Hyperliquid's largest ETH long position continues to add leverage, with longs now totaling $205 million

On February 11, former Multicoin co-founder Kyle Samani predicted Solana’s microstructure advancements over the next 18 months will outpace any prior period in crypto history. Key highlights to watch include: **Alpenglow**: A major upcoming consensus mechanism upgrade—one of Solana’s largest protocol-level changes ever. It simplifies consensus logic drastically, cutting block finalization time from ~12 seconds to 100–150 milliseconds, while removing legacy components like Proof of History and Tower BFT. New block propagation and voting mechanisms will deliver ultra-low latency infrastructure for high-frequency financial apps. **ACE (Application Control of Execution)**: A core innovation on Solana’s roadmap. Unlike traditional blockchains where validators/block producers fully control transaction ordering, ACE lets smart contracts/apps set their own transaction order, settlement logic, and priorities. This lets Solana DeFi apps customize their market microstructure—e.g., order mat

Binance will launch its first Alpha blind box airdrop today (February 11th) at 6:00 PM UTC+8. The airdrop pool includes tokens from multiple projects. Users holding a minimum of 242 Alpha Points can claim token rewards on a first-come, first-served basis—until the pool is fully distributed or the event ends.

**U.S. January Unemployment Rate & NFP Forecasts From 32 Institutions Ahead of Tonight’s Release** On February 11, the U.S. January unemployment rate and non-farm payrolls (NFP) data are scheduled for release at 21:30 UTC+8 tonight. Below are forecasts from 32 institutions: ### **Unemployment Rate Forecasts** Nomura Securities: 4.3% Bank of Canada: 4.3% EFG Bank: 4.3% Barclays Bank: 4.3% UBS Group: 4.3% ING Bank: 4.4% ANZ Bank: 4.4% Danske Bank: 4.4% BNP Paribas: 4.4% Bank of America: 4.4% Capital Economics: 4.4% Deutsche Bank: 4.4% Citigroup: 4.4% Commerzbank: 4.4% Crédit Agricole: 4.4% Credit Suisse Group: 4.4% Goldman Sachs Group: 4.4% ING International: 4.4% JPMorgan Chase: 4.4% Lloyds Bank: 4.4% SMBC Nikko Securities: 4.4% Moody’s Analytics: 4.4% Oxford Economics: 4.4% Morgan Stanley: 4.4% Natixis: 4.4% Standard Chartered Bank: 4.4% TD Securities: 4.4% UBS: 4.4% Wells Fargo: 4.4% MUFG Bank: 4.5% Nomura Securities

February 11th — Per HyperInsight monitoring, the "Strategy Whale" (0x94d…) executed a coordinated liquidation of its BTC and ETH long positions, totaling approximately $13.13 million in liquidation value. This includes: a previously valued BTC long position ($29.94 million) and an ETH long position ($24.13 million) — both positions closed at a loss, with a total loss of roughly $1.86 million. The address is known for aggressively opening large short positions on mainstream coins around MicroStrategy’s (MSTR) December listing. It once became Hyperliquid’s largest BTC short holder, with a position size of $120 million, before being liquidated at $3,113 — a move that significantly drained its funds.

**February 11** — Data from GMGN (link) shows the Solana meme coin WhiteWhale has been on a steady decline recently. The token’s market cap has dropped ~57% from its February 8 high of ~$140 million to a current $59 million. It trades at ~$0.062, with a 24-hour volume of $5.4 million. Even as the price falls, prominent trader The White Whale (active on X and Hyperliquid) continues to accumulate. Their holdings are valued at roughly $34.5 million, accounting for 58.13% of the token’s supply. They hold an unrealized loss of ~$86,000 (a 29% drop from entry points) and have not sold any tokens to date. GMGN data indicates the primary holding address (EBxgM) acquired most tokens via child addresses. Over the past 24 hours, total inflow value hit ~$219,000, with a net inflow of more than $2.1 million in the past seven days. The meme coin was initially created by fans using The White Whale’s avatar. It was later taken over by the trader, who has since aggressively built positions

On February 11, Binance announced a partnership with Franklin Templeton to launch a new institutional-grade over-the-counter (OTC) collateralization program. Eligible clients will be able to use tokenized money market fund shares issued via Franklin Templeton’s Benji technology platform as collateral for trading on Binance.