CZ Criticizes Binance Listing Process

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Crypto News

• ⭐️ CZ calls Binance’s token listing process "a bit broken"; flags issues with rapid timeline from announcement to listing.

• Strategy (formerly MicroStrategy) $MSTR acquires 7,633 Bitcoin $BTC for ~$742.4M at ~$97,255 per BTC; now holds 478,740 BTC worth ~$46.5B.

• Ethereum Foundation $ETH transfers 50,000 ETH worth ~$132M to a multi-sig wallet; funds to be used to participate in Ethereum DeFi.

• Pump[.]fun to reportedly release token & conduct public offerings via Dutch auction model; Pump[.]fun Co-founder Alon stated "...committed to rewarding its users properly" on X.

• Grayscale files for spot Cardano $ADA ETF with NYSE; also recently filed for Solana $SOL, Ripple $XRP, & Dogecoin $DOGE ETFs.

• Digital Asset Investment Products saw $1.3B of inflows last week; 5th consecutive of inflows; Bitcoin $BTC $407M & Ethereum $ETH $793M.

• Kanye West posts "IM NOT DOING A COIN..." on X; West recently revealed he was offered $2M to launch a memecoin.

• Eric Council Jr pleads guilty to conspiracy & fraud; hacked US SEC X account & posted fake Bitcoin ETF approval announcement.

• Proton releases Proton Wallet, a self-custodial Bitcoin wallet, to all users; previously only available to early-access users.

Alpha

• Unichain posts "team has been absolutely cooking big week coming up" on X; to potentially launch mainnet this week.

• ⭐️ Story Protocol to launch public mainnet on February 13th; to also launch $IP airdrop on the same day.

• RedStone Oracles posts "February will be RED" on X; to potentially launch $RED TGE & airdrop this month.

• Succinct launches Prover Network testnet; generate proofs to earn stars.

• Wandering Whale Sharks NFT to launch mint on February 14th & 15th; Union Trusted Setup Ceremony contributors, Union OG supporters, & various NFT communities are whitelisted.

• LiveArt posts "$ART is coming" on X; to launch ART TGE & airdrop soon.

Airdrops

• Weekly Airdrop Recap by Earndrop.

• Polymarket Airdrop Strategy by Earndrop.

• ⭐️ Berachain launches $BERA social airdrop claim; top X yappers & Discord users are eligible.

• Arkham launches $ARKM season 1 airdrop claim; season 1 points holders are eligible.

• B3 launches $B3 season 1 airdrop claim; season 1 XP & BP holders are eligible; claim closes on February 24th.

• ICYMI Olimpio launches Berachain $BERA mass airdrop checker; no cookies, no tracking, no signatures.

Finance News

• ⭐️ Elon Musk-led group offers to buy OpenAI for $97.4B; Sam Altman posted "no thank you but we will buy twitter for $9.74 billion if you want" on X.

• US President Trump imposes 25% tariffs on steel & aluminum from all countries; reciprocal tariffs may be announced on Tuesday or Wednesday.

• Gold $XAU reaches new all-time high of $2,925; surge influenced by central bank purchases, economic uncertainties, & demand for safe-haven assets.

• Japan FSA intends to treat crypto assets as financial products similar to securities; also plans to approve Bitcoin spot ETFs.

• CleanSpark $CLSK cuts Bitcoin $BTC mining hashcost by ~25%; aimed at managing the pressure of Bitcoin’s stagnating hashprice.

Security and Exploits

• ⭐️ Apple releases emergency security update patching zero-day vulnerability; exploits allows attackers to disable USB Restricted Mode on locked devices.

• SlowMist Weekly Security Report highlights ~$8.95M in reported losses; incidents consisted of social engineering, contract vulnerabilities, & account compromises.

• Microsoft expands Copilot AI bug bounty program; increases payouts for moderate severity vulnerabilities.

Token Unlocks

• Polyhedra $ZKJ / ~$35M / FEB 12th
• Aethir $ATH / ~$24M / FEB 12th
• The Sandbox $SAND / ~$82M / FEB 14th
Sourced from Tokenomist

Funding

• Coala Pay raises $3.5M in Seed funding led by Castle Island Ventures.

• Drosera raises $3.25M in Seed funding led by Greenfield Capital.

• Hivello raises an undisclosed amount in Strategic funding led by Animoca Brands.

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