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$ETH’s derivatives market sits between $2,057 and $1,863 liquidation walls, where a single sharp move could trigger nearly $1.4b in forced buying or selling. Summary Coinglass data relayed by ChainCatcher shows shorts face up to $928m in liquidations above $2,057, while longs risk $454m below $1,863 on major CEXs.​ $ETH trades around $1,936–$1,970 on Feb. 11, leaving both liquidation bands within reach of a single high‑volatility session.​ $BTC hovers near $67,000, $ETH near $1,950 and $SOL around $80, as crypto trades as a leveraged proxy for macro risk sentiment. Ethereum’s derivatives market is coiled tight. According to liquidation heatmap data…

Key Takeaways xAI raised $20 billion in an oversubscribed Series E, exceeding its $15B target and securing backing from Valor, Fidelity, Qatar Investment Authority, NVIDIA, and Cisco. The funding will accelerate buildout of Colossus I & II supercomputers, already powering over one million H100 GPU equivalents. xAI, the artificial intelligence company founded by Elon Musk, announced today it has raised $20 billion in a Series E funding round, exceeding its $15 billion target. The oversubscribed round drew participation from Valor Equity Partners, Stepstone Group, Fidelity, Qatar Investment Authority, MGX, and Baron Capital Group. Strategic investors NVIDIA and Cisco Investments also…

The White House has just had the most recent closed-door meeting related to the regulation of stablecoins. The discussion was characterized by the officials as fruitful. Nevertheless, there was no consensus. The administration instead gave a time limit. Pressure is now on the lawmakers to find a compromise on the CLARITY Act by March 1. Both banks and crypto firms are put on the spot by that deadline. 🚨WRAPPED: White House Sets MARCH 1 Deadline on CLARITY Act — “Compromise Is In The Air,” But No Deal Yet 👀🇺🇸Today’s closed-door stablecoin talks at the White House just ended — both…

Crypto trading terminal Nexa, formerly known as InsiDeX, is shutting down just a year after its acquisition by decentralized exchange Bluefin, citing what it calls “extremely low” trading volumes on the Sui blockchain. In a Feb. 10 post on X, the team said “only 2-3 coins [are] seeing some decent activity” on Sui, leaving traders with few real opportunities, and added that it was built for fast trades and active markets, conditions that never appeared. “There’s a real sense of sadness in shutting down Nexa because we succeeded in building a product that was actually the most used trading suite…

AscendEX, a renowned digital asset trading entity, is pleased to announce its collaboration with Orbs Network, a decentralized Layer-3 (L3) blockchain infrastructure built for advanced on-chain trading. This partnership is aimed at enhancing the efficiency of on-chain trading with advanced liquidity. We’re excited to partner with @orbs_network #Orbs is a decentralized Layer-3 (L3) blockchain infrastructure designed specifically for advanced on-chain trading. Orbs improves on-chain trading by providing technology for aggregated liquidity, advanced trading orders, and… pic.twitter.com/QupJcNagJp — AscendEX (@AscendEX_) February 12, 2026 Orbs Network adds trading functionalities without changing the base layer, while AscendEX is a famous cryptocurrency exchange by…

Ethereum’s price is consolidating at a critical high-volume support near $1,800, but fading bullish participation raises the risk of a deeper corrective move and potential capitulation to the downside. Summary $1,800 point of control is weakening, increasing downside vulnerability Sideways price action lacks bullish volume, signaling distribution risk Loss of support could trigger capitulation, toward the value area low Ethereum ($ETH) price action is approaching a pivotal moment as it continues to trade around a major support zone defined by the point of control (POC) near $1,800. This level represents the area of highest traded volume in the current range…

Key Takeaways Venezuela’s IBC index surged from 2,000 to nearly 3,900 in early 2026, gaining over 100% YTD, with a 50% rally on Tuesday alone. The Caracas Stock Exchange rallied after the US captured Nicolás Maduro, boosting sentiment around post-Maduro reforms and foreign investment. Venezuela’s IBC index, which tracks performance on the Caracas Stock Exchange, has more than doubled in 2026, climbing from 2,000 at the start of the year to nearly 3,900 by Tuesday afternoon, according to Trading Economics data. The rally accelerated sharply following the January 3 capture of former President Nicolás Maduro by US authorities. The index…

Changpeng Zhao (CZ) has revealed that his trial was more about the U.S. government trying to stifle crypto development than his legal offenses. In a recent interview pushed out by the All-In Podcast, the founder of Binance, CZ, explicitly stated to host Chamath Palihapitiya that he believes his prosecution was “highly aggressive” under the Biden administration’s DOJ. Was the Biden DOJ’s prosecution of CZ a ‘political war’ on crypto? The All-In Podcast recently released an episode in which Changpeng Zhao characterized the Biden administration’s Department of Justice as being “uniquely aggressive.” “Before me, nobody got put in jail,” CZ told…

Upbit, one of South Korea’s leading cryptocurrency exchanges, has announced it will end support for trading the Loopring ($LRC) token. According to the official statement, the exchange will cease $LRC trading on March 16th. As a result of this decision, trading support for Loopring on the Upbit platform will be completely terminated. Such delisting decisions are generally made based on the liquidity of the asset, developments on the project side, regulatory requirements, and the exchange’s user protection policies. Upbit’s statement did not provide details regarding the reasoning behind the decision. With the delisting process underway, users are advised to review…

A new European holding is disrupting the mineral asset sector with a proposition that prioritizes traceability and corporate governance over the traditional extraction model: ASTON MINING S.L. positions itself as an intermediary between Latin American resources and European institutional capital through exhaustive digitalization of asset information. The company, chaired by Josep Maria Gallart, structures each mineral asset through technical, legal, and economic verification processes designed to overcome banking audits and institutional fund due diligence, according to corporate documents reviewed by this newsroom. Traceability as Financial Asset ASTON MINING integrates permissioned distributed ledger technology to guarantee the immutability of critical data…