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.

On February 7, 2026, data from RWA.xyz showed that tokenized real estate is nearing $360 million in total on-chain value, spanning direct interests, funds, REIT-like vehicles, and real estate-backed debt. Over 10,000 unique holders across 57 projects in 10 countries now participate, with wallet growth outpacing asset value expansion. The UAE leads by number of tokenized properties, while the US dominates by total value, and regulated networks such as MANTRA Chain, Base, and Stellar are emerging as key infrastructure for these real-world assets.

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 7 February 2026, the European Union outlined its 20th sanctions package aimed at blocking Russia’s remaining financial channels by focusing on payment systems rather than only trade. The plan includes full transaction bans for additional Russian banks, a prohibition on the digital ruble within the EU, and restrictions on Russian-linked crypto services, alongside new measures on oil shipping, exports and individuals tied to the war in Ukraine.

On February 7, 2026, Erebor Bank received final approval from US federal banking regulators to operate nationwide as a national bank, after filing its application less than eight months earlier. The crypto-supportive institution, backed by about $635 million and valued at up to $4 billion in recent funding rounds, aims to serve high‑tech and digital asset sectors while integrating blockchain-based payments and collateralized crypto lending.

Security firm Socket reported that attackers have compromised official dYdX-related packages on npm and PyPI, stealing wallet seed phrases and other credentials from developers and users. The malicious code allegedly enabled complete wallet takeover, crypto theft, and remote execution of additional malware by communicating with a typosquatted domain linked to dYdX services.

On February 7, 2026, ENS said ENSv2 will run exclusively on Ethereum and it will halt its Namechain Layer 2. The team cited Layer 1 scaling gains, noting the gas limit rose from 30 million to 60 million in 2025, and pledged features such as single step registration and multi chain stablecoin payments.

On February 6, 2026, the People's Bank of China and seven agencies barred unauthorized RMB-pegged stablecoins and extended liability to firms that assist such projects. Earlier, on January 1, 2026, e-CNY was reclassified as digital deposit money, and in January 2026 banks were permitted to pay interest on verified wallets, aligning the state token with deposit protections.