El Salvador Dispatch: Searching for Bitcoin City, the Modern El Dorado President Nayib Bukele vowed to build Bitcoin City on the Conchagua volcano. CoinDesk went looking for signs of construction.

Tether May Have to Sell Some Reserves to Comply With U.S. Stablecoin Rules: JPMorgan Company data suggests that Tether’s reserves are 66% compliant under the STABLE Act and 83% under the GENIUS Act, the report said.

Tokenization Platform Midas Expands Yield-Bearing Tokens With DeFi-Fund-Linked Offerings The new Liquid Yield Tokens (LYT) offer a floating value based on DeFi funds, starting with Edge Capital, RE7, and MEV Capital.

U.S. January PPI Rose a Faster Than Expected 0.4%; Annual Pace Jumped to 3.5% Under pressure this morning ahead of a coming Trump tariff announcement, the price of bitcoin didn’t immediately react to the data.

Coinbase in Talks for Return to India 2 Years After Exit: Report The exchange would be following in the steps of Binance and Bybit if it manages to secure a license.

U.S. Bitcoin ETFs See Third Straight Day of Outflows, Totaling $494M, as BTC Stalls Bitcoin continues to trade in a range that it has set since mid-November.

Crypto Daybook Americas: Bitcoin Eyes PPI for Post-CPI Guidance on Fed Your day-ahead look for Feb. 13, 2025

Booming Crypto Trading Powers Robinhood Earnings Beat, Analysts Raise Targets Robinhoood shares jumped 13% in early trading Thursday after fourth-quarter earnings beat estimates.

PancakeSwap’s CAKE, BNB Lead Market as Bitcoin Range Tightens The move comes as bitcoin has stuttered around $96,000.

Bitcoin HODLer Metaplanet to Join MSCI Japan Index, Raises $26M to Buy More BTC Metaplanet completes a 0% raise the terms are unsecured, unguaranteed ordinary bonds to purchase more bitcoin.

El Salvador Dispatch: Berlín, the Bitcoin Marvel Hidden in the Mountains Berlín, a city of 20,000 people, is home to El Salvador’s second Bitcoin circular economy. “Bitcoin City already exists. It’s called Berlín,” said one resident.

Could ‘Based Rollups’ Solve Ethereum’s Layer-2 Problem? As layer-2 chains continue to proliferate, some Ethereum developers are pushing rollup tech that takes a new approach to interoperability: “based rollups.”

Goldman Sachs Disclosed Ownership of Bitcoin ETFs. Here’s Why It Doesn’t Mean Much The bank’s clients are likely involved in the basis trade, rather than making a directional bet, said an analyst.

The Protocol: Can Based Rollups Solve Ethereum’s Layer-2 Problem? Also: Lido goes modular; Uniswap finally launches Unichain

Circle’s USDC Hits Record Market Cap Over $56B as Stablecoin Demand Soars USDC and USDT minting accelerated in the past weeks, providing a bullish signal for crypto markets despite declining token prices.

SEC’s Peirce Says ‘Many’ Memecoins Likely Fall Outside Regulator’s Jurisdiction Peirce is spearheading the SEC’s newly-created Crypto Task Force.

Coinbase Q4 Earnings Expected to Show Best Volume Since 2021 The crypto exchange reports fourth quarter results after the close on Thursday.

Adam Back Wants CBDCs Dead The OG cypherpunk and founder of Blockstream talks about building a bitcoin-based financial system and why state-issued digital currency is nothing like BTC. Back is a speaker at Consensus Hong Kong Feb. 18-20.

CoinDesk 20 Performance Update: Litecoin (LTC) Falls 4.7% as Index Inches Lower Hedera (HBAR) was also among the underperformers, dipping 3.9%.

US to Release Jailed BTC-e Operator Vinnik in Russia Prisoner Swap Alexander Vinnik previously pled guilty to conspiracy to commit money laundering.