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Robert Kiyosaki, author of 'Rich Dad Poor Dad,' said on X that he would choose Bitcoin over gold as the better investment. He explained that while rising gold prices lead to increased mining and supply, Bitcoin's price is bound to rise due to its fixed supply, capped at 21 million coins. However, he added that it is advisable to hold gold, silver, and Bitcoin for asset diversification.

The following shows estimated liquidation volumes and position ratios for major crypto perpetual futures over the past 24 hours: - BTC: $211.22 million liquidated (83.96% shorts) - ETH: $63.82 million liquidated (52.78% longs) - SOL: $8.38 million liquidated (60.29% longs)

The South Korean government is significantly strengthening reporting requirements for real estate transactions by foreigners to curb speculative investment, News1 reported. Starting Feb. 10, foreigners will be required to report their residency status and address. The scope for submitting a fund procurement plan will also be expanded to include details of overseas funding, such as foreign deposits, loans, and the names of financial institutions. Additionally, the plan's 'other funding sources' section will now require the disclosure of proceeds from the sale of cryptocurrency, alongside existing requirements for stock and bond sales.

South Korean prosecutors have indicted a man accused of developing a fraudulent virtual asset staking website and defrauding victims of 800 million won (around $615,000), Yonhap News reported. The Seoul Northern District Prosecutors' Office charged the man with fraud under the Act on the Aggravated Punishment of Specific Economic Crimes and violation of the Information and Communications Network Act. The alleged crimes took place around March 2025.

A new address has purchased WLFI worth 10 million USDC, Lookonchain reported. The address holder has so far accumulated a total of 47.6 million WLFI at an average purchase price of $0.109. With 4.83 million USDC remaining in the balance, there is potential for additional purchases.

Tether, the issuer of the world's largest stablecoin USDT, recently increased its headcount to 300 and plans to hire an additional 150 employees over the next 18 months, the Financial Times (FT) reported. While the new hires will be primarily engineers, the roles also include AI filmmakers, venture capital analysts, and regulatory experts. Tether's investment portfolio comprises around 140 companies, including agricultural firms in South America and an Italian soccer club.

The hacker behind the stablecoin neobank project Infini bought 6,316 ETH with DAI when the price dropped to $2,109 seven hours ago, AmberCN reported. Following the purchase, the hacker deposited a total of 15,470 ETH, worth $32.58 million, into Tornado Cash. The attacker initially stole $49.5 million in USDC from Infini in February of last year and swapped 3,540 ETH for DAI at an average price of $3,762 in August of the same year.

Danal, the operator of Paycoin (PCI), announced today that it has secured a patent for a payment technology linking digital assets through a corporate wallet. According to Etoday, the technology enables users to make real-world payments with digital assets while allowing merchants to receive stable settlements through their existing systems, shielding them from the risks of price volatility.

South Korea's Financial Supervisory Service (FSS) will conduct a planned investigation into high-risk activities that disrupt the virtual asset market, including various forms of price manipulation. The FSS announced the initiative on Feb. 9 as part of its annual work plan, Yonhap News reported. The probe will target several manipulation tactics. These include schemes by "large whales" who use massive funds to influence prices, the "caging" method of artificially adjusting the price of an asset whose deposits and withdrawals are suspended on a particular exchange, and the "racehorse" technique of rapidly driving up prices by accumulating large volumes at a specific time. Additionally, the FSS plans to establish a supervisory system to prevent IT risks in the financial sector. Measures will include introducing punitive fines for IT incidents, strengthening the security responsibilities of CEOs and Chief Information Security Officers (CISOs), and promoting the adoption of information security disclosures.

Wintermute CEO Evgeny Gaevoy stated on X that the leverage structure in the current cryptocurrency cycle differs from the past, making recent rumors of exchange insolvency unfounded. He explained that for an exchange to truly face insolvency, it would require substantial leveraged positions. While the previous cycle's leverage was centered on unsecured lending platforms like Genesis and Celsius, current leverage primarily stems from perpetual futures, which Gaevoy described as a more orderly system. He added that exchanges have also significantly improved their margin management capabilities. Citing the last cycle, he noted that the only exchange to suffer real losses from the collapse of Three Arrows Capital (3AC) was Deribit, which had granted it a special credit line, a risk he believes no exchange is taking today. Gaevoy also asserted that no exchanges are currently operating like FTX by investing user deposits in illiquid assets. He concluded that the only plausible risks are hacking or losses from customer liquidations, both of which are largely manageable with advanced monitoring systems and tools like Auto-Deleveraging (ADL). His comments follow FUD that spread on X on Feb. 4 alleging that Binance was insolvent, a claim that founder Changpeng Zhao has completely denied.

An anonymous address sent 2.565 BTC, worth approximately $181,000, to the genesis address of Bitcoin creator Satoshi Nakamoto over the weekend, Cointelegraph reported via X. According to Arkham data, Nakamoto's holdings now total around 1,096,000 BTC, valued at $77.17 billion.

The Altcoin Season Index from crypto data platform CoinMarketCap is currently at 24. The index is calculated by comparing the price performance of the top 100 coins by market capitalization, excluding stablecoins and wrapped tokens, against Bitcoin. An 'altcoin season' is declared if 75% of the top 100 coins have outperformed Bitcoin over the past 90 days, while the opposite is considered a 'Bitcoin season.' A score closer to 100 indicates an altcoin season.

According to data from Tokenomist, the major token unlocks scheduled for this week (Feb. 9–15) are as follows: - APT: 11.3 million tokens ($12.09 million), representing 0.69% of circulating supply, at 12:00 p.m. UTC on Feb. 10 - AVAX: 1.67 million tokens ($15.15 million), representing 0.32% of circulating supply, at 12:00 a.m. UTC on Feb. 11 - CONX: 1.32 million tokens ($15.72 million), representing 1.56% of circulating supply, at 12:00 a.m. UTC on Feb. 15

The following are the key global macro events for the second week of February: - Feb. 9: Fed Governor Christopher Waller speaks (6:30 p.m. UTC), FOMC member Raphael Bostic speaks (8:15 p.m. UTC) - Feb. 10: Dallas Fed President Lorie Logan speaks (6:00 p.m. UTC) - Feb. 11: U.S. January nonfarm payrolls and unemployment rate (1:30 p.m. UTC), FOMC member Michelle Bowman speaks (3:15 p.m. UTC) - Feb. 12: Dallas Fed President Lorie Logan speaks (12:00 a.m. UTC), U.S. initial jobless claims (1:30 p.m. UTC) - Feb. 13: U.S. January Consumer Price Index (CPI) (1:30 p.m. UTC)

CME Bitcoin futures opened today at $71,310, creating a gap of approximately $730 after closing the previous session at $70,580. The CME BTC futures gap refers to the space on the chart between Friday's closing price and Monday's opening price. This phenomenon occurs because the CME is closed on weekends, while the Bitcoin spot market operates 24/7. The greater the volatility in the spot price over the weekend, the larger this gap becomes. Consequently, traders are watching to see if the futures price, which is based on the spot price, will move to fill this gap.

The Fear & Greed Index from crypto data provider Alternative rose seven points from yesterday to 14, though the market remains in a state of 'Extreme Fear.' The index indicates extreme market fear as it approaches zero and extreme optimism as it nears 100. The Fear & Greed Index is calculated based on volatility (25%), trading volume (25%), social media mentions (15%), surveys (15%), Bitcoin's market cap dominance (10%), and Google search volume (10%).

Major exchanges have seen $100 million worth of futures liquidated in the past hour. In the past 24 hours, $324 million worth of futures have been liquidated.

According to CoinNess market monitoring, BTC has fallen below $71,000. BTC is trading at $70,930.09 on the Binance USDT market.

BTC has risen by 1.56% in the past five minutes on the Binance USDT market. Currently, BTC is trading at $72,232.

According to CoinNess market monitoring, BTC has risen above $72,000. BTC is trading at $72,020.77 on the Binance USDT market.

Ethereum founder Vitalik Buterin has criticized the current structure of DeFi, arguing that most of it is fake. In a post on X, he asserted that the true purpose of DeFi is not yield optimization but the decentralization of counterparty risk. Buterin explained that lending and deposit strategies based on USDC fail to meet the core DeFi principles of self-custody and decentralization because they rely on a centralized asset. In contrast, he suggested that overcollateralized algorithmic stablecoins are closer to genuine DeFi as they can distribute risk through market makers.

South Korean cryptocurrency exchange Bithumb has not yet recovered 125 BTC, worth 13 billion won, following an erroneous transfer of 60 trillion won in Bitcoin, SBS reported. More than 80 people were found to have already cashed out the mistakenly sent funds. Before Bithumb could take action, users had withdrawn approximately 3 billion won to their personal bank accounts and used another 10 billion won, combined with their own deposits, to purchase other cryptocurrencies. Bithumb is reportedly contacting the account holders to persuade them to return the funds.

The cryptocurrency community is pushing back strongly against a Financial Times (FT) column that argued Bitcoin is overvalued in the $70,000 range and will eventually fall to zero, U.Today reported. FT columnist Jemima Kelly reportedly compared BTC holders to the protagonist of the French film 'La Haine,' who, while falling from a skyscraper, comforts himself by saying "so far, so good" before ultimately shattering on the ground. In response, the crypto community has voiced widespread criticism. One user on X suggested that articles from media they described as outdated, incompetent, and arrogant are a bullish signal for BTC's price. Other industry commentators echoed this sentiment, viewing the FT's declaration that Bitcoin is dead as a positive outlook.

BitMEX co-founder Arthur Hayes has proposed a public bet to Multicoin Capital co-founder Kyle Samani after reposting Samani's critical commentary on Hyperliquid (HYPE). Hayes challenged Samani, stating that if HYPE is a poor asset, they should make a wager. He proposed that from Feb. 10 through July 31, HYPE's price increase will outperform any altcoin with a market capitalization over $1 billion on CoinGecko. Samani would be allowed to choose the comparison asset. The loser of the bet would be required to donate $100,000. Previously, Samani had criticized HYPE, pointing out that its founder left their home country to start the business, its source code is private, and it employs a permissioned distribution model. Samani also claimed the project publicly encourages crime and terrorism, describing it as problematic in every aspect.

Jack Dorsey's payments company Block, formerly Square, is laying off 10% of its total workforce, Bloomberg reported. The layoffs, which will affect multiple teams, are set to be completed by the end of February. This move comes less than a year after the company dismissed 931 employees last March.