Huoxun Finance News, February 3 – Strategy announced that its preferred stock distributions paid in 2025 will be treated as non-taxable return of capital (ROC) for U.S. federal income tax purposes, reducing shareholders' tax base on the relevant preferred stock. Any excess will be treated as capital gains. In 2025, Strategy raised $5.5 billion through five perpetual preferred stock IPOs and an additional $1.9 billion through its ATM program. To date, the company has paid out $413 million in distributions, representing an annualized dividend yield of 9.6%. The company expects distributions to continue to be treated as capital returns over the next ten years.

Huoxun Finance reported on February 3rd that StepFinance issued a statement on its X platform regarding a hacking incident. The statement disclosed that approximately $40 million was stolen from its vault due to an intrusion into the devices of its executives. After detecting the security vulnerability, StepFinance collaborated with cybersecurity researchers and relevant departments to launch an investigation into the attack and notified law enforcement. During this period, some operational activities were temporarily suspended. Currently, approximately $3.7 million in Remora assets and $1 million in other positions have been recovered. As RemoraMarkets' largest liquidity provider, LP activities will resume once the system is fully secure. RemoraMarkets is not involved in this incident, and all rTokens remain 1:1 secured by escrow collateral. At this stage, it is recommended that no one use STEP tokens until the investigation is complete. System snapshots will be obtained before the vulnerability was exploited to ensure the security of STEP token holders. Updates will be released immediately as soon as any progress is made.

Token | Trading Volume 【BTC】8.61 billion 【TIA】4.75 million 【PAXG】256.72 million 【CORE】723,739.82 【CFX】2.13 million 【ORDI】2.65 million 【LGNS】6.36 million 【FIL】17.42 million 【ZIL】40.84 million 【XRD】41,812.33

Odaily Planet Daily reports that FTX users have reached a settlement agreement with the US law firm Fenwick & West regarding their roles in the FTX scandal. The two parties recently filed a joint document in Florida federal court, stating their intention to submit a formal settlement agreement and seek court approval on February 27th. Specific settlement terms have not yet been disclosed. The lawsuit, initially filed in 2023, accused Fenwick & West of providing "critical assistance" in designing FTX's fraudulent structure. (Cointelegraph)

According to Odaily Planet Daily, blockchain analyst AI Yi added that Vitalik Buterin sold 493 ETH on February 3rd, worth approximately $1.16 million. Four days prior, Vitalik had transferred 16,384 ETH from his personal address to a multi-signature address, and began selling them in batches today. This action is believed to correspond to his "multi-year donation plan" publicly mentioned on January 30th. Vitalik stated at the time that the plan would support the construction of open-source, secure, and verifiable full-stack hardware and software systems. Previous news: Vitalik Buterin sold 493 ETH and exchanged 5,000 ETH for WETH.