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Feb 22 — Per monitoring from HyperInsight (via its Telegram channel @HyperInsight), the unrealized loss on "Brother Ma Ji" Huang Licheng’s Ethereum (ETH) long positions has shrunk to $79,000, down from a prior peak of nearly $300,000. Recently added small amounts of Bitcoin (BTC) and HYPE in the same address are also in unrealized loss, with the following positions: ? 25x ETH long: 77,750 ETH, entry price $1,983.28, liquidation price $1,973.20 ? 40x BTC long: 12 BTC, entry price $68,287.70, liquidation price $68,010.00 ? 10x HYPE long: 12,888.88 HYPE, entry price $29.87, liquidation price $29.466

February 22 Coinglass data shows: Ethereum (ETH) breaking above $2,100 would trigger $652 million in cumulative short liquidations across major centralized exchanges (CEXs). Conversely, a drop below $1,900 would result in $506 million in cumulative long liquidations for the same platforms. BlockBeats Note: Liquidation charts do not display the exact number or value of contracts being liquidated. The bars on these charts instead represent the relative importance of each liquidation cluster compared to neighboring clusters (i.e., "strength"). This means the charts illustrate how significantly a price will react at a specific level: higher "liquidation bars" indicate a more intense response due to a surge in liquidity.

On February 22nd, Santiment data shows XRP just logged its largest realized loss since November 2022—$1.93 billion in weekly realized losses—signaling a concentrated panic sell-off by holders. BlockBeats Note: A realized loss occurs when an investor sells an asset for less than their purchase price, locking in actual losses. Unrealized losses, by contrast, are paper losses that aren’t realized (since the asset hasn’t been sold) and aren’t counted in such data. On-chain data shows a sharp jump in realized losses typically signals many holders are selling at a loss—reflecting widespread stop-loss triggers or "surrender selling"—and often coincides with a notable drop in market sentiment.

February 22 — South Korean crypto exchange Bithumb’s market share remains under pressure following its “Bitcoin Mistaken Airdrop Incident.” As of last Friday, Bithumb accounted for 24.8% of trading volume across South Korea’s top five KRW-denominated exchanges—down sharply from ~30% at the start of the year. Industry data shows Upbit leads with 58.4% market share, followed by Coinone (13%), Korbit (3.5%), and Gopax (0.3%). On February 6, during a promotional event, Bithumb intended to distribute 2,000 KRW (~$1.38) worth of Bitcoin per user but mistakenly sent 2,000 BTC to some users each. The total erroneous distribution hit ~620,000 BTC—far exceeding Bithumb’s previously disclosed holdings of 42,800 BTC—raising concerns over its internal controls and accounting practices. The day after the incident, Bithumb’s market share plunged from 31.5% (Jan 5) to just over 20%. To stabilize, it launched a week-long zero-fee trading promotion for all cryptos starting Feb 9, temporarily bo

February 22, the open-source AI agent framework OpenClaw gained attention recently following a token-related incident. During its rebranding process, the project’s account was hijacked, letting scammers launch a fake Solana-based token named CLAWD. At one point, the token’s market cap surged to $16 million—only to plummet over 90% after the founder disavowed any connection to it. Founded by developer Peter Steinberger, OpenClaw was initially called “Clawdbot.” But it got a trademark warning for being too similar to Anthropic’s model name “Claude.” It was briefly rebranded to “Moltbot” before settling on OpenClaw. While transitioning from old GitHub and X accounts to new ones (before the handover finished), scammers seized the accounts and rolled out the CLAWD token, sparking speculative trading. Steinberger later said publicly he’d never issue a token, stressing any project selling coins under his name is a scam. After the incident, the official OpenClaw Discord server banned all

On February 22, data shows that as Bitcoin dropped to $60,000, Google searches for "Bitcoin to zero" hit a record high in the U.S. This metric has previously spiked near local Bitcoin bottoms in 2021 and 2022.