Cryptocurrency Fear and Greed Index Drops to 9 as Market Cools Off

On February 10, Bloomberg reported that Stripe Inc.—the global payments giant—is lining up a new takeover offer that would value the company at at least $140 billion, up more than $30 billion from its $107 billion valuation last year. Sources familiar with the matter noted that the specific terms of the offer could still shift.

On February 10, Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) announced it is leading the seed funding round for AI lab Shizuku AI, with the exact investment amount not yet disclosed. The project was founded by Akio Kodaira, who launched the AI VTuber “Shizuku” while pursuing his doctorate at the University of California, Berkeley in 2023—growing a user base of thousands on YouTube. The team is currently building an AI lab in Japan, focused on developing AI companions and character-based products that blend cutting-edge AI research with Japanese character design culture.

As of February 10th, per data from GMGN monitoring, the Base ecosystem meme coin CLAWNCH briefly surged to a $14.6 million market cap before settling back to $13.1 million—representing a 74% jump over the past 24 hours. CLAWNCH is reportedly an AI agent launch platform, drawing inspiration from Moltbook (an AI agent interaction and social ecosystem) and Clanker—another AI-focused launch tool on the Base network. BlockBeats advises users that meme coin trading is highly volatile, often fueled by market sentiment and meme-driven hype, with no inherent real-world value or practical use case. Investors should exercise caution and be fully aware of the associated risks.

On February 10, data from the Coinbob Popular Address Monitor shows that “Hyperliquid Early Contributor Loracle” opened a long position in PAXG (Gold Mapping Contract) six days ago. After a short-term paper loss, the position has turned profitable as spot gold prices climbed. The average entry price for this position is $5,047, with a position size of roughly $46.5 million—currently the largest long position in on-chain PAXG assets. This address has recently used a continuous compounding hedging strategy. Beyond the PAXG long, it also holds a large HYPE position and a substantial BTC short. As of now, this whale holds Hyperliquid’s largest long positions in HYPE and PAXG, plus its largest BTC short. Total position size: $109 million; overall unrealized gain: nearly $10 million. Loracle (X: loraclexyz)—formerly Laurent Zeimes—is active in the Hyperliquid ecosystem, counted among its early contributors, and founder of Hypurrfun. Recently active in Hyperliquid’s contract market,

On February 10th, AI Auntie’s monitoring data shows that address 0x15a...0dfdb opened a 30,000 ETH short position 14 hours ago and was liquidated 10 hours ago at an average liquidation price of $2062, incurring a total loss of $1.156 million.

Per Coinglass data as of February 10, Bitcoin’s liquidation dynamics for major centralized exchanges (CEXs) reveal key thresholds: - If BTC breaks above $72,000, cumulative short liquidation intensity across mainstream CEXs will reach $726 million. - Conversely, a drop below $68,000 would trigger $885 million in cumulative long liquidation intensity. **BlockBeats Note**: Liquidation charts do not show the exact number or value of contracts to be liquidated. The bars instead reflect how significant each liquidation cluster is relative to adjacent clusters—this is defined as "intensity." In short, the chart signals how strongly the underlying asset’s price will react at a given level: higher bars mean a more intense response from liquidity cascades when price hits that point.