📢 Monochrome Asset Management’s spot Bitcoin ETF in Australia has raised its holdings to 1,248 $BTC.

📢 Bitcoin’s move to $64K set off $508M in liquidations over the last 24 hours.

📢 South Korea Tightens Grip on Stablecoins🇰🇷

• The Bank of Korea is urging regulators to limit won-based stablecoin issuance to licensed commercial banks only.
• Main concern is risks around money laundering and overall financial stability.
• This could reshape how KRW stablecoins operate and who gets to issue them.

📢 Standard Chartered analysts say stablecoins could grow to $2T over the next three years, potentially driving close to $1T in new demand for U.S. Treasury bills.

📢 Bitcoin is down 49% over the past five months, wiping out more than $1.21T in market value.

📢 Donald Trump says he could leverage licenses and approved tariffs in what he described as a “terrible” way against countries he believes have exploited the United States.

📢 MicroStrategy has purchased 592 BTC for $39.8 million, paying an average of about $67,286 per coin. The company is continuing its accumulation strategy despite ongoing market swings.

📢 According to Bloomberg, gold has overtaken the U.S. dollar to become the world’s leading global reserve asset.

📢 On-chain data from CryptoQuant indicates that the volume of Bitcoin held on Binance has reached its highest point since November 2024, pointing to an increase in potential sell-side liquidity entering the market.

📢 Public companies now need to hold more than 1,000 Bitcoin to rank among the top 50 corporate $BTC holders.

📢 WLFI says USD1 was targeted in a coordinated attack involving compromised accounts and heavy $WLFI short positions, but the stablecoin remains fully backed 1:1 and is still trading at its peg.

📢 WLFI reports that USD1 was hit by a coordinated attack tied to breached accounts and sizable $WLFI short positions, yet the stablecoin is still holding its peg with full 1:1 backing.

📢 Ethereum smart contract deployments hit an all-time high of 9.1 million in Q4 2025, breaking the prior record of 6 million set in Q2 2021.

📢 Ethereum smart contract deployments hit an all-time high of 9.1 million in Q4 2025, breaking the prior record of 6 million set in Q2 2021.

📢 In the U.S., sellers now exceed buyers by more than 600,000, the largest imbalance on record.

📢 Bitcoin’s on-chain activity has declined for six straight months, a pattern that was last observed ahead of a 30% pullback in 2024.

📢 Robinhood Steps Into Private Markets

• Robinhood has launched Robinhood Ventures, its new private markets platform.
• No accreditation requirement and no steep minimums to get started.
• Opens the door for everyday investors to access private deals more easily.

📢 Vitalik Buterin has kept trimming his $ETH position, selling 3,788.57 ETH about $7.3M, over the past three days, according to Arkham data.

📢 Arizona’s Digital Assets Strategic Reserve Fund bill (SB1649) has moved to the Senate consent calendar after passing through the Rules Committee.

📢 Polymarket now shows a 52% chance of the Clarity Act passing in 2026, down 13% from its recent high.