XRP's derivatives metrics swung sharply, with futures net flow turning negative by 3,711.06% and a net change of -$30.57 million, according to CoinGlass. Inflows totaled $174.19 million while outflows reached $204.77 million over the last four hours. Separately, XRP ETFs saw $15.16 million of inflows on Feb. 6 and $39.04 million weekly netflows.

Shiba Inu's lead ambassador Shytoshi Kusama has announced a final broadcast before refocusing on technology work, following his renewed activity on X in late January 2026. As SHIB changes hands around $0.000006234 after rebounding from historic lows, the community is still waiting for clearer guidance on the project's next steps.

In the last 24 hours, 2,500,000 RLUSD were burned at the RLUSD treasury on Ethereum, cutting the circulating supply of Ripple's USD stablecoin. Earlier this week, a separate burn event removed 25,014,695 RLUSD across Ethereum and XRP Ledger, while recent minting activity has pushed RLUSD's market cap to $1.49 billion on XRPL and Ethereum.

On Feb. 6, 2026, Shiba Inu team member Lucie relayed a Safe Labs alert about an address poisoning and social engineering campaign aimed at Safe Wallet multisig users, with 5,000 lookalike addresses already flagged as malicious. Users are urged to verify full recipient addresses, rely on address books or allow lists, and send small test transfers first, as a recent case saw a crypto holder lose 50 million USDT after copying a spoofed address from transaction history.

On Feb. 7, 2026, Trend Research moved 772,865 ETH ($1.8B) to Binance at $2,326 after previously withdrawing 792,532 ETH ($2.59B) at $3,267, leaving 21,301 ETH and an estimated $747M loss. The capitulation followed ETH falling to a Feb. 6 low at $1,742, and the token later rebounded to $2,012, still 24% lower on a weekly basis.

According to Ripple's Reece Merrick on Feb. 6, 2026, XRP is poised to underpin real‑world financial infrastructure, as RippleX's latest Institutional DeFi roadmap targets mainnet features in the coming months. Santiment reported XRP rebounded 25% from $1.11 to $1.55, and was up 9% over 24 hours to $1.41 while down 18% weekly.

Binance has announced that 20 spot trading pairs, including combinations for AI and DeFi tokens, will be removed from its platform on Feb. 6, 2026. The exchange will also close and delist RVVUSDT and YALAUSDT perpetual contracts on Feb. 10, 2026, while adding new equity perpetual contracts such as AMZNUSDT and MSTRUSDT with up to 10x leverage on Feb. 9, 2026. In addition, Binance has expanded its SAFU Fund by purchasing 3,600 BTC, bringing the fund's BTC holdings to 6,230 BTC.

According to CoinGlass data, $1.04 billion in crypto positions were liquidated on Thursday, including $868 million in longs and $174 million in shorts, while XRP fell as much as 15%. XRP dropped to an intraday low of $1.32 and was recently trading at $1.37, with total liquidations on the token reaching $34.64 million over the last 24 hours. Despite the steep decline and a weekly loss of 27%, an XRP Ledger validator known as Vet emphasized that the crypto sector is still progressing and expressed confidence in an eventual recovery.

Shiba Inu posted a death cross on the 30‑minute chart as the selloff extended into a third day. The token slipped from a Feb. 3 peak at $0.00000702 and saw sharper losses on Thursday, while crypto liquidations reached $1.06 billion in 24 hours, with $894 million longs and $162 million shorts, according to CoinGlass.