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Tyler Winklevoss ‘Optimistic’ as Gemini Cuts Jobs and Sells BTC

Tyler Winklevoss said crypto sentiment is so bad he feels "optimistic," even as Gemini moves into a sharp reset and Winklevoss Capital has been trimming its Bitcoin holdings. Onchain data from Arkham shows the firm’s wallet fell from about 23,000 BTC in February 2025 to fewer

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Tether’s USDT Echoes 2022 Signal, Raising Questions for Bitcoin

Bitcoin slipped below $65,000 during early Asian trading hours as renewed tariff tensions weighed on broader risk sentiment. As the largest cryptocurrency extends its downtrend, Tether’s USDT has flashed a signal that has appeared only once before: the 60-day market cap change dropped below -$3 billion. In

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4 US Economic Events That Could Move Bitcoin In the Final Week of February

Bitcoin enters the final week of February on fragile footing, with macro forces once again dictating short-term direction. After last week’s mixed signals — moderating PCE inflation, resilient jobless claims at 206,000, and cautious FOMC minutes — markets remain undecided on the pace of rate cuts ahead of the March

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Why "Buy the Rumor, Sell the News" Feels Broken in Today’s Crypto Market

I entered the crypto market at a time when Bitcoin traded around $6,000. Back then it sat between experimentation and finance, and the market reacted to headlines or influential voices in a knee-jerk manner. A study of Bitcoin and Dogecoin during the 2020–2021 cycle found statistically significant increases

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How Pig-Butchering Crypto Scams Turn Trust Into a Financial Weapon

Pig-butchering, derived from the Chinese phrase “Sha Zhu Pan,” describes a method in which scammers nurture deep personal connections over extended periods before exploiting victims for money. They often pose as confidants, advisers or successful traders, relying on persuasion and persistence rather than the urgency typical of phishing attacks; some

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XRP Falls Over 30% as Whale Inflows and Realized Losses Rise

XRP has dropped more than 30% over the past month amid a broader market downturn that intensified with escalating geopolitical tensions and renewed tariff concerns. At the same time, realized losses have spiked and exchange inflows have increased sharply, suggesting growing on-chain stress for the altcoin. Large-holder activity has heightened

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Vitalik Buterin Sold Over 8,800 ETH in February — Impact on Price?

Ethereum co‑founder Vitalik Buterin accelerated ETH sales in February 2026, offloading more than 8,800 ETH as exchange inflows to Binance climbed to their highest level since November 2025. The activity coincides with a broader downtrend in ETH and growing concerns about short‑term price pressure. Buterin’s sales

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Bitcoin ETFs Bleed as Metaplanet CEO Rejects Allegations

Metaplanet CEO Simon Gerovich denied claims that the company misled investors about its Bitcoin strategy and disclosures. Critics on X argued Metaplanet delayed or withheld price‑sensitive information about large Bitcoin purchases and options trades funded with shareholder capital, obscured losses from its derivatives strategy and failed to fully disclose

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Bitcoin Plunges 4% as Fear and Greed Index Hits Historic Low

Bitcoin plunged more than 4% to $64,300, losing over $3,000 in less than two hours and erasing gains since Friday. It had touched $68,600 on Saturday but now sits at support at the bottom of a range-bound channel that formed after its Feb. 6 wipeout to $60,

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Quantum risk puts 7 million BTC — including Satoshi's 1M — at stake

As quantum computing advances, nearly 7 million bitcoin could become vulnerable, including roughly 1 million coins attributed to Satoshi Nakamoto. At an approximate price of $67,600 per bitcoin, Satoshi’s stash would be worth about $67.6 billion, while the total exposed amount has been estimated at roughly $440

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Disagreement means a DAO is healthy, says Curve founder

Dr. Michael Egorov, founder of Curve Finance, said disagreements within a decentralized autonomous organization (DAO) are a sign of health. DAOs rely on smart contracts to automate functions and member voting to govern onchain protocols. Egorov highlighted both a 2024 Curve DAO proposal and a governance dispute at Aave as

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Vitalik Buterin on protecting users when perfect crypto security is impossible

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin outlined a framework for crypto security centered on redundancy, multi-angle verification and human-centered design, arguing that protecting users requires closing the gap between their intent and system behavior. He rejects the notion of perfect security at a time when platforms still face wallet hacks, smart contract

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Bitwise CIO: Layer 1s Not Commoditized, Prediction Markets Level Field

Bitwise CIO Matt Hougan rejects the idea that Layer 1 blockspace has become a commodity, noting institutional capital and development remain clustered on a very small number of chains such as Ethereum and Solana. If infrastructure were truly commoditized, he argues, capital and building would be spread more evenly; instead,

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BitGo to Issue FYUSD Dollar-Pegged Stablecoin

New Frontier Labs has partnered with BitGo Bank & Trust National Association, the entity BitGo will use to issue and provide custodial services for FYUSD, a dollar‑pegged token aimed at institutional investors in Asia. FYUSD is designed to comply with the GENIUS Act stablecoin framework, which calls for 1:

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TRUMP and MELANIA Meme Coins Leave Retail Investors With $4.3 Billion Loss

The official TRUMP and MELANIA tokens have erased an estimated $4.3 billion in retail wealth, leaving roughly 2 million holders underwater. Blockchain data shows 45 early wallets captured about $1.2 billion in gains; for every dollar insiders earned, retail investors lost $20. CryptoRank found TRUMP has plunged 92%

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Ex-Goldman Sachs Insider Says Bitcoin Could Hit $140,000 on Liquidity

Raoul Pal says Bitcoin is trading at a deep discount to global liquidity and that gaps like this have historically closed violently rather than gradually. If that gap closes, Bitcoin would not grind higher but could snap into a higher range; by Pal’s rough liquidity models, the price would

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OpenClaw bans Bitcoin and crypto mentions on Discord after fake token scare

The developer behind the open-source AI agent framework OpenClaw confirmed that mentioning Bitcoin or other cryptocurrencies on its Discord can lead to removal. A user said they were blocked after referencing Bitcoin block height as a timing mechanism in a multi-agent benchmark. Creator Peter Steinberger said members agree to "

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Metric Suggests 88% Odds Bitcoin Will Be Higher by Early 2027

An informal historical price metric gives Bitcoin an 88% chance of trading higher ten months from now, implying an average return that would put BTC around $122,000, network economist Timothy Peterson reports. Peterson notes that 50% of the past 24 months were positive, which he says implies an 88%

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Ethereum staking demand falls 50% as liquidity threatens recovery

Ethereum’s price has been largely flat, down more than 5% over the past week, though a modest rebound of about 4.5% since February 19 followed a bullish divergence on the daily chart that suggested sellers were losing strength. That divergence helped ETH recover from the February 6 low

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Bitdeer Sells Entire Bitcoin Stash as Mining Profits Near Record Lows

Singapore-based Bitdeer has liquidated its entire Bitcoin treasury, reporting zero BTC held as of February 20 after selling its recent production of 189.8 BTC. The liquidation produced a net reduction of 943.1 BTC and excludes customer deposits. The move follows a sharp tightening in mining economics: network difficulty

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Bitcoin ETFs Lose $4.5 Billion in Early 2026 as Outflows Continue

US spot Bitcoin ETFs have had a rocky start to 2026, bleeding roughly $4.5 billion in the first eight weeks. Most of those losses occurred in a five-week stretch beginning in late January, which erased about $4 billion across the 12 funds as the category recorded six weeks of

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Crypto capital shifts from tokens to stocks as launches falter

Investor capital is moving from newly launched tokens into publicly listed crypto companies as many token launches struggle. DWF Labs, using Memento Research data on hundreds of launches across major exchanges, found that more than 80% of projects fell below their token generation event (TGE) price, with typical drawdowns of

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Vitalik Buterin Sells $7M in Ethereum as ETH Falls 30%

Lookonchain reported that on February 22 Vitalik Buterin withdrew 3,500 ETH from the DeFi protocol Aave, valued at about $6.95 million, and sold 571 of those tokens for $1.13 million within hours. The move stands in contrast to his January 30 announcement that the Ethereum Foundation would

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Polymarket Predicts $75,000 Bitcoin Next Week, But Charts Signal Resistance

Polymarket’s largest February outcome — at 17% — currently bets Bitcoin will top $75,000, with volumes for that market exceeding $88 million. Bitcoin itself has traded mostly flat near $68,000 over the past 24 hours and shows a mild seven-day decline; the probability of the $75,000 outcome has

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Crypto Investors Diversify Beyond Top Coins During Dip, Robinhood Exec Says

Johann Kerbrat, head of crypto at Robinhood, says many customers view the market downturn as an opportunity to buy the dip and are trading a wider range of tokens rather than sticking to the largest two or three assets. He described customers as “going pretty wide,” referring to Bitcoin and