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Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson posted on the X platform expressing his long-standing suspicion that Bitcoin is a "massive Ponzi scheme," and stated that recent cases of investment losses he has heard about have made him more concerned that this judgment may be correct.In response, Michael Saylor, founder and CEO of Bitcoin treasury company Strategy, disagreed with this viewpoint. He pointed out that Ponzi schemes typically require a centralized operator to promise returns and pay early investors with the funds from later investors, whereas Bitcoin has no issuer or promoter, and there are no guaranteed returns; it is merely an open decentralized currency network driven by code and market demand.

According to on-chain analyst Yu Jin's monitoring, the lending platform Spark transferred 570,000 USDS to a new multi-signature wallet the day before yesterday, and then began making small multiple purchases of SPK using CoW Swap's TWAP feature. So far, 1.84 million SPK (worth $36,000) have been repurchased.Spark previously passed a proposal for SPK repurchase, which roughly states: to first set aside operational reserves in the treasury, approximately $35 million. Then, each month, 10% of the excess funds will be used to repurchase SPK. This repurchase is expected to last for 12 months.

Bitcoin recently rebounded to $74,000 before falling back to around $70,000, with the market showing clear divisions on whether this position has formed a temporary top. Some analysts believe the current trend is highly similar to the mid-structure of the 2022 bear market.Data shows that Bitcoin reached a high of $126,000 in October 2025, followed by a rebound peak approximately 149 days later, which is similar to the previous two cycles. Some traders believe that this round of increase may just be a liquidity trap, and the price could still further decline to below $60,000, or even test the liquidity dense area between $62,000 and $65,000. However, there are also analysts who hold the opposite view, believing that a temporary bottom has formed near $60,000.Unlike in 2022, this round of correction has not effectively broken below the 200-week Exponential Moving Average (EMA), but instead rebounded after a retest, indicating a stronger market structure. Additionally, institutional funds continue to flow in through spot ETFs, and the tightening market supply is also seen as an important factor supporting prices. Bullish analysts believe that as long as the key support level of $70,000 remains intact, the market still has a chance to initiate a new upward movement towards the $75,000 to $80,000 range.

According to market news, Nasdaq-listed Bitcoin mining company CleanSpark has released its latest Bitcoin mining and operational update report, which discloses that the company mined 568 BTC, with a total of 1,141 BTC mined year-to-date. Additionally, the company revealed that it sold 553.02 BTC last month at a price of $66,279, bringing its total Bitcoin holdings to 13,363 BTC.

Bloomberg ETF senior analyst Eric Balchunas posted on the X platform that Bitcoin ETFs have attracted another $500 million in inflows, with 10 out of 11 U.S. Bitcoin ETFs being favored by investors. Additionally, since the escalation of the conflict in the Middle East, Bitcoin has risen about 12%, while gold has seen a decline during the same period. This performance has sparked discussions in the market about the safe-haven properties of both assets.Eric Balchunas further stated that it is relatively rare for Bitcoin to strengthen while gold declines in the context of rising geopolitical uncertainty, prompting some investors to rethink the roles of traditional "safe-haven assets" and "digital gold." This raises the question of whether gold has failed to act as a safe haven in the current environment, or conversely, whether Bitcoin is gradually taking on some of the functions of a safe-haven asset. However, there remains a long-term divide in the market, with some analysts believing that gold is still the primary safe-haven asset during traditional crises, while Bitcoin's market performance tends to be more volatile.

According to market news, the Bitcoin network has seen the first block supporting the BIP-110 proposal, mined by the Ocean pool. This proposal aims to limit arbitrary non-financial data in blockchain transactions through a temporary soft fork over approximately one year. Supporters believe this can curb "junk" data that occupies block space, protect Bitcoin's role as a robust monetary infrastructure, and alleviate the burden on node operators. The proposal has sparked intense controversy within the community.Critics, including Blockstream CEO Adam Back, warn that intervention at the consensus layer could undermine Bitcoin's credibility, lead to discriminatory treatment of transactions, and violate the principle of transaction capacity neutrality. He also questioned the actual support for the proposal, stating it could increase the risk of blockchain splits.The controversy escalated further when a developer embedded a 66KB image in a Bitcoin transaction to oppose the core claim of BIP-110, demonstrating that a large amount of data can be encoded even without relying on OP_RETURN. This debate highlights the long-standing ideological divide within the Bitcoin community: whether to staunchly defend Bitcoin's pure positioning as a currency or to maintain maximum neutrality regarding arbitrary uses at the base layer.

The 60,000 Bitcoin money laundering case will have a "legal applicability issue" hearing in July, with the UK High Court confirming that Fieldfisher, which was involved in the case earlier, will serve as the lead law firm for the hearing. However, the proposal of the lead law firm has sparked controversy, with some law firms concerned that Fieldfisher may gain an information advantage, such as a list of large investment victims, and even take the opportunity to "poach clients" by improperly "inducing" victims to switch law firms.The judge believes that this arrangement does not designate Fieldfisher to represent all victims' asset recovery claims, but only to negotiate with the court on behalf of all victims regarding the "legal applicability issue." Other law firms will still handle their clients' claims individually, and the selection of a lead law firm is intended to improve litigation efficiency.

OpenAI today released the GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark research preview, a streamlined version of GPT-5.3-Codex, and the first model designed specifically for real-time coding, supporting targeted editing, reshaping logic, or optimizing interfaces, with immediate result visibility.Codex-Spark has been optimized to run on ultra-low latency hardware, achieving near-instantaneous responses—delivering over 1000 tokens per second while still handling actual coding tasks.

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.

According to on-chain analyst Yu Jin's monitoring, a certain whale holding an ETH lending position on Spark started to sell ETH to stop losses at $2,050. After a night of stop-loss selling, 27,800 ETH were sold to repay $44.14 million in loans.The whale still has 9,810 ETH ($18.66 million) left on Spark, with a loan of 12.83 million DAI. The liquidation price of the remaining position has dropped from $1,800 yesterday to $1,560 now.

According to PR Newswire, Nasdaq-listed Bitcoin mining company CleanSpark released an unaudited Bitcoin mining and operational update report for the period ending in 2026, disclosing that it mined 573 BTC in January, sold 158.63 BTC at an average price of $91,752 in January, and reached a total Bitcoin holding of 13,513 BTC by the end of the month.

According to Jinshi News, the dollar rose after President Trump nominated Kevin Warsh as the chairman of the Federal Reserve. Jefferies economist Mohit Kumar pointed out that Warsh is likely to lean towards reducing the Fed's balance sheet in the coming years.If inflation is seen as entrenched, Warsh may adopt a less accommodative policy. Currently, the dollar index is up 0.1% to 97.108, having reached a one-week high of 97.298 overnight.

Spark Protocol co-founder Sam MacPherson has 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 side events of the Consensus HongKong conference.Spark Protocol is a decentralized lending market launched by MakerDAO, integrating direct lending features within MakerDAO. Through Spark, users can obtain DAI loans using assets such as ETH, stETH, and sDAI. 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

DeFi lending protocol Spark announced on platform X that its Spark Vaults will raise the Spark Savings limit, with the USDC limit on the Ethereum chain increased to $1 billion, the USDC limit on the Avalanche chain raised to $500 million, and the ETH limit increased to 250,000.

DeFi lending protocol Spark announced on platform X that its Spark Vaults will increase the Spark Savings limits, with the USDC limit on the Ethereum chain raised to $1 billion, the USDC limit on the Avalanche chain raised to $500 million, and the ETH limit increased to 250,000 coins.

Trove Markets stated that due to the liquidity partner withdrawing the 500,000 HYPE required for the Hyperliquid integration, the project has decided to shift its development to the Solana network. Trove Markets had previously raised over $11.5 million through a token sale, which was originally intended for the Hyperliquid integration. This decision has sparked criticism from the community, with some supporters demanding immediate refunds.Trove Markets developer Unwise stated that the team will rebuild the DEX from scratch on Solana. Currently, the TROVE token generation event is still scheduled for Monday, but more time is needed for the migration and refund processing. Additionally, ZachXBT has detected multiple unusual transfers involving HYPE movements.

According to PR Newswire, Nasdaq-listed Bitcoin mining company CleanSpark announced that it has reached a final agreement to acquire up to 447 acres of land in Brazoria County, Texas, and has signed a long-term transmission facility expansion agreement. This move will enable the company to develop a large data center project with a total capacity of 600 megawatts.The transaction is expected to be completed in the first quarter of 2026, but it must meet several conditions, including approvals related to utility companies and property, aimed at supporting the development of a large next-generation data center campus for artificial intelligence and high-performance computing workloads.

X product lead and Solana advisor Nikita Bier posted on the X platform, stating that since last October, there has been a notion circulating in crypto tweets (CT) that users need to reply hundreds of times daily to achieve account growth. However, each post consumes part of the day's influence, and since ordinary users only browse 20 to 30 posts a day, the platform cannot showcase all of a user's posts to all their followers. As a result, crypto Twitter users ultimately waste all their influence on hundreds of "gm" replies, while only a few pay attention when they post substantial content like project announcements. The decline of crypto tweets stems from their own behavior rather than algorithm issues, claiming that "CT is dying from suicide."This statement sparked dissatisfaction within the crypto community, with LedgArt co-founder KALEO pointing out that Nikita Bier does not support user growth and a long-term online user base from the users' perspective, and is attempting to stifle the crypto community on the X platform. He called for Nikita Bier to resign, and currently, Nikita Bier has deleted the related tweet.

According to PR Newswire, Nasdaq-listed Bitcoin mining company CleanSpark released a Bitcoin mining and operational update report for the period ending December 31, 2025, disclosing that the company mined 622 BTC last month, compared to a total mining output of 7,746 BTC for the year 2025.In addition, CleanSpark stated that it sold 577 BTC last month, generating approximately $51,461,322 in revenue. As of now, the company's total Bitcoin holdings have slightly increased to 13,099 BTC.