2026-02-10 08:00 UTC | ⛏️ 935873

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1. Bitcoin drops 46% from ATH to $70K
-- Bitcoin fell from $126K peak to $70,096, down over 45% amid 4-year cycle correction and $2.1B ETF outflows.
-- Confirms historical bear patterns persist despite institutional adoption, impacting crypto sentiment.

2. Anthropic releases Claude Opus 4.6 frontier model
-- New model tops benchmarks in reasoning, coding, finance; integrates with tools like Excel, outperforms GPT-5.2.
-- Escalates AI arms race with OpenAI, disrupts software stocks, advances agentic workplace AI.

3. Russia strikes Ukraine energy infrastructure again
-- Russia launched 408 drones, 39 missiles targeting nuclear substations, causing emergency outages.
-- Aims to cripple Ukraine power ahead of winter, heightens crisis amid stalled peace talks.

4. Fed holds rates at 3.5-3.75% amid uncertainty
-- Fed paused cuts after 2025 easing, projects one more in 2026 despite softening labor signals.
-- Balances sticky inflation, manufacturing contraction; political pressure rises on independence.

5. Markets rebound as Dow hits 50K high
-- Dow closes above 50,000 first time on chip rebound, Fed easing hopes despite tech volatility.
-- Signals resilience amid AI spending concerns, crypto swings, inflation expectations at 3.1%.