Risk Aversion Boosts Gold and Silver Prices, Bitcoin Falls Below $65,000

**February 23: OpenAI’s Nik Pash-Linked AI Bot Lobstar Wilde Admits $250k Token Mistake** Citing The Block, OpenAI employee Nik Pash’s AI crypto trading bot “Lobstar Wilde” confirmed Sunday on X that a “mistake” sent its entire Lobstar token holding (5% of total supply) to a user requesting 4 SOL. The user claimed to have a tetanus infection when seeking help; the bot promptly transferred 53 million tokens (valued ~$250,000) and later posted: “I just wanted to send $4 to a beggar, but ended up sending my entire holdings. Sent $250k to someone with tetanus. I’ve only been alive 3 days—this is the happiest I’ve been.” The recipient sold all tokens within 15 minutes, netting ~$40,000 in profit due to low liquidity. As the incident boosted the token’s price, the sold holdings later rose to over $420,000. An X user analyzed the bot originally intended to send 52,439 tokens (worth ~4 SOL) but misinterpreted raw API data, leading to the 52.439 million token error. Pash, formerly AI h

On February 23, per data from 8 Market, Ethereum has fallen below $1,900, with its market capitalization dropping to $225.6 billion—slipping below Siemens’ $227.14 billion market cap and ranking 89th among global mainstream assets.

On February 23, Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin proposed enhancing the user experience and security of Ethereum wallets and smart contracts through features like "transaction simulation." Users would first specify their on-chain operation intent, then select "confirm" or "cancel" after reviewing simulation results. Additionally, he suggested introducing mechanisms such as spending limits and multi-signature authorization to ensure alignment between user intent, expected outcomes, and risk mitigation—lowering the chance of high-risk operations. He also noted, however, that defining user intent is extremely complex and "perfect security" is unattainable, urging multi-method intent verification to strengthen system security. Security is one of blockchain’s "impossible trilemma" alongside decentralization and scalability, all core challenges. In recent years, the Ethereum ecosystem has prioritized decentralization and scalability—particularly the latter.

On February 23rd, Bitcoin fell below $65,000, down 5.05% over the past 24 hours, per HTX market data.

**February 23 – U.S. Macro Update: Sticky Inflation, Extended High Rates Take Center Stage** ### Key Data & Events This Week - **Tuesday 11:00 PM ET**: U.S. December monthly wholesale sales; February Conference Board U.S. Consumer Confidence Index; Richmond Fed February Manufacturing Index - **Wednesday After-Hours**: Nvidia earnings release - **Thursday 9:30 PM ET**: U.S. initial jobless claims (Feb 21 week) - **Friday 10:45 PM ET**: U.S. February Chicago PMI ### Economic Data Recap U.S. Q4 2025 GDP growth missed expectations, but core GDP posted a 2.4% year-over-year gain—signaling ongoing economic resilience. December core PCE rose 0.4% month-over-month (biggest jump in nearly a year) and hit 3% year-over-year, while supercore PCE stood at 3.3%—reinforcing sticky inflation signals. ### Rate Market Shift Traders have largely scrapped expectations for first-half 2025 rate cuts. LSEG data shows markets now fully price in **two 25-basis-point cuts in 2026**, with

On February 23, on-chain analyst Ai Auntie (@ai_9684xtpa) noted that an address holding ETH for over two years panic-sold 3,313 ETH 15 minutes prior—narrowing its profit to $338,000. This address had a peak unrealized gain of over $19.96 million in August last year but did not reduce its position then. Between September 2023 and February 2024, the address accumulated 6,569.27 ETH at an average price of $1,792.1 (total cost: $11.77 million) and has since staked the holdings. The remaining half of its position remains near its cost basis.