U.S. spot bitcoin exchange-traded funds recorded about $458 million in net inflows on Monday, with BlackRock's IBIT alone attracting more than half of that total. Analysts said large investors are treating the latest pullback and ongoing geopolitical instability as an attractive entry point and increasingly see bitcoin as a maturing diversifier asset, while related Ethereum and Solana products also drew fresh capital.

SBI Holdings and Startale Group have introduced JPYSC, a Japanese yen-pegged stablecoin whose issuance will be handled by SBI Shinsei Trust Bank and distribution supported by SBI VC Trade. The stablecoin, described as Japan's first trust bank-backed model, targets institutional, cross-border and onchain use cases, with a launch planned for the second quarter of this year pending regulatory approval.

U.S. spot bitcoin ETFs saw $506.5 million in net inflows on Wednesday, with BlackRock's IBIT alone drawing $297.4 million and no funds recording outflows. One analyst said the renewed demand points to stabilizing institutional sentiment and a cautious return to accumulation, while bitcoin and ether prices climbed alongside positive flows in Ethereum, XRP, and Solana ETFs.

Indiana's House Bill 1042, focused on the regulation and investment of cryptocurrency, has cleared both legislative chambers and is now awaiting the governor's decision. The measure would require certain state-run retirement and savings plans to offer at least one crypto option through self-directed brokerage accounts, while also limiting public agencies from restricting lawful digital asset use or imposing special taxes on such transactions.

Canaan agreed to acquire Cipher Mining's 49% interest across three West Texas bitcoin projects, the company said Monday in a press release. The deal was funded by issuing 806,439,900 Class A shares, equal to 53,762,660 ADS at $0.7394 per ADS, for approximately $39.75 million and a six‑month lock‑up. The ABC sites have 120 MW and around 4.4 EH/s.

On Monday, Terraform Labs' liquidation administrator Todd Snyder filed a lawsuit against Jane Street, its co-founder Robert Granieri, and employees Bryce Pratt and Michael Huang, alleging insider trading before the 2022 Terra-Luna collapse. The complaint claims Jane Street used non-public information from former Terraform insiders and other firms, including Jump Trading, to profit from trades tied to TerraUSD and Luna.

The UK Treasury has appointed HSBC's Orion platform to support its Digital Gilt Instrument pilot, which is designed to test blockchain-based sovereign bond issuance. The program will issue a digitally native, short-dated gilt within the UK's Digital Securities Sandbox, with onchain settlement separate from the main debt management framework, and HSBC says such digital gilts could markedly speed up transaction settlement times.

On Wednesday, Ark Invest led by Cathie Wood added more shares of Bullish and Circle through three of its exchange-traded funds, taking its Bullish purchases to ten straight trading days. The firm bought 364,044 Bullish shares valued at $11.6 million at the latest close, alongside 75,559 Circle shares worth about $4.4 million, while both stocks and major U.S. equity indexes saw mixed price moves.

On Feb. 6, South Korea's Financial Supervisory Service escalated a routine review into a full investigation of Bithumb after the exchange mistakenly distributed 620,000 BTC worth about $43.1 billion to users. Bithumb has recovered most of the misallocated bitcoin, pledged 110% compensation on user losses, and proposed a 100 billion won protection fund, while the incident fuels political calls for tighter oversight of domestic crypto platforms.