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BlockBeats News, on February 17, according to the latest announcement data compiled by Ember, the profit and loss situation of Strategy and BitMine holdings is as follows: Bitcoin treasury company Strategy currently holds a total of 717,131 BTC (48.765 billions USD), with an average cost of 76,027 USD, and an unrealized loss of 5.756 billions USD. Ethereum treasury company BitMine currently holds a total of 4,371,497 ETH (8.673 billions USD), with an average cost of 3,801 USD, and an unrealized loss of 7.943 billions USD.

BlockBeats News, February 17th: The Federal Reserve's Bullard stated that the current U.S. service sector inflation is "not moderate," and he considers 3% to be the loose target for the neutral rate. If inflation trends downward, there will be multiple rate cuts in the future.