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With the U.S. non-farm payrolls for January exceeding expectations by an increase of 130,000 last night, the significant rise of 130,000 has led to a revision in market expectations regarding the pace of interest rate cuts by the Federal Reserve. Driven by this macroeconomic variable, global core stock indices have entered a volatile range, attracting a large amount of capital for hedging and position adjustments.Against this backdrop, the open interest in Gate index contracts has seen explosive growth. According to CoinGlass data, in the past 4 hours, the top four positions in open interest growth were all held by this platform: HK50 (Hang Seng Index) increased by 1841.43%, US30 (Dow Jones Industrial Average) increased by 1126.15%, NAS100 (Nasdaq 100 Index) grew by 392.29%, and SPX500 (S&P 500 Index) grew by 237.01%.Currently, Gate contracts comprehensively cover traditional financial assets including stocks (48 types), metals (11 types), foreign exchange (3 types), commodities (2 types), and indices (13 types), supporting continuous trading 24/7, with a maximum leverage of 100 times. Gate is continuously building a multi-asset contract system that covers mainstream TradFi assets, creating the industry's most comprehensive trading area for index and traditional financial asset contracts.

According to Lookonchain monitoring, right after BlackRock disclosed its intention to purchase UNI tokens, a wallet that had been dormant for four years transferred 4.39 million UNI to a new address, worth 14.75 million dollars.

Goldman Sachs' 13F filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission shows that as of December 31, 2025, the firm held a total of 21.2 million shares of various Bitcoin spot ETFs, valued at approximately $1.06 billion, a decrease of 39.4% from the third quarter.At the same time, the firm held about 40.7 million shares of Ethereum spot ETFs, worth approximately $1 billion, with a quarter-over-quarter decrease of 27.2%.Additionally, Goldman Sachs added positions in XRP and Solana spot ETFs in the fourth quarter. By the end of last year, the firm held $152.2 million in XRP spot ETFs and $108.9 million in Solana spot ETFs.The cryptocurrency market experienced an overall decline in the fourth quarter of last year, with Bitcoin prices dropping from $114,000 at the end of September to about $88,400 by year-end, while Ethereum prices fell from $4,140 to $2,970.

Bitwise Chief Investment Officer Matt Hougan stated in the ETF Edge program that the recent decline in Bitcoin is not caused by a single factor, with the four-year cycle being a major downward catalyst. Matt Hougan pointed out that investors have recently favored assets like gold and AI stocks over cryptocurrencies. Additionally, the market is also affected by quantum risks and concerns regarding Kevin Warsh.Despite Bitcoin's price briefly falling below $61,000, reaching a nearly 16-month low, Matt Hougan believes that the financialization process of Bitcoin has not changed its supply scarcity. Currently, Bitwise manages over $15 billion in assets, and its Bitwise Solana Staking ETF has dropped about 57% since its launch last October.

According to the "2026 Skynet Prediction Market Report" released by CertiK, the trading volume of prediction markets is expected to grow to $63.5 billion in 2025, achieving a fourfold increase, with Kalshi, Polymarket, and Opinion becoming the dominant platforms. However, this growth in scale also brings new risks, including oracle vulnerabilities, administrator key abuse, and Web2.5 architecture issues.The report notes that prediction markets have been deemed legal financial products in the U.S. through CFTC rulings, but are banned in several EU countries as unauthorized gambling. Additionally, regulatory differences among U.S. states may further complicate compliance. In December 2025, a security incident involving Polymarket's third-party certification provider exposed centralized failure points in the hybrid Web2/Web3 architecture.The research also estimates that during the peak of airdrops, manual trading volume on some platforms reached 60%, severely distorting liquidity metrics. CertiK predicts that in 2026, prediction markets will see enhanced technical privacy and accelerated institutional adoption, but platforms must simultaneously address issues such as liquidity maintenance, security infrastructure development, and the sustainability of revenue models to achieve long-term growth.

According to official news, the four core infrastructures of the LX ecosystem are about to be fully launched. Among them, the underlying public chain LXChain, the LX exchange, and the block explorer LXExplorer will be launched simultaneously on February 11, 2026, while the multi-chain payment tool LXPay is scheduled to be released on March 1, 2026.This launch covers a full-chain layout from public chain, trading, data to payment: LXChain adopts DPOS consensus and supports block generation in 3 seconds; the LX exchange supports spot trading of mainstream assets and will debut the LB/USDT mainstream trading pair; LXExplorer provides transparent on-chain data queries; LXPay will initially integrate multiple EVM-compatible chains, gradually achieving multi-chain asset payment and management.LX, symbolized by the "Statue of Liberty," is positioned as a global aggregation carrier and a multi-chain issuance platform, practicing the concept of "freedom changes crypto, trust returns to the community." The landing of this product matrix marks its official entry into a new stage of integrated aggregation ecology.

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin elaborated on his latest views regarding the integration of Ethereum and artificial intelligence. He pointed out that the ideal future of artificial intelligence should achieve two core goals: first, to enhance human freedom and empowerment, avoiding the replacement of humans by AI or entrapment in insurmountable power structures; second, to ensure system security, mitigating existential risks posed by superintelligence and chaotic scenarios resulting from imbalances in offense and defense.Around this vision, he proposed four key short-term building directions and emphasized that Ethereum will play an important role in them:Build technological tools that support trustless and private interactions, including local large language models, zero-knowledge proof-based API payments, cryptography-driven privacy enhancement solutions, and client-side verification mechanisms for various proofs and certifications.Establish Ethereum as the economic coordination layer for AI-related interactions, supporting scenarios such as API calls, employment and collaboration between autonomous robots, margin mechanisms, and potential future on-chain dispute resolution systems and AI reputation frameworks.Promote the realization of the cypherpunk vision of "self-verification," enabling users to interact directly with Ethereum applications through local models, autonomously generate and verify transactions, complete smart contract audits, and independently assess the trust models of decentralized applications.Leverage artificial intelligence to expand the scale of human judgment and collaboration, activating complex mechanisms such as prediction markets, decentralized governance, and quadratic voting, to build a more efficient and inclusive market and governance ecosystem.Vitalik concluded that the aforementioned directions reflect the idea of achieving decentralized collaboration and system resilience through technology, and combined with AI and cryptographic techniques, they are expected to push social and economic designs, previously limited by human cognitive and coordination capabilities, towards reality.

1confirmation announced that it has begun investing from its fourth fund (Fund IV) and will intensify support for the best early-stage crypto entrepreneurs.The firm stated in a declaration that they established the first crypto venture capital fund 10 years ago, firmly believing that cryptocurrency would empower people and bring more freedom to the world, "and this is happening. Looking forward to the next 10 years."

According to on-chain analyst Jiajuyin's monitoring, Aave founder Stani.eth sold 4,504 ETH on-chain in the past 4 hours for 8.36 million USDC. The selling price was $1,855.

Strategy announced that it will live stream its fourth quarter earnings call on February 6 at 6:00 PM (5:00 PM ET), discussing recent BTC fluctuations, the resilience of its capital structure, and its long-term digital credit vision.

Aster announced on the X platform that it has executed a 100% destruction of the repurchased tokens from the fourth and fifth phases. A total of 98,400,345.46 ASTER tokens have been permanently destroyed, with 53,920,060.26 tokens destroyed in the fourth phase and 44,480,285.2 tokens destroyed in the fifth phase. The related destruction transactions have been verified and published on BscScan.The announcement also pointed out that the sixth phase of the repurchase plan is still ongoing, and users can track the repurchase dynamics through the provided on-chain address.

Cryptanalysis expert PlanB posted on social media that he believes there are four possible scenarios for the current Bitcoin bear market: first, a pullback of 80% from the historical high of $126,000, bringing the price down to around $25,000; second, a drop to the 200-week moving average or the realized price range, approximately $50,000 to $60,000; third, a decline to slightly above the previous historical high, around $70,000; fourth, the $72,900 reached yesterday may have formed a temporary bottom.

According to The Block, research institution K33 analysis points out that despite Bitcoin's decline of about 40% from last year's peak, raising concerns about a repeat of the past four-year cycle downturn, several structural factors make it unlikely for the market to experience a deep bear market similar to the 80% declines seen in 2018 or 2022.The report believes that the key difference in the current environment compared to previous cycles is the increased institutional adoption, continuous inflows into regulated products (such as spot ETFs), and a loose interest rate environment. More importantly, there has not been a forced deleveraging event that triggered a systemic market collapse like GBTC, Luna, or FTX.On the technical side, analysts view approximately $74,000 as the current key support level. If this level is breached, the downside risk may intensify, with targets potentially pointing to $69,000 or even $58,000 (near the 200-week moving average). Meanwhile, some common bottoming signals are beginning to emerge: Bitcoin recorded a high spot trading volume of over $8 billion on February 2, while the derivatives market's open interest and funding rates have also entered extreme negative territory. These signals, combined with prices still above support levels, may indicate that the market is attempting to form a bottom.

According to Jinshi News, Paypal's stock fell 16% in pre-market trading after the company's fourth-quarter profits fell short of expectations and it appointed a new CEO.

The fourth lecture of the Huobi HTX "New Year First Lesson" series will officially start on February 3rd at 19:00. This course features Taran, the head of Huobi HTX Growth Academy, as the special guest speaker. The theme of the course is "Finding the Real Signals That Can Make Money Amidst Chaotic Information," focusing on techniques for capturing information and extracting value in the Web3 industry.The core highlights of the course are clear. Taran will explain methods for capturing information in the Web3 industry, as well as how to distill valuable content from a vast amount of complex information, efficiently transforming information into investment support that effectively serves personal investment decisions.This course will still be live-streamed on the Huobi APP, and the full recorded version can later be found on Bilibili and Zhihu platforms by searching for "HTX Live." Investors can learn at any time.

According to the official announcement, Gate will launch the "Flash Exchange Lucky Draw Phase 4" event from February 2 at 18:00 to February 9 at 00:00 (UTC+8). During the event, users can initiate a flash exchange transaction with a minimum of only $1 after completing registration, allowing them to participate in the daily lottery, with a maximum single win of 100 USDT and a total prize pool of 60,000 USDT.By completing beginner tasks, daily and cumulative flash exchange trading volume tasks, or inviting new users to participate, users can unlock multiple lottery opportunities, with a maximum daily win of 100 USDT. Lottery rewards will be distributed in real-time. In addition, users who achieve a cumulative flash exchange trading volume of 300,000 USDT during the event will receive an additional exclusive reward of 200 USDT, with a total reward pool of 30,000 USDT, available on a first-come, first-served basis, with limited slots.It is reported that Gate Flash Exchange currently supports over 2,200 types of cryptocurrency assets, offering zero fees, rapid transactions, and intelligent exchange rate matching services, helping users easily complete multi-currency one-click exchanges.

According to the Hong Kong Government News Bulletin, the Financial Services and the Treasury Bureau and the Securities and Futures Commission are formulating the regulatory details for virtual asset trading and custody services. The goal is to submit a bill to the Legislative Council this year regarding the regulation of four types of service providers related to virtual assets, including opinions on virtual assets and virtual asset management services. In addition, the Hong Kong "Stablecoin Ordinance" officially came into effect in August 2025, and the Monetary Authority is currently processing related license applications.In establishing an international gold trading market, Hong Kong has set a target to expand gold storage by over 2,000 tons within three years to build a regional gold reserve hub. The Hong Kong Central Clearing System, wholly owned by the government, has been established, and the target clearing system is set to commence trial operations within this year. Furthermore, the Financial Services and the Treasury Bureau is studying the optimization of tax relief measures related to the treasury center and exploring the possibility of shortening the stock settlement cycle from the current T+2 to T+1.

According to Jinshi News, Tesla's stock price rose 4% in after-hours trading, after the company reported that its adjusted earnings per share for the fourth quarter exceeded market expectations.

According to Jinshi, Federal Reserve Chairman Powell stated that the government shutdown is likely to weigh on economic growth in the fourth quarter, but this impact will be reversed.

According to Jinshi, Barclays stated that the euro has now become the main "anti-dollar" trading target. Meanwhile, the dollar is approaching a four-year low under the combined pressure of a strengthening yen and expectations regarding Federal Reserve policy.