Odaily News MicroStrategy is seeking to recruit a new Director of Capital Markets who will be responsible for leading all aspects of finance and capital markets activities, including equity, convertible debt, and preferred stock offerings. The position involves working closely with senior leadership and cross-functional teams to execute financing initiatives, optimize the balance sheet, and maintain compliance with company policies. The ideal candidate will have experience in capital markets, structured finance, investment banking, private equity, or public equity investing, and a strong interest and understanding of Bitcoin.

Odaily News According to Trader T monitoring, Bitcoin spot ETFs had a net inflow of US$342.08 million yesterday.

Odaily News UBS (NYSE:UBS) has completed a proof of concept (PoC) to simulate the provision of the UBS Key4 Gold product on ZKsync Validium in a test environment. The test aims to provide solutions on scalability, cost, privacy, interoperability with Ethereum, and the ease of trading assets. ZKsync Validium, an L2 blockchain solution designed to scale Ethereum while maintaining data privacy, was selected to deploy the PoC with the goal of effectively growing the network while enhancing its interoperability in a test environment. UBS Key4 Gold provides retail and wealth clients in Switzerland with the direct right to purchase physical gold, allowing for fractional gold investment.

Odaily News According to Arkham monitoring data, a whale address transferred 500,000 $RAY from the cryptocurrency exchange Binance 2 hours ago, worth about 3.07 million US dollars, and then the whale transferred these tokens to another address.

Odaily News Enron posted on X: When we say maximum transparency, we mean it. Unfortunately, the snipers came in early - but fortunately, they are gone now. Its time to start building. In response to the feedback about the 7-day lock-up period, we heard your call. The latest lock-up period for the team and investors is 6 months, followed by a 12-month linear lock-up period. This represents our long-term commitment. Earlier today, the X account @Enron issued the Meme coin ENRON this morning. The token has fallen nearly 75% from its high point after issuance. According to the owner of the account, it spent $275 to buy the Enron IP and domain name and re-registered Enron, so this is not the original Enron company. Users are advised to be careful of risks.

Odaily News According to a recent report from Glassnode, Bitcoin has absorbed about $450 billion in additional capital since November 2022, bringing the total realized market value to $850 billion, making it a global macro asset that countries and institutions are paying attention to. It said that the growth of Bitcoins realized market value was driven by its increasingly important role on the global stage, which attracted institutions and sovereign entities. The report emphasizes that nation-state participation in Bitcoin is a key factor, including Bhutans participation in large-scale mining operations, El Salvadors establishment of Bitcoin as legal tender, and the United States consideration of its potential as a strategic reserve asset. In addition, Bitcoin also acts as a decentralized payment network. Over the past year, the Bitcoin network has processed an average of $8.7 billion in adjusted economic transactions per day, with a total transaction volume of $3.2 trillion. The report also pointed out that new demand is now exploding, rather than a continuous inflow as in previous cycles. Compared with the peak in 2021, small retail investors have seen a decline in participation, while large entities have increased their holdings. Despite the good market conditions, Googles search interest in Bitcoin has not yet reached the level of 2021. The investor base is changing, with retail participants showing more strategic accumulation behavior. The launch of the US spot Bitcoin ETF has given institutional investors investment opportunities, with net inflows exceeding $40 billion within a year of launch and combined AUM exceeding $120 billion. The Bitcoin investor base has shown resilience during market corrections. Actual losses in the current cycle are lower than in previous cycles, with the only major event being the yen arbitrage liquidation on August 5, 2024. The report also highlights that unlike past cycles, Bitcoins declines are more controlled and actual volatility is lower. Overall, the price action in this cycle is characterized by a series of rallies followed by a period of consolidation, with a more stable market structure as more sophisticated participants trade Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies.

Odaily News The suspected insider address 3VR8r...wZz4j made a profit of $3.94 million by trading ENRON in 12 minutes. The address spent 1.2 million USDC to buy 10.75 million ENRON in the first minute of listing, with a cost of $0.1487, and then liquidated the position in batches at an average price of $0.5151 near the peak of the coin price, with a return rate of 246.4%.

Odaily News Matthew Hyland, a cryptocurrency analyst, wrote on X that US President Trumps tariff threat triggered a large-scale cryptocurrency liquidation, and the market may not recover until April. It will take at least 2 months or even longer for most altcoins to reach their highs in December last year, so dont get your hopes up. Its expected to take time. Hylands expectations are based on the fact that February 3 was the largest liquidation event in cryptocurrency history, with more than $2.24 billion liquidated in the cryptocurrency market within 24 hours. Some cryptocurrency commentators believe that this number may be much higher. Im afraid the actual total liquidation amount on that day was far more than $2 billion. According to my estimate, it should be at least around $8-10 billion, said Ben Zhou, co-founder and CEO of Bybit. Hyland believes this shows that the low has come, but he warned that other events in 2020 and 2022 caused similar market chaos, but it will take more than two months to fully recover. (Cointelegraph)

Odaily News Crypto research firm Kaiko pointed out in its latest report that cryptocurrencies are in a tricky situation, with short-term funding rates for Bitcoin and Ethereum (often used as an indicator of market sentiment) at low levels, indicating that investors are struggling to find a clear direction. At the same time, the end-of-month option expiration situation shows a balance, which means that traders are betting that volatility will be short-lived, and the wave of liquidations in the derivatives market has also exacerbated volatility. The open interest of Bitcoin and Ethereum on mainstream CEXs fell by 4% and 12% respectively last weekend. Since December last year, South Korean cryptocurrency trading volume has fallen sharply, and altcoins led by XRP and DOGE continued to face strong selling pressure throughout January. Taking Upbit as an example, large DOGE orders dominate the high price range, which may indicate that large traders or whales are leading the sell-off and may be taking profits. XRP is the most actively traded asset on Upbit in January, with a cumulative trading volume of approximately US$790 million, more than twice that of DOGE. In addition, most meme tokens have lagged behind the market, but the craze is far from over, and major US exchanges such as Coinbase are currently considering switching from an allow list to a block list strategy to more effectively manage the influx of meme coins. But for Trump, investors never know what will happen. Kaiko analyst Adam McCarthy said: He (Trump) is like a toddler who is testing his limits.

Odaily News According to Onchain Lens, in the past hour, a whale spent 38,488 SOL (worth $7.94 million) to buy 81 WBTC at an average price of $98,062. Previously, the whale made a profit of $4.04 million on AI16Z.