Odaily Planet Daily News: SBF tweeted again after two years, with the theme of evaluating government employees.

Odaily Planet Daily News: Shared security network IMUA announced the completion of a $5 million seed round of financing, led by Draper Dragon, No Limit Holdings, and Paramita Capital, with participation from Reforge Capital, Caladan Capital, Tané Labs, Syntax Capital, MH Ventures, 57 Blocks, and Lecca Ventures. The new funds will be used to develop new technologies to bundle the decentralized security and trust of blockchains such as Bitcoin, Ethereum, XRP, and Solana and expand them into a service to protect secure transactions on off-chain networks such as AI agents. Currently, the IMUA public test network is online.

Tariffs, weakness in AI stocks, and liquidations have pushed Bitcoin to a three-week low as investors weigh macro risks and the Bybit hack. source: https://decrypt.co/307569/bitcoin-slides-as-macro-uncertainty-and-ai-weakness-fuel-risk-off-sentiment

Bitfinex analysts said Bitcoin is mirroring traditional markets, and its lack of price momentum has “led to a period of contraction” for crypto markets. source: https://cointelegraph.com/news/bitcoin-critical-juncture-falls-under-91000-bitfinex?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound

1. CZ announces investment portfolio: BTC accounts for only 1.32%; 2. Strategy increases holdings by 20,356 bitcoins; 3. Citadel Securities, the largest market maker on the New York Stock Exchange, intends to make markets for Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies; 4. OKX and the U.S. Department of Justice have officially reached a settlement; 5. The Dubai Financial Services Authority approved USDC and EURC as the first batch of approved stablecoins; 6. The U.S. SEC plans to lay off regional executives and prepare for DOGE's review; 7. South Dakota vetoes the Bitcoin Reserve Act; 8. Memes Lab completes $2.3 million seed round of financing, led by Lemniscap; 9. Restaking protocol startup Byzantine Finance completes $3 million pre-seed round of financing; 10. The U.S. SEC may reconsider the lawsuit against ConsenSys MetaMask staking service; 11. The entire network has been liquidated in the past 24 hours 944 million USD, mainly due to long orders; 12. The Fear and Greed Index changed from neutral to extreme panic; 13. Coinbase added REZ (Renzo) to the coin listing roadmap.

Bitcoin (BTC) extended its decline on Monday, pressured by widespread bearish sentiment across the crypto market and ongoing weakness in US stocks. source: https://www.cryptopolitan.com/bitcoin-slides-under-92k-as-stocks-struggle/

According to PANews, Arkham has reported that the Bybit hacker is conducting 2-3 transactions per minute, pausing every 45 minutes for a 15-minute break. The hacker transfers ETH from one address to another in a sequential manner. Speculation arises whether the Lazarus Group is employing interns for manual money laundering activities.

Crypto market sentiment dived 24 points to “Extreme Fear” on Feb. 25 as US President Donald Trump said 25% tariffs against Canada and Mexico are on schedule. source: https://cointelegraph.com/news/crypto-sentiment-plummets-extreme-fear-trump-tariffs?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound

Odaily Planet Daily News According to Ember’s monitoring, the Bybit hacker has laundered 89,500 ETH (US$224 million) in the past two and a half days, which is 18% of the total ETH he stole (499,000). At this frequency, the hacker will be able to exchange the remaining 410,000 ETH for other assets (BTC/DAI, etc.) in another half a month. Currently, the hacker’s cross-chain asset exchange is mainly carried out through THORChain.

According to Foresight News, analysis by Spot On Chain indicates that if Ethereum (ETH) falls below $2,400, it could mark its worst February performance on record. Historically, February has been a positive month for ETH, with only one decline in 2018, when it dropped by 24%. Currently, ETH has already decreased by 23% this month, potentially making it the second February in history to experience a decline. The market is under additional pressure due to macroeconomic uncertainties, including new tariff policies introduced by U.S. President Donald Trump's administration.

Tether, the issuer of the world’s largest stablecoin by market capitalization, has made their intentions of make investments outside of crypto, followed up by announcing the company has taken a large stake in Rumble, a alternative video platform to YouTube known for its freedom of speech.