Elon Musk Says SpaceX May Put DOGE 'on the Moon' Next Year
Elon Musk replied “maybe next year” to a revived tweet about SpaceX putting a literal Dogecoin on the moon, reigniting public interest. The meme token remains trading just below $0.11, down roughly 60% year‑over‑year and 90% from its 2021 peak. Musk’s past crypto endorsements have previously moved markets, but this latest hint did not trigger a price surge. The DOGE‑1 satellite, funded entirely in Dogecoin, has cleared regulatory hurdles but still faces launch delays.
DeFi Doyen Stani Kulechov Buys $30 Million Mansion in London’s Notting Hill: Bloomberg
Stani Kulechov, founder of the decentralized lending platform Aave, bought a five‑floor mansion in London’s Notting Hill for £22 million, roughly £2 million under the guide price. The purchase was finalized in November and marks one of the most high‑profile real‑estate deals...
Ripple-Backed Custody Secures $280 Million Diamond Tokenization Push in UAE
Billiton Diamond and tokenization firm Ctrl Alt have moved more than $280 million of certified polished diamonds onto the XRP Ledger, using Ripple’s enterprise custody technology to secure the assets. The initiative creates an institutional‑grade tokenization pipeline in the UAE, with...
Crypto’s AI Push Stalls without a ‘ChatGPT Moment,’ Justin Sun Says
Justin Sun says AI could become crypto’s next growth driver, but the industry lacks a consumer‑facing “ChatGPT moment” to prove value. Most AI‑linked tokens remain conceptual rather than functional, limiting market excitement. He points to stablecoins and cross‑border payments on...
Elon Musk's xAI Is Hiring Crypto Specialists to Train Its AI Models
Elon Musk's xAI announced a remote Finance Expert – Crypto position to train its frontier AI models on digital‑asset market dynamics. The role will provide high‑quality annotations, evaluations, and expert explanations of on‑chain activity, trading behavior, and risk management. Rather...
Germans Can Now Buy Bitcoin, Ether, Solana Products Directly From Their ING Accounts
ING Deutschland, Germany's largest retail bank, now lets customers purchase crypto‑backed exchange‑traded products tracking Bitcoin, Ether and Solana directly through their securities accounts. The ETFs, issued by firms such as 21Shares, Bitwise and VanEck, mirror the price movements of the...
Bitcoin, Ether and Major Tokens Stage Relief Rally After Weekend Bloodbath
Bitcoin surged back to just under $79,000 after a weekend plunge that dragged prices to multi‑month lows and sparked billions in derivative liquidations. Ether topped $2,340 and other large‑cap tokens such as Solana, BNB, XRP and Cardano gained between 3%...
Here Is Why Ethereum's ‘Brutal Stumble’ Looks Exactly Like the Start of the Last Bull Run: Asia Morning Briefing
Ethereum’s price relative to Bitcoin has entered a pattern reminiscent of the pre‑bull‑run phase seen in 2022. The ETH‑BTC ratio fell about 31% after hitting a low roughly nine months before gold peaked, matching the historical drawdown that preceded a...
Family Offices Shun Crypto Despite Hype, with 89% Holding No Digital Assets: JPMorgan Private Bank
JPMorgan Private Bank’s 2026 Global Family Office Report finds that 89% of surveyed family offices hold no cryptocurrency and 72% lack gold exposure, underscoring a cautious stance toward traditional and emerging hedges. Only 17% of wealthy families say digital assets...
GameStop's Ryan Cohen Appears to Be Moving on From Bitcoin, Eyes 'Consumer Megadeal'
GameStop CEO Ryan Cohen announced plans to acquire a large publicly traded consumer company, aiming to transform the retailer’s valuation into the hundreds of billions. The move follows the recent transfer of the firm’s 4,710 bitcoin holdings to Coinbase Prime,...
Opera Stock Jumps 15% After Announcing Expanded Support for Tether Tokens
Opera (OPRA) shares jumped more than 15% after the company announced expanded support for Tether's USDT stablecoin and gold‑backed XAUT token in its MiniPay self‑custodial wallet. MiniPay, which now boasts 12.6 million activated wallets, processed over $153 million in stablecoin transactions in...
Cboe Is Looking to Make Trading as Simple as a ‘Yes or No’ Rivalling Prediction Markets
Cboe Global Markets is in early discussions to launch a binary‑style, all‑or‑none options product that pays a fixed amount if a specified event occurs. The offering would mirror prediction‑market platforms such as Polymarket, Kalshi and Coinbase, using a traditional options...
Earnings Season Gathers Steam, U.S. Jobs: Crypto Week Ahead
The week of Feb 2 2026 sees a surge in crypto earnings as Strategy (MSTR) and Galaxy Digital (GLXY) release results, while Bullish (BLSH) follows. Central banks in Europe will announce interest‑rate decisions on Thursday, and the U.S. jobs report, including non‑farm...
Crypto Crime Is Getting Violent: ‘Wrench Attacks’ Jumped 75% in 2026
Crypto‑related “wrench attacks” surged 75 % in 2026, reaching 72 confirmed incidents worldwide, while physical assaults tied to cryptocurrency theft rose 250 %. Europe now accounts for over 40 % of these violent crimes, with France leading at 19 reported cases—more than double...
Futures Price Gap on CME Offers Bitcoin Bulls a Glimmer of Hope
CME bitcoin futures reopened Sunday at $77,385, creating a sizable gap from Friday's $84,445 close after a steep spot decline to $75,000. The gap represents a 7‑8% divergence between futures and spot, with current futures near $78,230 versus spot $77,800....
Jim Cramer Questions Where the Bitcoin Bulls Are as the Crypto Price Slides to $74,000
Jim Cramer highlighted Bitcoin’s sharp decline to roughly $74,000, its lowest point since April 2025, and questioned where the asset’s most vocal supporters were. He identified a potential support zone near $73,000 and argued that a rebound would need to...
Ripple Secures Full EU E-Money License in Luxembourg
Ripple announced it has secured full approval of an Electronic Money Institution (EMI) license from Luxembourg’s regulator CSSF, after receiving preliminary approval last month. The license allows Ripple to offer regulated payment services across the European Union, supporting its Ripple...
Justin Sun Swoops to Buy $100 Million of Bitcoin as Rest of the Market Bleeds
Tron founder Justin Sun announced plans to acquire between $50 million and $100 million of Bitcoin, entering the market as prices have slumped to a six‑month low. Bitcoin has fallen 21% since mid‑January, contrasting sharply with digital‑asset‑treasury firms that bought at peak...
Bitcoin ETF Holders, Sitting on Paper Losses, May Throw in the Towel
Bitcoin’s spot price slipped to $76,540, leaving spot ETF investors with an average paper loss of roughly 15%, or about $13,400 per BTC. Since their U.S. debut two years ago, investors have paid around $90,200 per coin, creating a sizable...
Jupiter Brings Polymarket to Solana and Lands $35 Million Investment Deal
Jupiter, the Solana‑based decentralized exchange, announced the integration of Polymarket, bringing the leading crypto prediction market onto its platform. The move is paired with a $35 million strategic investment from ParaFi Capital, paid entirely in Jupiter’s JupUSD token and accompanied by...
India's 2026 Budget Keeps 30% Crypto Tax, Adds $545 Penalty for Missed Reports
India’s 2026‑27 Union Budget retained the 30 percent crypto gains tax and the 1 percent tax deducted at source, while introducing a new penalty framework for reporting failures. From April 1 2026, entities that miss crypto‑asset statements face a daily fine of ₹200 and...
Story Delays $IP Token Supply Unlock as Usage Lags and Dump Fears Grow
Story Protocol has pushed the first major release of its $IP team, investor and early‑contributor tokens from February 2026 to August 2026, extending the lock‑up by six months. The move comes as the token trades around $1.45‑$1.50, down roughly 32%...
Hong Kong Is Positioning Itself as Crypto’s Global Connector, Says Lawmaker Johnny Ng
Hong Kong legislator Johnny Ng is positioning the city as a global crypto connector, leveraging its common‑law system, open capital flows, and dense financial services ecosystem. Over the past two years he has driven stablecoin legislation and crypto‑exchange licensing, framing...
How Instant Gratification Is Sucking the Air Out of the Bitcoin Market
Bitcoin slipped more than 10% in the past month while gold rallied over 12% and the S&P 500 edged higher, highlighting a divergence not tied to fundamentals. NYDIG’s research chief Greg Cipolaro attributes the drop to "speculative cannibalization," where short‑term, instant‑gratification...
Bitcoin Drops to $78,000 as MicroStrategy-Fueled Rally Runs Out of Buyers, Traders Say
Bitcoin fell below $80,000 on Feb 1, 2026, reaching $78,000 – its first sub‑$80k level since April 2025 – after a 10% intraday drop to $75,710. The plunge erased about $111 billion in market capitalization and triggered $1.6 billion of leveraged liquidations. Analysts point...
Bitcoin Hashrate Drops 12% in Worst Drawdown Since China Mining Ban: CryptoQuant
A severe winter storm across key U.S. mining regions forced several large Bitcoin miners to curtail operations, driving the network hashrate down 12% since November 11. The hashpower now sits near 970 exahashes per second, the lowest level since September...
Retail Traders Are Running for the Exit Amid Bitcoin's Selloff, While 'Mega-Whales' Are Quietly Buying the Dip
Glassnode on‑chain data shows that mega‑whales holding 10,000 BTC or more are quietly buying Bitcoin as the price fell below $80,000, while all smaller cohorts, especially retail wallets under 10 BTC, have been net sellers for over a month. The Accumulation Trend...
Solana DeFi Platform Step Finance Hit by $27 Million Treasury Hack as Token Price Craters
Step Finance, a Solana‑based DeFi portfolio tracker, disclosed a treasury breach that saw 261,854 SOL—about $27 million—unstaked and transferred. The hack triggered an over‑80% plunge in its governance token STEP within 24 hours. The platform has engaged cybersecurity firms but has not...
How Decentralized AI Training Will Create a New Asset Class for Digital Intelligence
Decentralized AI training networks are linking heterogeneous GPUs worldwide to train frontier‑scale models, while issuing tokens that grant contributors ownership stakes. Prime Intellect has already delivered 10‑billion‑parameter and 32‑billion‑parameter models using this approach, and protocols like Gensyn and Pluralis prove...
Bitcoin Falls Out of Global Top 10 Assets by Market Capitalization, Below Elon Musk's Tesla
Bitcoin’s market capitalization slipped to roughly $1.57 trillion, pushing it to the 13th‑largest asset worldwide, behind Saudi Aramco and Tesla. The cryptocurrency’s price dropped more than 11 % in a week, falling from about $90,000 to $78,500. The sell‑off was amplified by a...
The Market for Tokenized Equities Has Exploded by Almost 3,000% in a Single Year
Tokenized equities surged almost 3,000% in 2025, pushing the market close to the $1 billion milestone. The jump to $963 million was driven by new SEC guidance on broker‑dealer custody and a DTCC no‑action letter that legitimized token‑based settlement. Ondo Global Markets...
XRP Slides 7% as Rapid Selling Breaks Major $1.79 Support
XRP dropped roughly 6.7% on Jan 31, sliding from $1.88 to near $1.75 after a Bitcoin‑driven crypto sell‑off triggered massive long liquidations. More than $70 million of XRP futures long positions were wiped out as price broke the key $1.79 support on...
Bitcoin 'Fear' Sentiment Hits a 2026 High as Price Downtrends Toward $80,000
Bitcoin slipped to $84,200, its lowest level since November 21, pushing the Santiment fear index to a 2026 peak. The surge in negative social‑media commentary marks a shift from cautious optimism to outright fear, a pattern often seen near market capitulation....
NYSE's 24/7 Plan Could Fix Key Problem for Stock Tokens, Ondo's De Bode Says
Ondo Finance’s Ondo Global Markets platform has amassed over $500 million in total value locked and $7 billion in trading volume since its September 2025 launch, making it the largest tokenized‑stock provider. The broader market of tokenized equities is approaching $1 billion and grew...
Bitcoin, Ether Fall as Shutdown Clock Hits and Markets Brace for a Messy Monday
Bitcoin hovered around $83,559 on Friday, gaining 1% but still down 6.8% for the week, while ether slipped to $2,686, off 1.9% daily and 9% weekly. Prices remained under pressure as the United States entered a partial shutdown after missing...
Polymarket, Kalshi Contract Limits Demonstrated in Latest U.S. Government Shutdown Fight
The U.S. government is set to enter a partial shutdown at midnight Saturday after the Senate approved a funding package that still requires House approval. Prediction‑market platforms Polymarket and Kalshi have launched contracts betting on the shutdown, each defining the...
SpaceX-Tesla Merger Talks Puts Nearly 20,000 Bitcoin in Focus
Elon Musk’s exploratory merger talks involving SpaceX, Tesla, and possibly xAI have drawn attention to the combined bitcoin holdings of the two companies, which total nearly 20,000 BTC worth roughly $1.7 billion. Tesla reported a $239 million after‑tax loss on its digital...
Bitwise CIO Matt Hougan Says Bitcoin Could Hit $6.5 Million in 20 Years
Bitwise CIO Matt Hougan predicts Bitcoin could reach $6.5 million per coin within 20 years, basing the forecast on ongoing sovereign debt growth and fiat debasement. He sees 2026 as a consolidation period, with Bitcoin likely ranging between $75,000 and $100,000...
Visa and Mastercard Aren’t Buying the Stablecoin Hype for Everyday Payments
Visa and Mastercard remain skeptical about stablecoins for everyday payments, citing ample existing options for U.S. consumers. Both firms acknowledge blockchain experiments but see limited product‑market fit, especially in developed markets. Mastercard frames stablecoins as an additional currency it can...
Brian Armstrong Was Snubbed by Top Executives From the Biggest U.S. Banks in Davos
Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong was rebuffed by the CEOs of JPMorgan, Bank of America, Wells Fargo and Citigroup during Davos meetings as he pushed back against the Senate’s CLARITY Act. The bill seeks to regulate stablecoin reward programs that offer up...
CoinDesk 20 Performance Update: Index Slides 1.9% as All Assets Trade Lower
CoinDesk’s daily 20‑asset index slipped 1.9% on Jan 30, settling at 2,510.59 points. Every constituent posted a loss, with the biggest drags coming from Cronos (CRO) down 4.2% and Aave (AAVE) off 3.7%. The modest leaders, Polkadot (POL) and Bitcoin Cash...
Lido’s New stVaults Will Let L2s Create Their Own Rules for Ethereum Staking
On Jan 30, 2026 Lido Labs Foundation deployed stVaults on Ethereum mainnet, a modular extension that lets third‑party teams plug into Lido’s staking system. The new vaults provide isolated environments where builders can configure validators, optionally mint stETH, and still tap Lido’s...
Vitalik Buterin to Spend $43 Million on Ethereum Development
Ethereum co‑founder Vitalik Buterin announced he has withdrawn 16,384 ETH, roughly $43 million, to fund a broad open‑source, verifiable full‑stack development effort. The move signals a period of mild austerity for the Ethereum Foundation as it pursues an aggressive scaling roadmap...
Binance to Shift $1 Billion User Protection Fund Into Bitcoin Amid Market Rout
Binance announced it will convert the stablecoin assets in its $1 billion Secure Asset Fund for Users (SAFU) into Bitcoin over the next 30 days, with ongoing audits. The exchange pledged to top up the fund back to $1 billion if Bitcoin...
Plunge in Gold, Silver, and Copper Sparks $120 Million Rout in Blockchain Metal Clones
Tokenized metal derivatives suffered $120 million in liquidations after gold, silver and copper prices slumped. Copper futures on the LME dropped nearly 4%, while gold and silver fell 4% and 5.9% respectively, triggering steep losses in crypto‑linked contracts. Silver‑linked products led...
Bitcoin Is Going Nuts with Biggest Implied Volatility Spike Since November
Bitcoin’s volatility index (DVOL) surged to above 44 on Thursday, the highest reading since November, jumping from around 37 as traders scrambled for downside protection during a massive sell‑off. The spike coincided with heightened macro uncertainty, including U.S. government‑shutdown risk...
Rollercoaster Bitcoin Price Moves End up Liquidating $1.7 Billion in Bullish Crypto Bets
Over the past 24 hours the crypto market saw $1.68 billion in forced liquidations, with long positions absorbing roughly 93% of the damage. Bitcoin alone accounted for about $780 million of that total, while Ether contributed over $414 million. Perpetual‑heavy exchanges such as...
Bitcoin Pulls Back to as Low as $81,000 as Horrendous Day Continues
Bitcoin slumped to a low of $81,000 on Thursday, erasing roughly $10,000 of value in a single day. The plunge triggered more than $777 million in leveraged long liquidations within an hour, totaling $1.75 billion over 24 hours. Major altcoins fell 7‑9%, with...
El Salvador's Central Bank Buys $50 Million of Gold as Government Keeps Adding Bitcoin
El Salvador’s central bank announced a $50 million purchase of gold, adding 9,298 troy ounces to its reserves and bringing total gold holdings to about 67,403 ounces, valued near $360 million. The government also continued its daily bitcoin acquisition program, buying one...
Tokenization Firm Securitize Reports 841% Revenue Growth as It Prepares to Go Public
Tokenization platform Securitize filed a registration statement to go public through a SPAC merger with Cantor Equity Partners II. The company reported $55.6 million revenue for the first nine months of 2025, an 841 % jump from the same period a year...
