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XRP extended its recent decline on February 2, 2026, slipping to around $1.59–$1.61 amid intensified selling pressure across the cryptocurrency market. The token traded in this range during Asian and early U.S. sessions, down approximately 3–7% over the past 24 hours and reflecting 12–16% losses over the prior week (per data from Yahoo Finance, Investing.com, Kraken, and reports on BingX …

The cryptocurrency market faced intensified selling pressure on February 2, 2026, as Bitcoin (BTC) extended its decline below the $80,000 level following President Donald Trump’s January 30 nomination of Kevin Warsh as the next Federal Reserve Chair. Warsh, a former Fed governor (2006–2011) viewed as hawkish on inflation in his past tenure but aligned with calls for lower rates under …

The cryptocurrency market endured a sharp downturn on February 2, 2026, with Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH) leading widespread losses amid macroeconomic pressures, policy uncertainty, and risk-off sentiment. Bitcoin traded around $76,000–$77,500 during early sessions, after dipping as low as $74,500–$74,800 over the weekend—its lowest since April 2025. This marked a roughly 5–12% decline in the past 24 hours to …

Japan’s largest wealth manager, Nomura Holdings, has reduced its cryptocurrency exposure following losses at its European digital asset subsidiary, Laser Digital, during the third quarter of its fiscal year (October–December 2025). In earnings released late January 2026, Nomura reported a 9.7% year-over-year drop in net income to ¥91.6 billion ($590 million), partly due to a ¥10.6 billion loss in its …

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has endorsed anonymous voting mechanisms as part of a proposed two-layer governance framework for on-chain systems, including Ethereum, to safeguard against coordinated manipulation, collusion, and capture attacks. In recent statements shared on February 2, 2026 (via posts and analyses on platforms like his blog or referenced in crypto media), Buterin outlined a dual-structure approach. The first …