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According to the crypto weekly report released by Gate Ventures, the overall crypto market experienced a pullback last week, with BTC and ETH falling by 8.7% and 19.4% respectively. Despite market pressure, venture capital and innovation activities remain active, especially in the DeFi and payment infrastructure sectors, with total funding reaching approximately $188.5 million, demonstrating investors' continued focus on long-term on-chain utility.

BlockBeats News, February 3rd, according to HyperInsight monitoring, "Silver Iron Head Short Army" (0x61cee) has entered the market again to short silver. Currently, its 20x leverage xyz:SILVER (Silver Mapping Contract) short position reaches $9.5 million, with an average entry price of $83.73, and an unrealized loss of $272,000.
This address is firmly shorting silver. Previously, it closed a long-held silver short position held for several days, realizing a loss of $4.79 million.

ChainCatcher News reports that according to official sources, the leading decentralized lending protocol on TRON, JustLend DAO, in its latest weekly report, shows that the total locked value on the platform has surpassed $6.14 billion, with total deposits reaching $3.48 billion. As a core DeFi infrastructure in the TRON ecosystem, JustLend DAO is demonstrating the vibrant vitality of the DeFi market with strong data, providing efficient on-chain lending services for users worldwide.

Huazhi Education RWA CEO Bitcoinmaodu confirms attendance at the "Build and Scale in 2026" forum in Hong Kong on February 10th, to discuss industry integration trends and market opportunities, focusing on RWA, stablecoins, AI, and other fields, aiming to promote the onboarding of educational assets and the development of the Web3 ecosystem.

PANews February 3 News, the crypto mining company Cango released its January production and mining update. This month, Cango mined a total of 496.35 Bitcoins. As of the end of January, its total Bitcoin holdings amounted to 7,474.6 Bitcoins.

Paris prosecutors have conducted a search of the office location of Elon Musk's social media platform X in France, investigating allegations of distributing child pornography and deepfake information. Musk and X CEO Linda Yaccarino have been asked to provide testimony on April 20, and several employees will also be summoned.

Taiwanese artist Huang Licheng's address was liquidated due to multiple long positions, with a total liquidation value of approximately $1,436,700 for HYPE and ETH combined. His HYPE and ETH positions were liquidated at 17,765.77 tokens and 358 tokens respectively, reducing his total assets to $218,500 after liquidation. Recently, he has experienced frequent trading mistakes, with total losses exceeding $16 million.

OSL HK announces that its "Thousand VIP Plan" has reached its recruitment target and has been upgraded to a regular membership system, targeting individual investors. New users will enjoy core benefits such as 0% fee on orders, one-on-one account managers, and will also be offered premium value-added services and the "VIP Elite Migration Program."

According to DefiLlama data, Hyperliquid's trading volume has rebounded to $11.7 billion, continuing to lead, with EdgeX surpassing Lighter to take third place. Despite the increase in trading volume, the open interest remains unchanged, indicating that the market is mainly adjusting positions rather than opening new ones.

Tether launches open-source Bitcoin mining operating system MiningOS, aiming to simplify mining management and reduce reliance on proprietary software. The system is suitable for miners of various sizes, utilizing a self-hosted architecture and peer-to-peer network to ensure no dependence on centralized services.

Odaily Planet Daily reports that Ali Charts posted on the X platform stating that PENGU's TD Sequential indicator is flashing multiple buy signals, indicating that its price may rebound.

The Moscow Exchange in Russia plans to launch new cryptocurrency indices and futures contracts based on the prices of Solana, Ripple, and Tron in 2026. These will be settled in cash, and there are considerations to introduce perpetual futures for Bitcoin and Ethereum. Currently, these derivatives are only available to qualified investors.

ChainCatcher News, according to Coinglass data, if BTC breaks through $82,207, the total short liquidation strength on major CEXs will reach $1.324 billion. Conversely, if BTC drops below $74,467, the total long liquidation strength on major CEXs will reach $1.23 billion.

ChainCatcher reports that, according to Coinglass data, if ETH breaks above $2,402, the total short liquidation strength of mainstream CEXs will reach $944 million. Conversely, if ETH drops below $2,184, the total long liquidation strength of mainstream CEXs will reach $500 million.

ChainCatcher News: Norway's largest pension fund KLP has increased its holdings in MicroStrategy (MSTR), a company holding Bitcoin as a reserve asset, to 95,160 shares, with a holding value of $13.5 million.

According to BlockBeats, after the MegaETH pre-market contract went live, a trader opened a 1x leveraged short position at approximately $0.214, then increased the leverage to 2x, with an unrealized profit of 27%. This trader prefers to short during the initial launch of new coin contracts and has achieved good returns in multiple projects.

Wintermute states that we are currently in a bear market, and this round of bear market is different from previous ones, mainly driven by macroeconomic factors rather than structural collapse. Market confidence is lacking, and there is no clear upward trend in the short term, but if the policy environment improves, funds could quickly flow back. The overall infrastructure is solid, with significant potential for recovery in the future.

Aster officially announces that it will launch Stage 6 buyback program in 2026, utilizing up to 80% of the platform fees daily for ASTER buybacks, divided into automatic buyback (40%) and strategic buyback (20%-40%). All transactions are publicly verifiable and progress is regularly disclosed.

U.S. stock futures and crypto concept stocks generally declined before the market open, with Strategy down 6.73%, MARA Holdings down 4%, Sharplink Gaming down 12.27%, BitMine down 9.16%, and DeFi Development Corp down 8.51%. msx.com is a decentralized RWA trading platform.