Federal Reserve Governor Jefferson: No Need to Hurry to Further Cut Interest Rates, Strong Economy Makes Caution Appropriate

**February 9th Update** Per Coinbob Popular Address Monitor, the trader known for a 100% win rate and low drawdown—who specializes in ranging market trades—currently holds a 20x-leveraged BTC long position with an average entry of $81,400, facing a 326% floating loss. Of the 100 pyramid buy orders placed today, 70 have executed, with 30 remaining unfilled. The current buy zone spans $68,000 to $69,340. Previously, this address placed ~100 sell orders in the $84,000–$86,880 range, targeting the closure of 70.2% of its long positions. Since January, this trader has turned an initial $50,000 into $260,000 in cumulative profits, with monthly and overall win rates both exceeding 85%. Their strategy is a **pyramid hedged grid**: layering long/short orders within a pre-set price range, building positions and taking profits in batches (pyramid structure) to capture ranging market price gaps—rather than relying on one-sided directional bets. Renowned trader Paul Wei (who uses a simil

Maple Finance announced on February 9 that its web app had a security vulnerability. The issue has been fixed, but as a precaution, the team will temporarily take the web app offline to ensure the fix is fully rolled out. The team confirmed that smart contracts remain unaffected and user deposits are secure. Users will be notified once the web app is back online.

February 9th, He Yi posted: “Seedance 2.0 is here! Friends enthusiastically made a short film featuring my portrait. Recently, tying into the ‘Six Major Sects Encircling Bright Peak’ storyline—once FUD dies down, that’s when the market will surge.” “Entertaining everyone is an honor for me. I’m launching an AI-made short film contest called ‘Six Major Sects Encircling Bright Peak.’ First place gets 10 BNB, second 9, and so on, with 10th place taking home 1 BNB.”

Feb. 9: Bitcoin has once again broken above the $70,000 mark, per HTX market data. It was last trading at $69,842.51, down 1.9% over the past 24 hours.

On February 9, CoinShares released its latest weekly report, noting that outflows from digital asset investment products slowed sharply last week to $187 million—despite ongoing price pressure—signaling a deceleration in the pace of outflows. The report also showed total assets under management (AUM) dropped to $129.8 billion, the lowest level since March 2025. Regionally, inflows were recorded in Germany ($87.1 million), Switzerland ($30.1 million), Canada ($21.4 million), and Brazil ($16.7 million). By asset, Bitcoin saw outflows of $264 million, while XRP ($63.1 million), Solana ($8.2 million), and Ethereum ($5.3 million) attracted inflows.

Feb. 9 (Reuters) – South Korea’s Financial Supervisory Service (FSS) chief Lee Kang-hee said the cryptocurrency sector has structural vulnerabilities requiring urgent stronger regulation, following a recent Bithumb incident where customers received over $40 billion in Bitcoin by mistake. Lee emphasized users who received tokens from the accidental disbursement are legally required to return the assets. The FSS also took a cautious stance on “ghost tokens” and Bitcoin spot ETF products, adding it plans to broaden regulatory oversight through secondary legislation for the “Digital Asset Basic Law.”