Silver Plunges Over 35% to Hit Historic Record Low, Becomes Third-Largest Liquidation Asset in the Crypto Space in 24 Hours

February 26 – Per Coinbob Popular Address Monitor, a DeFi whale (address: pension-usdt.eth) closed out its entire ~$68.6 million BTC long position in the past 30 minutes, locking in ~$590k in profits. The position was opened three days prior at an average entry price of ~$67,900. BTC prices dipped temporarily post-opening, leaving the address with floating losses that peaked at over $3 million. As BTC surged sharply in the short term, the position turned profitable, prompting the whale to quickly close and lock in gains. This whale’s strategy typically involves low leverage, short holding cycles (average ~30 hours), and heavy trading of BTC and ETH. Cumulative profits since last October have exceeded $24 million.

February 26th: Stripe co-founder and president John Collison said in a recent interview that data shows absolutely no signs of a slowdown in software industry growth—despite the doom-and-gloom chatter surrounding SaaS (Software as a Service). In fact, growth across the board remains robust. This isn’t actually at odds with the pessimistic take: Folks’ long-term expectations for 2030 or 2035 could have shifted—but that shift hasn’t shown up in recent data yet. Right now, the market feels a bit too jittery. No doubt, the marginal cost of building software is falling sharply—and that’s a widely agreed-upon fundamental. But at the same time, the market’s reaction right now does feel a bit volatile.

February 26: In a recent interview, OpenClaw founder Peter Steinberger noted that while OpenClaw offers the most comprehensive privacy solution, security is a separate concern. Currently, all user data is stored locally—no content is uploaded to the cloud—giving users full control over access rights and memory data to safeguard privacy. However, the security risk isn’t about breaches, but loss of control. Peter explained that an AI Agent’s security largely depends on the underlying model’s capabilities. While prompt injection attacks on large models aren’t impossible, they’re not as easy as some believe. OpenClaw has now hired dedicated security experts, with its current core focus being helping users operate as securely as possible in new scenarios. OpenClaw’s security issues still draw concern. February data shows 341 malicious plugins in its skill market, a 11.3% contamination rate that poses a serious supply chain risk. That said, under the premise of “using the latest mod

On February 26, AI search platform Perplexity AI launched its new flagship product, Perplexity Computer—an AI capability orchestration platform. The tool supports end-to-end research, design, coding, deployment, and management for any project. It can simultaneously schedule up to 19 distinct AI models, with the system intelligently routing each subtask to the optimal model for parallel execution.

On February 26, a BTC perpetual contract on Lighter (a perp DEX) saw an unusual wick, briefly dipping to $47,510. Lighter officials noted in its Discord channel that a whale executed a large 1,000 BTC market sell order directly on the platform’s order book. Given Lighter’s limited liquidity, the order wiped out all available buy orders, pushing prices down to roughly $47k before an immediate rebound. This was not a platform vulnerability, hack, or manipulation—rather, it aligned with standard order book mechanics. Liquidations are tied to the mark price, not a single trade’s candle, so stop-losses near this level may or may not have been triggered.

Feb. 26 — Bitcoin surpassed $68,000, up 6.2% over the past 24 hours, per HTX market data.