Spot Gold Breaks Below $1800, Intraday Decline Reaches 3.46%

On February 5, GMGN monitoring shows that Base ecosystem meme coin CLAWSTR plummeted 87% rapidly at 8 a.m. ET today. Its total decline has hit 95% from yesterday’s peak, with current market cap at around $900,000 and a 90% drop in the past 24 hours. Data reveals multiple early buyers who previously locked in profits chose to exit at a loss during this sell-off. For example, trader address “0xdc5” accumulated a $175,000 position when the market cap rose to $13.5 million and had realized profits at one point. Eventually, after paper losses widened to 70%, they exited with a roughly $124,000 loss. Addresses like “0x090” and “0xca6” also either bought early or added positions during pullbacks, but ended up selling at a loss in this downturn. This meme coin was co-launched by Nostr founder Derek Ross and Bitcoin ecosystem developer Alex Gleason as the community support token for Clawstr.com. It surged to a $19.9 million market cap yesterday. BlockBeats reminds users: Meme coin trad

February 5th — Per EmberCN monitoring, the whale/institution that netted $98.95 million via Flashbots has added another 2,500 cbBTC (valued at $181 million) in the past 9 hours today. Since the crypto market’s sharp drop on February 1st, its cumulative dip-buying volume totals $500 million: ? 4,000 cbBTC ($295 million) at an average price of $73,837 ? 83,392 ETH ($204 million) at an average price of $2,450 As of now, its holdings stand at 173,000 ETH ($406 million) and 4,000 cbBTC ($295 million), with an unrealized loss of $94.64 million. The average cost basis is $2,667 for ETH and $73,837 for cbBTC.

February 5: Gold and silver fell during Asian trading hours, pressured by a strengthening U.S. dollar. Fawad Razaqzada, a global macro analyst at FOREX.com, noted a strong dollar typically acts as a headwind for precious metals prices. “If this dollar rebound isn’t a flash in the pan, it could keep pressure on gold,” he said. Razaqzada added the market is now focused on the delayed release of the U.S. official employment report. The January non-farm payrolls report, originally set for Friday, has been rescheduled to Wednesday, February 11, due to the partial federal government shutdown. (FXStreet)

February 5th — Per the Coinbob Popular Address Monitor, the "Ultimate Short" address (0x5d2f...) cut its BTC short position multiple times over roughly one hour, totaling a reduction of ~31.57 BTC (valued at ~$2.2456 million). After these moves, the total value of its BTC short position dropped from $7,024,800 to $4,832,300. The position’s current unrealized profit is ~$2,786,800, with its liquidation price now at $175,229.03. Notable for opening a BTC short near the $12,000 level, the address regularly shorts major cryptos and altcoins. Its unrealized profit once peaked at $64 million, and it remains among the largest BTC short addresses on Hyperliquid.

Feb. 5 — Per HTX market data, Ethereum has fallen below $2,100, with its 24-hour drop widening to 8.66%.

On Feb. 5, Bitcoin fell below $71,000, with its 24-hour decline widening to 7.56%, according to HTX market data.