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Today’s highlights
- Europe’s role in the next wave of tokenisation — 2026-02-04
- In this week’s Crypto Long & Short Newsletter, Lukas Enzersdorfer-Konrad writes about how the EU’s regulatory clarity could allow tokenised markets to scale. Then, Andy Baehr tells BNB to “suit up.”
- What Dubai’s ban on Monero and Zcash signals for regulated crypto — 2026-02-04
- Dubai’s ban on privacy coins highlights how regulators are prioritizing transparency over anonymity in institutional crypto and regulated exchanges.
- From ‘Ethereum’s sidekick’ to standalone stars: How Vitalik Buterin’s latest pivot is forcing Layer 2s to grow up — 2026-02-04
- Leaders across the layer-2 space don’t see this moment as an existential threat, but rather that Ethereum’s progress is forcing them to clarify their purpose.
- Nomura defends crypto strategy as it limits short-term volatility at Laser Digital — 2026-02-04
- The Japanese bank said tighter positions and risk limits at Laser Digital are designed to reduce short-term volatility, not signal a pullback from crypto.
- Bitcoin’s correlation with troubled software stock sector is growing — 2026-02-04
- Software stocks are thought to be facing an existential threat from the rise of AI, and Bitcoin, noted one analyst, is just open-source software.
- XRP price slips below $1.60: How low can it go in February? — 2026-02-04
- XRP’s bearish chart pattern signaled a possible price correction toward $1.22, fueled by declining demand and open interest.
- Indian investors are buying the bitcoin price dip, CoinDCX says — 2026-02-04
- Indian crypto investors have been buyers of bitcoin and other layer 1 tokens, maintaining a well-diversified portfolio, CoinDCX told CoinDesk.
- Bitcoin falls back to $74,000, remaining on defense as AI jitters shake tech sector — 2026-02-04
- AI infrastructure stocks like HUT 8, IREN, and Cipher Mining are plunging as AMD sinks 14% following fourth quarter results.