Circle minted 250 million USDC on the Solana network 6 hours ago

Bitcoin dropped below $73k on February 5, per HTX market data, posting a 3.72% 24-hour decline.

On February 5th, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) announced key updates to its economic data release schedule: - The December Job Openings and Labor Turnover Report will be released **on the same day** (February 5th) - The January Nonfarm Payrolls Report has been rescheduled to February 11th - The January Consumer Price Index (CPI) Report has been rescheduled to February 13th (FXStreet)

February 5th — Per Bitget market data, spot gold accelerated its decline, falling below $4850 an ounce and down 1.96% on the day. New York gold futures are down 1.00% intraday, last trading at $4885.00 an ounce.

On February 5, Doodles (DOOD) briefly surged nearly 9%—likely fueled by reports that Coinbase will list the token—pushing its market cap to $33 million.

Coinbase announced on February 5, 2026, that spot trading for Doodles (DOOD) will launch on the same date. Subject to meeting liquidity conditions, the DOOD-USD trading pair will go live in supported regions at 9:00 AM Pacific Time or later.

**February 5** Per MLM Monitor, wallets tied to Multicoin Capital are now actively swapping ETH for HYPE. Since Jan. 22, the linked wallets have sent 87,100 ETH (worth approximately $220 million) to a Galaxy Digital deposit address associated with Multicoin. The next day (Jan. 23), a Multicoin-affiliated wallet began receiving HYPE from Galaxy. **Relevant Addresses** ETH: 0xfe188cA6FAf02b1Aa88d4AEF21f7de5D4ba64A70 HYPE: 0xd4d56a30a4a745f8ba732e8b453b7066260fbc10 The first major transfer occurred on Jan. 26, when Multicoin received 465,000 HYPE (~$16 million). Over the following five days, it received roughly 990,000 HYPE (~$30.6 million) from Galaxy. No other on-chain transfers of comparable size have been identified to date, but more may emerge in the coming days. While not 100% confirmed, the timing and on-chain connections provide sufficient evidence to share this assessment. MLM stated: “We didn’t previously know they held ETH of this scale. If this assessment is