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UBS Confirms ‘Fast Follower’ Crypto Pivot as Bitcoin Bleeds

UBS CEO Sergio Ermotti confirms a 'fast follower' strategy to offer crypto trading to wealthy clients, defying the worst market downturn since 2024.

February 4, 2026 • Kiran Maatman • No comments

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Tether Slashes $20B Funding Goal After Investors Reject $500B Valuation

Investors balked at a $500 billion valuation for the stablecoin giant, forcing a retreat from a planned $20 billion raise down to ~$5 billion.

February 4, 2026 • Kiran Maatman • No comments

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Bitcoin ETF Assets Pierce $100B Floor; Institutional Capital Rotates to ETH, XRP

Bitcoin ETFs suffer $272M daily outflow as assets dip below $100B for the first time in 10 months, while capital strangely rotates into Ethereum and…

February 4, 2026 • Kiran Maatman • No comments

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Burry Flags ‘Death Spiral’: Bitcoin Contagion Hits Gold & Silver

Michael Burry warns of a $1B liquidation cascade as Bitcoin's drop below $73k forces treasuries to dump tokenized gold and silver.

February 4, 2026 • Kiran Maatman • No comments

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Incognito Market Founder ‘Pharoah’ Handed 30-Year Sentence; Ordered to Forfeit $105M

Rui-Siang Lin, alias 'Pharoah,' receives a three-decade sentence for running the $100M Incognito Market, as on-chain errors led to his capture.

February 4, 2026 • Andrea Mazáčová • No comments

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Bitcoin Surrenders Post-Election Gains; $73K Support Shattered

Bitcoin flushes to $72,863 as mechanical liquidations and macro fears erase 15 months of gains.

February 3, 2026 • Kiran Maatman • No comments

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US Treasury Sanctions Shadow Crypto Network Processing $94 Billion for Iran

OFAC designates UK-registered exchanges Zedcex and Zedxion in a historic first, targeting a $94 billion shadow network run by a former death-row inmate.

February 3, 2026 • Andrea Mazáčová • No comments

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Bitcoin Breaches $74K as Warsh Nomination Triggers $2.5B Liquidation Cascade

A $2.5 billion leverage flush sends Bitcoin to levels unseen since November 2024 as markets price in a hawkish Fed under Kevin Warsh.

February 3, 2026 • Andrea Mazáčová • No comments

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Buterin Scraps ‘Rollup-Centric’ Roadmap; L2s on Notice

Vitalik Buterin declares the original Layer-2 scaling roadmap obsolete, citing persistent centralization and improved L1 capacity.

February 3, 2026 • Kiran Maatman • No comments

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Y Combinator Integrates USDC for $500k Startup Injections; Normalizes On-Chain Treasury

The Silicon Valley accelerator will allow Spring 2026 founders to bypass banking rails, offering $500,000 allocations in USDC via Ethereum, Solana, or Base.

February 3, 2026 • Kiran Maatman • No comments