INTEL: US JOBLESS CLAIMS 227K IN FEB. 7 WEEK; EST. 222K US CONTINUING CLAIMS 1.862M IN JAN. 31 WEEK; EST. 1.850M

Emerging Market Stocks Rise for Fourth Consecutive Day

Birkenstock CEO says holiday demand remained strong, sticks to forecast

30% OF $ETH SUPPLY NOW STAKED: THE BITMINE EFFECT? According to recent data from Token Terminal, 30% of $ETH supply is now staked for the first time in history. This means 36.8M $ETH is now locked, with Bitmine reporting $6B in staked ETH. How high can it go?

With @mikejcasey, author and chairman of @Daisglobal we spoke on AI and technological futures, trying to make sense of it all and where crypto fits:"You've gotta have programmable money.""The tokenization of - everything." $USDC $BTC $ETH

BOJ could hike rates as early as March, up to 3 times in 2026, Mizuho executive says

RIPPLE CEO SAYS FIRM CAN REACH $1T VALUATION Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse said during XRP Community Day that the firm can achieve a $1 Trillion valuation. We assess the feasibility of this becoming a reality. However, is it something that can happen? Read on

Most of the crypto market is pretty much in unison in terms of their downside. All except the gaming sector funnily enough. Most of this is due to these coins having a decent rally in the middle of January, but even now some of these are holding up stronger. Not really

ECB to broaden access to euro backstop, board member says

The x402 standard is an open, web-native payment system from Coinbase and Cloudflare, that builds ontop of the HTTP 402 “Payment Required” status code. $HBAR $ALGO $SOL $ETH