XRP, ETH, BTC Currently Top the Upbit 24-Hour Trading Volume Ranking

Feb 10 — Kyle Samani, former Multicoin co-founder and Forward Industries (FORD) board member, said: “In the long run, even in the era of Artificial General Intelligence (AGI)—where the cost of nearly everything has fallen to zero—there will still be demand for crypto infrastructure.”

Ethereum has fallen below $2,000, posting a 3.75% drop over the past 24 hours, per HTX market data as of February 10.

As of February 10, Coinglass data shows the Coinbase Bitcoin Premium Index has stayed in negative territory for 26 straight days, currently at -0.0514%. Since the start of 2024, it has only posted a positive premium on 2 days. Note from BlockBeats: The Coinbase Bitcoin Premium Index measures the gap between Bitcoin’s price on Coinbase (a leading U.S. exchange) and the global market average. It’s a key gauge for tracking U.S. capital inflows, institutional investment interest, and shifts in market sentiment. A positive premium means Coinbase’s Bitcoin price is above the global average—typically signaling strong U.S. buying pressure, active entry by institutions or compliant funds, ample USD liquidity, and modestly bullish investor sentiment. A negative premium, by contrast, indicates Coinbase’s price is below the global average, often reflecting heavy U.S. selling pressure, reduced investor risk appetite, rising market risk aversion, or capital outflows.

On February 10, Bitcoin slipped below $69,000, down 2.2% in 24 hours, per HTX market data.

**F2Pool Founder: Wall Street’s ETH Understanding Lags Crypto’s 2014-2015 Era** Feb 10 — Jiang Zhuo’er, founder of mining pool F2Pool, said in a post that Wall Street’s current grasp of Ethereum (ETH) remains at the level of the crypto community’s 2014-2015 understanding. BTC’s “digital gold” narrative is accessible to external capital, he noted, while ETH’s “smart contract” value proposition is far more complex. The first ETH/BTC rate surge kicked off with the 2016-2017 ICO boom, when countless tokens launched. The second surge began in 2026-2027 amid the tokenization of traditional finance (USD, U.S. equities, U.S. Treasuries), with a flood of RMA tokens hitting the market.