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TL;DR BTC Slide: Bitcoin briefly crashed to $73,000 before rebounding near $76,000, extending a multi‑day decline driven by Fed policy and geopolitical tension. Altcoin Pressure: SOL fell below $100, HYPE dropped 11% to $33, and CC continued sliding, while updated data shows ETH at $2,250 and BNB at $755 amid broad market weakness.

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Tether open‑sources Mining OS and a Mining SDK to provide scalable, production‑ready tools for bitcoin mining operations.

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Standard Chartered has lowered its end-2026 price target for Solana to $250, down from $310, while leaving its longer-dated trajectory intact. The bank's roadmap still points to $2,000 by 2030 as the bank argues the chain's activity mix is rotating away from memecoin-led trading toward stablecoin-based micropayments.

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Bitcoin and ether are posting gains after a sharp market-wide decline, with derivatives traders continuing to reduce risk exposure.

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Mastercard CEO Michael Miebach says the company is shifting from pilot to real-world execution with Ripple, expanding blockchain-based settlement capabilities.

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Dogecoin creator Billy Markus disputes Michael Saylor's claim that Bitcoin price volatility is a "gift" as cryptocurrency markets lose $2.55B.

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The founder of the Binance bitcoin and crypto exchange has said he's lost confidence in a 2026 so-called “super cycle"

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Bitcoin is trading near $76,000 as market sentiment deteriorates further into extreme fear. U.S. Spot Bitcoin ETF assets under management have fallen below $100 billion for the first time since April 2025; liquidations stand at $682.58 million over the past 24 hours.

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Standard Chartered is urging investors to look through near-term volatility in digital assets and focus on what it calls “quality” blockchain projects.

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The XRP price remains under pressure in early February as broader market weakness continues to weigh on altcoins. The token is still down nearly 25% on a monthly basis and remains locked inside a long-term falling channel.

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Assets under management in US spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds slipped below $100 billion on Tuesday, following renewed investor withdrawals and a sharp downturn across the broader cryptocurrency market.

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BitMine chairman Tom Lee said unrealized losses on the firm's Ethereum treasury holdings are "a feature, not a bug."

 

Binance founder Changpeng Zhao, widely known as CZ, has strongly denied claims that Binance manipulated Bitcoin prices during the October 10 market crash, which led to $20 billion in market liquidation. He said the fall was caused by global tariff announcements, not by Binance systems or trading activity.

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Ethereum ETFs saw renewed inflows on Feb. 3, but the cryptocurrency remains range-bound as large holders continue exchange deposits.

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Elon Musk on Tuesday reignited a long-running narrative linking Dogecoin to space exploration, telling a fan on X (that SpaceX “maybe next year” could send Dogecoin to the Moon — a phrase interpreted by many in the crypto community as a timeline for fulfilling the long-teased DOGE-1 lunar mission.

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The world's largest cryptocurrency trading venue, Binance, has announced another large transfer of Bitcoin to its SAFU fund, created to ensure the safety of user crypto.

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Bitcoin dipped to $72.8K during U.S. shutdown fears, then rebounded sharply after lawmakers passed a funding bill.

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With network dominance at record levels, the price contrast is unusual.

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Billy Markus, who created the iconic meme cryptocurrency, Dogecoin, in collaboration with Jackson Palmer back in 2013, has taken to social media to share his take on the recent statement made by Bitcoin evangelist Michael Saylor.

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BlackRock has moved millions of dollars of BTC and ETH to Coinbase Prime. This has raised speculations about the purpose of the transfer, especially with the current market trend.

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Binance has advanced its user protection strategy with a fresh safu bitcoin allocation, reinforcing its flagship emergency reserve during a key transition phase. The crypto exchange Binance confirmed it has completed the second batch of its Bitcoin conversion for the Secure Asset Fund for Users, or SAFU, on Feb. 4, 2026. The latest tranche added an extra $100 million in BTC to the on-chain reserve, continuing a month-long restructuring of the protection pool.

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Cardano Founder Charles Hoskinson has announced that he is updating the open-source AI bot, "Logan the Exit Liquidity Lobster." Hoskinson dropped the update in a post on his personal X page with an invitation to developers of the ecosystem.

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Ether risks declining toward the $1,665-$1,725 range in February, according to a confluence of bearish technical and on-chain indicators.

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MicroStrategy's Michael Saylor frames Bitcoin's sharp drawdowns as “Satoshi's gift,” arguing volatility rewards long-term holders, not short-term traders.

 

Company pushes back after reports suggest a $9B Bitcoin sale by a wealthy client was tied to quantum computing fears.