Daily Summary, February 2

*Source: news digest from specialized Telegram channels.*

📈 Regulation and Institutionalization
* The Moscow Exchange announced plans for 2026 to launch futures on the cryptocurrencies Solana (SOL), Ripple (XRP), and Tron (TRX).
* Justin Sun’s (founder of Tron) ex-girlfriend stated her readiness to cooperate with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). She claims to possess evidence of market manipulation and wash trading of the TRX token.
* A court in Russia introduced a supervision procedure (the initial stage of bankruptcy) against the parent company of the mining operator BitRiver. The total debt amounts to 700 million rubles.
* The Chinese online gold trading platform JieWoRui froze assets worth about 19 billion dollars, halting customer withdrawals and metal deliveries.

💥 Hacks, Losses, and Security Incidents
* The crypto protocol Step Finance on the Solana ecosystem was hacked. The damage is estimated at 261,854 SOL (approximately 30 million dollars at the time of the attack).
* A crypto investor lost 12.3 million dollars by copying an “infected” address from their transaction history and sending the funds to scammers.
* A Russian fishing company was subjected to a hacker attack with a ransom demand in January 2025. The perpetrators demanded 50 BTC (about 500 million rubles), which is a record sum for such incidents in Russia.
* A mass liquidation of a single position occurred on the derivatives exchange Hyperliquid, resulting in a trader losing 222.6 million dollars.

💰 Financial Results and Major Deals
* Tether reported a record annual profit exceeding 10 billion dollars in 2025. The company disclosed that it holds 6.3 billion in free reserves, invested 141 billion in US government bonds, and owns more than 140 tons of physical gold.
* The Binance SAFU user insurance fund began buying Bitcoin, acquiring 1,315 BTC for about 100 million dollars.
* A Sheikh from the UAE secretly acquired 49% of the company Trump’s World Liberty Financial just a few days before Donald Trump’s inauguration.

📊 Market Movements and Activity
* At the end of January 2025, Bitcoin lost 10% in price, and Ethereum lost 17.5%. The main decline occurred in the last days of the month.
* Two “dormant” wallets, inactive for over 5 years, suddenly moved 44,490 ETH (99 million dollars) into the Aave lending protocol. Subsequently, the borrowed 104 million USDT were used to purchase an additional 45,319 ETH at an average price of $2,295.

🗞 Historical Discoveries and Technological Announcements
* A letter from June 2011 was discovered in the published “Epstein files,” in which Jeffrey Epstein called Bitcoin a “brilliant idea” but pointed out its serious shortcomings.
* SpaceX filed an application to launch up to 1,000,000 satellites to create a global network of orbital data centers connected by high-speed laser communication channels.