On February 7, 2026, gold traded around $4,966 while Bitcoin hovered just below $70,000. The two assets have shown low correlation since 2019, and major gold rallies have often preceded Bitcoin advances. GLD holdings rose to roughly 34.9 million troy ounces alongside strong precious‑metal ETF inflows in January.

Bitcoin has fallen back below $70,000 after a sharp move between $60,000 and $72,000 earlier in the week. Analysts highlight $65,000 as a key support area, warning that a breakdown could open the way toward the $55,700–$58,200 range as forced liquidations and negative ETF flows weigh on the market.

On 7 February 2026, the European Union outlined its 20th sanctions package aimed at blocking Russia’s remaining financial channels by focusing on payment systems rather than only trade. The plan includes full transaction bans for additional Russian banks, a prohibition on the digital ruble within the EU, and restrictions on Russian-linked crypto services, alongside new measures on oil shipping, exports and individuals tied to the war in Ukraine.

On 6 February 2026, Ethereum climbed back above $2,000 after a sharp market-wide rebound that followed Bitcoin's move toward $70,000. Over the preceding 24 hours, crypto liquidations neared $2 billion, with Ethereum alone seeing more than $418 million in positions cleared and its 30-day average of active addresses rising to about 693,000. Despite the intraday recovery, ETH remained roughly 26% lower over the week, even as trading volumes and on-chain usage signaled strong network engagement.

On 6 February 2026, Strategy reported a Q4 2025 net loss of $12.4 billion, largely tied to a $17.4 billion unrealized fair-value charge on bitcoin. The firm held 713,502 BTC at a $54.26 billion cost basis, around $76,052 per BTC, and said shares fell about 17% as bitcoin traded in the $62,000–$65,000 range.

On 5 February 2026, Bitcoin briefly dropped below $67,000 before trading near $67,500, leaving the asset more than 20% lower over the past week and bringing the $65,000 zone into focus as key support. Over the last 24 hours, crypto liquidations surpassed $1.4 billion, dominated by long positions, while major altcoins such as Ethereum, Solana, XRP, and BNB recorded even steeper weekly losses amid a heavily oversold market.

On 5 February 2026, banks were described as rebuilding their core systems and workflows around artificial intelligence, moving beyond chatbots and basic automation. AI is being embedded into decision-making, customer interactions, lending, payments, and real-time risk and compliance, with the aim of speeding up processes, cutting costs, and enabling more personalized services.

CME Group said on 5 February 2026 that it is developing a tokenized form of cash with Google Cloud for use in margin and settlement, targeting deployment around 2026 and not as a tradable coin. CEO Terrence Duffy added that acceptance will hinge on issuer quality and controls, and CME aims to shift crypto derivatives toward near 24/7 trading in early 2026.

On 5 February 2026, Santiment rolled out a dedicated screener that orders yield farming projects by on-chain development activity drawn from GitHub. The latest 30-day view places DeFiChain, Aave, and Yearn Finance at the top, with other DeFi platforms such as Beefy Finance, Gearbox, ApeSwap, Alchemix, YieldBasis, Inverse Finance, and QuickSwap also showing steady engineering momentum.