Epstein Reportedly Rejected Manipulating Cryptocurrency Prices to Avoid Public Ethics Concerns

On February 2, per LookOnChain monitoring data, a long-dormant Bitcoin whale (address: 1NY5Kh) moved all 2,819 BTC it held—valued at roughly $213 million—after 8 years of inactivity, 15 minutes prior. Of that total, 1,500 BTC (worth ~$114 million) were deposited into Paxos.

On February 2, Jupiter announced a $35 million strategic investment from ParaFi Capital to accelerate the development of its on-chain financial infrastructure.

February 2 — Antpool data indicates that based on current Bitcoin mining difficulty and an electricity cost of $0.08 per kWh, several miners including the Antminer S19 XP+ Hyd, Whatsminer M60S, and Avalon A1466I have hit their shutdown prices. Meanwhile, the Antminer S21 series (S21, S21+, S21 Hyd.) is approaching a shutdown price of roughly $69,000. Additionally, high-hashrate miners like the Antminer U3S23H and Antminer S23 Hyd have shutdown prices above $44,000.

On February 2, Binance will list Zama (ZAMA) for spot trading and add a seed tag to the token.

February 2nd — According to Coinbob Popular Address Monitoring, Bitcoin tested $75,000 over the weekend while Ethereum (ETH) dropped below $2,400. Bullish on-chain whale positions were nearly wiped out with heavy losses; short-focused whales, meanwhile, continued taking profits and reaping significant gains. Key data follows: - **BTC OG Insider Whale**: Largest on-chain ETH and SOL long positions fully liquidated, with liquidation volume exceeding $700 million. Cumulative losses over the past two weeks total ~$270 million; the address has lost over $128 million since October. - **CZ Opposing Trader**: Former second-largest ETH holder and largest XRP long position holder. ETH and XRP long positions were consecutively liquidated over the weekend, with losses of ~$50.46 million. Last week, the address faced $65.13 million in liquidations; its $260 million long positions are now fully cleared. - **Buddy Huang Licheng**: Despite adding $390,000 in collateral over the weekend, HYPE and

Tesla’s (TSLA.O) official Weibo account announced on February 2 that its third-generation humanoid robot will debut in 2026. Redesigned from first principles, the robot will be capable of learning new skills by observing human behavior, with an expected annual production capacity of 1 million units. This marks Tesla’s first humanoid robot built for mass production.