🗞 Catch up on the news over the last 24 hours!

🇺🇸Coinbase CEO calls for blockchain-based US Treasury to improve transparency.

🚨 US spot Ethereum ETFs bought 146,540 $ETH worth $420.2M this week.

🇺🇸 #Trump acting CFPB chief Russell Vought says he’s cut off the agency from new funding, calling it as not ‘reasonably necessary’ to carry out its duties.

🇬🇧UK landfill site containing an 8,000 Bitcoin hard drive worth $768M is set to shut.

🚨CoinShares files for an $XRP ETF with Nasdaq.

🔥#MicroStrategy buys 7,633 $BTC for $742.4M between Feb. 3-9.

🇯🇵 Japan’s first and only publicly listed Bitcoin Treasury Company, Metaplanet, reports $36M in unrealized gains for 2024 and plans to acquire up to 21,000 $BTC by 2026.

🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia has allocated $14.9 billion to develop AI, forming global partnerships with tech giants like Google, Lenovo, and Alibaba.

🔥North Carolina has introduced a #StrategicBitcoinReserve bill, aiming to become the first U.S. state to buy BTC.

🚨Ethereum short positions have jumped 500% since November 2024, with hedge funds betting against ETH.

🚨The Wall Street Journal reports that an #ElonMusk -led group made a $97.4 billion bid to take control of OpenAI.

🚨Grayscale files for spot Cardano $ADA ETF with NYSE.

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