Crypto News. February 2, 2026

Vitalik proposed a creator coin model where curated creator guilds judge quality, prediction markets bet on guild acceptance, and revenue burns tokens

vitalik.eth@VitalikButerin

How I would do creator coins We've seen about 10 years of people trying to do content incentivization in crypto, from early-stage platforms like Bihu and Steemit, to BitClout in 2021, to Zora, to tipping features inside of decentralized social, and more. So far, I think we have

1:42 PM · Feb 1, 2026 · 369K Views

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Step Finance treasury wallets were hacked for 261,854 SOL, $30M

Step☀️@StepFinance_

There has been a breach of security for some of our treasury wallets hours ago and we are currently investigating More information will be posted at a later stage

12:43 PM · Jan 31, 2026 · 50.8K Views

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Remora Markets@RemoraMarkets

Remora Markets majority LP, Step Finance experienced a hack of treasury wallets earlier today. Some of the assets involved in the incident are Remora rStocks. An investigation is currently underway. Remora assets remain held 1:1 in our brokerage account. A process for handling

6:23 PM · Jan 31, 2026 · 13.9K Views

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Hyperunit Whale linked to Garrett Jin liquidated his entire ETH position loosing $250M

Arkham@arkham

HYPERLIQUIDATED: HYPERUNIT WHALE [GARRETT JIN] The Hyperunit whale, linked to Garrett Jin, has just sold HIS ENTIRE ETH POSITION, realizing a COMPLETE loss of $250 MILLION. He has $53 left in his Hyperliquid account.

6:51 PM · Jan 31, 2026 · 482K Views

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Justin Sun Ex-Girlfriend accused him of TRX price manipulation.

曾颖@tenten19901107

I was Justin’s girlfriend during the early stages of his entrepreneurship with TRX. I am in possession of evidence showing that he used the identities and mobile phones of multiple employees to register numerous Binance accounts, through which he conducted coordinated buying and

The UnPopulist @UnPopulistMag

Justin Sun, accused by the SEC of fraud and wash trading, poured $75 million into Trump family crypto—directly benefiting Trump by $50 million. https://t.co/j77BcubJGK

3:12 AM · Feb 1, 2026 · 3.94M Views

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CrossCurve confirmed that its bridge is under attack after a vulnerability in its ReceiverAxelar smart contract was exploited.

CrossCurve@crosscurvefi

⚠️ URGENT Security Notice Dear users, Our bridge is currently under attack, involving the exploitation of a vulnerability in one of the smart contracts used. Please pause all interactions with CrossCurve while the investigation is ongoing. We appreciate your patience and

8:45 PM · Feb 1, 2026 · 49.1K Views

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Virtuals Protocol integrated OpenClaw agents with Agent Commerce Protocol (ACP), enabling on-chain agent-to-agent transactions, allowing agents to autonomously find services, negotiate terms, and execute micropayments for data and intel, with agents selling and token incentives coming next.

Virtuals Protocol@virtuals_io

https://t.co/iUY87SPWgl

4:10 PM · Jan 31, 2026 · 202K Views

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Polymarket Integrated with Jupiter to Launch Prediction Markets on Solana.

Jupiter@JupiterExchange

For the first time, @Polymarket is coming to Solana. On Jupiter. Integrating Polymarket is primed for making Jupiter the most innovative predictions platform on Solana Trade all the markets you want. On one onchain platform. The best user-experience on Solana 🤝 The biggest

6:47 AM · Feb 1, 2026 · 719K Views

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The US Treasury Office of Foreign Assets Control blacklisted two UK registered crypto exchanges, Zedcex and Zedxion, for processing funds for the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).

Treasury Department@USTreasury

home.treasury.gov/news/press-rel…

3:33 PM · Jan 30, 2026 · 15.1K Views

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Open Source Intel@Osint613

The U.S. Treasury sanctioned six IRGC officials, including intelligence chief Majid Khademi and five provincial commanders, along with Iranian billionaire Babak Zanjani. It also blacklisted two London-based crypto exchanges, Zedcex and Zedxion, over alleged ties to the IRGC.

3:45 PM · Jan 30, 2026 · 45.3K Views

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