Crypto News. February 10, 2026

Feb 10, 2026

Artemis data shows Hyperliquid has overtaken Coinbase in notional trading volume, with ~$2.6T versus Coinbase’s ~$1.4T

BREAKING: Hyperliquid is quietly outgrowing Coinbase. Trading Volume (Notional): • Coinbase: $1.4T • Hyperliquid: $2.6T That’s nearly 2x Coinbase’s volume… from an onchain exchange. And the market is noticing. YTD Price Performance: • Hyperliquid: +31.7% • Coinbase:

Anthony @0xintforbitcoin

Hyperliquid does more notional trading volume than Coinbase 👀 We are seeing the fundamentals show up in the charts $HYPE $COIN

8:57 PM · Feb 9, 2026 · 173K Views

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Maple front end was compromised and has been fixed

Maple@maplefinance

We identified a compromise to Maple’s web application. The issue has been repaired, and out of an abundance of caution, we are keeping the web application offline to ensure the fix is complete. Smart contracts were unaffected and user deposits are safe. We will provide further

8:41 AM · Feb 9, 2026 · 20.3K Views

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Maple@maplefinance

The Maple web application is back online with its full functionality restored. Smart contracts and funds have remained safe and unaffected.

Maple @maplefinance

3:06 PM · Feb 9, 2026 · 4.63K Views

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Vitalik argues that Ethereum’s role in the AI intersection should prioritize its core strengths, zk, privacy, and the economic layer, rather than full-stack AI development

vitalik.eth@VitalikButerin

Two years ago, I wrote this post on the possible areas that I see for ethereum + AI intersections: vitalik.eth.limo/general/2024/0… This is a topic that many people are excited about, but where I always worry that we think about the two from completely separate philosophical

8:51 PM · Feb 9, 2026 · 186K Views

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Jump Trading will receive ownership stakes in Kalshi and Polymarket in exchange for providing liquidity.

Bloomberg@business

Jump Trading is set to gain small stakes in Kalshi and Polymarket in exchange for providing liquidity on the prediction-market platforms, according to people with knowledge of the matter bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

5:04 PM · Feb 9, 2026 · 30K Views

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Farcaster team Dan Romero and Varun Srinivasan are joining Tempo to help drive the chain’s growth across DeFi and stablecoins.

Matt Huang@matthuang

Excited to welcome @dwr, @varunsrin, and the rest of the Merkle team to Tempo!

Dan Romero @dwr

I'm thrilled to announce that I'm joining @tempo! Stablecoins are a generational opportunity and I'm excited to work with @matthuang, @gakonst and the rest of the team to make them mainstream.

1:54 PM · Feb 9, 2026 · 95.4K Views

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Varun Srinivasan@varunsrin

I'm joining @tempo to work on stablecoins Tempo is working on the most important problem in finance: building a global payments network that is fast, inexpensive and transparent. Excited to be working with @matthuang, @gakonst, @liamihorne and the rest of the team!

2:24 PM · Feb 9, 2026 · 51K Views

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Dan Romero@dwr

I'm thrilled to announce that I'm joining @tempo! Stablecoins are a generational opportunity and I'm excited to work with @matthuang, @gakonst and the rest of the team to make them mainstream.

1:51 PM · Feb 9, 2026 · 269K Views

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Cango Inc sold 4,451 BTC for $305M to repay Bitcoin-collateralized loan, strengthen its balance sheet and pivot into AI computing

Bitcoin Magazine@BitcoinMagazine

JUST IN: Bitcoin miner and treasury company Cango sells 4,451 BTC for $305 million to strengthen its balance sheet and AI expansion.

1:59 PM · Feb 9, 2026 · 79.6K Views

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Strategy bought 1,142 BTC for $90M at $78.8K price , bringing total holdings to 714,644 BTC, acquired for ~$54.35B

Strategy@Strategy

Strategy has acquired 1,142 BTC for ~$90.0 million at ~$78,815 per bitcoin. As of 2/8/2026, we hodl 714,644 $BTC acquired for ~$54.35 billion at ~$76,056 per bitcoin. $MSTR $STRC

strategy.com

Strategy Acquires 1,142 BTC and Now Holds 714,644 BTC

1:03 PM · Feb 9, 2026 · 400K Views

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Bitmine added an additional 40,613 ETH, and now holds 4,325,738 ETH.

Cointelegraph@Cointelegraph

🚨 JUST IN: Bitmine added 40,613 $ETH over the past week. The firm now holds ~4.326M ETH, with ~2.9M ETH staked.

1:50 PM · Feb 9, 2026 · 23.6K Views

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Backpack Exchange in talks to raise $50M at $1B valuation

Cointelegraph@Cointelegraph

🚨 NOW: Backpack Exchange, founded by former FTX employees, in talks to raise $50 million at $1 billion pre-money valuation while unveiling tokenization plans, per Axios.

1:30 AM · Feb 10, 2026 · 38.6K Views

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Backpack announced token distribution: 1B total supply, with 25% at TGE (24% to points holders, 1% to Mad Lads), 37.5% unlocking pre-IPO via growth milestones, and 37.5% reserved post-IPO for the treasury.

Backpack 🎒@Backpack

25% on TGE Here's the entire token distribution Utility coming next 🎒

1:55 PM · Feb 9, 2026 · 441K Views

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MegaETH public mainnet went live

MegaETH@megaeth

Introducing The Rabbithole — your MegaETH ecosystem frontend Mainnet is now fully open to the public. Rabbithole is how users: → Discover live and upcoming apps → Bridge and swap assets → Get notified of ecosystem events → More Live now. Features and link below.

3:03 PM · Feb 9, 2026 · 552K Views

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Phantom announced Phantom Chat, a new social feature targeted for rollout in 2026.

Phantom@phantom

2024: Telegram 2025: X communities 2026: PHANTOM CHAT

5:56 PM · Feb 9, 2026 · 154K Views

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MrBeast announced the acquisition of Step, a digital finance services app

MrBeast@MrBeast

I'm so excited to share that we are acquiring the financial services app, @step Nobody taught me about investing, building credit, or managing money when I was growing up. That's exactly why we’re joining forces with Step! I want to give millions of young people the financial

5:18 PM · Feb 9, 2026 · 1.91M Views

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SushiSwap is now live on Solana

Sushi.com@SushiSwap

It’s time. Sushi is live on Solana.🍣💚 We are pleased to officially announce the long awaited expansion of Sushi to @solana today! Powered by @JupiterExchange's Ultra API, users can now seamlessly swap on Solana right from Sushi, swap and bridge cross-chain is live as well.

8:23 PM · Feb 9, 2026 · 105K Views

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Ripple Custody will use Figment’s institutional staking infrastructure, enabling regulated institutions to access enterprise-grade staking for major PoS networks

Figment@Figment_io

Big news 🚀 @Ripple Custody has selected Figment to strengthen its institutional staking strategy. Together, we’re enabling regulated institutions to access secure, enterprise-grade staking across networks like Ethereum and Solana. Read more 👇 figment.io/insights/figme…

figment.io

Figment Partners with Ripple Custody to Strengthen Institutional Staking Infrastructure

2:07 PM · Feb 9, 2026 · 86.6K Views

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