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Разработчики протокола кроссчейн-ликвидности CrossCurve (ранее EYWA) заявили об атаке на проект и призвали пользователей приостановить все взаимодействия с CrossCurve до завершения расследования. Злоумышленникам удалось вывести как минимум $3 млн в нескольких сетях.

Создатель Эфириума Виталик Бутерин предложил цифровым художникам и создателям контента новый способ взаимодействия с аудиторией — путем выпуска специальных авторских токенов.

Арбитражный суд Свердловской области постановил начать процедуру наблюдения против группы «Фокс» — владельца 98% крупнейшей российской майнинговой компании BitRiver. Долги группы оцениваются в $9,2 млн. Источники газеты «Коммерсантъ» говорят о скорой смене собственника бизнеса.

Из криптовалютных биржевых фондов (ETF) за неделю было выведено $1,7 млрд. Отток капитала происходит уже вторую семидневку подряд на фоне изменения настроений инвесторов, сообщила инвестиционная компания CoinShares.

A sharp hit to risk markets left crypto with heavy losses over the weekend. Reports say roughly $250 billion was wiped from combined market value as investors pulled back. Some of the selling hit Bitcoin hard. Others said it spread to tech stocks at the same time.

Bitcoin Faces A Confidence Test

Bitcoin has been searching for a base. As of today, it slipped below $80,000 and is down about 40% from the 2025 high above $126,000.

Traders and on-chain trackers show weaker buying pressure. Retail interest has cooled. Large outflows from spot ETFs have been recorded, and momentum has been lost across several indicators.

Support near $73,000–$75,000 is now the zone many are watching, while some market participants expect more stops to be run before calm returns.

Markets Are Moving Together

Analysts note that Software-as-a-Service stocks and Bitcoin fell in tandem. That matters because both depend a lot on hopes about future growth; they tend to be hurt first when money gets tight.

Gold was rising at the same time, and some traders argued that the move into bullion drew marginal cash away from riskier bets. When fewer dollars are freely moving between banks, hedge funds trim leverage fast and the riskiest positions suffer most.

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— Raoul Pal (@RaoulGMI) February 1, 2026

Macro Liquidity, Not A Crypto-Only Issue

According to Raoul Pal, founder and CEO of Global Macro Investor. the squeeze came from a narrower pool of US dollar liquidity rather than a problem unique to crypto.

The mechanics he points to are technical: Treasury General Account rebuilds, higher funding costs, and a smaller buffer in the Reverse Repo Facility that used to soak up extra cash.

“The rally in gold sucked all marginal liquidity out of the system that would have flowed into BTC and SaaS,” Pal said. “There was not enough liquidity to support all these assets, so the riskiest got hit,” he added.

Those shifts can quietly remove liquidity even when no single headline screams crisis. Government funding hiccups were also blamed for adding friction to the system. When liquidity is chased away, assets tied to future cash flows get hit hard.

Different Voices On The Fed Nomination

Reports say the nomination of Kevin Warsh to run the Federal Reserve has added to the nervous mood. Some market pros worry he won’t cut rates as quickly as hoped.

Some analysts said that sentiment swung on the idea that rate relief might be delayed. But Raoul Pal pushed back, arguing that US President Donald Trump’s team will steer policy toward easier rates and that Warsh will follow that playbook.

Views differ. That uncertainty has left many traders unwilling to put fresh money into stretched trades.

A Cautious But Not Despairing Close

At the time of writing, price action looks fragile and rallies have been short-lived. Yet some analysts expect the liquidity drain to ease and for capital to trickle back once funding conditions normalize.

The coming weeks will show whether buyers return around the low-$70k area or if selling finds a deeper level. Reports note that risk appetite often returns before headlines change, but only when dollars are flowing again.

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Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson said he plans to sell a Blackhawk helicopter and multiple Lamborghinis and “mothball” his jet, framing the decision as a personal reset and a critique of how crypto’s culture changed after the 2021 boom.

Speaking in a Jan. 31 video recorded from Fukuoka, Hoskinson opened with a market-watcher’s morning ritual and a broader question about what’s still under an industry participant’s control when prices turn against them. “I sat down,” he said, “and I said, ‘Gosh, you know, how did we get here?’” He described the mood as one of reflection after seeing “the markets and the red lights” on his phone.

Why The Cardano Founder Is Selling His Wealth

He tied that reflection to a multi-stop community tour across Japan, saying his team had recently presented in Hokkaido and Osaka before arriving in Fukuoka, and urged viewers to watch the latest Japanese community livestream. The trip, he suggested, pulled him back to the early days when Cardano was “just an idea,” and the scene felt more insurgent than institutional.

Hoskinson leaned into that contrast, calling crypto “the punk rock of finance” and arguing that a kind of mainstream acceptance drained energy from the sector. In his telling, 2021 marked a turning point: “We all got rich and we all got accepted. And you know, we all just basically became part of the system.” Once inside, he said, the system “take[s] the life out of it,” “strip[s] you of all the things that make you special,” and repackages work into something more consumerized.

Hoskinson then turned the critique inward, describing his own lifestyle as part of the problem. “I look at myself and I say, you know, I’ve gotten a little fat and happy, literally fat, and also an opulent lifestyle,” he said, arguing that repeating the same approach — “be part of that club, hedge a little bit” — isn’t compatible with doing “great things.”

“So, you know what I’m going to do is get back to that punk rock group,” he said. “Downsize a little bit. So, I’m going to sell my Blackhawk, mothball the jet, sell my Lamborghinis, just go all in. Why not?” He positioned the move as a return to an earlier, leaner period: “I started from nothing. Many of you older fans, you remember when I was sitting in my apartment and I had the stuffed giraffes back on the dresser and those were the days I love more than any other.”

A key part of Hoskinson’s “back to first principles” framing was day-to-day building. He said he has been coding every day and credited modern AI tooling for accelerating creativity, mentioning “a little bit of help from our friend Claude” and “a little bit of help from our friend Codex.”

Punkrocker and Crypto https://t.co/Yov4rLVlZk

— Charles Hoskinson (@IOHK_Charles) January 31, 2026

He also pointed to a heavier technical workload, saying he wrote “over 400 pages of technical documents for Midnight over Christmas,” including an “executable specification oracle with a TLA spec” and a protocol specification. The thread running through the examples was urgency and immersion, doing the work “in the pits,” surrounded by builders, rather than managing crypto as a portfolio or status marker.

At press time, Cardano traded at $0.2853.

Американская компания Ripple, выпускающая криптовалюту XRP, получила от Комиссии по надзору за финансовым сектором (CSSF) Люксембурга лицензию на эмиссию электронных денег (EMI).

Автор книги о личных финансах «Богатый папа, бедный папа» Роберт Кийосаки (Robert Kiyosaki) посоветовал своим читателям покупать золото, серебро, а также биткоин «со скидкой» — пока на рынке заметна просадка.

Хакеры из группы CyberSec’s потребовали от российской рыбопромысловой компании 50 биткоинов за восстановление доступа к заблокированным данным, сообщили эксперты работающей в области кибербезопасности компании F6.

Причина падения биткоин-рынка вызвана нехваткой капитала для криптовалют у самой большой экономики мира, США. Специфические проблемы криптоиндустрии тут не при чем, заявил экономист, основатель и гендиректор компании Real Vision Рауль Пал (Raoul Pal).

Гендиректор сервиса криптоаналитики CryptoQuant Ки Янг Джу (Ki Young Ju) заявил, что сильное падение цены биткоина маловероятно и главный криптоактив останется на ближайшее время в затяжной стагнации.

Российские силовики заподозрили основателя самой крупной российской майнинговой компании Bitriver Игоря Рунца в сокрытии активов, которые должны были пойти на погашение налоговой задолженности.

Bitcoin slid again, and big-name bulls are talking. According to ARK Invest’s team, the pullback after a rapid run is part of a wider picture that mixes gold, money supply measures, and investor flow. Markets are messy now. That does not mean long-term stories are dead.

Cathie Wood’s Long View

Based on reports, Cathie Wood has kept a public, steady bet on crypto for years, buying assets and shares in firms tied to digital tokens when prices were far lower. Her company took early positions in exchange operators and fintech companies that provide crypto access.

Reports note ARK’s valuation work and scenarios that place Bitcoin far above current prices by 2030 under certain adoption assumptions. Those forecasts are not promises. They are models with many moving parts.

Also important to note is that the correlation between the bitcoin and gold prices has been 0.14 since early 2020, and that the gold price led the last two significant bull moves in the bitcoin price in the last two major cycles. https://t.co/kxZEHhbBVJ

— Cathie Wood (@CathieDWood) January 31, 2026

Gold And The Debasement Trade

Reports say ARK’s research director compared gold’s market value to the US M2 money supply and found readings at a level not seen since the 1930s and around the same era as 1980.

That kind of extreme has historically preceded a big reversal in gold’s price. Some traders remember a 60% drop after the 1980 peak. Those are facts that deserve a second look. They do not translate directly into a prediction for Bitcoin, though.

Bitcoin and gold do not always move together. Based on reports, the historic correlation has been low — about 0.14 since early 2020. That number means daily price moves rarely sync up.

Yet, in past major rallies, gold’s gains were followed by a strong leg for Bitcoin. This time, the sequence stalled. Precious metals spiked and then pulled back sharply, but capital did not flow into crypto the way some expected. That raises questions about who is moving money and why.

Market Moves And What To Watch Next

Bitcoin fell to $78,150 at the time this report was made. The top crypto asset hit a level many traders watch closely after a flash crash last October. It is now more than 35% under the peak it reached on Oct. 6, 2025, and volatility is high.

Different Roles, Different Clocks: ARK’s View On Bitcoin And Gold

Overall, ARK’s stance remains consistent. Reports show the firm still views Bitcoin as a long-term asset tied to adoption and network growth, even during sharp drawdowns.

Gold, in contrast, is being watched for signs of exhaustion after an extreme run tied to money supply fears. In ARK’s view, the two assets play different roles, move on different clocks, and should not be judged by short-term price action alone.

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Федеральный канцлер Германии Фридрих Мерц (Friedrich Merz) обеспокоен ослаблением доллара США по отношению к евро и призвал Европейский центральный банк (ЕЦБ) как можно скорее запустить цифровой евро.

Bitcoin’s sudden break below $80,000 in the past 24 hours has led to one of the most violent liquidation events in crypto history. Traders digest the fallout from this crash, but there is much attention on large institutional holders, particularly Michael Saylor’s Strategy, whose massive Bitcoin position is now trading uncomfortably close to its average acquisition cost.

Why This Bitcoin Crash Turned Brutal So Quickly

The entire crypto industry is currently witnessing one of its most brutal crashes in history, led by Bitcoin and Ethereum. Notably, about $2.51 billion in leveraged positions were wiped out in a single session, placing this event among the 10 largest liquidation cascades the crypto market has ever recorded. For context, the Covid-era crash liquidated about $1.2 billion and the FTX collapse led to around $1.6 billion in liquidations.

Crypto Liquidation History. Source: @AshCrypto On X

According to Arkham Intelligence, large entities aggressively moved Bitcoin onto exchanges in the hours surrounding the crash. Kraken alone dumped about 17,030 BTC into the market, Binance followed with about 12,147 BTC, and Coinbase added another 9,093 BTC. Wintermute, a major market maker, dumped 3,491 BTC, while wallets labeled as Trump Insider and Bybit dumped 2,543 BTC and 2,471 BTC, respectively. 

Together, these transfers contributed to a streak of liquidations as positions that saw Bitcoin lose the $80,000 price level without much resistance.

Bitcoin’s Notable Outflows. Source: Arkham Intelligence

Strategy’s Bitcoin Chest And Where It Stands Now

As one of the largest corporate holders of Bitcoin, Strategy has felt the impact of the recent crash more directly than most, leaving its Bitcoin position hovering just above loss territory. 

The company currently holds 712,647 BTC, valued at $55.72 billion based on current price levels. Those holdings were accumulated at an average price of $76,037 per Bitcoin, putting Strategy only about 1.8% above breakeven following the sell-off.

The margin for error has narrowed massively, but the holdings are still technically in profit for now. To put this in context, Strategy’s stash was worth about $81 billion when Bitcoin peaked around $126,000, despite the company holding about 70,000 fewer BTC at the time.

It has now been 2,000 days since Strategy formally adopted the Bitcoin Standard. That decision has progressively connected the company’s financial performance to Bitcoin’s price action.

At the time of writing, Bitcoin is trading around $78,500. A further decline of 3% from current levels would be enough to push Strategy’s Bitcoin position into the red on paper and change the narrative from unrealized gains to unrealized losses. In that scenario, the company may soon find itself defending its Bitcoin strategy in a bearish environment.

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In an interesting turn of events over the weekend, Bitcoin saw an abrupt liquidity cascade, with its price tumbling to as low as $76,000. Barely recovered from their weekday losses, BTC investors must be feeling hard done by, as rare weekend volatility sent them further down.

One of these investors would be Michael Saylor, whose firm, Strategy, was briefly underwater following Bitcoin’s latest price decline. The company’s Bitcoin holdings average cost basis of around $76,000 was tested as record-level liquidations rocked the crypto market.

Strategy’s BTC Holdings On The Verge Of Unrealized Losses 

Over the past few months, the price of Bitcoin has struggled to stay above critical levels, including the 360-day moving average and the short-term holders (STH) realized price. Interestingly, the premier cryptocurrency added another cost basis level to this growing list during its latest price decline.

Strategy, the largest corporate Bitcoin holder, briefly went into the red after BTC price crashed below its holdings’ cost basis at around $76,000. The company, which currently holds more than 712,000 BTC, has had its struggles in recent months, with its stock price (now at $143) tumbling from local highs of $455.

While the Bitcoin price is now about 2.5% above this Strategy’s average cost basis, there is still a real threat to the premier cryptocurrency. In a case where BTC falls and holds below this level, the Bitcoin treasury company would be sitting on a massive unrealized loss, which could lead to further downturn in market confidence.

Over the past years, there have been no indications that Strategy would offload its Bitcoin holdings should they fall into unrealized losses. Interestingly, Strategy’s chairman and founder, Michael Saylor, posted on the X platform in relation to the downturn, saying the firm is “built for the long run.”

However, there might be a much bigger dynamic at play, especially as sustained trading below their average cost basis could invite scrutiny to the company’s Bitcoin accumulation strategy.

Bitcoin Price Bottom Might Take Months To Form

Julio Moreno, CryptoQuant’s head of research, warned investors to stop searching for bottoms after a new leg down. According to the on-chain expert, the latest Bitcoin decline to below $76,000 is not a bull market correction, as the bear phase started as far back as last November.

Moreno wrote in a post on X:

The indicators that help find bottoms in a bull market are of no use currently.

As of this writing, the price of BTC stands at around $78,070, reflecting an over 6% decline in the past 24 hours. According to data from CoinGecko data, the premier cryptocurrency is down by about 12% on the weekly timeframe.

Президент брокерской компании Euro Pacific Capital и экономист Питер Шифф (Peter Schiff) высмеял власти Сальвадора, которые регулярно пополняют госзапас биткоинов, и рассказал о случае в местном ресторане.

Блогерша по имени Дзэн Ин (Zeng Ying) назвала себя бывшей девушкой основателя блокчейна Tron Джастина Сана (Justin Sun) и рассказала, что он занимался махинациями с собственной криптовалютой TRX на бирже Binance.

Корпус безопасности и гражданской обороны Нигерии (NSCDC) задержал местного жителя по имени Баму Гифта Ванджи (Bamu Gift Wandji). Его подозревают в создании фейковой платформы для инвестиций в криптовалюту.

A US-linked crypto startup received a major foreign cash injection this week, stirring questions in Washington about money, access, and transparency.

Reports say a UAE-backed investor paid roughly $500 million for nearly half of the company, a deal that was not widely known when it closed.

UAE Money Enters A Trump-Linked Crypto Firm

According to multiple reports, Aryam Investment 1 agreed to buy a 49% stake in World Liberty Financial for $500 million. Part of that sum — about $187 million — was paid up front to entities connected to US President Donald Trump and other founders.

Executives tied to a major Abu Dhabi tech group were named to the company’s board after the purchase, giving the new backer direct influence over governance.

The transfer was signed in January 2025, just days before a major political transition in the US, and it drew immediate attention because of who the company is linked to.

Trump & Crypto: High-Level UAE Ties

Reports note the investment can be traced to figures close to Sheikh Tahnoon bin Zayed Al Nahyan, a powerful Abu Dhabi official whose interests include technology and national security.

That connection has sharpened scrutiny. Lawmakers and watchdogs say such stakes raise hard questions about foreign influence when an entity tied to a sitting US President is involved.

Some of the transactions and token purchases connected to the project were disclosed later than critics would prefer, which has fed calls for clearer filings and faster public notice.

Political Questions And Oversight

The deal also ties into earlier moves by UAE-linked funds to buy the project’s tokens and promote a stablecoin tied to the company’s ecosystem.

Reports say those earlier investments helped build momentum for the platform, and that a separate, large investment linked to the stablecoin involved Binance and other partners.

Critics argue a big foreign stake in a crypto firm with presidential ties creates both optics and policy concerns, especially as Congress debates tighter rules for stablecoins and foreign investments.

Some members of Congress have asked regulators to examine whether rules on disclosure or foreign influence were sidestepped.

Mixed Reactions

Investors responded with mixed signals. Some welcomed increased funding and new board expertise. Others worried that questions about ownership and governance could undercut confidence in the token and related products.

Important details about the buyer’s full ownership structure remain unclear in public filings. Reports say that transparency gaps are central to why oversight officials are asking for more documents and briefings.

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