Crypto News. February 7, 2026

Feb 07, 2026

Bithumb employee accidentally airdropped 2,000 BTC to users instead of the intended token, sending Bitcoin 10% lower on the exchange versus the broader market, most say it’s execs and not users lmao.

Solid Intel 📡@solidintel_x

INTEL: Bithumb employee reportedly sent hundreds of users 2,000 $BTC during an airdrop instead of the intended token, causing Bitcoin to trade about 10% lower on the exchange than the broader market

11:54 AM · Feb 6, 2026 · 336K Views

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Doddie@Doddie_5

@GonzoXBT @solidintel_x bet none of these is by accident. the users receiving 2000 BTC are probably just the execs' accounts

4:58 PM · Feb 6, 2026 · 38 Views

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Kris Marszalek CEO of Cryptocom, bought AI[.]com domain for $70M to build an autonomous AI agent platform for consumers

Kris | ai.com@kris

I purchased ai.com in April. Since that time, we created a team that has been steadily building. There are always twists and turns, but I’m excited with our first launch this Sunday during the Super Bowl.

2:14 PM · Feb 6, 2026 · 977K Views

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Polymarket filed for POLY and $POLY trademark ahead of token launch

CoinMarketCap@CoinMarketCap

LATEST: ⚡ Polymarket's parent firm has filed trademark applications for "POLY" and "$POLY" ahead of the prediction market platform's anticipated token launch, the details of which have yet to be revealed.

7:37 AM · Feb 7, 2026 · 19.7K Views

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Shayne Coplan 🦅@shayne_coplan

Serious business.

6:21 PM · Feb 6, 2026 · 543K Views

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Perpsdotfun launched to make launching perps on Hyperliquid free leveraging Launch by Kinetiq, teams bypass the 500k+ $HYPE staking barrier and deploy HIP-3 Perps markets via pooled community staking.

Perps.fun@Perpsdotfun

https://t.co/Jk5wY4jSwg

4:09 PM · Feb 4, 2026 · 124K Views

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Vikingo.hl@VikingoDigital_

.@Perpsdotfun is the first public project to announce that they’re using LAUNCH by @kinetiq_xyz. → What is "Launch by Kinetiq"? Launch is the first Exchange-as-a-Service (EaaS) platform on Hyperliquid’s HIP-3 protocol. Until now, deploying a perp exchange on HIP-3 required a

8:08 PM · Feb 4, 2026 · 14.3K Views

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Bitcoin core maintainer Gloria Zhao steps down, leaving just four maintainers currently listed.

Cryptopolitan@CPOfficialtx

One of Bitcoin’s most influential code maintainers, Gloria Zhao, has stepped down from her role, leaving just four maintainers currently listed. The Bitcoin development community is facing a rare leadership change, and questions are already circulating.

2:12 AM · Feb 6, 2026 · 225 Views

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China bans on unauthorized Yuan linked stablecoins and RWA tokenization.

Coin Bureau@coinbureau

🇨🇳CHINA FORMALIZES BAN ON YUAN STABLECOINS & RWA TOKENIZATION Chinese regulators have locked in a sweeping crypto clampdown, banning unapproved yuan-linked stablecoins and tightening controls on tokenized RWA.

6:13 PM · Feb 6, 2026 · 21K Views

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Bitfarms shares pumped 17% on plan to move its infrastructure to the US and rebrand as Keel Infrastructure.

Bitfarms@Bitfarms_io

Today, we announced that our Board of Directors has approved a plan to redomicile the company to the U.S. and move forward under a new name: Keel Infrastructure. The keel is the structural backbone of a vessel – the largely unseen but critical foundation that provides stability

2:23 PM · Feb 6, 2026 · 23.8K Views

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MegaETH to use USDM revenue for MEGA Token buybacks ahead of mainnet launch

MegaETH@megaeth

Buybacks, Proximity Markets and TGE The MEGA Token will be integral to the MegaETH ecosystem. Once launched it will have 2 immediate core functions: 1. $USDM yield will purchase MEGA 2. Entities bid with MEGA to colocate with the sequencer (Proximity Markets) We've set KPIs

3:06 PM · Feb 6, 2026 · 217K Views

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ENS announced ENSv2 will be deployed solely on Ethereum’s L1, abandoning its previously planned app-specific Namechain L2.

Katherine Wu | katherine.eth@katherineykwu

A quick update on ENSv2: we have made the decision to deploy ENSv2 exclusively on Ethereum L1 and to cease development of Namechain. To be clear, ENSv2 will still ship. The only thing that’s changed is that instead of deploying ENSv2 on our own L2 stack, it will be deployed on

ens.eth @ensdomains

ENSv2 will be deployed exclusively on Ethereum. https://t.co/lCUmvhcRmH

3:09 PM · Feb 6, 2026 · 237K Views

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ens.eth@ensdomains

ENSv2 will be deployed exclusively on Ethereum. ens.domains/blog/post/ens-…

3:03 PM · Feb 6, 2026 · 123K Views

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Vitalik made a donation to Shielded Labs to fund development of Crosslink, a security-focused enhancement to Zcash

consensus.

Shielded Labs@ShieldedLabs

https://t.co/wC7b7TmD5u

4:28 PM · Feb 6, 2026 · 178K Views

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Treasury secretary Scott Bessent declares “the digital asset revolution is here”.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent@SecScottBessent

Thank you to @SenLummis for your continued efforts in the Senate to advance critical market structure legislation for digital assets. As I said during my testimony, it is vital that the CLARITY Act is signed into law. The digital asset revolution is here, and I am confident

3:00 PM · Feb 6, 2026 · 480K Views

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Safe Labs reported a coordinated attack in which malicious actors created roughly 5,000 lookalike Safe addresses to trick multisig users into sending funds to a fraudulent address

Safe{Labs}@SafeLabs_

🚨 Security update: large-scale address poisoning + social engineering campaign targeting multisig users We’ve identified a coordinated effort by malicious actor(s) to create thousands of lookalike Safe addresses designed to trick users into sending funds to the wrong

9:49 AM · Feb 6, 2026 · 32.8K Views

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Binance’s SAFU Fund purchased an additional 3,600 BTC, valued at $233.37 million, bringing its total bitcoin holdings to 6,230 BTC ($434.5 million).

Lookonchain@lookonchain

Binance SAFU Fund just bought another 3,600 $BTC($233.37M), bringing its total purchase to 6,230 $BTC($434.5M). intel.arkm.com/explorer/addre…

7:19 AM · Feb 6, 2026 · 96.2K Views

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Fairblock and Privy are partnering to enable confidential, one-click transfers without requiring extra wallets or complex setups.

Fairblock@0xfairblock

Usable Privacy: The Last 1000x Fairblock and Privy (@privy_io) are making confidential transfers actually usable: fast onboarding, one-click transfers, no extra wallets, and no steep learning curve typical of privacy products.

4:09 PM · Jan 26, 2026 · 46.3K Views

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Chaos Labs’ latest article emphasizes that yield from market-making (MM) vaults on perpetual DEXs comes from taking on risk. Using a data-driven approach, the piece shows these vaults are volatile and should not be treated as cash-like products