As the cryptocurrency market endures a downturn that began last September, Bitcoin Cash (BCH) stood out in February 2026 by breaking several key records, highlighting the network's resilience amid widespread uncertainty. The most striking milestone came when the average transaction value on the BCH network surged past $2

XRP gained nearly 7% over the past seven days, making it the second-best performing top 10 cryptocurrency after Dogecoin. On the surface that looks bullish, but signals on different timeframes are pulling in opposite directions. On the four‑hour chart a head-and-shoulders formation has emerged, with a neckline near $1.

Altcoins have endured thirteen months of continuous net selling, with market capitalization staying below $1 trillion in February and sentiment falling to its most extreme level in years. Many investors expected a bottom after five straight months of declines, and some see the first quarter of 2026 as offering opportunities,

XRP extended its downtrend, losing 44% over the past year. A market analyst highlighted unusual trading activity on Upbit, suggesting persistent algorithmic sell pressure in the XRP/KRW market. Upbit XRP balances have reached a one‑year high above 6.4 billion tokens. Analyst Dom examined 82 million tick-level XRP/

Peter Thiel’s Founders Fund has fully divested from ETHZilla, the digital-asset treasury firm that holds Ethereum. Earlier filings showed Thiel-controlled entities held a 7.5% stake, but a later SEC filing reported zero ownership by the end of 2025. The move comes amid a broader market downturn that intensified

ORCA stunned the market with a sharp 50% surge in the past 24 hours, climbing quickly without any major development announcement. The rally appears driven by renewed investor interest rather than protocol upgrades. Exchange balances fell sharply as nearly 1 million ORCA tokens were bought off exchanges in 24 hours

Bitcoin has traded almost flat near $67,600 while posting a roughly 27% drop over the past 30 days. The market has already broken down from a bear flag pattern that carried about a 40% crash risk, and the recent pause may be a temporary hold before further declines. The

CryptoQuant CEO Ki Young Ju calls the current bitcoin market a clear bear cycle and warned that a genuine recovery could take months. He pointed to a fundamental imbalance: hundreds of billions of dollars have flowed into the market while overall market capitalization has stagnated or declined, a sign that

Decentralized SocialFi platform Zora has launched an attention markets platform on Solana that lets traders speculate on buzzwords, hashtags, trends and topics. The platform invites users to “Trade what’s trending. Take positions on any topic, idea, meme, or moment before it breaks.” Founder Jacob Horne said it costs 1

Two of Abu Dhabi’s major investment firms increased their exposure to BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT) in the fourth quarter of 2025, buying into the ETF as bitcoin fell about 23% during the quarter. Mubadala Investment Company added nearly four million IBIT shares between October and December, bringing

Bridge, the stablecoin platform owned by Stripe, said it received conditional approval from the US Office of the Comptroller of the Currency to operate as a federally chartered national trust bank. In a Tuesday notice, Bridge said the conditional approval allows the company to "operate stablecoin products and services

MYX Finance has fallen into oversold territory for the first time in its trading history after weeks of intense selling. Heavy profit-taking and forced exits, set against a broader bearish crypto market, accelerated the drop. Since February 8 MYX’s correlation with Bitcoin has flipped from -0.42 to +0.

Solana remains under sustained pressure as on-chain flows show roughly $202 million worth of SOL moved to exchanges since the start of the month. Exchange wallets have added about 2.35 million SOL, increasing sell-side liquidity after active deposits began declining following an earlier spike. This surge in exchange-directed supply

Wall Street analysts at Compass Point and Canaccord see BitGo as a likely acquisition target as the company pushes into full-service institutional crypto finance. Compass Point analyst Ed Engel, who has a buy rating, said BitGo’s suite of services could appeal to traditional firms seeking to offer crypto products

Pi Coin swung sharply over the past month, falling nearly 38% between Jan. 14 and Feb. 11 before reversing and rallying as much as 58% into mid‑February, then pulling back. Investor sentiment fell from 9.06 in early December to nearly zero by Feb. 4, but it recovered to

Dragonfly Capital has closed its fourth fund, raising $650 million to back what it sees as the next phase of blockchain companies, fund general partner Rob Hadick posted on X. The firm signaled a move away from consumer apps toward more traditional financial products built on blockchain rails — including credit

BitMine’s stock has shown early signs of recovery, rising 6% on Feb. 13 and 7.32% over the past five days, even as Ethereum — which BitMine closely tracks — fell 3.3% over the same week. The divergence suggests the stock may be trying to catch up, but the rebound

Bitcoin dropped sharply ahead of the US market open on Tuesday, falling 1.7% to roughly $67,600 and extending a volatile start to 2026. The move tracked weakness in equity futures, with Nasdaq 100 contracts down 0.9% and S&P 500 contracts down 0.6%. The coin’

James E. Thorne, Chief Market Strategist at Wellington-Altus, framed bitcoin and gold as opposing bets on the US economy. "For the record. Bitcoin Is a Bet on Trump’s Success. Gold Is a Bet on America’s Failure," he wrote. Thorne said gold has become a "verdict&

Crypto market sentiment has plunged to extreme lows, with Matrixport's Greed & Fear index reflecting broad-based pessimism. The firm's 21-day moving average of its Bitcoin gauge has dipped below zero, a setup that historically precedes durable bottoms when the average begins to turn upward. Matrixport cautioned

StarkWare has integrated EY’s Nightfall privacy protocol into Starknet, enabling institutions to run private payments and decentralized finance activity on public Ethereum-aligned rails. The move is aimed at banks and corporates that need confidentiality without giving up auditability. Nightfall is an open-source zero-knowledge privacy layer that lets transactions be

Hedera (HBAR) has gained about 1% in the past 24 hours and roughly 11.3% over the last week, even as monthly and quarterly returns remain negative. Recent price action and a pullback between Feb. 14 and Feb. 15 suggest a potential breakout setup is forming. On the 12-hour chart

Building a swap DApp is relatively straightforward, but running it under real market conditions—with bots, arbitrageurs and volatile liquidity—is not. At Consensus Hong Kong, Andrey Fedorov, CMO & CBDO at STON.fi, described how STON.fi launched as an AMM on TON and later built Omniston to aggregate

Ethereum is up about 1% over the past 24 hours and remains near the $2,000 level, but it has struggled to recover. Over the 10 days between Feb. 6 and Feb. 15, ETH mounted three separate rebounds that showed early strength but could not sustain higher prices. The token

A BlackRock executive framed the potential vividly: with about $108 trillion in household wealth across Asia, a mere 1% allocation to crypto could translate into nearly $2 trillion in inflows. BlackRock’s IBIT ETF has grown to roughly $53 billion, underscoring how large institutions can move markets even as most