Gate Crypto Flash News and Market Updates

Gate News bot message, Gate market display, BTC breaks through 67,000 USDT, current price 67,014.4 USDT.

BlockBeats News, February 12, Citibank stated that the Federal Reserve's interest rate cuts will begin in May, earlier than the previously expected March. (Jin10)

Odaily Planet Daily reports that Greeks.live macro researcher Adam posted on the X platform stating that put options still dominate the market. Today, over $1 billion worth of BTC bulk put options were traded, accounting for 37%, primarily out-of-the-money options between $60,000 and $65,000. Regarding expiration dates, the main focus is on medium-term options for the next month and March, indicating that institutions hold a negative outlook on medium to long-term trends. In the next one to two months, bearish market expectations are strong.

Gate News bot message: According to the latest Gate TradFi data, AUDCHF has risen by 1.5% in the short term, with current volatility significantly higher than recent average levels, indicating increased market activity.

ChainCatcher News, according to Jin10, Schmidt stated that Congress and the administration may want to stimulate the economy, but the Federal Reserve needs to balance employment and inflation.

Gate News bot message, institutional investors are now holding significant losses after purchasing at peak prices during the DATs hype and broader market euphoria. This cycle has resulted in substantial unrealized losses for institutional portfolios that entered positions at market tops across multi

BlockBeats News, February 11 — According to HyperInsight monitoring, as the crypto market declined, "Maji" reduced its ETH long positions by 1,800 ETH in the past hour. Its 25x ETH long position decreased to 500 ETH, approximately $869,000, with a liquidation price of $1,886.59. The account now has only $43,000 remaining, with total losses reaching $25.9 million.

Among the top 100 cryptocurrencies by market capitalization, LayerZero had the highest increase, rising 41.75% to $2.51; while MYX Finance experienced the largest decline, dropping 31.92% to $3.99. The overall market performance was notably mixed.

ChainCatcher Message: Canadian publicly listed Litecoin treasury company Luxxfolio has disclosed an increase of 2,413.464 LTC, bringing its total holdings to 24,439.464 LTC with zero debt. The company also announced the deployment of 20 Bitmain Antminer L9 16G devices to start Litecoin mining, and plans to gradually expand its mining operations based on market conditions, equipment availability, and power capacity.

SEC Chairman Paul S. Atkins outlined the SEC's key focus areas at the congressional session, including reducing corporate compliance costs, supporting IPOs and capital formation, promoting digital asset regulation, reviewing traditional regulatory tools, and strengthening investor protection and enforcement. The SEC will continue to protect investors and promote market fairness.

ChainCatcher message: According to Whale Alert monitoring, the USDC Treasury has minted an additional 250 million USDC on the Solana chain.

ChainCatcher message: According to Arkham data, at 23:33, 98,000 SOL (worth approximately $7,288,800) was transferred from an anonymous address (starting with 8cz6hqVm...) to the address degen-retard.sol.

PANews February 11 News, CoinAnk data shows that in the past 24 hours, the total liquidations in the cryptocurrency market across all contracts reached $291 million, including $209 million in long positions and $82.2 million in short positions. The total liquidation amount for BTC was $123 million, and for ETH it was $73.39 million.

Bitfury co-founder Val Vavilov believes that the recent 50% drop in the crypto market is a buying opportunity. He is optimistic about Bitcoin but emphasizes that it is only part of a diversified investment portfolio. Additionally, he invests in data center businesses centered around AI.

Odaily Planet Daily reports that Coinglass data shows that in the past 4 hours, the total liquidation across the network reached $156 million, including approximately $91.63 million in long positions and $64.75 million in short positions. Additionally, BTC liquidations amounted to $72.41 million, and ETH liquidations reached $43.21 million.

ChainCatcher News, according to Jinshi, White House Economic Council Chair Harret stated that inflation data will be a key factor influencing Federal Reserve decisions.

Odaily Planet Daily reports that White House Economic Council Chair Harret stated that the Federal Reserve still has ample room to cut interest rates, and high wage growth is driving people into the labor market. (Jin10)

Gate News bot message, according to the official Gate announcement on February 12, 2026 Gate Layer2 Zone will launch Aztec(AZTEC) spot trading. AZTEC/USDT spot trading will commence at 15:00(UTC+8) on February 12, 2026, with withdrawals expected to start at 15:00(UTC+8) on February 13, 2026. Meanwhile, Gate will complete the migration of AZTECUSDT perpetual contracts from pre-market to official contracts by 18:00(UTC+8) on February 12, 2026. The official contracts will support 1-50x leverage for long and short positions. Existing positions will not be affected during the migration. Aztec is a privacy-first Layer 2 on Ethereum, dedicated to helping developers build privacy-protecting applications for users. The project received a $100 million Series B funding led by a16z, with a team composed of world-class cryptographers.

ChainCatcher reports that according to Gate market data, the S&P 500 index has turned downward, after previously rising as much as 0.7%; the Dow Jones is now down 0.18%, and the Nasdaq is down 0.4%.

ChainCatcher News, according to Jinshi reports, Federal Reserve's Smiths stated that there are actual risks of inflation, which could stagnate around the 3% level.