qLABS plans to launch its qONE token with a limited presale on Thursday, February 5 at 2 p.m. UTC, positioning it alongside its new Quantum-Sig wallet as early post-quantum infrastructure for existing blockchains. The project targets the "harvest now, decrypt later" risk by adding a quantum-resistant signature layer to networks like Ethereum and Solana, while Coinbase, Ethereum Foundation, and Aptos pursue parallel quantum-security initiatives.

The Democratic Party of Korea plans to table the Virtual Asset Phase 2 Act before the Lunar New Year, focusing on stablecoin oversight and ownership limits for crypto exchanges. The package highlights a ~$3.46 million (5B won) capital floor for issuers as debates continue over a 15%–20% shareholder cap and whether banks or tech firms should issue KRW-pegged tokens.

On January 29, 2026, Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse praised the Senate Agriculture Committee’s advancement of a crypto market structure bill that builds on the CLARITY Act. He said regulatory clarity is 100% necessary for future entrepreneurs and argued it could resolve SEC–CFTC overlap while easing lawsuit-driven uncertainty.

Updated on January 30, 2026 at 8:29 AM UTC, this review covers ChangeNOW, a non-custodial crypto platform founded in 2017 with over 8 million users. It supports instant swaps across 1,500 assets on 110+ blockchains, averages 1–2 minutes per swap, and allows transactions from $2 with no upper limits. Fiat access spans 70+ currencies and major payment rails, with Trustpilot feedback around 4.5/5 from 13,000+ reviews.

CUDOS serves as the compute backbone for the Artificial Superintelligence (ASI) Alliance formed by SingularityNET and Fetch.ai, providing decentralised GPU infrastructure for modern Web3 applications. Through its ASI Cloud platform, built with SingularityNET, CUDOS offers on-demand GPU access, startup support programmes, and privacy-focused data processing for developers, enterprises, and researchers. The company aims to scale this network into a global platform where users can deploy workloads worldwide without relying on a single centralised provider.

On January 29, 2026, in his first public remarks as CFTC chairman, Michael Selig said the agency will create clearer standards for event contracts used by prediction venues such as Polymarket and Kalshi. He directed staff to withdraw a 2024 proposal and a 2025 advisory on political and sports markets, and to begin drafting a formal rulemaking in coordination with the SEC.

Tokenization platform Securitize reported that its revenue for the nine months ended September 2025 climbed to $55.6 million, marking an 841% year-over-year increase as it proceeds with a SPAC merger backed by Cantor Fitzgerald. The firm, valued at $1.24 billion under the proposed deal, also projects 2026 revenue of $110 million amid a broader surge in on-chain tokenized real-world assets.

From 5 to 13 February 2026, a series of major Web3, blockchain, AI, and fintech gatherings will take place across London, Oxford, Dubai, New York, Hong Kong, Florida, Nairobi, and the Cayman Islands. These conferences and hackathons will connect developers, investors, policymakers, and institutional leaders around themes like digital assets, decentralized AI, DeFi, and crypto investing. Participants can attend events such as Digital Assets Forum, ETHOxford, Consensus Hong Kong 2026, Generative AI Expo, and Africa Tech Summit to engage in networking, workshops, and discussions on the future of finance and technology.