On February 6, 2026, South Korean exchange Bithumb mistakenly credited around 620,000 BTC to users during a promotional event before recovering 99.7% of the excess. The platform used its own funds to cover roughly 1,788 BTC that had already been sold, and introduced compensation including cash payouts, trade refunds with a 10% bonus, and a seven‑day fee waiver. The firm attributed the incident to a technical malfunction rather than hacking and said its total crypto holdings still match or exceed user deposits.

On February 8 2026, market data showed Bitcoin sliding toward $60,000, dragging the Crypto Fear & Greed Index down into an extreme fear zone with readings as low as 7–11 out of 100. Over the past week, Google Trends recorded a jump in "crypto capitulation" searches from 11 to 58, a 427% increase, while on-chain and social metrics from analytics firms pointed to elevated talk of capitulation, liquidations and a possible market bottom.

President Donald Trump's nomination of Kevin Warsh as the next Federal Reserve chair has lifted market-implied odds of a March interest rate cut to about 23%, up from roughly 18.4% just days earlier. Traders are largely pricing in a 25-basis-point cut, while Polymarket participants assign a 27% chance of two cuts in 2026 and crypto analysts say Bitcoin's next major rally could emerge even if the asset climbs under persistently high Fed rates.

On February 7, Mempool reported that Bitcoin mining difficulty in China fell 11.16% to 125.86 trillion, marking the largest single-step reduction since the ban five years ago. Analysts cited about a 20% decline in total hashrate over 30 days, price weakness, and weather-driven curtailments. Luxor data showed hashprice slid to $33.31/PH/s/day on February 2.

On February 7, 2026, ENS said ENSv2 will run exclusively on Ethereum and it will halt its Namechain Layer 2. The team cited Layer 1 scaling gains, noting the gas limit rose from 30 million to 60 million in 2025, and pledged features such as single step registration and multi chain stablecoin payments.

On February 5, 2026, BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust logged $10 billion in one-day trading, according to Bloomberg’s Eric Balchunas, even as the fund fell 13%, its second-largest daily decline. CoinMarketCap showed Bitcoin at $65,882.00, down 6.71% over 24 hours, while reports also noted $373.4 million in 2026 net outflows and IBIT at $36.10.

On February 6 2026, Schwab President and CEO Rick Wurster reiterated that economic and financial prediction markets can support long-term investing, but sports betting does not fit the firm's mission. He indicated Schwab may use data from markets tied to indicators like inflation and employment to help clients react to major economic events, while leaving sportsbook-style products to platforms such as FanDuel and Robinhood. His comments come as U.S. regulators reassess event contracts and state authorities challenge sports-related offerings, even as trading volumes on platforms like Kalshi and Polymarket keep climbing.

On February 6, 2026 (UTC), reports said Bitcoin Core maintainer Gloria Zhao resigned and revoked her cryptographic signing key. The reports added that her departure does not affect Bitcoin’s consensus rules, network security, or transaction processing, and noted she began contributing in 2019–2020 and was not part of the 2015 MIT DCI funding period.

On February 6 2026 Bitwise disclosed an SEC filing to launch an exchange-traded fund focused on Uniswap's UNI token, aiming to provide exposure through conventional brokerage accounts. The proposed ETF would hold UNI as its primary asset without staking, use Coinbase Custody Trust Company as custodian if approved, and arrives amid growing U.S. interest in crypto ETFs and ongoing market volatility.