Good Vibes Club, an art-focused NFT collection launched in March 2025, announced a partnership with Instant IP to strengthen IP protection and support expansion into media, merchandise, gaming, and cross‑platform use. According to the project, benefits include superscript certification marks and clearer ownership rules; GVC also reports total volume above 12,500 ETH and an average floor near 0.9 ETH.

Crypto.com has launched OG as an independent prediction markets platform for US users, leveraging its CFTC-registered Crypto.com Derivatives North America infrastructure. The spinout follows a reported 40x surge in weekly prediction market activity over the past six months and places OG in direct competition with platforms such as Polymarket and Kalshi.

On Tuesday, Aave founder and CEO Stani Kulechov said the Avara umbrella brand will be phased out and all present and future products, including the Aave App, Aave Pro and Aave Kit, will be consolidated under Aave Labs. The Apple iOS-based Family wallet will stop onboarding new users from April 1, with existing users supported until April 1, 2027 and their accounts maintained as core infrastructure within Aave Labs offerings.

At the Ondo Summit in New York on Tuesday, WisdomTree CEO Jonathan Steinberg said the firm's crypto and tokenization initiatives have shifted from experimentation to a central business focus as the unit approaches profitability. He noted that tokenized assets under management have climbed from about $30 million to roughly $770 million over the past year, with expansion beyond Ethereum into networks such as Solana and wider distribution via the WisdomTree Connect platform.

Polymarket said it will open a free, company-run grocery store in New York on February 12, following Kalshi's Tuesday event that covered $50 grocery bills at a WestSide Market. The push aligns with Super Bowl week as both prediction platforms chase user growth amid higher food costs and Polymarket's recent U.S. return under CFTC approval.

On Feb 3, 2026, a guide introduced the Wei Name Service (WNS), a minimal Ethereum naming experiment. It provides human-readable .wei addresses via a single NFT contract and IPFS frontends, with pricing from 0.0005 ETH per year for five-character names to 0.5 ETH per year for one-character registrations.

On Monday, the Nevada Gaming Control Board filed a civil enforcement action in the First Judicial District Court against Coinbase Financial Markets, alleging it offered unlicensed wagers on sports event contracts. The regulator is seeking a temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction to halt Coinbase's operation of a derivatives exchange and prediction market tied to sporting bets, shortly after Coinbase announced prediction markets across all 50 U.S. states through a partnership with Kalshi.

On February 3, 2026, Arbitrum warned that its ArbitrumDAO governance X account had been compromised and used to post an airdrop-themed phishing link at gov-arbitrum[dot]com, urging users not to engage until control is restored. The incident lands amid heavy phishing activity, with January losses estimated at $311.3 million out of roughly $370.3 million in total exploits.