Day: 4 February 2026

River, the emerging stablecoin platform, has announced a strategic integration with Curve Finance to enhance liquidity for its satUSD stablecoin and make it a core component of the DeFi ecosystem. River x @curvefinance River is integrating with Curve to deepen satUSD liquidity and make it a core stablecoin primitive across ...

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Crypto markets moved sharply lower as investor anxiety intensified, sending Bitcoin and Ethereum deeper into the red amid rising liquidations and weakening sentiment across the digital asset market, according to MEXC. Bitcoin traded near $78,000, while Ether hovered around $2,300, as broader market pressure triggered heavy sell-offs. The decline followed ...

Blockchain.com and Ondo Finance have extended their partnership to bring tokenized U.S. stocks and exchange-traded funds on-chain to users across Europe, as demand grows for blockchain-based access to traditional financial markets. The rollout, announced on February 4, allows eligible users in more than 30 European Economic Area (EEA) countries to ...

Galaxy Digital Holdings Ltd. reported a net loss of $482 million for the fourth quarter of 2025 on Tuesday, February 3, 2026, as a sharp downturn in digital asset prices severely impacted its balance sheet. The loss, equivalent to $1.08 per share, significantly exceeded analyst expectations of a $282 million ...

Crypto exchange Kraken’s parent company, Payward, recorded strong financial growth in 2025, driven by higher transaction volumes and a series of strategic acquisitions that expanded its product lineup. Payward’s revenue climbed 33% year-on-year to $2.2 billion, up from $1.6 billion in 2024, according to a report released Tuesday. Co-CEO Arjun ...

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has questioned the long-held belief that layer-2 networks should be the primary engine for scaling Ethereum, arguing that the original L2 vision “no longer makes sense.” In a post on X on Tuesday, Buterin said many layer-2s have failed to properly inherit Ethereum’s security model, with ...

Polymarket and Kalshi have launched competing free grocery initiatives in New York City this February to capture public attention as the rivalry between the world's largest prediction markets intensifies. The marketing blitz began on Tuesday, February 3, 2026, when Kalshi offered residents up to $50 in free groceries at Westside ...

Regulated digital asset exchange DigiFT has partnered with global real estate giant Hines to tokenize access to a $6 billion institutional real estate portfolio, signalling growing momentum behind crypto-powered real-world asset (RWA) adoption. The collaboration allows eligible investors to gain regulated, on-chain exposure to a Hines-managed global real estate fund ...

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