Odaily Planet Daily reports that Amazon (AMZN.O) has officially surpassed Walmart (WMT.N) to become the world's highest-revenue company. Walmart had held the title for over a decade, reporting $713.2 billion in sales for the 12 months ending January 31st on Thursday. Amazon, meanwhile, announced earlier this month that it expects $717 billion in sales by 2025. (Jinshi)

Odaily Planet Daily reports that Kraken has announced an integration with ICE Chat, the instant messaging platform operated by Intercontinental Exchange (ICE). This partnership allows institutional traders to directly connect to Kraken's OTC trading desk through the ICE Chat network. ICE Chat has over 120,000 clients, and this integration allows professional trading platforms to access cryptocurrency liquidity in the spot and options markets within their familiar real-time communication environment, aiming to reduce operational friction and improve trade execution efficiency.

Odaily Planet Daily reports that Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong stated in an interview at the World Liberty Forum that quantum computing will not destroy blockchain, making it a very solvable problem. He pointed out that Coinbase established a quantum advisory committee last month and maintains regular contact with major blockchain networks to discuss pathways to a post-quantum cryptographic world. Currently, the Ethereum Foundation has listed post-quantum security as a top strategic priority, and the Solana Foundation has begun testing quantum-resistant digital signatures on its testnet. Furthermore, Brian Armstrong also expressed his stance on issues such as the CLARITY bill draft and the regulatory power over prediction markets in the US market structure negotiations.

According to Odaily Planet Daily, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Paul Atkins stated that regulators should not panic over the decline in cryptocurrency prices. Atkins added that regulators' role is not to worry about daily market fluctuations, but rather to focus on information disclosure and clarity in long-term regulation.

According to a Bitfinex analysis report released by Odaily Planet Daily, declining inflation and rising expectations of interest rate cuts in the US market provide psychological support for risk assets, but the crypto market is more likely to exhibit phased fluctuations rather than a one-sided trend. The expansion of the Federal Reserve's balance sheet reduces systemic liquidity risk, which historically benefits scarce assets such as Bitcoin. However, the current pace of liquidity recovery is slow, and spot Bitcoin selling pressure re-emerged at the beginning of this week, with cumulative sell-offs reaching billions of dollars. Although the market's ability to absorb selling pressure has improved compared to before, on-chain indicators show that the adjusted SOPR (Spent Output Profit Ratio) has fallen to the 0.92–0.94 range, reflecting that most cryptocurrencies are shifting to a loss-making state, and structural pressure remains. The current macroeconomic environment provides some liquidity buffer for the crypto market, but it is not enough to support a sustained bull market. Bitcoin has short-term tactical rebound potential, but a long-term structural upward trend still requires clearer signals of declining inflation and sustained spot demand.