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Bitcoin has reached a milestone, with its realized capitalization surpassing $850 billion for the first time.

Bitcoin miners experienced declining production in January due to near-record-high network difficulty.

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) has released 790 pages of documents detailing its interactions with banks and financial institutions seeking to offer cryptocurrency services.

Germany elects a new parliament on February 23, with potential ramifications for the financial industry of Europe's largest economy. Spoiler alert: The far-right Alternative for Germany wants to exit the euro and deregulate Bitcoin, while Chancellor Olaf Scholz's Social Democrats want to tax the super rich. The conservative alliance of Merz's Christian Democrats (CDU) and the Bavarian Christian Social Union (CSU) are leading in the polls and, where finance is concerned, lay out only broad-brush ideas with few specifics.

Trump administration plans to lower the 10-year yield by controlling inflation and fiscal spending.

The European Central Bank hopes U.S. President Donald Trump's plan to support cryptocurrencies pegged to the U.S. dollar will speed up legislative backing for the digital euro, ECB board member Piero Cipollone told Reuters. The ECB has presented its digital currency - essentially an online wallet guaranteed by the central bank - in part as an electronic means of payment that does not rely on dominant U.S. providers such as Visa and PayPal. Cipollone said Trump's support for globally available stablecoins tied to the dollar would help create yet another U.S.-made payment tool and added urgency to the digital euro project.

Eric Trump, son of U.S. President Donald Trump said on X that it feels like a great time to enter BTC.