On Feb. 4, the XRP Ledger activated Permissioned Domains with 91% validator approval. The upgrade adds on-ledger credentials to gate access, enabling regulated trading, payments, and future lending on a public chain. Data from RWA.xyz places tokenized real-world assets at about $24.11 billion, highlighting the feature’s institutional focus.

During a sharp Bitcoin downturn earlier this week, on-chain data indicates institutional holders of spot ETFs largely maintained their positions while many leveraged retail traders were flushed out. The drawdown exposed the cost and complexity of fragmented liquidity across Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Solana, pushing attention toward LiquidChain, a Layer 3 solution using a deploy-once architecture and a Cross-Chain VM. Despite broad market volatility, the $LIQUID token presale has already raised more than $526K at a price of $0.0135, highlighting investor interest in infrastructure that unifies major chains into a single execution layer.

Ripple's XRP fell over 10% to $1.42, the lowest since late November 2024, after having reached $2.40 a month earlier. Analysts highlight $1.42 and $1.27 as remaining supports before the $1.00 psychological level, while a recent Ripple update outlined institutional support for Hyperliquid via its prime brokerage platform.

XRP has fallen below the crucial $1.6 support level and is now heading toward lower price zones around $1.4 and $1. Since October 2025, every monthly candle has closed in the red, highlighting persistent selling pressure and a bearish macro setup. The monthly MACD remains negative, suggesting this downtrend could extend for several more months before a durable bottom is found.

On February 5, 2026, Lookonchain said wallets linked to Vitalik Buterin sold 2,961.5 ETH for $6.6 million over the past three days at an average $2,228. Ethereum fell 8% in the last 24 hours and 30% since last Thursday, while SoSoValue tracked ETF outflows over $400 million last week and CoinGlass saw more than $210 million in long liquidations.

Ethereum is trading around $2,100–$2,200 after a sharp market pullback, with derivatives data pointing to more than $1 billion in ETH liquidations as key supports gave way. According to recent estimates, roughly $200 billion was erased from crypto markets in the past two weeks, while negative Coinbase Premium and whale inflows to exchanges signaled risk-off sentiment.

On 5 February 2026, Santiment rolled out a dedicated screener that orders yield farming projects by on-chain development activity drawn from GitHub. The latest 30-day view places DeFiChain, Aave, and Yearn Finance at the top, with other DeFi platforms such as Beefy Finance, Gearbox, ApeSwap, Alchemix, YieldBasis, Inverse Finance, and QuickSwap also showing steady engineering momentum.

The MetaSoilVerse Protocol (MSVP) has officially transitioned into its next phase of ecosystem growth, following a high-profile Token Generation Event (TGE) in late January 2026. With 36% of the total supply dedicated to airdrops and community rewards, this infrastructure-heavy Real-World Asset (RWA) project is now rewarding early participants who secured their spots on the official whitelist.