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ChainCatcher message, Strategy founder Michael Saylor has once again released information related to the Bitcoin Tracker. He wrote: "More Orange." According to previous patterns, Strategy always discloses increased Bitcoin holdings on the second day after related news is released.

Global cryptocurrency tax regulation is tightening, and the era of "offshore crypto asset tax avoidance" is gradually coming to an end. Unreported holdings face high risks. The crypto asset reporting framework promoted by the OECD has been implemented in multiple regions, with transaction data collection starting in 2026 and cross-border information exchange beginning in 2027. Compliance requirements will be further strengthened.

FTX creditor representative Sunil revealed that the next round of FTX funding distribution is expected to take place on March 31, with a total claim reconciliation amount of approximately $9.6 billion. The dispute reserve fund has decreased by $2.2 billion, and if $2 billion of funds are distributed, it is expected that claims exceeding 50,000 can be increased by approximately $1.7 billion. The overall creditor recovery progress continues to advance.

ChainCatcher News, according to Coinglass data, if ETH breaks through $2,494, the total short liquidation strength on mainstream CEXs will reach $807 million. Conversely, if ETH falls below $2,259, the total long liquidation strength on mainstream CEXs will reach $773 million.

Foresight News reports that according to @ai\_9684xtpa monitoring, Equation News founder Vida has liquidated her holdings and bought ETH at the low point, realizing a profit of $96,000. Her purchase price was $2,281.1, and the selling price was $2,392.29. Vida stated on Telegram that the reason for exiting was concern that a sharp decline in the US stock market could lead to a second bottom in the crypto market.

Ethereum founder Vitalik Buterin discusses creator token design, believing that content incentives have limited effectiveness, and the issue lies in the quality content screening mechanism. He suggests shifting towards identifying high-quality content, citing the successful case of Substack, and recommends establishing a non-tokenized creator DAO to enhance content quality and brand value.

PANews February 1 News, according to Jinshi, U.S. House Speaker Johnson stated that he is confident of securing enough votes to end part of the government shutdown by at least Tuesday.

On February 1st, Hyperinsight detected that the "ZEC Largest Short" address (0xd475) partially reduced its ETH short position, taking a profit of 967.68 ETH, worth approximately $3.11 million. The current ETH short position still amounts to $53.55 million, with floating profits of about $18.43 million. This address is known for establishing short positions on ZEC.

Tom Lee expressed optimism about cryptocurrencies on the podcast. Despite short-term declines, he believes the long-term bull market is still in its early stages. He predicts that Ethereum may drop to $2,400 before rebounding, and if the ETH/BTC ratio returns to its historical high, ETH could reach $12,000.

According to Coinglass data, the total whale holdings on the Hyperliquid platform amount to $3.772 billion, with long positions accounting for 47.14% and short positions for 52.86%. Long positions have a loss of $171 million, while short positions are profitable by $418 million. The giant whale address 0x20c2..f5 is fully short on ETH at a price of $3116.81, with an unrealized profit and loss of $22.0766 million.

According to Token Unlocks data, multiple tokens will experience large unlocks next week, including HYPE, BERA, XDC, and ENA, with unlock quantities and values of 9.92 million, 63.75 million, 841 million, and 40.63 million tokens respectively, which may impact market circulation and prices.

From January 29 to 30, Tokyo and Hong Kong experienced massive yen cash robberies, with amounts reaching 420 million and 51 million yen respectively. Hong Kong police quickly arrested 3 suspects and 2 accomplices. Preliminary analysis suggests that the related Japanese companies exploited exchange rate differences for arbitrage.

Odaily Planet Daily reports that according to Arkham monitoring, two days before the decline in the crypto market, Bhutan's sovereign wealth fund transferred approximately 100.818 BTC to QCP Capital, worth about 8.31 million USD.

The high-performance Layer 1 network ValueChain incubated by SoSoValue and its trading sub-chain SoDEX announced the full launch of the mainnet, with the platform token $SOSO upgraded to a native Gas and governance token. SoDEX achieves a high performance of 100,000 TPS and features native L1 matching, one-stop trading, and cross-chain security, attracting 400,000 users to participate and promoting the development of decentralized finance.

Bhutan Sovereign Wealth Fund Druk Holdings actively sold approximately 25,816 ETH when the Ethereum price declined to avoid leverage liquidation and repay the Aave loan. The address currently holds 78,245.7949 stETH, with a loan balance of 137.8 million USDT.

Odaily Planet Daily reports that "Federal Reserve mouthpiece" Nick TImiraos posted on the X platform that U.S. President Trump attended an event the day after announcing Kevin Waugh as Federal Reserve Chair, during which he joked: If Waugh does not lower interest rates, he will sue Waugh.

Crypto analyst PlanB pointed out that Bitcoin's price has fallen back to 38% of its all-time high and has entered a bear market zone. The current price is close to the 200-week moving average and realized price, indicating a retracement trend. Although momentum is weak, subsequent bear market pullbacks may be limited.

Odaily Planet Daily reports that PeckShield posted on the X platform that in January 2026, there were 16 hacking incidents in the cryptocurrency field, with total losses reaching $86.01 million. Compared to January 2025 ($87.25 million), there is a slight year-over-year decrease of 1.42%, but compared to December 2025 ($75.95 million), there is a significant month-over-month increase of 13.25%.

This week, SOL spot ETF experienced a net outflow of $2.45 million, with Grayscale SOL Trust GSOL experiencing the largest outflow of $5.492 million; Fidelity ETF FSOL saw a net inflow of $5.1398 million. Currently, the total net asset value of SOL spot ETF is $992 million.

This week, in Eastern US time, Bitcoin spot ETF net outflows reached $1.49 billion, with BlackRock ETF IBIT net outflows of $947 million and Fidelity ETF FBTC net outflows of $192 million. WisdomTree Bitcoin Trust BTCW had a net inflow of $2.7856 million. The current total net asset value of Bitcoin spot ETFs is $106.96 billion.