Participants said more progress was made but no compromise deal emerged after a White House meeting on Thursday that again brought bankers and crypto policy experts to the table to try to break the impasse around the market structure bill. Ji Kim, CEO of the Crypto Council for Innovation, called

Peter Schiff warned Bitcoin could crash to $20,000 if it breaks $50,000, citing historical drawdowns and rising market risk. His prediction comes as Bitcoin trades near $66,000 amid US–Iran war fears that have increased uncertainty across global markets. Schiff said a drop below $50,000 now

The White House convened representatives from the cryptocurrency and banking industries to discuss a Senate market structure bill, focusing on differences over stablecoin yield provisions. Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse told Fox News that the company’s chief legal officer, Stuart Alderoty, attended the meeting earlier in the day. Unconfirmed reports

Solana has lingered below $90 after nearly two weeks of consolidation, with the token trading around $81 and confined between $78 support and $87 resistance. The sideways action reflects persistent uncertainty across the crypto market: on-chain indicators point to gradual improvement, but investor losses continue to weigh on sentiment. The

Blockchain analytics firm Bubblemaps linked a wallet attributed to Hayden Davis to a $50 million USDC investment in Pump.fun’s private PUMP sale. That wallet received 12.5 billion PUMP tokens at launch, a holding worth about $73 million at the time. The wallet moved roughly 80% of those

Bitcoin traded near $66,400 on February 19, holding close to $66,000 after days of volatility as fears of a possible US military strike on Iran grew. Multiple American outlets say US military officials told President Donald Trump that strike options are ready and could be executed as early

Ethereum has broken a four-week streak of ETF outflows. Spot ETFs recorded net outflows in the weeks ending January 23, January 30, February 6 and February 13, then posted a net inflow of $6.80 million for the week ending February 18. That shift suggests institutional selling has paused, though

XRP has entered a prolonged consolidation phase, trading sideways beneath a key resistance zone near $1.51. Derivatives data and liquidation heatmaps show about $47 million in short positions clustered at that level, creating a visible barrier above the current price and capping upside attempts. On-chain metrics point to continued

Bitcoin slipped below $66,000 after mixed US economic data, as initial jobless claims beat forecasts and the trade deficit widened sharply. The Labor Department reported 206,000 initial jobless claims, down from a revised 229,000 the prior week and below expectations of 225,000. The four-week moving average

Newly released documents from the Jeffrey Epstein case include emails that reference communications about cryptocurrency policy and mention Gary Gensler. The files contain 2018 emails referencing conversations between Epstein and figures in academic and policy circles in the cryptocurrency sector, with Gensler among the names. Some correspondence suggests Epstein discussed

Tom Lee’s BitMine Immersion Technologies bought another 35,000 ETH in two batches, expanding its treasury to 4.371 million ETH and lifting combined cash and crypto reserves to about $9.6 billion. Despite that aggressive accumulation, the BitMine stock fell nearly 2% over the past 24 hours and

Dash, a layer-1 blockchain protocol with privacy-preserving features, announced it has integrated Zcash's 'Orchard' shielded pool into the Dash Evolution chain, a secondary layer on the L1 network that supports smart contract functionality. The integration will go live following the completion of cybersecurity audits and is

Ethereum has fallen for six straight months, its longest losing streak since 2018, yet some institutional investors are increasing positions while the asset trades below $2,000. On February 18, Tom Lee’s Bitmine bought 35,000 ETH—20,000 ETH from BitGo and 15,000 ETH from FalconX—and

Crypto bear markets are often far deeper than traditional equity downturns, with declines of 70–90% common versus about 20% in stocks. Arkham Intelligence says these stretches feature lower highs and lower lows, falling trading volumes and reduced liquidity, and that disciplined risk management and emotional control are critical to

The Midnight Foundation has added Blockdaemon and Shielded Technologies as federated node operators for the Midnight Network, expanding the named launch operators to four alongside Google Cloud and AlphaTON Capital. Mainnet is scheduled to go live at the end of March 2026, with the network expected to move beyond the

Optimism plunged to a new all-time low after intense selling pressure overwhelmed recent demand, with OP collapsing 23% in 24 hours and extending an already fragile downtrend. Weak liquidity and deteriorating sentiment had weighed on the altcoin for weeks. The decline accelerated after Coinbase’s Layer-2 network Base confirmed it

Haseeb Qureshi, managing partner at Dragonfly, says crypto’s persistent friction reflects a deeper mismatch: its deterministic architecture seems better matched to artificial intelligence agents than to human users. He notes the early vision—smart contracts replacing legal agreements and courts—has not materialized. Even crypto-native firms still rely on

Ledn, a crypto lending company, completed the first asset-backed securities deal backed by bitcoin collateral, raising $188 million for crypto credit markets. Asset-backed securities are bonds backed by pools of underlying loans, with investors receiving payments from the cash flows generated by those loans. The bonds are secured by a

Ledn sold about $188 million of bonds tied to Bitcoin‑collateralized consumer loans, marking a first‑of‑its‑kind entry of crypto‑linked credit into the mainstream asset‑backed securities market. One of the two tranches — the investment‑grade portion — was priced at a spread of about 335 basis points

Chase Guo, a former business development executive at Binance, predicts Bitcoin will reach a new all-time high in 2026, but not for the usual reasons. He says the next major breakout will stem from liquidity positioning and structural market dynamics rather than the halving cycle, retail euphoria or macroeconomic tailwinds.

Cardano’s on-chain trading activity has collapsed alongside a steep price decline. Weekly decentralized exchange volume fell from a peak of 19,103,979 ADA in August 2025 to 1,176,723 ADA by February 16, 2026, a drop of about 94%. Over the same six-month span, ADA’s price

Bitcoin has extended a recent pullback. While the correction has been orderly, underlying data points to deeper structural stress and a complex picture for investors. Historically, similar patterns have coincided with early bear market transitions. The Realized Profit/Loss Ratio’s 90-day moving average has fallen into the 1–2

The Ethereum Foundation has named faster transactions, smarter wallets, improved cross-chain interoperability and quantum-resistant security as its protocol priorities for 2026. It plans to continue scaling the gas limit — the maximum amount of computational work a block can handle — toward and beyond 100 million, a topic that drew heavy community

The Crypto Fear & Greed Index stands at 9 today, up from 8 yesterday after hitting 5 last week, keeping the market in "Extreme Fear" territory. Google Trends shows searches for "Bitcoin going to zero" reached a peak score of 100, the highest on record. Some

Digital asset lender Ledn completed what it described as the first-ever transaction of its kind in the asset-backed debt market, selling $188 million in securitized bonds backed by Bitcoin. The deal consists of two bonds, one portion rated investment-grade and priced at a spread of 335 basis points above the