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Mercado Bitcoin issued over $20M in tokenized private credit on Rootstock, targeting $100M by April. Growing in RWAs with XLM and XRP Ledger plans. BTC supports strong in downtrend: $72,929. Regulated platform in top 10.

Vitalik Buterin Criticizes L2 Vision: Says Ethereum Base Layer is Scalable. ARB Developers on the Defensive. Price $0.14, RSI 26.58 Oversold. Support $0.1229 Strong. L2 Ecosystem Diverging.

Tether scaled down its $20 billion fund plan, CEO Ardoino denied it. 2025 profit 10 billion dollars. TON price $1.39, RSI 34.76 oversold, strong supports $1.25-$1.38. USAt and USDT0 are growing, TON ecosystem is affected.

CIRO has published a temporary framework for crypto custody. Tiered limits (%100 Tier1/2, %20 internal), capital requirements, and reporting protect assets like BTC. Canada's cautious approach boosts investor confidence. Details and table.

Coinbase has fixed the configuration error in its Base network. It maintains its leadership position in TVL, with Arbitrum in second place. ARB price $0.14, strong support $0.1228. Vitalik Buterin commented on the L2 vision. Long-term improvements are on the way. (98 words)

Galaxy Digital announced that the $9 billion BTC sale is unrelated to quantum risk. Alex Thorn debunked the speculations. The company reported a $482M USD loss in Q4. BTC price at 76.285 USD, critical supports at 72.9K-75.4K. Novogratz signaled a bottom, CLARITY Act offers hope. Quantum threat under discussion: BIP-360 proposal incoming.

Spot BTC ETFs fell below 100 billion dollars with 272M$ outflows. Market selling pulled BTC below 74K, altcoin ETFs received inflows. RSI at 27 oversold, strong support at 72K$. Net outflows of 1.3 billion$ since the beginning of the year.

Bitwise is expanding its ETH staking services by acquiring Chorus One. The staking queue has reached 4M ETH, institutional ETFs are in play. ETH $2,280, RSI oversold. Sector M&A hit a record. Vitalik's L2 vision is impacting staking. (98 words)

Aave Labs is shutting down the Avara brand and closing the Family wallet. DeFi-focused simplification: TVL 30 billion$. AAVE 127.83$, RSI 33.55 oversold, strong supports 115-125$. Future products will continue under Aave Labs.

After Fusaka, dusting attacks on ETH exploded: 11% of transactions, 26% of addresses are dusting. Daily 2M+ transactions, 60% increase. Coin Metrics data shows January losses at 740K$. ETH 2,274 USD, RSI 27.64 oversold. Support 2,108$. Vitalik emphasized L2 vision.