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Step Finance updates on hacking incident on the X platform, stating that multiple fund wallets were compromised, with an initial assessment that the attack was carried out through a certain attack vector. Approximately 261,854 SOL tokens were transferred, valued at about $30 million. Remedial measures have been taken and cooperation with security experts is ongoing.

PANews February 1 News, in response to community concerns about Ethena's undisclosed ADL (Auto Deleveraging) special arrangements, Ethena's founder issued a statement clarifying that Ethena has never reached any so-called no-ADL privilege agreement with any exchange. The related ADL risks have been publicly disclosed since Ethena's documentation was launched. The trigger sequence for ADL usually depends on the account leverage ratio and unrealized profit levels, but Ethena employs a daily settlement profit and zero leverage strategy, making it the lowest priority in ADL hierarchy.

PANews February 1 News, KOL SΞA tweeted that since October 16, 2023, after 839 days, the Bitcoin ahr999 indicator has fallen below the 0.45 (bottoming out line) for the first time.

Odaily Planet Daily reports that NASDAQ-listed company Tron announced on the X platform that today it repurchased 173,051 TRX tokens at an average price of $0.29, further increasing its TRX treasury holdings to over 679.2 million tokens. The company plans to further increase its Tron DAT holdings to enhance long-term value for shareholders.

ChainCatcher message: According to Web3 asset data platform RootData's token unlock data, Stable (STABLE) will unlock approximately 88,889,000 tokens at 13:00 Beijing time on February 8, with a value of about $20.26 million.

ChainCatcher message: According to Arkham data, at 10:35, 130 BTC (worth approximately $10.21 million) was transferred from Core to an anonymous address (starting with bc1qxrvv6...).

ChainCatcher message, Hyperbot data shows that the whale “pension-usdt.eth” has opened another 3x leveraged Ethereum long position. The current position holds 30,000 ETH, with an unrealized profit of over $1.2 million. The liquidation price is approximately $1,261.

Odaily Planet Daily reports that Michael Saylor announced on the X platform that the February dividend yield for Strategy Perpetual Preferred Stock STRC has been increased by 25 basis points to 11.25%. It is understood that STRC is positioned as a short-term high-yield credit product, paid out monthly in cash. The dividend yield is adjusted monthly, and Strategy can issue shares through the (ATM) method linked to the market price of the product, or may be able to raise more funds to increase Bitcoin holdings.

ChainCatcher message, according to Jin10, U.S. President Trump stated that he believes Federal Reserve nominee Waller might receive votes from Democrats and hopes Waller can lower interest rates.

Odaily Planet Daily reports that a senior member of the UAE royal family secretly purchased a 49% stake in Trump’s cryptocurrency project, World Liberty Financial, for $500 million. (db)

According to Coinglass data, the whale holdings on the Hyperliquid platform amount to $4.067 billion, with long positions accounting for 47.27% and short positions for 52.73%. Long positions have a loss of $143 million, while short positions are profitable by $409 million. The giant whale address 0x94d3..14 has fully allocated $2,413.73 to long ETH, with an unrealized profit and loss of $1.0294 million.

Huatai Securities Research pointed out that the U.S. government will have a brief shutdown on January 31, 2026, mainly due to the House of Representatives failing to vote in time during recess. The shutdown duration is short with limited impact, but it reflects political divisions in the U.S. and may accelerate the de-dollarization process.

Base has verified the fix, restored network stability, and will conduct a root cause analysis. Although transaction processing continues, delays or losses may still occur during network congestion. The team is seeking a long-term solution and will provide updates on the progress.

According to on-chain analysis, some large ETH holders are cutting their losses. Among them, the whale nemorino.eth has liquidated 7107.08 WETH, incurring a loss of over 3.769 million USD. Meanwhile, another whale has deposited 3500 ETH, with a total value of 8.42 million USD.

PANews February 1 News, in response to the decline in the crypto market, DCG Founder and CEO Barry Silbert stated, "This is a blessing from the gods of cryptocurrency. Clear out leverage and junk tokens. A large-scale capital rotation is about to begin, and it's time to choose your investment targets. My choices are BTC, ETH, SOL, ZEC, TAO, and Bittensor subnet tokens."

AI Agent Protocol Virtuals Protocol announces integration with Agent Commerce Protocol, launching advanced economic features for self-custodied agents. The initial version supports autonomous negotiation, cryptographic signatures, and instant settlement. Future versions will add features such as professional skills, two-way interaction, and programmable token trading.

PANews February 1 News, ARK Invest founder Cathie Wood stated on the X platform that contrary to the current mainstream view, BTC, ETH, Solana, and hyperliquid might be good diversification options. Since early 2020, the correlation between Bitcoin prices and gold prices has remained very low, at only 0.14. Gold has outperformed Bitcoin in the past two Bitcoin bull markets.