Market Update - Monday, February 9

- Bitcoin remains steady around $70,000, with altcoins showing similar trends. Market sentiment index has increased from 7 to 14.
- The White House will hold a second meeting with crypto and major banking representatives tomorrow to address issues related to the CLARITY Act.
- The CFTC is expanding regulations to allow national trust banks to issue USD stablecoins under the GENIUS Act framework.
- Illinois has proposed a community Bitcoin bill managed by the state, which will be stored in a multi-signature cold wallet.
- Michael Saylor revealed plans to acquire more Bitcoin this week. His strategy currently holds 713,502 BTC, valued at approximately $49.5 billion.
- An anonymous wallet transferred 2,565 BTC, worth around $181 million, to Satoshi Nakamoto's wallet two days ago, with the reason still unclear.

Event Calendar
- February 10, 20:30 UTC: US Retail Sales for December
- Retail Sales m/m (Forecast = 0.4%, Previous = 0.6%)
- Core Retail Sales m/m (Forecast = 0.4%, Previous = 0.5%)
- February 11, 20:30 UTC: US Nonfarm Employment Data for January
- Jobs Added (Forecast = 70K, Previous = 50K)
- Unemployment Rate (Forecast = 4.4%, Previous = 4.4%)
- February 13, 20:30 UTC: US CPI Inflation Data for January
- CPI Inflation Y/Y (Forecast = 2.4%, Previous = 2.7%)
- Core CPI Inflation Y/Y (Forecast = 2.5%, Previous = 2.6%)

Token Unlocks
- February 10: Aptos will unlock 11.31 million $APT (0.69% of circulating supply), valued at $12.09 million.
- February 11: Avalanche will unlock 1.67 million $AVAX (0.32% of circulating supply), valued at $15.15 million.
- February 15: Connex will unlock 1.32 million $CONX (1.56% of circulating supply), valued at $15.72 million.
- February 15: Starknet will unlock 127 million $STRK (4.61% of circulating supply), valued at $6.28 million.
- February 16: Arbitrum will unlock 92.65 million $ARB (1.82% of circulating supply), valued at $10.80 million.