Crypto mining stocks have declined across the board the value of the entire crypto market fell almost 9% on Thursday.

Legendary investor Bill Miller has identified $60,000 as the critical “line in the sand” where the bleeding is likely to stop.

Bitcoin Magazine Paystand: The Payments Giants Quietly Supporting Bitcoin Circular Economies While many hyper focus on the bitcoin price and its occasional intense volatility, there is a whole cohort of Bitcoiners that are quietly building Bitcoin circular economies with deep social impact around the world, in areas where Bitcoin is a save heaven asset today, […]

CME Group is exploring a proprietary “CME Coin” designed to run on a decentralised network for market participants. The token would likely be used for margin and settlement, offering an institutional alternative to existing collateral forms. This initiative is separate from CME’s tokenised cash project with Google and aligns with their Q2 launch of 24/7 […]

New Token Launch: Axie Infinity is introducing Bonded AXS (bAXS), a 1:1 backed game token used for breeding, evolving Axies, and marketplace transactions. Airdrop Rewards: 100,000 bAXS will be distributed to players who held at least 10 staked AXS during a February 5 snapshot. Economic Integration: The token is designed to drive the in-game economy, […]

On Thursday, Feb. 5, 2026, XRP suffered one of its steepest declines of the year, plunging 15% in 24 hours to a low of $1.22. This crash wiped out nearly 45% of its value since its January peak and erased gains dating back to late 2024. Steep Losses and Derivatives Liquidations The bearish sentiment gripping […]

MetaMask, one of the world’s most widely used crypto wallets, has integrated with Ondo Finance to allow eligible users outside the United States to trade tokenized U.S. stocks, ETFs, and commodities directly within their wallets. This announcement marks a watershed moment in the evolution of Real World Assets (RWAs) on Ethereum and signals a major […]

We’re thrilled to announce that SUP is available for trading on Kraken! Funding and trading SUP trading is live as of February 5, 2026. To add an asset to your Kraken account, navigate to Funding, select the asset you’re after, and hit ‘Deposit’.  Make sure to deposit your tokens into networks supported by Kraken. Deposits […]

Bitcoin could find its floor “relatively soon” and experience a massive resurgence backed by major investors after the cryptocurrency suffered a …

Solana’s market looks like a tightly wound spring right now. Prices have been slipping while futures activity is picking up, and that gap is what traders are watching most closely. It’s a setup that can keep losses rolling — or flip fast if a wave of short covering hits. Either way, the scene is driven […]

The online gambling industry has always been built on imbalance. Operators control the math. Players are shown the promise. Somewhere between the two, complexity fills the gap. In 2026, that imbalance is finally being challenged, not by louder bonuses or bigger jackpots, but by transparency. For years, traditional online casinos relied on information asymmetry. Welcome […]

A $1 million Lightning transfer between SDM and Kraken was used to test whether Bitcoin’s main scaling layer could handle seven‑figure, institutional‑grade payments.

Payy announced that it has launched a new privacy layer on Ethereum, enabling users to send ERC-20 tokens privately, according to a statement shared on its official X account.  https://t.co/H4zacqj5V7 — Payy (@payy_link) February 4, 2026 The release introduces a privacy-focused transaction flow designed to obscure sender, receiver, and transfer amounts while remaining compatible with […]

The crypto industry has reportedly proposed sharing stablecoin reserves with community lenders as it steps up efforts to win over skeptical banks. The move aims to preserve the stalled crypto market structure bill that could significantly alter the financial system. Deposit Fears and the Search For Compromise A Bloomberg report revealed that crypto firms have […]

Crypto news digest: Shiba Inu skyrocketed 1,546% in spot flows; XRP futures volume on Bitmex surged 5,419%; CZ pushed back on BTC manipulation claims.

Bitcoin Magazine Bitcoin Price Plunges Toward $60,000 as $1 Billion in Liquidations Hit in 24 Hours Bitcoin price is experiencing one of the most dramatic selloffs in its history Thursday, sliding sharply through key support levels and sparking massive liquidations in the derivatives market.  According to Bitcoin Magazine Pro data, the world’s largest cryptocurrency crashed […]

An elderly Wells Fargo customer suffering from multiple health issues says he lost hundreds of thousands of dollars after falling victim to a bank fraud scheme. Ninety-year-old Irving Rosenberg says he lost $814,000 to scammers who forged his signature on checks to drain his savings account, reports ABC7 Los Angeles. [adinserter block=”1″] But Rosenberg says […]

Bitcoin’s price is in free fall as a cascade of liquidations hammer leveraged traders. BTC has dropped from $74,300 to a low of $66,800 in the last 24 hours, triggering a whopping $1.42 billion in liquidations, according to CoinGlass. Traders going long are suffering the most, recording $1.24 billion in liquidations. Most of the liquidations […]

Lately, veteran trader Peter Brandt has been flashing a bearish read on bitcoin, leaning on old-school chart work, familiar technical formations in recent price action, and the kind of market scar tissue that only decades of trading can provide. On Thursday, when bitcoin sank awfully close to the $60,000 handle, Brandt cautioned that the move […]

BitMine chairman Tom Lee defended $6 billion in unrealised losses as a deliberate strategy to track Ethereum’s long-term cycle rather than timing the market. The firm holds 4.24 million ETH and recently purchased 40,000 more tokens despite Ethereum sitting 57% below its all-time high. BitMine remains committed to its staking and accumulation model, even as […]

House lawmakers confronted Scott Bessent over Treasury oversight and conflicts linked to a Trump-backed crypto firm. Democrats called for a pause on WLFI’s bank charter following revelations of a major foreign stake. Bessent rejected claims the Treasury can support Bitcoin markets or deploy taxpayer funds. US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent faced heated questioning during a […]

Pantera Capital's CEO Dan Morehead compares the cryptocurrency industry's relationship with U.S. regulators to having "Stockholm Syndrome," …

Bitcoin (BTC) extended its sharp sell‑off on Thursday, briefly falling below the $67,000 level and marking its lowest price since November 2024.  The renewed pressure follows commentary from market analyst Hugo Crypto, who pointed to a recent report from investment bank Stifel outlining a notably bearish outlook for Bitcoin.  Deeper Bitcoin Drawdown Ahead? According to […]

Ripple Prime has taken a major step toward unifying decentralized finance and traditional institutional trading by integrating the decentralized derivatives exchange Hyperliquid into its prime brokerage platform. The move gives institutional clients direct access to on-chain derivatives liquidity while allowing them to manage risk, margin, and exposures across both DeFi and traditional markets under one […]

As the price of SOL and the Ripple price keep going down and the market gets worse, people are paying close attention to projects that show clear signs of strength. One of them appears to be Digitap ($TAP) – a crypto presale star that is now 80% sold in its third round. It has already […]

The new facility allows institutions to redeem tokenized real-world assets into stablecoins instantly, addressing a key liquidity bottleneck in onchain markets.

Ripple’s cross-border token has not been spared in the past 24 hours (or the last week or so), and has actually become the poorest performer from the larger-cap alts. The asset has slumped by over 10% daily as it dumped to $1.42 minutes ago, which became the lowest price tag since late November 2024. XRPUSD […]

Legendary tech investor explains why Bitcoin will win in the long run.

TL;DR A16Z stated that blockchains enable the verification of AI agents and limit impersonation by raising the cost of creating multiple fake identities at scale. On-chain identity and proof-of-personhood systems ensure the uniqueness of human users, prevent fake accounts, and reduce large-scale impersonation across social networks. AI agents can operate as native on-chain users, with […]

Bitcoin plunged below $70,000 for the first time since November as the broad selloff dragged total crypto capitalization to $2.47 trillion. Some experts warn of deeper corrections toward $67,000, while others frame the drop as a healthy reset, predicting eventual new highs in 2026 amid volatility. Broad Market Retreat and Reduced Leverage Bitcoin’s ongoing freefall […]

Secure Digital Markets (SDM) has completed a $1 million Bitcoin transaction over the Lightning Network in a pilot settlement with cryptocurrency exchange Kraken, marking what the firms say is the largest publicly reported Lightning payment to date. The transaction, executed on Jan. 28 and valued at $1 million at the time, reportedly settled nearly instantly […]

Multiple cryptocurrency-focused strategic investment institutions have committed a total of $40 million in assets to Jiuzi Holdings, …