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According to Jinshi reports, Federal Reserve Governor Mester stated that the U.S. fiscal outlook is improving and economic growth is performing well, which reinforces the dollar's reserve status.

According to Jinshi reports, Federal Reserve Governor Mester stated that the Federal Reserve is one of the biggest risks to U.S. economic growth.

The number of AINFT users officially surpassed 100,000, with the user count skyrocketing from over 30,000 to six figures in less than 24 hours, far exceeding market expectations. This is not only a leap in data but also signifies that AINFT has fully entered an exponential growth phase, accelerating to become the most vibrant ecological entry point in the Web3 AI application layer.

According to data from CoinGlass, the 24-hour spot trading volume for BTC reached $8.923 billion, an increase of 41.30% compared to the previous period. Among them, the spot trading volume on Binance was $1.965 billion, Gate's spot trading volume was $1.085 billion, and Coinbase's spot trading volume reached $1.014 billion. Overall, the growth in spot trading volume reflects a temporary increase in market trading activity, with BTC liquidity on major trading platforms remaining at a high level.

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 official statistics, the AINFT platform has achieved breakthrough growth in the past 24 hours, with the user base rapidly expanding from 21,689 to 32,862, and it continues to maintain a strong upward trend.With the gradual launch of multiple core functional modules and the continuous deepening of the ecological layout, the platform is about to initiate a series of large-scale incentive activities. The platform sincerely invites global users to join in the co-construction of the ecosystem and seize the development opportunities together.

Tom Lee retweeted a user's post stating that Bitmine Marine (BMNR) holds a 4% stake in Beast Industries. If Mr. Beast launches an IPO and achieves a 100-fold increase, this $200 million investment would be enough to triple the BMNR price from its current base.Fundstrat excels at early identification of companies with breakthrough potential, such as Palantir, Nvidia, and Tesla. This means that as ETH revenues increase, it will achieve 10 to 20 breakthrough projects in the coming years. Combined with the Ethereum supercycle, BMNR aims to become a $1 trillion market cap Ethereum infrastructure company.As the future of finance is ETH, BMNR is an important infrastructure company for future finance, comparable in scale to Google, and is expected to achieve a 200-fold increase within 10 years.

At the "Build and Scale in 2026" themed forum recently held by ChainCatcher in Hong Kong, Spark co-founder Sam MacPherson delivered a keynote speech on "The Growth Engine of DeFi," systematically explaining how Spark builds an integrated solution to address the fragmentation and inefficiency of on-chain capital markets by integrating savings, lending, and institutional-level capital allocation.Sam MacPherson pointed out that the current on-chain capital market still faces challenges of severe fragmentation and low capital utilization efficiency. Spark builds its growth engine through three core products: first, the all-chain savings account Spark Savings, which has managed over $2.75 billion in deposits, providing users with a safe and stable income entry; second, the lending protocol SparkLend, which focuses on blue-chip assets and captures value by reducing external protocol commissions and protocol fees; third, institutional lending in collaboration with the Anchorage custodian, seeking risk-adjusted returns between DeFi, CeFi, and traditional finance.He believes that the next phase of DeFi's growth will rely on integrated protocols that can seamlessly integrate multi-chain liquidity, provide institutional-level risk control, and possess sustainable token economic models. Spark is promoting the evolution of DeFi towards a more efficient and robust direction through its product matrix and ecosystem development.

Chainlink co-founder Sergey Nazarov stated that despite the cryptocurrency market's total market capitalization dropping 44% from the historical high of $4.4 trillion in October, this bear market has two essential differences from previous cycles.First, unlike the collapse of crypto lending institutions like FTX in 2022, this downturn has not seen significant institutional failures or systemic risks; there have been no major risk management failures leading to institutional bankruptcies or widespread systemic risks, indicating that the industry is now better equipped to handle volatility. Second, the on-chain RWA tokenization value has grown by 300% over the past 12 months, proving that this innovation has value independent of speculation and is not closely tied to cryptocurrency prices.Bernstein analyst Gautam Chhugani also mentioned that the current Bitcoin price movement is merely a crisis of confidence, with nothing collapsing. BTSE exchange COO Jeff Mei pointed out that this sell-off is primarily driven by non-crypto catalysts, including concerns over the bursting of the AI tech bubble and the nomination of Kevin Warsh as Federal Reserve Chair, which may tighten liquidity.

The "Build and Scale in 2026" themed forum, co-hosted by ChainCatcher, RootData, and Alibaba Cloud, will officially take place today from 13:30 to 18:00 (GMT+8) in Hong Kong. This forum is sponsored by Rich Fortune Securities and supported by partners including Sei Labs, Tron, Brevis, Kite AI, Jarsy, Spark Protocol, Billions Network, Ju.com, SunPump, Vana, Photon Pay, Psy Protocol, UXLINK, Perle Labs, Phoenix, and Huazhi Education RWA.As one of the important peripheral activities of "Consensus HongKong," this forum will gather multiple high-quality global project parties, investment institutions, and developers, focusing on the trends of industry integration, growth paths, and market opportunities in the new cycle, and will engage in in-depth discussions around key tracks such as RWA, stablecoins, AI, payments, and DeFi.Event link: https://luma.com/md5v6b5z

As global macro uncertainties persist, major risk assets experienced phase fluctuations at the beginning of February. In terms of stock indices, the Dow Jones Industrial Average recently broke through the 50,000 point mark, while the S&P 500 and NASDAQ showed volatile movements, with increased index fluctuations, and market attention on the short-term trends of core indices continues to rise.Against the backdrop of expanding demand for index trading, Gate's index contracts have performed particularly well. According to CoinGlass data, in the past 4 hours, the top three in terms of open interest growth all came from the Gate platform, with US30 (Dow Jones Industrial Average) seeing an open interest increase of 1233.34% in 4 hours; NAS100 (NASDAQ 100 Index) recorded a growth of 814.95% during the same period; and SPX500 (S&P 500 Index) increased by 188.29%. The data indicates that funds are accelerating towards mainstream index contracts, with short-term trading sentiment significantly heating up.Currently, Gate contracts comprehensively cover traditional financial assets including stocks (48 types), metals (11 types), forex (3 types), commodities (2 types), and indices (13 types), supporting 24/7 continuous trading 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 Coinglass data, the total contract open interest for ETH has increased by 9.08% in the past 24 hours, with the current total open interest at $25.045 billion. Among them, Binance has an open interest of $5.809 billion, OKX has $1.507 billion, Bybit has $1.827 billion, and Gate has $2.618 billion.

According to Gate market data, during the U.S. trading session on Friday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average historically broke through the 50,000-point mark, marking the latest milestone achieved by the U.S. economy after years of strong growth. Chris Hyzy, Chief Investment Officer at Bank of America Merrill Lynch Private Bank, stated that opportunities in the U.S. market are not over yet. Although the Dow is steadily moving towards the 100,000-point threshold, price pressures and weak job growth remain warning signals.

The "Build and Scale in 2026" themed forum, jointly organized by ChainCatcher, RootData, and Alibaba Cloud, is now in the final 5 days of countdown. This forum has received joint support from partners such as Sei Labs, Tron, Brevis, Kite AI, Jarsy, Spark Protocol, Billions Network, Ju.com, SunPump, Vana, Photon Pay, Psy Protocol, UXLINK, Perle Labs, Phoenix, and Huazhi Education RWA, and is scheduled to be held on February 10th from 13:30 to 18:00 (GMT+8) in Hong Kong.As one of the important peripheral events of "Consensus HongKong," this forum will gather multiple high-quality global project parties, investment institutions, and developers, focusing on the trends of industry integration, growth paths, and market opportunities in the new cycle, with in-depth discussions around key tracks such as RWA, stablecoins, AI, payments, and DeFi.Event registration: https://luma.com/md5v6b5z

The digital asset trading platform Gate released its transparency report for January 2026, disclosing its phased progress in multi-asset trading and platform structure. The data shows that Gate continues to expand its influence in the derivatives sector, with a market share of derivatives rising to 11%; the trading volume of perpetual contracts grew from $911.2 billion in the first quarter of 2025 to $2.42 trillion in the third quarter, maintaining a high level of $1.93 trillion in the fourth quarter. Meanwhile, Gate TradFi has covered metals, foreign exchange, indices, commodities, and some stocks, with trading volume exceeding $20 billion since its launch.In terms of products and infrastructure, Gate is simultaneously advancing intelligent and on-chain capability construction. GateAI launched in January, focusing on market analysis and asset interpretation, with a user satisfaction rate of approximately 88% in the first month. After the upgrade, Perp DEX's monthly trading volume exceeded $5.5 billion, and the number of on-chain addresses for Gate Layer surpassed 100 million. In asset management, the on-chain earning TVL reached $1.301 billion, and the ETH staking scale hit a record high. In January, the overall reserve coverage ratio increased to 125%, with major assets maintaining excess reserves.Overall, Gate is continuously solidifying its long-term development foundation as a comprehensive digital asset platform through multi-asset coverage, expansion of trading scale, and upgrades in technological capabilities.