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AI giant Anthropic announced this morning that it has completed a $30 billion financing round at a valuation of $380 billion, led by Singapore's sovereign wealth fund GIC and Coatue Management, with other investors including large tech companies like Nvidia and Microsoft.Musk angrily criticized Anthropic in his announcement, stating that it "hates white people and Asians, especially Chinese, heterosexuals, and men. This is a misanthropic evil that must be corrected." Musk claimed that "Anthropic cannot avoid the inevitable irony of 'humanism' ultimately evolving into 'misanthropy.' When you chose this name, you sealed that fate."Previously, some AI users reported that Anthropic's large language model exhibits bias in its responses to certain specific questions. For example, the model assigns significantly lower value scores to white lives compared to Black, South Asian, and East Asian lives in extreme moral dilemma questions like "whose life is more valuable."

According to monitoring by Lookonchain, a suspected whale related to Matrixport (0x6C85...84F6 and 0xa5B0...1D41) has established a long position of 105,000 ETH on Hyperliquid, with a total value of $204.5 million, currently facing an unrealized loss of over $10 million.Addresses 0x6C85...84F6 and 0xa5B0...1D41 both transferred funds from the Tron network to Arbitrum via Bridgers and deposited them into Hyperliquid, possibly belonging to the same whale. Among them, address 0xa5B0...1D41 has received funds from Matrixport multiple times.

According to Onchain Lens monitoring, a certain whale (0x6c8) deposited 26.3 million USDC into the platform and increased its ETH short position. Currently, this whale holds 39,000 ETH in short positions, valued at 78.41 million dollars, with an unrealized loss of 1.15 million dollars.

CryptoQuant CEO Ki Young Ju stated that the Bitcoin inflow in 2025 reached $308 billion but failed to boost its market value, indicating that it is facing excessive selling pressure, which has caused the Digital Asset Treasury (DAT) strategy to be ineffective in the current market environment.

According to official news, Gate will launch the "Gate 2026 Spring Festival Celebration" from February 9, 20:00 to March 1, 20:00 (UTC+8). During the event, users can participate in a million red envelope rain and horse racing guessing carnival activities to win GT red envelopes and USDT rewards, sharing the New Year's good fortune.This event includes two major activities:Million Red Envelope Rain Activity: During the event, from 12:00 to 15:00 and 16:00 to 19:00 (UTC+8) each day, users can enter the event page and input the red envelope password announced by the official to participate in grabbing red envelopes, sharing a total of 1,000 GT red envelopes; an additional 200 GT luck red envelopes will be given out at 0:00 on February 17 (New Year's Eve). New users who register through exclusive links from partners or agents can also unlock co-branded new user red envelope benefits.Spring Racing Grand Prix: Users can sign up and complete designated tasks to receive racing tickets, which can be used to guess the racing results of six cryptocurrency pairs: BTC, ETH, GT, XAU, SOL, and DOGE. During the event, a round of horse racing will be held every 2 days, with a single round unlocking a maximum prize pool of 10,000 USDT, and the total prize pool for the event reaching up to 100,000 USDT. The racing results will be determined by a combination of random mechanisms and market performance, and users can share the corresponding prize pool based on the number of racing tickets they invest, according to the ranking of the winning horses.In addition, the event also sets up the "Immediate Success Leaderboard," where the top 50 users can additionally share 5,000 USDT and have the chance to receive Gate Spring Festival gift cards and 100g gold rewards.

KiteAI Asia Pacific Head Laughing confirmed attendance at the "Build and Scale in 2026" themed forum to be held in Hong Kong on February 10. This event is co-hosted by ChainCatcher, RootData, and Alibaba Cloud, and is one of the important peripheral activities of the Consensus HongKong conference.Kite AI is building the foundational layer of the Agentic Internet, aiming to create a vertically integrated artificial intelligence ecosystem to drive the realization of real business value and the long-term sustainable development of the network. This forum will focus on industry integration trends, growth paths, and market opportunities in the new cycle, engaging in in-depth discussions around key tracks such as RWA, stablecoins, AI, payments, and DeFi. The event aims to gather high-quality project parties, investment institutions, and developers from around the world to build a high-value industry network and jointly explore future opportunities and value potential in the Web3 ecosystem.

According to Onchain Lens (@OnchainLens), as the cryptocurrency market prices decline, the assets held by Michael Saylor's Strategy and Tom Lee's Bitmine are facing significant paper losses.When the BTC price fell below $61,000, the Bitcoin assets held by Strategy faced a paper loss of over $10.16 billion. At the same time, as the ETH price dropped below $1,800, the Ethereum assets held by Bitmine faced a paper loss of over $8.65 billion.

According to Lookonchain monitoring, as the ETH price falls below $2000, the 4,285,125 ETH held by Bitmine (worth $8.47 billion) currently has an unrealized loss exceeding $8 billion.

According to Lookonchain monitoring, as Bitcoin falls below $70,000, the 713,502 BTC held by Michael Saylor's Strategy (currently worth $49.66 billion) is facing an unrealized loss of over $4.6 billion.

According to @ai_9684xtpa's monitoring, a certain address has accumulated $7 million worth of HYPE in the past 12 hours, with an average cost of $34.9, currently facing an unrealized loss of $272,000.

The online trading giant IG Group has completed the acquisition of the cryptocurrency trading platform Independent Reserve, which has been approved by the Monetary Authority of Singapore. This acquisition marks IG Group's official commitment to expanding its presence in the digital asset space.Independent Reserve will be integrated into the IG Group system while maintaining the stability of existing services and compliant operations. IG plans to leverage Independent Reserve's cryptocurrency technology and operational experience to launch cryptocurrency trading products tailored for local markets in Singapore, Australia, and the UAE in the second half of 2026.IG Group stated that this acquisition will help it expand compliant digital asset services in a market where regulations are gradually becoming clearer; Independent Reserve believes that with IG's resources and regional network, it will accelerate the internationalization of its cryptocurrency products.

According to Jinshi reports, as global markets stabilize and concerns over artificial intelligence spending ease, market risk appetite was broadly restored on Tuesday.The stock markets in Japan and South Korea rebounded significantly, with the South Korean KOSPI index closing up 6.84% at 5,288.08 points, marking the largest single-day gain since March 2020. The Nikkei 225 index closed up 3.92% at 54,720.66 points, reaching a historic high. The Taiwan Weighted Index closed up 1.81% at 32,195.36 points.

According to Bloomberg, the core issue of this "slow" sell-off of Bitcoin is that the group of investors who were originally highly anticipated to become the most stable buyers in this new round did not continue to enter the market. Glassnode data shows that investors entering through the U.S. spot Bitcoin ETF have an average purchase cost of about $84,100. With Bitcoin currently hovering around $78,500, this group is facing an unrealized loss of about 8% to 9%.This is not the first time ETF investors have found themselves in a loss. As early as last November, when Bitcoin briefly fell below $89,600 (which was the average cost range for ETF investors at the time), analysts pointed out that this would be a key test of the "conviction strength" of new mainstream investors. Subsequently, as capital inflows at the beginning of 2024 remained profitable, the overall average cost of the ETF decreased, but the funds that entered later have all fallen into losses. From the peak decline, Bitcoin has dropped over 35% from its 2025 high and briefly fell below $77,000 in a low liquidity trading environment over the weekend.Analysts believe this is the result of multiple factors: exhaustion of capital inflows, declining market liquidity, and an overall weakening of macro attractiveness. Bitcoin's failure to respond to traditional bullish factors such as a weakening dollar or geopolitical risks, along with its "decoupling" from other assets, has made its trend increasingly lack direction. The biggest difference between the sharp drop in October and the current downturn is market sentiment: there is no panic now, only "absence."The rally that pushed Bitcoin above $125,000 in 2025 was driven by the market's heightened excitement over regulatory prospects, institutional entry, and a bullish retail base. However, since the October crash liquidated billions of dollars in leveraged positions, it is these buyers who once drove the market who have chosen to remain inactive and temporarily step back to observe.

According to Lookonchain monitoring, as Bitcoin falls below $75,000, the 712,647 BTC held by Strategy is currently facing an unrealized loss of over $900 million.

According to Onchain Lens monitoring, a certain whale's Bitcoin long position is facing total liquidation after holding for 112 days, with an expected loss of 6.84 million dollars, bringing the total position loss to 7.6 million dollars.

According to monitoring by HyperInsight and CoinGlass, due to the short-term drop in spot silver prices, the liquidation scale of SILVER (Silver Mapped Contract) across the network is approximately $70.52 million, ranking first among all assets in terms of liquidation, with 99% being long positions.Most of the liquidations occurred on the Hyperliquid platform. Monitoring shows that a whale holding a long position in XYZ:SILVER on Hyperliquid was liquidated for $18.13 million in a short period. During the same period, there were another 9 large liquidations on the platform, each exceeding $1 million.

According to Cointelegraph, Bitcoin's rebound before the Federal Reserve's interest rate meeting was hindered around $90,000, with the price returning to oscillate in the $86,000--$90,000 range. Market analysis suggests that the real bullish turning point hinges on whether $93,000 can be reclaimed and turned into support.From a technical perspective, Bitcoin's current main resistance levels are located between the 50-day moving average (around $90,000) and the 100-day moving average (around $94,000). Analysts point out that if it effectively breaks through and stabilizes above $93,000, the upside potential is expected to open up, with a target possibly pointing towards $98,000, signaling the end of the adjustment phase.On the funding side, the large-scale outflow of Bitcoin spot ETFs is showing a clear cooling trend. Glassnode data indicates that the 30-day average ETF net flow has gradually returned to neutral, suggesting that institutional selling pressure is easing. However, the market currently still relies more on support from spot holders rather than new institutional funds.Capriole data shows that corporate-level Bitcoin buying has significantly decreased, with almost only Strategy (formerly MicroStrategy) continuing to accumulate. Last week, Strategy increased its holdings by approximately $264 million, acquiring 2,932 BTC.In summary, the key for Bitcoin to break through the resistance above $90,000 in the short term still depends on the recovery of institutional demand and the ETF funds turning back to net inflows. Before that, the market may continue to maintain a range-bound oscillation.

Billions Network Asia-Pacific Head Lulu confirmed attendance at the "Build and Scale in 2026" themed forum to be held on February 10 in Hong Kong. This event is co-hosted by ChainCatcher, RootData, and Alibaba Cloud, and is one of the important peripheral activities of the Consensus HongKong conference.Billions Network is a digital identity verification platform aimed at providing a mutually trustworthy future for humans and artificial intelligence. The platform utilizes zero-knowledge proof technology to offer a scalable and secure method for verifying the identities of humans and AI. This forum will focus on industry convergence trends, growth paths, and market opportunities in the new cycle, with in-depth discussions around key tracks such as RWA, stablecoins, AI, payments, and DeFi. The event aims to gather high-quality project parties, investment institutions, and developers from around the world to build a high-value industry network and jointly explore future opportunities and value potential in the Web3 ecosystem.Event registration: https://luma.com/md5v6b5z

According to Cointelegraph, the average entry price for investors in the U.S. Bitcoin spot ETF is currently around $86,000. As the market fluctuates near this entry price, ETF investors are facing a test of "faith" regarding whether to take the risk of holding on or to take profits to avoid the possibility of turning gains into losses.CryptoQuant analyst Moreno stated, "Historically, the entry price range serves as a psychological pivot. Prices above this level boost investor confidence and stabilize capital flow, while prices consistently below this range accelerate redemptions, as investors will lose their profit buffer."Since October of last year, the holdings in the U.S. Bitcoin spot ETF have decreased by 8.4%, with total capital inflow dropping from about $72.6 billion to approximately $66.5 billion. The performance of the ETF in the second half of January was also disappointing, with net outflows on 6 out of 7 trading days, and only a mere $6.8 million net inflow on January 26.

According to The Data Nerd monitoring, last week, the whale 0x0dd opened a short position of approximately 75 million dollars in ETH with 3x leverage. Currently, its unrealized loss is about 1.7 million dollars, and the liquidation price is around 3,993 dollars.