Solana staking protocol Fragmetric completes $7 million seed round

February 2: Per monitoring from Hyperinsight (via https://t.me/HyperInsight), as Bitcoin staged a slight rebound, "Big Brother Whale" Li Chengpeng has once again opened a long position. He currently holds a 25x-leveraged long position on ETH, with a position size of 400 ETH—equivalent to roughly $930,000.

Per official sources, Coinbase will list Zama (ZAMA) for spot trading on Feb. 2. The ZAMA-USD trading pair is set to go live later today in supported regions if liquidity requirements are met.

On February 2nd, crypto market research firm Santiment shared on social media that Bitcoin has dropped 16% since January 28th, with social platforms riddled with FUD (Fear, Uncertainty, Doubt). After tumbling to a low of $74,600, BTC has rebounded to $78,300—once again underscoring that market trends often run counter to mainstream narratives. Negative crypto commentary persists, and social data shows current retail sentiment is more pessimistic than at any point since last year’s November 21st crash. Historically, markets tend to see a technical rebound after such a sharp surge in negative sentiment, and this rebound so far mirrors the trends from the last two FUD-driven selloffs.

Feb. 2 — A newly created wallet address withdrew 671.48 BTC (valued at approximately $52.15 million) from Binance, OKX, and Bybit 15 minutes ago, per Onchain Lens monitoring. The whale address currently holds a total of 704.76 BTC (worth roughly $55.32 million).

February 2 – Major derivatives exchange Cboe Global Markets is exploring a relaunch of binary options trading for retail investors, aiming to go head-to-head with the fast-growing prediction market space, *The Wall Street Journal* reported Monday. The proposed contracts would function as fixed-income derivatives: they’d either pay a set amount or expire worthless, matching the return structure common on prediction platforms. For example, a binary call option tied to the S&P 500 at 7,000 points would deliver a predetermined return if the index closes at or above that level at expiration — and zero if it falls short. Traders on prediction platforms use a similar “yes/no” structure, with contracts usually trading between $0.01 and $0.99 and settling at $1 if the outcome is correct. Cboe first listed binary options linked to major financial indices in 2008 but delisted them later, as the market was then dominated by institutions and lacked appeal. These products have also faced re

February 2nd, Hyperliquid officials announced via social media that HyperCore will support Outcome Transactions (HIP-4). An outcome is a fully collateralized contract with a settlement price constrained to a fixed range. A generic, foundational trading building block, it applies to prediction markets and bounded option-like instruments. User demand in these two areas is already substantial, and developers are expected to build innovative applications as well. Outcome Transactions introduce a non-linear payoff structure, forward contracts, and a form of derivative trading free of leverage or forced liquidation. This foundational element expands HyperCore’s expressive power and can integrate with other core elements (such as Portfolio Margin and HyperEVM). The Outcome Transactions feature remains in development and is currently being tested on the testnet. A standard market tied to an objective settlement source will launch once technical development concludes, with pricing in U