The crypto market is down
BTC Dominance - 58.89%

Market Cap - $2.57T
BTC - $76,230 (-3.12%)
ETH - $2,239 (-8.23%)
BNB - $751 (-3.92%)
SOL - $99 (-4.66%)
NYX - $5.62 (+15.05%)

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Aster is officially activating the Strategic Reserve Buyback Fund for ASTER

Daily platform fees and the remaining of the Strategic Reserve Buyback Fund now flow directly into targeted buybacks, responding to market conditions to support long-term value and reward holders.

https://x.com/Aster_DEX/status/2017683761048302051

As Bitcoin fell below $75,000, Michael Saylor's Strategy's 712,647 BTC is now facing an unrealized loss of over $900M

https://x.com/lookonchain/status/2018167626606981262

Binance will list Zama (ZAMA) at 2026-02-02 13:00 UTC

https://www.binance.com/en/support/announcement/detail/c411646abd94488bba084537c5563beb

Story Protocol is announcing that the initial unlock schedule for all locked IP tokens, including the initial unlock and any subsequent vesting-based releases, is being delayed by 6 months for all investors, team and insiders.

As a result, no new liquidity from locked tokens will enter circulation until August 13, 2026.

https://x.com/StoryProtocol/status/2018127365314932890

Step Finance has reportedly suffered an exploit worth $28.9M

Step Finance is a Solana dashboard for tracking wallets, tokens, NFTs and DeFi positions.

https://x.com/CertiKAlert/status/2017610781660217643

Binance SAFU Fund bought 1,315 BTC ($100M)

https://intel.arkm.com/explorer/address/1BAuq7Vho2CEkVkUxbfU26LhwQjbCmWQkD

Strategy has acquired 855 BTC for ~$75.3 million at ~$87,974 per bitcoin

As of 2/1/2026, it holds 713,502 BTC acquired for ~$54.26 billion at ~$76,052 per bitcoin.

https://x.com/saylor/status/2018309030360363422

BitMine acquired 41,788 ETH worth around ~$104M last week

The company holds 4,285 million ETH valued at ~$9.9B.

https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/bitmine-immersion-technologies-bmnr-announces-eth-holdings-reach-4-285-million-tokens-and-total-crypto-and-total-cash-holdings-of-10-7-billion-302676048.html

Arcium launches privacy-preserving Mainnet Alpha on Solana as Umbra debuts shielded finance layer

In October, the protocol secured nearly $155 million in ICO commitments via MetaDAO.
The project previously raised $5.5 million in a strategic round led by Greenfield Capital in 2024 to develop its confidential computing network, bringing total funding at the time to $9 million.

Arcium was founded by the team behind Elusiv, a zero-knowledge privacy protocol built on Solana.

https://www.theblock.co/post/387564/arcium-launches-privacy-preserving-mainnet-alpha-on-solana-as-umbra-debuts-shielded-finance-layer

HyperCore will support outcome trading (HIP-4). Outcomes are fully collateralized contracts that settle within a fixed range. They are a general-purpose primitive that are useful for applications such as prediction markets and bounded options-like instruments.

https://x.com/HyperliquidX/status/2018327360723202167

Circle minted 750M USDC on Solana

https://intel.arkm.com/explorer/entity/circle

The crypto market is growing
BTC Dominance - 58.90%

Market Cap - $2.66T
BTC - $78,575 (+4.09%)
ETH - $2,324 (+4.96%)
BNB - $770 (+3.49%)
SOL - $103 (+4.69%)
HYPE - $37.76 (+20.78%)

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White House officials met with crypto, banking reps to discuss stablecoins

https://cointelegraph.com/news/white-house-officials-meeting-market-structure-bill

Coinbase prediction market is now live

https://www.coinbase.com/predictions

Tether has introduced an open-source Bitcoin mining OS called MiningOS

https://x.com/tether/status/2018406288816836847

Top 100 gainers in 24h

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President Trump says "I'm a big crypto person."
"I helped crypto more than anybody because I believe in it."

https://x.com/watcherguru/status/2018444374892568868

TRIA trading has started on Bybit, KuCoin, and others

Price: ~$0.0158
FDV: ~$158 million

Tria a self-custodial neobank and payments infrastructure that makes digital money usable.

Tria has raised $12 million from Sandeep Nailwal, P2 Ventures, and others.

https://www.bybit.com/en/trade/spot/TRIA/USDT