On February 9, 2026, pro-crypto lawyer Bill Morgan argued that XRP was deliberately sidelined in favor of Bitcoin after a 2013 Felix Salmon article praising Ripple and XRP became difficult to access. He linked the redacted section of a recently released U.S. sensitive file and the apparent disappearance of the blog to alleged efforts to bury XRP's once positive and technically superior image, even as market data show Bitcoin still leading and XRP trading around $1.40 after recent declines.

Dogecoin is trading around $0.09691 after climbing from an intraday low of $0.09308, with a 24-hour gain of 3.94% and price indicators showing oversold conditions. Bollinger Bands and an RSI near 33 suggest bearish momentum may be fading, with upside targets between $0.11 and $0.15 and some long-term optimists eyeing $0.30. Market-wide volatility, Bitcoin's struggle below $70,000 and historical February weakness could still weigh on DOGE, though occasional boosts from positive sentiment such as comments by Elon Musk remain influential.

According to CoinGlass, Shiba Inu's futures open interest climbed 16% over the past 24 hours to 11.21 trillion SHIB valued at $69.2 million. SHIB stabilized above $0.000005967, trading at $0.000006038 (+0.48%), while volume fell 47.35% to $180.48 million.

BlackRock moved crypto to Coinbase Prime on February 6, 2026, depositing 4,248 BTC valued at $281 million and 5,734 ETH worth about $11 million. Earlier in the week, it sold $671 million in BTC as Bitcoin fell to around $60,000 and the market's total value dropped by up to $1.5 trillion since the year began.

Bitwise filed a registration statement for a spot Uniswap ETF with the U.S. SEC on Feb. 5. The proposed UNI fund would initially exclude staking and names Coinbase Custody Trust Company LLC as custodian if approved. UNI traded at $3.33, down 7.91% over 24 hours, while volume jumped more than 90% to $692.7 million.

Shiba Inu's burn rate has dropped 100% in the last 24 hours, with Shibburn reporting no SHIB removed from circulation and total supply steady at 585,423,776,344,682 tokens. Over the same period, SHIB slipped about 4.51% to $0.000006475, while an onchain analyst warned its break below $0.000006672 support could precede an additional 81% decline.

Binance has begun converting its $1 billion SAFU fund into Bitcoin, completing an initial $100,000,000 purchase of BTC from stablecoins. The exchange shared the SAFU Bitcoin address and confirmed the first batch of the conversion, signaling a public reserve-boosting move after Bitcoin fell more than 38% from its October 2025 all-time high of $126,198. The full conversion is expected to continue over the coming weeks as the platform seeks to reinforce user confidence.

On February 2, 2026, Charles Hoskinson announced a major security upgrade for Logan, Cardano's AI agent, adding an HSM key management system and a two-container Docker running on WSL. The changes aim to curb hacks affecting wallets, bridges and DeFi. He also referenced past poisoning-attack concerns and Cardano's UXTO model protections.

U.Today said XRP fell more than 3.90%, extending a death cross and marking a 90-day low, with weekly losses at 11.33%. According to CoinMarketCap, the token traded at $1.69 after a $1.78 intraday high, while 24-hour volume slid 20.74% to $4.02 billion; the pattern was first observed on Jan. 19.