According to a report by CoinMeta on February 13th, analysts believe that tonight's US inflation data may bring more positive news. Dow Jones' market forecast indicates that the US overall CPI will rise 2.5% year-on-year in January. If the data meets expectations, it means the CPI will return to the level of May 2025—when President Trump had just implemented the "Liberation Day" tariffs, which many economists worried would lead to a sharp rise in prices. The overall CPI in December was 2.7%, trending downwards since its peak of slightly above 3% in September, while the core CPI was 2.6%. Both indicators are expected to record a 0.3% month-on-month increase in January. It is worth noting that CPI data for the past three months has been lower than Wall Street's expectations, so a lower-than-expected January figure could strengthen the confidence of Federal Reserve officials to cut interest rates without triggering a new round of inflation. Tom Lee, head of research at Fundstrat Global Advisors, said that an inflation level of 2.5% would be consistent with pre-COVID-19 levels and close to the average level of 2017-2019. Lee pointed out, "Even though the data still reflects the effects of tariffs, this is a 'normal' level of inflation." He added that the current target range for the federal funds rate is 3.5%-3.75%, well above pre-pandemic levels, and "the Fed has a lot of room to cut rates."

According to Greeks.live analysis, 38,000 BTC options and 215,000 ETH options expired on February 13th. The BTC options put-call ratio was 0.71, with a maximum price threshold of $74,000 and a notional value of $2.5 billion; the ETH options put-call ratio was 0.82, with a maximum price threshold of $2,100 and a notional value of $410 million. The crypto market continues its downward spiral, with the maximum price threshold decreasing rapidly. Today, options representing 9% of total open interest, totaling nearly $2.9 billion, expired. This week, the implied volatility of Bitcoin and Ethereum has decreased, with BTC's main term IV at 50% and ETH's main term IV at 70%, indicating some easing of the price decline, but market confidence remains weak. In terms of trading volume, put options dominated, and after yesterday's further decline, some bargain hunting began to emerge. Looking at major options data, Skew also saw a rebound, and commodities began to show a significant increase in call options. The market is still in a bear market, but the most severe decline in this round has come to an end. Currently, the crypto market lacks new funds, and it is too early to talk about a bull market or a major rebound.

According to CoinMeta, Bitget CEO Gracy Chen stated at Consensus 2026, "As a trading platform, we do not plan to develop Large Language Models (LLMs) in-house, but trading bots are crucial. Current AI bots are more like interns: faster and cheaper, but still require proper supervision. In the coming years, AI will gradually become a full-fledged employee, and may replace a large number of humans within three to five years."

According to CoinMeta, on February 13th, HyperInsight monitoring showed that the "largest short seller of DASH" is currently shorting 138,776.38 DASH with 5x leverage, at an average entry price of $71.41, with a floating profit of $5.172 million per coin. There are currently no other token positions in the address.

According to CoinMeta, Project 0, a Prime broker in the Solana ecosystem, will conduct an internal audit and review of the outage caused by the upstream service disruption to ensure that the impact of similar events on user experience is minimized in the future. This incident will not affect any on-chain holdings or user funds. Previously, Project 0 also experienced an outage due to the outage of its upstream service provider, Supabase.

On February 13, CoinMeta reported that 23pds, Chief Information Security Officer of SlowMist, warned on the X platform that a fake recruitment campaign called "graphalgo" is using a Remote Access Trojan (RAT) to attack cryptocurrency developers.

According to a report by Cointelegraph on the X platform, total open interest in BTC futures has fallen to $34 billion, a 28% drop from 30 days ago, the lowest level since November 2024. However, open interest denominated in BTC has remained stable at 502,450 BTC, indicating that leveraged demand has not changed. The decline is partly attributed to forced liquidations totaling $5.2 billion over the past two weeks. Weak US employment data and BTC options skew suggest a bearish market shift. US Department of Labor data shows that the US economy will add only 181,000 jobs in 2025. The annualized funding rate for BTC futures has been below the neutral level of 12% for the past four months. Deribit's BTC options Delta skew has risen to 22%, indicating a premium for bearish (sell) instruments. Despite the weakness in derivatives metrics, the daily trading volume of US spot Bitcoin ETFs reached $5.4 billion, contradicting speculation of reduced institutional demand.

According to CoinMeta, IREN, a data center operator and Bitcoin mining company, will be included in the MSCI US Index after the close of trading on February 27.

According to CoinMeta, on February 13th, Binance founder CZ responded on social media to rumors that "Binance earned over 60,000 BTC during the March 12th crash by hedging client positions on BitMEX," stating, "This is pure fabrication, and I don't know their purpose. Binance has never traded on BitMEX. My friend, BitMEX co-founder Arthur Hayes, should know this. BitMEX only processes one withdrawal per day (to my knowledge)."

According to Arkham, the Bhutanese government has sold another $6.7 million worth of BTC. It now holds $372 million worth of BTC in identified wallets.

According to CoinMeta, Optimism will partner with ZK proof software Succinct to introduce zero-knowledge proof technology to the Superchain. OP Succinct will become the preferred zero-knowledge proof solution for OP Stack Rollups. As part of the collaboration, the OP mainnet will integrate OP Succinct, expanding Succinct's reach to 90% of the Rollup market.

According to a report by CoinMeta, as the global crypto market enters a phase of institutionalization and compliance, HashKey, positioned as an institutional-grade digital asset infrastructure provider, can be seen as a potential benchmark for the Asian version of Coinbase.

According to a report from CoinMeta on February 13th, Tether Gold announced the launch of a new unit of measurement, Scudo, providing a new and intuitive way to measure the value of on-chain gold. One Scudo is defined as equivalent to 1/1000 XAUT (gold ounce), offering users a more practical and manageable way to conduct small-value transactions, making sending and receiving on-chain gold easy and feasible. Tether stated that this move will improve the daily availability of gold digital assets and provide investors and traders with a more flexible operating experience.

According to a report by CryptoQuant on Thursday, analyst IT Tech stated that Bitcoin has experienced a seven-day average net loss of $2.3 billion, calling it "one of the largest panic sell-offs in Bitcoin history, comparable to the 2021 crash, the 2022 Luna/FTX collapse, and the mid-2024 correction." "This level of loss ranks among the top 3 to 5 in history," the analyst added, "There have only been a few instances of such panic selling in Bitcoin's history." OKX data shows that Bitcoin has plummeted nearly 50% from its all-time high of over $126,000 last October, currently trading around $66,600; it had previously rebounded after hitting a low of $60,000 on February 6th.

On February 13, CoinMeta reported that the Indiana Senate Committee is advancing the HB1042 bill, which would allow state retirement funds to invest in cryptocurrencies.

According to a report from CoinMeta on February 13th, Perp DEX Extended, built by the former Revolut team, announced the launch of its first six perpetual contract trading pairs, including Alphabet (Google's parent company), Nvidia, AMD, Tesla, Strategy, and Amazon. Extended stated that the main reason stock perpetual contracts haven't yet achieved true on-chain scaling is insufficient liquidity. Extended is working to address this issue and will release more updates in the future.

According to a report from CoinMeta on February 13th, YOAKE entertainment, the company behind Record Protocol, announced the completion of a $3.2 million (approximately 500 million yen) funding round, led exclusively by the Sony Innovation Fund (SIF). Simultaneously, Record further deepened its partnership with Sony Block Solutions Labs Pte. Ltd. (SBSL), accelerating its role as a key contributor to the ecosystem and accelerating its application as the core intellectual property finance (IPFi) infrastructure for Soneium, while promoting its widespread adoption in music, film, games, and animation. This strategic collaboration marks a significant step forward in the integration of traditional IP with blockchain and encryption technologies, creating new possibilities for Record to build an open infrastructure for global entertainment fans.