According to official news, trading of Echelon (ELON) on Binance Alpha will begin on February 2, 2026 at 22:00 (UTC+8). Users holding at least 241 Binance Alpha points can claim a token airdrop. Claiming 50 ELON tokens on the Alpha event page is on a first-come, first-served basis. If the event continues, the point threshold will automatically decrease by 5 points every five minutes. Claiming the airdrop will consume 15 Binance Alpha points. Users must confirm their claim within 24 hours on the Alpha event page; otherwise, they will be considered to have forfeited their airdrop.

According to Onchain Lens monitoring, Bitmine bought 41,788 ETH last week, worth $96.55 million. Bitmine currently holds a total of 4,285,125 ETH, worth $9.9 billion, of which 2,897,459 ETH are pledged, worth $6.69 billion.

According to data from SoSoValue, as of 8:30 AM ET on February 3, 2026, global listed companies (excluding mining companies) saw a net purchase of $123 million in Bitcoin last week, a 57.6% decrease compared to the previous week. Strategy (formerly MicroStrategy) announced on February 3 that it invested $75.3 million (a 71.4% decrease compared to the previous week) to acquire 855 Bitcoins at a price of $87,974, bringing its total holdings to 713,502 Bitcoins. Japanese listed company Metaplanet did not purchase any Bitcoin last week, marking its third consecutive week without purchases. In addition, three other companies purchased Bitcoin last week. Japanese food brand DayDayCook announced on January 28th and 29th that it invested $17.63 million to purchase 100 bitcoins at $88,130 and 100 bitcoins at $88,170 respectively, bringing its total holdings to 1,783 bitcoins. American Bitcoin, a US-based bitcoin company, purchased 416 bitcoins on January 27th; the specific amount and price are undisclosed, bringing its total holdings to 5,843 bitcoins. Bitcoin asset management company Strive invested $30 million on January 28th to acquire 333.89 bitcoins at $89,851, bringing its total holdings to 13,131.82 bitcoins. Metaplanet announced a fundraising round involving a third-party placement of common stock and the issuance of its 25th tranche of warrants, expecting to raise approximately $135 million. The funds raised will be used to increase its bitcoin holdings. French Bitcoin company Capital B announced the renewal of its €300 million ATM capital increase plan with asset management firm TOBAM, with the funds raised to continue acquiring Bitcoin. As of press time, the total amount of Bitcoin held by listed companies worldwide (excluding mining companies) is 974,140, an increase of 1.16% compared to last week, with a current market value of approximately $76.01 billion, representing 4.9% of Bitcoin's circulating market capitalization.

According to an official announcement on February 2nd, Binance Finance, One-Click Crypto Trading, Instant Exchange, Leverage, VIP Lending, and Binance Futures will launch Zama (ZAMA) according to the timeline listed below. Specifically, Binance will gradually transition pre-market trading of ZAMAU-margined perpetual contracts to standard ZAMAU-margined perpetual contracts at 21:00 (UTC+8) on February 2nd, 2026, with a transition period potentially lasting up to 3 hours. The transition duration depends on price volatility and index price stability. During the transition period, ZAMAU-margined perpetual trading and existing positions will not be affected.

Huoxun Finance reported on February 2nd that, according to foreign media reports cited by Jinshi, the controversy surrounding Trump's immigration raids has triggered political turmoil in the US House of Representatives, potentially extending the partial government shutdown that began on Saturday. House Speaker Johnson needs to push through a bill already passed in the Senate, which would fund most federal agencies until September 30th and the Department of Homeland Security until February 13th, preserving funding for the immigration raids while the two parties negotiate adjustments to enforcement policy. However, the bill faces opposition from both parties. Johnson expects the rules committee to hold a preliminary vote on Monday and hopes final passage can be completed on Tuesday. If the shutdown continues into this week, the highly anticipated non-farm payroll report on Friday may be delayed, and the tax season that began last week may also be affected. Progressive Democrats have stated that they will not support even two weeks of funding for the Department of Homeland Security until Trump agrees to impose new restrictions on immigration raids.