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UNI surged 40% in minutes after Uniswap enabled trading for BlackRock’s tokenized BUIDL fund via UniswapX integration. Uniswap’s UNI token jumped about 40% within half an hour, after Uniswap Labs announced that BlackRock’s tokenized money market fund BUIDL can now trade through its protocol. The move links one of the world’s largest asset managers with a decentralized exchange, drawing attention from traders and institutional watchers alike. BlackRock Fund Trading Goes Live on Uniswap Rails In a February 11 press release, Uniswap Labs said it partnered with Securitize to make BlackRock’s USD Institutional Digital Liquidity Fund available for trading via UniswapX,…

Traders suggest unusual activity in IBIT may point to Hong Kong–based hedge funds, though no hard evidence has emerged.Unusual trading in BlackRock’s bitcoin ETF, iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT), has led traders to speculate that this week’s sharp Bitcoin drop may have been triggered by one or more Hong Kong–based hedge funds, rather than selling pressure from crypto traders.The theory was laid out in a post on X by Parker White, the COO and CIO of DeFi Development Corp, and centers around record trading and options activity in IBIT.Bitcoin (BTC) fell sharply over the past week, dropping 16%, and trading as…

Binance added another $300 million worth of Bitcoin to its emergency reserves on Monday, continuing its experiment with a Bitcoin-backed protection fund as markets remain under pressure.Binance bought another 4,225 Bitcoin (BTC) worth $300 million for its Secure Asset Fund for Users (SAFU) wallet, which holds its emergency reserves, according to blockchain data platform Arkham.The acquisition lifts the fund’s Bitcoin holdings to more than $720 million at current prices.“We’re continuing to acquire #Bitcoin for the SAFU fund, aiming to complete conversion of the fund within 30 days of our original announcement,” wrote Binance in a Monday X post.While the acquisition…

The Bitcoin price climbed back above $71,000 over the weekend, extending its rebound after one of the sharpest sell-offs of the cycle sent the price briefly plunging toward $60,000 earlier this week. The recovery comes as institutional investors appear to be treating sub-$70,000 bitcoin as a renewed buying opportunity, even while retail traders search for signs the market has reached a bottom. Bitwise CEO Hunter Horsley said in a CNBC interview that bitcoin’s pullback is landing differently with large investors than with long-time holders. “I think long-time holders are feeling unsure,” Horsley said. “And I think the new investor set,…

What to Know: Bitcoin’s rejection at $70,000 is driven by a reversal in ETF flows, signaling potential institutional profit-taking. The market is seeing a ‘flight to utility,’ where capital rotates from speculative trading to infrastructure solving existential tech threats. BMIC is gaining traction by addressing the ‘harvest now, decrypt later’ quantum threat with specialized, AI-enhanced wallet security. Presale data shows consistent growth despite market volatility, highlighting strong demand for post-quantum cryptographic solutions. Bitcoin has once again stumbled at the gates of price discovery, slipping decisively below the psychological $70,000 mark. Institutional momentum? It’s faltering. The catalyst appears to be a…

Over the past two years, the landscape for crypto derivatives has shifted dramatically. A significant contraction in the supply of ETF leveraged tokens has occurred across top-tier exchanges. Platforms that previously championed these products have initiated phased suspensions, halted subscriptions, or delisted leveraged pairs entirely throughout 2024 and 2025. However, the demand for leverage among traders has not vanished. It has simply been displaced. In this environment of market retrenchment, Gate has taken a contrarian approach. Rather than withdrawing, Gate has doubled down, treating ETF leveraged tokens not as a niche add-on, but as a core product line. By prioritizing…

What to Know: Strategy’s recent 26% stock surge indicates a high-beta rotation, signaling increased market appetite for leveraged Bitcoin infrastructure plays. Bitcoin Hyper uses the Solana Virtual Machine (SVM) to bring sub-second transaction speeds and Rust-based smart contracts to the Bitcoin network. Institutional interest is evident on-chain; whale wallets have accumulated over $1M in $HYPER tokens ahead of the public listing. The project has raised over $31.3M, positioning itself as a heavily capitalized contender in the race to scale Bitcoin. The recent explosive performance of Strategy stocks has redefined the boundaries of institutional Bitcoin exposure. Surging by 26% and pushing…

XRP’s price action has revisited and retested a resistance level that it already broke out from on the monthly candlestick timeframe chart. According to a technical analysis shared on the social media platform X by crypto analyst Javon Marks, this retest is part of a broader continuation structure, much like something it has done before.  Despite the current bearish price action, the technical analysis is pointing to a rebound to significantly higher price targets, with the measured move projecting a run to as high as $15. XRP Pulls Back To Test Broken Resistance XRP’s price action in the past week…

A leveraged Ethereum position built by Jack Yi’s Trend Research continues to unwind under pressure.The position, assembled through Aave’s lending protocol and reported to have reached roughly $958 million in borrowed stablecoins at its peak, has been shrinking through repeated defensive sales as Ethereum’s price declines.On Feb. 4, Trend deposited another 10,000 ETH (approximately $21.2 million) to Binance to sell and repay loans, according to on-chain tracking profile Lookonchain.The position now holds 488,172 ETH, valued at roughly $1.05 billion at current prices.The deleveraging began in early February, when Trend sold 33,589 ETH (roughly $79 million) and used $77.5 million in…

The past few days have been nothing but a massacre for the majority of the leading cryptocurrencies. Bitcoin (BTC) crashed to levels last seen in 2024, whereas Ethereum (ETH) tumbled well below $2,000. Interestingly, Hyperliquid (HYPE) has shown notable resilience amid the crisis, with its price soaring by 60% in the past two weeks. In the following lines, we will touch upon these three cryptocurrencies and their latest performance. BTC Bleeds Out The primary cryptocurrency started the year on the right foot and at one point even challenged the $100K milestone. The past few weeks, though, have been brutal, with…