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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.

On Feb. 6, 2026, Shiba Inu team member Lucie relayed a Safe Labs alert about an address poisoning and social engineering campaign aimed at Safe Wallet multisig users, with 5,000 lookalike addresses already flagged as malicious. Users are urged to verify full recipient addresses, rely on address books or allow lists, and send small test transfers first, as a recent case saw a crypto holder lose 50 million USDT after copying a spoofed address from transaction history.

Security firm Socket reported that attackers have compromised official dYdX-related packages on npm and PyPI, stealing wallet seed phrases and other credentials from developers and users. The malicious code allegedly enabled complete wallet takeover, crypto theft, and remote execution of additional malware by communicating with a typosquatted domain linked to dYdX services.

MultiversX has integrated Google's Universal Commerce Protocol, allowing AI agents to access and operate crypto wallets directly on its blockchain. Through this setup, software agents can check balances, validate conditions and execute on-chain transactions without human intervention. The move positions the network as infrastructure for autonomous economic activity and advances machine-to-machine payments on public blockchains.

On February 4, 2026, Arkham reported that Bhutan moved $22.4M in Bitcoin from sovereign wallets over the past week, including a transfer five days earlier to QCP Capital-labeled addresses. The country's crypto portfolio has fallen from $1.4B to $412M, and it remains the seventh-largest government BTC holder.

On February 4, 2026, CoolWallet announced support for TRON’s Energy rental, a move highlighted by TRON DAO to lower TRX network fees. The hardware wallet says users keep self-custody via its device and mobile app while paying for Energy in TRX or USDT on TRON, aiming to make transfers and DeFi activity more cost-efficient.

Crypto project Payy has launched a privacy-enabled Ethereum layer-2 network that makes all ERC-20 transfers private by default without requiring new wallets or tokens. Users can already add the network to MetaMask and other EVM wallets, with Payy targeting both institutions moving capital onchain and crypto natives seeking easier privacy when handling stablecoins and other ERC-20 assets.