2026-02-15 11:00 UTC | ⛏️ 936720

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1. Bitcoin Drops 19% in Major Selloff
-- Bitcoin fell roughly 19% to mid-$60,000s driven by 20%+ deleveraging in futures from $61B to $49B open interest, with $2-2.5B BTC liquidations.
-- Signals extreme stress at -2.88σ below 200-day average, unprecedented in 10 years, yet volatility half of 2022 bear market suggesting absorbed downside risk.

2. US Stocks Dip 1.5% Weekly Amid AI Volatility
-- S&P 500 at 6836 up 0.05% Friday but down 1.5% week after softer January inflation failed to boost risk appetite.
-- Persistent AI-related volatility and sector shifts wane investor risk appetite per S&P Global IMI.

3. Allies Claim Russia Poisoned Navalny with Frog Toxin
-- Five American allies allege Russia killed opposition leader Alexei Navalny using rare lethal toxin from South American frog, challenging official account.
-- Escalates tensions at Munich Security Conference amid ongoing Russia-Ukraine war risks and NATO provocations.

4. MiniMax Launches Cost-Cutting AI Models
-- Chinese MiniMax releases M2.5 models near state-of-the-art at 1/20th Claude Opus cost via Mixture of Experts for cheap agent deployment.
-- Accelerates enterprise AI adoption, intensifying US-China competition and pricing pressure.