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Today’s highlights
- Bitcoin slides toward $70,000 as on-chain data flags bear market and traders bet Fed holds in April: Asia Morning Briefing — 2026-02-05
- On-chain data points to fading demand and tighter liquidity, while prediction markets show little expectation of near-term rate cuts.
- CFTC pulls Biden-era proposal to ban sports, political prediction markets — 2026-02-05
- CFTC Chair Mike Selig described the proposal as a “frolic into merit regulation” by the Biden administration.
- Startale, SBI launch blockchain for institutional FX, RWA trading — 2026-02-05
- Strium will begin with synthetic US and Japanese stocks and commodities before expanding to real tokenized shares and asset-backed products with identity verification.
- Kyle Samani leaves Multicoin in ‘bittersweet moment’ to explore new tech — 2026-02-05
- Solana became one of Samani’s favorite crypto projects at Multicoin in 2018 after he initially favored Ethereum but grew dissatisfied with how its developers addressed scaling.
- Multicoin Capital co-founder Kyle Samani steps down after nearly a decade to pursue other areas of tech — 2026-02-04
- ” I’m more confident than ever that crypto is going to fundamentally rewire the circuitry of finance,” said Samani, who will remain chairman of Solana treasury company, Forward Industries.
- Spot Bitcoin ETF outflows total $2.9B as BTC price drops to new 2026 low — 2026-02-04
- Bitcoin’s 12-day ETF outflows, derivatives data and the crypto market in tandem trading with tech stocks suggest traders will continue to cut exposure to risk assets.
- CME CEO Duffy says exchange is exploring issuing its own token — 2026-02-04
- Speaking on the company’s earnings call, CEO Terry Duffy said the exchange is exploring a CME-issued token and is also piloting tokenized cash infrastructure with Google.
- Telegram’s Durov slams Spain’s online age verification proposal — 2026-02-04
- The proposed laws are meant to create a mass-surveillance state and are not about protecting children, Pavel Durov warned on Wednesday.