⚡️ Crypto Watchlist for the week

➡️ $STRK $BTC - Starknet will soon release strkBTC - a BTC token with built-in privacy

➡️ $POL - Polygon will start subsidizing agent-to-agent gas costs for payments oon March 4

➡️ Theo Network - Theo will launch a pre-deposit vault for thUSD, its new yield-bearing stablecoin powered by delta-neutral gold strategies.

➡️ $AVAX - Avalanche is launching a new $40M incentive program today

➡️ $DIME - The TGE of Paradex is expected to happen as soon as next week

➡️ $RESOLV - Resolv's S4 airdrop claims will open on March 5

➡️ $OPN - Opinion TGE is rumored to happen in early March

➡️ $AVNT - Avantis's 2nd airdrop will become available for claiming on March 5

➡️ Macro events - US unemployment rate will be announced on Feb. 6 + DeepSeek's new AI V4 model launches this week

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📣 Web3 > TradFi?

While CME gold futures are closed on weekends, tokenized gold keeps trading.

PAX Gold and Tether Gold effectively became the only live price discovery venues for gold. Quotes pushed confidently above $5,400, with the market moving toward a new all-time high while traditional desks were offline.

Another weekend driver was Polymarket, which saw record volumes and user activity. When TradFi shuts down, on-chain markets do not.

Liquidity now has a 24/7 layer. And price discovery is no longer waiting for Monday.

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Bitcoin has reached $70,000, gaining 7% over the past few hours.

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🫡 $HYPE

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In a world full of men chasing women, drugs and sex, be the man who is busy fixing his finances, body, mind, and a strong relationship with God.

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📣 Pump Fun expands mobile trading beyond its own tokens

Pump Fun is adding support for third-party assets inside its mobile app. Users will be able to trade meme tokens launched on competing platforms like Raydium or Meteora, as well as standard Solana coins via the Wormhole exchange.

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📈 Hyperliquid hits record open interest in TradFi futures

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Bryan Johnson reveals the MOST powerful treatment for depression

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Some of your positions might be down.

Do you keep holding and hope it bounces back or cut the loss?

"If I started my portfolio from scratch today, would I rebuy this?"

If the answer is no, you already know what to do.

The hard part isn't the analysis, it's acting on it.

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🥷 Bitconnect: the $2.4B lesson crypto won’t forget

Bitconnect promised 40% monthly returns from a “trading bot.” The bot never existed.

Vitalik called it a Ponzi two months before the collapse. People kept depositing anyway.

➡️ $2.4B raised from 40 countries
➡️ BCC peaked at $463
➡️ Crashed 92% in one day

The man who screamed “BITCONNEEECT” on stage put in $25,600. At the top it was worth $250K. He didn’t sell. Later divorced.

The founder disappeared from India in 2022. He faces up to 70 years if found.

800 victims split $17M in restitution. Out of $2.4B.

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🦑 Kraken gets access to the Fed’s core payment system

Kraken has received direct access to the US Federal Reserve’s payment infrastructure. The crypto exchange now holds a master account with the Fed, allowing it to move funds through the same system used by traditional banks.

This means Kraken can settle payments without relying on intermediary banks, which reduces friction and speeds up transfers.

A notable precedent for the crypto industry.

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📈 Bitcoin demand rises among Iranian citizens

As the military conflict escalates, reports indicate that many Iranians are actively buying $BTC and moving it to cold wallets.

During periods of conflict and instability, trust in local currencies often weakens.

Decentralized assets become an alternative for storing value outside the traditional financial system.

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Coinbase Bitcoin Premium has spiked to its highest level since October 2025.

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📣 Bloomberg used Hyperliquid to track oil during Iran attacks

During the Iran escalation, Bloomberg reportedly referenced prices on Hyperliquid to track oil moves because most traditional markets were closed.

Not CME futures. Not a bank desk. A crypto-native venue.

The reason is simple. When the event hit on a Sunday, Hyperliquid was one of the few places with live liquidity and continuous trading.

Activity is already expanding beyond crypto:

➡️ Silver became the #2 asset by volume on Hyperliquid today, behind BTC
➡️ Just three months ago it didn’t exist in crypto markets

The idea gaining traction is straightforward: if assets trade 24/7 with deep liquidity, traditional market hours start to matter less.

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Crypto traders are notoriously bad waiting on their hands.

They’re always unnecessarily trading or making adjustments.

Sometimes the alpha is in being still.

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This is the first crypto adoption catalyst in a LONG time with clear positive impact on price.

When bad news hit outside of normal trading hours the only option was selling BTC/ETH.

But onchain stocks are inevitable.

Coins become easier to hold when you can hedge your stocks 24/7.

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🎛 NYSE owner invests in OKX at $25B valuation

Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), the owner of the New York Stock Exchange, has invested in crypto exchange OKX at a $25B valuation.

📈 Following the news, OKB jumped about 55%.

The partnership focuses on launching tokenized trading of NYSE stocks and derivatives on OKX, expected in Q2 2026. ICE will also begin using OKX crypto market data.

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📈 Crypto funding rates rival microloans

Funding on some crypto exchanges is reaching levels that look closer to microfinance than markets.

Example: trying to buy oil perps on Hyperliquid shows limited liquidity.

On Gate, oil exposure exists only through perpetuals, with funding around 0.8% per hour, which annualizes to roughly 6,500%.

Leverage is easy to get. Carry is another story.

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