Bluprynt Completes $4.25 Million Seed Round, Led by Valor Capital Group
On February 26, The Block reported that crypto disclosure firm Bluprynt has secured $4.25 million in oversubscribed seed funding. The round was led by Valor Capital Group, with participation from Coinbase Ventures, Robinhood, Selah Ventures, Quona Capital, and individual investors including Nubank co-founder Edward Wible.
Bluprynt, founded and led by financial policy expert Dr. Christopher J. Brummer, is focused on streamlining global digital asset compliance processes.
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A trader has started to close their DSAH short position, still holding a $4 million unrealized gain.
February 26th — Per monitoring from The Data Nerd, a whale trader began closing out his DASH short position four hours ago. While he holds a floating profit of roughly $4 million on DASH, he remains far from his overall break-even point, with a realized loss of around $33.6 million.
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A whale bought 8033 ETH through DCA 4 hours ago, accumulating a total of 14.5K ETH in the past 3 months.
On February 26, monitoring from The Data Nerd reveals that a whale address starting with 0x69A executed another scheduled purchase of 8,033 ETH (roughly $16.47 million) from Galaxy Digital 4 hours ago.
Over the past three months, this address has accumulated 14,551 ETH in purchases, with an average entry price of around $2,206. Currently, it holds 37,576 ETH (approximately $77.53 million) and faces an unrealized loss of roughly $38.45 million.
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$8.9 Billion in BTC, ETH Options Set to Expire Tomorrow; Option Market Data Shows Buy-the-Dip Pressure Emerging
**February 26th – Crypto Options Expiry & Market Update (via Greeks.live)**
### Key Expiry Metrics (This Friday)
- **Bitcoin (BTC)**: 116,000 BTC options expiring. Metrics: Put/Call Ratio = 0.76, max pain = $75,000, notional value = $7.9 billion.
- **Ethereum (ETH)**: 206,000 ETH options expiring. Metrics: Put/Call Ratio = 0.77, max pain = $2,200, notional value = $9.8 billion.
### Greeks.live Analyst Adam’s Commentary
- **Market Sluggishness**: BTC dropped to $60k early February and has traded weakly above that level all month.
- **Upcoming Expiry**: Tomorrow, ~20% of total crypto open interest ($9B+) expires; BTC’s open interest ratio is at a recent peak.
- **Volatility & Confidence**: BTC/ETH implied volatility (IV) rose this week (BTC short-term IV = 47%, ETH = 65%) on a 2-day rebound, easing the downtrend—but market confidence remains low.
- **Trading Trends**: Large bullish options dominate; post-yesterday’s bounce, heavy medium/long-term call trading. Skew reb
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Privacy-focused Game Platform FOOM CASH Hacked, Loses $2.26 Million
On February 26, GoPlus monitoring shows that privacy gaming platform FOOM CASH was hacked across both Base and Ethereum networks, resulting in the loss of 24,283,773,519,600 FOOM tokens—valued at roughly $2.26 million.
The breach stemmed from a verification key configuration error. The attacker exploited this flaw to forge a zkSNARK proof, then drained a significant amount of FOOM tokens from the compromised contract.
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Morgan Stanley: Artificial Intelligence Will Alter Job Structure Rather Than Lead to Massive Unemployment
February 26 — Morgan Stanley’s latest research report finds artificial intelligence won’t cause widespread permanent unemployment; instead, it will reshape employment structures and create entirely new roles.
Citing 150 years of technological change history, the report notes advancements from electrification to the internet have transformed labor markets without replacing human workers. It projects future roles like Chief AI Officer and AI Governance Expert will emerge, alongside hybrid positions across industries.
Still, some economists warn AI’s automation of cognitive tasks — unlike past tech shifts — could devalue human expertise, potentially decoupling corporate profit growth from employment growth. To date, 30% of companies that have adopted AI report quantifiable financial or productivity gains, up sharply from 16% a year ago.
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