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Bitcoin retreated to five-day lows during as repeated failures to break through $94,500 reinforced a tight trading range. Source link

The BNB Chain’s layer-2 network, opBNB, recently completed a major upgrade, the Fourier hard fork, which doubled transaction throughput. Source link

Ethereum increased its data capacity per block, raising the blob target to 14 and the maximum blob limit to 21. Source link

Institutional demand through U.S.-listed spot XRP ETFs remains strong, with net inflows continuing into early January. Source link

CoinDesk and the Solana Foundation said the developer event will kick off Consensus Hong Kong on Feb. 11, setting the tone for a week focused on builders, capital, and policymakers. Source link

The crypto market’s movements are influenced by expectations of Federal Reserve rate cuts and a rally in global government bonds. Source link

In this week’s Crypto Long & Short Newsletter, Adeniyi Abiodun predicts that 2026 is the year Wall Street starts building on blockchain, not around it. Then, Andy Baer’s first Vibe Check of the year, reviewing the crypto’s quarterly mood swings in 2025 and the energetic start to 2026. Source link

FXRP allows XRP to be traded on Hyperliquid’s onchain orderbook and can later be bridged back to the XRP Ledger. Source link

Flowdesk says record demand met even deeper liquidity, suppressing volatility across staking, stablecoin lending, making crypto credit markets look more like traditional cash plumbing. Source link

World Liberty Financial is trying to launch the World Liberty Trust Company, a stablecoin-focused national trust bank, it said Wednesday. Source link