On February 3, the crypto market saw a sharp sell-off as Bitcoin briefly fell to the $72,000 area before rebounding to around $77,000–$78,000. Over $2.5 billion in positions were liquidated within 48 hours, with more than $700 million wiped out in a single day and most losses hitting overleveraged longs. Ethereum dropped toward the $3,600–$3,800 range, while major altcoins like Solana and BNB recorded double-digit intraday declines amid heavy spot selling and extreme fear in sentiment indicators.

On January 31, forced liquidations across crypto derivatives exceeded $2 billion within 24 hours, as prices broke below key supports. Bitcoin saw about $700 million in wiped positions, while Ethereum lost roughly $300 million after falling under $2,500 and moving toward $2,400. Market capitalization fell more than 7% intraday before stabilizing.

Ethereum dropped from $2,700 to roughly $2,400 on January 31 after losing multiple support levels. Analysts caution that failing to regain those zones could open a deeper drawdown toward $1,435.

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Bitcoin climbed to a three-week high above $93,000, coinciding with more than $186 million in short positions being liquidated in the past 24 hours. Market analysts forecast further upside for BTC over the coming months, while silver has rallied over 33% on the monthly timeframe and Peter Schiff argues precious metals are entering a historic bull run.

Hex Trust has launched wrapped XRP (wXRP) on Solana in collaboration with LayerZero, with plans to bring the asset to additional blockchains. The token is backed 1:1 by XRP held in Hex Trust custody and is set to debut with more than $100 million in total value locked to support DeFi trading and cross-chain use.

VivoPower International says it received Ripple approval to establish a $300 million fund that purchases Ripple Labs equity for institutional investors in South Korea. The joint venture with Seoul-based Lean Ventures targets professional allocators, while XRP trades near $1.99, down 1.71% over seven days and 11.57% over 30 days, remaining under the $2.00 level.

Ripple shifted 600M XRP across multiple wallets as the 21Shares XRP ETF (TOXR) began trading on Cboe BZX. On-chain data shows seven transfers of exactly 100M XRP completed within minutes, with four sending wallets tied to Ripple and three destinations unrecognized. XRP traded near $2.03 after a 15.7% decline over the past 30 days.

A consortium of ten major European banks has established Qivalis, a Netherlands-registered entity, to issue a euro-pegged stablecoin targeting launch in the second half of 2026. The initiative seeks to strengthen the euro's presence in digital asset markets, where euro stablecoins currently hold $605.2 million in market capitalization compared to $315.6 billion for dollar-denominated stablecoins. Qivalis will operate under Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCAR) compliance and be led by former Coinbase Germany CEO Jan-Oliver Sell.