On February 2, 2026, the U.S. State Department authorised a potential $9 billion sale of Patriot missile systems to Saudi Arabia, following Defence Security Cooperation Agency approval on January 31. The package covers up to 300 Patriot MIM-104E GEM-T missiles plus associated equipment and training, with Raytheon as the main contractor, and still requires congressional review.

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 February 2, 2026, Jupiter announced Polymarket's launch on Solana via its platform, aiming for faster and lower-cost prediction market trading. A prior Jupiter beta with Kalshi saw a single test market exceed $120,000 in volume, while reports said the exchange had 8.4 million active users in Q3 last year.

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.

On February 2, 2026 at 21:00 (UTC+8), Binance plans to launch spot trading for Zama with ZAMA/USDT, ZAMA/USDC, and ZAMA/TRY pairs following an $11 million Pre-TGE Prime Sale. Zama's price has fluctuated between $0.1585 and about $0.042 ahead of the listing and recently traded near $0.04 with a market cap slightly above $97 million.

HYPE has surged over 40% to $32 as Hyperliquid defies the broader crypto sell-off, powered by record $1.3 billion daily on-chain gold and silver trading and a fee-driven buyback engine that channels up to 97% of revenue into HYPE demand. With HyperEVM now hosting 35+ protocols, $639 million in TVL at Kinetiq, and over 42% of supply staked, HYPE is increasingly viewed as a revenue-backed DeFi asset rather than a purely speculative altcoin.

Hong Kong plans to grant its initial batch of stablecoin licences by March 2026 after the Hong Kong Stablecoin Ordinance came into force on August 1, 2025. The Hong Kong Monetary Authority is reviewing 36 applications, with officials stressing stringent standards on risk management, reserves and use cases under a "proactive yet prudent" regulatory stance.

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong has challenged Wall Street over the Cryptocurrency Market Structure Clarity Act, arguing that limits on stablecoin yields could alter competition and shift bank funding. He highlighted the risk around $6.6 trillion in deposits and received support from Stripe CEO Patrick Collison. The debate also draws on prior proposals that allowed stablecoin issuance while blocking direct interest to users.