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Aperture Finance Loses $3.67M in Exploit, Hacker Deposits Funds Through Tornado Cash

Aperture Finance suffered a security breach in specific versions of smart contracts, that results in a loss of around $3.67 million. On February 5, the Blockchain security firm PeckShieldAlert showed that the addresses believed to be the hackers had deposited 1,242.7 ETH into Tornado Cash, raising concerns. Basically, the hack

February 5, 2026 1 min read

European Central Bank Likely to Keep Interest Rates Unchanged This Week

The European Central Bank is expected to leave interest rates unchanged in a regular two-day policy meeting, which was announced on Thursday. This would be the fifth consecutive meeting where the ECB leaves the rates on hold. The key rates are expected to remain at 2.15% for the main refinancing

February 5, 2026 1 min read

Public Retirement Funds Hit by Sharp Decline Amid Bitcoin Slump

Eleven major U.S. public pension funds are now reporting substantial unrealized losses on microcap Strategy shares linked to Bitcoin. Their combined holdings of almost 1.8 million Strategy shares are currently worth $240 million. This is down from $577 million, which indicates a substantial drawdown. Market information reveals that this represents

February 5, 2026 2 mins read

ETH, SOL, and BTC Shorts Record Profits, Will They Reverse Ongoing Decline?

Shorts on ETH, SOL, and BTC recorded profits, prompting a series of reactions from the crypto market. The update comes at a time when all tokens have significantly lost their respective values over the last 24 hours. Meanwhile, a possibility is emerging amid corrections in Gold and Silver prices. Profits

February 5, 2026 2 mins read

Vitalik Buterin Criticizes Lack of Innovation in Ethereum Scaling Ecosystem

The co-founder of Ethereum, Vitalik Buterin, has opposed what he mentioned as a lack of originality in the recent layer-2 and blockchain scaling landscape. As per a blog post released on February 5, Buterin mentioned that the ecosystem has now become more comfortable with rolling out similar EVM-based chains that

February 5, 2026 2 mins read

Spot Bitcoin ETFs See $545M Outflows for Second Day

Spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds saw net outflows of $545 million on the second consecutive day of withdrawals, indicating a significant change in institutional sentiment. Large investors have shown a reduction in exposure to Bitcoin while it was in a volatile market. The outflows indicate a cooling-off period for institutional investment,

February 5, 2026 3 mins read

Payy Debuts Privacy-Enabled Ethereum Layer 2, Supporting MetaMask Wallets

Payy has launched a new privacy-focused Layer-2 network built on Ethereum, which makes the everyday crypto transfers invisible to the public by default while still running on popular wallets like MetaMask.  On the public blockchains wallets transactions and balances are visible, and this can be tracked, which leads to the

February 5, 2026 2 mins read

Silver and BTC Prices Tumble, Attributions Loosely Hang on Kevin Warsh

Silver and BTC prices have declined over the last 24 hours. While there are several factors that could have triggered this downturn, some part of it is attributed to Kevin Warsh, the next US Fed Chair. The sentiment, in an extension, reflects in the outflows from Spot ETFs as well.

February 5, 2026 2 mins read

Binance Responds to Forged Legal Letter, Rejects Insolvency Accusations

Binance denied any connection to a viral cease-and-desist letter related to allegations of insolvency and bankruptcy. These rumors were spreading around the social media platforms. The exchange explained that the viral document was a forgery circulating on social media platforms. The rumors about the financial stability of Binance started when

February 5, 2026 3 mins read