On February 1, El Salvador acquired two additional Bitcoin (BTC), bringing its total holdings to over 6,055 BTC, valued at approximately $612 million. This move occurs despite the country's agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to reduce public sector involvement in the Bitcoin industry. Separately, cryptocurrency exchange Kraken announced it will delist Tether's USDt and four other stablecoins in Europe by March 31 to comply with the EU's Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCA). The delisting will occur in stages, starting with margin pairs and eventually halting spot trading. Additionally, asset management firm 21Shares filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to launch a spot Polkadot exchange-traded fund (ETF), aiming to list it on the Cboe BZX exchange. This announcement follows the company's previous success with similar products in Switzerland. However, the filing notes that there's no assurance of the price performance of Polkadot (DOT), which has seen a significant decline in value recently.

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