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Here's a quick preview of today’s content: Trump's involvement likely needed to advance crypto bill, Elon Musk merges xAI with SpaceX to build AI in space, 89% family offices hold no crypto, Russia’s top crypto miner owner arrested on tax evasion charges, US government takes control of $400M seized crypto, and so much more

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Market Snapshot

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• Crypto funds see $1.7B in weekly outflows (two weeks straight) as BTC & ETH ETF flows turn negative

  • Bitcoin logs four red monthly closes; weekend selloff wipes $290B and briefly sends BTC near $74K

  • ETF buyers and miners are underwater; trader sentiment flips bearish into “extreme fear”

• Crypto ticks higher alongside stocks after stronger US manufacturing data

Prediction Markets

• Bettors on Polymarket are predicting OpenAI IPO closing market cap?

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Headline Roundup
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• Jeffrey Epstein was an early investor in Coinbase (DC)

• Trump denies knowledge of $500M Abu Dhabi crypto stake (BBG)

• Crypto figures address connections in Epstein file release (CT)

• Elon Musk merges xAI with SpaceX to build AI in space (CD)

• Russia’s top crypto miner owner arrested on tax evasion charges (BBG)

• Argentine fugitive with $56M in crypto arrested (BM)

• US government takes control of $400M seized crypto (BM)

• Stablecoin yield deadlock persists in White House talks (BBG)

• 89% family offices hold no crypto (CD)

• Strategy buys another $75M of BTC (DC)

• Justin Sun swoops to buy $100M of bitcoin (CD)

• BitMine deepens bet with 41,788 ETH buy (DC)

• Cboe targets prediction market with options revival (TB)

• Binance moves 1,315 BTC into user protection fund (CD)

• Polymarket expands to Solana (TB)

• GameStop appears to be moving on from bitcoin (CD)

• Japan's Nomura cuts down crypto exposure (TB)

• Experts debate Vitalik Buterin’s creator coin vision (TD)

• MultiversX integrates Google’s AI commerce (TB)

• STABLE hits ATH ahead of mainnet upgrade (TD)

• AceTrader teams with Myriad for prediction contest (DC)

Venture Capital

• Solana DEX Jupiter secures $35M strategic investment in its JUP token from ParaFi Capital (CD)

• DeepSnitch AI, a Web3 trading startup, raises over $1.4M in token presale funding from crypto whales (AI)

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M&A Announcements

• Bed Bath & Beyond acquires Tokens.com in tokenized real estate push (CD)

Launches

• Hyperliquid adds prediction market outcome trading (TB)

• Singapore bank adds stablecoin settlement for clients (TD)

• Arcium launches privacy mainnet on Solana (TB)

• Zama launches token and privacy metric (TB)

• MiniPay adds Tether’s USDT stablecoin (TB)

• Bcon launches crypto payment gateway (CD)

Regulation

• Trump's involvement likely needed to advance crypto bill (TB)

• NY prosecutors raise alarm over GENIUS Act on fraud (CT)

• Nevada court grants restraining order against Polymarket (DC)

• Hong Kong starts granting stablecoin licenses in March (CD)

• Ripple secures full EMI license in Luxembourg (TB)

• India retains current crypto tax in 2026 budget (DC)

Cybersecurity

• Crypto scammers plunder $370M in January (CT)

• South Korea expands AI systems to track crypto manipulation (CT)

• Crypto wrench attacks hit $41M record high (DC)

Extra Reads

• Bitcoin’s price action looked strangely lethargic early last month even as traditional assets such as precious metals and equities pushed to fresh highs - Here’s the reason bitcoin didn't rally as gold and silver went berserk

• Popular opinion is missing the sea change in the UK’s crypto operating environment, as beneath regulatory criticism, the UK is accelerating its crypto evolution - No, the UK hasn’t completely flopped on crypto

Chart of the Day

Demand for Bitcoin ETF is reversing, compared to previous years

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