PANews reported on February 2nd that, according to on-chain analyst Yu Jin, a whale/institution that had been dormant for five years made a long position on ETH in the early hours of today: it pledged 44,500 ETH (US$102 million) and borrowed 70 million USDT to buy 30,222 ETH at a price of US$2,316. The whale's pledged ETH was withdrawn from Bitfinex five years ago when the ETH price was US$1,354. The current profit is US$42.57 million.



BitGo’s move creates further competition in a burgeoning European crypto market that is expected to generate $26 billion revenue this year, according to one estimate. BitGo, a digital asset infrastructure company with more than $100 billion in assets under custody, has received an extension of its license from Germany’s Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin), enabling it to offer crypto services to European investors. The company said its local subsidiary, BitGo Europe, can now provide custody, staking, transfer, and trading services. Institutional clients will also have access to an over-the-counter (OTC) trading desk and multiple liquidity venues.The extension builds on BitGo’s previous Markets-in-Crypto-Assets (MiCA) license, also issued by BaFIN, and adds trading to the existing custody, transfer and staking services. BitGo acquired its initial MiCA license in May 2025, which allowed it to offer certain services to traditional institutions and crypto native companies in the European Union.Read more