Bitcoin mining difficulty fell 11.16% to 125.86 T at block height 935,429 after a January US winter storm disrupted power across 34 states. Foundry USA’s hashrate briefly dropped from nearly 400 EH/s to around 198 EH/s before rebounding to 354 EH/s, and the next adjustment on February 20 could lift difficulty about 5.63% to 132.96 T.

In its Q4 2025 results, Bitcoin‑focused treasury firm Strategy Inc reported a net loss of about 12.4–12.6 billion USD as BTC fell over 20% from its October high to below 88,500 USD by year‑end, dragging its 713,502 BTC stash roughly 17.4 billion USD into unrealized loss territory. The company's shares dropped 17% in after‑hours trading and are down more than 30% from late‑2025 peaks, while a 2.25 billion USD cash reserve is intended to cover around 2.5 years of dividends and interest without liquidating Bitcoin.

Ethereum is trading around $2,100–$2,200 after a sharp market pullback, with derivatives data pointing to more than $1 billion in ETH liquidations as key supports gave way. According to recent estimates, roughly $200 billion was erased from crypto markets in the past two weeks, while negative Coinbase Premium and whale inflows to exchanges signaled risk-off sentiment.

On February 3, the crypto market saw a sharp sell-off as Bitcoin briefly fell to the $72,000 area before rebounding to around $77,000–$78,000. Over $2.5 billion in positions were liquidated within 48 hours, with more than $700 million wiped out in a single day and most losses hitting overleveraged longs. Ethereum dropped toward the $3,600–$3,800 range, while major altcoins like Solana and BNB recorded double-digit intraday declines amid heavy spot selling and extreme fear in sentiment indicators.

On January 31, forced liquidations across crypto derivatives exceeded $2 billion within 24 hours, as prices broke below key supports. Bitcoin saw about $700 million in wiped positions, while Ethereum lost roughly $300 million after falling under $2,500 and moving toward $2,400. Market capitalization fell more than 7% intraday before stabilizing.

Ethereum dropped from $2,700 to roughly $2,400 on January 31 after losing multiple support levels. Analysts caution that failing to regain those zones could open a deeper drawdown toward $1,435.

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Bitcoin climbed to a three-week high above $93,000, coinciding with more than $186 million in short positions being liquidated in the past 24 hours. Market analysts forecast further upside for BTC over the coming months, while silver has rallied over 33% on the monthly timeframe and Peter Schiff argues precious metals are entering a historic bull run.

Hex Trust has launched wrapped XRP (wXRP) on Solana in collaboration with LayerZero, with plans to bring the asset to additional blockchains. The token is backed 1:1 by XRP held in Hex Trust custody and is set to debut with more than $100 million in total value locked to support DeFi trading and cross-chain use.