Odaily News The U.S. 30-year Treasury yield fell to 4.63%, marking its lowest level since last October. (Jin10)
Odaily reported that Korean KOL Joshua (MOZAIK) posted on the X platform, stating that he conducted a private survey of approximately 120 crypto KOLs from mid-January to early February, with 55 providing detailed responses.
The survey results show that 50 out of the 55 respondents are currently trading stocks, while 5 are just getting started. Ranked by the number of KOLs holding positions, the hottest sectors in order are AI (11 people), Metals & Commodities (8 people), Energy & Power (8 people), Storage & Semiconductors (7 people), Robotics & Humanoid Robots (6 people), and Space & Defense (6 people). The most frequently mentioned individual stocks were INTC, GOOG, RKLB, ASTS, and AMZN, each mentioned by 4 people.
Several respondents indicated a trend of rotating from cryptocurrencies into stocks, with some stating that "the crypto market is no longer attractive" and are instead positioning themselves in the robotics and humanoid robot sectors. High-conviction investment themes include AI-driven storage chip shortages, space and defense, and rare earth and uranium energy.
Regarding trading platforms, IBKR leads with 24 users, followed by Robinhood with 8 users, with the rest distributed across platforms like Schwab and Hyperliquid. Other asset classes traded by respondents are most commonly metals, followed by commodities, options/futures, and forex/bonds. Among the stock-focused KOLs followed by crypto traders, Citrini7 was mentioned the most frequently.
Odaily News According to Gate data, spot silver has risen above $94 per ounce, up 6.48% intraday.
Spot gold has risen above $5,250 per ounce, up 1.26% intraday, hitting a new high since January 30.
Odaily News 1. The U.S. State Department has ordered non-emergency essential diplomats to evacuate Israel.
The U.S. Ambassador to Israel warned the mission: a U.S. attack on Iran is imminent, leave Israel today.
The U.S. State Department ordered the evacuation of non-essential staff and their families from the U.S. Embassy in Iraq. (A U.S. State Department deputy spokesperson responded that this is not true.)
A large number of U.S. citizens have left Iraq via Baghdad International Airport in the past 24 hours.
2. Canada has once again requested its citizens to leave Iran immediately.
3. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan has called on its citizens to leave Iran and temporarily avoid traveling to the country.
4. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China has reminded Chinese citizens to temporarily avoid traveling to Iran. The Chinese Embassy in Israel has issued a security alert.
5. The UK Government: British staff have been temporarily evacuated from Iran. (Jin10 Data APP)
6. The French Ministry of Foreign Affairs advises French citizens not to travel to Israel, Jerusalem, and the West Bank. (Jin10)
Odaily News According to Gate data, spot silver rose to $93 per ounce, up 5.35% intraday.
Odaily News Citibank's Head of Digital Asset Custody Development, Nisha Surendran, announced at an industry event hosted by Strategy that Citibank plans to integrate Bitcoin into its core banking services by late 2026, offering institutional-grade custody, key management, and wallet systems.
The platform will extend traditional tax reporting, compliance, and risk management processes to Bitcoin holdings, supporting 24/7 operations, SWIFT global transfer messaging, and API connectivity. Citibank currently manages approximately $30 trillion in assets, and this move aims to eliminate operational barriers for institutional investors such as pension funds and insurance companies in dealing with crypto assets.
Surendran stated that the initial phase will launch core custody functionalities, with subsequent phases gradually expanding to services like asset segregation and collateral management.
Odaily News Vitalik Buterin posted on X, stating that Ethereum scaling is divided into short-term and long-term parts. In the short term, the Glamsterdam upgrade will introduce block-level access lists to enable parallel validation, ePBS will allow using a larger proportion of slots for block validation, and Gas repricing will ensure operation costs align with actual execution time. The multi-dimensional Gas mechanism will be implemented in phases, starting with separating "state creation" costs from "execution and calldata" costs in Glamsterdam, where state creation Gas will not count towards the approximately 16 million transaction Gas limit. An EVM-level "reservoir" dimension mechanism will be introduced, defaulting to consuming dedicated dimension Gas first, and drawing from the reservoir when insufficient, with a future transition to multi-dimensional pricing allowing different floating Gas prices for different dimensions.
Long-term scaling includes ZK-EVM and blob parts. For blobs, the plan is to continuously iterate PeerDAS, targeting approximately 8MB per second data processing capacity, with future Ethereum block data going directly into blobs. For ZK-EVM, a phased approach is planned: by 2026, there will be validator clients supporting ZK-EVM, allowing about 5% of the network to rely on it; by 2027, expanding to a larger proportion of minority nodes while advancing formal verification; transitioning to a three-out-of-five mandatory proof mechanism when conditions mature, and ultimately continuously improving ZK-EVM security and formal verification levels, involving VM changes such as RISC-V.
According to official news, OKX will officially launch the ROBOUSDT perpetual contract on its web terminal, App, and API at 23:30 (UTC+8) on February 27, 2026. The detailed rules are as follows:
ROBOUSDT contract trading opening time: 23:30 (UTC+8) on February 27, 2026
Odaily News Minnesota State Representative Erin Koegel introduced the HF 3642 bill on February 23, proposing to ban the placement or operation of cryptocurrency self-service terminals at any location within the state. The Minnesota Department of Commerce has expressed strong support for the bill. This legislation would repeal the regulatory framework established in 2024 and replace it with a comprehensive ban.
According to data from the Minnesota Department of Commerce, the state received 70 complaints related to cryptocurrency terminals last year, with total reported losses amounting to approximately $540,000. The state currently has about 350 licensed terminals operated by 8 to 10 companies. Previous protective measures implemented in 2024 included a daily transaction limit of $2,000 for new customers, mandatory fraud warnings, and a 14-day refund window. However, regulators believe these measures have proven insufficient.
A report from the FBI's Internet Crime Complaint Center on January 3rd showed that between January and November 2025, over 12,000 complaints involving Bitcoin ATMs were received, with total losses exceeding $333.5 million. Individuals aged 60 and above accounted for the majority of the reported losses. On February 3rd, Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell accused cryptocurrency ATM operator Bitcoin Depot of "knowingly facilitating crypto scams," stating that between August 2023 and January 2025, over half of the funds processed through the company's terminals in Massachusetts were related to fraud.
The global cryptocurrency ATM market is currently valued at $356.7 million in 2025. The United States has over 30,000 machines, accounting for approximately 88% of the global total. If the HF 3642 bill passes, Minnesota would become one of the first states in the U.S. to comprehensively eliminate physical cryptocurrency terminals.
According to data from msx.com, as the U.S. stock market opened, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell by 0.93%, the S&P 500 Index declined by 0.89%, and the Nasdaq Composite Index dropped by 1.29%. The crypto sector collectively weakened, with Solana down 5.21%, SharpLink down 4.30%, Bitmine down 3.42%, Coinbase down 3.40%, Circle down 3.37%, and Strategy (MSTR) down 2.57%.
It is reported that msx.com is a decentralized RWA trading platform that has cumulatively listed hundreds of RWA tokens, covering U.S. stock and ETF token targets such as AAPL, AMZN, GOOGL, META, MSFT, NFLX, and NVDA.
According to the latest data from Gate, the price of gold (XAUTUSDT) has risen to $5,208.9 per ounce, with an intraday increase of 1.27%; the price of silver (XAGUSDT) is reported at $91.91 per ounce, up 5.83% on the day.
In terms of volatility indices, the BVIX (BTC Volatility Index) is latest reported at 53.86, up 1.15% on the day; the EVIX (ETH Volatility Index) is latest reported at 69.65, up 1.13% on the day.
Regarding commodities, WTI crude oil (XTIUSDT) rose 4.97% on the day to $67.57 per barrel; Brent crude oil (XBRUSDT) rose 5.65% on the day to $73.86 per barrel.
Gate allows users to directly trade traditional financial market products within the platform, offering one-stop access to multiple asset classes including precious metals, foreign exchange, global stock CFDs, major indices, and commodities, achieving deep integration of crypto assets and traditional financial assets. Gate's TradFi-related features are fully integrated into the Gate App and Web platform. Users can conveniently participate in global asset price trading without switching platforms, unlocking more strategies and opportunities beyond the crypto market, and continuously enhancing the diversified asset allocation experience.
Odaily News Barclays Bank has sent requests for information to some potential technology suppliers to evaluate how to build a blockchain platform to handle banking operations such as payments. Its application directions may include stablecoins and tokenized deposits, with the goal of completing supplier selection as early as April.
The application of stablecoins in the payment field is expanding. Bloomberg Intelligence estimates that by 2030, the annual transaction volume of stablecoin payments could exceed $50 trillion. Previously, Meta was also testing the integration of stablecoin payments into its applications. Several banks have already begun to deploy blockchain systems. JPMorgan previously launched the deposit token JPM Coin for payments to institutional clients, and HSBC plans to expand its tokenized deposit service to corporate clients in the United States and the United Arab Emirates in the first half of this year.
Odaily News: U.S. Federal Prosecutor Jeanine Pirro from the District of Columbia announced that the Fraud Center Strike Force has frozen and seized over $580 million in cryptocurrency from criminal networks in Southeast Asia. The task force, established in November 2025, operates under the coordination of the U.S. Department of Justice, FBI, Secret Service, and Treasury Department, primarily targeting transnational criminal networks operating "pig butchering" scams in countries like Myanmar, Cambodia, and Laos.
Pirro stated that her office will seek to forfeit the related funds through legal proceedings and return them to victims to the greatest extent possible.
Deddy Lavid, CEO of the blockchain analytics platform Cyvers, told Decrypt that while the $580 million seizure is operationally significant, it represents only a small fraction of total activity within the global context of crypto fraud. His company has identified approximately 27,000 active criminal groups, involving roughly $27.5 billion in fraud exposure. Pirro linked the Southeast Asian scam networks to Chinese organized crime, while Lavid noted that these networks are becoming increasingly decentralized, involving operators across multiple countries and cross-border money laundering hubs.
Odaily News OpenAI has raised $110 billion with a pre-money valuation reaching $730 billion. Investors include SoftBank ($30 billion), NVIDIA ($30 billion), and Amazon ($50 billion). The company has also established new strategic partnerships and secured AI computing resources.
ChatGPT currently boasts over 900 million weekly active users, more than 50 million subscribers, and over 9 million paid enterprise users, with record growth expected early this year. This transaction values the OpenAI Foundation's stake at over $180 billion.
Odaily News The U.S. January PPI MoM was 0.5%, expected 0.30%, with the previous value revised from 0.50% to 0.4%. The U.S. January PPI YoY was 2.9%, expected 2.60%, with the previous value at 3.00%. (Jin10)
Odaily News: According to an official announcement from OpenAI, OpenAI and Amazon have announced a multi-year strategic partnership. Amazon will invest $500 billion in OpenAI, with an initial investment of $150 billion. The remaining $350 billion will be completed in the coming months upon meeting specific conditions.
The two parties will jointly develop a stateful runtime environment powered by OpenAI models. This environment will be made available to AWS customers via Amazon Bedrock and is expected to launch in the coming months. AWS will become the exclusive third-party cloud distribution provider for OpenAI's Frontier platform, which enables enterprises to build, deploy, and manage teams of AI agents.
Regarding infrastructure, the two parties have extended their existing $380 billion multi-year agreement by an additional $1 trillion, with a term of 8 years. OpenAI has committed to utilizing approximately 2 gigawatts of Trainium compute power through AWS infrastructure, covering Trainium3 and the next-generation Trainium4 chips expected to begin delivery in 2027.
Furthermore, OpenAI and Amazon will also collaborate on developing custom models for Amazon developers to use in consumer-facing applications, supplementing Amazon's existing Nova series of models.
