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In the last 24 hours, 2,500,000 RLUSD have been burned at the RLUSD treasury, according to Ripple stablecoin tracker, reducing the Ripple USD stablecoin supply on the Ethereum blockchain.

This trend was noticed earlier this week with a total of 25,014,695 RLUSD burned at the RLUSD treasury on Feb. 5. These include 15,014,695 RLUSD burned on the Ethereum blockchain, while 10,000,000 RLUSD were burned at the RLUSD treasury on XRP Ledger.

🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 2,500,000 #RLUSD burned at RLUSD Treasury.https://t.co/dK4BMFBiBL

— Ripple Stablecoin Tracker (@RL_Tracker) February 7, 2026

The recent burns follow a spree of minting events at February's start. A total of 28,200,000 RLUSD, 15,000,000 RLUSD and 59,000,000 RLUSD were minted at the RLUSD treasury in three separate transactions for both XRP Ledger and Ethereum blockchains on Feb. 2. A total of 35,000,000 RLUSD was minted at the RLUSD treasury on Feb. 3, while 10,000,000 RLUSD and 15,000,000 RLUSD were minted on XRP Ledger and Ethereum blockchains, respectively, on Feb. 5.

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Ripple’s RLUSD total market cap is now at $1.49 billion on XRPL and Ethereum, according to CoinMarketCap data.

Stablecoin insights teased at XRP community event

On Feb. 11 and 12, XRP holders, builders, institutions and Ripple leaders will come together for XRP Community Day 2026, a global virtual event that will celebrate XRP's increasing utility, adoption and real-world impact as well as the broader XRPL ecosystem.

Three live X Spaces are set to be hosted by Ripple, covering EMEA, Americas and APAC regions. Feb. 11 is specifically for EMEA and Americas, while Feb. 12 will cover the APAC region.

In a recent tweet, Ripple highlights a key segment of the upcoming event, "Why Stablecoins and XRP Matter Together," featuring Jack McDonald, SVP, Stablecoins of Ripple, Lauren Berta, the head of Product, Stablecoins at Ripple, with the moderator being Matt Kreiser, the lead analyst for State of XRPL Report at Messari.

This is expected to present a clearer picture of how XRP and stablecoins complement each other.

Despite the recent heavy downturn in the crypto market, the world’s leading cryptocurrency exchange Binance has continued to purchase Bitcoin in large quantities amid efforts to expand its user protection services.

Following a post providing an update on Binance’s SAFU fund asset conversion, the exchange’s founder and former CEO Changpeng Zhao (CZ) has publicly acknowledged the exchange’s ongoing conversion of its SAFU reserves from stablecoins into Bitcoin.

While the exchange had specifically revealed its plans to completely convert its stablecoin holding to Bitcoin within the space of one month, Binance CZ says the plan has fallen within the perfect time.

Binance adds 3,600 BTC to SAFU reserve

Binance’s CZ has made his post in response to a viral tweet confirming that Binance has recently completed the purchase of 3,600 BTC for the SAFU fund.

As such, the exchange has successfully converted about $250 million worth of stablecoins into Bitcoin. Thus, the SAFU Bitcoin wallet now holds a total of 6,230 BTC as of Saturday, Feb. 7.

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Furthermore, Binance stated that the conversion process is still underway and it aims to be fully completed within 30 days of the original announcement. As such, the exchange has less than a month to complete its stablecoin to Bitcoin transitioning.

Notably, the exchange further stressed that it will continue acquiring Bitcoin for the SAFU fund and provide regular updates to the community as progress continues.

Binance buys Bitcoin's dip

The move has seen Binance double down on the asset’s dip as the exchange kick-started its SAFU fund Bitcoin conversion move when the asset was trading in the deep red territory.

While Bitcoin had recently retested $60,000 during the recent market crash, its downtrend has given Binance the opportunity to expand its SAFU Bitcoin wallet with more BTC purchased at cheaper prices.

Ripple joins White House crypto summit

Ripplejoined a powerhouse roster of fintech and banking giants at the White House on Monday.

Ripple has secured a seat at the highest table in Washington. On Monday afternoon, representatives from the blockchain payments company joined an elite group of crypto heavyweights and traditional banking lobbyists at the White House for a high-stakes summit on stablecoin regulation.

The two-hour closed-door meeting focused on one of the most contentious issues stalling current market structure legislation: stablecoin yield and rewards.

The attendee list included some major representatives from crypto (Ripple, Coinbase, Tether, Kraken, Crypto.com, Paxos, Circle, and PayPal) as well as banking and traditional finance heavyweights (Fidelity, Cantor Fitzgerald, SoFi, and so on).

According to reporter Eleanor Terrett, sources inside the room described the atmosphere as "constructive," with "positive vibes" and "no yelling."

Peter Brandt flags 'campaign selling' of Bitcoin

Legendary trader Brandtspots a cold, surgical sell-off unfolding.

According to veteran chartist Peter Brandt, the current eight-day downtrend on Bitcoin (BTC) shows all the hallmarks of a calculated campaign sell-off, not a random liquidation.

His analysis points to two critical levels now in play: the already-breached $70,000 and a far more ominous target at $63,800, based on a measured move from the recent wedge breakdown. With over $850 million wiped out in liquidations and fear metrics collapsing, this is not a normal dip.

If Brandt’s structure plays out, the market may be staring down a deeper flush that few retail holders are ready for.

CZ pushes back on Bitcoin manipulation claims

Ex-Binance CEObelieves that no one out there is manipulating Bitcoin and would be crazy to even try.

Changpeng Zhao, the founder of Binance, recently refuted allegations that big players or major exchanges intentionally manipulate the price of Bitcoin.

CZ contended that macroeconomic news, rather than exchange failures or concerted manipulation, caused the severe market crash occurring around Oct. 10.

He also emphasized that neither he nor Binance directly profits from cryptocurrency trading, and that purposefully altering the price of Bitcoin would require capital on a scale few actors would dare to deploy.

Zhao claims that since Bitcoin is now essentially a multitrillion-dollar asset class, sustained manipulation is not feasible, as manipulators would face enormous financial risk if they attempted to significantly alter the market.

Elon Musk reaffirms Dogecoin's 'to the Moon' mission

The richest billionaire alivebroke the internet with a bullish response to a viral Dogecoin tweet, confirming that the meme asset's ascent to the moon is inevitable.

Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has finally confirmed that it is still on a mission to get Dogecoin to the moon. The renowned billionaire made the confirmation in response to a viral bullish Dogecoin tweet, asserting that Dogecoin going to the moon is inevitable.

Musk reacted to the post, acknowledging that he is still on a mission to literally get the leading meme token to the moon despite its recent price crash.

It has been a while since Musk has stated Dogecoin and its prospects. His confirmation on the asset comes about five years after he first revealed SpaceX's moon mission for Dogecoin.

Vitalik-linked on-chain activity adds pressure to Ethereum sell-off

Ethereum co-founder Buterin is activelyselling his Ethereum holdings.

High-profile on-chain activity connected to Ethereum Cofounder Vitalik Buterin seems to be the most recent catalyst for the severe selling pressure that Ethereum is currently experiencing.

Blockchain tracking data indicates that over the past three days wallets linked to Buterin have bought and sold about 2,961.5 ETH, or roughly $6.6 million, at an average execution price of about $2,228.

The timing of this activity is critical for Ethereum's price structure. ETH has already lost important support zones on the daily chart, which were once strong consolidation areas around $2,800 and $2,700. One of the biggest sell-offs since mid-2025 occurred as a result of the most recent breakdown, which drove the price quickly toward the $2,100-2,200 range.

A significant Dogecoin transfer of 203,556,622 DOGE has caught attention in the last 24 hours. Whale Alert reported a move of 203,556,622 DOGE worth $20,059,987 from an unknown wallet to Robinhood.

A similar move was seen Feb. 4, when 277,731,894 DOGE worth $29,491,644 was transferred from an unknown wallet to Robinhood.

🚨 203,556,622 #DOGE (20,059,987 USD) transferred from unknown wallet to #Robinhoodhttps://t.co/o18i9psMhR

— Whale Alert (@whale_alert) February 6, 2026

Dogecoin also saw a price rebound of nearly 6% in the last 24 hours, reversing a downward trend this week.

Cryptocurrencies have been on shaky ground ever since the brutal sell-off in October that sapped market confidence. The selling increased this week in line with the unwinding of leveraged bets and broader market volatility.

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The delay in the release of crucial U.S. economic data due to a partial government shutdown also contributed to the market downturn. Investors have also continued to rotate out of risk-on assets, prompting significant declines for major cryptocurrencies.

Along these lines, Dogecoin fell for three days at a stretch this week, reaching a low of $0.0799 on Feb. 6.

The sell-off was driven by risk-off positioning and heavy derivatives speculation, with futures volume surging even as spot trading declined.

Dogecoin sharply rebounded after hitting a low of $0.0799 on Friday to reach $0.10 before retreating.

What's next?

As cryptocurrencies declined, a drop was seen across the board for market depth, a typical sign of declining liquidity, which amplifies price movements during periods of volatility.

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According to Kaiko, the average 1% market depth on DOGE has fallen from about $12 million on Jan. 1, 2026, to $10 million in early February. More broadly, several crypto assets saw their market depth decline by several hundred thousand dollars in recent weeks.

Traders view $0.07 as a key support level, with a break lower potentially opening downside toward $0.05. According to Alicharts, Dogecoin has solid support around $0.054. A rebound above $0.106-$0.110 might be required to sustain a recovery.

Dogecoin's (DOGE) price could lose a zero as a crucial metric has teased this possibility. This positive signal, the Bollinger Bands, comes as the king of meme coins is up by over 2.10%. This uptick is closely mirroring the broader market recovery of 2.98% gain led by Bitcoin.

Dogecoin eyes $0.10 breakout as upside targets expand

CoinMarketCap data shows that Dogecoin is currently changing hands at $0.09691, which represents a 3.94% increase in the last 24 hours. DOGE climbed from an intraday low of $0.09308 to hit its current level as the leading digital coin, Bitcoin, to which it is coupled, recorded an upward gain.

Despite the upward movement, trading volume remains down by a massive 51.38% at $1.93 billion. The meme coin’s Relative Strength Index (RSI) figures stand at 33.14, indicating oversold conditions. This might support a volume recovery given the Bollinger Bands outlook.

Notably, Dogecoin’s Bollinger Bands suggest the meme coin could break out in price and eliminate one zero to reclaim the $0.10 level. The chart shows that the oversold condition has weakened the bearish momentum, and a reversal is likely.

This development might trigger a bullish reversal, which could see the price rebound to between $0.11 and $0.15. This represents an upside of approximately 29%. Bullish optimists predict Dogecoin could soar to as high as $0.30 in the long term if current momentum is sustained.

However, the asset needs to battle the broader crypto market volatility that has kept Bitcoin below $70,000 in the last 96 hours.

It is worth mentioning that Dogecoin was on the verge of endinga four-month sell-off streak in January 2026. However, despite its potential, it ended closing 6.68% in the red as a result of broader market fluctuations.

If the Bollinger Bands signal holds true, Dogecoin could attempt to end this bearish trend in February. It still needs to overcome its historical negative closing for the month. As perCryptoRank data, DOGE has a monthly average of -2.67% for February.

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Market volatility could shape DOGE's February outlook

In order for Dogecoin to soar, broader market triggers are critical. The meme coin, which has always relied on hype and support, could hit new levels depending on developments in its ecosystem.

For instance, when Tesla CEO Elon Musk recently confirmed he is likely toget Dogecoin to the moon, the community reacted with excitement. The message from Musk triggered a brief 2.39% recovery in the price of DOGE.

Such positive sentiments supported by bullish metrics might serve as catalysts for an upward movement in price.

In a recent tweet, Shiba Inu team member Lucie shared a security notice for the SHIB community. Attackers have created thousands of lookalike wallet addresses intended to trick Safe Wallet users into sending funds to the wrong destination.

Lucie noted that this was not a protocol exploit, infrastructure breach, smart contract vulnerability nor a system compromise.

🚨 Security notice for multisig usersA coordinated address poisoning and social engineering campaign is targeting Safe wallets. Attackers created thousands of lookalike wallet addresses designed to trick users into sending funds to the wrong destination.This was not a… pic.twitter.com/UjgKwKrjGY

— 𝐋𝐔𝐂𝐈𝐄 (@LucieSHIB) February 6, 2026

While 5,000 malicious addresses have been identified, flagged and are being removed from the Safe Wallet interface to reduce accidental interaction, Lucie urges the Shiba Inu community to take necessary precautions as such schemes are easy to replicate.

Such precautions include always confirming the full address or recipients outside the platform, using an address book or allow list and sending a small test transaction first. This might be essential, especially for high-value transfers.

What happened?

On Feb. 6, Safe Labs shared a security update with the crypto community, noting a large-scale address poisoning and social engineering campaign targeting multisig users.

A total of 5,000 addresses have been flagged as malicious via SafeShield (powered by its security partners) and are being removed from Safe Wallet’s UI, reducing the risk of accidental interaction.

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Address poisoning and social engineering, like phishing, are becoming a growing threat in the crypto market.

In a recent incident, a crypto user lost $50 million due to a copy-paste address mistake. Before transferring 50 million USDT, the victim had sent 50 USDT as a test to his own address. The scammer immediately spoofed a wallet with the same first and last four characters and performed an address poisoning attack.

Since many wallets hide the middle part of the address with "..." to make the UI look better, many users often copy the address from transaction histories and usually only check the starting and ending letters. This error caused the user to send the remaining 49,999,950 USDT to the fake address copied from his transaction history.

The lesson in this incident is that of precaution, to always double-check addresses before making a transfer and never to copy addresses from transaction history for convenience.

As market sentiment becomes extremely sensitive following the recent crypto market crash, cryptocurrencies have seen their prices drop significantly, with leading crypto assets returning to multi-year lows.

While the high market volatility has sparked fear among investors, many crypto experts, including Metaplanet’s CEO Simon Gerovich, believe it is time to go contrary and act against the looming fear seen across the crypto market.

Metaplanet's Gerovich quotes Buffett amid market fear

On Saturday, Feb. 7, the Metaplanet CEO sparked debate across the crypto market after quoting the long-time investor Warren Buffett asCoinMarketCap reported its Crypto Fear and Greed Index plunging into extreme fear levels.

The post, which urges crypto investors to be greedy when others are fearful and be fearful when others are greedy, has sparked discussions across the crypto market as it was shared alongside a CoinMarketCap Fear and Greed Index chart.

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Earlier today, the crypto analytics platform reported its Fear and Greed Index declining to one of the lowest levels seen in recent months, indicating heightened panic among investors.

While this often coincides with heavy sell-offs and high volatility across the crypto market, it is no wonder Bitcoin has plunged as low as retesting $60,000, a level not seen in the past two years.

By quoting Buffett’s popular narrative, the Metaplanet CEO appeared to have considered the current crypto market downturn as a potential contrarian opportunity for holders to scoop up leading cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin and XRP at lesser prices.

CoinMarketCap Fear and Greed Index goes extreme

While Gerovich appears to be indirectly urging investors to remain resilient, the Metaplanet CEO attached charts showing repeated cycles over the past year where extreme fear zones coincided with market bottoms, followed by periods of recovery as sentiment normalized.

As such, the post has triggered confidence that plummeting assets will recover from recent downturns, posing massive gains for investors who have moved with greed at such a sensitive time.

This is reflected in Bitcoin’s current price, which has suddenly reclaimed the $70,000 level after retesting $60,000 amid the recent market crash.

Shiba Inu (SHIB), a dog-themed meme coin, has recorded a 16% increase in futures activity, indicating rekindled interest from traders. The spike in open interest suggests that market participants are regaining confidence in a possible uptick in price outlook for the meme coin soon.

Shiba Inu's price stabilizes above key support level

CoinGlass data indicates that a total of 11.21 trillion SHIB has been committed to the futures market. This volume is worth approximately $69.2 million, which traders bet on the meme coin.

Generally, open interest gives investors and market participants insight into the demand for the meme coin. Hence, the 16% uptick signals renewed interest in SHIB despite its price struggles in the crypto market.

This confidence on the part of traders appears to be paying off as Shiba Inu has managed to break its downward decline. The price has stabilized in the last 24 hours, with the price staying above the critical pivot of $0.000005967.

The meme coin had dropped from a daily high of $0.0000064 to a low of $0.000005971, threatening the support level. As of this writing, Shiba Inuchanges hands at $0.000006038, representing a 0.48% increase within the last 24 hours.

However, trading volume remains in the red zone and is a source of concern to investors. SHIB has plunged by 47.35% in volume to $180.48 million. Although the meme coin’s price is moving with the market tide and some investors have pushed open interest up by 16%, a large segment of traders remains cautious.

Most of the traders showing optimism for Shiba Inu are on the Gate exchange. They represent 41.64% of the total open interest in the last 24 hours, as they committed 4.77 trillion SHIB valued at $28.82 million.

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Other top exchanges include Bitget, LBank and OKX, with investors committing 13.6%, 1.28% and 11.21%, respectively. In fiat terms, their investment is worth $9.41 million, $7.81 million and $7.76 million, in that order.

Exchange data shows mixed SHIB sentiment

It is worth mentioning that although volatility concerns remain in the broader crypto market, Shiba Inu has recorded some level of stabilization. In the last 24 to 48 hours,over 700 billion SHIB flows have been registered in different exchanges. This movement signals easing off of the selling pressure.

Notably, there have been more outflows compared to inflows, suggesting that investors are withdrawing the meme coin into personal wallets. They appear to have reconsidered their decision to sell.

Now, analysts are projecting a possible30% upward move in price for Shiba Inu. Such a development could set SHIB up for a longer rally if broader market volatility eases off.

According to an on-chain analytics platform, Ethereum bull Trend Research has sold almost all of its ETH in a capitulation move that has caught the attention of the market.

Before this time, Trend Research, a Hong Kong-based trading firm led by Liquid Capital founder Jack Yi, had spent recent months building a bullish (long) bet worth $2 billion on Ethereum by borrowing stablecoins from Aave, which were reportedly collateralized by Ethereum.

The tide turned as Ethereum started falling in mid-January; the sell-off intensified at January's close with ETH's price hitting a low of $1,742 on Feb. 6, last seen in March 2025.

Trend Research responded to the sell-off by liquidating its ETH, sending large amounts of ETH to Binance to repay its debt on AAVE.

Trend Research has almost sold all of its $ETH!They have withdrew 792,532 $ETH($2.59B) from #Binance at $3,267, and deposited 772,865 $ETH($1.8B) back to #Binance at $2,326.Only 21,301 $ETH($43.92M) is left.Total loss: $747M.https://t.co/Odh9SnonLL pic.twitter.com/KnEKjr0l1N

— Lookonchain (@lookonchain) February 7, 2026

According to Lookonchain, the firm has now deposited 772,865 ETH worth $1.8 billion back to Binance at $2,326. Trend Research had initially bought 792,532 ETH worth $2.59 billion from Binance at $3,267, but now has sold a large portion of this with only 21,301 ETH worth $43.92 million left. An estimated total loss of $747 million has resulted from the fallout of this trade.

Cryptocurrencies have been on shaky ground ever since the brutal sell-off in October that sapped market confidence. The selling increased this week in line with the unwinding of leveraged bets and broader market volatility.

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Investors have continued to rotate out of risk-on assets, prompting significant declines for major cryptocurrencies, especially on a weekly basis.

At the time of writing, ETH was up 5.37% in the last 24 hours to $2,012 as the broader crypto market saw a rebound, but was down 24% weekly.

What's next for Ethereum price?

Ethereum saw a sharp rebound from a low of $1,742 on Feb. 6 as the daily RSI indicator reached deeply oversold levels.

The recovery reached a high of $2,117 on Saturday, where it is currently facing some sort of resistance. If Ethereum declines sharply from this level, it might confirm this level as resistance.

ETH might retrace toward $1,742, with the potential of now breaking beneath this support level increasing. The next support for ETH in this scenario will be $1,537. On the other hand, a break above $2,111 might cause sellers to lose strength, ETH might aim for $2,569 afterward.

After trading extremely low with the price retesting low levels seen in 2023, XRP is back with a massive price resurgence, which has also seen its network activity skyrocket.

Amid the broad crypto market resurgence that has seen leading cryptocurrencies, including Bitcoin and XRP, show insane price increases over the last day, the XRP burn rate has also surged by over 67% in just a few days.

According to data from on-chain analytics platform CryptoQuant, the amount of XRP burned as fees over the last day has reached a massive 939 XRP on Feb. 6, a substantial increase from the 523 XRP it recorded just about three days ago.

Following the rapid surge in the XRP burn metric, the amount of XRP burned as fees over the last day has soared to levels not seen since 2026 began.

XRP makes insane price comeback

While the massive increase in the XRP burn rate is largely attributed to the sudden shift in investor sentiment seen across the broad crypto market, which has sparked significant price increases for major cryptocurrencies, XRP has recorded a massive price increase over the last day.

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As such, XRP has seen an insane resurgence in its trading price since the past two days, where it recorded daily price increases of over 15%. While momentum appears to be cooling already, XRP is currently showing an increase of 3.43% over the last day while trading at $1.40 as of writing time, according to data from CoinMarketCap.

Following the rapid increase in the price of XRP, the coinciding increase in the XRP burn metric suggests that traders are no longer willing to sell and the demand for the asset has skyrocketed over the period.

Despite the dramatic price comeback, XRP is still far from reclaiming levels seen earlier this year. Thus, market watchers are optimistic that the rising network activity could drive further increases for the price of the asset.

Bitcoin (BTC), the leading cryptocurrency asset, has always beencompared to gold. A veteran Bitcoin investor and CEO of Morgan Creek Capital, Mark Yusko, hashighlighted the supremacy of the digital asset over gold.

Fixed supply sets Bitcoin apart from gold

Yusko's reaction comes to counter a prior claim by an online personality with the user name Nonzee, who claimed that Wall Street has built a "back door" into Bitcoin.

Yusko argues that Bitcoin cannot be secretly manipulated, controlled, altered or shut down by the government. According to him, "Bitcoin has no back door."

This implies that Bitcoin has no hidden override switch that allows a small group of insiders, the government or a company to dictate its outlook. The rules and operations of the asset are enforced by the network and open-sourced code, as it is completely decentralized.

Additionally, unlike fiat or gold, Bitcoin does not have an indefinite supply. Yusko emphasized that Bitcoin is capped at 21 million BTC. This gives the asset its scarcity value as supply is limited and predictable. It is this fixed supply that drives the value of the asset in the digital market.

Bitcoin has no Back DoorBitcoin does not have infinite supplyDerivatives don’t neuter assetsLarge players can certainly manipulate short term prices, but eventually supply/demand wins https://t.co/mH8zwMtV5E pic.twitter.com/yg8w2KUV1P

— Mark W. Yusko - Two Point One Quadrillion (@MarkYusko) February 7, 2026

Yusko also distinguished Bitcoin from gold when he noted that "derivatives do not neuter assets." He implied that gold derivatives arguably made it less responsive to scarcity signals. With Bitcoin, the investor insists that the asset is harder to "paper over" in the long term as supply remains fixed at 21 million BTC.

He, however, acknowledged that Bitcoin whales could manipulate short-term prices, but in the long term, the demand and supply pull wins. This is to emphasize that, over the long run, prices move in line with scarcity, adoption, real market demand and supply availability.

Bitcoin's price outlook

Interestingly, after Bitcoin hit an all-time high (ATH) of $126,000 in October 2025, the asset has faced market volatility and continued on a steady decline.

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Even whales who purchased the coin above the psychological $100,000 level have not been able to help the price stay up. A fact that supports Yusko’s stance.

As of this writing, Bitcoinchanges hands at $67,760.15, which represents a 2.78% increase in the last 24 hours. The coin had earlier plummeted to a low of $65,706.56, then rebounded to the current level.

However, trading volume remains deep in the red zone by 39.99% at $88.67 billion. Despite the upward price movement, market participants are still cautious and appear to look out for stability before committing more funds, as itdecouples from traditional assets.

According to Reece Merrick, Ripple's senior executive officer/managing director for Middle East and Africa, XRP is emerging as the backbone for real-world financial infrastructure.

Citing the recently updated XRP Ledger Institutional DeFi road map, which details how XRP Ledger is evolving into a daily use layer for institutions, with XRP powering settlement, FX, collateral and on-chain credit, Merrick noted that the foundation is set with the next wave already here.

XRP is emerging as the backbone for real-world financial infrastructure.Take a look at the Institutional DeFi roadmap below. It lays out exactly how the XRP Ledger is evolving into a daily use layer for institutions, with XRP powering settlement, FX, collateral, and on-chain…

— Reece Merrick (@reece_merrick) February 6, 2026

This week, RippleX revealed the latest institutional DeFi update, highlighting where the road map is headed next.

Native on-chain privacy, permissioned markets and institutional lending are set to go live in the coming months, with the focus areas in 2026 being lending, privacy and permissioned on-chain markets.

Features such as the MPT, Permissioned Domains, Lending Protocol, Confidential Transfers are expected to scale use cases for tokenized assets, FX and on-chain credit. Meanwhile Credentials, Token Escrow and Batch Transactions will bring about use cases in compliance, enhancing XRP's utility in governance and reserve box.

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Permissioned DEX, Permissioned Domains, Credentials with XRP as the bridge asset are expected to enhance XRP's utility in auto-bridging, fee burns, reserve requirements, settlement and liquidity provision.

Native on-ledger credit markets through the Lending Protocol will allow XRP to both be borrowed and lent. It is also the default bridge asset in FX flows and settlement.

XRP price rebounds

Following a week-long massive sell-off, the crypto market is showing signs of recovery, with XRP now trading in the green. According to Santiment, XRP rebounded as much as 25% from a low of $1.11 on Feb. 6 to reach $1.55.

At the time of writing, XRP had slightly retreated, but was up 9% in the last 24 hours to $1.41 and down 18% weekly.

According to Santiment, panic sellers might have stopped to notice the massive activity on XRP Ledger, with unique addresses suddenly skyrocketing to 78,727 in just one eight-hour candle (the highest in six months).

Obvious whale accumulation also occurred during this dip, with 1,389 separate $100,000 whale transactions, which is the highest in four months. Santiment noted both as major signals of a price reversal.

While most of the crypto market is dealing with the implications of yesterday's multibillion bloodbath,XRP holds its ground against Bitcoin in a way few noticed.

Despite extreme volatility and a brutal 26% single-day drop in its USD pair this week, XRP/BTC as presented byTradingView is still trading above the key monthly mid-Bollinger Band — an important line that often separates long-term bull and bear cycles.

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This hold signals that the altcoin remains in a bullish phase versusBitcoin, with current price action showing strong recovery on both daily and weekly time frames. If the setup holds, a move to the 0.00003293 BTC level — a 51% rally — looks more probable than not.

Last bull market hope for XRP

Despite market-wide bloodletting and Bitcoin’s multi-leg collapse to as low as $60,000, XRP continues to flash an unlikely but nonetheless intact bullish setup on the BTC pair.

The midband has historically acted as the make-or-break line between bull and bear markets. In February 2026, XRP is not only still closing above that level but is printing a green candle after a double rejection wick into the 0.000018 zone, a region that previously marked cycle bottoms in both 2019 and 2023.

On the weekly chart, XRP has stabilized just above the lower Bollinger Band and bounced 11% in the last 24 hours — one of the sharpest reversals among major altcoins. Daily structure confirms a full-bodied engulfing candle reclaiming the entire last week’s breakdown.

What's next for XRP against Bitcoin?

From a technical perspective, the next logical upside target sits near 0.00003293 BTC — the upper Bollinger Band on the monthly chart. That puts a 51% move from current levels on the menu.

Barring a monthly close below the midband,XRP/BTC remains one of the few top-10 altcoin pairs still technically in a bull market.

With over 700 billion tokens recorded in exchange-related flows over the last day, Shiba Inu has recently seen a significant increase in on-chain activity. Although price action is still erratic, following weeks of drops in the overall cryptocurrency market, underlying indicators point to the potential slowdown of the aggressive selling phase.

Shiba Inu exodus yet to come

Exchange outflows have significantly increased in comparison to inflows, according to recent data. To put it simply, there are more SHIB exiting exchanges than entering. Usually, this activity shows that investors are transferring tokens into personal wallets instead of getting them ready for sale. When market participants opt for accumulation or long-term holding rather than panic-selling, such movements frequently occur close to local bottoms.

SHIB avoided some of the catastrophic breakdowns observed on larger assets during the recent downturn, but it did follow the overall market decline. While there were significant liquidation cascades for Bitcoin and Ethereum, SHIB's decline was relatively contained despite being severe.

Data on exchange flows now suggests that sellers are running out of energy. Large exchange outflows typically indicate that selling pressure has slowed. The immediate supply of tokens that can be dumped decreases as fewer tokens are left on trading platforms. If demand starts to rebound along with improved market sentiment, it becomes possible for prices to stabilize or even recover temporarily.

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Rekindled interest from funds and bigger investors hoping to get in front of a possible market recovery is another element. After forced selling stops, cryptocurrency markets frequently pick up speed, and early capital often shifts to riskier assets like SHIB in pursuit of disproportionate returns.

Nonetheless, the combination of robust outflows, waning sell pressure and fresh accumulation signals raises the possibility that the current price zones will see a normalization of conditions.

After a massive V-shaped recovery from its flash crash to $60,000, one of the world's largest asset managers hasindicated that the bottom might be in.

Jurrien Timmer, the director of global macro at Fidelity Investments, has publicly identified the mid-$60k range as a critical buy zone.

The key price point

The broader market was fixated on macro headlines last week, but Timmer kept his eye on Bitcoin's technicals. Despite the fear that gripped the market earlier today, he reaffirmed his conviction in the asset's price floor.

"The markets spoke loudly last week to the next Fed Chair being announced," Timmer wrote. "For Bitcoin, though, I continue to view $65k as an attractive entry point."

Gold will keep outperforming Bitcoin

Timmer also addressed the "elephant in the room", which is the fact that gold has recently outperformed its digital counterpart.

Gold has surged to new all-time highs due to central bank buying and geopolitical fear.

Timmer attributes this lag to technical positioning rather than a fundamental failure of Bitcoin.

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"Given the distance between gold and Bitcoin vis-à-vis their support levels," Timmer explained, "I suspect that gold will continue to outpace Bitcoin until the flows converge further."

Timmer shared what he described as a "somewhat cosmic-looking chart" tracking commodities and bonds since the cyclical bull market began in October 2022.

The data highlights a stark reality for traditional 60/40 portfolios: long-term bonds are failing to protect investors, while "hard assets" are soaring.

"In my view, commodities (including precious metals) continue to serve as important diversifiers in this era of fiscal dominance, regardless of who finances the debt and how," Timmer stated.

He noted that precious metals have "quickly... risen in the ranks despite their very low correlation" to the S&P 500, effectively taking market share from Bitcoin in recent months. In contrast, long bonds remain "dead last," warning that if bonds become positively correlated with stocks again, investors will desperately need "uncorrelated assets (including alts) to navigate risks."

18 years vs. 5 millennia

In a chart comparing the inflation-adjusted market capitalizations of monetary assets, he noted that gold currently sits at roughly $35 trillion, while Silver and Bitcoin are tied at approximately $1.8 trillion.

The speed at which Bitcoin reached that milestone, however, is unprecedented in human history.

"It’s amazing to me that it took Bitcoin 18 years to reach a market cap of $1.8 trillion; it took silver five millennia," Timmer observed. "Apples to oranges of course, but still."

Andrew Webley, CEO of newly London-listed The Smarter Web Company, dismissed the "Hotel California" liquidity crisis facing other digital asset treasuries.

Despite the company’s Bitcoin treasury sitting nearly $100 million underwater, Webley rejected the idea of capitulation.

The founder of The Smarter Web Company Plc (SWC)has told Bloomberg that he would rather sell his own arm before selling Bitcoin.

"Hotel California"

According to a recent report by Tokenize Capital, many DATs are now "zombie companies," forcing them to sell assets just to keep the lights on.

If these firms turn into forced sellers, this could shatter conviction in Bitcoin.

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That said, Webley claims this "healthy operating business" provides the cash flow needed to service costs without touching the Bitcoin stack

The company, which has acquired roughly £220 million, is the leading corporate Bitcoin holder in the UK.

MSTR's sudden recovery

As reported by U.Today, Bitcoin recently reclaimed the $70,000 level, and it is now on track to record its best daily gain in years.

The shares of Strategy (MSTR), the leading corporate Bitcoin holder, are currently up by more than 23%.

This could finally be the start of the much-awaited recovery for the embattled digital asset companies.

Ripple integrates Hyperliquid

Ripple Prime International CEOshares excitement about latest integration with potential upside for XRP.

Derivatives access. Ripple has enabled Hyperliquid support on its institutional prime brokerage platform, Ripple Prime.

Ripple Prime International CEO Mike Higgins shares his excitement about the latest integration of Hyperliquid, a leading decentralized derivatives venue. Yesterday, Ripple announced that Ripple Prime, its institutional prime brokerage platform, has enabled support for Hyperliquid.

According to Mike Higgins, the next phase of institutions joining the on-chain economy starts with capital markets' integration and the integration of HyperliquidX, a liquid venue for crypto price discovery and on-chain derivatives remains an obvious place to start.

XRP cross margin. Ripple Prime clients can now cross-margin crypto across asset classes, including XRP.

The move enables institutions to access on-chain derivatives liquidity through HyperliquidX; Ripple Prime customers can also cross-margin crypto with all asset classes supported by the prime brokerage platform, which includes XRP.

Higgins signals benefits for XRP amid the latest Hyperliquid integration, saying, "From XRP and other crypto assets to heavy metals perps. I’m incredibly excited for Ripple Prime clients to be able to tap into this liquidity through a single, secure counterparty."

Peter Brandt flags 'campaign selling' of Bitcoin

Legendary trader Brandtspots a cold, surgical sell-off unfolding.

Manufactured crash. Peter Brandt says Bitcoin’s eight-day downtrend shows signs of deliberate campaign selling, not random liquidation.

According to veteran chartist Peter Brandt, the current eight-day downtrend on Bitcoin (BTC) shows all the hallmarks of a calculated campaign sell-off, not a random liquidation.

His analysis points to two critical levels now in play: the already-breached $70,000 and a far more ominous target at $63,800, based on a measured move from the recent wedge breakdown. With over $850 million wiped out in liquidations and fear metrics collapsing, this is not a normal dip.

Campaign selling. Brandt highlights a clear pattern of lower highs and lower lows, describing it as institutional-sized flows systematically reducing exposure.

If Brandt’s structure plays out, the market may be staring down a deeper flush that few retail holders are ready for.

In his latest public Bitcoin outlook, Brandt pointed to the ongoing eight-day streak of lower highs and lower lows in BTC’s price, characterizing the formation as a textbook example of "campaign selling" — in which institutional-sized flows systematically get rid of excessive exposure to the cryptocurrency.

Vitalik-Linked on-chain activity adds pressure to Ethereum sell-off

Ethereum co-founder Buterin is activelyselling his Ethereum holdings.

ETH sell-off. On-chain data shows wallets linked Buterin traded roughly 2,961.5 ETH (about $6.6 million) over the past three days.

High-profile on-chain activity connected to Ethereum Cofounder Vitalik Buterin seems to be the most recent catalyst for the severe selling pressure that Ethereum is currently experiencing.

Blockchain tracking data indicates that over the past three days wallets linked to Buterin have bought and sold about 2,961.5 ETH, or roughly $6.6 million, at an average execution price of about $2,228.

Volume spike. The breakdown triggered one of the largest sell-offs since mid-2025, sending ETH rapidly into the $2,100–$2,200 range.

The timing of this activity is critical for Ethereum's price structure. ETH has already lost important support zones on the daily chart, which were once strong consolidation areas around $2,800 and $2,700. One of the biggest sell-offs since mid-2025 occurred as a result of the most recent breakdown, which drove the price quickly toward the $2,100-2,200 range.

Sellers, not passive holders, are driving the current price action, as evidenced by the volume spike during the decline.

Bitcoin has just stormed back above the $70,000 psychological threshold, according to data provided by the Bitstamp exchange. It has managed to reach an intraday high of $70,224.

On Thursday, a cascade of institutional selling drove the price vertically down. Bitcoin pierced support levels to hit a wick low of approximately $60,000

However, the "V-shaped" recovery has been just as violent as the crash. Bitcoin has rallied over $10,000 from the lows in a matter of hours.

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In fact, BTC is now on track to record the biggest one-day gain since March 13, 2023. This date marks the "SVB Crisis" rally. Following the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank, the Fed stepped in with the BTFP (Bank Term Funding Program). Bitcoin surged approximately 9.6% in a single day. Since then, there have been remarkably few single-day candles exceeding 10%.

However, it remains to be seen whether this recovery will be more than a dead cat bounce, and the bulls are definitely not out of the woods just yet.

Shiba Inu fell to a never-before-seen-low of $0.00000507 in the intraday session on Friday. The last time Shiba Inu traded near this level was in September 2021, when it reached $0.00000510.

The broader crypto market extended its sell-off on Friday, with several cryptocurrencies, including Shiba Inu, plunging deeper into losses.

In the last 24 hours, $2.44 billion were liquidated in leveraged bets across the crypto market, according to CoinGlass data. A total of $1.9 billion of this figure was long positions expecting the market to rebound, while short positions accounted for $535 million.

Cryptocurrencies have been on shaky ground following a brutal sell-off last October, which sapped market confidence. Selling increased this week in line with an unwinding of leveraged bets and broader market volatility.

Where to from here?

Shiba Inu marked three days of declines from February, with Thursday's drop being the largest as SHIB fell from $0.0000067 to $0.00000558.

The drop continued on Friday, pushing SHIB to a rare low of $0.00000507 as it plunged to oversold levels. Shiba Inu afterward rebounded, reaching $0.00000620. Shiba Inu had slightly recovered, also still trading in red, down 3.44% in the last 24 hours to $0.00000615 and down 16% weekly.

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Amid the drop, crypto market sentiment fell to its lowest level since the FTX collapse, as the Fear and Greed Index dropped to 9, signaling "extreme fear" as traders adjusted their positioning amid the market crash.

In previous cycles, extreme fear has often coincided with local bottoms, mostly because panic sentiment tends to flush out leveraged traders and short-term holders. This rebound scenario will be watched for in coming sessions.

A positive precedent was set the last time SHIB traded near the $0.000005 low. Shiba Inu increased 830% in the following month, after hitting a low of $0.0000051 in September 2021 to reach an ATH of $0.000088 in October 2021.

Next key resistances for Shiba Inu lie at $0.0000077 and $0.00001 (the daily MA 50 and 200) in the event that the market rebounds.

In other news, Coinbase is set to launch COIN50 Perpetual-Style Futures, which includes Shiba Inu and allows investors to gain exposure to the top 50 digital assets through a single perpetual-style futures contract.

Bitcoin surged 10% to $66,800 just a day after a 17% crash, while the S&P 500 took only a 0.47% upside, causing Wall Street to take notice. Popular TV hostJim Cramer points to the phenomenon of "leverage rotation," saying investors sold their stocks to capitalize on Bitcoin.

The setup shows a bigger change — Bitcoin is separating itself from regular markets when things get stressful. Gold and silver also rose, but neither matched BTC's upside pull. Crypto is making a comeback after losing ground in a liquidation death spiral, and equities are feeling the impact.

The Bitcoin rally's impact on the S&P shows you the leverage that's in the system. People sold the S&P to finance their bitcoin

— Jim Cramer (@jimcramer) February 6, 2026

The result is not just an anomaly — it is a sign that capital may be exiting stocks for something riskier this Friday.

Bitcoin becomes Wall Street's leverage

According to Cramer, the rally onBitcoin (BTC) showed just how much leverage is built into the system. His theory is that investors are offloading their S&P 500 positions to put their money into Bitcoin instead.

Whether it is meant as serious criticism or just a general assessment, the data seems to back up his point. And it is not just stocks taking a hit.

Bitcoin is now traded like its own asset class, especially when liquidity tightens. Risk-on days used to lift all boats. Not this time. While Bitcoin soared, capital rotated violently out of equities.

Even traditional safe havens like gold (+2.77%) and silver (+5.68%) could not match BTC’s magnetism.

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Looking at the big picture, the S&P 500 had been holding on near record highs above $7,000 for a while, but then it took a big dip in February. On Tuesday, it had its worst day since October, dropping below its short-term support level.

The idea that Bitcoin would eventually become separate from traditional markets during big economic problems is now happening, though in a weird way.