Day: 10 February 2026

Polymarket has filed a federal lawsuit against Massachusetts officials, escalating a growing legal battle over who has the authority to regulate prediction markets in the United States. The crypto-based platform said state regulators are threatening enforcement actions that could disrupt its nationwide operations, following a recent court ruling against rival ...

Stablecoins are shifting from a niche crypto tool to an essential part of the digital asset economy. They are attracting more attention from regulators, policymakers, and global financial institutions. Once mainly used for crypto trading, these dollar-pegged tokens are now seen as part of a larger move toward asset tokenization ...

Hyperliquid, a decentralized perpetual futures exchange, has surpassed Coinbase in total notional trading volume, highlighting a growing shift in trader preference toward on-chain platforms. Data shared on February 10 by on-chain analytics firm Artemis shows that Hyperliquid processed approximately $2.6 trillion in notional trading volume in 2025. By comparison, Coinbase ...

The Ethereum Foundation (EF) has partnered with crypto security nonprofit Security Alliance (SEAL) to step up efforts against crypto drainers, phishing scams and other social engineering attacks threatening Ethereum users. The partnership falls under SEAL’s newly launched “Trillion Dollar Security” initiative, which aims to proactively track, disrupt, and neutralize malicious ...

Prague, Czech Republic, 10th February 2026, Chainwire

Base App is officially sunsetting its Creator Rewards program and Farcaster-powered social feed. The strategic pivot, announced on Monday, February 9, 2026, marks a shift from social-first experimentation to ““transaction-fir”t” strategy aimed at making the platform the premier hub for tradable on-chain assets. We're making the Base app the best ...

Backpack, the cryptocurrency exchange, has unveiled a unique tokenomics framework that links the release of its native utility token to a future initial public offering (IPO) in the United States. According to the plan disclosed on Monday, February 9, 2026, the exchange will cap its total supply at 1 billion ...

Bitcoin spot ETFs, which once powered this bull cycle, now show a clear disconnect from price movement. A new chart from analyst Markus Thielen reveals that cumulative inflows peaked at $61.8 billion in late 2025. Since then, they slid to about $54.3 billion. Meanwhile, BTC has lost nearly all its ...

Binance’s growing influence over USD1, a stablecoin linked to the Trump-backed World Liberty Financial, is drawing scrutiny after new data revealed the exchange controls the vast majority of the token in circulation. According to a Forbes report published on February 10, Binance holds roughly 87% of USD1’s total supply, about ...

Monad cofounder Keone Hon has explained how the network plans to tackle one of blockchain’s ongoing scaling challenges: moving large blocks across a decentralized network without losing speed or decentralization. As Layer 1 chains pursue higher throughput, Hon believes that merely increasing block size is not sufficient. It can actually ...