According to a report by Jinshi Finance on February 15th, Nick Timuraos, a vocal advocate for the Federal Reserve, wrote that key indicators of the US economy are pointing in the same positive direction: inflation is declining, the labor market remains strong, and economic growth is solid. This is not a definitive conclusion, but it represents the closest the US economy has ever come to a soft landing (i.e., curbing inflation while avoiding a recession). Just four years ago, many economists thought this was impossible. Now, the scenario of the US economy bringing inflation back to the Fed's 2% target without falling into recession is once again credible. However, even without oxygen masks, it's too early to unfasten the seatbelts. The Fed's preferred inflation gauge, the core PCE annual rate, is currently close to 3%, and many forecasters predict that inflation will struggle to make significant progress this year as tariff-related price increases spread further. Meanwhile, the labor market may not be as robust as last week's report suggested. Payden & Rygel's chief economist, Jeffrey Cleveland, stated that objectively speaking, the labor market has been weak, and the unemployment rate is more likely to rise than fall this year.

Huoxun Finance reported on February 15th that, according to CoinDesk, Robert Mitchnick, Head of Digital Assets at BlackRock, stated at the Bitcoin Investors Week conference that rampant leveraged speculation on crypto derivatives platforms is exacerbating market volatility and could damage Bitcoin's long-term position as a stable institutional hedging tool. Mitchnick pointed out that Bitcoin's fundamentals as a "global, scarce, decentralized monetary asset" remain solid, but its short-term trading behavior is increasingly exhibiting characteristics of a "leveraged Nasdaq," a perception that will significantly raise the barrier for conservative institutional investors to allocate to this asset. Mitchnick also refuted the view that spot ETFs exacerbate market volatility. He stated that during a week of market turmoil, BlackRock's IBIT fund only experienced 0.2% redemptions. He argued that while large-scale liquidations by hedge funds should have resulted in billions of dollars in outflows, the actual liquidations of billions of dollars occurred on leveraged platforms.

Huoxun Finance reported on February 15th that, in response to a post by crypto KOL @mirrorzk stating, "The ship of the new era cannot accommodate people of the old era, and the information from former listing teams may not be accurate. Project teams need to be vigilant and careful in identifying information to avoid being scammed," Binance co-founder He Yi posted on the X platform, "Short-term prices are indeed greatly affected by liquidity, traffic, and token structure, but whether they can weather the cycle after the hype depends on whether there is revenue, whether there is empowerment, and factors such as issuance and burning. For example, BTC, ETH, and BNB have broken the shackles of the first three elements. The crypto world has been raising funds through storytelling for so many years; narrative is dead, practicality must prevail."

According to Huoxun Finance on February 15th, TokenUnlocks data shows that tokens such as ZRO, YZY, and ARB will undergo large-scale unlocking next week. Specifically: LayerZero (ZRO) will unlock approximately 25.71 million tokens at 7 PM Beijing time on February 20th, representing about 5.98% of its circulating supply, worth approximately $49.1 million; YZY (YZY) will unlock approximately 62.5 million tokens at 11 AM Beijing time on February 17th, representing about 17.24% of its circulating supply, worth approximately $20.6 million; Arbitrum (ARB) will also unlock... B) will unlock approximately 92.65 million tokens at 9 PM Beijing time on February 16, representing approximately 1.82% of its released supply, worth approximately $11.2 million; KAITO (KAITO) will unlock approximately 32.6 million tokens at 8 PM Beijing time on February 20, representing approximately 10.64% of its released supply, worth approximately $10.6 million; MBGByMultibankGroup (MBG) will unlock approximately 27.15 million tokens at 8 PM Beijing time on February 22, representing approximately 10.96% of its released supply, worth approximately $8.3 million.

According to Huoxun Finance on February 15th, OKX market data shows that BTC has just fallen below $69,000 and is currently trading at $68,949.90 per coin, down 1.21% on the day.