On October 21, 2025, the UK Financial Conduct Authority began High Court proceedings against HTX (formerly Huobi), and on February 10, 2026 it released further details of the case targeting both the firm and "persons unknown" tied to its platforms. The enforcement move is reshaping risk perceptions around centralized exchanges, with some traders gravitating toward on-chain meme assets like Maxi Doge ($MAXI) on Ethereum. Maxi Doge couples a gym-themed meme identity with competitions, staking, and a Trading Guild structure, and its presale has raised over $4.5M at a token price of $0.0002803, including two whale buys totaling $628K.

Canaan reported fourth-quarter revenue of more than $196 million, up 121% year over year, as mining hardware demand improved. Shipments reached a record 14.6 exahashes per second, while mining revenue totaled $30.4 million and 300 BTC were produced. The company still posted an $85 million net loss and grew bitcoin holdings to 1,778 BTC by January.

On February 10, 2026, Hong Kong-licensed broker Victory Securities said it permanently disabled buying and deposits for users identified as Mainland China residents, while keeping "withdrawal-only" access. The firm described the move as the final step in a phased plan to meet SFC expectations after earlier restrictions on address certifications and certain tokens.

Claims of being Satoshi Nakamoto must be resolved by cryptography, not publicity. Conclusive proof requires a publicly verifiable signature from a private key linked to early Bitcoin addresses, ideally from 2009, or an onchain move from those dormant coins. Courts, documents and code are insufficient, and a UK High Court ruled Craig Steven Wright is not Satoshi.

Ripple executive Reece Merrick highlighted momentum for Ripple Custody on Feb. 10, pointing to new strategic integrations. According to a Feb. 9 release, Ripple teamed up with Securosys and Figment to bolster security and enable institutional staking for networks such as Ethereum and Solana, building on earlier additions from Chainalysis and Palisade.

Bitcoin is forming a major liquidity cluster between the $72,000–$80,000 range, with an additional notable cluster near $67,000–$68,000. Current price action around $68,500 suggests bears still dominate, but liquidation data indicates short positions in the higher band could face pressure if bulls drive a short-term recovery.

On February 10, 2026, Cisco shares advanced to $88.05 (+1.46%) after the company introduced the Silicon One G300, a 102.4 Tbps switch built on TSMC's 3‑nanometer process and slated for the second half of 2026. According to Cisco, the design accelerates certain AI jobs by 28%, lifts network utilization by 33%, and brings ~70% energy-efficiency gains with 100% liquid-cooled systems.

On Tuesday, Tether said it made a strategic investment in LayerZero Labs to back interoperability infrastructure used in creating USDT0, the omnichain version of its USDT stablecoin. USDT0, launched in early 2025 via LayerZero's Omnichain Fungible Token standard, maintains a 1:1 backing with USDT and has facilitated over $70 billion in cross-chain transfers.