The Binance Coin BNB price is no longer riding the euphoria wave. It’s cooling fast. After what on-chain volume bubble maps clearly mark as overheating phases in both spot and futures markets, the heat has faded. And when volume cools after overheating, it usually doesn’t mean stability. It means pressure. Right now, sell pressure is …
After days of panic selling and extreme fear, the crypto market has suddenly flipped green. Bitcoin price has reclaimed the $65,000 zone, Ethereum is pushing back toward $2,000, and XRP is stabilizing near $1.36. More than $323 million in leveraged positions were liquidated in just 24 hours, triggering a powerful short squeeze across major cryptocurrencies. …
The Ethereum price is bleeding, and now the on-chain data is flashing something interesting, maybe ominous. Unique ETH deposit addresses on Binance have surged from around 360K to over 450K, the highest level since August 2025. That’s not subtle. And it’s happening while ETH/USD is clinging to the $1,900 zone after a brutal drop from …
The debate around Bitcoin’s long-term outlook is intensifying once again. While some investors view the recent pullback as a standard cycle correction, longtime critic Peter Schiff believes something far more structural is unfolding. Bitcoin is currently trading roughly 50% below its October 2025 high of $126,000. After failing to regain sustained upside momentum, the asset …
Although final passage of the CLARITY Act—commonly referred to as the crypto market structure bill —has been delayed in Congress, some experts believe its eventual approval could unleash an unprecedented wave of capital into the crypto sector. Trillions On Hold In a recent post on X (previously Twitter), the expert known as 360Trader argued that trillions of dollars in institutional money are waiting on regulatory certainty before entering digital assets. Related Reading: History Repeating? XRP Flashes Signal Last Seen Before Explosive 60,000% Rally According to his assessment, the CLARITY Act could act as the trigger that opens Wall Street’s doors to crypto in a meaningful way, potentially driving more than $5 trillion into the space over time. 360Trader pointed to comments from White House Digital Asset adviser Patrick Witt, who stated that trillions in institutional capital are effectively sidelined as firms wait for legal clarity. Large asset managers, including BlackRock, are often cited as examples of institutions constrained by the current patchwork regulatory environment. If the CLARITY Act becomes law, the expert believes the crypto market capitalization could surge beyond $4 trillion, drawing comparisons to the rally that followed the approval of spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) back in 2024. Catalyst For Next Crypto Bull Run? Stablecoins are another key element of the discussion. Under the proposed framework, banks would receive clearer authorization to issue stablecoins. The stablecoin market has already expanded significantly, reaching a reported $300 billion in supply in 2025 and processing approximately $33 trillion in transaction volume—figures that exceed the total throughput of Visa’s network. The possibility of major banks such as JPMorgan launching fully integrated stablecoins backed by substantial payment activity has been described as a potential turning point for the sector. The yield component is also drawing attention. Some stablecoin products currently offer returns in the range of 3% to 5%, compared with traditional savings accounts that average roughly 0.07%. Related Reading: World Liberty Financial Cites ‘Coordinated Attack’ — But Are There Deeper Issues? 360Trader suggested that this disparity could prompt a significant reallocation of capital—potentially as much as $6 trillion—from conventional bank deposits into crypto-linked instruments. Pension funds, university endowments and retail investors could all gain broader exposure to higher-yielding crypto products. In parallel, traditional financial institutions may begin integrating decentralized finance (DeFi) infrastructure to enable faster settlement and more efficient transaction rails. Yet, the traditional banking sector has consistently pushed back against stablecoin yield structures, citing concerns about the impact on their deposit bases. This has resulted in the current delay and the ongoing White House meetings. In the expert’s words: …I’m bullish on CLARITY unlocking trillions in dormant capital. This could be the catalyst that separates the next bull run from everything we’ve seen before. Featured image from OpenArt, chart from TradingView.com
Sam Bankman-Fried, the jailed former CEO of FTX serving a 25-year sentence for fraud and conspiracy, has been actively seeking a presidential pardon. He has made repeated appeals to conservative audiences and allies, hoping to sway support. However, a White House spokesperson reaffirmed that President Donald Trump stated in January that he does not intend …
Shiba Inu just flashed a “death cross” on the lower timeframes, and as usual, the chart has split traders into two camps. Right now, SHIB is trading slightly below $0.0000060 after sliding under several short-term moving averages. On February 23, the 200-period simple moving average crossed above the 50-period moving average on the 2-hour chart. …
Castle Labs is arguing that crypto’s long tail is structurally overbuilt and that most tokens will ultimately be priced toward zero unless they can prove real business traction and tighter token alignment. The thesis, published in a long X post, frames the current market as a selection phase rather than a broad-based recovery story. The core point is not that crypto itself is failing, but that token supply has far outpaced sustainable demand. Castle Labs says the result is a market where a handful of majors dominate while thousands of smaller assets compete for shrinking liquidity. Too Many Crypto Tokens Castle Labs points to concentration data to make the case. According to the post, the top five crypto assets account for 84.4% of total market capitalization, leaving the rest of the market with 15.6%, or roughly $330 billion, spread across thousands of tokens. Related Reading: House Democrats Urge Treasury Probe Into Trump Family’s Crypto Venture It contrasts that with US equities, where the MAG7 represent 31% of the market and the S&P 500 represents 84.7%. In Castle Labs’ framing, crypto has reached roughly the same concentration level as the top 500 US companies, but with only five assets doing the heavy lifting. “Over the years, so many coins have been created that 99% of them need to go to zero for the industry’s good,” the firm wrote. It adds that the mismatch has become harder to ignore for investors who bought into crypto’s institutional adoption narrative but remain deep underwater in alt-heavy portfolios. Castle Labs outlines three broad paths for rebalancing: majors lose share to smaller tokens, external liquidity lifts the broader market, or weaker tokens lose value while majors absorb more of the capital. It argues the third outcome is the most likely, even if the first would be healthier in theory. A major part of the argument is simple market mechanics. Castle Labs says token unlocks will continue to add supply into a market where demand is already selective, citing $8.51 billion in unlock value this year and $17.12 billion over the next five years. That overhang, it argues, is colliding with poor business performance across much of the sector. Out of more than 5,600 protocols listed on DeFiLlama, Castle Labs says only 76 generated more than $1 million in revenue in the last 30 days, and only 237 cleared $100,000. Revenue is concentrated too. The post says the top 10 protocols in 2025 accounted for 80% of total crypto revenue, while the top three accounted for 64%, with Tether alone representing 44%. It also notes that only three of those top 10 revenue generators had launched tokens so far: Hyperliquid, Pumpfun, and Jupiter and says only HYPE materially outperformed. Related Reading: Goldman Sachs CEO Says US Must Codify How Crypto ‘Will Operate’ That backdrop helps explain Castle Labs’ skepticism toward new listings. It says there were about 118 major token launches in 2025, and 84.7% traded below their TGE valuation, which it describes as evidence of inflated launch pricing and weak post-launch structure. The Alignment Problem Castle Labs also argues the market is punishing tokens that are not economically aligned with the products they represent. It cites Circle’s acquisition of Interop Labs, where Axelar’s token AXL was not part of the deal, as an example of product value and token value diverging. “Tokens are not a legal representation of the business and don’t offer any actual rights over the company’s profits, unlike equity,” the firm wrote. “Investors, when they receive tokens, have these rights through the equity they hold. So they are in a better position, but token holders? They are at the project’s mercy when it comes to aligning their product with their token.” In that framework, buybacks are treated as one of the clearest signs of alignment. Castle Labs highlights Hyperliquid and Aave, and says Uniswap is only fully aligned with tokenholders after more than five years of its token’s existence. The firm’s conclusion is blunt but specific: capital should rotate toward protocols with real revenue, tokenholder alignment, and credible mechanisms to offset dilution. Whether that thesis holds in the next cycle may depend less on narrative and more on whether more projects adopt the kind of KPI- and revenue-led launch models Castle Labs says are now starting to emerge. At press time, the total crypto market cap stood at $2.16 trillion. Featured image created with DALL.E, chart from TradingView.com
Pi Network is going through a rough stretch. PI is trading near $0.16, down more than 94% from its all-time high of $2.98. Even after a small bounce from its recent low near $0.13, sentiment remains fragile. Volume is modest, and many early users are questioning what comes next. But while the price chart looks …
The crypto market is flashing green today after days of pressure. Total market capitalization has climbed to $2.27 trillion, up nearly 3% in 24 hours. Bitcoin is trading around $66,200, gaining more than 3% on the day. Ethereum has jumped close to 5%, now hovering near $1,935. XRP has also pushed higher toward $1.38, while …
A new debate is taking place in the crypto world after Ripple’s Chief Technology Officer, David Schwartz, made a series of statements about XRP and control over the XRP Ledger. And this time, he didn’t dodge the hard questions. Schwartz took to X to explain how the XRP Ledger prevents double spending — the core …
A new debate is taking place in the crypto world after Ripple’s Chief Technology Officer, David Schwartz, made a series of statements about XRP and control over the XRP Ledger. And this time, he didn’t dodge the hard questions. Schwartz took to X to explain how the XRP Ledger prevents double spending — the core …
Tech giant Meta Platforms Inc reportedly has plans to launch yet another dollar-backed stablecoin to support digital payments for its products. Sources close to the project said Meta will work with a third-party vendor to integrate the stablecoin and its wallet into Meta’s ecosystem in the early second half of this year. The company has …
The recent Bitcoin (BTC) price performance may appear subdued, with the leading crypto currently trading below the $65,000 level and sitting around 50% under all-time highs, but a new report from River suggests that adoption trends in 2025 tell a very different story. According to the firm, the network’s growth across institutions, businesses, financial advisors, and even nation-states accelerated sharply over the past year, despite market weakness. Institutional Bitcoin Demand One of the most notable developments has been the scale of institutional accumulation. River reports that institutions acquired approximately 829,000 Bitcoin in 2025 alone. These buyers included corporations, exchange-traded funds (ETFs), investment funds, and government-related entities. Related Reading: History Repeating? XRP Flashes Signal Last Seen Before Explosive 60,000% Rally Investment advisors have also emerged as steady buyers. Registered investment advisors (RIAs), which collectively oversee around $146 trillion in client assets, have been net purchasers of Bitcoin exposure for eight consecutive quarters. Their participation largely began after the launch of spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds in 2024. Over the past two years, RIAs have invested approximately $1.5 billion per quarter into Bitcoin ETFs, without a single quarter of net selling. Adoption within this group is already widespread: 29 of the top 30 US RIAs hold Bitcoin exposure. However, allocations remain minimal, averaging just 0.008% of assets, leaving considerable room for expansion. Surge In Bank, Corporate And Retail Adoption Traditional banks are also moving closer to the asset. Around 60% of the largest US banks are reportedly developing Bitcoin-related products. Corporate adoption accelerated as well. Public company ownership of Bitcoin increased by 2.5 times in 2025, with businesses collectively ranking as the largest net buyers during the year. Much of this demand came from Bitcoin treasury companies, but River notes that many established corporations have been quietly adding BTC in smaller amounts. The firm expects this type of balance sheet adoption to expand across the S&P 500 in the years ahead. Merchant usage has grown at a rapid pace. In the United States, the number of businesses accepting BTC payments tripled in 2025, while global merchant adoption rose by 74%. River, which serves more than 3,000 businesses across multiple industries, reports that the strongest growth is occurring among small, privately held companies, many of which do not publicly disclose their Bitcoin strategies. Nation-States Expand BTC Holdings Nation-state involvement also increased. Five additional countries became Bitcoin holders in 2025. Among them were Luxembourg and Saudi Arabia, whose sovereign wealth funds acquired exposure, and the Czech Republic. Governments have accumulated Bitcoin through a variety of channels, including state-backed mining operations, direct purchases, ETF exposure, asset seizures, donations, and even hacking-related recoveries. Related Reading: World Liberty Financial Cites ‘Coordinated Attack’ — But Are There Deeper Issues? Looking ahead, River argues that the divergence between price performance and adoption is striking. While the current phase of growth may not immediately translate into dramatic price multiples, it reflects a deeper form of progress: We expect that in the coming years, Bitcoin adoption will not only continue its current trend but meaningfully accelerate. As of this writing, BTC is trading at $64,459, marking losses of 26% and 31% over the past thirty days and year-to-date, respectively. Featured image from OpenArt, chart from TradingView.com
A spokesperson from the White House has confirmed that U.S. President Donald Trump will offer no clemency to Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF), the founder and former CEO of the now-defunct FTX cryptocurrency exchange. The spokesperson added that Trump is the sole decider on a mercy release, and he is firmly rooted in granting no pardon to …
Crypto markets are under pressure once more. Bitcoin is hovering near $62,900, Ethereum is trading around $1,800, and XRP has slipped toward $1.32. The total crypto market cap has dropped to roughly $2.18 trillion, with fear back at extreme levels. But this time, the conversation is not just about macro conditions or rate policy. A …
The Clarity Act Crypto 2026 narrative just took a punch to the gut. Polymarket odds collapsed from 82% to 53%, and suddenly the industry’s long-awaited regulatory “holy grail” looks like another stalled promise. For months, firms across crypto and traditional finance treated this bill as the framework that would finally divide oversight between the U.S. …
Grayscale Investments has quietly accumulated about 5.258 million LINK worth roughly $43 million, even as the token trades nearly 70% below last year’s high. The move comes as the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission hires a former deputy general counsel from Chainlink Labs following the departure of Gary Gensler.
The Upbit listing news wasn’t just a whisper because it led to a massive explosion. And that’s exactly what happened in the ESP token when South Korea’s top exchanges, Upbit first and then Bithumb, listed it. The result? A vertical move. Over 120% surge to a fresh all-time high. Where we saw 24-hour volume balloon …
South Korea’s top exchange, Upbit, has added Seeker (SKR) and Espresso (ESP), while imposing temporary trading restrictions to stabilize early volatility. Buy orders are blocked for the first five minutes after trading begins, and sell orders below 10% of the previous day’s close are restricted during the same window. Only limit orders are allowed for …
Crypto markets slipped into the red over the past 24 hours, with traders reacting to a mix of selling pressure, legal headlines, and a failed hack attempt that briefly rattled sentiment. Bitcoin is hovering in the mid-$60,000 range, but momentum has weakened. Bitcoin Under Pressure as Corporate Moves Diverge One of the biggest storylines today …
On-chain investigator ZachXBT says he will release a major report on Feb. 26 targeting “one of the most profitable businesses in crypto.” He alleges that several employees at the unnamed firm used internal data for insider trading over a long period. Speculation is already building. Data from Polymarket shows Solana-based protocol Meteora as the leading …
The collapse of the Terra-Luna ecosystem is back in the news and this time, one of Wall Street’s biggest trading firms is at the center of the fight. According to a report by The Wall Street Journal, the court-appointed liquidator for Terraform Labs has filed a lawsuit in New York federal court against trading giant …
XRP is on track to close its fifth consecutive month in negative territory, a rare stretch of sustained losses that has not been seen since late 2016. Despite holding at around $1.30, the token has declined nearly 30% in February alone, according to CoinGecko data, extending a broader five-month decline of roughly 50%. XRP Flashes Pre-Bull Run Pattern The last time XRP recorded five straight red monthly candles was between October 2016 and February 2017. During that period, the price slipped from $0.00885 to $0.00557, a decline of 37%, before finding a bottom near $0.0055 in March 2017. By May 2017, XRP had surged to $0.3988 — a gain of 7,000% in just two months. After consolidating through the summer, the token climbed again, eventually reaching $3.31 in January 2018. From its March 2017 low, that marked a 60,000% increase. Related Reading: Ready For A 443% Dogecoin Move? The Meme Coin Just Touched A Historically Explosive Level With XRP now following a similar path, market analyst Sam Daodu examined the comparison in a new report released on Monday. Daodu noted that the current setup “rhymes” with the 2016–2017 structure: five consecutive months of declines, tightening price action, and signs that selling pressure may be exhausting itself. However, he cautioned that the market environment has changed dramatically since XRP was “a micro‑cap token. In 2017, XRP’s total market value was less than $300 million. Daodu pointed out that at that level, even a few hundred million dollars in new capital might raise the price by thousands of percentage points. Today, XRP has a market capitalization of about $88 billion. According to the analyst, this scale makes a 60,000% surge virtually impossible under any realistic market conditions. 250% Rally Still In Play A comparable rally would imply a move to roughly $852 per token. With approximately 58 billion XRP in circulation, that would translate to a market capitalization exceeding $49 trillion — more than the combined value of all stocks listed on the New York Stock Exchange. Still, Daodu argues that while a repeat of the 2017 explosion is off the table, a meaningful recovery remains within reach if the bottoming pattern holds. A return to XRP’s July 2025 high of $3.65 would represent a gain of about 157% from current levels. A move toward $5 — near the upper range of analyst forecasts for 2026 — would amount to a 252% increase. Related Reading: Bitcoin Buying Spree Nears Century Mark, Saylor Hints Even more conservative projections suggest room for upside. Standard Chartered recently reduced its XRP target by 65%, citing near‑term headwinds, but its revised forecast of $2.80 would still imply a roughly 97% rise from current trading prices. The key difference in this cycle, according to Daodu, lies in the source of demand. The explosive rally of 2017 was largely driven by retail speculation. In contrast, any substantial gains this time would likely depend on institutional flows, including potential exchange‑traded fund (ETF) inflows, broader institutional adoption, and a recovery across the wider crypto market. While another 60,000% run is unrealistic, Daodu believes a 150% to 250% advance is achievable if momentum shifts and capital returns to the sector. Featured image from OpenArt, chart from TradingView.com
Pi Network has reached its first Open Network anniversary, but instead of fireworks, the mood feels tense. Over the past week, Pi has dropped more than 6%, followed by another 4% slide on Monday. The token is now trading close to its all-time low near $0.1300. For a project celebrating milestones, the price action tells …
Bitcoin has now fallen below $634,000, adding fresh pressure to an already fragile market structure. What previously looked like a sideways range near $65K is now testing the lower boundaries of support, increasing the risk of a deeper correction. The recent move lower pushed BTC decisively through the 61.8% Fibonacci retracement level near $64,551, a …
The crypto market took a sharp hit overnight, with Bitcoin falling below $65,000 and triggering a wave of forced liquidations across derivatives markets. In just one hour, more than $230 million in leveraged long positions were wiped out. Over the past 24 hours, total crypto liquidations climbed to roughly $438 million, with Bitcoin accounting for …
Michael Saylor, the CEO of software company MicroStrategy, has affirmed that quantum computers pose negligible risk to the security systems of the Bitcoin (BTC) blockchain. Bitcoin-targetted quantum computer attacks are at least a decade away Speaking at Natalie Brunell’s Coin Stories podcast, Saylor referred to news of quantum computing risks to Bitcoin as a “fear …
US President Donald Trump is reportedly coordinating efforts with Israeli officials and tech specialists to explore a stablecoin for the embattled region of Gaza. This recent development will be part of the broader objective of the Trump-led multinational organization, the Board of Peace (BoP), which seeks to restore peace and civility not only in Gaza …
World Liberty Financial (WLFI), the decentralized finance (DeFi) venture associated with President Donald Trump and his sons, said early Monday that it had been targeted in what it described as a “coordinated attack” involving its stablecoin, USD1. According to CoinGecko data, USD1 — which carries a market capitalization of nearly $4.8 billion — briefly lost its dollar peg before recovering to $1. The temporary dislocation drew immediate attention across crypto markets, particularly given the project’s political ties and growing profile within the digital asset sector. World Liberty Financial Addresses Incident In a statement posted on its official account on X (previously Twitter), the project alleged that multiple attack vectors were deployed simultaneously. “A coordinated attack was launched against USD1 this morning,” WLFI wrote. The team claimed that hackers compromised several cofounder accounts, paid influencers to spread fear, uncertainty, and doubt (FUD), and opened significant short positions in the WLFI token in an attempt to profit from market disruption. Related Reading: Why The XRP Price Bottom Could Be In, And A Jump Above $2 Is Coming A spokesperson for World Liberty told Bloomberg that the company’s engineering and security teams had successfully countered the incident. The spokesperson described the event as a multi‑pronged attempt to undermine confidence in the project, but said internal systems functioned as intended. Beyond the temporary depeg itself, online speculation quickly shifted toward another development that some community members believe could be connected. A social media user known as Chris Coffee suggested that the alleged attack might relate to a forthcoming insider trading investigation teased by on‑chain investigator ZachXBT. Insider Probe Speculation Grows ZachXBT announced on X that he plans to publish a report on February 26 detailing alleged insider trading by employees of “one of the most profitable crypto companies.” The timing has fueled conjecture. Some users pointed to reports that Eric Trump, who has been publicly supportive of WLFI, deleted several posts related to the project following the stablecoin’s volatility. He later posted again about WLFI, further drawing attention to the situation. In crypto circles, speculation intensified that World Liberty Financial could be the subject of the pending investigation, though no evidence has been presented to confirm such claims. Related Reading: Expert Crypto Trader Predicts The Exact Year Bitcoin Will Reach $250,000 The conversation has even extended to prediction markets. On Polymarket, bettors are placing odds on which company ZachXBT’s investigation might target. Current probabilities cited on the platform assign roughly a 20% chance to Pump.fun, 18% to World Liberty Financial, and 14% to Binance. For now, there is no confirmed link between Monday’s reported “coordinated attack” on USD1 and the investigation scheduled for release on February 26. Whether the two events are related or simply coincidental remains uncertain. As of this writing, the company’s native token, WLIF, is trading at $0.1121. This represents a 66% gap between the current trading price and the token’s all-time high of $0.33. Featured image from Sky, chart from TradingView.com