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 …
The company is betting that the next big wave in crypto will come from its convergence with AI.
At NEARCON 2026, Dragonfly’s Haseeb Qureshi and Kraken co-CEO Arjun Sethi delivered a sharp debate over how soon those agents can be trusted with real money.
Artificial intelligence company Anthropic announced that its Claude platform can streamline COBOL code, a key profit center for IBM.
On February 23, the Trump-backed decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol World Liberty Financial reported that hackers had infiltrated its ecosystem, specifically targeting its primary stablecoin, USD1. The coordinated attack comprised a three-pronged approach designed to depeg USD1 from the dollar, and profit from the same. Using co-founders’ hacked social accounts, hackers posted falsified information to manufacture …
The initiative targets institutional demand across Asia-Pacific, offering DeFi tools, liquid staking, and execution services designed for traditional finance firms entering the crypto space.
A spokesperson for Laurore said the $436 million IBIT stake “reflects personal investment conviction,” as records link it to a mainland China passport holder.
Crypto has been nearly perfectly correlated with a key software sector ETF, and that gauge has tumbled another 5% Monday to a new 52-week low.
Ripple has always said it wants to fix one of banking’s biggest problems: slow and expensive international payments. Now, a growing group of analysts believe the company may be closer to the center of global financial reform than most people realize. A recent breakdown by Apex Crypto Insights argues that Ripple’s technology lines up almost …
According to new research from Standard Chartered, the companies behind stablecoins are on track to become some of the biggest buyers of U.S. Treasury bills. Standard Chartered suggests that the U.S. government might start selling more short-term debt to keep up with this new demand. To make room for all those extra T-bills, the Treasury …
More than 31 million XRP were transferred to Binance in a single day, according to data from CryptoQuant. The scale and composition of the inflow have raised concerns about potential short-term selling pressure. Binance remains the preferred venue for large transactions due to its deep liquidity, making it a common destination when holders reposition assets. …
The USD1 token briefly fell to $0.994, some 0.6% below its $1 peg, CoinGecko data shows.
The national trust charter institution would consolidate custody services under a single framework under federal oversight.
The company, which has raised more than $750 million from investors, repurchased about $350,000 worth of its stock.
Bitpapa, Garantex and ABCeX were among the cryptocurrency exchanges linked to Russian-tied transactions circumventing Western evasions.
Analyst Benjamin Cowen has a blunt explanation for the brutal altcoin crash shaking the market: this was never an altcoin cycle to begin with. As red candles flash across trading screens and social media fills with panic, one question keeps coming up. Why did altseason never arrive? And more importantly, is this the end for …
Uniswap (UNI) joined Aave (AAVE) as a top performers, gaining 0.5% from Friday.
Uniswap (UNI) joined Aave (AAVE) as an underperformer, declining 0.5% from Friday.
Bitmine Immersion Technologies shareholders have now accumulated approximately $8.8 billion in paper losses on Ethereum, surpassing the roughly $8.0 billion FTX customers initially lost when that exchange collapsed in 2022. Crypto research firm 10x Research flagged the comparison on Monday, warning that ETH is at valuation levels where its fundamental value proposition is being “structurally …
XRP is once again making headlines. After briefly rallying to $1.46 over the weekend, the token quickly pulled back to the $1.37–$1.38 range, supporting what many experts have warned about for months: low-volume weekend pumps are hard to trust and easy to manipulate. The rally faded just as quickly as it appeared. But here’s where …
Tom Lee's Ethereum-focused firm continues buying into the crypto market weakness, now 4.42 million ETH tokens, or about 3.66 percent of the total supply.
The bank said stablecoins may generate up to $1 trillion in fresh Treasury bill demand by 2028, allowing the government to ramp up issuance and suspend 30-year bond auctions.
The company said the fresh capital will be used to expand into new markets and build out its onchain financial infrastructure.
Salinas has previously said he has 70% of his liquid assets in bitcoin.
Led by Executive Chairman Michael Saylor, the company now holds 717,722 bitcoin, purchased at an average price of $76,020 per coin, for a total of $54.56 billion.
SwanDesk CEO Jacob King, a well-known Bitcoin critic, says companies are rushing to dump their BTC. In a post on X, King claimed corporate Bitcoin exposure has fallen by over 37% in the past three months. He called it “the largest downturn in history.” His comments came as Bitcoin miner Bitdeer confirmed it sold its …
As Bitcoin mining gets more expensive around the world, one country stands out for the opposite reason: Iran. In early 2026, the estimated cost to mine one Bitcoin in Iran is around $1,320. At the same time, Bitcoin is trading near $68,000. That huge gap has sparked talk of a possible 50x return compared to …
Your day-ahead look for Feb. 23, 2026
Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss spent over a decade building Gemini into one of crypto’s most recognized exchanges. That reputation is now unraveling at speed. According to Bloomberg, Gemini is cutting well beyond its announced 25% workforce reduction, letting go of additional US staff in recent days. The company has exited the UK, EU, and Australia …
Bitcoin fell to $64,270 shortly after midnight UTC before rebounding to $66,300, as thin liquidity amplified moves tied to U.S. tariff plans and geopolitical tensions.