According to CZ’s chat with the All-In podcast, he first heard about Bitcoin in 2013, back when he was just a junior partner at some software firm in Shanghai. His buddy Ron Tao (yes, that’s his real name) was like, “CZ, you gotta check out this Bitcoin thing.” CZ, being the overthinker we all are, took six months to wrap his head around it. “Back then, there was this Bitcoin forum and… that’s it,” he said. Truly, the Wild West of crypto.
In what can only be described as a dramatic plot twist worthy of a daytime soap opera, Grayscale has reported that Bitcoin is now more closely aligning with software stocks than with its former partner in crime, gold. Yes, the precious metal that’s been around since the dawn of civilization is now being ghosted by the beloved cryptocurrency.
Ah, the modern oracle, the AI trading bot, a creature born of data and algorithms, yet so fragile in the face of the unfamiliar. Today’s marvels, these bots, are but children, nurtured on the milk of historical data, only to be cast into a world where the 10/10 liquidations and last week’s selloffs are but whispers of a new, unforgiving reality. They falter, these mechanical prodigies, for they have never known the true face of chaos.
Lo and behold! Superset, the new knight in shining armor within the liquidity execution layer arena, has raised $4 million in seed funding, co-led by the esteemed knights of 7RIDGE and Exponential Science Capital. Their noble quest? To become the very foundation of the burgeoning $300 billion stablecoin economy, while presenting themselves as a “unified liquidity execution layer”-a title that rolls off the tongue like a fine wine.
In what can only be described as a strategic masterstroke, Ault Capital Group has opened the gates to its blockchain network testnet, making a bold bid to lay down the foundations of institutional infrastructure in the digital asset realm. Think of it as laying bricks with a side of bravado.
Panic selling followed, a clamor of pocketing carnivals as if fortune itself were slipping on a banana peel. Yet a certain coterie of investors, amused by ruin, now spies a gleam-perhaps a bargain in a beauty contest. Still, the chronicles whisper that this may be a deeper wade into consolidation, a stage-set for accumulation rather than a staircase to the moon.
The market, ever the shrewd observer, takes note. Bitcoin’s rebound, like a wounded hero in a Tolstoy epic, is frail and uncertain. The recent data from the US spot Bitcoin ETFs reveals a tale of net outflows, a whisper of doubt in the hearts of investors. The narrative of ‘digital gold’ is tested, not in the abstract, but in the harsh light of February 2026, where $BTC lingers at $67,329 and $ETH at $1,962. Liquidity, that fickle companion, vanishes like a mirage in the desert of defensive positioning.
Here, we look at the price, the stuff that feeds the ledger, and try to figure how it holds up when winter tucks its chin over the hills and the lights go dim.
According to the illustrious minds at blockchain analytics firm Lookonchain, Voorhees has gone ahead and created nine shiny new wallets (because why not?) and spent $6.81 million in USDC to acquire 1,382 PAX Gold (PAXG) tokens at an average price of $4,926 per token. Just think of it as a fancy way of saying each token is backed by actual gold sitting in a vault somewhere-probably guarded by a very confused dragon.
Goldman’s disclosure, filed Feb. 10 and covering holdings as of Dec. 31, 2025, shows approximately $2.36 billion allocated to crypto-linked ETFs, representing about 0.33% of its reported $811 billion equity portfolio. While modest as a percentage, the dollar figure is anything but small.
