2026-02-14 01:00 UTC | ⛏️ 936456

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1. Bitcoin crashes 19% to $60K
-- Bitcoin fell 19% in a week to mid-$60,000s due to 20% futures open interest drop from $61B and $2-2.5B liquidations from deleveraging.
-- Signals extreme stress at -2.88σ below 200-day average, unseen in 10 years, with low volatility suggesting downside absorbed.

2. Trump nominates Warsh Fed Chair
-- President Trump nominated Kevin Warsh as next Fed Chair, sparking uncertainty on monetary policy direction amid his hawkish past and recent rate-cut advocacy.
-- Could tighten global conditions or risk disinflation if aligned with lower rates, amid AI productivity and high leverage.

3. International AI Safety Report released
-- Feb 3 report by 100+ experts assesses GPAI capabilities in code, science, agents; risks like deepfakes, cyberattacks, malfunctions; management via safeguards.
-- Informs global policy on malicious use, reliability, systemic harms as AI advances rapidly with compute over 10^26 FLOP.

4. US-Iran high-level talks planned
-- US and Iran prepare talks to avert conflict despite disagreements; Ukraine advances ceasefire strategy; Trump cuts India tariffs post-Russia oil shift signal.
-- Eases escalation risks in Middle East, supports Ukraine peace enforcement, ties trade to energy geopolitics under Trump.