As of February 5, 2026, Swiss private bank Maerki Baumann & Co. Ltd. is regulated in the UAE by the FSRA of ADGM, according to a press release. Its Abu Dhabi Middle East Hub, operating under the ARCHIP brand, will provide liquidity management, trading, custody, staking, and other digital asset services to blockchain and crypto firms.

On February 5, 2026, a bipartisan group of U.S. senators introduced the Safeguarding Consumers from Advertising Misconduct (SCAM) Act, requiring social platforms to verify advertisers and exposing noncompliant companies to FTC and state attorney general actions. In 2025, Reuters reported Meta’s internal estimates tied roughly $16 billion of 2024 revenue to suspect ads, prompting calls for SEC and FTC probes, while major banking associations and AARP voiced support for the bill.

U.S. lawmakers opened a House inquiry into World Liberty Financial after a Wall Street Journal report on a $500M UAE-linked bid for a 49% stake. On Feb 5, 2026, Rep. Ro Khanna said he sent a letter seeking ownership records, payment flows and internal communications, with responses due by March 1, 2026. Donald Trump told reporters he was unaware of the deal.

On February 4, 2026, CoolWallet announced support for TRON’s Energy rental, a move highlighted by TRON DAO to lower TRX network fees. The hardware wallet says users keep self-custody via its device and mobile app while paying for Energy in TRX or USDT on TRON, aiming to make transfers and DeFi activity more cost-efficient.

Crypto project Payy has launched a privacy-enabled Ethereum layer-2 network that makes all ERC-20 transfers private by default without requiring new wallets or tokens. Users can already add the network to MetaMask and other EVM wallets, with Payy targeting both institutions moving capital onchain and crypto natives seeking easier privacy when handling stablecoins and other ERC-20 assets.

On Wednesday, CFTC Chair Mike Selig said the agency has withdrawn a 2024 proposed rule that sought to classify sports, political and war-related event contracts as contrary to the public interest. Selig, who criticized the earlier effort as merit-based regulation by the Biden administration, added that the CFTC will instead pursue new rulemaking under the Commodity Exchange Act and has also rescinded a separate staff letter on sports event contracts.

SpoonOS is running a Skills Micro Challenge from Feb. 3 to Feb. 9 with a US $5,000 prize pool for developers who submit "Agent Skills" via pull request to its designated repository. Participants can earn tiered rewards, while the top ten Skills gain accelerated consideration for a separate $50,000 grant program linked to the project's Web3-native Skills marketplace.

A dataset containing 149 million stolen credentials, including access details for about 420,000 Binance accounts, was reported circulating among cybercriminals this week. Security researchers say the information comes from infostealing malware that harvests passwords, private keys, API keys and session tokens from infected devices. Recent data also indicates multi‑billion‑dollar crypto losses and rising attacks on exchanges and large organizations.