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What to Know: Sergey Nazarov argues the current market cycle is driven by fundamental utility and banking integration rather than retail speculation. The demand for high-performance rails is directing capital toward projects that solve latency and interoperability issues.

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Bitcoin Cash (BCH) is a standout performer in the broader digital currency ecosystem as its price has decoupled from that of Bitcoin. While the BCH price has jumped by over 2% in the past 24 hours to $529.29, the Bitcoin price has shed 0.68% to trade at $68,589.27.

 

Crypto markets are definitely under pressure. The year got off to a shaky start, and weakness has continued as traders remain cautious in a low-liquidity, macro-uncertain environment.

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XRP's recent slide has left traders asking whether the worst is over. Prices have been weak since Q4 2025, and reports say the token has lost roughly half its value from an October opening near $2.80 to about $1.42 as we speak.

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After a relatively quiet start to the week, Ethereum slid in the early Tuesday session, falling to a low of $1,994. At the time of writing, Ethereum remains in red, down 1.28% in the last 24 hours to $2,010 and down 12.26% weekly.

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MSTR stock falls 4% in premarket as Saylor pledges quarterly Bitcoin buys despite $5B unrealized losses and market volatility.

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Analysts are split on whether the drop represents a cycle low or a pause before further downside.

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Bitcoin sparked mass long and short BTC liquidations while staying rangebound around $70,000 as analysis predicted a local support retest.

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The head of research of CoinShares, James Butterfill, revealed in an update on Feb 6 that outflows reduced significantly to $187 million regardless of heavy price pressure. The increasing institutional presence of Bitcoin has not influenced early investors out of the market.

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However, Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin pushed back against the Solana thesis of AGI acceleration. Buterin identified four main areas of AI incorporation for Ethereum, which comprise trustless privacy and autonomous economic coordination.

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XRP is flashing fresh warning signs after slipping below a key on-chain threshold, raising fears that the token could fall under $1 for the first time since November 2024.

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February 10, Tuesday: This day on the crypto market is heralded with three major stories, involving XRP, Bitcoin and, surprisingly, FTX, as the infamous founder of the exchange, Sam Bankman-Fried, claims it was never bankrupt.

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Vitalik Buterin is pushing back against the dominant narrative shaping today's artificial intelligence industry. As major AI labs frame progress as a competitive sprint toward artificial general intelligence (AGI), the Ethereum co-founder argues that the premise itself is flawed.

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The Bitcoin Mayer Multiple reached 0.65, echoing the deep bear market conditions of 2022 and sparking debate on whether BTC's real bottom lies at $50,000 or lower.

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The cryptocurrency's latest sell-off looks more like a retreat from growth, according to the crypto asset management firm.

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Brad Garlinghouse said the XRP community remains a top strategic priority for Ripple, describing the “XRP Army” as “family” in a recent post on X. The comments were shared this week and underline Ripple's continued emphasis on its user base as the company navigates an evolving regulatory and market environment.

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Nearly 61% of all tokenized assets worth over $200 billion live on the Ethereum network, according to the latest on-chain data.

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Ethereum researcher ladislaus.eth published a walkthrough last week explaining how Ethereum plans to move from re-executing every transaction to verifying zero-knowledge proofs. The post frames it as a “quiet but fundamental transformation,” and the framing is accurate.

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Tesla billionaire Elon Musk has (again) predicted the end of the U.S.

 

Dogecoin (CRYPTO: DOGE) and Shiba Inu (CRYPTO: SHIB) have both fallen roughly 13% over the past week, but on-chain activity and technical signals suggest volatility may be building beneath the surface. Shiba Inu Burn Rate Spikes According to Shibburn data, Shiba Inu's burn rate surged 2,097.7% in a single day, with approximately 2.63 million SHIB permanently removed from circulation across multiple transactions.

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Bitcoin is holding a firm line at $68,703 on Feb. 10, 2026, around 8 a.m. Eastern time, carving out a tight intraday range between $68,427 and $71,032. With a market cap of $1.37 trillion and 24-hour trading volume hitting $49.

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Leaked Epstein emails reveal elites once favored Ripple as a practical payment network, labeling Bitcoin mere speculation long before crypto went mainstream.

 

Bitcoin price is trading in a tight consolidation range near $68,000 as markets await signals from an upcoming White House meeting on digital asset regulation, with the proposed Clarity Act emerging as a potential sentiment driver for the next directional

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Despite the current volatility, Bernstein remains confident: Bitcoin could reach $150,000 by 2026 thanks to institutional adoption and market resilience.

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XRP is still grinding in the mid-$1 range, with the past 24 hours, for instance, spent trading between $1.38 and $1.46. Although XRP is trading with some stability compared to the crash last week, the outlook among crypto traders and analysts is divided.