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Ethereum’s price dropped by over 40% last week. Interestingly, data from Onchain Lens shows that large investors—often called ‘whales’ and institutions—pulled out a significant amount of ETH—around 186,168 ETH, valued at about $280 million—within a single day. These withdrawals happened on several major cryptocurrency exchanges like Kraken, Binance, and Gate.

Experts, ever the pragmatists, insist that discussing quantum risks is as vital as a blacksmith sharpening his tools-necessary, but hardly cause for panic. After all, the financial system now cradles trillions in digital treasure, and who wouldn’t fret over such a hoard? Yet, the evidence suggests this is less a ticking time bomb and more a leisurely stroll toward an engineering puzzle.

The latest missive from the Core Team, a paean to the unsung heroes of the Pi Network-its moderators-was intended to sprinkle a bit of sunshine on the community. Alas, it landed with the grace of a brick. “Moderator Appreciation Day,” they declared, on the First Friday of February, a day as arbitrary as the project’s timeline. The moderators, these selfless volunteers, are the glue that holds the community together, answering questions, moderating chats, and translating the Pi gospel into tongues unknown. Yet, for all their efforts, they remain unpaid, a testament to either devotion or desperation.

Now XRP tugs at the line; it’s not a joyous dance, and it’s not a shuddering collapse either.

The term mining difficulty, as it is explained to the lay reader by people who enjoy diagrams, measures how strenuous it is to coax a new block from the cryptic ledger. A higher difficulty means the work grows heavier for the ordinary miner; a lower one, perhaps, means the coffee breaks are longer and the jokes flatter.

The platform’s revenue engine woke from a late January slumber, stirred by the metals’ whispering rally, silver and gold ascending into the top five assets by trading volumes. Coins, apparently, still have a sense of drama, and the drama now wears a chrome hoodie.

XRP, that cheeky little rascal, recorded a sharp 20% price increase, while its broader crypto siblings languished in the depths of consolidation, perhaps pondering their existence.