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BTC price volatility decreases with ‘Wait and See’ Standing as fed minutes to pay

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By Francisco Rodrigues (all time and unless indicated otherwise)

Cryptocurrency investors seem to have adopted a “wait-and-see” approach to the plethora of conflicting headlines that appears. As a result, the BTC Volatility Index (Dvol) The popular exchanging options have decreased since January 20, falling from a high 72 to around 50.8.

The drop signal of bitcoin’s maturation as a possession, according to Tracy Jin, COO of the Cryptocurrency trading platform mexc. “Instead of reacting sharply to the short-term market shocks, the BTC shows signs of stabilization, which resembles the dynamics of commodity markets and traditionally safe properties,” says by Jin.

While the FTX Credits payout has started rolling, Debracle of Libra token continues to intensify. The co-creator of the token, Hayden Davis, Boasting about buying access In the inner circle of Argentine president Javier Milei before the launch of Memecoin, according to messages reviewed by CoinDesk.

Meanwhile, the approach, Bitcoin’s largest corporate holder, is set to rAise an additional $ 2 billion by selling zero-coupon notes. Raised funds will usually be used to accumulate more BTC.

Like the CEO of Brevan Howard Digital and CIO – that is just one person – which is a stress in Consensus Hong Kong, the cryptocurrency ecosystem has changed since the fall of the FTX, but 24/7 Management Management is still required.

In front of MacRO, entrepreneurs focused on minutes from the Federal Reserve interest rate meeting. Indications of the potential effect of increasing tariffs are a particular point of focus, provided by President Donald Trump’s comments on tariffs “in the neighborhood of 25% for vehicles, semiconductors, and pharmaceutical products. “

Recently US-RUSSIA speeches In Riyadh led to the appointment of teams to organize at the end of the war in Ukraine and promises to “normalize the operation” of their diplomatic missions. However, excluding representatives from Ukraine and Europe remains a point of dispute. Stay alert!

What to watch

Crypto:
Macro
- Feb. 19, 2:00 pm: The Fed releases minutes of the January 28-29 FOMC meeting.
- Feb. 20, 8:30 AM: Statistics Canada reports the price inflation of the January producer pricer.
  - PPI mom est. 0.8% compared to prev. 0.2%
  - Ppi yoy prev. 4.1%
- Feb. 20, 8:30 AM: The US Labor Department of Labor releases a report of unemployment insurance for the week that ended on Feb. 15.
  - Initial claims of unemployment. 215k compared to prev. 213k
- Feb. 20, 5:00 PM: Fed Governor Adriana D. Kugler providing a speech entitled “Navigating inflation waves while riding the Phillips Curve” in Washington. LIVESTREAM LINK.
- Feb. 20, 6:30 PM: The Ministry of Internal Affairs & Communications reports Japan’s consumer data.
  - Core inflation rate yoy est. 3.1% compared to prev. 3%
  - The rate of inflation yoy prev. 3.6%
  - Inflation rate mom prev. 0.6%
We are
- Feb. 20: i -block (Xyz), post-market, $ 0.88
- Feb. 24: Riot platforms (Disturbance), post -market, $ -0.18
- Feb. 25: Bitdeer Technologies Group (Btdr), pre -market, $ -0.53
- Feb. 25: Cipher Mining (CIFR), pre -market, $ -0.09
- Feb. 26: Mara Holdings (Mara), post -market, $ -0.13

Events with the token

Management
Unlocks
- Feb. 21: Quick token (FTN) to unlock 4.66% of the switch -shifted supply worth $ 78.6 million.
- Feb. 28: Optimism (OP) to unlock 1.92% of the circulating -transfer supply worth $ 34.23 million.
Launching a token
- Feb. 20: PI Network (PI) listed in Mexc, Okx, Bitget, Gate.io, Coinw, Digifinex and more.

Conferences:

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Token talk

By Oliver Knight

Sonic, the recent rebranded token, formerly called fantom, rose 37% last week. Advanced is linked to a increase in on-chain activity and a strengthening of general emotion following Rebrand.
The Memecoin sector is emerging from controversy to Argentine president Javier Milei and the Libra token. The sector’s market cap drops 4.4% to 24 hours up to $ 72.9 billion as traders begin to pull out liquidity and Legitimacy question of a market many views as an endless cycle of “pump and dumps.”
More than $ 35 billion worth of value has been out of decentralized finance (DEFI) decentralized protocols since mid -December. Part of the slump is tied to the prevention of property prices, but there is also an incredible amount of flows from Solana based on Liquid Staking Protocol this week, Defillama Data displays.

Derivatives positioning

BTC’s CME futures premium compressed to an annual 6%, according to data monitored by paradigm. That is a sign of bullish expectations that become aggressive amid the ongoing movement of sideways prices.
LTC, TRX and Hype lead growth in Perpetual Futures are open interest.
BTC and ETH options due to negotiations after February continue to reflect bullish emotions, though the premium for calls has been reduced to some size.
Block flows are mixed -mays with places purchased in February Expiration.

Market Movements:

BTC reached 1.34% from 4 pm et Tuesday to $ 96,356.41 (24hrs: +0.79%)
ETH reached 3.25% to $ 2,735.66 (24hrs: +1.54%)
CoinDesk 20 drops 2.80% to 3,195.66 (24hrs: +1.12%)
Ether CESR Composite Staking Rate drops 13 bps to 3.05%
BTC funding rate is at 0.0205% (7.4657% annual) in Binance
DXY is up to 0.14% to 107.20
Gold is up to 0.31% to $ 2,944.53/oz
Silver is up to 0.59% to $ 33.05/oz
Nikkei 225 closed -0.27% to 39,164.61
Closed by Hang Seng -0.14% to 22,944.24
FTSE drops 0.28% to 8,742.27
Euro Stoxx 50 drops 0.48 out of 5,507.77
Djia closed Tuesday unchanged at 44,556.34
S&P 500 closed +0.24% to 6,129.58
NASDAQ closed +0.07% to 20,041.26
The S&P/TSX composite index is closed +0.65% to 25,648.84
S&P 40 Latin America is closed +0.28% to 2,497.37
US 10-year Treasury Rate has climbed 1 bps at 4.56%
E-Mini S&P 500 futures dropped by 0.1% to 6,140.5
E-Mini Nasdaq-100 Futures dropped 0.1% to 22,219
E-Mini Dow Jones Industrial Average Index Futures dropped 0.16% to 44,571

Bitcoin Stats:

BTC Dominance: 61.08 (-0.32%)
Ethereum in Bitcoin Ratio: 0.02836 (1.54%)
Hashrate (seven-day average move): 784 eh/s
HASHPRICE (spot): $ 53.61
Total Fees: 4.7 BTC / $ 452,182
CME Futures Open Interest: 172,530 BTC
Btc that is priced at gold: 32.6 oz
BTC vs Gold Market Cap: 9.26%

Technical analysis

Solbtc's daily chart. (TradingView/CoinDesk) — Solbtc’s daily chart. (TradingView/CoinDesk)

Sol-BTC ratio dropped from a range of multiweek integration.
The technical breakdown suggests the possibility of an ongoing underperformance of the Solana blockchain token.

Crypto equities

Microstrategy (MSTR): Closed on Tuesday at $ 333.97 (-1.11%), up to 0.87% to $ 336.88 in the pre-market.
Coinbase Global (coin): closed at $ 264.63 (-3.53%), up to 1.27% to $ 268.
Galaxy Digital Holdings (GLXY): Closed to C $ 26.31 (-4.58%).
Mara Holdings (Mara): closed at $ 16.05 (-5.03%), up to 1.56% to $ 16.30.
Riot platform (Riot): closed at $ 11.56 (-5.79%), up to 1.12% to $ 11.69.
Core Scientific (Corz): closed at $ 12.39 (-0.96%), down 1.05% to $ 12.26.
Cleanspark (CLSK): closed at $ 10.08 (-4.00%), up to 1.39% to $ 10.22.
Coinshares Valkyrie Bitcoin Miners ETF (WGMI): closed at $ 22.84 (-2.39%), up to 0.31% at $ 22.91.
Semler Scientific (SMLR): closed at $ 50.72 (+2.11%), up to 2.09% at $ 51.78.
Exodo Movement (Exod): closed at $ 46.55 (-6.90%), up to 5% to $ 49.00.

ETF is flowing

Spot btc etfs:

Net -Net Flow Net Flow: -$ 60.7 Million
Cumulative Net Flow: $ 40.06 Billion
Total BTC handling ~ 1.163 million.

Spot etfs

Net -Net Flow -day: $ 4.6 million
Cumulative Net Flow: $ 3.16 Billion
Total Eth Holdings ~ 3.784 million.

Source: Farside Investor

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Chart of the day

AUSD'S MARKET CAP. (Artemis) — AUSD’S MARKET CAP. (Artemis)

The US dollar supported by Stablecoin Agora Dollar (AUSD), which debuted in Solana by the end of January, exceeded $ 100 million in market capitalization.
The next stop could be $ 1 billion, according to Artemis.