Weekly Web3 Research | The Market Fluctuated Slightly; Bitcoin Confirmation Time Reached A Record High; Trump Family Project WLFI Purchased MOVE Again

Weekly Trend Overview

The overall crypto market showed a relatively obvious volatile market this week. Affected by the continued decline of US stocks last week, there is no clear upward signal for the market, but overall, it has escaped the general decline and entered a new volatile cycle. Rapid intraday ups and downs dominated the market, and the trend of mainstream coins maintained continuous fluctuations within a small range. The market tends to concentrate in the same price range, and the current mainstream market trend is likely to continue in the short term.

The prices of most mainstream cryptocurrencies rebounded last weekend, and fell significantly after this week’s opening. The market trend is still unclear in the short term and is expected to remain mainly short-term intraday fluctuations.

This week, the price of BTC fluctuated between $95,000 and $99,000 for most of the time, with a significant decline during the opening period. The low point of BTC price fell below the key price of $95,000, and subsequently remained above $95,000 and continued to fluctuate. ETH price changes are similar. Most of the key mainstream coins’ price trends have continued to rise and fall within a small range. The current market sentiment has warmed up to around 40. The overall market value of the crypto market has not changed significantly, reaching around $3.16 trillion, down 0.75% in 24 hours.

The crypto market has entered a new oscillation cycle this week, with multiple rounds of small ups and downs in a week, and there is a trend of further decline. The current price of BTC is around $95,618. The price trend of ETH is similar, and the current price remains around $2,624.

The overall crypto market has been mainly rising and falling this week, and there is no further large-scale rise and fall trend. The current prices of many mainstream coins are in the same range as the opening price. The top coin with the largest increase this week is CAKE, which has increased by about 90% in a week.

The overall crypto market remained volatile this weekend, with short-term fluctuations being the main trend. In the short term, the current market cycle will continue for some time.

Crypto Market

🔥According to Fox Business reporter Eleanor Terrett, Republican Federal Reserve Board members Michelle Bowman and Christopher Waller showed a more open stance toward the crypto industry in their speeches on February 7, marking a shift in the Fed’s attitude toward digital asset regulation.

🔥According to Bloomberg, Wall Street giants such as Morgan Stanley, Bank of America, and Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) are actively deploying in the crypto industry, and the Trump administration’s pro-crypto policy is expected to drive a surge in IPOs, stock issuances, and convertible bond transactions.

🔥Maldives President Mohamed Muizzu posted on the X platform that the $MLDVS token will be launched on the Solana network, aiming to use digital culture to unite the people and bring the Maldives to the global crypto market.

🔥Mempool.space data shows that the current transaction fee (gas fee) of the Bitcoin network has dropped to 1 satoshi/byte, about $0.14. Etherscan data shows that the median price of Ethereum gas fee is currently about 0.9 gwei, about $0.05.

🔥Japanese securities giant SBI Group announced that its crypto business has achieved a record quarterly profit. SBI also cooperated with USDC operator Circle to promote the launch of USDC trading pairs in Japan.

🔥According to PR Newswire, Nasdaq-listed company and holographic technology service provider MicroCloud Hologram Inc. (NASDAQ: HOLO) announced that it plans to raise up to $200 million to purchase Bitcoin or other digital currencies and their related securities derivatives, and incorporate these assets into its capital reserve strategy.

🔥According to Blockworks, PitchBook revealed in a new report that crypto venture capital spending will continue to be sluggish before the end of 2024. Specific data showed that the transaction value surged to $2.4 billion in the fourth quarter of 2024, an increase of 13.6% from the third quarter, but the number of transactions decreased from 411 to 351.

🔥According to Lookonchain monitoring, the Trump family’s crypto project World Liberty Financial (WLFI for short) spent 156,667 USDC to purchase another 273,937 MOVEs.

🔥According to Cryptoslate, Bitcoin Core developer Luke Dashjr has raised concerns about the finality of Bitcoin transactions, saying that the widely accepted six-block confirmation rule is no longer applicable.

🔥According to official news, the Ethereum Foundation announced that it will provide a grant of $200,000 to support the Pectra eco upgrade, and the application date will end on February 23.

🔥According to CoinDesk, a spokesperson for Invest Hong Kong confirmed that cryptocurrencies, including Bitcoin and Ethereum, can be used as proof of assets when applying for a visa under the Capital Investment Entrant Scheme.

🔥According to Cointelegraph, data shows that Bitcoin is showing signs of a classic local bottom as miners face a new round of “capitulation” phase.

🔥According to TheBlock, based on data from the GMCI index, the Meme, and AI token sectors have suffered the most severe declines in the recent market adjustment, with the GMMEME and GMAI indices falling 60% and 56% respectively from their highs in December 2024.

🔥According to CoinDesk, Wall Street bank JPMorgan Chase (JPM) cited data from TradingView in a research report released on Tuesday, pointing out that the crypto eco’s growth slowed in January, with total trading volume falling by 24%.

🔥According to official news, Tether announced that it has completed a strategic investment in the self-custodial crypto wallet ZengoWallet. Tether said that this investment demonstrates Tether’s commitment to developing secure self-custodial solutions and promoting the global popularity of stablecoins.

🔥According to official news, the Trump family’s crypto project World Liberty Financial (WLFI for short) and Ondo Finance announced a strategic partnership to promote the adoption of tokenized real-world assets (RWA) and bring traditional finance onto the chain.

🔥Michael Saylor, founder of Strategy (formerly MicroStrategy), posted on the X platform: “So far this year, Strategy’s financial operations have brought in 18,527 bitcoins, which is equivalent to about $1.8 billion in bitcoin value for $MSTR shareholders.”

🔥According to CoinDesk, New York Stock Exchange-listed KULR Technology has increased its Bitcoin holdings to 610.3.

🔥According to Beincrypto, Bitwise Asset Management reported that individual holders control most of the total supply of Bitcoin. Of the 21 million Bitcoins in circulation, 69.4% belong to private investors. Given this concentration of Bitcoin ownership among individuals, large institutions and governments may face challenges in acquiring Bitcoin.

🔥According to Sunil, a representative of FTX creditors, if SBF had not filed for bankruptcy, the valuation of its assets might have exceeded $65 billion.

🔥Fox Business reporter Eleanor Terrett tweeted that as digital assets become a regulatory focus, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) are exploring ways to strengthen cooperation in crypto regulation.

🔥According to The Block, Robinhood released its fourth-quarter financial report, showing that its crypto trading volume increased by 400% year-on-year to $70 billion. Previously, the trading volume declined in 2024, with the first three quarters being $36 billion, $21.5 billion, and $14.4 billion, respectively.

🔥Franklin Templeton announced on the X platform that its on-chain U.S. Treasury bond money fund “BENJI” is now live on Solana. Franklin Templeton said Solana is a fast, secure, and censorship-resistant Layer 1 blockchain that encourages global adoption through its open infrastructure.

🔥According to Cointelegraph data, Bitcoin confirmation time reached an all-time high in 2025, with an average of 19 minutes per transaction. Network congestion, block size limits, and transaction fee dynamics are the main factors causing delays.

🔥Fox Business News reporter Eleanor Terrett wrote on the X platform that according to this very useful table provided by Bloomberg ETF analysts James Seyffart and Eric Balchunas, we can see that if the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) does choose to recognize/recognize, it may recognize Grayscale’s XRP spot ETF application as early as Thursday (February 13).

🔥According to Cointelegraph, Bitcoin has been trading below the key $100,000 price level since February 4 as global trade war concerns weighed on investor sentiment after the United States and China announced new import tariffs.

🔥According to Cointelegraph, US President Donald Trump’s blockchain platform has launched a strategic reserve fund to support the growth of some of the largest cryptocurrencies.

Regulatory & Macro Policies

🔥According to CNBC, U.S. federal prosecutors accused well-known Supreme Court lawyer Tom Goldstein of concealing two crypto wallets that received more than $8 million in funds and transferring $6 million in the past week in violation of court orders, and he was re-arrested.

🔥According to CoinDesk, the U.S. House of Representatives Digital Assets Subcommittee held a hearing on February 11 to explore the future development of the crypto industry in the United States and promote legislation to provide regulatory clarity.

🔥According to The Block, Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell said that given the criticism that the crypto industry has been excluded from banking services, it is time to “re-examine” the issue of de-banking. At a Senate Banking Committee hearing on Tuesday, the committee’s chairman, Republican Senator Tim Scott of South Carolina, asked Powell if he would work with him to ensure that financial rules “do not impose more burdens than necessary.”

🔥According to Cointelegraph, Hester Peirce, a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) member, said that the agency may wait for the Senate to confirm the new chairman before deciding on the regulatory agenda for cryptocurrencies.

🔥According to Cointelegraph, US President Trump has nominated former Bitfury Chief Legal Officer Jonathan Gould as Director of the U.S. Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), responsible for supervising the national banking . The nomination was submitted to the Senate on February 11 for a term of five years.

🔥According to Coinpost, today, Yukiyuki Aruba, Director of the Planning and Market Bureau of the Financial Services Agency of Japan, proposed a comprehensive institutional reform plan for crypto assets and stablecoins based on the discussion of the working group of the Financial Review Council last month.

Crypto Market Highlights

⭐️ Last week, the overall trend of the crypto market was still in a state of hunger after the external news factors last week, and short-term ups and downs are the mainstream market trend. Although the market’s overall value has changed little, the market as a whole has not yet emerged from the recent sluggish market state as it approaches the weekend closing time, and the probability of maintaining a small range of ups and downs in the future is high.

⭐️ This week, CAKE ranked first in the increase of the crypto market among the mainstream coins, mainly due to the influence of the AMM platform’s own actions, which attracted a large amount of funds from the DeFi track, which made the price of CAKE rise significantly within a week. The coin rose by about 90% in a week, and the current price remained at around $2.66, with a certain price decline trend.

BTC & ETH Weekly Performance

Bitcoin (BTC)

(Data Courtesy Of TradingView)

This week, the price of BTC has been mainly in short-term fluctuations since the opening, but it also ushered in a relatively obvious decline. It rebounded in the subsequent period, but there was a continuous decline in the mid-week period. The price of BTC fell below $95,000 in a short period, and then there was another round of ups and downs. The current price of BTC remains in the range of $95,000-$96,000. The overall price lacks major ups and downs signals within a week and is in the same range as the opening price.

Ethereum (ETH)

(Data Courtesy Of TradingView)

The price changes of ETH during this week maintained a similar trend to BTC, but the price fluctuations were smaller during the mid-week period. After the opening, the price of ETH experienced a round of spikes, and the short-term price once fell to around $2,520. The price subsequently rebounded, and ETH once approached the $2,800 level. It is currently in a continuous decline range, with prices remaining in the $2,600-$2,700 range. ETH’s weekly high is close to $2,800, and it is expected that the weekend will maintain the mainstream trend of the week, with small price fluctuations as the main trend.

Web3 Project Trend

The total market value of the seven types of projects has rebounded this week, but most of the total market value remained close to the same level as last week. The overall market was mainly affected by the recent market conditions, and small short-term ups and downs were the mainstream trend. Although the increase in individual coins was more obvious, the overall trend was still mainly small changes.