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Cointelegraph.com - 22:47 Feb 01, 2026
Crypto bridge CrossCurve has told users to pause interacting with its protocol while it conducts an investigation into a smart contract breach. Update (Feb. 2, 12:20 am UTC): This article has been updated to add a post by CrossCurve CEO Boris Povar. Crypto protocol CrossCurve said its cross-chain bridge has been attacked, with $3 million reportedly stolen across multiple networks. CrossCurve posted to X late on Sunday that its bridge was “under attack, involving the exploitation of a vulnerability in one of the smart contracts used.” Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 20:36 Feb 01, 2026
New CryptoQuant data shows how January’s US winter storm disrupted Bitcoin mining as operators curtailed power use amid grid stress. New data is providing a clearer picture of how January’s US winter storm affected Bitcoin mining operations, showing that daily production among publicly traded miners dropped sharply during the disruption. The storm swept across large parts of the continental United States, prompting miners to curtail operations amid grid stress, snow, ice and extreme cold, and highlighting how closely mining activity is now tied to energy market conditions. Daily production among publicly traded miners tracked by CryptoQuant typically averaged between 70 and 90 Bitcoin (BTC) in the weeks leading up to the storm, before falling to roughly 30 to 40 BTC per day at the height of the disruption, according to data shared by CryptoQuant head of research Julio Moreno. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 17:44 Feb 01, 2026
Based on dollar-weighted flows, aggregate returns for investors in BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust have turned negative following Bitcoin’s recent sell-off. Bitcoin’s sharp decline over the weekend has likely pushed the aggregate investor position in the largest spot Bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) into negative territory, underscoring the severity of the recent downturn. According to Bob Elliott, chief investment officer at asset manager Unlimited Funds, the average dollar invested in BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT) is now underwater following Friday’s close. The shift coincided with a steep drop in Bitcoin’s (BTC) price, which slid into the mid-$70,000 range. Elliott shared a chart tracking aggregate, dollar-weighted investor returns, showing cumulative gains slipping slightly into negative territory as of late January. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 16:24 Feb 01, 2026
Real-time Truflation data show US price pressures easing, a shift that could reshape expectations for Fed policy and influence cryptocurrency and risk-asset markets. Alternative inflation data is pointing to a sharp cooling in US prices, reinforcing the case for interest rate cuts and carrying broader implications for risk assets, including cryptocurrencies. After the Federal Reserve paused rate cuts last week and signaled no clear path to near-term cuts, real-time inflation data suggest policymakers may be out of sync with rapidly improving price conditions. Truflation, an alternative inflation tracker that aggregates millions of daily price points from tens of independent data providers, showed broad-based cooling across its US inflation indexes. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 15:37 Feb 01, 2026
Bitcoin bear market history was "repeating," said BTC price analysis after key support failed and realized price flipped to new resistance. Bitcoin (BTC) gained sub-$50,000 ahead of Sunday’s weekly close as bulls failed to recover from ten-month lows. Key points: BTC price targets stay bearish as Bitcoin bulls lick their wounds at ten-month lows. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 10:04 Feb 01, 2026
An Abu Dhabi investment vehicle backed by Sheikh Tahnoon bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the UAE’s national security adviser, agreed to buy 49% of World Liberty Financial for $500M. A UAE-backed investment vehicle quietly agreed to buy nearly half of World Liberty Financial, a cryptocurrency startup linked to President Donald Trump, just days before he returned to the White House, according to a report by The Wall Street Journal. Aryam Investment 1, an Abu Dhabi entity backed by Sheikh Tahnoon bin Zayed Al Nahyan, signed a deal in January 2025 to purchase a 49% stake in World Liberty Financial for $500 million, the Journal said, citing documents and people familiar with the matter. Half of that amount was paid upfront, sending $187 million to Trump family-controlled entities, with additional tens of millions flowing to entities tied to co-founders, including relatives of US Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff, per the report. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 08:06 Feb 01, 2026
Solana-based DeFi platform Step Finance disclosed a treasury wallet breach that saw over $27 million in SOL moved onchain, sending its STEP token down more than 90%. Step Finance, a decentralized finance portfolio tracker on Solana, has disclosed a security breach that led to the compromise of several treasury wallets, triggering a sharp sell-off in its native token. “Earlier today, several of our treasury wallets were compromised by a sophisticated actor during APAC hours. This was an attack facilitated through a well-known attack vector,” the platform wrote in a post on X, adding that they have taken “remediation” steps. Onchain data reviewed by blockchain security firm CertiK shows that roughly 261,854 Solana (SOL) (worth around $27.2 million) was unstaked and transferred from Step Finance-controlled wallets. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 07:14 Feb 01, 2026
FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried said in a series of recent X posts that US President Donald Trump was “right on crypto,” while Joe Biden “bungled crypto.” Disgraced FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried has ramped up his social media praise for US President Donald Trump while taking aim at former President Joe Biden, just days after Caroline Ellison, the former CEO of Alameda Research, was released from federal custody. Since Bankman-Fried’s February 2025 interview with the New York Sun and March appearance with political commentator Tucker Carlson, many see Bankman-Fried as angling for a pardon from Trump. “@realdonaldtrump is right on crypto,” Bankman-Fried said in an X post on Friday, just days after Ellison walked free after serving 440 days in prison for her role in the 2022 collapse of FTX. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 04:29 Feb 01, 2026
Bitcoin advocate and accountant Rajat Soni warned, “Never trust a weekend pump or dump,” as Bitcoin plunged and over $2 billion was wiped from the crypto market. Bitcoin’s fall of around 7% to $77,000 on Saturday might have marked the low of this cycle, according to Bitcoin analyst PlanC. It comes as other crypto analysts continue to call for further downside for Bitcoin (BTC) in the coming months. “Decent chance this will be the deepest pullback opportunity this Bitcoin bull run,” PlanC said in an X post on Saturday. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 02:33 Feb 01, 2026
SOL falls to lows not seen since April 2025, but Solana’s price-to-fundamentals gap and its wider correlation to macro markets may provide hope for investors. Key takeaways: SOL fell to 2026 lows as tech sector layoffs and artificial intelligence revenue concerns hit markets. Despite the bleak environment, Solana outpaced competitors with network fees jumping 81%, securing its vice-leadership. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 00:54 Feb 01, 2026
Bitcoin’s ‘miner exodus’ could have an impact on BTC’s price, the UK watchdog clamps down on Coinbase crypto ads: Hodler’s Digest -
Cointelegraph.com - 00:54 Feb 01, 2026
Bitcoin’s ‘miner exodus’ could have an impact on BTC’s price, the UK watchdog clamps down on Coinbase crypto ads: Hodler’s Digest -
Cointelegraph.com - 00:54 Feb 01, 2026
Bitcoin’s ‘miner exodus’ could have an impact on BTC’s price, the UK watchdog clamps down on Coinbase crypto ads: Hodler’s Digest -
Cointelegraph.com - 19:10 Jan 31, 2026
Bitcoin saw a sudden weekend liquidity cascade that took BTC price to near $75,000 for the first time since its April 2025 low. Bitcoin (BTC) fell over 7% during weekend trading as a fresh price collapse liquidated $800 million. Key points: Bitcoin drops to near its 2025 low as mass liquidations accelerate. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 19:08 Jan 31, 2026
BitMine’s growing ETH losses highlight the risks of crypto treasury strategies as leverage unwinds and weak liquidity accelerates market downturns. BitMine Immersion Technologies, a publicly traded cryptocurrency treasury company linked to investor Tom Lee, is carrying significant unrealized losses on its Ether holdings following the latest wave of market liquidations, underscoring the risks facing crypto balance-sheet strategies during sharp downturns. After acquiring an additional 40,302 Ether (ETH) last week and increasing its total holdings to more than 4.24 million ETH, BitMine’s unrealized losses have grown to over $6 billion, according to data from Dropstab, a platform that tracks digital asset prices and portfolio valuations. Based on current market prices, BitMine’s Ether holdings are valued at roughly $9.6 billion, down from a peak of about $13.9 billion in October, reflecting the impact of the broader crypto sell-off. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 18:04 Jan 31, 2026
From crypto mining to AI compute, former cryptocurrency miners are reshaping data center economics as Big Tech’s grip on infrastructure begins to loosen. CoreWeave’s transformation from a crypto-mining operator to a large-scale AI infrastructure provider highlights a broader shift in how computing resources are reused across technology cycles. In its latest newsletter, The Miner Mag outlined how Ethereum’s move away from proof-of-work reduced demand for GPU-based mining, pushing companies like CoreWeave to redeploy hardware toward AI training and other high-performance computing workloads as demand for compute began to rise. As Cointelegraph previously reported, CoreWeave began moving away from crypto mining as early as 2019, shifting first into cloud and high-performance computing before fully repositioning itself as a GPU infrastructure provider for AI workloads. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 16:05 Jan 31, 2026
From venture rounds to onchain credit, capital is moving cautiously back into crypto as institutions focus on infrastructure and real-world use cases. Venture capital and institutional money are flowing back into digital asset companies at the start of 2026, with industry data showing $1.4 billion committed across venture rounds and public market listings. The largest transactions included Visa-linked stablecoin issuer Rain, which reached a $1.9 billion valuation after raising $250 million, and crypto custodian BitGo’s $200 million-plus IPO on the New York Stock Exchange in January. While crypto markets remain under pressure following October’s broad-based liquidation that wiped out billions in leveraged positions across centralized and decentralized markets, institutional engagement in the sector continues to build. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 14:17 Jan 31, 2026
Bitcoin could start catching up to gold as soon as February, as traders anticipate BTC to recover from its record lows versus gold this year. Bitcoin (BTC) fell to a record low versus gold (XAU) in January, making it a better buying opportunity than what preceded the 2015–2017 bull market, analysts say. Key takeaways: BTC vs gold hit a record low, a level that has lined up with past major bottoms. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 12:00 Jan 31, 2026
Activity on Solana has spiked as new AI tech makes it easier than ever to launch memecoins. Meanwhile, Ethereum is plugging away at future-proofing and bringing down fees. Activity on major altcoin networks, namely Solana and Ethereum, saw major milestones in January. Daily active addresses on Solana consistently topped 5 million in the second half of the month. Ethereum overtook major layer 2s in December in terms of daily active addresses after major upgrades to the network. In January, the network marked a 25% increase in daily active addresses amid efforts from developers to “future proof” Ethereum. Seven Bitcoin (BTC) miners in the US are in a critical storm zone and may need to temporarily scale back their mining activities as a winter storm rocked power grids and left thousands without electricity. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 10:51 Jan 31, 2026
The US Treasury has sanctioned two UK-registered crypto exchanges tied to Iran’s financial system, marking the first time Washington has targeted digital asset platforms. The United States Treasury has sanctioned two cryptocurrency exchanges linked to Iran’s financial system, marking the first time Washington has directly targeted digital asset platforms as part of its Iran sanctions program. In a statement on Friday, the Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) said the sanctions are part of a wider move against Iranian officials and networks accused of violently suppressing people at home while using alternative financial channels to get around international sanctions. Among those sanctioned was Eskandar Momeni Kalagari, Iran’s minister of the interior, who oversees the country’s Law Enforcement Forces. “Treasury will continue to target Iranian networks and corrupt elites that enrich themselves at the expense of the Iranian people,” Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said. Read more
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