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- McHenry predicts fast crypto deal as Witt brokers talksby AI Boost on February 9, 2026 at 11:21 pm
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.
- Farcaster founders join stablecoin startup Tempo after Neynar acquires social protocolby Helene Braun on February 9, 2026 at 7:34 pm
Dan Romero and Varun Srinivasan have both exited crypto social media to focus on global payments via stablecoins.
- Bitcoin shakes off early decline, returns to $70,000 as Bernstein reiterates $150,000 outlookby Helene Braun on February 9, 2026 at 6:09 pm
“What we are experiencing is the weakest bitcoin bear case in its history,” wrote Bernstein’s Gautam Chhugani.
- Cipher Mining and TeraWulf are buys, MARA a sell, as Morgan Stanley begins bitcoin miner coverageby Helene Braun on February 9, 2026 at 4:55 pm
The analyst framed some bitcoin mining sites as infrastructure assets, lifting CIFR and WULF shares while MARA lags.
- U.S. government isn’t poised to sweep in with bitcoin buys, despite Jim Cramer rumorby Jesse Hamilton on February 9, 2026 at 4:50 pm
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.
- MegaETH debuts mainnet as Ethereum scaling debate heats upby Margaux Nijkerk on February 9, 2026 at 4:14 pm
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.
- Bitcoin miner Cango sold $305 million of BTC during market slump to fund AI shiftby Francisco Rodrigues on February 9, 2026 at 3:38 pm
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.
- Tom Lee’s Bitmine Immersion added 40,613 ether last week as prices crashedby Helene Braun on February 9, 2026 at 2:49 pm
The firm’s total ETH holdings top 4.3 million tokens worth about $8.7 billion at the current price just above $2,000.
- CoinDesk 20 performance update: Bitcoin Cash (BCH) is only gainer, up 3.4%by CoinDesk Indices on February 9, 2026 at 2:15 pm
Aptos (APT) declined 9.4% and NEAR Protocol (NEAR) fell 8%, leading index lower.
- Michael Saylor’s Strategy made modest bitcoin purchase at start of last week’s crypto crashby Stephen Alpher on February 9, 2026 at 1:16 pm
The company added 1,142 bitcoin purchased for about $90 million, or an average price of $78,815 per coin.
- Bitcoin value investors move in as price drops, ‘capitulation’ searches riseby Francisco Rodrigues on February 9, 2026 at 1:07 pm
Your day-ahead look for Feb. 9, 2026
- Bitcoin, major tokens drop as traders position for downside protectionby Francisco Rodrigues on February 9, 2026 at 11:51 am
Bitcoin extended recent losses as derivatives data show a clear risk-off shift.
- Crypto.com founder buys ai.com for record $70 million: FTby Olivier Acuna on February 9, 2026 at 11:29 am
Kris Marszalek joined the AI industry with autonomous agents and a Super Bowl ad that briefly sidelined the website.
- Bitcoin mining difficulty drops by most since 2021 as miners capitulateby Francisco Rodrigues on February 9, 2026 at 11:06 am
Miners are facing significant challenges, with bitcoin revenue per petahash falling by half from a peak of $70 to $35.
- Here’s how market makers likely accelerated bitcoin’s brutal crash to $60,000by Omkar Godbole on February 9, 2026 at 10:07 am
The invisible hands of market makers likely accelerated bitcoin’s recent crash.
- Coinbase, Robinhood earnings, U.S. jobs report: Crypto Week Aheadby Francisco Rodrigues on February 9, 2026 at 9:00 am
Your look at what’s coming in the week starting Feb. 9.
- Story co-founder defends token unlock delay, says project needs ‘more time’by Sam Reynolds on February 9, 2026 at 7:48 am
In an interview with CoinDesk, S.Y. Lee pointed to Worldcoin’s extended lockups as precedent for longer runways.
- Tether’s gold stash tops $23 billion as buying outpaces nation states, Jefferies saysby Krisztian Sandor on February 9, 2026 at 7:28 am
The Wall Street investment bank estimates the crypto firm holds at least 148 tonnes of physical gold holdings, joining top 30 global holders of bullion.
- Bithumb $44 billion bitcoin blunder puts South Korea regulators on alert over local crypto exchangesby Shaurya Malwa on February 9, 2026 at 6:44 am
The Financial Supervisory Service said it plans to build tools that automatically extract suspicious trading patterns by the second and minute.
- Here’s why the quantum threat for bitcoin may be smaller than people fearby Shaurya Malwa on February 9, 2026 at 6:29 am
The key point is that most of the potentially exposed bitcoin isn’t sitting in a handful of giant, juicy targets. It’s scattered across more than 32,000 separate wallets.
- Takaichi Triumph: Japan’s record 56,000 Nikkei surge sends bitcoin to $72,000, gold past $5,000by James Van Straten on February 9, 2026 at 1:18 am
Japanese mandate sparks surge in equities and safe havens.
- Previewing policy at Consensus Hong Kong 2026: State of Cryptoby Nikhilesh De on February 8, 2026 at 7:00 pm
The CoinDesk crew is back in Hong Kong, with policymakers and policy-users alike.
- Bitcoin bulls spot bottoming signs as longtime bears take victory lapsby Stephen Alpher on February 8, 2026 at 6:01 pm
The Financial Times and Peter Schiff were among the no-coiners giving themselves pats on the back as crypto crashed this week.
- Odds of Jesus Christ appearing in 2026 double, beating return on bitcoinby Shaurya Malwa on February 8, 2026 at 3:33 pm
The Polymarket bet is a reminder that the weirdest corners of crypto are sometimes the only ones going up.
- Block weighs cutting up to 10% of jobs: Bloombergby Sheldon Reback on February 8, 2026 at 1:39 pm
The company has told hundreds of employees their jobs are at risk as part of a broader overhaul.
- “Money is like a sixth sense – and you can’t make use of the other five without it.”. William Somerset
- Breaking Down California’s Insane “Super Bowl Tax”by Tyler Durden on February 10, 2026 at 1:55 am
Breaking Down California’s Insane “Super Bowl Tax” Sam Darnold just WON the Super Bowl…and LOST $71k because it was in California Watch as Boomer Esiason explains why the players should block any future Super Bowls in California… 🚨 ABSOLUTELY INSANE: Sam Darnold just WON the Super Bowl.. and LOST $71k because it was in California California’s jock tax bills him $249K Boomer Esiason: The NFLPA should shut down ANY […]
- Downward Bitch: Irate Yoga Wokes Demand ‘Complicit’ Instructors Condemn ICEby Tyler Durden on February 10, 2026 at 1:30 am
Downward Bitch: Irate Yoga Wokes Demand ‘Complicit’ Instructors Condemn ICE A Sunday yoga class at Minneapolis CorePower Yoga studio turned into an unscripted protest earlier this month, as a group of enraged customers berated front-desk staff for not condemning federal immigration enforcement, prompting the Denver-based chain to ban one regular and agree to post anti-ICE signage in its studios. Caught on camera and subsequently […]
- Gun Owner Denied Firearm By ATF For Claiming “God Given Rights”by Tyler Durden on February 10, 2026 at 1:05 am
Gun Owner Denied Firearm By ATF For Claiming “God Given Rights” Via Gun Owners of America, A member of Gun Owners of America was recently denied a firearm by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) for writing “exercise my God given right” as their reason for manufacturing the firearm. Our member wasn’t doing anything illegal; they were not attempting to manufacture something that was banned in their state […]
- Toyota Taps Kenta Kon As New CEO In Leadership Shake-Upby Tyler Durden on February 10, 2026 at 12:40 am
Toyota Taps Kenta Kon As New CEO In Leadership Shake-Up Toyota is reshaping its leadership once again, naming Kenta Kon as its next chief executive, with the transition set for April 1. Kon, currently the company’s chief financial officer, will step into the top role as part of a broader management realignment, according to Car & Driver. The move shifts current CEO Koji Sato into a dual position as vice chairman and chief […]
- Google Versus China’s Cyber Weaponby Tyler Durden on February 10, 2026 at 12:15 am
Google Versus China’s Cyber Weapon Authored by Anders Corr via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Commentary Google has sacked a Chinese company’s global proxy network, which constitutes part of a Chinese cyber weapon aimed at U.S. and allied critical infrastructure and telecommunications. In this photo illustration, the Google logo is projected onto a man in London, England, on Aug. 9, 2017. Leon Neal/Getty Images The company, […]
- Iran Offers To Dilute Enriched Uranium If US Lifts All The Sanctionsby Tyler Durden on February 9, 2026 at 11:50 pm
Iran Offers To Dilute Enriched Uranium If US Lifts All The Sanctions Iran has just made a significant overture amid the US pressure campaign, and as the two sides are set for a next round of indirect negotiations in the coming days. “Iran could agree to dilute its most highly enriched uranium in exchange for all financial sanctions being lifted, its atomic chief said on Monday, one of the most direct indications so far of its […]
- Leftists Lose It As Pro-ICE Ad Plays During Super Bowlby Tyler Durden on February 9, 2026 at 11:25 pm
Leftists Lose It As Pro-ICE Ad Plays During Super Bowl Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity.news, A powerful pro-ICE advertisement aired during Super Bowl 60, spotlighting the everyday heroes in Immigration and Customs Enforcement who risk their lives to protect communities from violent criminals. The spot, which ran right after Bad Bunny’s trash halftime performance, portrayed ICE agents as friends, neighbors, fathers, […]
- LA Taxpayers Spent $418 Million On Homeless Programs In 2025by Tyler Durden on February 9, 2026 at 11:00 pm
LA Taxpayers Spent $418 Million On Homeless Programs In 2025 Los Angeles spent about $418 million on homelessness programs in 2025, yet only a small share went toward helping people leave the streets for good, according to the New York Post. A recent City Hall report suggests most of the money supports short-term services that manage homelessness rather than resolve it. The review, released as the city prepares major budget cuts, […]
- Jump Trading Eyes Kalshi, Polymarket Stakes As Institutional Interest Grows: Reportby Tyler Durden on February 9, 2026 at 10:40 pm
Jump Trading Eyes Kalshi, Polymarket Stakes As Institutional Interest Grows: Report Authored by Sam Bourgi via CoinTelegraph.com, Jump Trading, a Chicago-based quantitative trading company, is reportedly set to acquire minority stakes in prediction market platforms Polymarket and Kalshi, underscoring growing institutional interest in the rapidly expanding sector. The equity stakes would be obtained in exchange for providing […]
- “Italian Job” Style Armored Truck Heist Caught On Video In Italyby Tyler Durden on February 9, 2026 at 10:20 pm
“Italian Job” Style Armored Truck Heist Caught On Video In Italy In a scene straight out of The Italian Job movie, local Italian broadcaster Sky TG24 posted a dramatic video on X on Monday that appears to show at least one “armed commando” carrying out a brazen armored truck heist in broad daylight on an Italian highway. “Moments of fear this morning on the 613 Brindisi-Lecce superstrada, at the Tuturano exit, where an armed […]
- Feds Have Charged 158 Anti-ICE Agitators With Federal Crimes In Minnesotaby Tyler Durden on February 9, 2026 at 10:00 pm
Feds Have Charged 158 Anti-ICE Agitators With Federal Crimes In Minnesota Authored by Debra Heine via American Greatness, Since the start of the Trump administration’s “Operation Metro Surge” in Minnesota, federal prosecutors have reportedly charged 158 anti-ICE agitators with federal crimes, including “FACE Act violations, conspiracy charges, and obstruction of federal agents.” Some of the offenses carry penalties of up […]
- Will Bombshells Drop At Tuesday’s DC Hearing On Foreign Influence In America’s NGOsby Tyler Durden on February 9, 2026 at 9:40 pm
Will Bombshells Drop At Tuesday’s DC Hearing On Foreign Influence In America’s NGOs Asra Nomani at Fox News has reshaped how the corporate media outlet covers dark money-funded NGOs, the protest industrial complex, and the ongoing color revolution-style operation backed by left-wing billionaires and their Democratic allies against President Donald Trump and the “America First” agenda. Nomani was the first to report that the House […]
- Who’s Next… What’s Next…?by Tyler Durden on February 9, 2026 at 9:20 pm
Who’s Next… What’s Next…? Authored by James Howard Kunstler, It’s all backstage now. This fraught moment, the power-centers locked in the coldest cold of the year, the Spanish language lessons of Bad Bunny behind us, all the real action in the battle to save the country is out of sight, moiling and churning in the deep background. Everybody’s on edge waiting for shoes to drop, praying they don’t drop on their heads. […]
- Russia Vows ‘All Possible Assistance’ To Cuba As US ‘Strangles’ The Populationby Tyler Durden on February 9, 2026 at 8:40 pm
Russia Vows ‘All Possible Assistance’ To Cuba As US ‘Strangles’ The Population Russia warned Monday that the United States is “strangling” Cuba through long-running sanctions, as well as the current de facto oil blockade on the Latin American island-nation in full force. As a result the Kremlin is exploring ways to get urgent assistance to the Cuban people, as the economic situation and national infrastructure worsens after […]
- Not Clear Whether Vaccines Cause Autism, Needs More Research; NIH Director Saysby Tyler Durden on February 9, 2026 at 8:20 pm
Not Clear Whether Vaccines Cause Autism, Needs More Research; NIH Director Says Authored by Zachary Stieber via The Epoch Times, The director of the National Institutes of Health said in a new interview that there’s a dearth of high-quality research into vaccines and autism and that the health agency is funding research that will determine the causes of autism. Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, the NIH’s director, told EpochTV’s […]
- Democrat Lawmakers Seek Pentagon Probe Of SpaceX Over Potential China-Linked Investmentby Tyler Durden on February 9, 2026 at 7:40 pm
Democrat Lawmakers Seek Pentagon Probe Of SpaceX Over Potential China-Linked Investment Authored by Sean Tsang via The Epoch Times, Two senators are urging the Pentagon to find out whether investors tied to China hold stakes in SpaceX, one of America’s most important defense contractors and a key provider of military launch services. In a Feb. 5 letter to Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, Sens. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Andy […]
- Lavrov’s Rare Rebuke Of Trump: In Reality, Relations No Better Than Under Bidenby Tyler Durden on February 9, 2026 at 7:20 pm
Lavrov’s Rare Rebuke Of Trump: In Reality, Relations No Better Than Under Biden The Kremlin has lashed out at the Trump administration in a rare moment, revealing its impatience and dissatisfaction with the way trilateral talks focused on ending the Ukraine war are going. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in a fresh interview also accused Washington of sabotaging efforts to improve bilateral relations while undermining […]
- The Inevitable Reversal: When Speculative Narratives Don’t Holdby Tyler Durden on February 9, 2026 at 7:00 pm
The Inevitable Reversal: When Speculative Narratives Don’t Hold Authored by Lance Roberts via RealInvestmentAdvice.com, For nearly two years, markets were driven by the same speculative narrative that “this time is different.” Bitcoin, precious metals, and AI-linked equities rose not only because of robust fundamentals, but also because investors clung to powerful narratives about inflation, disruption, and monetary collapse. […]
- Gun Rights Group Slams California Ghost Gun Lawsuit For “Criminalizing Law-Abiding Citizens”by Tyler Durden on February 9, 2026 at 6:40 pm
Gun Rights Group Slams California Ghost Gun Lawsuit For “Criminalizing Law-Abiding Citizens” California Attorney General Rob Bonta has filed a lawsuit against two out-of-state companies and more than 100 individuals, accusing them of distributing computer code that lets people 3D-print their own firearms – a case critics say pits the right to bear arms and free speech against Sacramento’s latest gun-control crusade. In a San […]
- Trump’s Venezuela Tanker Crackdown Goes Global With Indian Ocean Interdictionby Tyler Durden on February 9, 2026 at 6:20 pm
Trump’s Venezuela Tanker Crackdown Goes Global With Indian Ocean Interdiction U.S. forces boarded the crude tanker Aquila II in the Indian Ocean after tracking it from the Caribbean, the Department of War disclosed on X early Monday. Officials accuse the vessel of violating Washington’s quarantine on sanctioned tankers moving to or from Venezuela. “When the @DeptofWar says quarantine, we mean it. Nothing will stop DoW from […]
- Re-Set: Reversing The Debt-Debasement Death-Spiralby Tyler Durden on February 9, 2026 at 6:00 pm
Re-Set: Reversing The Debt-Debasement Death-Spiral Authored by Charles Hugh Smith via OfTwoMinds blog, The end-game of debt-debasement is already visible. The only thing that’s still up in the air is our response. The unspoken foundation of the US dollar debasement narrative is TINA: There Is No Alternative to debasing the USD to zero because reversing course by reversing the expansion of debt and the money supply (i.e. […]
- NY Times Columnist Says Vance’s Mother Should Have Sold Him To Feed Her Addictionby Tyler Durden on February 9, 2026 at 5:20 pm
NY Times Columnist Says Vance’s Mother Should Have Sold Him To Feed Her Addiction Authored by Jonathan Turley, In an age of rage, it is often difficult to stand out in the mob as so many pander to the perpetually irate. However, New York Times columnist Jamelle Bouie has found a way to win the race to the bottom. In a posting on Bluesky, Bouie mocked the account of the addiction of the mother of Vice President J.D. Vance, […]
- Kyndryl Collapses On Accounting Review, CFO Exit As Analysts Brand IBM-Spinoff A “Disaster”by Tyler Durden on February 9, 2026 at 4:45 pm
Kyndryl Collapses On Accounting Review, CFO Exit As Analysts Brand IBM-Spinoff A “Disaster” Shares in Kyndryl, an IBM spinoff and IT infrastructure services provider, crashed on Monday after the company warned investors that it is reviewing certain accounting practices amid an inquiry from the Securities and Exchange Commission. The company also posted third-quarter results that missed Bloomberg Consensus estimates and disclosed […]
- Spot The Useful Idiotby Tyler Durden on February 9, 2026 at 4:35 pm
Spot The Useful Idiot Despite the ongoing partisan panic over ‘Trump-driven inflation’ or whatever narrative-du-jour the mainstream media chooses, inflation expectations tracked by the NY Fed survey of Consumer Expectations dropped to six-month lows. inflation expectations tracked by the NY Fed survey of Consumer Expectations Median inflation expectations in January declined by 0.3 percentage point at the one-year-ahead horizon to […]
- “I Will Not Sit Idly As They Use Me As A Prop”: Is Bill Clinton Moving Back Into Contempt?by Tyler Durden on February 9, 2026 at 4:25 pm
“I Will Not Sit Idly As They Use Me As A Prop”: Is Bill Clinton Moving Back Into Contempt? Authored by Jonathan Turley, The Clintons are again suggesting that they might not agree to a deposition after previously yielding to the threat of a contempt vote. Hillary Clinton taunted House Oversight Chair James Comer “if you want this fight…let’s have it—in public.” For his part, Bill Clinton seemed more conclusive on X […]



















































