Crypto News. February 9, 2026

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Feb 09, 2026

China instructs banks to cut US Treasury holdings amid rising US debt risk.

Watcher.Guru@WatcherGuru

JUST IN: 🇨🇳🇺🇸 China orders banks to reduce US Treasury holdings.

6:15 AM · Feb 9, 2026 · 299K Views

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BRICS News@BRICSinfo

JUST IN: 🇨🇳🇺🇸 China instructs banks to reduce US Treasury holdings.

6:25 AM · Feb 9, 2026 · 91.2K Views

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Arthur Hayes challenges Kyle Samani to $100K bet on HYPE after Hyperliquid criticism.

Arthur Hayes@CryptoHayes

Since $HYPE is bad @KyleSamani let's make a bet. I bet that from 00:00 UTC 10 Feb 2026 to 00:00 UTC 31 July 2026 $HYPE will out perform any shitcoin >$1bn mcap on coingecko in USD terms. You choose your champion. Loser donates $100k to a charity of the winner's choice.

Kyle Samani @KyleSamani

@jon_charb Hyper liquid is in most respects everything wrong with crypto Founder literally fled his home country to build Openly facilitates crime and terror Closed source Permissioned

10:13 PM · Feb 8, 2026 · 198K Views

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Kyle Samani described Hyperliquid as embodying “everything wrong with crypto” in most respects.

Kyle Samani@KyleSamani

@jon_charb Hyper liquid is in most respects everything wrong with crypto Founder literally fled his home country to build Openly facilitates crime and terror Closed source Permissioned

9:10 AM · Feb 8, 2026 · 1.08M Views

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Forward Industries (FWDI), the largest public Solana treasury holder, faces nearly $1B unrealized loss, holding ~7M SOL at a $232 avg cost

Wu Blockchain@WuBlockchain

Nasdaq-listed Forward Industries, the largest publicly traded Solana treasury company, is facing a difficult period. FWDI currently holds nearly 7 million SOL, more than the next three competitors combined. Its average SOL acquisition cost is about $232; at the current price near

2:04 AM · Feb 8, 2026 · 64K Views

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Vitalik Buterin advocated ETH-collateralized algorithmic stablecoins as core DeFi.

vitalik.eth@VitalikButerin

@colludingnode > inb4 "muh USDC yield", that's not DeFi Would algorithmic stablecoins fall under this? IMO no (ie. algorithmic stablecoins are genuine defi) Easy mode answer: if we had a good ETH-backed algorithmic stablecoin, then *even if* 99% of the liquidity is backed by CDP holders who

8:28 PM · Feb 8, 2026 · 39.6K Views

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Milwaukee Bucks star Giannis Antetokounmpo has acquired a sub-1% equity stake in Kalshi

Giannis Antetokounmpo@Giannis_An34

We all on @Kalshi now

9:25 PM · Feb 6, 2026 · 25.7M Views

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Tether helped Turkish authorities freeze $500M+ in crypto connected to money laundering

Whale Insider@WhaleInsider

JUST IN: 🇹🇷 Tether helps Turkish officials freeze more than $500,000,000 in assets targeting suspected illegal betting and payment networks.

11:17 AM · Feb 7, 2026 · 1.07M Views

221 Replies · 226 Reposts · 2.11K Likes

Based announced BASED token with 1B supply cap and TGE scheduled for March 2026.

Based Foundation@BasedFnd

https://t.co/QpTQ1GD3Eb

1:28 PM · Feb 8, 2026 · 189K Views

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Bitcoin difficulty fell 11.16% to 125.86T, one of the largest drops on record and the biggest since China’s 2021 ban.

Coin Bureau@coinbureau

📉BITCOIN MINING DIFFICULTY SEES MAJOR DROP Bitcoin’s mining difficulty just fell 11.16% to 125.86 TRILLION at block height 935,424. This marks the largest negative difficulty adjustment since China’s mining ban in summer 2021. It's also the 10th biggest drop in BTC’s history.

8:00 PM · Feb 8, 2026 · 18.8K Views

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MicroStrategy CEO Phong Le stated that the company would face significant convertible debt repayment pressure only if Bitcoin fell to $8,000 and remained there for five years.

CoinMarketCap@CoinMarketCap

LATEST: ⚡ Strategy CEO Phong Le says the price of Bitcoin would need to collapse all the way down to $8,000 and stay there for five to six years before the company would face any balance sheet issues.

5:46 PM · Feb 7, 2026 · 47.3K Views

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Huobi and Avenir Group founder Li Lin denied being investors in Trend Research or Garrett and confirmed they did not reduce BTC or ETH holdings during the recent market downturn.

Wu Blockchain@WuBlockchain

Huobi and Avenir Group founder Li Lin have denied rumors that they are investors in Trend Research or Garrett, and stated that they did not reduce their BTC or ETH holdings during this market downturn. Avenir is the largest institutional holder of Bitcoin ETF in Asia. Earlier