On February 7, 2026, Kenya's Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission urged African oversight bodies to expand the use of AI, blockchain, and data‑mining tools to combat graft and financial crimes. The agency said 58% of its processes are automated and it is moving toward full digitization, while Kenya's FRC has frozen assets tied to 13 individuals over alleged terrorism financing.

The Ontario Provincial Police warned that callers posing as officers are directing residents to withdraw cash or send funds via crypto, with individual losses ranging from $6,000 to $13,000. On February 6, 2026, OPP East Region also flagged a surge in crypto job fraud exploiting real company names and small commissions. As of September 30, 2025, Canada recorded $544 million in fraud losses across 23,113 victims.

On February 7, 2026, on-chain data showed several long-term Ethereum whales withdrawing more than 40,000 ETH worth tens of millions of dollars from Binance and OKX into self-custody, including one address moving 19,503 ETH and another 9,576 ETH. At the same time, Ethereum was trading around $2,037 with its MVRV ratio close to 0.96, while large-holder balances increased and mid-tier wallets reduced their holdings, highlighting rising concentration among major investors.

South Korea's Financial Supervisory Service opened an on-site inspection of Bithumb after a promotion glitch credited 2,000 BTC to hundreds of users, triggering a brief price dislocation and trading curbs. Regulators are reviewing potential rule breaches, user-protection lapses, and recovery of assets, while the Korea Fair Trade Commission launched a separate inquiry into Bithumb's marketing practices.

By February 7, 2026, XRP had climbed about 12% over 24 hours after dropping to $1.14 around 1:00 AM GMT on Friday. It printed an intraday high of $1.53, while large holders accumulated more than 230 million XRP in 48 hours as address activity rose 51.5%.

On February 6, 2026, Aave founder Stani Kulechov sold 4,503 ETH valued around $8.36 million through CoW Protocol as Ether traded under $2,000. On-chain records indicate several WETH-to-USDC swaps from a wallet attributed to him, followed by USDC inflows back to the same address.

Indiana lawmakers are advancing House Bill 1042, which would open self-directed crypto investment options within certain public pension plans and permit state investments in crypto ETFs. The measure, heard in the Senate Insurance and Financial Institutions Committee on February 5 2026, also curbs local restrictions on crypto activities while a separate bill targets scams linked to virtual currency kiosks by imposing licensing, fee caps, identity checks, and refund requirements.

VivoPower said in a Wednesday press statement it will transfer part of its Ripple Labs stake to South Korea's Kweather Co., taking a 20% position valued at $4.3 million. A spokesperson said the remaining Ripple shares are slated for Lean Ventures at prevailing market prices and subject to Ripple Labs' internal approvals.

Nasdaq has proposed a "fast entry" rule to admit newly listed large companies to the Nasdaq 100 after 15 trading days, replacing the current wait of at least 3 months, with implementation after the March quarterly rebalance if approved. According to Cryptopolitan, potential IPOs include SpaceX, at a possible $1.3 trillion valuation, and AI firm Anthropic.