On 10 October, OKX founder Star Xu alleged that Binance's marketing practices and products such as Ethena's USDe on the exchange were responsible for the crypto market crash. Binance countered that a macro shock linked to Donald Trump's tariffs update sparked the $19 billion liquidation wave and said its technical issues did not trigger the move, while BNB later fell below $900 even as its market dominance climbed to 4%.

Jupiter Exchange, a Solana-based DEX aggregator, is facing criticism after Q4 ASR stakers were asked to export their seed phrases into the Jupiter wallet to claim rewards on mobile and desktop. Community members argue that exposing seed phrases for relatively small payouts creates serious security risks, while Jupiter says the step is meant to ensure fair allocation and prevent abuse. For the Jupuary 2026 airdrop, the project reduced its planned JUP token distribution from 700 million to 200 million following a community vote over dilution concerns.

On January 31, Lookonchain reported that wallet 0xd674 lost 4,556 ETH (about $12.4 million) after copying a spoofed address. The attacker allegedly used address poisoning by sending dust transactions that mimicked Galaxy Digital's deposit address, leading to a copy-paste error.

According to the Flow Foundation, the network has permanently burned 87.4 billion counterfeit FLOW, marking the final step of its recovery from the December 27 security incident. The exploit in December 2025 let an attacker realize about $3.9M via bridges, while validators patched the issue within 24 hours and exchanges restored FLOW deposits and withdrawals.

Ripple engineer Mayukha Vadari has reminded XRP Ledger users on January 30, 2026, to thoroughly test any upcoming amendments their projects depend on, especially those already live on Devnet. In early 2026, XRPL is rolling out multiple fixes and new features, including Token Escrow, permissioned domains, Single Asset Vaults and a Lending Protocol, many of which are now in voting or activation countdown. These changes use the amendment system, where validators vote on transaction-processing updates that can only be reversed through new amendments.

On 31 January 2026 at 12:20, the article profiled LivLive alongside Ethereum, Solana, XRP and Cardano. It states LivLive's presale has raised over $2.2M at $0.02 with a planned $0.25 launch and outlines modeled ROI scenarios, including a 200% token bonus code. It also notes SOL near $125–$127 and ADA around $0.35 within broader adoption themes.

According to the report, Ripple will unlock 1 billion XRP from escrow on February 1, 2026, a monthly release that is typically followed by re-escrowing about 70–80%, limiting net supply. Ahead of the event, XRP trades at $1.70, down over 2% on the day and more than 11% week over week, below the 50-day SMA at $1.97 and the 200-day SMA at $2.47.

On 31 January 2026, Tether reported it ended 2025 with around $10 billion in profit, about 23% below 2024’s $13 billion. The company also began a fundraising process. Despite lower earnings, USDT remained the largest stablecoin with over $185 billion in circulation as demand for digital dollars outside traditional banking persisted.