Crypto News
Bitcoin price erases 15 months of bull market gains with $69K comedown
Bitcoin selling pressure sparked a retreat below the 2021 bull market high, with lower BTC price targets still expected to be hit.
Published Date: 2026-02-05 08:38:20Creator: Cointelegraph by William Suberg
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Bitcoin ETFs ‘hanging in there’ despite BTC plunge: Analyst
Bitcoin ETFs may be sitting on their “biggest losses” since launching in January 2024, but there is a silver lining, according to an ETF analyst.
Published Date: 2026-02-05 06:13:30Creator: Cointelegraph by Ciaran Lyons
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Coinbase premium hits yearly low, hinting at institutional selling
Bitcoin’s Coinbase Premium Gap has fallen to a yearly low, a move analysts say may reflect weaker relative demand on Coinbase-linked venues tied to institutional trading.
Published Date: 2026-02-05 06:11:31Creator: Cointelegraph by Martin Young
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How blockchain tracing exposed $105M Incognito dark web market
The dark web drug market used crypto for payments, but blockchain transaction tracing helped the FBI identify its creator, who was sentenced to 30 years in prison.
Published Date: 2026-02-05 05:48:00Creator: Cointelegraph by Jesse Coghlan
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Crypto firms offer ideas to break market structure gridlock: Report
Some crypto companies have proposed giving community banks a bigger stablecoin role as Senate negotiations stall over the contentious market structure bill.
Published Date: 2026-02-05 05:12:15Creator: Cointelegraph by Martin Young
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Bhutan makes second Bitcoin transfer in a week, worth $22M
Bhutan has slipped to the seventh-largest nation-state Bitcoin holder, with its stash falling from 13,295 BTC in October 2024 to 5,700 BTC.
Published Date: 2026-02-05 04:38:20Creator: Cointelegraph by Brayden Lindrea
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Crypto wallet provider Payy launches Ethereum L2 with built-in transaction privacy
Payy says its new layer-2 network routes ERC-20 transfers through privacy pools by default without requiring new wallets or tokens.
Published Date: 2026-02-05 04:22:58Creator: Cointelegraph by Brian Quarmby
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XRP traders more optimistic as BTC, ETH mood turns sour: Santiment
Social media sentiment has turned “extremely bearish” toward Bitcoin and Ethereum this week, according to analytics platform Santiment.
Published Date: 2026-02-05 04:10:44Creator: Cointelegraph by Ciaran Lyons
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CFTC pulls Biden-era proposal to ban sports, political prediction markets
CFTC Chair Mike Selig described the proposal as a “frolic into merit regulation” by the Biden administration.
Published Date: 2026-02-05 02:05:17Creator: Cointelegraph by Jesse Coghlan
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Startale, SBI launch blockchain for institutional FX, RWA trading
Strium will begin with synthetic US and Japanese stocks and commodities before expanding to real tokenized shares and asset-backed products with identity verification.
Published Date: 2026-02-05 02:00:00Creator: Cointelegraph by Amin Haqshanas
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