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February, 2026

• 4 February

  Aave Shuts Down Avara and Family Wallet, Goes All-In on DeFi

  

  Aave Labs, the team behind the leading decentralized finance (DeFi) lending protocol Aave, announced on February 3, 2026, that it is sunsetting its Avara umbrella brand and gradually winding down the Family iOS wallet. The move consolidates all operations under the Aave brand to streamline focus on enhancing its core non-custodial liquidity markets and accelerating mainstream DeFi adoption. Aave founder …
• 4 February

  Arbitrum Alerts Users After Hackers Take Over Official X Account

  

  Arbitrum, the leading Ethereum Layer-2 scaling network, issued an urgent security alert on February 3, 2026, after hackers took over its official Arbitrum DAO governance X account (@arbitrumdao_gov). The breach allowed attackers to post unauthorized content, including promotions for a fraudulent “snapshot confirmed” airdrop that directed users to a phishing site (gov-arbitrum.com) designed to steal credentials and wallet information. The …
• 3 February

  Hyperliquid Unveils Proposal to Enter Prediction Market Space

  

  Hyperliquid, the high-performance decentralized perpetuals exchange built on its own Layer-1 blockchain, unveiled Hyperliquid Improvement Proposal 4 (HIP-4) on February 2, 2026, proposing the introduction of “outcome trading” to enable prediction markets and bounded options-style derivatives. Announced via an official X post and detailed in community channels, HIP-4 would add support for fully collateralized “outcome” contracts on HyperCore—the platform’s core …
• 3 February

  Crypto Exchange Binance Restores Withdrawals Following Brief Outage

  

  Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange by trading volume, restored full withdrawal services on February 3, 2026, following a brief technical disruption that lasted approximately 20 minutes earlier in the day (around UTC morning hours, aligning with Asian/European trading sessions). The exchange initially alerted users via X (formerly Twitter) on February 3, stating: “We are aware of some technical difficulties …
• 3 February

  Trump Says He Was Unaware of $500M UAE Investment in World Liberty Financial

  

  US President Donald Trump stated on February 2, 2026, that he was unaware of a reported $500 million investment from an Abu Dhabi royal into World Liberty Financial (WLFI), a cryptocurrency platform associated with his family, amid growing scrutiny over foreign funding and potential conflicts of interest. Speaking to reporters at the White House, Trump said, “I don’t know about …
• 3 February

  Epstein Invested $3M in Coinbase, Newly Unsealed DOJ Email Shows

  

  A newly released batch of documents from the U.S. Department of Justice, part of an ongoing release of millions of pages related to Jeffrey Epstein’s files (initiated under congressional mandate and advanced in late January 2026), has revealed that the late financier invested $3 million in cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase in December 2014. Emails and asset listings unsealed in recent days …
• 3 February

  FTX Users Reach Settlement With Fenwick & West in Fraud Lawsuit

  

  A group of former FTX customers has reached a proposed settlement with Silicon Valley law firm Fenwick & West in a class-action lawsuit alleging the firm’s role in facilitating or enabling the fraud that led to the cryptocurrency exchange’s 2022 collapse. Announced via a joint filing on January 30, 2026 (reported widely on February 2–3), in the U.S. District Court …
• 3 February

  Crypto ATM Scams on the Rise, Arizona Attorney General Alerts Residents

  

  Bitcoin steadied near the $78,000 level during early Asian trading hours on February 3, 2026, as regional financial markets regained composure following recent volatility. After dipping toward $74,500–$75,000 over the weekend and into Monday—marking a 2026 low amid leverage unwinds, macro uncertainty, and profit-taking from late-2025 highs above $126,000—BTC rebounded modestly, trading in the $78,000–$79,000 range (e.g., around $78,100–$78,700 on …
• 3 February

  Asia Market Open: Bitcoin Steadies Near $78K as Calm Returns

  

  ING Deutschland, the German retail banking arm of ING Group, has launched access to cryptocurrency-linked exchange-traded notes (ETNs) and products (ETPs) for its retail clients, enabling seamless exposure to major digital assets through regulated brokerage accounts. Rolled out starting February 2, 2026, the initiative allows customers with a Direkt-Depot securities account to trade physically backed ETNs/ETPs tracking Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum …
• 3 February

  German Banking Giant ING Expands Crypto Exposure With ETNs for Retail Investors

  

  ING Deutschland, the German retail arm of Dutch banking giant ING, has launched access to cryptocurrency-linked exchange-traded notes (ETNs) and products (ETPs) for its retail clients, enabling exposure to major digital assets through regulated, familiar brokerage channels. Announced and rolled out starting February 2, 2026, the offering allows customers with a Direkt-Depot securities account to trade physically backed ETNs/ETPs tracking …