According to Huoxun Finance on February 16th, a senior Pentagon official stated that US Defense Secretary Hergsays is "about to" sever commercial ties with Anthropic and designate the artificial intelligence company as a "supply chain risk," meaning anyone wanting to do business with the US military must cut ties with the company. Anthropic's Claude is currently the only available AI model in the US military's classified systems and is a world leader in many commercial applications. Pentagon officials have highly praised Claude's capabilities. However, the Pentagon accuses Anthropic of imposing harsh restrictions on how the US Department of Defense uses its tools, including wanting to ensure they are not used for mass surveillance of Americans or for developing weapons that can be launched without human intervention.

According to Huoxun Finance on February 16, Donga reported that 22 bitcoins held by the Gangnam Police Station in South Korea have been confirmed to have been transferred out of the country. This was reportedly discovered during a nationwide investigation following the disclosure of a bitcoin theft case at the Gwangju District Prosecutors' Office. The bitcoins, worth approximately 2.1 billion won at current prices, were assets voluntarily submitted by the police during their investigation in 2021. The investigation revealed that the physical cold wallet was not stolen, but its internal assets were transferred out. Law enforcement agencies are investigating the process of the transfer and the possibility of internal involvement.

In the past hour, total liquidations across the network reached $29.35 million, with $17.56 million from long positions, with $11.79 million from short positions. BTC liquidation $12.46 million, ETH liquidation $8.98 million.

According to Odaily Planet Daily, the internet monitoring website DownDetector reports that social media platform "X" is experiencing a malfunction. It is estimated that 11,266 users in the US and 6,424 users in the UK have reported the issue. (Jinshi)

Odaily Planet Daily reports that Strategy founder Michael Saylor posted on the X platform, "Markets closed. Bitcoin open. Happy Hodlday," but did not disclose any information about increasing his Bitcoin holdings.