Cryptocurrency CEX stablecoin reserves decreased by 14% in the past 3 months
BlockBeats message, on February 22, according to Alicharts monitoring, in the past three months, the stablecoin reserves of cryptocurrency CEX have decreased by 14%, from 75 billion dollars to 64.5 billion dollars.
Strategy's asset value is approximately six times its liabilities, with cash reserves sufficient to cover more than 30 months of dividends
BlockBeats news, on February 22, according to Barchart analysis, Strategy holds 717,131 bitcoins according to the latest announcement. Based on recent prices, this batch of bitcoins is worth approximately 48.7 billion USD. In contrast, MSTR's debt at the end of 2025 is 8.2 billion USD. This is equivalent to assets being almost six times the liabilities. For this reason, Strategy's CEO Phong Le had the confidence to point out in the earnings call that the price of bitcoin needs to drop to 8,000 USD each and stay at that level for five to six years before the company faces real difficulties in repaying convertible bonds.
U.S. Trade Representative: Bilateral trade agreements remain valid after Supreme Court tariff ruling
BlockBeats news, on February 22, U.S. Trade Representative Greer stated on CBS's (Face the Nation) program that the agreements reached by the U.S. with countries such as the EU and South Korea are still valid. He attempted to distinguish these agreements from the 15% global tariff plan announced by Trump on Saturday. Greer said, "We want them to understand that these deals will be successful deals. We will fully support these deals. We also expect our partners to fully support these deals."
He also stated that other trade measures by the United States, including investigations into the trade practices of other countries, will provide advantages for the U.S. He spoke with EU officials over the weekend and will also communicate with officials from other major trade partners to convey a message of reassurance. (Jin Ten)
U.S. media: If Iran submits a nuclear proposal soon, U.S.-Iran talks are expected to be held on Friday
BlockBeats news, February 22, according to AXIOS, a senior U.S. official stated on Sunday that if U.S. negotiators receive a detailed nuclear agreement proposal from Iran within the next 48 hours, they are prepared to hold a new round of talks with Iran in Geneva on Friday.
U.S. officials say that the current diplomatic efforts may be the last chance given to Iran by President Trump before launching a large-scale U.S.-Israel joint military operation (possibly directly targeting Iran's Supreme Leader Khamenei). This senior U.S. official stated that the Trump administration is awaiting Iran's proposals.
U.S. Secret Service shoots and kills a man attempting to illegally enter the security area of Mar-a-Lago
BlockBeats news, on February 22, according to the Associated Press, the U.S. Secret Service said they shot and killed a man who attempted to illegally enter the security area of Mar-a-Lago. It is reported that the man was carrying a suspected shotgun and fuel canisters, and the incident occurred at local time in the U.S. on February 22 at midnight.
According to multiple media reports, the victim is a man in his early 20s. Trump was not present at the time, and authorities plan to hold a press conference at 9:30 AM after the incident. Investigations show that security measures responded in a timely manner.
Wu Jihan responds to Bitdeer's Bitcoin sell-off: It does not mean there won't be holdings in the future
BlockBeats news, on February 22, Wu Jihan responded on X regarding the matter of 'Bitdeer selling off BTC' by stating: 'Having a position of 0 now does not mean it will always be this way in the future.'
According to previous news, Bitdeer has sold all its Bitcoin, and this week's mining output has also been fully sold.
Peter Brandt suggests Pippen to buy Bitcoin at 'banana' support level, $250,000 expected by 2029
BlockBeats news, on February 22, the famous trader and chart analyst Peter Brandt, who successfully predicted the Bitcoin crash in 2018, responded today on platform X to former NBA star Pippen's tweet about being bullish on Bitcoin, suggesting to buy at the 'banana' support level (around $42,000). ('Banana' refers to the unique lower boundary of Peter Brandt's Bitcoin channel model, which forms a banana shape on a logarithmic chart and has accurately predicted past bear market bottoms.)
According to this model, Peter Brandt predicts that Bitcoin will break $250,000 by the end of 2029.
Jupiter's proposal to 'reduce the net release of JUP to zero' has been passed, and the Jupuary airdrop will be indefinitely postponed
BlockBeats news, on February 22, the voting on Jupiter's proposal to 'reduce the future net release of tokens to zero' officially ended today at 19:00, with the community passing the proposal with a support rate of 75%.
According to previous news, Jupiter has initiated a new proposal to reduce the net release of JUP to zero in the foreseeable future. The proposal mainly targets the three major sources of JUP releases at present - Jupuary airdrop, team share unlocks, and Mercurial quota unlocks. The specific details are as follows:
First, the Jupuary airdrop will be indefinitely postponed, and all 700 million JUP will be returned to the community multi-signature cold wallet for future use. The current usage amount and staking snapshot will be retained. When the market environment, token status, and market sentiment are more suitable, this matter will be discussed again with the DAO.
Robinhood Executive: As the market corrects, investors' allocations are spreading from leading assets to a wider range of coins
BlockBeats news, on February 22, according to Cointelegraph, Robinhood's crypto business leader Johann Kerbrat stated that amid the ongoing market correction, platform users have not stopped trading, but rather see it as an opportunity to 'buy the dip', with the investment scope expanding from the top two cryptocurrencies to a broader range of coins.
Kerbrat pointed out that investors are increasing their diversification efforts, rather than being limited to leading assets like Bitcoin and Ethereum, indicating that the market's acceptance of the cryptocurrency asset class and its volatility is on the rise.
Currently, CMC data shows that the altcoin season index is at 33 (out of 100), still in the 'Bitcoin season', indicating that overall funds are still leaning towards Bitcoin.
'Brother Ma' Ethereum long position floating loss narrows to 79,000 USD
BlockBeats news, February 22, according to HyperInsight monitoring, the Ethereum long position held by 'Brother Ma Ji' Huang Licheng has seen its floating loss narrow to 79,000 USD, having previously reached nearly 300,000 USD. The latest small Bitcoin and HYPE long positions added to his address are also in floating loss:
• 25 times long 7,7750 ETH, opening price 1983.28 USD, liquidation price 1973.20 USD;
• 40 times long 12 BTC, opening price 68,287.7 USD, liquidation price 68,010.0 USD;
• 10 times long 12,888.88 HYPE, opening price 29.87 USD, liquidation price 29.466 USD.
If Ethereum breaks through $2100, the cumulative short liquidation intensity on mainstream CEX will reach 652 million.
BlockBeats News, on February 22, according to Coinglass data, if Ethereum breaks through $2100, the cumulative short liquidation intensity on mainstream CEX will reach 652 million.
Conversely, if Ethereum falls below $1900, the cumulative long liquidation intensity on mainstream CEX will reach 506 million.
BlockBeats Note: The liquidation chart does not display the exact number of contracts pending liquidation or the exact value of contracts being liquidated. The bars on the liquidation chart actually show the importance of each liquidation cluster relative to nearby liquidation clusters, i.e., intensity.
Therefore, the liquidation chart shows to what extent the underlying price reaching a certain position will be affected. A higher 'liquidation bar' indicates that once the price reaches that point, there will be a stronger reaction due to liquidity waves.
XRP records the largest realized loss since November 2022, with a weekly realized loss of $1.93 billion
BlockBeats news, on February 22, according to Santiment data, XRP has just recorded the largest realized loss since November 2022, with a weekly realized loss of $1.93 billion, indicating a panic sell-off among holders.
BlockBeats note: Realized loss refers to the loss that investors confirm and lock in when selling an asset at a price lower than their purchase cost; in contrast, unrealized loss only reflects paper losses that have not been sold and are not included in the statistics. An increase in realized losses on-chain usually indicates that a large number of holders choose to sell at a loss, reflecting a concentrated stop-loss or 'capitulation sell-off' in the market, often accompanied by a significant weakening of sentiment.
OpenClaw has banned keywords like 'Bitcoin' and 'Crypto' due to token controversy, with the founder clarifying the separation from the crypto field.
BlockBeats message, February 22, the open-source AI agent framework OpenClaw has recently attracted attention due to a token controversy. The project encountered account hijacking during its renaming process, with scammers taking the opportunity to issue fake tokens CLAWD based on Solana, which once surged to a market cap of 16 million USD, and then plummeted over 90% after the founder denied any association.
OpenClaw was initiated by developer Peter Steinberger, originally named 'Clawdbot', but received a trademark warning for being similar to the name of Claude, a model from Anthropic. It was briefly renamed 'Moltbot' before finally being named OpenClaw. During the transition period when the old GitHub and X accounts were released and the new account handover was not yet complete, scammers registered the account and launched the CLAWD token, triggering speculative trading.
Bithumb's market share drops to 24.8%, gap with Upbit widens after zero-fee campaign ends
BlockBeats news, on February 22, the South Korean cryptocurrency exchange Bithumb has continued to face pressure on its market share following the 'Bitcoin Misallocation Incident'. Data shows that as of last Friday, Bithumb's trading share among the five South Korean won-denominated exchanges dropped to 24.8%, significantly down from about 30% at the beginning of the year.
Industry data shows that Upbit maintains the top position with a share of 58.4%, Coinone accounts for 13%, Korbit for 3.5%, and Gopax for 0.3%.
On February 6, during a promotional event, Bithumb was supposed to distribute Bitcoin worth 2000 won (approximately 1.38 USD), but mistakenly distributed 2000 Bitcoins to some users, totaling an erroneous distribution of about 620,000 BTC, far exceeding the previously disclosed holding size of 42,800, raising market concerns about its internal controls and financial management capabilities.
Search volume for 'Bitcoin to zero' hits all-time high, historically corresponding to multiple phase bottoms of Bitcoin
BlockBeats message, on February 22, data shows that as Bitcoin fell to $60,000, the search volume for 'Bitcoin to zero' on Google in the United States reached an all-time high. This indicator has appeared near phase bottoms in both 2021 and 2022.
Witkoff: A new round of talks to end the Russia-Ukraine conflict will take place in three weeks
BlockBeats news, on February 22, according to the Ukrainian national news agency, U.S. presidential envoy Witkoff stated in an interview with Fox News that Ukrainian and Russian delegations will hold a new round of negotiations within three weeks, potentially leading to a summit at the highest level.
He said: "Both Kushner and I hope that some of the proposals we have put forward to both sides can prompt them to come together in the next three weeks, and possibly even facilitate a summit between President Zelensky and President Putin. The summit could ultimately evolve into a trilateral meeting, with President Trump also participating."
Current mainstream CEX and DEX funding rates indicate a weakening bearish sentiment in the market.
BlockBeats News, on February 22, according to Coinglass data, Bitcoin remains in a range-bound fluctuation, with current mainstream CEX and DEX funding rates indicating a weakening bearish sentiment in the market. The specific funding rates are shown in the attached image.
BlockBeats Note: Funding rates are fees set by cryptocurrency trading platforms to maintain a balance between the contract price and the underlying asset price, usually applicable to perpetual contracts. It is a mechanism for the exchange of funds between long and short traders; the trading platform does not charge this fee, which is used to adjust the cost or profit of the contracts held by traders, so that the contract price remains close to the underlying asset price.
Next week's macro outlook: Federal Reserve officials speak intensively, Nvidia's earnings report and geopolitical risks become the focus
BlockBeats news, February 22, as uncertainty over Trump's tariff policy may trigger a new round of chaos, coupled with increasing signs that the U.S. may take military action against Iran, the world's largest company by market value, Nvidia, will release its earnings report next Wednesday. Investors may face a new round of market volatility dominated by news headlines. Here are the key points the market will focus on in the coming week (all in Beijing time):
Monday 21:00, Federal Reserve Governor Waller will deliver a speech;
Tuesday 21:00, 2027 FOMC voting member and Chicago Fed President Goolsbee will deliver a speech;