Raw News Items
36 itemsFebruary 1, 2026
- CoinDeskScore: 85
Bitcoin drops to $78,000 as MicroStrategy-fueled rally runs out of buyers, traders say
Bitcoin sank to its lowest levels since April as profit-taking by early holders collided with thinning liquidity and a sharp drop-off in fresh capital.
- CoinDeskScore: 85
Single trader just lost $220 million as ether plunged 10%
A massive ETH liquidation on Hyperliquid led a leverage-driven wipeout that pushed total crypto liquidations past $2.5 billion in 24 hours.
- CointelegraphScore: 85
Step Finance treasury breach leads to $27M in losses, STEP crashes 90%
Solana-based DeFi platform Step Finance disclosed a treasury wallet breach that saw over $27 million in SOL moved onchain, sending its STEP token down more than 90%.
- CointelegraphScore: 85
UAE firm bought 49% of Trump-linked crypto startup for $500M: WSJ
A Tahnoon-backed Abu Dhabi entity reportedly agreed to buy 49% of World Liberty Financial for $500 million just days before Donald Trump returned to the White House.
- CoinDeskScore: 85
Quantum threat gets real: Ethereum Foundation prioritizes security with leanVM and PQ signatures
Earlier in January, the Ethereum Foundation formally elevated post-quantum security to a strategic priority, creating a dedicated Post-Quantum team.
- CoinDeskScore: 85
Crypto’s $19 billion '10/10' nightmare: Why everyone is blaming Binance for the bitcoin crash that won't end
Months after the Oct. 10 liquidation cascade, market depth has yet to recover, and traders are divided over Binance's role as bitcoin continues to crash.
- The BlockScore: 85
Crypto exchanges sanctioned alongside Iranian officials in Trump administration’s Iran crackdown
The sanctions mark the first time digital asset platforms were sanctioned directly by the U.S. government in relation to the Iranian government's actions.
- The BlockScore: 85
CrossCurve bridge exploited for approximately $3 million across multiple chains via spoofed messages
A missing validation check seemingly allowed multiple attackers to spoof cross-chain messages and drain the protocol's PortalV2 contract.
- CointelegraphScore: 85
Crypto protocol CrossCurve under attack, $3M reportedly exploited
Crypto bridge CrossCurve has told users to pause interacting with its protocol while it conducts an investigation into a smart contract breach.
- CoinDeskScore: 75
Tom Lee’s BitMine sits on $6 billion loss from ether bets
The firm’s recent ETH purchases came just ahead of a sharp market slide, pushing unrealized losses past $6 billion as liquidity thinned and liquidations picked up.
- CryptoSlateScore: 75
Japan bond market chaos threatens to trigger unprecedented Bitcoin liquidations as the era of free money ends
Japan spent decades as the world’s best destination for the world's easiest funding trade. You could borrow yen at very low rates, buy almost anything with a higher yield, hedge just enough to feel responsible, and assume the Bank of Japan would keep volatility contained. Late January 2026 is what i...
- CoinDeskScore: 75
The era of ‘suitcase money’ is over: Why your offshore crypto is no longer safe from the taxman
Holders with large troves of unreported crypto held offshore are rightly getting nervous about new and invasive tax-reporting regimes.
- CointelegraphScore: 75
Bitcoin sell-off pushes IBIT investor returns into the red — asset manager
Based on dollar-weighted flows, aggregate returns for investors in BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust have turned negative following Bitcoin’s recent sell-off.
- CryptoSlateScore: 75
A sudden shift in Ethereum staking is draining billions from exchanges toward a new corporate elite
By the end of 2025, a corner of the market most Ethereum traders rarely watch had built a position large enough to matter for everyone else. Everstake’s annual Ethereum staking report estimates that public companies’ “digital asset treasuries” collectively held roughly 6.5–7.0 million ETH by Decembe...
- CointelegraphScore: 65
Alternative inflation data shows sharp cooling in US CPI amid Fed uncertainty
Real-time Truflation data show US price pressures easing, a shift that could reshape expectations for Fed policy and influence cryptocurrency and risk-asset markets.
- CoinDeskScore: 65
Michael Saylor signals another bitcoin buy as BTC price slumps to $78,000
Strategy’s ability to fund a large bitcoin purchase appears limited after a weak performance for the price of its common and preferred shares.
- CoinDeskScore: 65
Senator Elizabeth Warren is sounding the alarm on Trump’s 'spy sheikh' crypto deal
Senator demands probe after report links Emirati intelligence chief to secret investment in U.S. crypto venture.
- CoinDeskScore: 65
Bitcoin's 'hopium' for bulls may be over and this weekend's slide could be just the beginning
Bitcoin’s sharp weekend drop triggered fresh liquidations, with analyst Eric Crown warning the market may face months of further downside.
- CointelegraphScore: 60
Bitcoin's price may have seen 'deepest pullback' at $77K: Analyst
Bitcoin advocate and accountant Rajat Soni warned, “Never trust a weekend pump or dump,” as Bitcoin plunged and over $2 billion was wiped from the crypto market.
- CryptoSlateScore: 60
Bitcoin institutions finally admit this is a bear market – so why do 70% say the price is still undervalued?
In a global investor survey from Coinbase Institutional and Glassnode, 1 in 4 institutions agreed that crypto has now entered a bear market. Yet the majority of institutions still said Bitcoin was undervalued, and most said they had held or increased exposure since October. That discrepancy matters ...
- CryptoSlateScore: 60
Bitcoin treasury companies are millions in the red but the strategy doesn’t change even at $78k
Bitcoin treasuries are designed to look uncomfortable in drawdowns, because the trade they're running is simple: take a volatile asset, put it on a corporate balance sheet, and finance more of it through capital markets. When Bitcoin drops, the mark-to-market hit is the point, not the punchline. The...
- CointelegraphScore: 55
Bitcoin price forecasts tap sub-$50K levels as BTC copies old bear markets
Bitcoin bear market history was "repeating," said BTC price analysis after key support failed and realized price flipped to new resistance.
- CoinDeskScore: 55
Hong Kong is positioning itself as crypto’s global connector, says lawmaker Johnny Ng
The Hong Kong lawmaker and Web3 advocate said common law, open capital flows and ties to southern China give the city a unique role in global crypto markets.
- CryptoSlateScore: 55
As global “Bye America” investors ditch US risk, Bitcoin is finally ready to be the macro alternative
The “Bye America” trade has a habit of returning when markets stop debating whether the US is still the safest house on the block and start debating the price of living in it. Over the past week, that debate has shown up in the dollar. A weaker dollar is rarely a story by itself, but it often arrive...
- CoinDeskScore: 50
Hints of progress: State of Crypto
The White House is meeting folks, Congress advanced a bill and key regulators are back to joint press appearances.
- CoinDeskScore: 50
Bets on bitcoin slide below $75,000 are now as hot as those $100,000 plays
This surge in demand for lower-strike puts contrasts with the post-Trump-election pattern of enthusiasm for high-strike calls.
- CointelegraphScore: 40
SOL drops to $95 as Bitcoin, AI stocks and gold sell off: Will traders buy the dip?
SOL falls to lows not seen since April 2025, but Solana’s price-to-fundamentals gap and its wider correlation to macro markets may provide hope for investors.
- The BlockScore: 40
UAE Sheikh secretly acquired 49% of Trump’s World Liberty Financial days before inauguration: WSJ
The Sheikh has pushed to buy high-powered AI chips from the U.S. for a startup that he owns, and secured the chips months after acquiring the stake.
- DecryptScore: 40
Ethereum Founder Vitalik Buterin Made $70K Betting Against 'Crazy Mode' on Polymarket
The Ethereum founder claims his strategy of betting against extreme market sentiment "usually makes money" on Polymarket.
- CointelegraphScore: 40
Bitcoin miner production data reveals scale of US winter storm disruption
New CryptoQuant data shows how January’s US winter storm disrupted Bitcoin mining as operators curtailed power use amid grid stress.
- CoinDeskScore: 30
How instant gratification is sucking the air out of the bitcoin market
Society is experiencing a shift toward gambles that offer rapid feedback and immediate stimulation over long-term investment.
- CointelegraphScore: 20
Sam Bankman-Fried turns up Trump support following Ellison’s release
FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried said US president Donald Trump was “right on crypto” and that Joe Biden “bungled crypto” in a series of recent X posts.
- CryptoSlateScore: 20
Will MAGA style Fed rhetoric under Warsh break the market, redefining dovish vs hawkish trades?
Trump picked Kevin Warsh for Fed chair, the first big market change may be the way the Fed talks When Donald Trump says Jerome Powell “got it wrong,” he usually means one thing: rates should have come down faster. Powell, for all the heat he takes, has still been a fairly standard Fed chair. He spea...
- CoinDeskScore: 20
Strategy raises STRC dividend as the preferred stock's price drifts below par
The dividend increase follows renewed pressure on STRC, which has been trading below its $100 par value.
- DecryptScore: 20
Will Artificial Intelligence Save Humanity—Or End It?
A debate featuring prominent transhumanists and futurists revealed deep divides over whether AGI can be made safe, or will inevitably threaten human survival.
- DecryptScore: 10
The Biggest Games Releasing in February 2026
February is packed with high-profile releases, led by Japanese developers and bolstered by new Switch 2 exclusives and long-awaited revivals.