Lantern Festival today — will the market finally give us some warmth?
1⃣ $BTC has reclaimed $69K, and $ETH is back above $2,000.
There’s a pattern some traders jokingly call Trump’s “holiday strike strategy” — major geopolitical headlines tend to drop while U.S. equities are closed, followed by risk-on moves when markets reopen. This time, crypto joined the rebound.
2️⃣ FAI surged 180% in a single day, igniting momentum in the privacy + AI narrative.
Freysa also saw a sharp price spike. Moves of this magnitude now need follow-through — otherwise they fade just as quickly.
3️⃣ Uniswap Labs secured another legal victory.
A U.S. court dismissed the class-action lawsuit, ruling that developers are not liable for third-party misuse of the protocol.
Regulatory clarity — even incremental — matters.
4️⃣ Tether received its first reserve assurance opinion for USAT from Deloitte.
Transparency optics improving.
5️⃣ Pump.fun disclosed a $9.19M PUMP buyback, while associated addresses had previously cashed out $7.23M.
Buybacks on one side, profit-taking on the other. Classic liquidity mechanics.
6️⃣ Pump.fun also announced support for external platform tokens and non-native assets, expanding mobile trading functionality.
7️⃣ Latest update on U.S.–Iran tensions:
Iran claims it has closed the Strait of Hormuz; U.S. officials state it remains open.
Energy market risk premium could spill over if confirmed.
8️⃣ Tom Lee expects equities to rally in March, with BTC and ETH potentially leading.
