U.S. CFTC Acting Chairman: Enforcement Division Restructured, Refocused on Combating Fraud

February 11 – Carrie Lam, Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, said Wednesday Hong Kong is increasingly emerging as a key hub for Web3 and cryptocurrency innovation. She delivered opening remarks at **Consensus Hong Kong** (hosted by CoinDesk) in a prerecorded address, outlining the city’s efforts to support the crypto community and industry. “The Hong Kong SAR Government is committed to making Hong Kong a global hub for digital asset innovation,” she stated. “Over the past few years, we’ve actively built a regulatory framework to drive robust, sustainable growth of our Web3 ecosystem.” Lam highlighted Hong Kong’s unique advantages: its ability to capitalize on the booming crypto sector while leveraging proximity to mainland China and global financial markets. “Under the ‘one country, two systems’ principle, Hong Kong is the only city combining the strengths of China and the world,” she said. “Most importantly, our financial system is strong—with dee

As of February 11th, on-chain data analyst Yu Jin’s monitoring indicates Bitmine restaked 140,400 ETH (valued at ~$2.82 billion) 5 hours earlier. Currently, Bitmine holds a total of 4,325,738 ETH, with 3,037,859 ETH staked—pushing its staking ratio to over 70%. Based on the current 2.8% annual staking yield, Bitmine’s annual staking income totals ~85,000 ETH (~$172 million), averaging ~233 ETH (~$470,000) daily.

**Crypto Bear Market Tied to 4-Year Cycle, Not Single Culprit: Bitwise’s Hougan** On February 11th, Bitwise Asset Management CIO Matt Hougan told CNBC’s *ETF Edge* that the crypto market’s three prior bear markets stem from its "four-year cycle"—pushing back against the idea of a single villain for Bitcoin’s current pullback. Hougan noted investors are now favoring alternative popular assets like gold and AI stocks over crypto. He added there’s "some quantum computing risk" and market jitters around Fed Chair nominee Kevin Warsh, emphasizing these factors get amplified in bear markets. Still, he argued Bitcoin’s weakness won’t derail crypto-focused ETF momentum, citing the market’s current "self-fulfilling prophecy" dynamic. Beneath the surface, good news is unfolding slowly, Hougan said—adding Bitcoin’s financialization doesn’t undermine its scarcity case. "It may shift intraday or short-term trading, but the 21 million total supply is a fundamental fact: all derivative de

On Feb 11, per LookOnChain monitoring, a whale address 3NVeXm deposited 2,500 BTC to Binance an hour ago — valued at roughly $172.56 million.

As of February 11, Robinhood has announced via official sources that its developer-focused Robinhood Chain testnet is now live, enabling builders to construct infrastructure on the network. Robinhood Chain is reportedly a finance-grade Ethereum Layer 2 network built on Arbitrum, engineered to support real-world assets. Per the announcement, the initiative aims to speed up the growth of on-chain financial services—kicking off with tokenized real-world assets and digital assets. Developers can now build on Robinhood Chain’s core infrastructure and test use cases ahead of the mainnet launch.