Shiba Inu's exchange netflow has swung sharply bullish as its price rebounds and both retail and institutional interest pick up. XRP holders and builders are preparing for XRP Community Day 2026 on February 11–12, which will highlight upcoming XRPL features and adoption themes. Bitcoin has recorded a 7,132% liquidation imbalance with $59.11 million in shorts cleared over four hours, underscoring heavy bearish mispositioning.

On February 9, 2026, Oracle jumped 13%, becoming the day's top-performing stock. The move followed Amazon's plan to invest $200 billion this year in data centers, chips and hardware, while analysts split: DA Davidson raised Oracle to Buy with a $180 target, and Melius cut it to Hold at $160.

On February 6, 2026, Bithumb mistakenly distributed about 620,000 BTC as promotional rewards, crediting some users with roughly 2,000 BTC instead of a 2,000 won bonus. The incident triggered a brief sell-off and led South Korea's Financial Supervisory Service to push for stricter penalties for IT failures, clearer executive liability, AI-based market surveillance, and accelerated work on the next phase of the Digital Asset Basic Act.

BlackRock-linked wallets shifted large amounts of Bitcoin and Ethereum to Coinbase Prime, including 2,268 BTC and 45,324 ETH on February 9, 2026. Traders read the exchange-bound flows as potential sell pressure amid an around $2.5 billion options expiry and a recent Bitcoin drawdown toward the low-$60,000 area.

On Feb. 9, charts show Bitcoin pressing into resistance near $74,508 while Ether stalls around $2,111, with several majors encountering supply at higher bands. According to Trader BitBull and Santiment, views diverge on whether the drop toward $60,000 marked a floor; CryptoQuant’s Darkfost notes a Sharpe ratio near -10 that may coincide with late-bear conditions.

Jump Trading, the Chicago-based quantitative trading firm, is reportedly negotiating to take minority equity positions in prediction platforms Polymarket and Kalshi in return for supplying liquidity. The move comes as trading volumes, valuations and institutional interest in prediction markets increase, even as the sector continues to face regulatory scrutiny in the United States.

Updated on February 9, 2026, the report said crypto mining stocks rose as operators pivot to AI infrastructure, even as BTC trades below $70,000. Cango sold 4,451 BTC, retaining 3,645 BTC, raising around $305M for capex, while miner reserves eased to 1.8M BTC and hashrate recovered to 963 EH/s.

On Monday, crypto exchange Backpack outlined a tokenomics framework that links the release of its 1 billion‑supply utility token to specific growth milestones and a future IPO. The plan allocates 25% of tokens to the token generation event, including 240 million for Backpack Points users and 1 million for Mad Lads NFT holders, while another 37.5% will remain locked for at least one year after the company goes public. The structure aims to limit insider selling and align token circulation with measured business expansion.