1. 5,477 BTC Flowed Out from Exchanges in 24 Hours

According to AiCoin real-time data, a total of 5,477 BTC flowed out from exchange wallets in the past 24 hours, worth $548 million. The largest outflow was from Binance, with 3,828 BTC, followed by Gemini, with 870 BTC. For more capital flow information from exchanges, please visit the AiCoin website - Data - Hyperliquid: https://www.aicoin.com/zh-Hans/hyperliquid  -Original

2. 22 BTC Held by South Korean Police Confirmed to Have Leaked

Twenty-two bitcoins held by the Gangnam Police Station in South Korea for investigation have been confirmed to have leaked, valued at approximately 2.1 billion Korean won at current prices. These bitcoins were voluntarily submitted assets from a 2021 case investigation; the investigation showed that the cold wallet entity was not hacked, but internal assets were transferred. Law enforcement agencies have begun investigating the circulation path and the possibility of internal personnel involvement; this matter was discovered during a national inspection following the disclosure of the theft of 320 bitcoins from the Gwangju District Prosecutor’s Office.   -Original

3. Gold Bulls Bet on Call Options Without Fear of Historic Corrections

Some steadfast gold bulls remain optimistic about future gold price performance after the precious metal underwent historic corrections, betting on new highs. At the end of January, New York gold futures prices briefly exceeded the historical high of $5,600 per ounce but then significantly retreated. During this period, investors bought call option spread contracts expiring in December with strike prices of $15,000 and $20,000 on the New York Mercantile Exchange (COMEX). Despite gold prices consolidating around $5,000, the position continues to increase, with the currently open contracts reaching about 11,000. Akash Doshi, Global Head of Gold and Metals Strategy at State Street Global Advisors, remarked that it is surprising to see so many deeply out-of-the-money call option open contracts emerge after a technical correction, with some traders possibly viewing them as low-cost high-risk opportunities.   -Original

4. Federal Reserve Plans to Increase Risk Sensitivity of Mortgage Capital Requirements

The Federal Reserve is about to announce bank capital proposals related to the Basel III accords, and U.S. lending institutions may face new mortgage capital requirements. Michelle Bowman, the Fed's chief bank regulatory official, stated that the proposal will increase the "risk sensitivity" of mortgage capital requirements on bank balance sheets by using loan-to-value ratios to determine applicable risk weights for residential real estate exposures instead of a uniform risk weight. Bowman noted that this adjustment aims to better match capital requirements with actual risks and supports loans on banks’ balance sheets while potentially reversing the trend of mortgage activity shifting to non-bank institutions over the past 15 years.   -Original

5. ZeroLend Announces Closure, Advises Users to Withdraw Funds ASAP

On February 16, multi-chain lending protocol ZeroLend officially announced it will gradually cease operations. The team stated that the current form of the protocol is no longer sustainable, with decreased or inactive liquidity in some early-supported chains, oracle providers stopping support, and the scaling of the protocol attracting more malicious actors, leading to long-term losses. ZeroLend advises users to withdraw their funds from the platform as soon as possible to ensure asset safety.   -Original

6. Norway's Central Bank Reveals $470 Million Bitcoin Exposure

The Central Bank of Norway publicly disclosed its Bitcoin exposure valued at $470 million through Strategy.   -Original

7. CZ Says Lack of Privacy Hinders Cryptocurrency Adoption

Binance co-founder Changpeng Zhao (CZ) and several executives from various institutions stated that the lack of privacy in cryptocurrency and blockchain technology hinders widespread adoption among both everyday and institutional users. Executives from institutions including Abraxas Capital, JPMorgan, and B2C2 believe that large transactions require privacy protection, allowing only authorized parties to view counterparty information while maintaining auditability of activities. JPMorgan and Galaxy Digital recently completed a $50 million commercial paper issuance on Solana, demonstrating the potential of debt tokenization, but also highlighting that privacy and execution certainty need improvements to drive the massive on-chain migration of institutional assets.   -Original

 

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