ASTER has cumulatively repurchased 25.5 million ASTER tokens since the start of its buyback program, with a daily average repurchase of approximately 2.76 million tokens.

On February 8, Bitcoin topped the $70,000 mark, posting a 2.1% gain over the past 24 hours, according to HTX market data.

**Crypto Spot Market: Top Net Capital Flows (Past 24 Hours, Feb 8) – Coinglass Data** ### Top Net Outflows - ETH: $185 million - XRP: $65 million - TRIA: $17.78 million - ZAMA: $10.74 million - BIRB: $9.87 million ### Top Net Inflows - BTC: $87.2 million - TRX: $13.53 million - ADA: $2.17 million - BNB: $1.56 million - ASTER: $1.38 million This aligns with U.S. English news conventions: concise headline, clear sectioning, bullet points for readability, and standard numeric formatting (no plural "millions" for specific figures).

On February 8, per monitoring from HyperInsight (accessible via https://t.me/HyperInsight), Huang Licheng—known as "Brother Ma Ji"—has expanded his long positions in ETH and HYPE over the past 2 hours. His current ETH long position is valued at $6.3 million, with an average entry price of $2,017.78. Meanwhile, his HYPE long position stands at $1.41 million, with an average entry price of $32.

February 8th — Per CME FedWatch data, the probability the Federal Reserve will hold interest rates steady for all of 2026 is 5.4%. Other probabilities for total rate cuts by year-end 2026 are: - 25 basis points (bps): 21.1% - 50 bps: 32.5% - 75 bps: 25.9% - 100 bps: 11.7% - 125 bps: 3% Additionally, the odds of a 25-basis point rate cut at the Fed’s upcoming March meeting stand at 23.2%.

On February 8, encrypted journalist Eleanor Terrett disclosed details of a White House cryptocurrency meeting set for next Tuesday. This marks the second meeting in a series, held again at the staff level—no CEOs of crypto or other firms have been invited, but senior policy officials from various banks will attend. Insiders say large banks including Bank of America, JPMorgan Chase, and Wells Fargo have been invited, with PNC Bank, Citigroup, and U.S. Bancorp also potentially included. Banking industry groups set to participate include the Bank Policy Institute, American Bankers Association, and Independent Community Bankers of America—though each is expected to send fewer representatives than usual. Banks are pushing to restrict crypto firms from offering interest on stablecoins, arguing the practice threatens their core business. They fear large sums flowing into high-yield crypto accounts will drain bank loan funds and trigger broader financial instability. Crypto firms, meanwh

On February 8, South Korean crypto exchange Bithumb released a post-incident report on its "accidental Bitcoin airdrop." That same day, 99.7% of the mistakenly airdropped Bitcoin was swiftly recovered. The remaining 0.3% (roughly 1,788 BTC) had been sold, and the shortfall was fully covered using Bithumb’s own funds. As of 10:42 PM KST on February 7, 2026, Bithumb’s Bitcoin asset reconciliation was fully restored to 100%, ensuring all client assets were protected. South Korea’s Financial Supervisory Service (FSS) conducted an on-site inspection at the exchange on February 7 at 1:00 PM KST. Bithumb also announced targeted compensation: - Each user who accessed the Bithumb app or website during the incident will get 20,000 South Korean won. - Users who sold Bitcoin at a depressed price during the incident will be reimbursed 100% of their actual price difference, plus an extra 10% as a goodwill gesture. - All trading pairs on the platform will have zero transaction fees for 7