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🔥NEW: Pro-crypto President Javier Milei gifts DOGE’s Elon Musk a “Chainsaw for bureaucracy.”
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⚡️ @MANTRA_Chain x Google Cloud Announce RWA Accelerator!
At Consensus, John Patrick Mullin (CEO, MANTRA) & Rich Widmann (Head of Web3 Strategy, Google Cloud) introduced a new RWA-focused accelerator to support builders in the Monterey ecosystem.
• Capital & technical resources for Web3 projects
• Google Cloud credits & infrastructure support
• A strong foundation for real-world asset innovation
Big things are coming—who’s ready to build?
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🇧🇷 LATEST: Hashdex receives approval for the world’s first $XRP spot ETF in Brazil.
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⚡️ NEW: Blockstream CEO Adam Back claims “we’re certainly in the early stages of a bull market.”
Читать полностью…🚨 NOW: Strategy raises $2B to purchase more $BTC.
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🚨 JUST IN: Elon Musk’s xAI just launched Grok 3, revealing that it outperforms Gemini 2 Pro, Deepseek V3, Claude 3.5 and OpenAI's GPT-4o in multiple benchmarks.
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🇦🇷 JUST IN: Argentina’s President Milei denied promoting LIBRA and said, “I didn’t promote it, I shared it.”
He also said, “Those who got involved knew very well what they’re getting into – they’re volatility traders.”
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🇦🇷 JUST IN: Argentine lawyers charge President Milei with fraud for promoting a crypto token that turned into a rug pull, according to AP.
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Javier Milei-endorsed Libra token crashes after $107M insider rug pull
Insider wallets started cashing out just three hours after the token was launched, erasing over $4 billion from its market capitalization.
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🔥 NOW: Citi, the third biggest US bank by assets, is considering expanding into cryptocurrency custody management.
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🇺🇸LATEST: Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong predicts that up to 10% of global GDP will be crypto-based by 2030, saying that it’s the dawn of a new era for crypto in the US.
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🔥 LATEST: In 2025, 50,095 BTC has been bought up by Spot Bitcoin ETFs, but only 18,678 BTC has been mined.
The race to acquire #Bitcoin is on.
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🇺🇸 POWELL: “Banks are serving crypto customers, and we don’t want to get in the way of banks serving perfectly legal customers.”
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🚨TODAY: Franklin Templeton registers for a Franklin Solana Trust in Delaware, indicating it may soon file for a spot #Solana ETF alongside a host of other bidding issuers.
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🔥 JUST IN: FTX to start $16B creditor repayments on Feb. 18, 2025, with $6.5-$7B in the first phase. Payouts based on Nov 2022 prices.
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🔥 LATEST: US Senate has confirmed Kash Patel as the next Director of the FBI.
Patel currently owns over $100,000 in #Bitcoin.
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🇺🇸 JUST IN: The #Bitcoin Strategic Reserve Act gains momentum in the US, with 20 states initiating legislation, and 15 bills now in House committee review.
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🚨 JUST IN: 86% of crypto traders who invested in a memecoin endorsed by Argentine President Javier Milei lost money, totaling $251 million in losses, while insiders made $180 million, according to Nansen.
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🗞 Catch up on the news over the last 24 hours!
🇦🇷 Argentina’s President Milei denied promoting LIBRA and said, “I didn’t promote it, I shared it.”
🇺🇸 Elon Musk tweeted about looking for gold at Fort Knox and Michael Saylor said, “Bitcoin fixes this.”
🇭🇰 Hong Kong investment firm HK Asia Holdings Limited shares surge nearly 93% after disclosing its purchase of just 1 Bitcoin.
🚨Elon Musk’s xAI just launched Grok 3, revealing that it outperforms Gemini 2 Pro, Deepseek V3, Claude 3.5 and OpenAI's GPT-4o in multiple benchmarks.
🇬🇳Tether signs agreement with the Republic of Guinea to explore the adoption of blockchain and peer-to-peer tech.
🚨 Tether plans to acquire a 51% stake in South American energy firm Adecoagro in a deal worth $1.24 billion.
🔥Google exploring ways to simplify Bitcoin adoption.
🚨Multiple Reddit users report receiving FTX payments on Kraken.
🔥 FTX users received $800 million today across 162,000 accounts.
🚨 BitGo is launching a global OTC trading desk for spot, options, and lending.
🚨 The SEC has acknowledged the filing for a Bitwise Spot XRP ETF.
⚡️Tether Co-Founder Brock Pierce is allegedly working on a yield-bearing stablecoin, attempting to challenge dominant players.
🚨 Strategy raises $2B to purchase more $BTC.
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🚨 BREAKING: The SEC has acknowledged the filing for a Bitwise Spot XRP ETF.
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🇺🇸 TODAY: Elon Musk tweeted about looking for gold at Fort Knox and Michael Saylor said, “Bitcoin fixes this.”
Do you agree? 👀
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⚡️ JUST IN: Binance co-founders CZ and Yi He deny rumors of a sale, calling them baseless, and reaffirm focus on growth through strategic partnerships.
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Javier Milei risks impeachment after endorsing $107M Libra rug pull
The President of Argentina faces significant political pushback after a token he endorsed became a financial catastrophe for investors.
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🚨 JUST IN: Musk’s xAI is in talks to raise $10 billion at a massive $75 billion valuation.
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🇺🇸 LATEST: Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong predicts that up to 10% of global GDP will be crypto-based by 2030, saying that it’s the dawn of a new era for crypto in the US.
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🔥 BULLISH: Mastercard has tokenized 30% of its transactions in 2024 and acknowledges stablecoins’ potential to disrupt traditional finance.
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⚡️ NEW: VanEck analyzed #Bitcoin reserve bills for 20 states and projects that if they’re enacted it could lead to states buying $23 billion worth of Bitcoin.
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🇺🇸 NEW: SEC Crypto Task Force head Hester Pierce says, “Many of the memecoins that are out there probably do not have a home in the SEC under our current set of regulations.”
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🗞 Catch up on the news over the last 24 hours!
🇺🇸 Bloomberg ETF analyst James Seyffart believes a Litecoin ETF has the highest chance of approval since the SEC does not classify $LTC as a security, unlike $XRP and $SOL.
🚨 The SEC has acknowledged an amendment for Cboe’s 19b-4 filing to allow in-kind creations and redemptions on both Ark’s 21Shares Bitcoin and Core Ethereum ETF.
🇺🇸 Florida House of Representatives Member Webster Barnaby introduces the state’s second Bitcoin Reserve bill to invest 10% of the state’s funds into Bitcoin.
🇯🇵Metaplanet shares have risen 4,800% in nearly a year after it announced its Bitcoin treasury strategy in April 2024, according to Bloomberg data.
🇸🇪 Swedish payments firm Klarna is reportedly eyeing for a US IPO this year with its CEO Sebastian Siemiatkowski announcing plans to embrace crypto.
🇺🇸ETF FLOWS: Around 1,930 BTC and 8,570 ETH were sold on Feb. 10.
🇯🇵 Japanese game studio Gumi Inc. plans to buy ¥1B ($6.58M) worth of $BTC.
🚨 FTX to start $16B creditor repayments on Feb. 18, 2025, with $6.5-$7B in the first phase. Payouts based on Nov 2022 prices.
🚨TON has teamed up with LayerZero, enabling seamless fund transfers across multiple blockchains.
🚨Celebrity meme tokens have plunged 78% on average from their all-time highs.
📉The price of $CAR, the meme coin allegedly launched by the President of the Central African Republic, has plummeted 97% in just 48 hours.
🚨SEC officially acknowledges 21Shares’ spot Solana ETF filing.
🇺🇸 Jerome Powell confirms that the Fed will not create a Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) under his leadership.
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🇺🇸 ETF FLOWS: Around 1,930 BTC and 8,570 ETH were sold on Feb. 10.
BTC ETFs saw $186.3M in net outflows.
ETH ETFs saw $22.5M in net outflows.
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