Greekslive: Options block trades have been very hot lately, and a Bitcoin butterfly spread with a notional value of $20 million was just traded. This single block trade was a newly opened options position betting that Bitcoin will fall slightly before 29March24, with $47,000 as the maximum profit point. It also carries a short implied volatility component, with a loss below $44,000 or not below $49,800, but with a limited maximum loss. Whales have continued to add to their short positions, generally in a mindset of protecting the spot or taking profits, which is different from most people's expectations of hitting new highs. — link

The number of zkSync Era Paymaster transactions has exceeded 1.1 million, of which the number of Paymaster transactions reached 66,700 on February 19, setting a record high, with SyncSwap Paymaster contributing 56.8%. There are currently 173,000 zkSync Era users who have used Paymaster. Paymaster, proposed by Vitalik Buterin in Account Abstraction, is a smart contract that can pay gas fees, allowing users to use ERC-20 instead of ETH to pay gas fees. — link

The Ministry of National Security of China warned that some overseas map companies use the method of collecting map data in exchange for virtual currency rewards to induce domestic personnel to help illegally collect geospatial information data. — link

According to Arkham, at 22:23 UTC+8 on February 13, Grayscale transferred 878.2 BTC to the address of Coinbase Prime Deposit, worth approximately US$43 million; it transferred 1,551.8 BTC to a new address, which is suspected to be Grayscale's new custody address. — link

According to Lookonchain, a whale is going long ETH through circular lending on Spark Protocol. Since February 1, the whale has withdrawn 39,900 ETH from Binance, Bybit, OKX, and Bitfinex at an average price of $2,492, and borrowed 56.8 million DAI from Spark. — link

The United States announced that the unseasonally adjusted CPI annual rate in January was 3.1%, which was expected to be 2.90% and the previous value was 3.40%.

Analysts pointed out that inflation appears to be stronger, and a rate cut in March can now be more firmly ruled out. A rate cut in May is even in doubt. The Fed clearly has no urgent need to cut interest rates as soon as possible. The focus on the risk of persistent inflation remains paramount.

Just In: According to Solscan and OKLink block explorers, the Solana blockchain is suspected of being down, with the last transaction stuck at 17:52 UTC+8. — link Upbit announced that due to the interruption, deposits and withdrawals of SOL, GMT, RAY, and…

According to Arkham, at 22:08 UTC+8 on February 6, Grayscale transferred 1,767 BTC to the address of Coinbase Prime Deposit, worth approximately US$75.78 million; it transferred 899.9 BTC to a new address, which is suspected to be Grayscale's new custody address. — link

POS blockchain Hedera has announced a five-year partnership agreement with the Saudi Ministry of Investment worth $250 million. Hashgraph Association launches DeepTech Venture Studio to develop technology solutions for local Saudi companies, including artificial intelligence, blockchain and more. — link

While the Inscriptions were short-lived on most L1s, it gained some traction on Polygon and BNBChain. In the past week, Polygon has produced more than 930 inscription assets, and the number of transactions accounted for 66.6% of the total; BNBChain has produced nearly 900 inscription assets, and the number of transactions accounted for 23.34%. — link