Hyperliquid said on Monday it is introducing general‑purpose "Outcome" trading as part of the in‑progress HIP‑4 upgrade, with an initial rollout on testnet. Outcomes are fully collateralized, bounded contracts that can power prediction markets and limited‑risk options, settling in USDH and running on HyperCore. The project has recorded nearly $42 billion in cumulative volume and recently reached an all‑time high in open interest.

On January 30, 2026, BitGo said $BTGO went public, and CEO Mike Belshe framed the move as a maturity milestone. In an interview with CryptoNews, he argued that crypto must separate custody from trading and clearing to avoid single points of failure. BitGo reports assets under custody exceeding $100 billion and entered the listing profitable, focusing on institutional-grade infrastructure.

On February 1, 2026, co‑founder Griff Green said the Ethereum DAO will stake 69,420 ETH into the Beacon Contract, and an update on February 2 noted its reserves were sent via Tornado Cash to underscore privacy. The DAO targets a $220M fund for security research, with deposits facing a queue near 71 days and more than 4M ETH awaiting entry.

On 29 January 2026, the US SEC and CFTC outlined plans in Washington, D.C. to convert Project Crypto into a shared framework for supervising digital-asset markets, followed by a legal brief on 30 January. The initiative, which started in 2025 as an SEC effort to modernize trading-system oversight, will now introduce a unified crypto-asset taxonomy, clarify the split between securities and commodities, and streamline duplicate registrations while also prioritizing new rules for tokenized collateral and leveraged crypto trading.

A Nevada state judge issued a 14‑day temporary restraining order against Polymarket and related entities, halting the offering of event and sports contracts to residents. A preliminary injunction hearing is set for Feb. 11, and the court signaled it is not convinced that federal commodities law bars Nevada's oversight.

CertiK reported $370.3 million in digital assets were stolen via exploits and scams in January 2026, the highest monthly total in 11 months. Phishing accounted for $311.3 million, including a single $284 million social engineering loss, while PeckShield tracked 16 hacks totaling $86 million in the same month.

On February 1, 2026, CrossCurve warned on X that its cross-chain bridge was under attack due to a smart contract vulnerability. The team reported about $3 million in losses across several networks, while Defimon Alerts described a spoofed cross-chain message path and CrossCurve offered a 10% white-hat bounty with a 72-hour deadline for fund returns.

On 2 February 2026, CrossCurve confirmed an active security incident after a bridge-related contract flaw let forged cross-chain messages slip past validation, draining roughly $3 million across multiple networks. Investigations are ongoing, and partners have urged users to reassess exposure and temporarily stop interacting with the protocol.