Crypto News. February 6, 2026
Polymarket will replace bridged USDCe with native USDC
Former ETH core dev Joseph calls “Vitalik’s Ethereum,” a gay-side-project
Aave founder Stani Kulechov sold 4,503 $ETH, $8.36M at $1,857
Small brain introduces Maybe Pay, a novel way to make payments using game theory built on Abstract Chain
Interoperability infra, Relay Protocol raised $17M Series B led by Archetype Vc and USV
Robinhood Crypto has added support for trading the Seeker SKR and LayerZero ZRO tokens
Cookie DAO created an app to track Moltbook agents mindshare and data via molt(dot)cookie(dot)fun
CFTC scraps its proposed ban on political prediction markets, with Chairman Michael S. Selig admitting it overreached and saying the agency will pursue a narrower rule under the Commodity Exchange Act instead
Kraken launches first managed crypto strategy with Bitwise
Securitize and other tokenization infrastructure firms urged EU policymakers to urgently amend the DLT Pilot Regime, warning that tight asset, volume, and licensing limits could drive tokenized markets to the U.S. ahead of broader MISP reforms.
Tether invested $100M in Anchorage Digital
Tether acquired 12% stake ($150 million) in Gold[.]com
Gemini is withdrawing from the UK, EU, and Australian markets and reducing its workforce by 25% to focus on the US.
Brazil’s Congress advanced bill to regulate stablecoins, banning algorithmic stablecoins USDe, Frax
Strategy Reports $12.6B Q4 Loss
Bitwise has filed with the SEC to launch the Bitwise Uniswap ETF
BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT) set a new single-day volume record of $10 billion as Bitcoin fell 13%, marking the fund’s second-worst daily price drop since launch.
Pumpfun acquired cross chain trading terminal Vyper.
