⚡️UPDATE: The 620,000 BTC Bithumb miscredit incident has been resolved. 99.7% was recovered, and the remaining 1,788 BTC was covered using company reserves, restoring 100% backing.
🇺🇸🏛️CRYPTO AND BANKS MEET TUESADAY OVER STABLECOIN RULES The White House is hosting a second meeting with banks and crypto groups on Tuesday, Feb. 10, to discuss stablecoin rules. Officials will try again to reach a compromise on whether crypto firms can offer interest on stablecoins. Big banks like Bank of America, JPMorgan, and Wells Fargo are invited, alongside crypto trade reps from Coinbase, Ripple, Circle, etc. The goal is to break the stalemate and help the Clarity Act move forward.
🇫🇷 FRANCE ARRESTS 5 IN CRYPTO KIDNAPPING PLOT French police arrested four men and one woman after a magistrate and her mother were held captive for 30 hours in a cryptocurrency ransom scheme. The victims were found injured, and two suspects were caught while trying to flee to Spain, per AFP.
🛢️JOIL SLIDES IN ASIA AMID MIDDLE EAST SIGNALS Oil fell in early Asian trade as traders adjusted positions after Iran and the United States signaled willingness to keep pursuing diplomacy, even as tensions remain high. Iran warned of missile strikes if Donald Trump orders an attack. A commodity analyst says Brent Crude Oil could jump back to $70 if tensions flare up again.
⚡️ TETHER ACCELERATES EXPANSION Tether is pushing beyond its roots as a crypto infrastructure provider to become a diversified group. The company now holds around 140 investments, employs roughly 300 staff, and plans to hire 150 more. As per FT, the new CFO Simon McWilliams is strengthening governance and centralizing finance and operations in London.
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is staking her political future on turning 60-80% approval ratings into a parliamentary majority that could fast-track crypto reforms. Markets are watching closely for signals on crypto taxes, stablecoin rules, and legal clarity as Japan heads to the polls.
🚨 TOMORROW WE FIND OUT HOW
SATOSHI WAS CONNECTED TO EPSTEIN
The 10 hours of jail footage released this week was NOTHING compared to what's coming. In 24 hours, Ghislaine Maxwell goes under oath before Congress. She is the last keeper of the secrets that elite circles have buried for decades... Maxwell may finally confirm whether Epstein was connected to the creation of Bitcoin. Epstein was embedded inside: MIT's cryptography labsHarvard's digital currency research groupsintelligence-funded academic circles Years before Bitcoin appeared. He funded the researchers who built the cryptographic primitives Bitcoin relies on. He met the people who shaped early blockchain discussions. If she confirms ANY overlap, the entire industry faces a legitimacy shock. THE SATOSHI FORTUNE PROBLEM Was the million-BTC mining cluster truly one anonymous coder? Or was it a multi-institution operation operating under a single identity? Maxwell is the only person alive who might know. THE INTELLIGENCE CONNECTION Bitcoin's underlying cryptography traces directly back to NSA/DARPA research streams. Epstein infiltrated those exact academic nodes. If she links the two, crypto isn't decentralized anymore. THE "MULTIPLE SATOSHIS" THEORY Architects. lmplementers. Early miners. If she confirms this structure existed, institutional capital will flee instantly. THE MISSING NOTEBOOK During the Epstein raid, one item disappeared from the evidence list: A handwritten notebook containing: early cryptography contactsblockchain research notesdigital currency draftsMIT/Harvard lab names If that notebook surfaces Monday, expect HISTORIC volatility. THE GLOBAL MARKET RISK. lf Bitcoin's origin gets tied to Epstein's network: → Satoshi stash becomes radioactive → ETF risk flags go red → Governments intervene → Institutions exit This wouldn't be "crypto news." It would be a systemic shock. Everything now depends on what Maxwell chooses to say (or refuses to say). Monday could become the most chaotic information day of the decade. I will cover the hearing LIVE and post updates before anyone else. Turn notifications on.
Russia is preparing legislation to officially allow Bitcoin and cryptocurrency trading for all investors. With this move, digital assets will become an officially recognized part of Russia’s economy, the 9th largest in the world.
💡 A major step toward official adoption of digital currencies!