The Digital Asset Necessity

Ripple’s survey reveals digital assets are no longer a fringe experiment—they’re becoming a core part of how banks, asset managers, fintechs, and corporates plan to move money, store value, and manage risk.

Stablecoins emerged as the most compelling use case, with 74% of leaders saying stablecoins can improve cash-flow efficiency and unlock working capital. 

This highlights their growing appeal as treasury tools beyond just payment rails.

Fintechs are leading adoption, with 31% using stablecoins to collect payments for customers and 29% accepting stablecoins directly.

Meanwhile, 47% of fintechs want to build their own digital asset solutions rather than rely…

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Bitcoin trades around $70,000 as Bitcoin ETFs saw $90.2 million in net outflows on Thursday, while Ethereum ETFs reported $136.4 million in net outflows.  

Meme coin market capitalization dropped around 3% over the past 24 hours to $33.4 billion.

Trader Commentary: Crypto trader Jelle said Bitcoin is retesting the $70,000 level from below, making it a key decision point. A failure to reclaim it could allow bearish momentum to take control.

He added that significant liquidity remains below current prices, raising the likelihood of a downside sweep before any sustained move higher.

Ted Pillows noted Ethereum bounced from the $2,100 support zone, but the recovery lacks strong spot demand….

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The ‘Everything Exchange’ Expansion

Coinbase becomes one of the first major centralized venues to offer stock perpetual futures, a product that has gained traction on decentralized platforms with billions in daily trading volume. 

The launch advances the company’s strategy of building an “Everything Exchange” where users can access crypto, traditional assets, and emerging markets in a single venue.

The contracts offer up to 10x leverage on single-name stocks and up to 20x leverage on ETF products, with settlement conducted in USDC on crypto rails. Coinbase said the products support cross-margining across perpetual futures and spot positions.

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Donald Trump Jr. promoted World Liberty Financial’s (WLFI) new payment infrastructure on Thursday that will enable AI agents to manage funds and transact on the blockchain.

WLFI Dives Into Agentic Commerce

Trump Jr. spotlighted the AgentPay Software Development Kit on X, calling it “open source, self-custodial and policy-first,” which could be used to settle USD1 transactions.

“AI agents that can reason but can’t pay for anything are just expensive interns,” he said. “Today, World Liberty Financial shipped the infrastructure to fix that.”

This software toolkit enables agents to move and trade funds programmatically according to user-defined rules. The rules will be enforced…

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‘False, Misleading Statements’

The lawsuit claimed that Gemini failed to disclose several key issues in the documents supporting its IPO, according to San Diego-based plaintiffs’ law firm Robbins LLP. These include overstating the viability of its core business as a cryptocurrency platform and its international expansion.

The lawsuit also alleged that the company’s post-IPO financial and business prospects were overstated. The plaintiffs stated that the offering documents and public statements made by co-founders, Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss, were “materially false and misleading.”

The shareholders pointed to a blog post by the Winklevoss twins dated Feb. 5, announcing a…

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Leading cryptocurrencies traded flat, while stocks extended their gains on Thursday as Israel says it’s “holding off” future strikes against Iran’s critical energy sites.

Bitcoin Consolidates After Correction

After a steep drop yesterday, Bitcoin stabilized in the $70,000 range, with trading volume staying low. Ethereum also settled around the $2,100 zone after pulling back from $2,300.

Bitcoin’s dominance stood at just over 58%, while Ethereum accounted for 10.7% of cryptocurrency market total capitalization.

Over $400 million was liquidated from the cryptocurrency market over the past 24 hours, predominantly long positions, according to Coinglass data.

Open interest in Bitcoin…

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Bitcoin tapped $70,000 on Thursday as cryptocurrencies reversed most of their gains from earlier in the week.

Notable Statistics:

Coinglass data shows 124,449 traders were liquidated in the past 24 hours for $437.34 million.

SoSoValue data shows net outflows of $163.5 million from spot Bitcoin ETFs on Wednesday. Spot Ethereum ETFs saw net outflows of $55.7 million.

In the past 24 hours, top losers include Worldcoin, Bittensor and Artificial Superintelligence Alliance.

Notable Developments:

Trader Notes: Ted Pillows said Bitcoin has yet to fully sweep downside liquidity, suggesting another move lower could occur to trigger stop-losses and collect orders.

At the same time, he noted…

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