Two California teenagers, aged 16 and 17, were charged after a Jan. 31 home invasion in Scottsdale allegedly aimed at seizing $66 million in cryptocurrency. Police intervened during the attack, recovered restraints and a 3D‑printed gun, and later released both on $50,000 bail with electronic monitoring as prosecutors seek to try them as adults.

El Salvador President Nayib Bukele holds a 91.9% approval rating in a poll of 1,200 people, with security gains cited as the key driver. On February 5, 2026, he responded on X, while Bitcoin usage remains limited despite 2021 legal‑tender status and amid ongoing IMF talks over policy and the Chivo wallet.

In the first week of February, crypto startups secured about $258 million in fresh capital even as the wider digital asset market saw an estimated $2 trillion drawdown. The largest deal was Anchorage Digital's $100 million round, followed by TRM Labs with $70 million and Jupiter with $35 million, while Andreessen Horowitz recently raised over $15 billion to target AI and crypto innovation.

Trend Research rapidly reduced its Ether position by more than 400,000 ETH and sent large amounts of Aave-wrapped ETH to Binance within a week to manage leveraged debt exposure. Over the same downturn, Ether nearly fell 30%, putting Trend Research’s collateral at risk of liquidation and leaving BitMine Immersion Technologies with more than $7 billion in unrealized losses on its 4.28 million ETH treasury.

FTX customers and Fenwick & West reached a proposed settlement in a fraud lawsuit, with both sides planning to seek approval from a Florida federal court on Feb. 27. The terms were not disclosed, and the parties asked the court to pause deadlines while they finalize the agreement. The case follows the exchange’s collapse in November 2022.

On Monday, US President Donald Trump said he did not know about a reported $500 million investment by an Abu Dhabi royal into the crypto venture World Liberty Financial. The deal would involve a 49% stake and an initial $250 million tranche; Trump noted his sons handle the business and said they receive investments from various parties.

ING Deutschland has opened retail access to crypto-linked exchange-traded notes via its securities platform, giving exposure to Bitcoin, Ethereum and Solana. The ETNs, issued by 21Shares, Bitwise and VanEck, trade on regulated venues through the Direct Depot service, while the bank highlighted tax alignment and warned of risks including volatility and issuer insolvency.

On February 2, 2026, Galaxy’s Alex Thorn said Bitcoin is trading below the average cost basis of US spot ETFs after those funds logged their second- and third-largest weekly outflows last month. Coinglass reported about $2.8 billion in net redemptions over two weeks, while BiTBO estimates roughly $113 billion AUM and 1.28 million BTC held, implying an average purchase price near $87,830.

CertiK reported $370.3 million in digital assets were stolen via exploits and scams in January 2026, the highest monthly total in 11 months. Phishing accounted for $311.3 million, including a single $284 million social engineering loss, while PeckShield tracked 16 hacks totaling $86 million in the same month.