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Bitcoin trapped below $80,000 as the strongest US factory signal since 2022 threatens further liquidations

CryptoSlate - 15:15 Feb 03, 2026

The United States factory engine just delivered its loudest “risk on” signal in years, and it is landing at a brutally awkward time for Bitcoin. On Feb. 2, Howard Lutnick, the United States Secretary of Commerce, announced that: “The United States has delivered manufacturing expansion, all thanks to President Trump's trade policies.” This announcement followed […] The post Bitcoin trapped below $80,000 as the strongest US factory signal since 2022 threatens further liquidations appeared first on CryptoSlate.

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The scorecard for an XRP investment thesis that separates Ripple licensing from XRPL utility signals

CryptoSlate - 13:05 Feb 03, 2026

Ripple enters 2026 with new permissions in the UK and the EU. In January, Ripple said it received UK Financial Conduct Authority permissions covering an Electronic Money Institution (EMI) license and cryptoasset registration. On Feb. 2, it said it received full EMI approval in Luxembourg. But what does that really mean for XRP investors? Ripple’s […] The post The scorecard for an XRP investment thesis that separates Ripple licensing from XRPL utility signals appeared first on CryptoSlate.

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Major German bank opens free crypto access as MiCA ends the legality debate and sparks a bank rush

CryptoSlate - 11:30 Feb 03, 2026

Germany's ING Deutschland just made crypto exposure feel like buying an index fund, indicating the path Europe is taking in crypto adoption. Starting Feb. 2, the bank's 3.2 million brokerage customers can purchase crypto exchange-traded notes with zero order fees above €1,000 and set up automatic savings plans. According to the announcement, there are no […] The post Major German bank opens free crypto access as MiCA ends the legality debate and sparks a bank rush appeared first on CryptoSlate.

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China targets global reserve currency status but capital controls push traders toward USDT and Bitcoin

CryptoSlate - 09:32 Feb 03, 2026

China seeks to make the renminbi a true reserve currency, but the numbers reveal a story in which Beijing's capital controls create conditions for Bitcoin and dollar stablecoins to thrive as workarounds rather than competitors. The International Monetary Fund's latest reserve data shows the renminbi holding just 1.93% of global foreign exchange reserves in the […] The post China targets global reserve currency status but capital controls push traders toward USDT and Bitcoin appeared first on CryptoSlate.

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Epstein files reveal Bitcoin’s secret war as Ripple insiders expose a decade of explosive hidden industry sabotage

CryptoSlate - 19:45 Feb 02, 2026

A decade-old email is reviving questions about whether projects like Ripple posed a threat to Bitcoin’s development or merely served as competitors that some BTC backers sought to exclude. The email, dated July 31, 2014, appears to show Austin Hill, then described as Blockstream’s chief executive, telling the late Jeffrey Epstein and other recipients that […] The post Epstein files reveal Bitcoin’s secret war as Ripple insiders expose a decade of explosive hidden industry sabotage appeared first on CryptoSlate.

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UAE royal bought Trump influence through reported $500M investment in WLFI digital dollar

CryptoSlate - 17:10 Feb 02, 2026

New reports says Abu Dhabi royal Sheikh Tahnoon bin Zayed al-Nahyan, or investors tied to him, agreed in January 2025 to invest $500 million into Trump-linked World Liberty Financial for about a 49% stake. WLFI, the governance token of World Liberty Financial, has currently decoupled from Bitcoin price, up around 8% today amid a flat […] The post UAE royal bought Trump influence through reported $500M investment in WLFI digital dollar appeared first on CryptoSlate.

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Groundhog Day for Bitcoin means six more weeks of macro winter if core flows stay deep red

CryptoSlate - 15:10 Feb 02, 2026

Groundhog Day for Bitcoin: six more weeks of macro winter? Bitcoin got its own Groundhog Day moment today as Punxsutawney Phil “saw his shadow” on the 140th Anniversary of the celebration and signaled six more weeks of winter, just after BTC slid to $74,000 in a sharp risk-off move. The coincidence was fitting: a cocktail […] The post Groundhog Day for Bitcoin means six more weeks of macro winter if core flows stay deep red appeared first on CryptoSlate.

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Bitcoin triggers $7B loss for ETF holders as price could drop to $65,000 while Strategy (MSTR) sits on billion dollar cushion

CryptoSlate - 13:15 Feb 02, 2026

Bitcoin’s slide below $80,000 has pushed a significant portion of US spot BTC exchange-traded fund (ETF) buyers into $7 billion in paper losses. According to CryptoSlate's data, the world’s largest digital asset fell to as low as $74,609 over the weekend amid liquidity concerns and a risk-off tone in global markets. BTC has recovered to approximately $77,649 as […] The post Bitcoin triggers $7B loss for ETF holders as price could drop to $65,000 while Strategy (MSTR) sits on billion dollar cushion appeared first on CryptoSlate.

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Bitcoin price today jumps after 11% weekend dump as global markets open with bullish intent

CryptoSlate - 11:27 Feb 02, 2026

Bitcoin just erased over $9,000 in a weekend liquidity trap and the Monday recovery is missing one thing By the time London desks started lighting up this morning, Bitcoin had already moved sharply in off-hours trading. Over the weekend, while most of the world was off-grid or only half-paying attention between errands and late-night scrolling, […] The post Bitcoin price today jumps after 11% weekend dump as global markets open with bullish intent appeared first on CryptoSlate.

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Binance commits to $1B Bitcoin purchase as an implicit apology for October liquidation meltdown

CryptoSlate - 08:30 Feb 02, 2026

Binance just turned its emergency insurance fund into a public, auditable pledge. And it reads like a crisis-repair letter in balance sheet form. The exchange announced Jan. 30 that it will convert SAFU's roughly $1 billion stablecoin reserves into Bitcoin within 30 days, with an explicit promise: if BTC price movements push the fund below […] The post Binance commits to $1B Bitcoin purchase as an implicit apology for October liquidation meltdown appeared first on CryptoSlate.

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As global “Bye America” investors ditch US risk, Bitcoin is finally ready to be the macro alternative

CryptoSlate - 20:35 Feb 01, 2026

The “Bye America” trade has a habit of returning when markets stop debating whether the US is still the safest house on the block and start debating the price of living in it. Over the past week, that debate has shown up in the dollar. A weaker dollar is rarely a story by itself, but […] The post As global “Bye America” investors ditch US risk, Bitcoin is finally ready to be the macro alternative appeared first on CryptoSlate.

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A sudden shift in Ethereum staking is draining billions from exchanges toward a new corporate elite

CryptoSlate - 18:05 Feb 01, 2026

By the end of 2025, a corner of the market most Ethereum traders rarely watch had built a position large enough to matter for everyone else. Everstake’s annual Ethereum staking report estimates that public companies’ “digital asset treasuries” collectively held roughly 6.5–7.0 million ETH by December, which is more than 5.5% of the circulating supply. […] The post A sudden shift in Ethereum staking is draining billions from exchanges toward a new corporate elite appeared first on CryptoSlate.

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Bitcoin treasury companies are millions in the red but the strategy doesn’t change even at $78k

CryptoSlate - 15:55 Feb 01, 2026

Bitcoin treasuries are designed to look uncomfortable in drawdowns, because the trade they're running is simple: take a volatile asset, put it on a corporate balance sheet, and finance more of it through capital markets. When Bitcoin drops, the mark-to-market hit is the point, not the punchline. The real question is whether the company can […] The post Bitcoin treasury companies are millions in the red but the strategy doesn’t change even at $78k appeared first on CryptoSlate.

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Bitcoin institutions finally admit this is a bear market – so why do 70% say the price is still undervalued?

CryptoSlate - 13:35 Feb 01, 2026

In a global investor survey from Coinbase Institutional and Glassnode, 1 in 4 institutions agreed that crypto has now entered a bear market. Yet the majority of institutions still said Bitcoin was undervalued, and most said they had held or increased exposure since October. That discrepancy matters because it captures how institutions are positioning right […] The post Bitcoin institutions finally admit this is a bear market – so why do 70% say the price is still undervalued? appeared first on CryptoSlate.

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Japan bond market chaos threatens unprecedented Bitcoin liquidations as the era of free money ends

CryptoSlate - 11:45 Feb 01, 2026

Japan spent decades as the world’s best destination for the world's easiest funding trade. You could borrow yen at very low rates, buy almost anything with a higher yield, hedge just enough to feel responsible, and assume the Bank of Japan would keep volatility contained. Late January 2026 is what it looks like when that […] The post Japan bond market chaos threatens unprecedented Bitcoin liquidations as the era of free money ends appeared first on CryptoSlate.

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Federal Reserve to abandon ‘boring’ FOMC language, ending dovish vs hawkish analysis?

CryptoSlate - 08:45 Feb 01, 2026

Trump picked Kevin Warsh for Fed chair, the first big market change may be the way the Fed talks When Donald Trump says Jerome Powell “got it wrong,” he usually means one thing: rates should have come down faster. Powell, for all the heat he takes, has still been a fairly standard Fed chair. He […] The post Federal Reserve to abandon ‘boring’ FOMC language, ending dovish vs hawkish analysis? appeared first on CryptoSlate.

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First US bank collapse of 2026 adds to gold, silver, and Bitcoin chaos while $337B in unrealized contagion looms

CryptoSlate - 21:30 Jan 31, 2026

Late on Friday, Illinois regulators shut down Metropolitan Capital Bank and Trust, a little-known institution with just $261 million in assets, handing control to the FDIC in what was officially a routine resolution. But it landed in the middle of a much louder market shock. On the same day the bank failed, gold and silver […] The post First US bank collapse of 2026 adds to gold, silver, and Bitcoin chaos while $337B in unrealized contagion looms appeared first on CryptoSlate.

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Trump’s Fed pick Kevin Warsh is “not nervous” about Bitcoin while plotting a digital dollar takeover

CryptoSlate - 20:05 Jan 31, 2026

President Donald Trump announced he will nominate former Federal Reserve Governor Kevin Warsh to lead the US central bank. In a Jan. 30 post on Truth Social, the president confirmed the selection, writing: Trump’s move follows months of internal jockeying over who would replace Chair Jerome Powell when his term ends in May. Warsh, 55, […] The post Trump’s Fed pick Kevin Warsh is “not nervous” about Bitcoin while plotting a digital dollar takeover appeared first on CryptoSlate.

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Bitcoin miners are making millions by shutting down because of a massive US winter storm

CryptoSlate - 17:55 Jan 31, 2026

Earlier this week, a sweeping US winter storm pushed Bitcoin miners to curtail, pulling a noticeable chunk of computing power off the network in a short window. Data shows a 40% dip in hashrate between Jan. 23 and Jan. 25, with around 455 EH/s going offline, and block production slowing to around 12 minutes for […] The post Bitcoin miners are making millions by shutting down because of a massive US winter storm appeared first on CryptoSlate.

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Crypto market crashes erasing $220B as Israel strikes Gaza with ETH and XRP leading weekend losses

CryptoSlate - 15:19 Jan 31, 2026

Ethereum and XRP just fell off a cliff in weekend trading, Bitcoin barely flinched, and the timing might matter Crypto has a habit of saving its worst moves for the hours when people are least prepared to deal with them. That was the vibe on Saturday, when Ethereum and XRP dropped hard in a short […] The post Crypto market crashes erasing $220B as Israel strikes Gaza with ETH and XRP leading weekend losses appeared first on CryptoSlate.

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