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BitGo to Issue FYUSD Dollar-Pegged Stablecoin

New Frontier Labs has partnered with BitGo Bank & Trust National Association, the entity BitGo will use to issue and provide custodial services for FYUSD, a dollar‑pegged token aimed at institutional investors in Asia. FYUSD is designed to comply with the GENIUS Act stablecoin framework, which calls for 1:

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TRUMP and MELANIA Meme Coins Leave Retail Investors With $4.3 Billion Loss

The official TRUMP and MELANIA tokens have erased an estimated $4.3 billion in retail wealth, leaving roughly 2 million holders underwater. Blockchain data shows 45 early wallets captured about $1.2 billion in gains; for every dollar insiders earned, retail investors lost $20. CryptoRank found TRUMP has plunged 92%

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Ex-Goldman Sachs Insider Says Bitcoin Could Hit $140,000 on Liquidity

Raoul Pal says Bitcoin is trading at a deep discount to global liquidity and that gaps like this have historically closed violently rather than gradually. If that gap closes, Bitcoin would not grind higher but could snap into a higher range; by Pal’s rough liquidity models, the price would

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OpenClaw bans Bitcoin and crypto mentions on Discord after fake token scare

The developer behind the open-source AI agent framework OpenClaw confirmed that mentioning Bitcoin or other cryptocurrencies on its Discord can lead to removal. A user said they were blocked after referencing Bitcoin block height as a timing mechanism in a multi-agent benchmark. Creator Peter Steinberger said members agree to "

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Metric Suggests 88% Odds Bitcoin Will Be Higher by Early 2027

An informal historical price metric gives Bitcoin an 88% chance of trading higher ten months from now, implying an average return that would put BTC around $122,000, network economist Timothy Peterson reports. Peterson notes that 50% of the past 24 months were positive, which he says implies an 88%

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Ethereum staking demand falls 50% as liquidity threatens recovery

Ethereum’s price has been largely flat, down more than 5% over the past week, though a modest rebound of about 4.5% since February 19 followed a bullish divergence on the daily chart that suggested sellers were losing strength. That divergence helped ETH recover from the February 6 low

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Bitdeer Sells Entire Bitcoin Stash as Mining Profits Near Record Lows

Singapore-based Bitdeer has liquidated its entire Bitcoin treasury, reporting zero BTC held as of February 20 after selling its recent production of 189.8 BTC. The liquidation produced a net reduction of 943.1 BTC and excludes customer deposits. The move follows a sharp tightening in mining economics: network difficulty

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Bitcoin ETFs Lose $4.5 Billion in Early 2026 as Outflows Continue

US spot Bitcoin ETFs have had a rocky start to 2026, bleeding roughly $4.5 billion in the first eight weeks. Most of those losses occurred in a five-week stretch beginning in late January, which erased about $4 billion across the 12 funds as the category recorded six weeks of

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Crypto capital shifts from tokens to stocks as launches falter

Investor capital is moving from newly launched tokens into publicly listed crypto companies as many token launches struggle. DWF Labs, using Memento Research data on hundreds of launches across major exchanges, found that more than 80% of projects fell below their token generation event (TGE) price, with typical drawdowns of

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Vitalik Buterin Sells $7M in Ethereum as ETH Falls 30%

Lookonchain reported that on February 22 Vitalik Buterin withdrew 3,500 ETH from the DeFi protocol Aave, valued at about $6.95 million, and sold 571 of those tokens for $1.13 million within hours. The move stands in contrast to his January 30 announcement that the Ethereum Foundation would

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Polymarket Predicts $75,000 Bitcoin Next Week, But Charts Signal Resistance

Polymarket’s largest February outcome — at 17% — currently bets Bitcoin will top $75,000, with volumes for that market exceeding $88 million. Bitcoin itself has traded mostly flat near $68,000 over the past 24 hours and shows a mild seven-day decline; the probability of the $75,000 outcome has

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Crypto Investors Diversify Beyond Top Coins During Dip, Robinhood Exec Says

Johann Kerbrat, head of crypto at Robinhood, says many customers view the market downturn as an opportunity to buy the dip and are trading a wider range of tokens rather than sticking to the largest two or three assets. He described customers as “going pretty wide,” referring to Bitcoin and

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Half of past 24 months positive; economist sees 88% chance Bitcoin rises

Economist Timothy Peterson noted that 50% of the past 24 months have been positive for Bitcoin and said this implies an 88% chance the cryptocurrency will be higher 10 months from now, posting the observation on X. He counts the number of positive months in any 24-month period to identify

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Bitcoin Rally to $70K Possible as Bears Face $600M Liquidation Risk

Bitcoin has spent the past week in a tight range between $65,900 and $70,500, a pause that has encouraged bearish bets. A relatively small 4.3% move to $69,600 would force liquidations of more than $600 million in short futures. For context, when Bitcoin rose to $70,

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3 Altcoins Crypto Whales Are Buying After Supreme Court Tariff Ban

The Supreme Court’s decision to ban Donald Trump’s tariffs has shifted market sentiment, and crypto whales have started repositioning. Stocks reacted first, but blockchain flow analysis shows early accumulation across three altcoins as risk appetite improves and traders prepare for a potential macro-driven crypto move. Whales increased holdings

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SBI Deepens XRP Bet With Bond Incentives and Venture Studio Plan

Japanese conglomerate SBI Holdings plans a 10 billion yen security token bond that will reward investors with XRP, and has teamed up with the Asia Web3 Alliance Japan to foster business-to-business ecosystem growth. Together, these moves underline that XRP’s utility in the Japanese market relies heavily on subsidies from

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Crypto market gives back nearly all 2024–25 gains

The crypto market has given back most gains made during the 2024–2025 pump that followed the 2024 U.S. election, losing about 40% from the October 2025 peak. The Total3 Market Cap — which tracks the market capitalization of the crypto market excluding Bitcoin and Ether — rose more than 91%

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IoTeX Private Key Exploit Drains Over $2 Million

A private key exploit on February 21 gave an attacker control of IoTeX’s TokenSafe and MinterPool contracts. The breach ultimately saw an estimated $2 million in crypto assets drained, and IOTX fell about 9.2% to $0.0049 on CoinGecko. The attack unfolded between 7 and 9 AM UTC,

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Solana Faces Bull Trap as 50% of Long-Term Holders Exit

Solana’s price rose 2.9% over the past 24 hours and broke above an inverse head-and-shoulders neckline on the 12-hour chart, a breakout that typically signals a trend reversal and offers more than 50% upside potential. Yet the move comes as long-term holders aggressively cut positions and leverage builds,

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Uniswap founder warns of scam ads after user says they 'lost everything'

Uniswap founder Hayden Adams warned users about fraudulent ads impersonating the platform after a victim reportedly 'lost everything.' Adams wrote on X that 'Scam ads keep returning despite years of reporting,' and noted there were scam Uniswap apps while the team waited months for App Store

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XRP Sees Third Week of ETF Inflows but Price Stalls Below $1.50

XRP has traded mostly flat over the past 24 hours and week, even as spot ETFs posted inflows for a third consecutive week. The week ending February 6 brought $36.04 million, but by the week ending February 20 inflows had shrunk to $1.84 million—a near 95% drop

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BNP Paribas tokenizes a money market fund on Ethereum

BNP Paribas has launched a tokenized share class of a French-domiciled money market fund on the public Ethereum blockchain. The pilot was executed through the bank’s AssetFoundry platform. BNP Paribas is the largest bank in Europe, with over $3 trillion in assets. The tokenized shares use a permissioned access

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Santiment: Bitcoin price calls are 'drying up' and that's healthy

Santiment says the number of market participants predicting new Bitcoin all-time highs has tapered off, and considers that a positive sign. "Calls for Bitcoin to hit $150k to $200k, and even $50k to $100k, are drying up," the firm wrote, adding that a reduction in FOMO and '

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IoTeX Investigates Token Safe Incident as Analysts Estimate $4.3M Loss

Decentralized identity protocol IoTeX said it is investigating unusual activity tied to one of its token safes. In a Saturday post on X, the team said it was 'fully engaged, working around the clock to assess and contain the situation,' adding that early estimates put potential losses below

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SEC Cuts Stablecoin Haircut to 2% — What It Means

The SEC issued guidance allowing broker-dealers to apply a 2% capital haircut to payment stablecoins, down from a punitive 100%. A haircut is the portion of an asset’s value that a firm cannot count toward deployable capital, serving as a buffer against market risk, and the earlier 100% treatment