 investors. The platform suddenly shut down, and investors were unable to withdraw their funds, resulting in a loss of approximately $128 million (about 900 million RMB). The suspect fled China in 2024 and settled in Thailand, frequently changing residences to evade capture. Currently, the Thai authorities have revoked his residence permit and will deport him back to China for further investigation and prosecution.

According to market news, the cryptocurrency exchange Binance has recently implemented stricter risk controls for Venezuelan users using bank card payment channels.Official reports indicate that users purchasing cryptocurrencies with bank cards issued by Venezuelan banking institutions and virtual dollar cards issued in Panama (such as Zinli or Wally) are facing high rejection rates and operational restrictions. The main issues encountered by users include failure to receive verification codes, additional restrictions on virtual cards, and the complete disappearance of certain account payment options. This situation has led to a significant increase in customer service requests at Binance.Analysts point out that these restrictions are related to the current currency arbitrage phenomenon in Venezuela. Users purchase dollars at the official exchange rate and transfer them to international debit cards, then buy USDT on Binance, and subsequently sell it at a higher exchange rate through the peer-to-peer (P2P) market for profit.

According to Jinshi News, the CME "FedWatch" shows that the probability of the Federal Reserve keeping interest rates unchanged until March is 96%, while the probability of a 25 basis point cut is 4%. By April, the cumulative probability of a 25 basis point cut is 17.3%, the probability of keeping rates unchanged is 82.1%, and the cumulative probability of a 50 basis point cut is 0.6%. By June, the cumulative probability of a 25 basis point cut is 46.8%.

According to monitoring by Onchainschool, the GWEI team has distributed tokens worth 6 million dollars to 10 new wallets. Some of the tokens have already been transferred to exchanges, and the remaining tokens are expected to be transferred gradually as well.

Binance founder Changpeng Zhao (CZ) stated during an interview with Bloomberg at the World Liberty Financial Forum: "Binance wants to conduct more business in the United States and aims to bring excellent products to the U.S., making it easier for American consumers to access these high-quality products."In the interview, CZ revealed that after the SEC lawsuit was filed in the U.S. in 2023, Binance.US lost a significant number of banking channels and market share, facing numerous obstacles. However, the lawsuit was dismissed last year under the leadership of SEC Chairman Paul Atkins, who was appointed by Trump. With a more favorable regulatory environment emerging, previously unattainable options, including deeper banking relationships and even seeking a banking license, are now "completely possible," but he emphasized that any such initiatives would depend on the right team and legal guidance.

Typically, an increase in Bitcoin balances on exchanges is seen as a potential selling pressure signal, indicating that investors may be preparing to sell assets or use them as margin for derivatives trading, both of which usually exacerbate price volatility.

According to Lookonchain monitoring, a certain whale (31o3cj) sold 50,000 SOL at a price of $78.27 in the past 7 hours, worth $3.91 million, and exchanged 44,805 SOL (worth $3.5 million) for 676.27 XAUT.

According to Jinshi reports, before the data was released, based on CME's "Fed Watch," the probability of the Federal Reserve cutting rates by 25 basis points by March was 4.1%, while the probability of keeping rates unchanged was 95.9%. By April, the cumulative probability of a 25 basis point cut was 16.4%, the probability of keeping rates unchanged was 83%, and the cumulative probability of a 50 basis point cut was 0.5%. By June, the cumulative probability of a 25 basis point cut was 44%.

The latest report from blockchain analysis company Elliptic points out that a cryptocurrency exchange related to Russia, known as the "shadow network," is assisting in evading international sanctions through large-scale cryptocurrency transactions and names five platforms, most of which have not yet been sanctioned and still provide Russian entities with funding channels to bypass traditional banking regulations. Among them, ABCeX is identified as the largest, having processed at least $11 billion in cryptocurrency transactions.The report also notes that although Exmo claims to have exited the Russian market, on-chain data shows that it still shares custodial wallet infrastructure; Rapira, registered in Georgia and with an office in Moscow, is said to have direct transactions exceeding $72 million with the sanctioned exchange Grinex; Bitpapa evades monitoring by frequently changing wallet addresses; and Aifory Pro provides cash-to-crypto exchange services in Moscow, Dubai, and Turkey.Analysis indicates that the previously targeted cryptocurrency-related sanction evasion infrastructure in Russia has not disappeared but has instead dispersed across more platforms.

According to Jin Shi reports, 2028 FOMC voting member and St. Louis Fed President Bullard stated in an interview with Fox Business that if the Trump administration maintains most tariffs through other means, his outlook on the economic prospects will not change significantly. He also mentioned a desire to understand whether companies will receive tariff refunds and the amount of those refunds. Regarding the possibility of interest rate cuts this year, Bullard stated that the Fed's benchmark interest rate is currently at or below the "neutral rate" level.

During the weekend following the release of the "Notice on Further Preventing and Dealing with Risks Related to Virtual Assets" (Document No. 42), the relevant team from CICC Hong Kong has engaged with several public chains and exchanges to explore potential business cooperation.Additionally, a public chain leader expressed a desire to explore relevant cooperation opportunities with investment banks and other intermediary institutions. Institutions such as Ant Group and JD.com have also shown concern regarding policy changes. Reports indicate that Hong Kong is one of the overseas issuance locations for RWA. Regulatory insiders familiar with the situation stated that RWAs based on assets from Hong Kong are not within the regulatory scope of Document No. 42; if domestic securities or funds are involved as underlying assets and RWA issuance occurs overseas, it will be overseen by the relevant departments of the China Securities Regulatory Commission. The related statements emphasize that strict regulation will be implemented for RWAs involving domestic assets going abroad and should not be interpreted as a signal to encourage or relax regulatory measures.

According to Onchain Lens monitoring, a wallet suspected to be related to the Infini hacker (0x4b61...beb6) exchanged 3,003 ETH for 87 WBTC at a price of $67,700, worth $5,890,000, and sent it to another wallet.

According to Onchain Lens monitoring, the wallet address associated with Pumpfun "77DsB" has been continuously selling off $PUMP tokens on a large scale, having sold 3.376 billion PUMP for 7.23 million USDC.The wallet currently holds only 373.49 million PUMP, worth approximately 788,000 USD.

According to the Hong Kong Wen Wei Po, the Hong Kong Gold Exchange held the opening ceremony for the Year of the Horse yesterday on the fourth day of the Lunar New Year. In his speech, the chairman of the Hong Kong Gold Exchange, Zhang Dexi, stated that the exchange has officially partnered with a member company of Alibaba Group to develop a digital commodity blockchain, as well as an international precious metals trading platform and clearing settlement system. This initiative aims to unify risk control and regulatory systems for Hong Kong's spot, futures, digital gold, BtoC trading, actuarial center, and over-the-counter (OTC) transactions, with an expected completion within six months, and hopes to connect with the "Hong Kong Gold Central Clearing System" established by the SAR government.

According to tracking data from the Web3 asset data platform RootData X, in the past 7 days, the decentralized derivatives exchange MYX.Finance has been the project with the most new followers among top figures on X (Twitter). New influential figures on X who have followed this project include zac.eth (@zacxbt) and Pump Man (@crypto_pumpman).

10 Research published on platform X indicates that the current structure of the cryptocurrency market is changing. Altcoins overall remain relatively weak, while Bitcoin is in an oversold zone. However, at the same time, the market positions for crypto stocks and some selected altcoins are quietly shifting, with certain assets starting to outperform. Among them, Optimism (OP) is under pressure, with OP-USDT currently breaking below the 7-day and 30-day moving averages, showing a bearish technical outlook, and experiencing a decline of 24.4% over the past week.Additionally, the Base blockchain is gradually separating from the OP Stack, which means that the previous revenue-sharing partnership between the two has ended. Optimism has officially launched its first monthly token buyback plan, committing to use 50% of the remaining Superchain revenue to repurchase OP in the open market. The liquid staking protocol ether.fi has migrated all of its non-custodial operations to the OP mainnet to leverage its enterprise-grade scalability, providing some fundamental support for OP.