Wallet

On February 9, 2026, the TON Foundation announced TON Pay, a wallet‑agnostic SDK that embeds native crypto payments inside Telegram Mini Apps for Toncoin (TON) and Tether (USDT). The toolkit streamlines settlement and checkout flows within Telegram to support everyday transactions. Toncoin traded near $1.35 as the rollout began, with short‑term indicators signaling weak momentum.

Phantom has revealed plans to introduce Phantom Chat, an in-wallet social messaging feature slated for 2026. On February 10, on-chain investigator ZachXBT cautioned that the new tool could widen the attack surface while the long-standing problem of address poisoning in the wallet interface remains unresolved. He cited a recent incident in which a user lost 3.5 WBTC after copying a spoofed address from their transaction history, and urged the team to prioritize stronger protections before launching the chat function.

On February 9, 2026, the Ethereum Foundation and Security Alliance (SEAL) introduced a "Trillion Dollar Security" initiative centered on a live dashboard that tracks Ethereum's security across six key domains. The dashboard, which has been active since February 5, outlines dozens of specific controls and shows that many user experience and smart contract protections are still under development. As part of the program, the Foundation is funding a SEAL security engineer to target wallet drainers that allegedly stole $83.85 million in 2025, while recent activity in address poisoning and signature-based phishing continues to raise concern ahead of major 2026 Ethereum upgrades.

Base App will discontinue its Creator Rewards program and remove its Farcaster-powered social feed to concentrate on tradable assets. According to the app's X account, roughly $450,000 was distributed to 17,000 creators over seven months, with final payouts set for Feb. 18. The app opened to the public in December.

In January, one crypto user lost $12.25 million after copying an incorrect wallet address, and another user lost $50 million in a similar incident in December. Signature phishing attacks in January stole $6.27 million from 4,741 victims, a 207% rise from the previous month, while a separate address poisoning case in November led to a loss of about $3.08 million in PYTH tokens. Non-custodial wallet Safe has warned of a coordinated campaign using thousands of lookalike multisig addresses, and says it has flagged around 5,000 malicious addresses in its interface.

On February 9, 2026, 30‑day developer‑activity rankings highlighted MetaMask, Hedera, and Chainlink at the front. Despite pressure on token prices, wallets, layer‑1s, and scaling projects registered higher code commits and upgrades, with Internet Computer, Cardano, Aptos, Starknet, and the Sui ecosystem also showing notable momentum.

Bitcoin slipped under $70,000 as U.S. spot ETF flows turned negative over the past week, the article notes, raising concerns about institutional profit taking. It also reports that BMIC, which promotes post‑quantum wallet security using ERC‑4337 smart accounts, has collected over $441K in its presale, with tokens priced at $0.049474 despite broader market volatility.

On 8 February 2026 at 21:05, reports on social platforms said a long-dormant address tied by some trackers to early Bitcoin mining transferred 2,565 BTC after roughly 15 years of inactivity. On-chain data shows the large move and revived speculation about Satoshi Nakamoto, but there is no verified link to Satoshi or evidence of exchange deposits.

On February 6 and 7, 2026, Coinbase and Sui announced an infrastructure-level integration that embeds the Sui Token Standard across wallets, custody, and backend services. The link to Bitwise's proposed SUI ETF names Coinbase Custody as asset custodian, and SUI rose roughly 3%–14%, trading near $1.00 despite a $65 million unlock on February 1, 2026.

El Salvador President Nayib Bukele holds a 91.9% approval rating in a poll of 1,200 people, with security gains cited as the key driver. On February 5, 2026, he responded on X, while Bitcoin usage remains limited despite 2021 legal‑tender status and amid ongoing IMF talks over policy and the Chivo wallet.