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*TRUMP ON CANADA: MAY DO RECIPROCAL TARIFFS AS EARLY AS TODAY OR MONDAY
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TRUMP, ZELENSKIY, VANCE ARGUE IN THE OVAL OFFICE
More Updates After This Heated Exchange:
TRUMP: ZELENSKIY NOT READY FOR PEACE
TRUMP: ZELENSKIY CAN COME BACK WHEN HE IS READY FOR PEACE
TRUMP: ZELENSKYY 'DISRESPECTED' U.S. IN OVAL OFFICE
TRUMP & ZELENSKIY PRESS CONFERENCE CANCELED
US, UKRAINE MINERALS DEAL WAS NOT SIGNED
CME GROUP TO LAUNCH SOLANA (SOL) FUTURES ON MARCH 17
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*TRUMP: MEXICO, CANADA TARIFFS ON MARCH 4
*TRUMP: CHINA TO ALSO BE CHARGED ADDITIONAL 10% TARIFF THAT DATE
*TRUMP: APRIL 2 RECIPROCAL TARIFF DATE REMAINS IN FULL FORCE
*TRUMP: EU TARIFFS TO BE 25% ON AUTOS, OTHER THINGS
*TRUMP: EU CAN TRY TO RETALIATE ON TARIFFS
*TRUMP: WILL NOT STOP TARIFFS
*TRUMP: TARIFFS WILL GO ON, NOT ALL, BUT A LOT OF THEM
Bybit Hack Forensics Report: Bybit
https://docsend.com/view/s/rmdi832mpt8u93s7
Anthropic is finalizing a $3.5 billion funding round that values the startup behind the chatbot Claude at $61.5 billion: WSJ
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MICROSTRATEGY ACQUIRES 20,356 BITCOINS AT AN AVG. PRICE OF $97,514 BETWEEN FEB. 18 & 23, 2025
Total Holdings: 499,096 BTC
Average Price: $66,357/BTC
*BTC DOWN 2.6%
*GOLD UP 0.3%
*SPX DOWN 1.3%
*NVIDIA DOWN 2.6%
*MICROSTRATEGY DOWN 5%
*COINBASE FALL 5.3%, NOW DOWN 18.5% SINCE EARNINGS ANNOUNCED LAST WEEK
Ethena Labs : Not a single dollar of spot backing value is held on any exchange, including Bybit.
Update: the $30m of unrealised PNL noted in the prior post has been reduced to $10m and we expect to have zero unrealised PNL exposure to Bybit within the next hour.
There are currently $2.0b of liquid stablecoins in USDe backing which can be redeemed immediately if users wish.
2nd Update: The unrealised PNL exposure to Bybit has been reduced to zero
ZachXBT: My sources confirm it's a security incident
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*APPLE PULLS CLOUD ENCRYPTION FEATURE IN UK AFTER BACKDOOR ORDER
Apple is removing its most advanced, end-to-end encrypted security feature for cloud data in the United Kingdom, in a stunning development after the government ordered the company to build a backdoor for accessing user data.
*UK government ordered Apple to build a backdoor into customer data globally.
SEC STAFF HAS AGREED IN PRINCIPLE TO DISMISS ITS UNLAWFUL ENFORCEMENT CASE AGAINST COINBASE, SUBJECT TO COMMISSIONER APPROVAL: LINK
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Crypto Czar David Sacks: President Trump has announced a Crypto Strategic Reserve consisting of Bitcoin and other top cryptocurrencies. This is consistent with his week-one E.O. 14178. President Trump is keeping his promise to make the U.S. the “Crypto Capital of the World.” More to come at the Crypto Summit.
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TRUMP, ZELENSKIY, VANCE ARGUE IN THE OVAL OFFICE
TRUMP TO ZELENSKIY: YOU EITHER MAKE A DEAL OR WE ARE OUT
TRUMP TELLS ZELENSKIY HIS COMMENTS WERE VERY DISRESPECTFUL
TRUMP TELLS ZELENSKIY HE HAS TO BE THANKFUL
TRUMP TO ZELENSKIY: YOU DON'T HAVE THE CARDS RIGHT NOW
TRUMP: GOING TO BE VERY HARD TO DO BUSINESS LIKE THIS
*US JAN. PCE PRICE INDEX RISES 0.3% M/M; EST. +0.3%
*US JAN. PCE PRICE INDEX RISES 2.5% Y/Y; EST. +2.5%
*US JAN. CORE PCE RISES 0.3% M/M; EST. +0.3%
*US JAN. CORE PCE RISES 2.6% Y/Y; EST. +2.6%
*PERSONAL INCOME RISES 0.9% M/M; EST. +0.3%
*PERSONAL SPENDING FALLS 0.2% M/M; EST. +0.1% (biggest drop since Feb 2021)
*REAL PERSONAL SPENDING FALLS 0.5% M/M; EST. -0.1% (biggest monthly decline in ~4 years)
*PCE was the only one of the 'hard' inflation indices to drop in January
NVDA EARNINGS:
*NVIDIA 4Q ADJ EPS 89C, EST. 84C
*NVIDIA 4Q REV. $39.3B, EST. $38.25B
*NVIDIA 4Q ADJ GROSS MARGIN 73.5%, EST. 73.5%
*NVIDIA 4Q DATA CENTER REVENUE $35.6B, EST. $34.09B
*NVIDIA DELIVERED $11B OF BLACKWELL ARCHITECTURE REV. IN 4Q
*TRUMP: TARIFFS ON CANADA, MEXICO WILL GO INTO EFFECT ON APRIL 2
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Bybit Hack Forensics Report: Link
⚠️ The root cause of the attack is malicious code originating from Safe{Wallet}'s infrastructure.
*AWS S3 or CloudFront account/APl Key of Safe Global was likely leaked or compromised.
*No indication of compromise was identified within Bybit's infrastructure.
SAFE Statement: Safe smart contracts unaffected, an attack was conducted by compromising a Safe {Wallet} developer machine which affected an account operated by Bybit....Safe{Wallet} has added security measures to eliminate the attack vector.
Tldr: Lazarus (hackers) compromised safe's AWS infrastructure to deploy a targeted java script payload specifically targeting Multisig Cold Wallet of Bybit. The attack was designed to activate during the next Bybit transaction. The JS code changed the content of the transaction during the signing process.
The Week Ahead | @infinityhedge
•Trump to host first official Cabinet meeting on 26
•U.S. Senate Banking Committee hearing on “Exploring Bipartisan Legislative Frameworks for Digital Assets” on 26
•Amazon Event in NY that may include the launch of a revamped “Alexa” with AI on 26
•Nvidia Earnings on 26
•Fed’s Michael Barr to speak on novel activity supervision, like crypto-assets on 27
•US Core PCE ⚠️ (expected to cool to the slowest pace since June) on 28
•Deepseek’s Open Source Week, they'll be open-Sourcing 5 repos: whole week
Ethena Crypto Project Raises $100 Million to Fund Finance Foray: BBG
The fundraising, which hasn’t been previously reported, was completed in December and drew investors including Franklin Templeton and F-Prime Capital, the venture capital firm affiliated with Fidelity Investments.
BYBIT CEO Livestream on the Latest ETH Wallet Incident: LIVE NOW
https://www.bybit.com/en/press/live/eth-wallet-incident
https://www.youtube.com/live/Pso66cnmdWk
BYBIT CEO CONFIRMS A ETH COLD WALLET WAS HACKED FOR $1.4B+ (401K ETH)
*Hacker took control of the specific ETH cold wallet we signed and transfered all ETH in the cold wallet to unidentified address. Please rest assured that all other cold wallets are secure. All withdraws are NORMAL.
Bybit Total Assets: $15.727B (per defillama)
Bybit Processing Withdrawals Normally: Onchain
*BYBIT CEO: Bybit is Solvent even if this hack loss is not recovered, all of clients assets are 1 to 1 backed, we can cover the loss.
Currently monitoring suspicious outflows from Bybit of $1.46B+ will update as information becomes available
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*TRUMP EYES TARIFFS TO COUNTER DIGITAL TAXES HATED BY BIG TECH
President Trump is expected to sign a memorandum on Friday that allows for levies in response to digital services taxes imposed by some countries on US tech giants
*SEC LAUNCHES CYBER AND EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES UNIT
*SEC CYBER UNIT WILL COMBAT FRAUD IN CRYPTO AMONG OTHER AREAS