Tether Announces Strategic Investment in LayerZero Labs

On February 10, YZi Labs sent a letter to the board of CEA Industries, dismissing CEA’s claim of a "secret agreement" between the two parties as entirely false. The board was fully aware of the agreement—with legal counsel provided by Winston & Strawn—and board members Alexander Monie, Hans Thomas, and Namdar (then CEO of 10X Capital) were fully involved. The so-called "secrecy" is a misleading statement to the public, YZi Labs said. CEA’s demand to terminate the Strategic Services Agreement (SSA) is equally baseless, per the letter. YZi Labs terminated the SSA on December 11, 2025, and provided written notice to the CEA board on December 13. The SSA did not involve any payments and had no impact on negotiations for the 10X Asset Management Agreement. The CEA board is attempting to use an "investigation" as a cover-up for its inaction on the known facts, YZi Labs added. It is urging the board to immediately clarify its misleading statements, fully disclose Hans Thomas’ relevan

February 10: Per market sources, Interactive Brokers has rolled out Coinbase Nano Bitcoin and Ethereum futures, with 24/7 trading now available.

OKX announced on February 10 that it will list the ESP (Espresso) Perpetual Swap contract. Trading for the ESP/USDT Perpetual Swap will launch on February 11, 2026, at 00:00 UTC+8.

As of February 10, Bitget market data shows the Dow Jones Industrial Average (Dow) has hit another intraday all-time high, peaking at 50,471.58 points.

Per Coinglass data dated February 10: If Bitcoin dips below $66,000, total long liquidation intensity across major centralized exchanges (CEXs) will hit $538 million. By contrast, should Bitcoin break above $70,000, total short liquidation intensity on the same platforms will reach $449 million. **BlockBeats Note**: Liquidation charts do not display the exact number of contracts at risk of liquidation or the precise value of those contracts. Instead, the bars on these charts represent the relative significance of each liquidation cluster compared to adjacent clusters — in other words, "intensity." As such, the charts illustrate how impactful hitting a specific price level will be: A taller liquidation bar signals a more intense market reaction once the price reaches that level, driven by a liquidity cascade.

On February 10, Bitcoin briefly dropped below $68k per HTX market data, currently trading at $68,203—down 1.73% over the past 24 hours.