Cryptocurrency & Blockchain breaking news

On February 9, 2026, the global crypto community is still reeling from the details of a catastrophic technical error at Bithumb, South Korea’s leading digital asset platform.

While Bitcoin struggles with macroeconomic shock, Ethereum is doubling down on its technical evolution.

While prices crumble, the architectural future of the world’s second-largest blockchain is being radically rewritten.

In a stunning blow to global Bitcoin hash power, the parent company of BitRiver, once the dominant force in Russian crypto mining, officially entered bankruptcy monitoring on February 2, 2026.

On February 1, 2026, the Solana ecosystem was rocked by a sophisticated attack on Step Finance, one of its most prominent DeFi dashboards and data providers.

The broader cryptocurrency market is enduring its most painful correction of the year.

While the federal government continues to debate the U.S. Strategic Bitcoin Reserve, individual states are tired of waiting.

Ethereum is officially moving beyond human users. A new, highly anticipated token standard designed specifically for the AI Agent Economy is scheduled to launch on the mainnet.

GameStop (GME) has officially transferred its entire Bitcoin treasury—valued at several hundred million dollars—to Coinbase Prime.