OKX has secured the MiCA license, allowing it to offer regulated crypto services across 28 European countries. This milestone expands its reach to over 400 million users with local payment options and a variety of trading services.

Odaily Planet Daily News: A person familiar with the matter said that cryptocurrency options exchange Deribit is still in talks with Kraken about a potential acquisition, contrary to previous reports that the US exchange has abandoned a potential deal to acquire Deribit. Recent reports also confirmed that the crypto options platform is working with FT Partners to evaluate acquisition offers, but Deribit CEO Luuk Strijers ruled out the possibility of an acquisition. According to Bloomberg, the company's valuation could reach $4 billion to $5 billion or even higher. Another source said that Coinbase has also been trying to acquire Deribit. Strijers said in a previous report that Deribit is an attractive acquisition target because it is a market-leading exchange in the field of digital asset options trading, and Kraken hopes to add it to its trading products. (Coindesk)

Solana’s oldest staking provider lends its expertise and experience to the Crypto Council for Innovation’s Proof-of-Stake Alliance source: https://solanafloor.com/news/marinade-finance-joins-crypto-council-innovation-proof-stake-alliance

خلال تداولات اليوم الخميس. تراجعت أسعار النفط الخام العالمية وسط توقف لمكاسب الارتداد لاعلى الاخيرة. وكانت قد تأثرت الاسعار بتقرير أظهر زيادة أخرى في مخزونات النفط الخام الأمريكية. حيث أظهرت بيانات معهد البترول الأمريكي أن مخزونات الخام الأمريكية أرتفعت بأكثر من 9 ملايين برميل الأسبوع الماضي، متجاوزة بكثير توقعات زيادة قدرها 2.8 مليون برميل، مما … The post التحليل الفنى لسعر النفط الخام... source: https://www.tradersup.com/%d8%a3%d8%ae%d8%a8%d8%a7%d8%b1-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%b3%d9%84%d8%b9/%d8%a3%d8%ae%d8%a8%d8%a7%d8%b1-%d8%a3%d8%b3%d8%b9%d8%a7%d8%b1-%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%86%d9%81%d8%b7-%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%8a%d9%88%d9%85/%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%aa%d8%ad%d9%84%d9%8a%d9%84-%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%81%d9%86%d9%89-%d9%84%d8%b3%d8%b9%d8%b1-%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%86%d9%81%d8%b7-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%ae%d8%a7%d9%85-%d9%88%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%a7%d9%86%d8%b8/141157

Odaily Planet Daily News QCP posted on its official channel that the AI ​​competition between China and the United States has once again become the focus. DeepSeek is exploring external financing, attracting the interest of major players such as Chinese giant Alibaba and state-owned funds such as China Investment Corporation and the National Social Security Fund. Institutional capital injection into DeepSeek may accelerate the competitive threat to the US AI giant, further putting pressure on the valuation of the industry. In the crypto space, altcoins have attracted great interest since Trump took office, and several altcoin-related ETF applications have been submitted to the US Securities and Exchange Commission, including XRP. Notably, Brazilian regulators have approved the world's first spot XRP ETF. In terms of options, strong demand for high-delta Bitcoin calls from February to April may be driven by short-term bullish sentiment after Trump's statement and speculation about potential strategic Bitcoin reserves. In addition, the 25 Delta implied volatility has turned to support call options of all maturities, indicating that the market is preparing for the second phase of the bull market. The macro backdrop appears increasingly supportive of risk assets as inflation concerns ease, the S&P 500 hits new highs, and the dollar index retreats to the 107 level.

According to BlockBeats, Stacks co-founder Muneeb Ali expressed concerns about the sustainability of Bitcoin Layer 2 projects during an interview at Consensus 2025 on February 20. Ali predicted that more than two-thirds of existing Bitcoin Layer 2 initiatives might cease to exist within three years as the initial excitement fades and the market's challenges become apparent. Ali further anticipated a shift in investment focus towards Bitcoin as other blockchains, such as Ethereum and Solana, experience declines. He suggested that Bitcoin could attract external capital inflows, including from ETFs, potentially becoming the only asset with net new buyers. Ali also projected that Bitcoin's price would remain above $50,000 indefinitely.

Elon Musk is running the US government—at least, that’s what he wants everyone to believe. On X (formerly Twitter), he presents himself as President Donald Trump’s personal war machine, the man in charge of tearing down Washington’s bureaucratic mess through the Department of Government Efficiency (D.O.G.E). He claims he’s axing federal jobs, shutting down agencies, […] source: https://www.cryptopolitan.com/why-the-white-house-is-pushing-back-on-elon/

Odaily Planet Daily News Consumer-grade public chain Morph announced that Colin Goltra, former director of business development for Binance Asia Pacific, officially joined Morph in January 2025 and served as Morph's Chief Growth Officer (CGO). Colin has extensive experience in the field of large-scale expansion of consumer-grade products and will help Morph accelerate its layout in the Southeast Asian market, especially in markets with high growth potential such as the Philippines. After taking the position of Chief Growth Officer, Colin will promote Morph's global expansion around three core strategies: accelerate user adoption through an extremely smooth blockchain experience; cultivate a developer ecosystem that is in line with the company's vision; and design an innovative growth model that can be replicated globally. He will work closely with the CEO and the core team, relying on his deep accumulation of community building and platform operations to transform marketing, community operations and ecosystem construction into a strong growth engine. Colin Goltra, Chief Growth Officer of Morph, said: "I am very happy to join Morph. We will work with developers to bring users a more accessible Web3 experience. Morph is committed to empowering developers to create user-friendly DApps, which is in line with my experience in promoting the large-scale application of web3 products in the fields of games and financial services. I look forward to working with the team and ecosystem partners to break down the barriers between Web3 technology and ordinary users, making blockchain technology as intuitive and easy to use as daily applications." It is reported that when Colin was a senior executive of cryptocurrency and products at Coins.ph in his early years, he promoted a 20-fold increase in user scale and was eventually acquired by the regional super app Gojek. In addition, he also served as the COO of Yield Guild Games (YGG), the world's largest Web3 game guild, and transformed YGG from a game guild to a movement sweeping Southeast Asia. During his tenure as Director of Southeast Asia and Asia Pacific Expansion at Binance, he successfully expanded the business to 11 countries.

Odaily Planet Daily News Citigroup strategists said that due to the risks posed by Trump's policy proposals, the current 4.5% increase in U.S. stocks this year may be the best short-term result. The team led by Scott Chronert said that investors are betting that Trump's "America First" policy will have a "good for business" impact. "We don't disagree with this, but we also believe that the damage to fundamentals by related policies may not have been priced in. There is no major change in our view for the whole year, but the downside risks in the near and medium term have increased slightly." U.S. stocks lag behind global stocks in 2025 due to market concerns that Trump's protectionism and proposed import tariffs may stimulate inflation. Investors also questioned the high valuations of technology giants, and four of the seven companies (Apple, Tesla, Alphabet and Microsoft) are currently in decline. The contribution of the seven giants to earnings growth has also slowed compared to the peak in late 2023. Chronert said that the momentum now comes from other parts of the S&P 500 index, and there are signs that the rally has expanded beyond large technology stocks, but so far it has been limited to other large stocks. (Jinshi)

The Nigerian government accuses the exchange of destabilizing the local currency and tax evasion. The post Nigeria sues Binance for $81.5 billion appeared first on Atlas21. source: https://atlas21.com/nigeria-sues-binance-for-81-5-billion/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=nigeria-sues-binance-for-81-5-billion

According to Odaily, the Japanese yen has reached a 10-week high against the U.S. dollar. ING analyst Chris Turner noted in a report that the yen could strengthen further if upcoming inflation data supports market expectations for additional rate hikes by the Bank of Japan. Current data suggests a high likelihood of a rate increase by the Bank of Japan in July, with a full 25 basis point hike anticipated by September. Turner expressed surprise at the yen's strong reaction to these relatively modest interest rate changes. While Japanese inflation data may further drive the dollar/yen exchange rate down in the short term, a significant drop in the rate is not expected.

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Lightning Labs’ Olaoluwa Osuntokun clarified that the issue stemmed from a compromised user device rather than a flaw or vulnerability in the system.

ByteDance-owned TikTok is targeting European countries, including Italy, Germany and France, as new destinations to expand its e-commerce base. Subsequently, the company is also looking to expand into Japan and Brazil later this year.

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A Malaysian entrepreneur developed an AI chatbot, SOHAI, to waste scammers' time by engaging them in irrelevant conversations. Despite some challenges, the chatbot has received positive feedback, with users excited to test it against scammers.

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On February 19, the official Instagram account of luxury fashion brand Dior was compromised, with hackers using the platform to promote a fraudulent Solana-based meme coin called the "Dior Official Coin."