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According to Menlo Times, AI infrastructure company Nexthop AI announced the completion of a $500 million oversubscribed Series B funding round, with the company's valuation rising to approximately $4.2 billion. Investors in this round include a16z, Lightspeed, Altimeter Capital, Battery Ventures, Emergent Ventures, Kleiner Perkins, U.S. Innovative Technology Fund (USIT), and WestBridge Capital.The company stated that the funds will be used to accelerate the construction of efficient AI network infrastructure and to launch three foundational network platforms, with the team size now exceeding 300 people.

Bitget launches USDGO flexible wealth management product. During the event, users can go to the "Easy Earn" section to purchase USDGO, unlocking floating annualized returns based on the scale of their wealth management holdings, with a maximum of 15% APR. In addition, Bitget supports users holding USDT to exchange for USDGO without any fees, facilitating efficient capital allocation. For more product details, please refer to the Bitget official platform.

Barclays Bank expects that if oil prices remain around $100 per barrel and economic growth stays stagnant, the earnings per share (EPS) growth rate for European companies is likely to drop to a lower single-digit level, with the STOXX Europe 600 index falling to about 550 points.Historically, during periods of stagflation, the energy, utilities, and healthcare sectors tend to perform better, while financial, telecommunications, and consumer sectors often lag behind. The bank stated in a report that although the energy consumption intensity of the economy has decreased over time, the growth of the economy still faces risks, as Europe relies on Middle Eastern energy supplies for as much as 30%.

According to Arkham data, at 17:12, 40,000 SOL (worth approximately $3.4156 million) was transferred from Kraken to Binance.

According to monitoring by Lookonchain, the smart money address pension-usdt.eth is shorting BTC and ETH while going long on oil. The current positions are: 1,000 BTC (approximately $69.55 million), 8,950 ETH (approximately $18.07 million), and 30,000 xyz:CL (approximately $2.59 million).Since March 1, pension-usdt.eth has made a profit for 12 consecutive times, with a total profit of approximately $27 million and a win rate of 85%.

The conflict in the Middle East continues to escalate, with the closure of the Strait of Hormuz causing a 20% disruption in global oil supply. Coupled with multiple pressures such as rising market expectations for a Federal Reserve interest rate cut, geopolitical risk aversion has become the dominant theme in the market, with funds flowing into dollar assets in search of safety. According to data from the Gate platform, the USIDX (U.S. Dollar Index) reached a high of 99.001 USD in 24 hours, showing a high-level oscillating trend overall.Meanwhile, the performance of non-dollar currencies has significantly diverged. The euro and the pound are under pressure due to challenges from rising inflation expectations brought about by soaring energy prices, the yen's safe-haven properties continue to weaken, while the Canadian dollar remains relatively strong due to skyrocketing oil prices. Currently, Gate TradFi offers forex trading services covering 48 major currency pairs, with core currency pairs priced or settled in USD including EUR/USD (Euro/US Dollar), USD/JPY (US Dollar/Japanese Yen), GBP/USD (British Pound/US Dollar), USD/CHF (US Dollar/Swiss Franc), and USDCNH (US Dollar/Offshore Chinese Yuan).In addition, Gate TradFi has officially launched traditional financial asset contracts for difference (CFD) trading services covering metals, forex, indices, commodities, and some popular stocks, with related features now integrated into the Gate App and Web platform.

Binance founder CZ stated on social media, "Forbes' estimation of my net worth is seriously off. Binance is expected to have an annual revenue of about $5 billion, but they estimate my net worth at $110 billion. I feel that if I tried to claim I have a high net worth, they would actually lower my ranking even more, or possibly even remove me from the list altogether."According to previous news from ChainCatcher, Forbes shows CZ's net worth surpassing Bill Gates, rising to $110 billion, ranking 17th in the world.

Tastylive's global macro director Ilya Spivak stated that the next catalyst for the market is likely to come from the inflation data itself. Economists expect the overall CPI year-on-year for the U.S. in February to record 2.4%, while the core CPI year-on-year is expected to record 2.5%. However, beneath the surface of the data, a key risk is subtly visible.One important driver of the January CPI data was the decline in the contribution of energy prices to overall inflation. Given that oil prices have already started to rise in early 2026, it seems extremely difficult to replicate this situation. Regardless of what this means for the energy component in the February CPI data, traders will be keenly watching whether core price growth (especially in the services sector) continues to decline slightly.This could spark hopes for the normalization of inflation after the cessation of hostilities in the Middle East, thereby helping to soothe the market's anxious sentiment. If not, fragile financial markets may see a resurgence of "safe-haven" volatility, as investors will once again face the possibility of interest rates remaining elevated for a longer period. This would signal a troubling situation for stocks, bonds, and currencies other than the dollar.

Strategy's perpetual preferred stock STRC saw a record trading volume of $409 million yesterday, with the stock price above the par value of $100. This funding is expected to be used to purchase 2038 BTC.

According to Coinglass data, in the past 24 hours, the total liquidation across the network reached $235 million, with long positions liquidated at $133 million and short positions liquidated at $101 million. Among them, Bitcoin long positions were liquidated at $37.4851 million, Bitcoin short positions at $41.5013 million, Ethereum long positions at $30.3213 million, and Ethereum short positions at $20.9188 million.In addition, in the last 24 hours, a total of 92,254 people were liquidated globally, with the largest single liquidation occurring in Hyperliquid - XYZ:BRENTOIL-USD valued at $3.1322 million.

According to on-chain analyst The Data Nerd (@OnchainDataNerd), a new wallet withdrew 4,628 ETH from Binance one hour ago, worth approximately $9.37 million.

a16z partner Andrew Chen pointed out that AI code generation will fundamentally replace spreadsheets—spreadsheets are essentially "business logic trapped in a grid," lacking version control, testing, and modularity.AI code generation will compress the marginal cost from "spreadsheets" to "software" to nearly zero, and approximately 1 billion spreadsheet users worldwide are expected to migrate to real software applications.

According to Arkham data, at 16:08, 70,370.23 SOL (worth approximately $6,017,300) was transferred from Binance to an anonymous address (starting with 59oXzz6w...).

T. Rowe Price portfolio manager Vincent Chung stated in a report that the Bank of Japan may keep interest rates unchanged in March due to the need for time to reassess the current geopolitical situation. He believes that the bank may take monetary policy action in April, as wage negotiation data will be available by then. He noted that recent factors such as rising oil prices have intensified inflation risks, and persistently high oil prices could become a long-term drag on the central bank's policy inaction.Chung also pointed out that the market may be concerned about potential yen intervention, but the recent depreciation of the yen is in line with other foreign exchange peers. He added that if the Bank of Japan signals a dovish stance at the March meeting, it could put further pressure on the yen.

According to Caixin, NPC representative Fu Xiguo submitted a proposal to expedite the revision and enactment of the "People's Bank of China Law of the People's Republic of China." Currently, the digital RMB lacks clear legal regulations, and the issuance, circulation, and risk prevention face a legal vacuum, resulting in the central bank lacking a legal basis in fulfilling its issuance management responsibilities, making it difficult to effectively ensure the circulation safety of digital RMB and protect the rights and interests of financial consumers. The revision of the "People's Bank Law" should clarify the legal status of digital RMB as legal tender and define the core responsibilities of the central bank as the issuer of digital RMB.The new "People's Bank Law" should also include acts such as counterfeiting and tampering with digital RMB within the scope of legal regulation, clarifying the corresponding legal responsibilities and penalties to ensure the circulation safety of digital RMB.

According to Jinshi Data, the G7 statement supports taking proactive measures to address the current situation, including the use of strategic oil reserves.

Data shows that although large transactions of stablecoins mainly come from institutions, small transfers still account for the vast majority of use cases. In the retail trading sector, BNB Chain is rapidly becoming the preferred network for users.In February of this year, the number of monthly unique stablecoin sending addresses on BNB Chain reached 15.1 million, ranking first among all public chains; its stablecoin trading volume grew by 133% year-on-year, leading the industry in growth rate. Meanwhile, BNB Chain holds only about 5% of the global stablecoin supply but processes nearly 40% of the global stablecoin trading volume.Low transaction fees (around $0.05), faster block generation speed, and the active DeFi ecosystem including PancakeSwap and Venus Protocol give it a significant advantage in retail trading scenarios. Currently, about 82% of stablecoin transfer amounts on BNB Chain are below $1,000, with a daily stablecoin transfer peak reaching $21.7 billion.In terms of stablecoin trading share, BNB Chain has surpassed Ethereum and Solana.

According to Jinshi, the U.S. February CPI will be released tonight at 20:30, and the market generally expects moderate inflation performance. However, the Middle East conflict has driven oil prices to soar, and the shadow of stagflation still looms. Investors need to pay attention to the market volatility and related risks that this report may bring.

According to Coinglass data, the current whale holdings on the Hyperliquid platform amount to $3.319 billion, with long positions totaling $1.691 billion, accounting for 50.94% of the holdings, and short positions totaling $1.628 billion, accounting for 49.06%. The profit and loss for long positions is -$67.2196 million, while the profit and loss for short positions is $14.3 million.Among them, the whale address 0xa5b0..41 has taken a 15x leveraged long position on ETH at a price of $1,991.53, currently showing an unrealized profit of $1.8806 million.

According to the Hong Kong Economic Journal, the first batch of stablecoin licenses in Hong Kong will be issued after the Two Sessions, with fewer than 4 licenses in the first batch. It is reported that Yuan Coin Technology, which participated in the Hong Kong Monetary Authority's stablecoin issuer "sandbox" testing, will not be among the first batch to receive stablecoin licenses.The Hong Kong Monetary Authority previously revealed that it received stablecoin license applications from 36 institutions in the first round, but emphasized that the number of licenses in the first batch will definitely not be large, aiming for prudence and stability.