Day: 4 February 2026

Tether has reportedly lowered its fundraising ambitions to $5 billion after potential investors expressed reluctance to a staggering $500 billion valuation. The revised figure marks a significant retreat from previous internal discussions that suggested a funding round between $15 billion and $20 billion.  Chief Executive Paolo Ardoino recently downplayed the ...

Galaxy Digital has clarified that a record-breaking $9 billion Bitcoin ($BTC) sale executed for a Satoshi-era client was not motivated by fears of quantum computing. Alex Thorn, Galaxy’s Head of Research, addressed the speculation on Tuesday, February 3, 2026, confirming the trade was part of a strategic estate planning move ...

Binance holds by far the largest proof of reserves among major crypto exchanges, clocking in at roughly $155.6 billion, according to fresh data from CoinMarketCap Research. The figure towers above every other platform combined and highlights just how dominant Binance remains in terms of scale, liquidity, and user confidence. The ...

Bitcoin steadied after a sharp pullback as U.S. political headlines briefly eased pressure on risk assets, though traders remain cautious amid lingering macro and policy uncertainties. The world’s largest cryptocurrency slipped to around $72,900, its lowest level since the post-election rally, before rebounding after the U.S. House narrowly passed a ...

Stablecoin-related “dusting” activity now accounts for a meaningful share of Ethereum network usage following December’s Fusaka upgrade, according to new data from Coin Metrics. Source: Coin Metrics The analytics firm estimates that dust transactions make up about 11% of all Ethereum transactions and 26% of daily active addresses, a sharp ...

George town, Cayman Islands, 4th February 2026, Chainwire

At a recent Ethereum Foundation-led L2 event, Mantle highlighted its strategic approach to the next generation of Ethereum Layer 2 (L2) solutions.  Mantle responds to Vitalik Buterin’s L2 vision Responding to comments from Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin, Mantle emphasized that the future of L2s is no longer just about generic ...

Crypto.com has spun out its prediction markets business into a standalone platform called OG, marking a deeper push into the fast-growing event-based trading sector and setting up direct competition with Polymarket, Kalshi and other major players. The new platform, which is currently available only in the United States, is powered ...

Bitmine Immersion Technologies chairman Tom Lee has defended the company’s Ethereum-heavy treasury strategy after critics accused it of creating future selling pressure on Ether amid steep unrealized losses. The criticism surfaced on social media this week, where a post claimed Bitmine was sitting on more than $6.6 billion in unrealized ...

Aave Labs has announced it is retiring its umbrella brand, Avara, in a strategic move to sharpen its focus on decentralized finance and streamline its product identity. Aave founder and CEO Stani Kulechov said in a post on X on Tuesday that Avara is no longer necessary as the company ...