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In brief Adam Back confirmed that Jeffrey Epstein invested in Blockstream during its 2014 seed round through then-MIT Media Lab director Joi Ito’s fund. Back said the investment was divested within months due to conflict of interest concerns, ending all financial ties with Epstein. Newly released emails show that Back was invited to Epstein’s island, and that Epstein had a favorable opinion of the Bitcoin pioneer. Convicted sex offender and financier Jeffrey Epstein invited longtime Bitcoiner Adam Back and his co-founder Austin Hill to visit his island after investing in their Bitcoin technology company Blockstream in 2014, according to newly…

Bitcoin is a $1.5 trillion prize pool secured by nothing more than numbers, private keys, generated by math, that unlock wallets holding real money.That’s the seductive idea behind Keys.lol: a site that spits out batches of Bitcoin private keys and their corresponding addresses, like an infinite roll of digital lottery tickets.Refresh the page, and you get another set. Refresh again, and you get another.Somewhere in that endless stream is a key that matches a wallet with a balance, maybe even one holding a life-changing amount.This is the only lottery where the game is real, and the jackpot exists, yet the…

Psst, want a job? AI agents are hiring. Days after OpenClaw’s viral surge made autonomous bots feel suddenly practical, a new service called RentAHuman.ai launched to let software outsource real-world tasks—errands, meetings, physical labor—to people, paid by the hour and triggered by an API call.The service, positions itself as the “meatspace layer” for AI.Launched amid a surge in autonomous AI adoption, RentAHuman.ai is seeing explosive early interest. Within hours, hundreds of people reportedly signed up as rentable humans, including an OnlyFans model and the CEO of an AI startup, according to the crypto engineer who built the project. By Tuesday,…

Bitcoin fell around 8% on Feb. 3, briefly losing the $73,000 level.A quick rebound took prices to $74,500 as of press time, dampening the intraday correction to 5.8%. The decline marks the lowest price point in the President Donald Trump administration and the weakest level since the November 2024 Presidential Election.The selloff pushed Bitcoin as low as its March 2024 all-time high of $73,500, a level that held through the early stages of the decline but ultimately gave way under sustained selling pressure.The move revived a cluster of support zones that traders have monitored as critical technical thresholds for nearly…

In brief France’s minister of digital affairs has revealed that the French government may consider restrictions on VPNs, in order to enforce an incoming social media ban for under-15s. The French government has clarified that it’s not pursuing a complete ban on VPNs, and that it only wants to prevent their use for evading age controls. Some industry figures have nonetheless warned that restrictions could prepare the ground for further limitations on digital access and openness. France’s government may consider restricting the use of VPNs as part of efforts to keep children 15 years old and younger off social media,…

The euphoria of October’s record highs has evaporated, leaving the industrial backbone of the Bitcoin network facing a brutal reality check.According to CryptoSlate’s data, Bitcoin is currently trading near $78,000, a level that represents a punishing decline of more than 38% from its all-time high of over $126,000 just four months ago.While casual observers might see a standard market correction, the view from inside the mines is far more dire. The steep drop in the flagship digital asset’s price has collided with stubbornly high network difficulty and rising energy costs to create a perfect storm for operators.Analytics firm CryptoQuant recently…

Bitcoin has fallen further in the last 24 hours, extending its weekly slide to more than 15% as it fell to a daily low of $73,111—its lowest mark in the last 15 months. The price of Bitcoin has since partially rebounded to $74,744, still showing a more than 4% dip on the day. The slide comes amid tumbling asset prices across crypto and traditional markets, where indices like the S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite have fallen 1.41% and 2.22%, respectively, in the last trading day. Those indices have been pulled down by popular tech stocks like payments firm and stablecoin issuer PayPal…

Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure Crypto payments company and XRP developer Ripple continues to expand its reach across global regions, with its latest move revealing a new license in Luxembourg. The team has shown that this license will allow the company to provide crypto-focused payment services within the country, marking another major win in its mission to power global payments with XRP at the center of its expansion.  Ripple Gains New EMI License In Luxembourg In a press release published on Monday, February 2026, the Ripple team announced that the company had…

In brief Esports organization Team Liquid has migrated 250TB of its content library to decentralized data layer Walrus. The “critical infrastructure upgrade” has delivered immediate operational benefits, according to Team Liquid. The migration represents the largest single dataset ever entrusted to Walrus. For fans, esports are all about clutch wins, amazing plays, and the beauty of watching the very best players in the world flex their skills in front of a massive audience. But that’s only part of the picture.Behind the scenes, esports organizations generate staggering volumes of data. But preserving that history—and keeping it usable—is harder than it sounds.…

In brief Ark Invest added shares of crypto-related equities like Circle, BitMine Immersion Technologies, and Coinbase on Monday. The purchases come despite declining share prices amid falling crypto values. Ark also upped its exposure to Bitcoin via its spot Bitcoin ETF, ARKB. Ark Invest, the investment firm of noted tech investor Cathie Wood, upped its exposure to crypto exchange Coinbase, stablecoin issuer Circle, and leading Ethereum treasury firm BitMine Immersion Technologies on Monday following Bitcoin’s weekend slide to its lowest price since 2024.The firm acquired more than $8.7 million worth of shares in Circle (CRCL) and more than $6 million…

Bitcoin supply guide: cost-basis bands, miner stress, and ETF flow signalsBitcoin is currently trading outside a $93,000–$110,000 cost-basis band that Glassnode frames as an “overhead supply” zone.BTC long term holder cost basis distribution heatmap (Source: Glassnode)That setup puts the next quarter’s supply story on miner cash flow and holder behavior rather than the issuance schedule. According to Glassnode’s Week On-chain W02 2026, the Short-Term Holder (STH) cost basis sits near $98,300.That level often becomes a reference point for whether recent buyers add exposure or distribute into rebounds.At the same time, mining markets are pricing a lean profitability regime.The Hashrate Index…

In brief Galaxy’s investment portfolio value fell $449 million in Q4. The company highlighted a stable value for its loan book. Galaxy shares hit their lowest price since July following the news. Galaxy Digital shares fell on Tuesday after the institutional crypto firm reported a fourth-quarter loss of $482 million, stemming from a 22% decrease in the value of its investment portfolio.The company, which listed its shares on the Nasdaq in May, saw the value of its digital assets and investments decline $449 million in the quarter ended Dec. 31, according to a press release. Although the value of Galaxy’s…

In brief Fundstrat co-founder Tom Lee said that crypto prices have lagged fundamentals as gold and silver pulled risk appetite away. He argued Bitcoin and Ethereum have reached a technical and time-based bottom. Ethereum on-chain activity is accelerating even as prices remain under pressure. Fundstrat co-founder Tom Lee claimed the cryptocurrency market is likely at or near a bottom on Monday, arguing that prices have overshot to the downside even as underlying fundamentals continue to strengthen.Speaking on CNBC Monday, Lee said crypto had “taken it much worse than we expected,” despite a lack of leverage in the system and improving…

The layer-1 blockchain Hedera (HBAR) has taken the top spot in crypto’s real-world asset (RWA) sector for recent development activity, according to new data from analytics firm Santiment. Santiment is sharing its latest RWA development rankings, which track notable GitHub activity over the past 30 days. Hedera ranked first, overtaking other major projects in the sector. “Here are crypto’s top Real World Assets (RWA’s) by development. Directional indicators represent each project’s ranking rise or fall since last month:” Source: Sanitment/X Blockchain oracle Chainlink (LINK) placed second on the list, followed by Ethereum (ETH) layer-1 rival Avalanche (AVAX) in third and…

In brief Bitcoin has firmly entered a downward price trend, and may be headed below $60,000, according to analysis from Galaxy. Structural weakness in Bitcoin’s price could send it towards its 200-week moving average of $58,000. BTC has fallen around 1.4% on Tuesday, recently changing hands around $77,873. Bitcoin has dropped nearly by $50,000, or 38% from its October all-time high mark, to change hands below $80,000— but the downward trend could accelerate further, dragging the price below $60,000 per coin, according to Galaxy Head of Firmwide Research Alex Thorn. Thorn’s analysis points to structural weakness in Bitcoin’s realized price and…