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#CelebratingNewYearOnGateSquare 🪙 Institutional players insure BTC against falling below $60 000
Bitcoin ETF holders and companies holding BTC on their balance sheets are strengthening protection against a potential price drop below $60 000. According to Deribit, demand for protective put options with strike prices in this zone is increasing in the market.
📉 This is not about mass liquidation but active hedging: major participants are limiting risks in case of increased volatility. The very fact that demand for protection is rising indicates that the $60 000 level is perceived as a key suppo

#CelebratingNewYearOnGateSquare ➡️ Why is Jack Dorsey laying off employees en masse?
Fintech company Block Inc. announced the layoffs of several thousand employees. Its founder Jack Dorsey explains the decision as a move towards progress – AI tools can do everything faster and more efficiently than humans. And judging by the fact that Block's stock has risen, the market has supported the initiative.

#CelebratingNewYearOnGateSquare 📉 TeraWulf reports worse-than-expected results amid mining downturn
The American mining company announced its fourth quarter 2025 results, which fell short of expectations. The loss was $1.66 per share, and revenue declined due to decreased Bitcoin mining income.
Meanwhile, the company is focusing on AI development and data centers — contracts worth $12.8 billion have already been signed.

🐋 OTC kit, which aggressively bought up BTC and ETH at the beginning of the market decline, appears to be capitulating — it sold 23,500 ETH for $47.8 million to cover loans.
From January 8 to February 2, it accumulated 163,405 ETH worth $440 million at an average of $2691, and then from February 2 to 5, it bought an additional 4,000 cbBTC for $296 million at $74 004.
Currently, its position is deeply in the red — around $135 million. It seems that even major players can't withstand market pressure.

🔮 Co-founder of Wikipedia Jimmy Wales does not believe in the "death of Bitcoin": according to him, the network is resilient enough to survive even a 51% attack — through a fork, it will simply continue to live.
But he does not believe in its role as the money of the future. His forecast is harsh: by 2050, BTC could be worth less than $10 000 in today's prices — and possibly much lower.

‼️ Seed phrase in press release cost NTS $4.8 million
🇰🇷 The South Korean Tax Administration (NTS) press conference on cracking down on tax evaders ended with an unprecedented cryptocurrency theft.
➡️ The agency's staff mistakenly published the seed phrase of a wallet containing 4 million PRTG (Pre-Retogeum) tokens in a press release, worth approximately $4.8 million, which was exploited by malicious actors.
The Blockchain Research Center at Hansung University confirmed the transfer of tokens due to the disclosure of the mnemonic scheme, expressing hope that this incident will prompt governm

📉 Institutional investors reduced their positions in Ethereum-ETF
Bloomberg reports that according to Form 13F filings, in the fourth quarter, Ethereum ETF holders primarily sold fund shares.
Similarly to Bitcoin-ETF, hedge funds were especially active in reducing their positions in early October.
✍️ The total sales volume amounted to 447,340 ETH.

🪙 Institutional players hedge BTC against falling below $60 000
Owners of Bitcoin ETFs and companies holding BTC on their balance sheets are strengthening protection against a potential drop below $60 000. According to Deribit, demand for protective put options with strike prices in this zone is increasing in the market.
📉 This is not about mass liquidation but active hedging: major participants are limiting risks in case of increased volatility. The very fact that demand for protection is rising indicates that the $60 000 level is perceived as a key support.
The market is still holding abov

#CelebratingNewYearOnGateSquare 🧬 Buterin outlines a quantum resistance plan for Ethereum
Vitalik Buterin proposed a roadmap aimed at making Ethereum more resistant to future quantum threats. The plan includes updates to validator and account signatures, ZK proofs, and parts of the cryptographic infrastructure.
🗓️ Implementation is preliminarily scheduled to begin this year with Glamsterdam and Hegotá updates, and the full migration to quantum resistance is planned to be completed by 2029.

🧬 Buterin Outlines Quantum-Resistant Plan for Ethereum
Vitalik Buterin has proposed a roadmap aimed at making Ethereum more resistant to future quantum threats. The plan includes updates to validator and account signatures, ZK proofs, and parts of the cryptographic infrastructure.
🗓️ Implementation is preliminarily expected to begin this year with Glamsterdam and Hegotá updates, with full migration to quantum resistance planned to be completed by 2029.

🇺🇸 Democrats intensify negotiations on the CLARITY Act
The U.S. Senate is discussing the future of a bill regarding the structure of the crypto market, which aims to divide authority between the SEC and CFTC and establish rules for exchanges and stablecoins.
The main dispute concerns the possibility of earning yields on stablecoins.
📊 After new consultations, the probability of passing the law in 2026 has increased to 69% on Polymarket.
The White House has set a deadline of March 1st to resolve disagreements.

#CelebratingNewYearOnGateSquare Ⓜ️ Meta plans to enter the stablecoin market by the end of the year if it successfully negotiates with a partner to launch dollar-pegged tokens within its payment infrastructure.
The company is considering integration with an external provider to use stablecoins for digital transactions.

#CelebratingNewYearOnGateSquare 🇸🇻 El Salvador has updated its national BTC education program: The National Bitcoin Office has introduced a fully revamped Bitcoin Diploma 2.0 course.
The new format emphasizes visual materials, animation, and real-world cases to make it easier to explain BTC principles and finance to students.

#CelebratingNewYearOnGateSquare 🪙 Exactly 16 years ago, Satoshi Nakamoto officially introduced the first Bitcoin logo — a gold emblem with the letters “B” and “C” in a starry circle.
Discussion on BitcoinTalk led to the creation of the BTC ticker, although the letter “T” never appeared on the logo itself.
Later, the “C” disappeared, the “B” gained two strokes, and the final orange symbol, which became the global sign of Bitcoin, was proposed by an anonymous forum user.

#CelebratingNewYearOnGateSquare ⛏ Canaan Miner Expands Presence in the USA
Canaan Inc. has acquired a 49% stake in a joint venture from Cipher Mining, which includes three operational mining projects in Texas.
💨 The projects have a capacity of 120 MW and provide a total hash rate of approximately 4.4 EH/s.
As part of the deal, Cipher will receive 806.4 million Canaan shares, equivalent to approximately $40 million.

#CelebratingNewYearOnGateSquare 🔴Missouri State Advances Bitcoin Reserve Bill
The initiative will allow the investment of state funds into Bitcoin, hold it for up to five years, and accept cryptocurrency for paying taxes, fees, and fines.
If the law passes, Missouri could become one of the first U.S. states to officially integrate Bitcoin into its financial system.

#CelebratingNewYearOnGateSquare ‼️ Whales are stimulating sales, but the market is poorly digesting them
🟠 64% of all Bitcoin inflows to exchanges come from the 10 largest deposits by volume. This is the highest level since October 2015, reports CryptoQuant
The average inflow of Bitcoin to exchanges in February increased to 1.58 BTC, reaching the highest level since June 2022, in the middle of the previous bear market.
➡️ At the same time, the inflow of funds into stablecoins decreased from the annual maximum of $616 million in November 2025 to $27 million recently.

🚨 The cryptocurrency market has wiped out 91% of the gains after Trump's election
📉 By December 2024, after the US elections, the value of the Total3 indicator, which tracks the total market capitalization of cryptocurrencies excluding BTC and ETH, will have risen to $1.16 trillion. Today, Total3 is valued at $713 billion, which is the level of November 10, 2024.
Additionally, crypto sentiment has reached a 23-day low, indicating the longest period of extreme fear according to the FGI index since the Terra-LUNA crash in 2022.