Bitcoin’s brief recovery collapsed as heavy selling drove prices below $73,000, erasing over $130 billion in market value and triggering $283 million in leveraged liquidations.

As the United States enters day four of a partial federal government shutdown tied to unresolved funding for Homeland Security, prediction markets are signaling that traders expect disruption—but not a prolonged Washington standoff.

Metamask has expanded beyond digital currencies, adding support for tokenized U.S. stocks, exchange-traded funds (ETFs) and commodities directly inside its self-custodial wallet.

Bitcoin’s latest drop wasn’t loud or dramatic — it was clinical, deliberate, and ruthless.

Pharos Network has launched an incubator program designed to accelerate innovation in decentralized finance and real-world asset applications on its Layer 1 blockchain.

Binance Wallet has launched Security Center, a unified Web3 security hub addresses a long-standing gap in decentralized finance, where Web3 wallets lacked the comprehensive protections common in Web2 financial apps.

The delay of the January U.S. jobs report has intensified macro uncertainty, keeping crypto markets locked in a deleveraging phase.

U.S. crypto ETFs kicked off February with a decisive return of capital into bitcoin products, while ether and XRP struggled to keep pace. Solana quietly extended its recovery with another day of inflows.

Bitcoin is changing hands at $78,162 today, with a market capitalization of $1.56 trillion and 24-hour trading volume surging to $54.86 billion. It has swung between $77,642 and $79,130 over the past day—tight, yes, but deceptively charged with indecision.

Bitwise and ING Germany launch a partnership letting German customers trade Bitwise crypto‑ETPs with reduced or no execution fees.

Safello launches regulated crypto services in Finland under MiCA authorization, enabling euro payments, trading and custody.

According to local sources, the agreement would have been signed by Milei and Kelsier Ventures’ CEO Hayden Davis two weeks before the launch of Libra. The document, signed in January 2025, establishes Davis’ position as a blockchain and AI advisor to the Argentine president.

Tether and Opera integrate USDT and Tether Gold (XAU₮0) into Minipay to expand dollar and gold‑denominated access in emerging markets.

ComTech Gold is a digital asset platform enabling the tokenization of physical gold for the digital economy. Built on the XDC Network, ComTech Gold issues CGO — a 100% physical gold-backed token.

A new study by Paypal and the National Cryptocurrency Association (NCA) shows that cryptocurrency payments have grown to be more than a footnote in the U.S. According to this study, 4 in every 10 merchants accept crypto, with these alternatives becoming everyday solutions for digital natives.