Patrick McHenry and Patrick Witt told CoinDesk Live at Ondo Summit that crypto law momentum grows, even as disputes over yield and ethics continue to sharpen.

\\\"What we are experiencing is the weakest bitcoin bear case in its history,\\\" wrote Bernstein\\\'s Gautam Chhugani.

President Donald Trump did order a bitcoin reserve, but it doesn\\\'t yet exist, even as the CNBC host says the feds will start filling it when bitcoin hits $60,000.

The analyst framed some bitcoin mining sites as infrastructure assets, lifting CIFR and WULF shares while MARA lags.

The project, which had pitched itself as a layer-2 “real-time blockchain\\\" targeting more than 100,000 transactions per second, would make onchain interactions feel closer to traditional web apps than today’s crypto networks.

The company plans to deploy modular GPU units across 40+ global sites to provide on-demand AI inference capacity for small and mid-sized businesses.

The firm\\\'s total ETH holdings top 4.3 million tokens worth about $8.7 billion at the current price just above $2,000.

Aptos (APT) declined 9.4% and NEAR Protocol (NEAR) fell 8%, leading index lower.

The company added 1,142 bitcoin purchased for about $90 million, or an average price of $78,815 per coin.

Your day-ahead look for Feb. 9, 2026

Bitcoin extended recent losses as derivatives data show a clear risk-off shift.

Kris Marszalek joined the AI industry with autonomous agents and a Super Bowl ad that briefly sidelined the website.

Miners are facing significant challenges, with bitcoin revenue per petahash falling by half from a peak of $70 to $35.

The invisible hands of market makers likely accelerated bitcoin\\\'s recent crash.

In an interview with CoinDesk, S.Y. Lee pointed to Worldcoin’s extended lockups as precedent for longer runways.