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Morgan Stanley applies for a national trust bank license to allow Wall Street banks to custody digital assets — Bloomberg

📉 Institutional investors reduced their positions in Ethereum-ETF
Bloomberg reports that according to Form 13F filings, in the fourth quarter, Ethereum ETF holders primarily sold fund shares.
Similarly to Bitcoin-ETF, hedge funds were especially active in reducing their positions in early October.
✍️ The total sales volume amounted to 447,340 ETH.

🧱 PayPal Launches "Stablecoin Builder".
The payment giant, in partnership with MoonPay and M0, announced PYUSDx — a platform that will allow developers to create their own dollar-pegged stablecoins based on PYUSD.

OpenAI raised $110b valuation at $730b — release
Investors – Amazon ($50b), SoftBank ($30b), and Nvidia ($30b).
Additionally, ChatGPT developer will start using Amazon's AI chips Trainium and will spend another $100b on Amazon Web Services (AWS) over the next 8 years.
❗️Additionally: OpenAI is working on a potential deal between Anthropic and the U.S. Pentagon.
Earlier, Anthropic rejected the "final offer" from the Department of Defense, stating that their AI technologies should not be used for mass surveillance and autonomous weapons.

🕯 Bitwise sees an opportunity in the undervaluation of the crypto market
Traditional investors have yet to realize the impact cryptocurrencies could have on financial markets, says Bitwise Investment Director Matt Hougan.
🧑‍💻 According to him, the market suffers from "anchor distortion" and remains fixated on the early perception of the crypto industry.
Against this backdrop, Hougan believes there is still an opportunity to invest in what this technology will eventually become.

🇺🇸 Democrats intensify negotiations on the CLARITY Act
The U.S. Senate is discussing the future of a bill regarding the structure of the crypto market, which aims to divide authority between the SEC and CFTC and establish rules for exchanges and stablecoins.
The main dispute concerns the possibility of earning yields on stablecoins.
📊 After new consultations, the probability of passing the law in 2026 has increased to 69% on Polymarket.
The White House has set a deadline of March 1st to resolve disagreements.

🪙 The crowd is googling "buy bitcoin" again
The number of searches for "buy bitcoin" on Google has reached a five-year high.
Historically, spikes in retail interest have often coincided either with the start of a new upward trend or with the final stage of a rebound.

💰 Now you can earn interest on cryptocurrency in Telegram
TON Wallet in Telegram has launched a yield feature for Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH), and USDT.
Now users can deposit cryptocurrency into special "vaults" (vaults) and earn interest.
For USDT, they promise up to 18% annual percentage rate, but the rate is not fixed and depends on market conditions.

💳 Mastercard and MetaMask have launched a crypto card in the USA
It is now available in 49 states, including New York.
The card allows you to spend cryptocurrency directly from your MetaMask wallet.
The main feature is that users maintain full control over their assets until the moment of payment.

‼️ ZachXBT Accuses Axiom Employees of Insider Trading
🚨 Blockchain investigator ZachXBT published the results of the announced investigation, which found that some employees of the Axiom platform monitored private trader wallets and used the data for meme coin trading.
➡️ Axiom has already responded to the investigation by disabling access to the involved systems and has begun an internal investigation.
The investigation highlights weak access control mechanisms on crypto platforms that allowed employees to access confidential information, including full wallet histories, nicknames, and assoc

‼️ Sam Bankman-Fried seeks to have his sentence reduced
🚾 By March 11, US authorities must respond to the founder of FTX's motion for a new trial.
SBF relies on testimony from new witnesses who, he believes, will improve his case.
The crypto industry could benefit from a new trial surrounding FTX if it prompts regulators to tighten rules on disclosure, asset management, and risk control on crypto exchanges.

According to CoinFound data: the market capitalization of USDT is $19.562 billion, USDC — $7.685 billion, EURC — $1.228 billion, USDS — $1.169 billion, USDe — $0.613 billion, PYUSD — $0.416 billion, USD1 — $0.462 billion.
The US Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) has proposed regulation of payment stablecoins within the framework of the GENIUS bill and is conducting a public consultation on this initiative.
Due to slow progress in legislation on stablecoins in the Republic of Korea, Tether and Circle are accelerating their expansion into the local market.
USDC and the cross-chain

⚡️ Solana Launches Instant On-Chain Payment Platform
Solana has introduced a new infrastructure for real-time crypto payments. The solution allows for direct integration of settlements into applications and services without the need for complex third-party payment gateways.
The platform is designed for marketplaces, fintech startups, and Web3 projects that prioritize speed, low fees, and transaction automation.

🏛 World Liberty Financial ties voting to staking
A project associated with Donald Trump's family has proposed a model where only those who stake WLFI for 180 days can vote. This reduces the circulating supply of the token and decreases speculative participation in voting.
💵 Against this backdrop, the proposal for the USD1 stablecoin launched within the World Liberty Financial ecosystem has exceeded $4.7 billion. The larger the scale of USD1, the more important it is to know who exactly sets the governance rules and access to liquidity within the system.

#CelebratingNewYearOnGateSquare 📈 American funds have shifted from selling to active buying
Coinbase Bitcoin Premium Index has entered positive territory for the first time in two months.
A similar situation occurred before the upward impulse of 84,100>93,600$ in April 2025
Waiting for February's close and news on Iran 🔥

🐋 OTC kit, which aggressively bought up BTC and ETH at the beginning of the market decline, appears to be capitulating — it sold 23,500 ETH for $47.8 million to cover loans.
From January 8 to February 2, it accumulated 163,405 ETH worth $440 million at an average of $2,691, and then from February 2 to 5, it bought an additional 4,000 cbBTC for $296 million at $74 004.
Currently, its position is deeply in the red — around $135 million. It seems even major players can't withstand market pressure.

Santiment tweeted that "after the market shocks caused by the Jane Street incident earlier this week, attention has now shifted to the White House's internal deadline of March 1, related to negotiations on the controversial 'CLARITY Act.'
This legislation remains crucial for cryptocurrencies as it aims to provide clearer regulatory guidelines, thereby reducing uncertainty for investors, exchanges, and blockchain companies.
An increase in transfers over $100,000 in the Bitcoin, Ethereum, USDT, and XRP networks over the past month is typically a precursor to a high probability of a market revers

OpenAI raised $110b valuation at $730b — release
Investors – Amazon ($50b), SoftBank ($30b), and Nvidia ($30b).
Additionally, ChatGPT developer will start using Amazon's AI chips Trainium and will spend another $100b on Amazon Web Services (AWS) over the next 8 years.
❗️Additionally: OpenAI is working on a potential deal between Anthropic and the U.S. Pentagon.
Earlier, Anthropic rejected the "final offer" from the Department of Defense, stating that their AI technologies should not be used for mass surveillance and autonomous weapons.