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The mining profitability indicator $BTC has fallen to a record low. Mining companies are massively shutting down equipment against the backdrop of falling prices of the first cryptocurrency and rising electricity tariffs.
The income per unit of computing power has dropped to 3 cents per terahash. For comparison: in 2017, this indicator was $3.5.

🔎For developing countries, transaction costs are not an abstract problem but a critical barrier. When the fee is comparable to a user's daily income, any on-chain model loses practical meaning. This is where scaling solutions come to the forefront, and Plasma occupies a special place. Its basic idea is to shift the main load off the base network while maintaining the ability to protect funds.

U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessen commented during a speech at the House Financial Services Committee on the possibility of government intervention in the cryptocurrency market. Congressman Brad Sherman asked the head of the department about the federal government's readiness to implement measures to rescue Bitcoin in the event of a major price collapse.

MicroStrategy is once again under pressure after it fell to $60,000. The company's cryptocurrency reserves have gone even deeper into the loss zone compared to the average purchase price. The crypto community is once again talking about risks to the company's balance sheet.
MicroStrategy's shares plummeted amid the ongoing decline of Bitcoin. Investors perceive the company as a lever of pressure on cryptocurrency. MicroStrategy's market capitalization has fallen below the value of its Bitcoin reserves. This is a worrying signal for the company's chosen reserve management model.

The story of the founder of Cardano today sounds like a concentrate of the entire crypto industry. Losses exceeding $3 billion are not just a figure, but a marker of the scale of risk faced even by those who were at the origins of the market and shaped its ideology.

Against the backdrop of these statements, the contrast between financial results and public position is particularly noticeable. When capital disappears, the focus shifts from the token price and short-term chart to the very idea for which the project was created and developed.

The price $SOL has settled below $100, and the market is gradually accepting this level as the new norm. From local values around $95–97, the decline exceeded 15 percent, and the current price fluctuates in the range of about $78–80, reflecting a phase shift from growth to adaptation.
The chart shows a prolonged downward movement with a consecutive decline in highs. The climax was a sharp drop to the area of $67–68, where the market found short-term support and bounced back almost 18 percent. However, this bounce currently looks technical rather than a reversal.

The price $BTC is holding below $70,000, and the market has already accepted this level as a new reality. From local highs, the decline was more than 12 percent, and short-term volatility has increased, indicating a phase of redistribution and exit from excessive risk.
The chart clearly shows an impulsive downward movement with accelerating sales. The minimum was recorded around $59,800, after which there was a quick rebound of almost $5,000. However, the recovery stopped in the zone of $66,000–67,000, where supply intensified.

The price $ETH has confidently settled below the psychological level of $2000, which in itself has become an important signal for the market. From local highs, the decline has exceeded 15 percent, and intraday movements reach 3–5 percent, indicating sustained high nervousness among participants.

Government stablecoins are increasingly seen as a digital continuation of national currencies. Along with the growing trust in such instruments, the question of protecting holders and guarantee mechanisms naturally arises.

Unlike private digital assets, a government stablecoin is initially associated with the responsibility of public institutions. The user expects not only a stable exchange rate but also clear rules for the protection of funds.

This Friday will be remembered by the market as a point of sharp risk offloading. Massive liquidations occurred throughout the ecosystem, and the figures of capital outflow became a clear marker of changing sentiments. Investors acted synchronously, reducing positions and realizing losses.
The outflow of funds was particularly noticeable in $BTC : minus $434 million in one day. $ETH showed a more moderate, but still significant decline of $81 million. Against this background, $SOL stood out with a symbolic inflow of $3 million, more as an exception than a new trend.

American politics has once again turned the market into a meme. Amid the sell-off $BTC it fell below $60,000, and $ETH — below $1,750, losing double-digit percentages in a short period. When assets rise, it is presented as the result of the right line and responsible policy. When the market falls, there is always a convenient figure to shift the blame onto, and the name of that figure has long been known.

Industries do not need new L1 blockchains or networks that copy the EVM. According to Ethereum founder Vitalik Buterin, this approach 'has led developers into a dead end, stifling imagination.'
He noted that the first level of the ecosystem is successfully scaling, so creating another network with an 'optimistic' bridge and a one-week withdrawal delay makes no sense.

February contract price $BTC on Polymarket — until expiration in 24 days, nearly $1.78 million in turnover only for the target of $70,000 — gives a clear signal of sentiment. The probability that by the time of contract settlement at the end of February the price will be around $70,000 has risen to 74% (an increase of 65%). This is not about the exact closing of the month at this level, but rather the expected price level at the expiration date. Currently, this is the most actively traded scenario for the month.

11 state pension funds of the USA collectively own almost 1.8 million shares of Strategy, analysts from Fintel calculated. Currently, the value of all Strategy papers is estimated at $240 million compared to $577 million at the start of investments. Over the past six months, the shares have collapsed by 65%.
The New York pension fund lost the most money — about $53 million, which is about 60% of the money invested in Strategy. The fund provides payments for 1.1 million active workers, retirees, and their dependents. In second place for losses is the Florida pension system — $46 million (58% of investments), and the fund only purchased shares of the company at the end of December. The third place is held by the State of Wisconsin Investment Board (SWIB), with losses of about $26 million (about 60% of investments).

Analysts emphasize that now capital coming through institutional ETFs remains in Bitcoin and does not flow into other assets. And for the next bullish rally to start, there now needs to be a simultaneous emergence in the unregulated zone of a truly mass, useful product and a radical easing of global monetary policy.

The current decline in the price of the leading cryptocurrency is caused by the actions of major market participants, not by panicked private investors, according to technical analyst Peter Brandt.
In his opinion, the price movement bears all the hallmarks of a "planned selloff." Brandt noted that the leading cryptocurrency has been making new local highs and lows for eight days in a row. The expert contrasted this situation with a typical liquidation of retail traders' positions.

Precious metals have outpaced Bitcoin in terms of market instability. According to current data, the 30-day volatility index for gold reached a peak value of 48.68, and at the time of preparing the material, it was recorded at 41.04. Notably, such levels have not been observed since the global financial crisis of 2008.