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Saylor Signals Week 12 of Consecutive Bitcoin Buys

Michael Saylor, co-founder of Bitcoin treasury company Strategy, signaled the firm is acquiring more BTC amid the market dip, marking week 12 of consecutive purchases. He posted Strategy’s BTC accumulation chart on X, a visual now associated with the company’s buys and indicating an upcoming 99th transaction. Strategy’

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Cardano Aims to Launch USDCx Stablecoin by End of February

The Cardano blockchain will integrate USDCx, a variant of Circle’s USDC stablecoin, by the end of February, Philip DiSaro of Anastasia Labs confirmed on February 15. USDCx is dollar-denominated and backed 1:1 by USDC held through Circle’s xReserve. DiSaro said USDCx will function identically to native USDC

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Vitalik Buterin Warns Prediction Markets Risk Collapse Without Fix

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin says decentralized prediction markets need a fundamental restructuring, warning that their current drift into short-term gambling threatens long-term viability. While platforms such as Polymarket have seen significant volume and attention, he argues they suffer from an "unhealthy market fit." Buterin says these markets have

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Hedera (HBAR) Price Eyes 57% Rally as Short Squeeze Looms Over Traders

Hedera has surged in recent sessions and now sits poised to break out from a descending broadening wedge that projects a potential 57% rally upon confirmation. The recent move reflects improving sentiment across select altcoins, though breakouts require follow-through buying. The Money Flow Index indicates rising buying pressure, signaling that

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BlackRock digital-assets head: leverage-driven volatility threatens bitcoin

Robert Mitchnick, head of digital assets at BlackRock, warned that rampant speculation on crypto derivatives platforms is fueling volatility and undermining bitcoin’s appeal as a stable institutional hedge. He noted that BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin ETF (IBIT) has been a highly successful product launch, but growing reliance on leverage

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Coinbase Users Face Temporary Trading Outage Ahead of Q4 Earnings

Some Coinbase users are currently unable to buy, sell, or transfer digital assets on Coinbase.com. The company posted on its Twitter support channel: "We are aware that customers may be unable to buy, sell, or transfer on Coinbase.com at this time. Our team is investigating this issue

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Ethereum in 'Opportunity Zone' Still Struggling to Recover

Ethereum remains under pressure after a sharp decline that unsettled investors across the crypto market. Its MVRV ratio shows ETH has entered what is described as an "opportunity zone," a range between negative 18% and negative 28%. Historically, entries into this band have often preceded price reversals as

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Hedera (HBAR) Gains 10% but New Risks Emerge

Hedera’s HBAR is outperforming the broader crypto market. While Bitcoin and Ethereum are up around 2% over the past day, HBAR has gained nearly 10% over the past week and about 8% in the last 24 hours, trading near $0.096 and stalling close to $0.098. The token

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LIT Price Jumps 10% as Lighter Lands $920M Revenue-Sharing Deal with Circle

LIT, the native token for the Lighter ecosystem, rose nearly 10% during the early US session after Lighter struck a major revenue‑sharing deal with USDC issuer Circle. The agreement covers about $920 million in USDC deposits on Lighter’s platform, a notable milestone for the young DeFi exchange. Under

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Is this crypto winter different? Key observers reevaluate Bitcoin

Bitcoin has slid since an October peak above $120,000 and fell sharply in recent weeks, down more than 25% on the month. Market observers have offered differing explanations for the sell-off. Some point to institutional adoption: large financial firms bring significant capital but lower risk tolerance, and much of

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What’s Next for Berachain After a 210% Rally?

Berachain shocked the market with a near 210% intraday surge before prices pulled back. The spike was driven by a sharp short squeeze: funding rates plunged as low as negative 5,900% and 24-hour trading volume climbed to $2.23 billion, producing an explosive but largely speculative move. Chaikin Money

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Standard Chartered Sees Bitcoin Falling to $50,000 Before Recovery

Standard Chartered warns crypto markets may face a final wave of selling before a broader recovery, forecasting Bitcoin could fall to $50,000 and Ethereum to $1,400 in the months ahead as macro uncertainty builds and ETF flows weaken. Geoff Kendrick, the bank’s Head of Digital Asset Research,

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Solana holders capitulate as price hovers near $80

Solana trades near $80 as the token extends a three-week downtrend amid weak investor demand and bearish macro conditions. Long-term holder conviction is waning, adding pressure to the price that sits just above the $79 support level. On-chain data show supply in profit has fallen to about 15%, the lowest

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Bitcoin on-chain loss metrics reach Luna crash levels

Bitcoin’s on-chain loss indicators fell into deeply negative territory on Feb. 7, matching levels seen during the June 2022 Luna/UST collapse. The Net Realized Profit/Loss 7-day moving average dropped into negative readings before improving slightly by Feb. 10, and the current reading is the second deepest in

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Securitize Plans RWA Stablecoin with OKX, STBL, Hamilton Lane

Securitize is launching a stablecoin backed by tokenized private credit assets in partnership with Hamilton Lane, OKX Ventures and stablecoin infrastructure firm STBL, aiming to bring institutional real-world asset yield onto blockchain rails. The stablecoin will be issued on OKX’s X Layer and backed by tokenized exposure to Hamilton

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Four signs Bitcoin may be in an early bear market

Bitcoin has fallen 23.4% so far this year and is trading at $67,214 after a more than 6% decline in 2025, leaving traders to ask when the downtrend will end. Four key signals suggest the market may be in the early stages of a bear phase and that

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Ethereum’s 30% Slide Puts Big Money in the Red: Here’s What They’re Doing Next

Ethereum has extended losses in 2026, shedding more than 30% year-to-date and slipping below the $2,000 level. Although it briefly recovered, ETH has once again fallen under $2,000 and was trading at $1,971 after a 4.58% decline over the past 24 hours. The price weakness has

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XRP Shows Rebound Pattern, But Buying Drops 85% and Holders Pull Back

XRP is trading near $1.38 and has formed a familiar rebound pattern that has preceded major recoveries. Since late January the price made lower lows while the Relative Strength Index formed higher lows, a divergence that also appeared in late December 2025 before XRP reclaimed the 20-period EMA and

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North Korean Hackers Use Deepfake Zoom Calls to Target Crypto Firms

Google’s Mandiant team says a North Korea–nexus threat actor has folded AI-enabled lures into crypto-focused hacks, reflecting an evolution in state-linked activity targeting the digital asset sector. Mandiant detailed an intrusion against a FinTech company in the cryptocurrency industry that it attributed to UNC1069. The attackers first compromised

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Strategy to Shift to Preferred Stock to Fund Bitcoin Purchases

Bitcoin treasury company Strategy will shift from selling common stock to raising capital through preferred stock to acquire Bitcoin, CEO Phong Le said. "We will start to transition from equity capital to preferred capital," Le told Bloomberg’s "The Close." Stretch (STRC) is Strategy’s perpetual

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Uniswap (UNI) Jumps on BlackRock News, Whales Quickly Erase Gains

Uniswap’s token spiked nearly 42% on February 11 to a high near $4.57 after news linked Uniswap to BlackRock’s tokenized fund expansion, then gave back about 26% of that rally within hours. Today UNI trades near $3.40, up around 3% over the past 24 hours, but

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Crypto Sentiment Plunges to 'Extreme Fear' as Markets Slide

The Crypto Fear & Greed Index fell to 5 on Thursday, plunging market sentiment into Extreme Fear as digital asset prices continue to weaken. The index runs from 0 to 100, with readings between 0 and 24 classified as Extreme Fear and 75 to 100 as Extreme Greed. Sentiment has

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Bitcoin slides after bear flag failure — is $63,000 the final line of defense?

Bitcoin has resumed its decline after a failed rebound, slipping nearly 3% in 24 hours and about 38% since mid‑January. After a bounce from $60,100 to $72,100, buyers lost control and the recovery faded. On the daily chart a bear flag formed after the January sell‑off,

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Thailand Approves Bitcoin for Derivatives Trading Markets

Thailand’s government approved the Finance Ministry’s proposal to allow digital assets as underlying assets in the country’s derivatives and capital markets. The move aims to modernize the derivatives market in line with international standards, strengthen regulatory oversight and investor protection, and position Thailand as a regional hub

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ZEC Price Slides 25% as Shielded Supply and Mining Difficulty Rise

Zcash (ZEC) has fallen more than 25% this month amid broader market weakness, extending a downtrend that followed a volatile late 2025. The token surged over 440% in October 2025 and closed November and December with modest gains, but 2026 has been tougher: ZEC declined more than 41% in January.