Raw News Items
100 itemsFebruary 9, 2026
- CoinDesk
McHenry predicts fast crypto deal as Witt brokers talks
Patrick McHenry and Patrick Witt told CoinDesk Live at Ondo Summit that crypto law momentum grows, even as disputes over yield and ethics continue to sharpen.
- Cointelegraph
ETH taps $2.1K as crypto, macro markets rebound: Is the bottom in?
ETH price moved above $2,150 as Bitcoin and US stock markets rallied, but does data show whether derivatives traders have turned bullish yet?
- CointelegraphScore: 85
Address poisoning recently cost 2 victims over $62M alone: Scam Sniffer
Analysts have warned that Ethereum’s Fusaka upgrade has made address poisoning cheaper, as malicious actors can carry out dust attacks for very little cost.
- CryptoSlateScore: 85
White House meeting could unfreeze the crypto CLARITY Act this week, but crypto rewards likely to be the price
White House stablecoin meeting could unfreeze the CLARITY Act, but your USDC rewards may be the price The newly confirmed Feb. 10 White House meeting on stablecoin policy is being framed by some market observers as a step toward breaking the logjam around the CLARITY Act, a broad crypto market-struc...
- DecryptScore: 85
Strategy Buys More Bitcoin as $50 Billion BTC Stash Remains Underwater
Bitcoin giant Strategy spent another $90 million on BTC last week, but the leading cryptocurrency's decline has put its holdings underwater.
- The BlockScore: 85
Federal Reserve to roll out ‘skinny master accounts’ this year as broader crypto rules remain in limbo, Fed Gov. Waller says
Fed. Governor Christopher Waller said the central bank plans to roll out its "skinny master account" proposal before the end of the year.
- The BlockScore: 80
South Korea to tighten crypto oversight targeting market manipulation: report
The Financial Supervisory Service said it will tighten crypto oversight and toughen penalties for IT-related accidents, Yonhap reported.
- CointelegraphScore: 80
South Korea expands crypto market probes after $44B Bithumb Bitcoin blunder
South Korea’s financial watchdog detailed planned investigations into high-risk trading tactics as it prepares the next phase of crypto regulation, Yonhap News Agency reported.
- CoinDeskScore: 80
Bitcoin, major tokens drop as traders position for downside protection
Bitcoin extended recent losses as derivatives data show a clear risk-off shift.
- CointelegraphScore: 80
Binance adds $300M in Bitcoin to SAFU reserve during market dip
Binance bought $300 million in Bitcoin for its SAFU reserve, pushing the fund past $720 million as the exchange shifts its emergency buffer to BTC.
- The BlockScore: 80
Bitcoin miner Cango sells 4,451 BTC to strengthen balance sheet, back AI push with $305 million proceeds
Cango sold 4,451 BTC for about $305 million to repay a bitcoin-backed loan and support its AI infrastructure push.
- DecryptScore: 80
Investigators Circle as Bithumb Reveals Compensation Plan for $43 Billion Bitcoin Error
South Korean regulators are investigating Bithumb after its accidental $43 billion Bitcoin handout to customers last week.
- CointelegraphScore: 80
Israel crypto industry pushes regulatory changes amid strong public support
Reform of Israel's digital asset regulations may add 70,000 jobs and $38 billion to the country's GDP, according to KPMG.
- The BlockScore: 80
Backpack exchange reaches $1 billion unicorn valuation on tokenization push: Axios
The crypto exchange and wallet project founded by former FTX employees is reportedly in talks to raise $50 million at a $1 billion valuation.
- CointelegraphScore: 75
Crypto and banks spar in comments on Fed’s ‘skinny master account’ idea
Crypto companies have backed a Federal Reserve proposal to give them limited access to the central bank, while banking associations have urged caution.
- DecryptScore: 75
FDIC Agrees to Pay Fees, Drop FOIA Fight Over Crypto 'Pause Letters'
The banking regulator will revise transparency policies to settle Coinbase's "Operation Choke Point 2.0" lawsuit.
- CoinDeskScore: 75
$44B bitcoin blunder puts South Korea regulators on alert over local crypto exchanges
The watchdog said it plans to build tools that automatically extract suspicious trading patterns by the second and minute.
- CoinDeskScore: 75
Tether's gold stash tops $23 billion as buying outpaces nation states, Jefferies says
The Wall Street investment bank estimates the crypto firm holds at least 148 tonnes of physical gold holdings, joining top 30 global holders of bullion.
- CointelegraphScore: 75
Wallet tied to Infini exploiter resurfaces to buy Ether dip for $13M
The wallet linked to Infini’s $50 million exploit reactivated after months of silence to buy the Ether dip amid a broader market downturn.
- CoinDeskScore: 75
Bitcoin mining difficulty drops by most since 2021 as miners capitulate
Miners are facing significant challenges, with bitcoin revenue per petahash falling by half from a peak of $70 to $35.
- CointelegraphScore: 75
Bitcoin whales took advantage of $60K price dip, scooping up 40K BTC
Whale and institutional demand for Bitcoin show signs of a comeback, but downside risks remain as analysts expect BTC price to retest $66,000 support.
- The BlockScore: 75
Michael Saylor’s Strategy buys another 1,142 BTC for $90 million as total bitcoin treasury value remains below cost
Strategy's holdings account for more than 3.4% of the total 21 million bitcoin supply — worth around $49 billion.
- The BlockScore: 75
Polymarket sues Massachusetts in growing state-federal fight over prediction markets
Courts across the US are split on whether sports-related prediction contracts qualify as regulated financial products or unlicensed gambling.
- CointelegraphScore: 75
Bitcoin circles $70K as Coinbase Premium sees first green spike in a month
Bitcoin saw the first brief period of positive Coinbase Premium since mid-January as BTC price action stabilized near $70,000.
- DecryptScore: 75
Bitcoin Miner Cango Dumps $305 Million in BTC to Fuel AI Pivot
Cango is the latest publicly traded Bitcoin miner to embrace AI, and it's fueling that push by selling a bunch of Bitcoin.
- CointelegraphScore: 75
Polymarket sues Massachusetts, claims states can’t regulate prediction markets
Polymarket is challenging Massachusetts in federal court, arguing that states lack the authority to regulate CFTC-approved prediction markets.
- CointelegraphScore: 75
Bitcoin holders sell 245K BTC in tight macro conditions: Did the market bottom?
Long-term Bitcoin holders sold 245,000 BTC as the price fell under $60,000 last week, but a fresh set of US macroeconomic cues and an uptick in BTC dip-buyers may signal that the market has bottomed.
- The BlockScore: 70
The Funding: Crypto liquid funds respond to the bitcoin crash
Bitcoin’s sudden 20%+ crash this week caught many crypto funds off guard. Here’s what they expect next. Let’s dive in.
- CointelegraphScore: 70
Crypto.com CEO unveils new AI agents to millions during Super Bowl
Crypto.com CEO Kris Marszalek said his goal with ai.com is to build “a decentralized network of autonomous, self-improving AI agents that perform real-world tasks for the good of humanity.”
- The BlockScore: 70
French police arrest six after botched crypto ransom attempt in magistrate kidnapping: AFP
French police arrested six suspects after a magistrate and her mother were kidnapped in a crypto ransom plot.
- The BlockScore: 70
Jump Trading to serve as Polymarket and Kalshi market maker in exchange for stake: Bloomberg
Jump Trading is reportedly poised to gain a stake in the two largest prediction markets, Kalshi and Polymarket.
- CointelegraphScore: 70
TON Pay aims to turn Telegram into a crypto checkout layer for TON
TON Pay’s new SDK lets Telegram Mini Apps accept Toncoin and stablecoins in a single, low-fee checkout flow, seeking to make TON a payments rail for its 1.1 billion monthly active users.
- CointelegraphScore: 70
France arrests six suspects over crypto ransom kidnapping of magistrate
Six people have been detained after a French magistrate and her mother were abducted in a crypto ransom plot, intensifying concerns over a surge in violent “wrench attacks” in France.
- CryptoSlateScore: 70
Crypto market bottom is closer than you think as Bitcoin miner reserves crash to historic lows
Bitcoin’s price story lately has been told like it only has one main character, the ETFs. Money goes in, price goes up, money goes out, price goes down. It’s a clean narrative, and it’s not wrong, but it’s incomplete, because Bitcoin is not just a ticker. The network has its own internal plumbing, a...
- CoinDeskScore: 70
Michael Saylor's Strategy made modest bitcoin purchase at start of last week's crypto crash
The company added 1,142 bitcoin purchased for about $90 million, or an average price of $78,815 per coin.
- CointelegraphScore: 70
Saylor’s Strategy buys $90M in Bitcoin as price trades below cost basis
Michael Saylor’s Strategy missed Bitcoin’s brief drop to $60,000 last week, purchasing $90 million worth of BTC at an average price near $78,800.
- CoinDeskScore: 70
Bitcoin miner Cango sold $305 million of BTC during market slump to fund AI shift
The company plans to deploy modular GPU units across 40+ global sites to provide on-demand AI inference capacity for small and mid-sized businesses.
- CryptoSlateScore: 70
Why Bitcoin faces a brutal liquidity trap because China’s $298B of US Treasuries are up for sale
China’s gradual retreat from US government debt is evolving from a quiet background trend into an explicit risk-management signal, and Bitcoin traders are watching the market for the next domino. The immediate trigger for this renewed anxiety came on Feb. 9 when Bloomberg reported that Chinese regul...
- CointelegraphScore: 70
BitMine buys 40,613 ETH during sell-off as Ether strategy faces deep drawdown
Tom Lee–backed BitMine added over 40,000 ETH during last week’s market sell-off, doubling down on its Ether treasury strategy despite multibillion-dollar unrealized losses.
- CointelegraphScore: 70
Ripple expands institutional custody stack with staking and security integrations
The new integrations enable banks and custodians to deploy custody and staking services without operating their own validator or key-management infrastructure.
- DecryptScore: 65
Bitcoin Recovers as Coinbase Premium Turns Higher
Analysts maintain a cautious stance even after Bitcoin’s 12% relief rally clawed back recent losses amid a surging Coinbase Premium.
- CointelegraphScore: 65
BTC traders wait for $50K bottom: Five things to know in Bitcoin this week
Bitcoin price forecasts still favor lower macro lows as traders brace for US inflation data and renewed Japan-driven currency volatility.
- CointelegraphScore: 65
Crypto ETP selling cools as funds see $187M of fresh outflows
Crypto ETP outflows slowed after weeks of losses, with a record $63 billion in trading volume, suggesting a “potential market nadir,” CoinShares said.
- CointelegraphScore: 65
OpenClaw AI hub faces wave of poisoned plugins, SlowMist warns
SlowMist flagged 472 AI skills containing malicious code as AI plugins and extensions become the new hunting ground for hackers seeking to access the devices of cryptocurrency investors.
- CointelegraphScore: 65
Bitcoin miner Cango sells $305M BTC to cut leverage and fund AI pivot
The sale shows how Bitcoin miners are reshaping strategies as mining economics continue to deteriorate.
- CoinDeskScore: 65
MegaETH debuts mainnet as Ethereum scaling debate heats up
The project, which had pitched itself as a layer-2 “real-time blockchain" targeting more than 100,000 transactions per second, would make onchain interactions feel closer to traditional web apps than today’s crypto networks.
- DecryptScore: 65
Bitcoin Funds Shed $264M Last Week, Alts Reverse Negative Trend
CoinShares noted that the market may have reached an ‘inflection point’ as outflows from Bitcoin investment products slowed.
- DecryptScore: 65
Polymarket Sues Massachusetts Ahead of Looming Ban of Kalshi Sports Markets
With temporary bans of prediction markets poised to take effect in Massachusetts and Nevada, Polymarket is asking a federal court to intervene.
- CointelegraphScore: 60
Bitcoin Sharpe ratio slides to levels seen in previous market bottoms
Bitcoin’s Sharpe ratio has fallen to -10, nearing bear market lows seen in 2018 and 2022, suggesting the risk/reward profile is approaching extreme levels.
- The BlockScore: 60
Weekly global crypto ETP outflows slow to $187 million amid early stabilization signals: CoinShares
Early signs of market calm emerged as crypto fund outflows have cooled to $187 million after weeks of heavy withdrawals, per CoinShares.
- CoinDeskScore: 60
Here's how market makers likely accelerated bitcoin's brutal crash to $60,000
The invisible hands of market makers likely accelerated bitcoin's recent crash.
- CoinDeskScore: 60
Crypto.com founder buys ai.com for record $70 million: FT
Kris Marszalek joined the AI industry with autonomous agents and a Super Bowl ad that briefly sidelined the website.
- CointelegraphScore: 60
Vitalik draws line between ‘real DeFi’ and centralized yield stablecoins
The Ethereum co-founder outlined alternative stablecoin models that he says better align with DeFi’s original promise of risk decentralization.
- DecryptScore: 60
Morning Minute: Japan's Crypto-Friendly Takaichi Wins Landslide Victory
Japanese stock indexes soared on the news, but crypto majors are lagging despite a major relief rally on Friday.
- The BlockScore: 60
BitMine acquires 40,613 ether in a week, total treasury reaches 4.33 million ETH
BitMine added 40,613 ether last week, bringing its total holdings to 4.33 million ETH, representing 3.58% of the circulating supply.
- CoinDeskScore: 60
Tom Lee’s Bitmine Immersion added 40,613 ether last week as prices crashed
The firm's total ETH holdings top 4.3 million tokens worth about $8.7 billion at the current price just above $2,000.
- The BlockScore: 60
MegaETH debuts ‘real-time’ mainnet, claims 50,000 TPS and 10 ms blocks
MegaETH has launched its public mainnet, claiming 50,000 transactions per second and 10-millisecond block times.
- The BlockScore: 60
Farcaster founders Dan Romero and Varun Srinivasan join stablecoin startup Tempo
Tempo, incubated by Stripe and Paradigm, has become one of the best-funded new networks targeting stablecoin-based payments.
- DecryptScore: 60
Tom Lee’s BitMine Buys More Ethereum Despite $7.5 Billion Unrealized Loss
Publicly traded Ethereum treasury firm BitMine Immersion Technology added to its ETH holdings last week, even as its paper losses grew.
- CoinDeskScore: 60
Bitcoin shakes off early decline, returns to $70,000 as Bernstein reiterates $150,000 outlook
"What we are experiencing is the weakest bitcoin bear case in its history," wrote Bernstein's Gautam Chhugani.
- CointelegraphScore: 60
Bernstein calls Bitcoin sell-off 'weakest bear case' on record, keeps $150K 2026 target
The research analysts pointed to tight liquidity and macro pressure as drivers of the decline, while noting that spot Bitcoin ETFs have seen relatively modest outflows.
- The BlockScore: 60
The Daily: Bernstein reaffirms $150K price target citing ‘weakest bitcoin bear case in history,’ Strategy buys another 1,142 BTC, and more
The following article is adapted from The Block’s newsletter, The Daily, which comes out on weekday afternoons.
- The BlockScore: 60
VanEck’s AVAX thesis: product-market fit, economic clarity & institutional distribution
VanEck and Ava Labs discuss the AVAX ETF, private credit on-chain, and why most crypto ETPs won't survive.
- DecryptScore: 60
Jump Trading to Earn Stakes in Polymarket, Kalshi via Liquidity Deals: Bloomberg
Global trading firm Jump will score stakes in prediction market platforms Kalshi and Polymarket for its market-making services, per a report.
- DecryptScore: 55
Hyperliquid Defies Market Rout After Ripple Tie-up, Despite Waning Sentiment
Hyperliquid is up almost 42% over the past two weeks, fueled by an 88% monthly token unlock cut and Ripple tie-up.
- CointelegraphScore: 55
Jump Trading eyes Kalshi, Polymarket stakes as institutional interest grows: Report
Wall Street–style liquidity is reportedly moving into prediction markets, signaling a shift toward deeper markets, higher volumes and greater institutional participation.
- The BlockScore: 55
ETHZilla fractionalizes leased aircraft engine monthly cashflows with its Eurus Aero Token I
ETHZilla, backed by Peter Thiel's Founders Fund, pivoted from a pure Ethereum treasury firm toward tokenization last year.
- CoinDeskScore: 55
Cipher Mining and TeraWulf are buys, MARA a sell, as Morgan Stanley begins bitcoin miner coverage
The analyst framed some bitcoin mining sites as infrastructure assets, lifting CIFR and WULF shares while MARA lags.
- The BlockScore: 55
Crypto exchange Backpack reveals tokenomics plan to prevent ‘dumping on retail’
A quarter of the Backpack's utility token will be released to points holders and Mad Lad NFT investors during the token generation event.
- CoinDeskScore: 50
Takaichi Triumph: Japan’s record 56,000 Nikkei surge sends bitcoin to $72,000, gold past $5,000
Japanese mandate sparks surge in equities and safe havens.
- The BlockScore: 50
Tether plans to add 150 staff over next 18 months as expansion accelerates: FT
Tether has expanded its workforce to about 300 employees and plans to add another 150 over the next 18 months, the Financial Times reported.
- CointelegraphScore: 50
ENS abandons plans for Namechain L2, citing Ethereum scaling
Citing a 99% drop in gas fees and upcoming Ethereum scaling, the project will now deploy its ENSv2 upgrade directly on Ethereum.
- CointelegraphScore: 50
Crypto guarantee service Xinbi processed $17.9B after Telegram ban: TRM Labs
TRM Labs says the $17.9 billion figure reflects gross onchain volume, including internal transfers, not confirmed illicit proceeds.
- CryptoSlateScore: 50
Ripple says compliance controls will unlock DeFi, but XRPL liquidity is still too thin to prove it
Ripple is working to make decentralized finance more familiar to regulated institutions and is placing XRP at the center of that effort. DeFi’s earlier growth cycles were built around open, retail-facing liquidity pools and the associated risk tolerance. Total value locked across major protocols cli...
- CoinDeskScore: 50
Bitcoin value investors move in as price drops, 'capitulation' searches rise
Your day-ahead look for Feb. 9, 2026
- DecryptScore: 50
Signature Phishing Up 200% As January Losses Pass $6M
Nearly 4,700 victims lost $6.27 million in January as scammers exploit cheaper Ethereum fees and familiar wallet habits
- CoinDeskScore: 50
U.S. government isn't poised to sweep in with bitcoin buys, despite Jim Cramer rumor
President Donald Trump did order a bitcoin reserve, but it doesn't yet exist, even as the CNBC host says the feds will start filling it when bitcoin hits $60,000.
- CointelegraphScore: 50
Bitcoin bottom at $60K? The answer might be in Tether's dominance chart
Bitcoin price more than doubled the last time Tether's crypto market dominance topped out, a signal that is flashing again in 2026.
- DecryptScore: 50
YouTube Star MrBeast Just Bought a Banking App—Will It Offer Crypto?
MrBeast's Beast Industries just acquired fintech startup Step, a banking platform for teens, following a crypto trademark application.
- CointelegraphScore: 40
Only 10K Bitcoin at quantum risk and worth attacking, CoinShares claims
Most quantum-vulnerable Bitcoin sits in wallets holding under 100 Bitcoin, with CoinShares claiming it could take a millennium to compromise each one.
- CointelegraphScore: 40
Bessent suggests Warsh nomination hearings alongside Powell probe
The Fed chair confirmation faces a key hurdle as a senator vows to block the process until a DOJ investigation into Jerome Powell is resolved.
- DecryptScore: 40
French Police Arrest Six After Magistrate Kidnapped in Crypto Ransom Case
Authorities in France launched the manhunt after a magistrate and her mother were abducted overnight and found injured.
- CoinDeskScore: 40
The quantum threat to bitcoin is smaller than people think: CoinShares
The key point is that most of the potentially exposed bitcoin isn’t sitting in a handful of giant, juicy targets. It’s scattered across more than 32,000 separate wallets.
- DecryptScore: 40
Crypto's Super Bowl Moment Shrinks to Single Coinbase Ad
Four years after the "Crypto Bowl," only Coinbase advertised during Sunday's game as the industry retreats from the marketing spotlight.
- The BlockScore: 40
‘Weakest bitcoin bear case in history’: Bernstein reiterates $150,000 price target for 2026
Analysts at Bernstein said the current bitcoin downturn reflects a crisis of confidence rather than structural damage.
- CoinDeskScore: 40
Coinbase, Robinhood earnings, U.S. jobs report: Crypto Week Ahead
Your look at what's coming in the week starting Feb. 9.
- DecryptScore: 40
What Is Farcaster? The Decentralized Social Media Protocol
Farcaster is a social media protocol that lets multiple applications share data while giving users control over identity and content.
- CointelegraphScore: 40
How client-side validation complicates wallet SDK architecture: RGB-WDK integration analysis
A CTDG Dev Hub participant introduces an adapter layer for RGB to facilitate seamless integration with wallet SDKs.
- CoinDeskScore: 40
Farcaster founders join stablecoin startup Tempo after Neynar acquires social protocol
Dan Romero and Varun Srinivasan have both exited crypto social media to focus on global payments via stablecoins.
- DecryptScore: 30
Why Quantum Computing Isn’t a Serious Risk for Bitcoin Yet: CoinShares
New research says today’s quantum computers are far too weak to threaten Bitcoin’s cryptography, leaving the network years to prepare.
- CointelegraphScore: 30
Coinbase bets on Backstreet Boys nostalgia in return to Super Bowl
Coinbase’s TV spot at the Super Bowl divided opinion online, but the crypto exchange says conversations about it were the point.
- CoinDeskScore: 30
Story co-founder defends token unlock delay, says project needs ‘more time’
In an interview with CoinDesk, S.Y. Lee pointed to Worldcoin’s extended lockups as precedent for longer runways.
- CointelegraphScore: 30
Is Solana headed to $50? These three charts show a textbook bear pattern
SOL’s price has validated a classic head-and-shoulders pattern on multiple time frames, with a price target of around $50.
- CointelegraphScore: 30
Price predictions 2/9: SPX, DXY, BTC, ETH, BNB, XRP, SOL, DOGE, ADA, BCH
Bitcoin and several major altcoins are not out of the woods yet, especially since they continue to face significant selling near their range highs. Do technical charts show BTC and altcoins forming a bottom?
- The BlockScore: 30
Coinbase’s Backstreet Boys-inspired Super Bowl ad divides viewers
As is the case with most Super Bowl commercials, Coinbase's latest spot was met with a mix of adoration and derision.
- CryptoSlateScore: 20
Cash falls to 88 cents on the dollar but Bitcoin is up to $3.26 if you bought before the ‘crash’
If you hold either US dollars or Bitcoin, then you're a little poorer this morning than when you went to bed last night. It doesn't matter whether there's cash in your pocket or sats in your wallet; both have less purchasing power today than they did yesterday. That's because Bitcoin is down, the do...
- DecryptScore: 20
ChatGPT Rolls Out Ads, Just Hours After Anthropic's Mocking Super Bowl Commercials
OpenAI started testing ads in ChatGPT on Monday, hours after Anthropic's Super Bowl commercials mocked the idea. The $8 billion loss explains why.
- DecryptScore: 20
AI Promised to Save Time—Instead It's Created a New Kind of Burnout
UC-Berkeley and Yale researchers found that AI tools don't reduce work; they intensify it by creating workload creep and widespread burnout.
- CointelegraphScore: 15
Canton’s Yuval Rooz says crypto is finally repricing ‘empty shell’ models
Digital Asset cofounder and CEO Yuval Rooz said the latest crypto sell‑off is repricing “empty shell” token models and pushing institutions to chains with value, privacy and predictability.
- CoinDeskScore: 10
CoinDesk 20 performance update: Bitcoin Cash (BCH) is only gainer, up 3.4%
Aptos (APT) declined 9.4% and NEAR Protocol (NEAR) fell 8%, leading index lower.