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🇨🇳 Unknown company Laurore Ltd invested around $436 ,000,000 in BlackRock's Bitcoin ETF, purchasing 8.78 million shares — this is its only asset.
The company is registered in Hong Kong, with the owner listed as Zhang Hui, and there is no public information about the business.
In the context of restrictions on crypto trading in China, this could indicate a possible influx of Chinese capital into BTC through a regulated ETF.

#Hacked
The Moonwell protocol was hacked for $1.78 million due to an AI error.
The vulnerable code was generated by the Claude Opus 4.6 model.
A bug in the oracle pricing formula caused the price of #cbETH to be listed as $1.12 instead of the actual ~$2200.
Crypto Headlines

💸 Has World Liberty Financial started repurchasing $WLFI?
The wallet associated with Donald Trump's family company has bought 313,307,094 WLFI ($31.9m) in the last 15 hours.

🇺🇸 The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) filed an amicus curiae brief (friend of the court), defending its exclusive authority over prediction markets in the United States.
🇺🇸 Federal Reserve Chair Michael Barr indicated that the Federal Reserve is likely to keep interest rates unchanged, awaiting more definitive inflation data.
#What’sNextforBitcoin?

Good morning everyone!
The market is a clear sideways trend.
#BTC
🔽Resistance: 69–71.5k
🔼Support: 66.3k → 63.7k
Still under resistance, pressure remains.
#ETH
🔽Resistance: 2,020–2,090
🔼Support: 1,950 → 1,880
Same story — range without strength.
#BNB
🔽Resistance: 630–650
🔼Support: 607 → 585
Held below the trend line, no impulse.
#SOL
🔽Resistance: 87–92
🔼Support: 82 → 78
90 not reclaimed — seller nearby.
#XRP
🔽Resistance: 1.50–1.57
🔼Support: 1.43 → 1.36
There was an upward push, but no consolidation.

KEY EVENTS WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 18:
#GateSquare$50KRedPacketGiveaway
🇨🇳 China - No trading - Chinese New Year
🇭🇰 Hong Kong - No trading - Chinese New Year
🇧🇷 Brazil - No trading - Ash Wednesday
🇳🇿 New Zealand - Central Bank Rate - 04:00 MSK
🇷🇺 Russia - Russian Business Week (February 16 - 20)
🇬🇧 United Kingdom - CPI Inflation (Jan) - 10:00 MSK
🇺🇸 USA - Durable Goods Orders (Dec) - 16:30 MSK
🇺🇸 USA - Housing Starts (Jan) - 16:30 MSK
🇺🇸 USA - Industrial Production (Jan) - 17:15 MSK
🇷🇺 Russia - CPI Inflation (Weekly) - 19:00 MSK
🇺🇸 USA - Minutes from the last FOMC meeting -

$BTC The year 2025 has become the biggest upheaval in the history of Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies.
Retail investors panicked, selling off assets, while institutional investors bought.

#GateSquare$50KRedPacketGiveaway Quantoz will issue virtual Visa cards
📈 Dutch payment company Quantoz Payments has become a principal member of Visa, enabling it to issue virtual debit cards backed by stablecoins and sponsor BIN for other market participants.
The cards will be linked to users' account balances stored in USDQ, EURQ, and EURD tokens, allowing users to spend these funds online, in stores, and through mobile wallets.

CIO Bitwise expects a crypto rally in Q2 2026. The adoption of laws like the (CLARITY Act) will significantly promote widespread cryptocurrency adoption. Institutional demand for ETFs will surpass the entire new supply volume of major cryptocurrencies. It is expected that #BTC #ETH #SOL will break records.

💎 Canadian gold mining company Elemental Royalty has become the first publicly traded company in the world to offer shareholders dividends in tokenized gold.
Shareholders will be able to receive payments in Tether Gold (#XAUT) instead of regular money.
#CelebratingNewYearOnGateSquare

Bank of America records record pessimism on the US dollar (February survey)
A survey of fund managers controlling assets over $440,000,000,000+.
Coindesk: The number of bearish bets on the US dollar has reached a ten-year high, which could positively impact BTC.
▫️Record pessimism on the US dollar since 2012 – investors are reducing their holdings.
▫️87% of investors believe the dollar's share in global reserves will continue to decline – many are already reducing their "American" exposure or hedging currency risks.
▫️Investors are moving out of the US and reallocating into emerging markets (h

👻 Bloomberg has suggested that Bitcoin could drop to $10 000 if the US stock market enters a full-fledged bear phase.
Strategist Mike McGlone believes that overvalued stock valuations, abnormally low volatility, and capital flows into gold and silver increase risks, and in a reversal scenario, BTC could initially retreat to $56 000, and in a negative scenario — significantly lower.
He cites recession and the peak of the American stock market as key triggers.

Cocoa bean futures dropped 72% from their peak in December 2024 🔽
Did anyone see how chocolates became cheaper last year (no).
Or is there no chocolate in them 😂

#BTC
On Twitter, they are sharing charts showing the "Double Top" pattern (Double Top) and Bitcoin retracing to $41,500.

Android smartphones are now sold with a virus designed to steal cryptocurrency.
Over 13,000 devices have been infected with the malicious "Keenadu," which was integrated into the firmware during manufacturing.
The virus is capable of:
➥ Fully controlling the device.
➥ Infecting installed applications, including crypto wallets.
➥ Automatically installing APKs and granting them all permissions.
➥ Tracking browser activity, even in incognito mode.
Interesting fact: the Keenadu virus does not activate if the device is set to Chinese language and the China time zone.

#zero
ZeroLend is shutting down.
The project founder announced a complete shutdown of operations, stating that "the protocol is no longer viable."
Reasons:
▪ Several supported networks have become inactive or lost liquidity.
▪ Oracle providers have ceased support for certain blockchains.
▪ The protocol has been operating at a loss for an extended period.
▪ Increased hacking attacks.
The total locked value (TVL) has decreased from approximately $359m (peak in November 2024) to $6.6 million.
❗️The team urges users to withdraw their funds.