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The Binance SAFU fund bought another 1,315 BTC ($100 million) Total purchases: 2,630 BTC (~$200 million). https://intel.arkm.com/explorer/address/1BAuq7Vho2CEkVkUxbfU26LhwQjbCmWQkD

Bitwise Asset Management to Buy Crypto Staking Firm Chorus One https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-02-03/bitwise-asset-management-to-buy-crypto-staking-firm-chorus-one

WisdomTree CEO Jonathan Steinberg said the firm’s crypto business has shifted from an experiment to a core strategic focus and is close to becoming profitable. The asset manager has rapidly scaled its digital-asset offerings, growing from about $30 million to roughly $750 million in tokenized assets while expanding into new blockchains such as Solana. https://www.coindesk.com/business/2026/02/03/wisdomtree-ceo-says-crypto-is-now-a-core-business-nearing-profitability

According to FT, Tether has scaled back its planned $15–20bn fundraising after investor pushback over a $500bn valuation, with advisers now discussing a raise as small as $5bn. CEO Paolo Ardoino said the larger figure was only a maximum the company was willing to sell and that Tether would be comfortable not raising capital at all. The firm made about $10bn in profit last year, mainly from USDT reserve returns. https://x.com/wublockchain/status/2018919272786079847

RIVER Corrects 84% in a Week, Erasing All YTD Gains https://dropstab.com/coins/river

Aave DAO has released an ARFC proposal titled “Focussing the Aave V3 Multichain Strategy – Phase 1”, outlining a plan to streamline Aave V3’s multichain footprint. The first phase proposes freezing the Aave V3 deployments on zkSync, Metis, and Soneium, while introducing a requirement that any future Aave V3 deployment be backed by a minimum annual revenue guarantee of $2 million from the target chain, in order to better align deployment costs, risks, and expected returns. https://snapshot.org/#/s:aavedao.eth/proposal/0x62340121a7428f902f3232030350eb2d2bb753dc10ab0657a16ffd4d85cb530b

The probability of the Opinion token launching before February 17 has dropped from 75% to 18% (based on Polymarket odds) https://polymarket.com/event/will-opinion-launch-a-token-by

Crypto.com is launching a dedicated platform, OG, for prediction markets just days before the Super Bowl https://x.com/business/status/2018711374218608972

Circle minted 2,750,000,000 USDC in the last week https://solscan.io/account/7VHUFJHWu2CuExkJcJrzhQPJ2oygupTWkL2A2For4BmE

Senate Democrats are planning to reconvene tomorrow for a closed-door meeting on crypto market structure, according to two sources familiar with the plans. https://x.com/EleanorTerrett/status/2018739981628448918

Vitalik Buterin: “The original vision of L2s and their role in Ethereum no longer makes sense, and we need a new path.” https://x.com/VitalikButerin/status/2018711006394843585

The crypto market is down BTC Dominance - 58.51% Market Cap - $2.62T BTC - $76,720 (-2.26%) ETH - $2,284 (-2.18%) BNB - $762 (-1.16%) SOL - $99 (-4.63%) MORPHO - $1.34 (+7%) https://dropstab.com