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According to Jinshi reports, the Trump administration is preparing for the nomination of Walsh as the Federal Reserve Chairman.

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 Jinshi News, Nick Rees, the head of macro research at Monex, stated in a report that the January U.S. employment data performed strongly, eliminating market bets on a rate cut by the Federal Reserve in March. However, Monex still expects the Federal Reserve to resume rate cuts in June. Rees pointed out that the market is digesting this robust employment data, and expectations for rate cuts are naturally decreasing.

According to Deribit data, at 16:00 tomorrow, the options expiration will take place, including:BTC options nominal value of 2.52 billion USD, put/call ratio of 0.76, maximum pain point of 75,000 USD;ETH options nominal value of 390 million USD, put/call ratio of 0.93, maximum pain point of 2,200 USD.

The U.S. Department of Justice announced that the cryptocurrency trading platform Paxful Holdings Inc. has been fined $4 million for failing to establish effective anti-money laundering controls.Prosecutors alleged that the platform has long allowed illegal funds related to fraud, prostitution, and human trafficking to flow through it, profiting from these activities. The Department of Justice stated that Paxful was aware that some customer funds were derived from criminal activities but continued to provide services, using lax anti-money laundering regulations as a selling point to attract users. The investigation also pointed out that the platform processed cryptocurrency transactions for websites including Backpage, which is believed to have been used to post advertisements related to prostitution, involving minors. Data shows that from 2015 to 2022, approximately $17 million worth of Bitcoin flowed through Paxful wallets to related websites, with the platform earning at least $2.7 million in profits from this. The Department of Justice stated that Paxful's founder even referred to the resulting business growth as the "Backpage Effect."

Wintermute stated that Bitcoin briefly fell to $60,000 last Monday, erasing all gains since Trump's election. Spot fund flows show significant structural pressure. The Coinbase premium has consistently been in a discount state throughout the market process, persisting since last December, indicating ongoing selling pressure from the U.S.Internal OTC fund flow data also confirms that U.S. counterparties were the main sellers throughout the week, and this trend has been further amplified by continuous ETF fund redemptions. Over the past few months, AI-related assets have been continuously absorbing available market funds, crowding out the allocation space for other asset classes. The phenomenon where crypto assets underperform when AI-related companies rise and experience amplified declines when they fall can almost entirely be explained by the rotation of funds towards the AI sector.For crypto assets to outperform again, AI trading needs to cool down first. Microsoft's weak earnings report has initiated this process, but it is still far from enough. Last week's market was like a "surrender-style" clearing, with volatility soaring and buying support emerging at $60,000. In an environment where spot trading remains relatively low, leverage has become the dominant factor in price fluctuations.If open interest cannot significantly rebound, it will be difficult for the market to form sustained follow-through on either the long or short side. A true structural recovery requires a return of spot demand, but there is currently almost no evidence of this. We are likely entering a phase of high volatility and choppy price discovery. It will be hard to see sustained upward potential until the Coinbase premium turns positive, ETF fund flows reverse, and basis rates stabilize. Meanwhile, retail attention is being diverted to other asset classes, and market direction seems increasingly dominated by institutional fund flows from ETFs and derivatives channels.

According to Cointelegraph, Ray Dalio warned that CBDCs are coming, which will eliminate financial privacy while giving governments the power to tax, seize funds, and cut off the funding sources of political opponents.

According to reports from Zhong'an Online, the Hefei Xinzhan Public Security Bureau discovered that a virtual currency exchanger was providing money laundering services for a fraud gang while handling a telecom network fraud case involving 260,000 yuan. On January 15, 2026, the police arrested the suspect Liu in Sichuan.Investigation revealed that Liu had been engaged in virtual currency trading since 2020, contacting upstream buyers through overseas chat software and conducting transactions with fraudsters on illegal trading platforms. In June 2025, after selling virtual currency on an illegal platform, Liu withdrew the illicit funds that were transferred to his account to his personal WeChat account, which is suspected of concealing and disguising criminal proceeds. The case is currently under further investigation.

According to Sing Tao Daily, the Hong Kong Chief Executive's Policy Unit held a digital finance seminar on February 8, 2026. Participants included a research team from the Financial Research Institute of the People's Bank of China, the chairman of the board of Yuan Coin Technology, members of the Web 3.0 Development Task Force, and experts such as former Monetary Authority Chief Executive Norman Chan.The meeting discussed how Hong Kong can contribute to the country's goal of becoming a "financial powerhouse" through the high-quality development of digital finance. The focus was on three main aspects: the application scenarios of digital finance, balancing regulation with innovative development, and connecting with the mainland's digital financial infrastructure to achieve coordinated development.The head of the Chief Executive's Policy Unit, Huang Yuanshan, stated that Hong Kong should seize the wave of digitalization and promote high-quality financial development to support the goal of becoming a financial powerhouse. Hong Kong has advantages in technological infrastructure, an active market, and a favorable policy environment. The application of digital finance should shift from financial innovation to serving the real economy, such as promoting the tokenization of assets to extend to real-world assets like precious metals and renewable energy, addressing issues like poor liquidity and cumbersome transactions associated with traditional assets.

At the Gate annual gala, Gate founder and CEO Dr. Han stated that as AI deeply integrates into production processes, the global work landscape is undergoing dramatic changes; the combination of AI and Web3 is not merely a functional overlay, but a systematic reconstruction of financial infrastructure and value distribution methods.Dr. Han pointed out that up to 90% of traditional job capability models will face the risk of being restructured or eliminated in the future. According to the report "The Tech Job Market in 2025/2026" published by Ravio, the hiring rate for entry-level positions (P1/P2) has decreased by approximately 73% year-on-year, with declines in marketing, engineering research and development, and product design roles exceeding 69%. Dr. Han emphasized that efficiency and speed are becoming core competitive advantages, and companies must fully embrace AI to reshape product forms and user experiences.Dr. Han stressed that the core value of TradFi lies in bridging the gap between on-chain assets and real-world finance, which not only enhances the stability and efficiency of asset connections but also becomes a key entry point for value to transition from the digital world to the real world. The dual drive of AI and TradFi marks a significant leap of Web3 towards intelligent and tangible finance.

According to sources, Eurozone finance ministers will discuss the issuance of euro-denominated stablecoins and ways to enhance the euro's monetary status through more joint EU debt.

According to observations from Gate Research Institute, the current implied volatility (IV) for BTC and ETH is approximately 50% and 70%, respectively. The BTC IV is at about the 81.7% percentile over the past year, reflecting a significant increase in the options market's expectations for short-term price volatility.In the past week, the 25-Delta Skew for BTC and ETH has remained in negative territory, with a noticeable steepening at the short end, indicating an increase in short-term hedging demand and greater sensitivity to downside volatility. However, the mid-to-long-term structure remains relatively stable, suggesting a cautious sentiment rather than a trend-based bearish outlook, with the market leaning towards short-term defense and waiting for directional clarity.In the last 24 hours, large options trades for BTC and ETH have primarily involved put spreads: the largest structure for BTC is buying 75k-P / selling 80k-P for 27MAR26, approximately 1,500 BTC, with a net premium received of $370,000; for ETH, it is buying 1800-P / selling 1500-P for 27FEB26, approximately 15,000 ETH, with a net premium paid of $320,000.Gate has comprehensively upgraded its options VIP fee structure, covering all options varieties, achieving substantial fee reductions from entry-level to professional. VIP0 can enjoy lower rates without asset or trading volume thresholds, giving beginners a cost advantage from the start; during the growth phase, upgrading to lower rates can be achieved with "hundred-thousand assets, million-level trades," with thresholds far below the billion-level trading or high asset requirements of mainstream platforms; professional and institutional users at VIP10+ can enjoy industry-low rates of Maker 0% and Taker 0.015%, truly designed with options traders at the core.

During the Asian trading session, U.S. Treasury yields fell slightly across the board, driven by expectations related to the nomination of Kevin Warsh as the Federal Reserve Chairman. Erik Liem, an analyst at Deutsche Bank, noted in a report that Trump's nomination of Kevin Warsh has strengthened a market expectation that the Federal Reserve may not rely as heavily on balance sheet measures in the future as it has in the past.Meanwhile, the U.S. Treasury's decision to maintain stable auction sizes aligns with market expectations, although officials stated that they are still assessing the possibility of increasing the auction sizes for bills, bonds, and floating rate notes in the future.

According to CoinDesk, Spain's second-largest bank BBVA has announced its membership in Qivalis, becoming the 12th member bank of the Amsterdam-based stablecoin project.Qivalis aims to launch a euro-pegged regulated stablecoin, providing digital euro payment and settlement options for the EU market while challenging the dominance of dollar stablecoins. Current members of the project include major EU banks such as BNP Paribas, ING, and UniCredit, with the goal of issuing stablecoins through a banking network to provide payment channels for businesses and consumers without relying on third parties outside of blockchain or traditional financial systems.Currently, the global stablecoin market is approximately $300 billion, with only $860 million pegged to a single euro. Dollar stablecoins still dominate: Tether's USDT has a market cap of about $185 billion, while Circle Internet's USDC has a market cap of about $70 billion.

According to Jinshi News, Apollo co-founder Josh Harris stated that appointing Waller as the Chairman of the Federal Reserve will eliminate market uncertainty.

The prediction market professional trading terminal Kairos announced the completion of a $2.5 million financing round, led by a16z crypto, with follow-on investments from Geneva Trading, the University of Illinois, and angel investors.Kairos was co-founded by Jay Malavia (CEO) and Zayd Alzein (CTO), both of whom previously worked at the traditional financial company Cboe Global Markets. They founded the project after noticing the fragmented information and disjointed experience in the prediction market industry. Their platform aims to integrate the market data and trading of leading prediction markets Kalshi and Polymarket, providing a fast, customizable dashboard that synchronously displays relevant news and trading data. The company plans to launch a private beta version in the coming weeks, and currently, the team consists of only the two co-founders, with plans to start hiring after the financing.

According to Jinshi News, Stefan Mellin of Danske Bank stated in a report that after Trump's nomination of Walsh as the Federal Reserve Chairman, the short-term risk balance has shifted in favor of a stronger dollar. This nomination seems to alleviate market concerns about the potential threat to the Federal Reserve's independence and has prompted a partial unwinding of the political risk premium in the dollar. He pointed out that the dollar's sell-off in late January was mainly due to the political risks arising from the unpredictability of U.S. policies, so the easing of short-term political uncertainty may create a tactical window for a dollar rebound.

According to Decrypt, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy from Connecticut has warned that a deal involving UAE investors secretly paying Trump-associated cryptocurrency firms may involve potential criminal activity. Murphy alleged that four days before Trump's inauguration, Aryam Investment, linked to UAE Sheikh Tahnoon bin Zayed, agreed to acquire 49% of Trump-associated cryptocurrency company World Liberty Financial for $500 million, with approximately $187 million flowing to entities associated with the Trump family and at least $31 million going to family-associated entities of Trump's Middle East envoy, Steve Witkoff.Subsequently, the Trump administration approved the expansion of UAE's access to advanced U.S. AI chips, which had been restricted during the Biden administration. In his Senate speech, Murphy summarized the accusation as: a secret massive transfer of funds to Trump and envoy-associated families, followed by the U.S. sharing restricted security technology with the UAE. He stated that this is corruption, constitutes elements of bribery, and is potential criminal behavior, warning that although accountability may be delayed, the consequences are inevitable, the rule of law will return, and those who trade power for money will go to jail. Previously, it was reported that a confidant of the Abu Dhabi royal family secretly invested $500 million to acquire 49% of the Trump family's WLFI company; Trump responded that he was unaware of the $500 million investment from Abu Dhabi into WLFI, and that his sons were handling it.

According to China News Service, Hong Kong hosted the annual meeting of the International Criminal Police Organization's Cybercrime Expert Group for the first time. The meeting covered various topics including online extortion, artificial intelligence, and virtual asset tracking. Chief Superintendent Chow Man-ming of the Hong Kong Police Force noted the emerging trends in crimes related to virtual assets and established a virtual asset intelligence task force last year as a public-private partnership to jointly address technological challenges.The Hong Kong police have also developed a virtual asset tracking system that visualizes the virtual asset investigation process and fully supports investigators.