On February 12, three masked men allegedly broke into a residential building in Val-de-Marne looking for Binance France CEO David Prinçay but left after failing to locate him and stealing two phones. The suspects were later traced via the stolen devices and CCTV, arrested at Lyon’s Perrache train station, while separate incidents helped highlight France’s growing share of global crypto-related “wrench attacks”, which caused $40.9 million in confirmed losses in 2025.

Global electric vehicle registrations fell 3% in January to 1.2 million units, as policy changes in China and the U.S. weighed on demand and prompted major automakers to rein in EV ambitions. China saw a 20% decline to under 600,000 units and North America a 33% slide to just over 85,000, while Europe’s EV sales rose by double digits to more than 320,000 units and other regions nearly doubled registrations. Honda’s third-quarter profit dropped 61% to ¥153.4 billion in the wake of U.S. tariffs, even as rivals like Hyundai push ahead with new EV and hybrid models to meet EU emissions rules.

Miner-linked wallets moved 48,774 BTC worth about $3.2 billion on February 5 and 6. Daily outflows totaled 28,605 BTC on February 5 and 20,169 BTC on February 6. Corporate disclosures indicate limited selling by major miners, while Checkonchain shows BTC trading below an estimated $79.242k production cost.

On February 12, 2026, onchain data from Arkham Intelligence showed the Royal Government of Bhutan moved 100 BTC, valued at $6.77 million, to QCP Capital's WBTC merchant deposit address. Arkham also traces a similar 100 BTC transfer worth $8.31 million two weeks earlier, alongside a $1.5 million USDT transaction to Binance.

On February 12, South Korea’s Financial Supervisory Service urged Bithumb customers to ignore URLs in compensation notices, saying every link is fraudulent because no payout schedule has been announced. The alert follows a transfer mistake that sent 620,000 Bitcoins to users; the exchange says it has recovered 99.7% and outlined fee waivers and 110% refunds.

On February 10, 2026, following a Cabinet decision, Thailand's SEC moved to broaden the range of underlying products allowed under the Derivatives Act B.E. 2546 (2003) to include digital assets and carbon credits. The regulator plans licensing and supervisory adjustments with TFEX to support new derivative contracts, while market data show Thailand's crypto sector has reached $3.19 billion in value and $95 million in average daily trading volume.

On February 12, 2026, Democrat members of the House Financial Services Committee challenged U.S. SEC Chair Paul Atkins over a reported 60% decline in crypto-related enforcement activity since he assumed the role. Lawmakers highlighted dismissed lawsuits, Trump family-linked crypto ventures and memecoins, national security concerns, and Cornerstone Research data showing SEC crypto penalties in 2025 fell to $142 million, under 3% of 2024 levels.

Hyperliquid Strategies said its digital asset treasury bought 5 million HYPE for $129.5 million at an average of about $25.9, lifting holdings to roughly 17.6 million and leaving about $125 million in deployable capital. The firm also reported a $317.9 million net loss for H2 2025, led by $262.4 million in unrealized losses on HYPE.

On February 11, 2026, Ripple announced a partnership with Aviva Investors to tokenize traditional fund structures on the XRP Ledger, building on Aviva's $345 billion in assets under management as of 2025. Aviva aims to use XRPL's fast, low-cost and energy-efficient infrastructure to issue and manage tokenized funds, while Ripple continues to expand its broader tokenization efforts, including support for a $280 million diamond tokenization deal in the UAE.