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SBI Holdings says it owns 9% of Ripple, not $10 billion in XRP

SBI Holdings chairman Yoshitaka Kitao dismissed claims the firm directly held $10 billion in XRP, clarifying that the company’s exposure is an equity stake in Ripple Labs rather than token holdings. Kitao said SBI owns about a 9% stake in Ripple. In November 2025 Ripple’s valuation rose to

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Animoca Brands Secures VARA VASP License to Serve Institutional Clients

Animoca Brands has secured a Virtual Asset Service Provider (VASP) license from Dubai’s Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority (VARA), enabling the company to broaden its crypto operations across the Middle East. The license permits the Hong Kong-founded Web3 investor and platform developer to offer broker-dealer services and investment management related

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Bitcoin Bounce Raises Unrealized Profits 90%, Risk of Drop to $58,880 Looms

Bitcoin climbed about 9% between February 12 and 15 while futures open interest rose from $19.59 billion to $21.47 billion, an increase of roughly $1.88 billion. Funding rates turned strongly positive toward +0.34%, reflecting heavy long positioning. The rebound unfolded inside a bear flag, and price

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Bittensor (TAO) Tops Crypto Gainers After Upbit Listing

South Korea’s Upbit will list Bittensor’s TAO token on February 16, opening KRW, BTC and USDT trading pairs at 16:00 KST. Deposits and withdrawals will begin roughly 90 minutes after the announcement and are supported only through the specified network (TAO – Bittensor Network); EVM networks are not

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Binance Denies Claims of $1 Billion Iran-Linked USDT Transactions

A February 13 Fortune investigation alleged that Binance’s compliance team had identified more than $1 billion in transactions linked to Iranian entities between March 2024 and August 2025, involving USDT on the Tron blockchain. The article said at least five members of Binance’s compliance investigations team were dismissed

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Coinbase Urges Fed to Modernize US Payments to Match European Standards

Coinbase backed a Federal Reserve proposal that would let non-bank firms, including crypto and fintech companies, hold special-purpose payment accounts. The exchange said such accounts would reduce reliance on intermediary banks for dollar settlement, cutting costs, delays and counterparty risk. In a letter to the Fed, Coinbase urged the creation

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Grayscale Files to Convert Aave Trust Into ETF

Grayscale filed a Form S-1 registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Friday to convert its trust that tracks the Aave token into an exchange-traded fund. The company said it will rename the product the Grayscale Aave Trust ETF, seek a listing on NYSE Arca under the ticker

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Bitcoin Shorts Reach Most Extreme Level Since 2024 Bottom

Bitcoin is attempting another breakout toward $70,000 after weeks of choppy consolidation. BTC trades at $69,815, sitting just below the $70,610 resistance level. A sustained move above $70,000 could shift sentiment, but mixed on-chain and derivatives signals make the short-term outlook uncertain. Aggregated funding-rate data across

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Cardano Whales are Trying to Rescue ADA Price

Cardano has shown early signs of stabilization after weeks of pressure. The ADA price is attempting a bounce from recent lows, and market data suggests the recovery is being supported by two investor groups: large holders and long-term investors. Their activity is shaping short-term sentiment around the altcoin. On-chain data

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MYX Finance Plunges 72% in a Week

MYX Finance has plunged 72% over the past seven days, sending the token to a three-month low and erasing months of gains. While such a collapse can suggest protocol failure or loss of utility, on-chain and derivatives metrics point elsewhere. Total value locked fell by roughly $2 million, from $22.

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Digital Chamber: CLARITY Act limits on stablecoin yields could aid foreign currencies

The Digital Chamber urged Congress to preserve the ability of payment stablecoins to generate rewards through decentralized finance, asking lawmakers to retain the exemptions in Section 404. Those provisions distinguish traditional bank "interest" on insured deposits from "rewards" earned by providing liquidity on decentralized exchanges. The

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Solana New Holders Drop 2.3 Million as Price Remains Range-Bound

New Solana addresses have fallen by about 2.3 million, a 23% decline to 7.62 million over the past four days, reflecting weaker onboarding momentum. The token has traded sideways recently, sitting near $86 and oscillating between $78 support and $89 resistance. Exchange flows show roughly 1.4 million

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Pi Coin Surges 25% as Momentum Signals Improve

Pi Coin surged 25% in the past 24 hours, its strongest single-day gain since November 2025 and its first consecutive advance in nearly six weeks. The move has coincided with stabilizing crypto-market sentiment and reflects improving technical and derivatives signals rather than a brief spike. The Relative Strength Index rebounded

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Crypto Needs Privacy To Scale in Payments, Says Binance Co-Founder

Changpeng Zhao, co-founder of Binance, said the lack of privacy for onchain transactions is one of the biggest hurdles to the mass adoption of cryptocurrencies as a medium of exchange and for payments. He gave a concrete example: “Lack of Privacy may be the missing link for crypto payments adoption.

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Ethereum 7% Drop Tests Retail 'Diamond Hands' as Coinbase CEO Sees Upside

Ethereum (ETH) has fallen 6.6% in the last 24 hours, trading around $1,947, as broader crypto markets navigate volatility and macroeconomic headwinds. Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong pointed to retail investor resilience, saying the exchange’s retail users have been buying the dip and showing net increases in BTC

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CZ Details Binance’s Early Investment and Exit from FTX

Changpeng Zhao has given a detailed account of Binance’s early relationship with FTX, tracing it back to a January 2019 meeting with Sam Bankman‑Fried, who then ran Alameda Research. CZ said Alameda was a major trading client and that its team later proposed collaborations on a derivatives platform,

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XRP Rally Falters as Holders Book Premature Profits

XRP nearly surged 18.7% intraday before surrendering roughly half that advance and now trades near $1.53 after closing with a 9% gain. Premature profit-taking capped momentum and may shape price direction in the coming sessions. Exchange net position change data shows continued inflows to exchanges—green bars that

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Ethereum Reclaims $2,000 but Whale Activity Raises Questions

Ethereum has reclaimed the $2,000 level and trades around $2,087, but the rally has lacked sustained upside as price remains under pressure and key holder groups show indecision. Large addresses holding between 100,000 and 1 million ETH sold about 1.3 million ETH between February 9 and

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Hong Kong pushes to strengthen crypto regulations

Policymakers at Consensus Hong Kong unveiled a set of initiatives aimed at bolstering the local digital-asset ecosystem, including a framework for perpetual contracts and a promise that stablecoin licenses will be announced in the coming month. Regulators such as the Securities & Futures Commission and the Hong Kong Monetary Authority

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CEO sentenced to 20 years for $200M Bitcoin Ponzi scheme

Ramil Ventura Palafox, 61, former CEO and chairman of Praetorian Group International, was sentenced to 20 years in prison for running a $200 million Bitcoin Ponzi scheme that defrauded more than 90,000 investors worldwide. Prosecutors say Palafox used PGI to lure investors into a purported Bitcoin trading program that

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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