Step Finance, SolanaFloor, and Remora Markets are winding down operations after a major treasury hack that drained millions in SOL and collapsed the STEP token. Step Finance explored financing and acquisition options following the breach but was unable to find a viable path forward. The shutdown includes Remora Markets. Step

Backpack Exchange announced that stakers of its forthcoming Backpack token can earn equity in the company. Users who stake the token for at least a year will be able to exchange those tokens for equity at a fixed ratio — 20% of the company today, CEO and founder Armani Ferrante posted

A cryptic post from blockchain investigator ZachXBT triggered more than $2.2 million in bets on Polymarket, where traders wagered on which crypto firm he will expose in an upcoming insider-trading investigation. ZachXBT wrote on X that a "major investigation" will be released on February 26 into one

Bitcoin’s often-cited Ramadan rally looks weaker in 2026, though the volatility pattern many traders have watched remains visible. Across six of the last seven Ramadans (2019–2025) the market typically showed an early sharp move, then choppy trading, and a later pullback; 2020 was the main exception when a

Spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds are set for a fourth consecutive month of net outflows as Bitcoin approaches a fifth negative monthly close in February. Fund balances have contracted and rolling net-flow metrics look bearish relative to competing asset ETFs. Net assets in US spot Bitcoin ETFs peaked near $170 billion

Ethereum is showing early signs of recovery, climbing nearly 4% from a recent low near $1,840 as buyers step back in. The rebound has been building for weeks, with a symmetrical triangle on the short-term chart and a bullish divergence between price and the RSI suggesting selling pressure is

Crypto projects will unlock $317 million in tokens in the final week of February 2026. Jupiter, Humanity and Grass lead the planned releases, events that may increase volatility and short-term selling pressure. Jupiter (JUP), a decentralized liquidity aggregator on the Solana blockchain that optimizes trade routes across multiple DEXs, will

Bitcoin closed a weekly candle below its 200-period exponential moving average (EMA) for the first time since October 2023, ending a technical uptrend that lasted 882 days. The weekly close finished under the average near $67,628, breaking a support streak that began in late 2023 and refocusing attention on

Meme coin volatility returned in the third week of February 2026, with short-term rallies driving double- and triple-digit gains in some low-cap tokens while larger assets struggled to find direction. Rapid price expansions have raised the risk of sharp corrections, so analysts are watching three meme coins closely in the

The USD1 stablecoin briefly lost its dollar peg on February 23, dipping to about $0.994 before quickly recovering to near parity. The disruption appears to have lasted only minutes; USD1 is issued by World Liberty Financial (WLFI), a DeFi project linked to business entities associated with Donald Trump and

Liquidity 2026 was an infrastructure-first summit on how digital assets and tokenized products can fit into traditional markets. The program, held on 9 February 2026 at the JW Marriott in Hong Kong, focused on what institutional adoption requires: clear risk frameworks for collateral, enforceable ownership, resilient custody and settlement, and

Bitcoin is consolidating after recent volatility, trading within a neutral structure and confined to a $65,000–$70,000 range. The asset sits around $66,188 after slipping below the $67,394 level, and price action over the past two weeks has formed a symmetrical triangle that shows no clear

The final week of February brought another wave of declines, reinforcing expectations among short-term traders that altcoin prices could fall further. That outlook carries growing risks: if prices approach strong demand zones, they could stage an unexpected rebound. Several altcoins show a severe imbalance between potential long and short liquidations

Cardano price has entered a critical phase after confirming a bearish breakdown. The token has already lost key support and the technical structure points toward deeper downside risk, while large holders continue selling and smaller investors aggressively buy the dip. The largest whale cohort holding between 100 million and 1

A group of internal investigators at Binance found last year that people in Iran had gained access to more than 1,500 accounts and that about $1.7 billion had flowed from two Binance accounts to Iranian entities with links to terrorist groups. One of those accounts belonged to a

Standard Chartered projects stablecoin issuers could create $800 billion to $1 trillion of new demand for Treasury bills by the end of 2028. When combined with Federal Reserve purchases, total short-term Treasury demand could reach $2.2 trillion. Two-thirds of that T-bill demand is expected to come from emerging market

It is February 2026, and the industry’s old rallying cry to onboard the next billion users has given way to a different question. With the United States’ GENIUS Act implemented and the EU’s MiCA framework fully operational, leaders now ask why crypto’s everyday reality doesn’t look

BitMine’s stock has struggled to recover despite a large increase in its Ethereum holdings. The share price has traded mostly flat recently and is about 30% lower over the past month, tracking Ethereum’s decline, even as the company added 279,158 ETH to its treasury in 2026, including

Tokenization has moved from theoretical pilots to institutional-grade execution, and Brazil has become a primary laboratory for that shift. Driven by progressive regulation, a tech-savvy financial sector, and a search for lower operational costs, the country is using public blockchain infrastructure to increase efficiency, transparency and global reach in its

BitMine Immersion Technologies (BMNR) purchased 51,162 ether (ETH) last week, roughly $98 million at current prices. The purchase raised the firm's holdings to over 4.42 million tokens as of February 22, about 3.66% of the token's total supply. It also holds 193 bitcoin,

XRP has entered a critical phase after falling more than 5% in the past 24 hours and confirming a bearish head-and-shoulders breakdown on the 8-hour chart, projecting a downside target near $1.12 — about a 20% decline from the neckline. Derivatives markets show growing bearish conviction: open interest rose 3.

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Crypto hedge funds are sharply pulling back, with average cash balances rising to levels not seen since early 2025. For the first time, some funds report zero exposure to both Bitcoin and Ethereum. Analyst Nic Puckrin attributes the defensive stance to a lower reward-to-risk profile, an unprofitable basis trade, a

Solana has lost nearly 40% in a month and more than 54% since its January peak, and the broader trend still looks weak. Despite prevailing bearish sentiment, some large holders are opening aggressive long positions as price sits near the critical $77 support. An early reversal signal has appeared: since

Digital asset investment products recorded $288 million in net outflows for the week ending February 21, the fifth consecutive week of negative flows and bringing five-week cumulative outflows to $4 billion. While significant, this pace remains below the $6 billion lost over the same period last year, suggesting a more