Crypto News. February 5, 2026

Feb 05, 2026

Vitalik says we don’t need new copy pasta evms or L1s but more innovative app chains

Have been following reactions to what I said about L2s about 1.5 days ago. One important thing that I believe is: "make yet another EVM chain and add an optimistic bridge to Ethereum with a 1 week delay" is to infra what forking Compound is to governance - something we've done

9:26 AM · Feb 5, 2026 · 102K Views

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Odds of Jesus return doubles overnight on Polymarket

Polymarket@Polymarket

BREAKING: The odds of Jesus Christ returning this year have doubled overnight. 4% chance.

1:32 PM · Feb 4, 2026 · 7.91M Views

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Kalshi head of comms disputed bank analyst report claiming users lose faster than sports gamblers.

Elisabeth Diana@ediyork

@quantian1 I'm head of comms at Kalshi. This story is extremely disappointing and does not reflect what happened. Here’s what did: - Reporter told us she’s running a story from a “data source.” - We checked the data and told the reporter it’s flat-out inaccurate (we also explained how it’s

2:59 PM · Feb 4, 2026 · 143K Views

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Multicoin Capital co-founder, Kyle Samani steps down

Kyle Samani@KyleSamani

0/ A personal update I have decided to step back from @multicoin. It's a bittersweet moment for me because my time at Multicoin has been some of the most meaningful and rewarding of my life. That said, I am excited to take some time off and explore new areas of technology.

9:01 PM · Feb 4, 2026 · 754K Views

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Privacy dex, Silhouette launched shielded spot trading on Hyperliquid.

Silhouette@silhouette_ex

Shielded Spot Trading: Live on Hyperliquid. Over the last few months, we've been refining the shielded experience with traders and users. Today, we go live in Open Beta: app.silhouette.exchange

11:14 AM · Feb 4, 2026 · 74K Views

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Merkle Trade is winding down after $30B in trading volume. No new positions from Feb 6, all positions close by Feb 10–12, and final revenue plus staked MKL will be redeemable.

Merkle 🍀@Merkle_Trade

After careful consideration, we are announcing that Merkle will begin winding down operations over the next few weeks. This decision did not come lightly. Building Merkle has been one of the most intense and meaningful chapters of our lives. From early prototypes to $30B in

3:04 PM · Feb 3, 2026 · 23.5K Views

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Paradigm released a new data explorer that lets users visually analyze prediction markets across platforms like Kalshi and Polymarket

storm@notnotstorm

check out the explorer here predictions.paradigm.xyz we also wrote a blogpost about it here paradigm.xyz/2026/02/introd… big thanks to @hellomondaycom for helping us build the frontend and @AlliumLabs for providing much of the raw data

paradigm.xyz

Introducing Paradigm Predictions

6:12 PM · Feb 4, 2026 · 11.5K Views

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Tether shared their Q4 2025 report showing record USD₮ growth, with $4.4T in on-chain transfer volume, $187B market cap, and 24.8M monthly active users.

Tether@tether

USD₮ Q4 2025 Market Report Learn more:

tether.io

USD₮ Q4 2025 Market Report - Tether.io

6:07 PM · Feb 4, 2026 · 13.4K Views

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Treasury Secretary Bessent clarified that he has no authority to use taxpayer funds to bail out Bitcoin.

*Walter Bloomberg@DeItaone

TREASURY SAYS IT CANNOT BAIL OUT BITCOIN Senator Sherman asked if the Treasury could intervene to “bail out Bitcoin.” Treasury Secretary Bessent responded that he has no authority to use taxpayer dollars to buy the cryptocurrency.

3:51 PM · Feb 4, 2026 · 979K Views

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Neeraj K. Agrawal@NeerajKA

@DeItaone Here’s the exchange. Seeing it might help you decide whether or not you want to take it seriously

5:57 PM · Feb 4, 2026 · 19.2K Views

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CME Group plans to launch CME coin this year

Decrypt@DecryptMedia

CME Group is looking at launching its own coin on a decentralized network, while moving crypto products to 24/7 trading as volumes jump 92%. Read more:

decrypt.co

CME Explores Launching Its Own Coin as 24/7 Trading for Crypto Funds Nears - Decrypt

11:25 PM · Feb 4, 2026 · 1.02K Views

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ElevenLabs secured $500M in funding at an $11B valuation, with Sequoia Capital leading the round, a16z quadrupling its stake, and ICONIQ tripling its investment.

ElevenLabs@elevenlabsio

We raised $500M at an $11B valuation to transform how people interact with technology.

2:00 PM · Feb 4, 2026 · 5.68M Views

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Ripple announced that its institutional prime brokerage platform, Ripple Prime, now supports Hyperliquid, providing institutions with enhanced access to on-chain liquidity.

Ripple@Ripple

Hyperliquid, meet Ripple Prime: on.ripple.com/4ke7TzL We’re now enabling institutions to access onchain derivatives liquidity through @HyperliquidX in a streamlined and secure way. Customers can also efficiently cross-margin crypto with all asset classes supported by our prime

on.ripple.com

Ripple Announces Support for Hyperliquid, Expanding Institutional Access to Onchain Liquidity

2:00 PM · Feb 4, 2026 · 792K Views

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Ethena launched Exchange Points, a new rewards system for Ethena-powered exchanges (like EtherealDEX and HyenaTrade), distributing 100M points weekly per venue for six months, separate from Season 5.

Ethena@ethena

Introducing Ethena Exchange Points. Rewarding genuine trading activity on Ethena-powered exchanges @etherealdex @hyenatrade. 100m points distributed weekly per venue over six months. Rolling out now. Separate from Season 5.

2:06 PM · Feb 3, 2026 · 71.7K Views

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Ventuals launched V2 with a new frontend, offering 24/7 trading on pre-IPO shares, indices, stocks, and commodities, plus prediction markets, earnings data

Ventuals@ventuals

Introducing Ventuals V2, and our new frontend app. 24/7 trading, 365 days a year. Pre-IPO, indices, stocks, commodities, and more. With prediction markets, earning reports, and breaking news at your fingertips. The most powerful way to trade tradfi perps. Live today.

3:02 PM · Feb 3, 2026 · 46.2K Views

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TRM Labs reaches Unicorn status with $1B valuation after $70M series C.

TRM Labs@trmlabs

TRM Labs has raised USD 70 million in Series C funding — at a USD 1 billion valuation. This raise fuels our core blockchain intelligence platform and accelerates our investment in AI solutions to disrupt criminal networks and national security threats. We're proud to be backed

1:13 PM · Feb 4, 2026 · 28.2K Views

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UBS explores crypto access for private banking clients as part of multi year strategy.

Bitcoin Magazine@BitcoinMagazine

JUST IN: $7 trillion UBS Group CEO Sergio Ermotti said the bank is considering offering access to crypto for individual clients.

12:25 PM · Feb 4, 2026 · 43.6K Views

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Fidelity Investments launched its stablecoin, Fidelity Digital Dollar (FIDD), available to retail and institutional investors.

Fidelity Digital Assets@DigitalAssets

We are excited to introduce Fidelity Digital Dollar (FIDD), a new stablecoin issued by Fidelity Digital Assets, NA and pegged 1:1 to the U.S. dollar. Learn more and get started with FIDD: go.fidelity.com/6qip11

1:27 PM · Feb 4, 2026 · 193K Views

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Hyperion DeFi will use HYPE tokens as collateral for on-chain options to earn premiums, launching an Institutional Volatility Income Vault with Rysk finance on HyperEVM to generate extra yield beyond staking via HYPE LSTs and stablecoins.

Hyperion@HyperionDeFi

Hyperion DeFi is proud to announce the first Institutional Volatility Income Vault built in partnership with @ryskfinance, native to the HyperEVM. Through this vault, Hyperion DeFi and its institutional partners will be able to utilize HYPE LSTs and stablecoins as collateral for

1:02 PM · Feb 4, 2026 · 17.9K Views

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Black Pearl Compute, Cipher Mining’s AI-focused subsidiary, saw $13 billion in orders for its $2 billion bond sale to fund a Texas data center leased to AWS for 15 years.

Mike Alfred@mikealfred

$13B of demand for $2B of CIFR bonds Cost of capital coming down for the best AI data center developers Yeah, sure, bears, we are headed lower. See you at $42.

7:55 PM · Feb 4, 2026 · 170K Views

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Spain’s BBVA joined the Qivalis consortium of 12 EU banks to build a regulated euro stablecoin, seeking Dutch central bank approval under MiCA, with a planned H2 2026 launch to challenge dollar stablecoins.

Wu Blockchain@WuBlockchain

Spain's second-largest bank BBVA (with $800 billion in assets) joins the Qivalis group, which now includes 12 major EU banks (including BNP Paribas, ING, and UniCredit), aiming to launch a regulated euro stablecoin to challenge dollar stablecoin dominance. Qivalis is applying to

4:00 PM · Feb 4, 2026 · 6.91K Views

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Prediction market platform Opinion raised $20 million in a Series A round with investors including Hack VC, Jump Crypto, Primitive Ventures, and Decasonic.

Wu Blockchain@WuBlockchain

Prediction market Opinion announces the completion of a $20 million Series A funding round, with participation from Hack VC, Jump Crypto, Primitive Ventures, Decasonic, and others. Its trading scope has expanded to macroeconomics, pre-token launch events, culture, and

1:09 PM · Feb 4, 2026 · 6.54K Views

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CoinMarketCap’s January 2026 report on exchange reserves ranking places Binance first with $155.64B in total reserves, including $47.47B in stablecoins and $49.84B in Bitcoin-related assets. Following Binance are OKX ($31.29B), Bybit ($14.17B), Gate ($7.86B), HTX ($6.92B), Bitget ($5.33B), MEXC ($2.97B), and KuCoin ($2.16B).