📢 According to Santiment, positive sentiment around Bitcoin has reached its highest point since February 6, as $BTC climbs 7% and approaches the $70K mark.

📢 Global gold funds are set to break records in 2026, with annualized inflows reaching $148 billion so far, well above last year’s $101 billion high.

📢 According to CryptoQuant, about 38% of altcoins are currently hovering close to their all-time lows, a deeper slump than what was seen after the FTX collapse.

📢 Core Scientific Cuts $BTC Holdings, Shifts to AI

A clear change in strategy.

• Sold about 1,900 $BTC for $175M in January
• Now holds under 1,000 $BTC
• Pivoting focus from mining toward AI data center operations

📢 An Ethereum whale has moved 82,000 $ETH to Binance, bringing their total deposits over the past year to more than $1.35B.

📢 Hyperliquid leads the daily fee rankings with $1.6M generated, while Tron follows behind at $703.5K.

📢 Gold has dropped below $5,000 per ounce, sliding over $300 in a steep 5.8% decline.

📢 European gas prices jumped 54% in just one day, the sharpest spike since the 2022 energy crisis.

📢 Bank of Japan Tests Blockchain Settlement 🇯🇵

A notable step from Japan’s central bank.

• Plans to test settling central bank money on a blockchain
• Trial will run between financial institutions
• Aimed at exploring faster and more efficient interbank settlement

📢 Small $BTC transfers totaling $18.7K were moved from U.S. government wallets, suggesting the activity may have been a test transaction.

📢 OpenClaw has surpassed 249K stars on GitHub, moving ahead of React, Linux, and Python to rank #13 among the most-starred projects.

📢 Ripple Labs Expands Ripple Payments 🌍

More tools for global businesses.

• Businesses can now collect, hold, exchange, and pay out in both fiat and stablecoins
• Designed to simplify cross-border transactions
• Strengthens Ripple’s push into real-world payment infrastructure

📢 National Electricity Administration Explores $BTC Mining 🇵🇾⚡

Turning surplus energy into opportunity.

• Signed an MOU to explore Bitcoin mining as a national strategy
• Aims to monetize unused or excess power
• Could position Paraguay as a regional $BTC mining hub

📢 The European Central Bank cautions that growing stablecoin use could pull deposits away from banks, limit lending capacity, and disrupt how monetary policy flows through the eurozone.

📢 A Bitwise analysis using data through the end of 2025 shows that adding $BTC to a 60/40 portfolio boosted both cumulative and risk-adjusted returns in every three-year period and in 93% of two-year periods.

📢 Binance Rolls Out AI Agent Skills

A new step toward AI-powered crypto tools.

• Introduced 7 AI Agent Skills on the platform
• Enables trading, wallet access, and real-time market data
• All features accessible through a single interface

📢 Perpetual DEX volume surged 346% in 2025, with total perpetual trading reaching $92.9T as traders increasingly shifted from spot markets to derivatives.

📢 President Donald J. Trump claims banks are working against the GENIUS and CLARITY Acts and says he will push to ensure the U.S. leads in crypto.

📢 1inch Network Upgrade Cuts Swap Time Nearly in Half

A new upgrade focused on performance.

• Platform update brings a smoother user experience
• Median swap execution time cut from 26s to 14s
• Faster routing aims to improve trading efficiency

📢 Indiana Signs $BTC Rights Bill Into Law

A new step for crypto policy at the state level.

• Governor signs HB 1042 into law
• Protects Bitcoin rights and bans discriminatory crypto taxes
• Allows digital assets in state retirement plans