🇧🇷 Itaú, Brazil's largest private bank, recommends holding 1–3% of your portfolio in BTC in 2026. Bitcoin is seen as a diversification tool and a hedge against economic and geopolitical uncertainty. Despite volatility and weak dynamics in 2025, analysts say the biggest risk for an investor is staying out of the market—and Bitcoin should be an addition to the portfolio, not its core.

📊 #BTC CQ: Whale inflows to Binance have declined sharply vs. prior years. The annual average sits around 6,500 BTC — a level not seen since 2018. In the shorter time frame, the weekly average is about 5,200 BTC, one of the cycle’s lowest readings.

At the same time, the ecosystem now offers many more options for trading or storing BTC. The number of exchanges has grown, and DeFi expansion is creating additional venues, likely drawing flows away from large exchanges like Binance.

🖥 Yesterday, Bitcoin's network hashrate fell by about 100 EH/s (roughly 8%), with at least 400,000 mining rigs taken offline. This drop was driven by the closure of mining farms in Xinjiang, China.

⛏️ #BTC: Yesterday, the overall network hashrate dropped by about 100 EH/s, roughly 8%, with at least 400,000 BTC mining rigs taken offline. The main reason was the closure of mining farms in Xinjiang, China. #mining

🥳 New market addition: Humidify (WET) is now listed in the KRW market on Bithumb — No transaction fees. Details: feed.bithumb.com #WET #Humidify #Bithumb #Listing

🥳 신규 상장: 휴미디파이(WET) — 원화 마켓 추가, 거래 수수료 무료. 자세한 내용은 feed.bithumb.com에서 확인하세요. #Bithumb #Listing #WET #휴미디파이

👻 The Fear & Greed Index remains in Extreme Fear, now at 16.

👀 #WET #BTC [Trading] Humidify (WET) now supports trading on KRW, BTC, and USDT markets. Upbit BTCUSDT: 89,741.87. #Upbit #Listing

⛏️ A crypto-mining charging station has been patented in St. Petersburg. Rozetki SPb has developed a solution for electric vehicles that lets you mine cryptocurrency while charging.

How it works:

• A mining module is integrated into the charging station to hash the blockchain.

• You pay for charging and receive a portion of the mined cryptocurrency.

• The cooling system is similar to those used in mining farms and server racks.

🤑😱 #BTC The Fear & Greed Index is at 16 — extreme fear.

💸 #BTC: In the last 24 hours, roughly $289M worth of contracts were liquidated — about $230M from long positions and $58M from short positions.

🗽 The SEC has released plain‑language guidance for retail investors on how to store crypto assets safely. Here are the key points:

- Crypto sits on the blockchain; a wallet is access to it through private keys. Lose the key — lose the funds.

- The private key gives complete control and cannot be restored.

- Hot wallets are convenient but vulnerable to hacks; cold wallets are safer but less convenient and can be physically lost.

- The seed phrase is critically important: store it securely and never share it with anyone.

- Self-custody means full personal responsibility for safety.

- Custodial services (exchanges) are more convenient, but you lose full control and face risks of hacking or bankruptcy.

- Regulation and insurance do not guarantee the safety of funds.

- Consider fees, privacy, and maintain basic cyber hygiene (2FA, phishing protection, keeping keys confidential).

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🇷🇺 Russia allows digital joint-stock companies (JSCs) — what changes:

What it means:

- You can establish non-public JSCs whose shares are issued as digital financial assets (DFAs).

- The shareholder register is stored on the blockchain by a licensed registrar.

- No paper shares and no traditional depository.

Limitations:

- At the time of formation, transfer from ordinary shares is not allowed.

- The DFA format is fixed in the charter forever.

- This type of JSC cannot go public or issue other securities.

Context:

- The DFA format is seen as an alternative to an IPO for startups and small businesses.

- Potentially faster, cheaper, and more technologically advanced than the classical market.

Previously:

- DFAs on open blockchains

- CFAs secured by real estate

🔌 A charging station for electric vehicles that also mines cryptocurrency has been patented in St. Petersburg.

🇷🇺 In Russia, it’s now possible to form digital joint-stock companies, offering small businesses a convenient alternative to an IPO.

🚨 Hackers breached the Aevo options exchange’s old wallets and stole $2.7 million.

#Aevo #Hacking

❌ Aevo's old vaults on the options exchange were breached, totaling $2.7M.

What we know:

- No impact on existing products

- The Aevo exchange is operating normally

- The stolen funds are being tracked with help from centralized exchanges and security teams

🙋‍♂️ #CRV Curve Finance founder proposes allocating 17.45 million CRV to support ecosystem growth, research, and the technology development of Curve's lending protocol. Cointelegraph

🔍🐳 Whale Transactions — recap

1) 66kETHBorrow, who previously bought 489,696 ETH ($1.5B), has started buying ETH again. It borrowed 85 million USDT on Aave, then withdrew 38,576 ETH ($119.3M) from Binance.

2) 0x7BB8, allegedly linked to Matrixport, withdrew 3 million ASTER ($2.84M) from Binance.

3) vitalik.eth sold 1,400 UNI ($7.48k), 10,000 KNC ($2.47k), and 40 trillion DINU, receiving a total of 16,796 USDC.

4) pension-usdt.eth shorted 1,000 BTC ($89.6M), booked a $960k profit, and then opened a long of 358.86 BTC ($32.2M). Total profits now stand at $23.2M.