Based DEX has published the tokenomics for its $BASED token ahead of a token generation event planned for March 2026, allocating a combined 59.64% to community and ecosystem rewards. The 360 million token supply will be distributed among community members, investors, core contributors, and partners, with several tranches having specific vesting and unlock schedules.

Ethereum has faced persistent address poisoning as daily transactions reached all-time highs into 2026. According to ScamSniffer, a user lost $50 million in December and another lost $12.25 million in January, with address poisoning losses over those two months exceeding phishing. A January report also logged $6.27 million stolen via signature phishing across 4,741 victims.

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong said in an X post that he remains long‑term bullish and views volatility as a normal feature of the crypto market. Bitcoin reached $126,210 in October 2025 and traded near $63,000 by early February 2026, while Coinbase diversified revenue with subscriptions and services and set up a quantum‑risk advisory board as COIN fell about 45% in three months.

On February 8, 2026, Forward Industries chairman Kyle Samani criticized Hyperliquid and its founder Jeff Yan, alleging the platform embodies crypto's issues and is closed source and permissioned. The article notes these claims are unverified. Hyperliquid highlighted upcoming HIP-4 outcome markets and, following HIP-3, saw over $12 billion in volume via TradeXYZ.

Bitwise advisor Jeff Park argues that the sharp Bitcoin sell-off on February 5, 2026, when BTC briefly hit $60,000, stemmed from deleveraging in traditional finance portfolios rather than a crypto-specific shock. He says risk reduction in multi-asset strategies spilled over into hedged BTC positions and forced selling in products such as Bitwise’s Bitcoin ETF, even as spot BTC ETFs still recorded net inflows and prices rebounded in the following days. Park believes framing the move as a technical event tied to TradFi dynamics highlights Bitcoin’s maturation and may support renewed dip buying.

Form 13F reports for Q4 2025 are expected on February 14, with the SEC deadline rolling to February 17 due to the weekend and Presidents' Day. Crypto participants hope the disclosures might flag large ETF or equity position changes tied to the October 10 sell-off, when over $19 billion in leveraged bets were liquidated within roughly 24 hours.

Arweave has rejected claims that its network stopped producing blocks for over 24 hours after some explorers, notably ViewBlock, appeared to freeze at block #1,851,686 on February 6 2026. A team member said the issue stemmed from the explorer reading a local cache instead of the live block height, while Arscan showed uninterrupted block production up to February 7. Over the past year, Arweave processed more than two billion messages and rolled out performance upgrades, even as its AR token fell 6.51% on the day and 18% on the week amid broader market volatility.

On February 5, 2026, Bitcoin briefly slid to about $60k, reigniting arguments over whether the market is in a dip or a full crash. Social data from Santiment suggests traders only began using the word "crash" at that low, which coincided with a rebound and a 13% climb from the daily bottom. Compared with the over 70% drawdown following the 2022 FTX collapse, the latest move is framed as a sharp but still "dip-like" correction rather than a structural breakdown.

On February 6, 2026, StorX Network's SRX token traded around $0.06767 and climbed to a market capitalization near $49.1 million, overtaking Storj's roughly $47.6 million valuation after its 11.39% weekly drop. While major decentralized storage assets like BitTorrent, Arweave, and Walrus posted weekly losses of 13.65%, 23.31%, and 21.99%, SRX maintained steady liquidity with about $3 million in 24-hour volume. Messari's latest DePIN analysis suggests the sector could continue to attract capital even as broader crypto markets remain under pressure.