BlockBeats News Update, February 6th: According to HTX market data, the cryptocurrency market saw a short-term rebound. Bitcoin surged above $62,000, Ethereum rose above $1,800, BNB climbed above $600, and SOL jumped above $74.

February 6th. This morning, the global risk market fell again, with Bitcoin dropping to $60,000 and Ethereum falling below $1,800;On the U.S. stock side, the three major index futures extended their losses, with S&P 500 index futures down 1%, Nasdaq futures down 1.6%, and Dow futures down nearly 0.6%;As for precious metals, spot gold fell to $4,660 per ounce, a 2.51% intraday drop. Spot silver plummeted by 9.00% intraday, now at $64.38 per ounce. Spot palladium saw a 4.00% intraday drop, now at $1,574.96 per ounce;The Nikkei 225 index fell below 53,000 points, down 1.57% intraday. South Korea's KOSPI 200 index futures fell by 5%, triggering a 5-minute pause in algorithmic trading.

February 6th, according to HTX market data, SOL fell below $70, with a 24-hour decline expanding to 23%.

February 6th, according to HTX market data, Bitcoin fell below $61,000, now trading at $60,825, with a 24-hour decline expanded to 16.76%.

February 5th. The U.S. and Iran had previously agreed to meet in Istanbul on Friday, with other Middle Eastern countries participating as observers. However, Iran indicated on Tuesday that it wished to change the negotiation location to Oman and hold the talks in a bilateral format to ensure a focus solely on the nuclear issue. U.S. officials initially showed openness to the request for a location change but later rejected it.Subsequently, at least nine countries in the Middle East contacted the White House through diplomatic channels to persuade the Trump administration not to follow through on its threat to withdraw from the negotiations. The final nuclear talks are scheduled to take place in Muscat, the capital of Oman, around 10 a.m. local time on Friday (2 p.m. Beijing time on the 6th).Possibly affected by the U.S.-Iran nuclear negotiation turmoil, Bitcoin set a new low for this bear market twice early this morning, dropping to a minimum of $71,888 (further dropping to a new low of $71,680 at the time of writing). The Nasdaq fell by 1.5%, AMD (AMD.O) dropped by 17.3%, Tesla (TSLA.O) fell by nearly 4%, Nvidia (NVDA.O) dropped by over 3%. Cryptocurrency stocks also experienced a synchronous decline, with Coinbase (COIN) falling by 6.14%, Bitmine (BMNR) falling by 9.17%, BTCS Inc (BTCS) falling by 11.74%, and ALT5 Sigma (ALTS), supported by the Trump family, falling by 18.1%.According to Coinglass data, there was a total of $537 million in liquidations across the entire network in the past 12 hours, with $436 million in long liquidations and $101 million in short liquidations.

February 5th, according to GMGN monitoring, amidst a general pullback in the mainstream coin market, the BSC chain's Meme coin "Here Comes the Bull" exhibited independent price action late last night and early this morning. Starting from 11:00 PM yesterday (with a market value of about $34 million), it has seen a surge of 32% so far. Its market value is currently reported at $45 million, with the current price around $0.045.BlockBeats reminds users that Meme coin trading is highly volatile, mostly driven by market sentiment and concept speculation, without actual value or use case. Investors should be cautious of the risks.

February 5th, according to HTX market data, Bitcoin fell to touch $71,680, hitting a new low in this round of bear market, and is now trading at $72,143, down 5.58% in the past 24 hours.

February 5th, according to Bitget market data, spot silver experienced a sharp decline, dropping below $83 per ounce, with a daily decline of 6.13%. (Golden Ten)

February 5th, according to Coinbob Popular Address Monitor data, at 1 am today, during a continuous drop in ETH price, the DeFi whale "pension-usdt.eth" closed all of its 30,000 ETH short positions. The position, with a previous size of about $64 million, was closed at an average price of around $2,134, resulting in a profit of $3.44 million in the past 24 hours.This whale often employs a low-leverage, short-term (average holding period of about 30 hours) heavy trading strategy mainly focused on BTC and ETH. Since October last year, the cumulative profit has exceeded $23 million. The address has recently been consistently transferring its accumulated substantial profits on Hyperliquid to the yield market. Currently, its total lending on AAVE has reached around $22 million.

February 5th. According to Coinbob Popular Address Monitor, due to the recent 24-hour price drop of BTC and ETH and a minor rebound in HYPE, the "Hyperliquid early contributor Loracle" has currently realized a floating profit from the approximately $56 million BTC and ETH hedge short position opened yesterday. The floating profit of its HYPE long position has also expanded in sync, reaching an overall profit of $15.3 million. The main position information is as follows:HYPE (5x Long): Position size of approximately $50.3 million, average price $24.37, floating profit of approximately $14.4 million (+142%).ETH (20x Short): Position size of approximately $31.5 million, average price around $2201, floating profit of approximately $650,000 (+40%).BTC (20x Short): Position size of approximately $26.6 million, average price around $74,480, floating profit of approximately $670,000 (+49%).This address is currently the largest long position in on-chain HYPE and also the whale with the top 2 short positions in BTC and ETH. The total account position size is $117 million, with a profit of approximately $3.6 million in the last 24 hours.Loracle (X: loraclexyz) originally named Laurent Zeimes. He is active in the Hyperliquid ecosystem, considered one of the early contributors and the founder of Hypurrfun. Recently active in the Hyperliquid contract market.

February 5th, Onchain Lens monitoring found that a newly created wallet withdrew 15,333 ZEC (worth $4 million) from Binance 4 hours ago and split the funds into 2 different wallets.

February 5th, according to Tether's released Q4 report, USDT set multiple new highs in the fourth quarter of 2025:· Market cap reached $187.3 billion· Achieved over 30 million user growth for the eighth consecutive quarter· The number of on-chain wallets holding USDT saw the largest single-quarter increase· Monthly active on-chain users reached an all-time high· On-chain transfer count and value both hit a record highUSDT's market cap grew by $12.4 billion in the fourth quarter of 2025, reaching $187.3 billion. It increased by 4.9% month-on-month in October, then the growth rate slowed down due to the impact of the October 10th clearing storm.Tether's total reserves increased by $11.7 billion in the fourth quarter, reaching $192.9 billion, achieving $6.3 billion in net assets (assets greater than liabilities). Total reserves include 96,184 Bitcoins (an increase of 9,850 in the fourth quarter) and 127.5 metric tons of gold (an increase of 21.9 metric tons in the fourth quarter).In the fourth quarter of 2025, the estimated total number of USDT users grew by 35.2 million, reaching 534.5 million, marking the eighth consecutive quarter of user growth exceeding 30 million.

February 5th, according to on-chain data analyst Ember's monitoring, a whale address completed a full liquidation 4 hours ago.The address liquidated the entire position in 4 days, selling 96,585 ETH (approximately $2.14 billion) and 334,000 SOL (approximately $31.51 million), resulting in a staggering loss of $141 million.The ETH was purchased at an average price of $3,363 in July last year and sold at an average price of $2,222 these days, resulting in a $110 million loss. The SOL was bought at an average price of $186 in October last year and sold at an average price of $94 these days, resulting in a $30.78 million loss. After clearing the liquidation and repaying the debt, the address only has $58.34 million USDC left.

February 5th, according to Onchain Lens monitoring, as the market fell, a whale address holding a 25x leveraged ETH short position has realized a profit of $17.05 million and made a $6.83 million profit from the funding rate. The entry price for this address was $3,116.

February 5th, IG Group has completed the acquisition of the cryptocurrency exchange Independent Reserve. The transaction was approved by the Monetary Authority of Singapore. According to Foresight News, IG Group had previously acquired a majority stake in Independent Reserve for $72 million in September last year. IG initially acquired 70% of Independent Reserve's shares and had the option to purchase the remaining 30% based on future performance. The transaction is still subject to regulatory approval and is expected to be completed in early 2026, with a total value of 178 million Australian dollars (117.6 million US dollars).