Overview of popular cryptocurrencies on February 1, 2026, with the top three in popularity being: Bitcoin, Ethereum, XRP

StarkWare researchers propose a QSB proposal, allowing Bitcoin to achieve post-quantum security without changing the protocol

StarkWare researchers proposed a quantum-safe Bitcoin scheme called QSB, aiming to replace the elliptic curve mechanism with hash assumptions to counter the threats posed by Shor’s algorithm. The scheme can run within existing scripts, requires no consensus changes, but does require submitting a transaction to a specific service.

Morgan Stanley’s Bitcoin ETF had its first day of trading set a record for the firm, with more crypto products in the works

Gate News message, on April 10, the head of digital assets at Morgan Stanley said that the bank’s newly launched Bitcoin ETF (exchange-traded fund) delivered the best first-day trading performance among all the bank’s ETF products. In addition, the executive disclosed that Morgan Stanley is preparing additional crypto-related products.

A giant whale opened a heavy short position on BTC last night and was liquidated in two rounds, with a total scale exceeding $43.3 million

On April 10, after BTC reached $72k, a whale starting with 0x2fc liquidated twice in a row at 40x leverage, totaling 423.4 BTC, or about $30.5 million. Due to a liquidation loss of $580k, the address opened a short position again and was liquidated again; it can currently support 67 short positions, with a liquidation price of $72,669.

BTC 15-minute surge up 0.60%: whale transfers and ETF fund flows converge to drive a short-term rebound

2026-04-10 01:30 to 2026-04-10 01:45 (UTC), the BTC price rose from 71863.2 USDT to 72383.6 USDT. Within 15 minutes, the return was +0.60%, and the range reached 0.72%. During this period, market volatility was significant: spot buying orders on major exchanges were active in the short term, attention quickly heated up, and it showed a rapid price response driven by capital inflows. The main driver behind this anomaly is that whale wallets, in early April, coordinated concentrated short-term transfers to trading platforms totaling 42,000 BTC, for this year’s

The CIA plans to embed AI into all analytical platforms to assist with intelligence analysis and counterintelligence work

The U.S. CIA Deputy Director Michael Ellis said the CIA will incorporate AI into its analytical platforms over the next few years, but humans will still be the decision-makers. He mentioned a dispute with Anthropic and emphasized that competition between the U.S. and China in technology innovation is intensifying. AI and blockchain analytics will be key areas.

Giant whale “sets 10 big targets first” — the BTC short position is currently down by $650k, and the ETH short position is currently up by more than $410k

A giant whale updated its position status. It currently holds 2,201.507 BTC short contracts, showing an unrealized loss of $650k; it also holds 7,093 ETH short contracts, showing an unrealized gain of $413k; the total value of its short contracts of $173 million currently has an estimated net unrealized loss of about $237k.