Day: February 5, 2026

Amazon stock sinks 10% despite earnings beat on $200B capex shock

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Amazon said Thursday it plans to spend $200 billion on capital expenditures in 2026, with a focus on artificial intelligence infrastructure, triggering a steep sell-off in after-hours trading. The stock dropped over 10% and fell below $200 as investors reacted to the scale of the planned investment. The announcement followed solid fourth-quarter earnings, with revenue climbing to $213.4 billion and net profit hitting $21.2 billion, matching analyst expectations. Amazon cited a strong holiday season and 24% year-over-year growth in its AWS cloud business as key drivers. The company also said…

Strategy Reports $12.4B Fourth Quarter Loss As Bitcoin Falls

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The Bitcoin buying company Strategy reported a net loss of $12.4 billion in the fourth quarter of 2025, driven down by Bitcoin’s 22% fall over the quarter. Bitcoin (BTC) reached a peak high of $126,000 in early October, but tumbled over the quarter ending Dec. 31 to under $88,500. Bitcoin is down 30% so far this year to $64,500, below Strategy’s average cost per BTC of $76,052. Strategy (MSTR) said on Thursday that despite the loss, its Q4 revenues rose 1.9% year-on-year to $123 million, driven in part by its…

Tether acquires 12% stake in Gold.com in $150M strategic investment

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Tether, the stablecoin issuer, has acquired a 12% ownership position in Gold.com for $150 million, deepening its expansion into the tokenized gold ecosystem. The investment establishes a long-term partnership to integrate XAU₮, Tether’s gold-backed digital asset, into Gold.com’s distribution channels and explore new on-ramps connecting physical gold and digital currencies. The announcement comes as gold recently surged to a record high above $5,500 per ounce in late January before retracing roughly 15%, trading around $4,700 at press time. The gold-backed stablecoin market has tripled over the past year to $5.5…

Strategy posts $12.4B Q4 loss as Bitcoin sinks to $64K and stock tumbles 17%

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Strategy reported a $12.4 billion net loss for the fourth quarter of 2025 as it announced its financial results Thursday, with Bitcoin falling to $64,000 amid a sharp crypto market downturn. The report follows one of Bitcoin’s worst trading days since the October 2025 flash crash, with the asset falling more than 12% on the day. The drawdown puts Strategy’s 713,502 BTC holdings deep underwater, translating to a $7.5 billion paper loss based on the company’s disclosed $76,052 average cost per coin. The selloff hammered Strategy’s stock price, which fell…

Katie Stockton: Bitcoin’s bearish reversal signals a market shift, Ethereum set to outperform in the long term, and the role of technical analysis in volatile conditions

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Bitcoin’s bearish reversal hints at a potential market low amid rising volatility and shifting sentiment. Key Takeaways Technical analysis is particularly effective in crypto markets due to their global trading and liquidity. The recent uptrend in Bitcoin has reversed, indicating a significant change in market conditions. The Ichimoku model is used to gauge primary trends and potential support and resistance levels in price. Bitcoin has entered a bearish reversal phase as indicated by the breakdown below the Ichimoku cloud. Historically, when the stochastic oscillator reaches oversold territory, it can take…

Bitcoin’s Chance Of Returning To $90K By March Is Slim

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Key takeawys: Bitcoin fell below $63,000 as weak US job data and concerns over AI industry investments fueled investor risk aversion. Options markets show a 6% chance of Bitcoin returning to $90,000 by March. Bitcoin (BTC) slid below $63,000 on Thursday, hitting its lowest level since November 2024. The 30% drop since the failed attempt to break $90,500 on Jan. 28 has left traders skeptical of any immediate bullish momentum. The current bearish sentiment is fueled by weak US job market data and rising concerns over massive capital expenditure within…

EU Tokenization Companies Urge Fixes to DLT Pilot Rules

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A group of European tokenization operators has urged EU policymakers to swiftly amend the bloc’s DLT Pilot Regime, warning that current asset limits, volume caps and time-limited licenses are preventing regulated onchain markets from scaling as the United States advances toward industrial-scale tokenization and near-instant settlement. In a joint letter coordinated ahead of an upcoming parliamentary debate, tokenization and market infrastructure companies Securitize, 21X, Boerse Stuttgart Group, Lise, OpenBrick, STX and Axiology called for targeted changes to the DLT Pilot Regime, the EU’s regulatory sandbox for tokenized securities markets. The…

Gemini To Exit UK, EU, and Australia To Focus on Business in US

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Crypto exchange Gemini announced its exit from the United Kingdom, European Union and Australia markets on Thursday, as the company slashed its workforce by 25%.  Gemini cited artificial intelligence automating labor and making engineers “100x” more efficient, and a more challenging business environment in the UK, EU and Australia, as reasons for the exit, according to Thursday’s announcement:  “These foreign markets have proven hard to win in for various reasons, and we find ourselves stretched thin with a level of organizational and operational complexity that drives our cost structure up…

Is It Time For A Bounce?

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Bitcoin touched new lows under $64,000 as market selling reached a historic level, and analysts warn that the bottom is not in. Does data support analysts’ sub-$60,000 prediction? Bitcoin (BTC) has fallen 13% over the past four days, sliding to $63,844 from $79,300. It is currently trading below $69,000, which is the 2021 bull market high, a level many see as a support level. The drop was matched by a sharp decline in futures activity, with BTC’s open interest falling by more than $10 billion over the past seven-days. Analysts…

Tether Makes $100M Equity Investment in Anchorage Digital

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Tether has made a $100 million strategic equity investment in Anchorage Digital, formalizing an existing relationship between the stablecoin issuer and the federally regulated US crypto bank. According to a post by Tether on Thursday, the investment builds on the companies’ prior collaboration, which includes Anchorage Digital’s role as the issuer of USAt, which launched on Jan. 27. USAt is dollar–pegged stablecoin designed to operate in the United States under the federal payment stablecoin framework established by the GENIUS Act in July 2025. Anchorage Digital Bank, founded in 2017 in…