Ark Invest expanded its holdings in Circle, Bitmine, Bullish, Coinbase and Block Inc. as share prices declined on Monday. The firm bought $9.4 million of Circle stock, $6.25 million of Bitmine shares and $6 million of Bullish, while adding smaller stakes of $1.9 million in Block Inc. and $1.25 million in Coinbase. These moves came as crypto-related equities and major coins like bitcoin and ether recorded notable price drops.

FTX users and law firm Fenwick & West have reached a proposed settlement in a class-action lawsuit filed in 2023 alleging the firm substantially assisted the fraud that preceded the exchange’s late-2022 collapse. A joint filing to a Florida federal court on Friday said the parties will submit the settlement for approval on Feb. 27 and asked to pause all deadlines and motions while terms remain undisclosed.

After slipping below $75,000 on Monday, Bitcoin changed hands at $78,989 by Tuesday morning, up 1.7% in 24 hours, per CoinMarketCap. Polymarket tallied about $1 million in Bitcoin prediction volume Monday, with odds of a drop below $65,000 in 2026 set at 71%, even as Ethereum and Solana also advanced.

On Tuesday in Asia, Bitcoin hovered around $78,000 while regional equities bounced, with Japan’s Nikkei up 2.5%, South Korea’s KOSPI up 4%, and S&P 500 futures up 0.3%. CoinGlass reported about $2.56B in Bitcoin liquidations in recent days as leverage unwound, even as metals rebounded with gold at $4,800 and silver at $83.34.

Updated on February 3, 2026, the White House brought together crypto firms and Wall Street banks to negotiate whether stablecoins should carry yields, with an objective to reach a deal before the beginning of March, according to people familiar with the private talks. Banking groups said they are prepared to collaborate, while industry advocate Cody Carbone described the meeting as meaningful progress despite no immediate agreement.

In early 2026, Perplexity's AI model was prompted to generate long-term price paths for XRP, Bitcoin, and Ethereum, linking its outlook to U.S. regulation, ETF flows, and post-halving supply dynamics. The system suggests XRP could climb toward $8 by late 2026, Bitcoin may have room to approach the $200,000–$250,000 range by 2027, and Ethereum might advance above $7,500 if key resistance levels are broken. These projections are framed within a continued bull market scenario and highlight technical signals such as XRP's Relative Strength Index and Ethereum's major resistance around $5,000.

Since October, shares of major crypto exchange operators have dropped 40–60% amid a severe contraction in spot trading activity. Monthly spot volumes fell from roughly $2.3 trillion in October to $120–150 billion in January 2026, while an October 10 liquidation event erased about $19 billion in positions, raising concerns over market depth.

In a weekend post on X, Global Macro Investor founder Raoul Pal argued that bitcoin’s drawdown reflects a short‑term US liquidity squeeze, not a broken crypto cycle. He cited the 2024 reverse‑repo drain, a July–August TGA rebuild and shutdown effects, and said gold and long‑duration tech competed for flows; BTC was $77,510 at press time.