A certain whale withdrew 6000 ETH from Kraken after 6 months of silence

February 10th: Per HyperInsight monitoring (via their Telegram channel @HyperInsight), the "BTC Long-Term Whale" (address 0x5d2f4) has placed new limit buy orders for BTC. Current order book data shows the whale will purchase: - 50 BTC if BTC drops to $55,125 - Another 50 BTC if BTC falls to $53,525 - 100 BTC if BTC declines to $50,525 Additionally, the whale previously entered a 20x leveraged short position of 499.91 BTC at $111,499.3. Through funding rate settlements, it has so far earned $10.0014 million.

On February 10, GlobeNewswire reported that Autozi Internet Technology (Global) Ltd. (Zhongchi Chefu, Nasdaq: AZI) has completed a milestone acquisition: the company will acquire approximately $18.7 billion in high-quality digital assets from a leading global cryptocurrency institution for total consideration of about $1.1 billion. The transaction closed amid a period of adjustment in the global cryptocurrency market. Additionally, AZI’s U.S. subsidiary has reached a preliminary cooperation agreement with the cryptocurrency giant. The two parties will deepen collaboration on three key areas: building a Digital Asset Treasury (DAT), establishing compliant cryptocurrency payment infrastructure, and expanding a multi-scenario payment ecosystem. They are committed to jointly developing and leading the global DAT treasury and cryptocurrency payment markets based on digital currencies.

**February 10th Update** Andre Cronje, founder of Sonic Labs, announced on social media that derivatives platform flyingtulip has launched its first products: ftUSD and a Margin Account. These offerings support cross-chain liquidity, enabling leveraged spot trading and total return swaps. Per reports, flyingtulip is a platform focused on innovating trading, liquidity provision, and derivatives within an integrated ecosystem. It provides a one-stop DeFi service, letting users access spot, leveraged, and perpetual trading from a single liquidity pool—no need to transfer funds across different protocols.

On February 10, market sources note LayerZero had previously announced a major announcement for the day—confirmed as the launch of its blockchain network "Zero"—though the news originates from a now-deleted video.

On February 10th, Bloomberg reports Russian telecom regulator Roskomnadzor plans to restrict access to Telegram starting Tuesday. Throttling of the messaging app has already begun, per another unnamed source.