📊 According to Artemis data, onchain trading platform Hyperliquid has surpassed Coinbase in trading volume.

In terms of notional volume, Coinbase recorded $1.4 trillion, while Hyperliquid reached $2.6 trillion, nearly twice as much. Year-to-date price performance shows a sharp divergence, with Hyperliquid up 31.7% and Coinbase down 27.0%, resulting in an approximately 58.7% gap in the short term. link

📉 The crypto market is down

BTC Dominance - 58.12%

Market Cap - $2.38T
BTC - $69,452 (-2.23%)
ETH - $2,061 (-1.45%)
BNB - $632 (-1.63%)
SOL - $85 (-2.06%)
STABLE - $0.02 (+13.24%)

🕵️ Phantom announced the launch of Phantom Chat, a new social feature planned for 2026. On-chain investigator ZachXBT warned that the feature could become a new entry point for asset theft, highlighting that Phantom has not yet addressed the issue of "address poisoning." He noted that users who do not filter spam transaction records may inadvertently copy look-alike addresses, resulting in stolen funds. A user reportedly lost 3.5 WBTC last week due to this issue. link

🐳 Binance holds about 87% of USD1 link

📊 A newly created wallet deposited 1.98M $USDC into HyperLiquid and opened an $ETH long position with 20x leverage. link

🙅 $DENT added to caution trading on Upbit spot link

🆕 Base App from Coinbase is discontinuing support for its content creator rewards program as part of a strategic shift aimed at fully focusing on tradable assets. link

🕵️ #XRP Ripple is adding hardware security modules, allowing banks and custodians to deploy storage services and offer staking without the need to operate their own validator infrastructure or manage keys. Cointelegraph link

🇺🇸🗽 On Feb. 9 (ET), U.S. Bitcoin spot ETFs recorded total net inflows of $145 million, led by Grayscale with $131 million in net inflows.

Ethereum spot ETFs saw total net inflows of $57.05 million, marking the first net inflow after three consecutive days of net outflows. link

🐳 Whale and institutional transactions:

1. Bitmine bought another 20,000 #ETH ($42.3 million);
2. Degen-retard.sol lost over $3.6 million on #SOL again. About two weeks ago, he bought 100,000 #SOL ($12.4 million) at approximately $124 and staked them. A few hours ago, he sold #SOL at a loss of over $3.6 million. Prior to this, he had already lost over $6.6 million on #SOL. link link

🕵️ Ethereum Foundation member ladislaus.eth stated that Ethereum is pursuing a significant architectural shift by moving block validation from re-executing every transaction to verifying zero-knowledge proofs. Under the L1-zkEVM 2026 roadmap, EIP-8025 (Optional Execution Proofs) would enable validators (zkAttesters) to confirm blocks by verifying cryptographic proofs without the need for a full execution client. The first L1-zkEVM workshop is set for February 11, 2026. link

🙅 $SXP delisted from Upbit spot link

🙅 $SXP delisted from Bithumb spot link

🥷 #ETH Ethereum Foundation sponsors the non-profit organization Security Alliance (SEAL), which focuses on cryptocurrency security issues. The goal is to "track and neutralize" attackers involved in stealing cryptocurrencies targeting Ethereum users. link

🙅 $OAS delisted from Bithumb spot link

🙅 $OAS has been delisted from the Upbit spot market. link

📊 A new ETH kit has emerged.

The new wallet 0x6C85 deposited 12.88 million #USDC on Hyperliquid to open a 20x leveraged long position on ETH. Currently, they have opened a long position on 34,290 #ETH (~$69 million). link

🐳 Whales (100-1k BTC) - Realized Price

“BTC traded below the Realized Price of whales holding between 100 and 1k BTC ($69K). The last time this occurred after an ATH was in June 2022, when price traded below it for roughly seven months.” link link

🆕 $ESP listed on Binance pre-market link

😱🤑 Fear & Greed Index for #ETH

🙋‍♂ Chromia has introduced Clawchain.ai, an on-chain agentic platform similar to Reddit that features autonomous trading. link