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As global macro uncertainties persist, major risk assets experienced phase fluctuations at the beginning of February. In terms of stock indices, the Dow Jones Industrial Average recently broke through the 50,000 point mark, while the S&P 500 and NASDAQ showed volatile movements, with increased index fluctuations, and market attention on the short-term trends of core indices continues to rise.Against the backdrop of expanding demand for index trading, Gate's index contracts have performed particularly well. According to CoinGlass data, in the past 4 hours, the top three in terms of open interest growth all came from the Gate platform, with US30 (Dow Jones Industrial Average) seeing an open interest increase of 1233.34% in 4 hours; NAS100 (NASDAQ 100 Index) recorded a growth of 814.95% during the same period; and SPX500 (S&P 500 Index) increased by 188.29%. The data indicates that funds are accelerating towards mainstream index contracts, with short-term trading sentiment significantly heating up.Currently, Gate contracts comprehensively cover traditional financial assets including stocks (48 types), metals (11 types), forex (3 types), commodities (2 types), and indices (13 types), supporting 24/7 continuous trading with a maximum leverage of 100 times. Gate is continuously building a multi-asset contract system that covers mainstream TradFi assets, creating the industry's most comprehensive trading area for index and traditional financial asset contracts.

According to Coinglass data, the total contract open interest for ETH has increased by 9.08% in the past 24 hours, with the current total open interest at $25.045 billion. Among them, Binance has an open interest of $5.809 billion, OKX has $1.507 billion, Bybit has $1.827 billion, and Gate has $2.618 billion.

According to Gate market data, during the U.S. trading session on Friday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average historically broke through the 50,000-point mark, marking the latest milestone achieved by the U.S. economy after years of strong growth. Chris Hyzy, Chief Investment Officer at Bank of America Merrill Lynch Private Bank, stated that opportunities in the U.S. market are not over yet. Although the Dow is steadily moving towards the 100,000-point threshold, price pressures and weak job growth remain warning signals.

The "Build and Scale in 2026" themed forum, jointly organized by ChainCatcher, RootData, and Alibaba Cloud, is now in the final 5 days of countdown. This forum has received joint support from partners such as Sei Labs, Tron, Brevis, Kite AI, Jarsy, Spark Protocol, Billions Network, Ju.com, SunPump, Vana, Photon Pay, Psy Protocol, UXLINK, Perle Labs, Phoenix, and Huazhi Education RWA, and is scheduled to be held on February 10th from 13:30 to 18:00 (GMT+8) in Hong Kong.As one of the important peripheral events of "Consensus HongKong," this forum will gather multiple high-quality global project parties, investment institutions, and developers, focusing on the trends of industry integration, growth paths, and market opportunities in the new cycle, with in-depth discussions around key tracks such as RWA, stablecoins, AI, payments, and DeFi.Event registration: https://luma.com/md5v6b5z

The digital asset trading platform Gate released its transparency report for January 2026, disclosing its phased progress in multi-asset trading and platform structure. The data shows that Gate continues to expand its influence in the derivatives sector, with a market share of derivatives rising to 11%; the trading volume of perpetual contracts grew from $911.2 billion in the first quarter of 2025 to $2.42 trillion in the third quarter, maintaining a high level of $1.93 trillion in the fourth quarter. Meanwhile, Gate TradFi has covered metals, foreign exchange, indices, commodities, and some stocks, with trading volume exceeding $20 billion since its launch.In terms of products and infrastructure, Gate is simultaneously advancing intelligent and on-chain capability construction. GateAI launched in January, focusing on market analysis and asset interpretation, with a user satisfaction rate of approximately 88% in the first month. After the upgrade, Perp DEX's monthly trading volume exceeded $5.5 billion, and the number of on-chain addresses for Gate Layer surpassed 100 million. In asset management, the on-chain earning TVL reached $1.301 billion, and the ETH staking scale hit a record high. In January, the overall reserve coverage ratio increased to 125%, with major assets maintaining excess reserves.Overall, Gate is continuously solidifying its long-term development foundation as a comprehensive digital asset platform through multi-asset coverage, expansion of trading scale, and upgrades in technological capabilities.

According to Jinshi reports, Federal Reserve Governor Cook expects the economic growth rate to be slightly above 2% this year.

According to CoinDesk, JPMorgan noted in a report that Bitcoin mining stocks performed strongly in 2026, with the total market capitalization of 14 U.S.-listed mining companies tracked by them increasing by $11 billion in a single month, a 23% month-over-month rise to $60 billion, far exceeding the performance of the S&P 500 index during the same period.The report believes this is mainly due to the winter storm causing a decrease in overall network hash rate, as well as market optimism regarding mining companies' transition to high-performance computing (HPC). The report pointed out that although the price of Bitcoin fell by about 4% that month, miners' profitability improved due to a temporary reduction in competition for network hash rate. At the same time, mining company valuations continued to expand, with their trading multiples being about three times the average level since 2022, indicating a significant decoupling of valuations from the price trends of Bitcoin.Additionally, mining companies are actively transforming into digital infrastructure providers, such as Riot Platforms signing an agreement with AMD to convert their mining facilities into AI data centers in search of more stable long-term revenue.

According to Jin Ten, Federal Reserve Governor Mester stated that stronger economic growth in the future does not require higher interest rates.

According to The Block, the indirect Bitcoin holdings of Norway's sovereign wealth fund grew by 149% in 2025, reaching 9,573 Bitcoins. This data was provided by K33's research director, Vetle Lunde.According to K33's analysis, by the end of 2025, the indirect Bitcoin exposure of the Norwegian Central Bank Investment Management (NBIM) was valued at $837 million, with 81% coming from its investment strategy.In addition, NBIM also holds shares in related companies such as MARA, Metaplanet, Coinbase, and Block.

Tokenization company Securitize announced that its revenue for the first nine months of 2025 was $55.6 million, representing an 841% increase compared to the same period in 2024. The company has currently submitted a public registration statement to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to advance its plan to go public through a merger with Cantor Fitzgerald-backed Cantor Equity Partners II (CEPT). The merger transaction with CEPT is still subject to approval by shareholders and regulatory agencies.If approved, Securitize will trade as a public company on Nasdaq under the ticker symbol SECZ.

According to Jinshi reports, Federal Reserve Chairman Powell stated that there is a divergence between robust growth and a weak labor market, which may be explained by rising productivity.

According to Jinshi reports, Federal Reserve Chairman Powell stated that the growth of labor supply has essentially stalled.

According to Jinshi, Federal Reserve Chairman Powell stated that the government shutdown is likely to weigh on economic growth in the fourth quarter, but this impact will be reversed.

According to Jinshi reports, Federal Reserve Chairman Powell stated that the slowdown in job growth reflects a decline in the labor force, although labor demand has also noticeably weakened.

According to Jinshi, Apollo's chief economist Slok stated that the Federal Reserve will indicate they are in a wait-and-see mode. Slok expects that the U.S. economic growth will accelerate this year, with current growth expectations exceeding market consensus.

According to Jinshi, U.S. Treasury Secretary Besant stated that the S&P 500 index has first crossed the 7,000 point mark, reflecting that we have implemented favorable policies for growth.