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HBAR Knocks on $0.10 Again as Buyers Return—but Resistance Still Holds

Hedera’s native token, HBAR, is attempting to regain lost ground after weeks of constrained trading. The price recently approached the $0.10 threshold but failed to secure a decisive breakout, with resistance near this level limiting upward progress since the start of the month. The Money Flow Index sits

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XRP social buzz hits five-week high as BTC, ETH sentiment cool

Santiment’s Positive/Negative Sentiment indicator for XRP climbed to 2.35 over the past five days, the highest reading in five weeks, while Bitcoin and Ethereum sit near neutral at 1.05 and 1.4. The metric filters crypto posts and threads and uses a machine‑learning model to

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Metaplanet CEO Defends ‘Transparent’ Bitcoin Strategy

Metaplanet CEO Simon Gerovich pushed back against accusations from "anonymous accounts" that the company misled investors about its Bitcoin strategy and disclosures. Critics on X argued the firm delayed or withheld price‑sensitive information about large Bitcoin purchases and options trades funded with shareholder capital, obscured losses from

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Solana meme coin PUNCH surges over 80,000%, hits $30 million market cap

PUNCH, a Solana-based meme coin inspired by a viral story about a baby Japanese macaque and his plush companion, has surged more than 80,000% since launch and climbed above a $30 million market cap. GeckoTerminal data shows the token began trading earlier this month and momentum accelerated as the

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Ethereum Below $2,000 as BitMine Accumulates Despite $7B Losses

Ethereum trades below $2,000, leaving many investors underwater as the downtrend extends into February 2026. BitMine highlighted research by Sean Farrell, Fundstrat’s Head of Digital Asset Strategy, showing Ethereum’s realized price at $2,241 while the market was near $1,934 — leaving the average holder in the

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Bitcoin Hashrate Posts V-Shaped Recovery — Will Price Follow?

Bitcoin’s hashrate — a metric of the network’s total computational power — recorded a sharp V-shaped recovery in February after an extreme Arctic cold wave earlier in the year forced roughly 1.3 million mining machines offline. Freezing temperatures, heavy snowfall and surging heating demand strained the power grid, prompting

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MYX Finance Price Jumps 71% After Consensys-Led Funding Round

MYX Finance staged one of the most aggressive intraday rallies in the crypto market this week, surging 90% in under 12 hours after nearly two weeks of decline. The sharp reversal surprised short sellers and followed a strategic funding round led by Consensys, with participation from Consensys Mesh and Systemic

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Massive $40,000 Bitcoin Put Looms as $2.5B Options Expire

Nearly $2.5 billion in Bitcoin and Ethereum options expire today, setting up a potentially volatile end to the month as traders balance upside bets with deep downside insurance. On the surface positioning looks constructive, but one striking anomaly stands out: a large cluster of Bitcoin puts at the $40,

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US Spot Bitcoin ETF Balances Fall by 100,300 BTC to 1.26M

Glassnode data shows US spot Bitcoin ETF balances have declined by roughly 100,300 BTC since October, bringing total holdings to about 1.26 million BTC amid sustained net outflows. The withdrawals included $1.6 billion pulled from these products in January, extending a streak of monthly outflows that began

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Crypto, Banks Meet Again to Move Forward Crypto Bill

The White House refocused talks between crypto and bank lobbyists on limiting how stablecoin rewards are paid during a third meeting over a crypto market structure bill. Industry representatives met at the White House on Thursday for the third time in 16 days as the Senate seeks to pass legislation

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Who Actually Uses XRP? Separating Reality From Narrative

Few cryptocurrencies are as polarizing as XRP. Critics argue it exists mainly as a speculative asset with limited real-world use, while a large community believes it will power future financial infrastructure. The reality lies between those extremes: XRP has demonstrable utility, but its use is specific and narrower than some

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Bitcoin 60K Retest Odds Rise as Options, ETF Outflows Signal Caution

Bitcoin entered a downward spiral after rejecting near $71,000 on Sunday and has defended the $66,000 level through the week. Options markets reflect growing caution: professional traders are paying a 13% premium for put options over calls, while two-month delta skew—normally between -6% and +6%—has remained

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Trader Quits Crypto After Losing $10,000 in LIBRA

One year after Argentine President Javier Milei backed Libra, a meme coin that proved to be a rug pull, Alfonso Gamboa Silvestre, a 25-year-old from Chile, says he lost $10,000 and has left the crypto industry for good. Gamboa Silvestre says he first saw a message on Telegram and

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Pineapple Accumulates 7% of Injective Supply After IIP-619 Approval

Injective (INJ), a Layer 1 blockchain project for DeFi, surged more than 12% following approval of governance proposal IIP-619. The proposal aims to significantly upgrade Injective’s real-time EVM architecture, strengthen support for next-generation payments, and expand the MultiVM ecosystem. A total of 99.99% of staked participants voted in

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Trump-linked firm to tokenize loan revenue from Maldives hotel

World Liberty Financial will tokenize loan-revenue interest from the new Trump International Hotel and Resort in the Maldives. Tokenization puts an asset on the blockchain so it can be traded as a crypto token; in this case, investors who buy pieces of the construction loan will receive a portion of

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HBAR Flashes 40% Warning, but Positioning Suggests a Different Outcome

Hedera (HBAR) has dropped about 3.5% in the past 24 hours while holding nearly 6% weekly gains, reflecting a growing conflict between buyers and sellers. A familiar warning sign has reappeared — the same signal recently triggered a 40%+ crash — but trader positioning, demand strength and technical support suggest the

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ASTER Falls 70% as Users Vanish — Charts Still Point to 85% Rally

ASTER has dropped nearly 70% from its $2.41 post-launch high as user activity and trading volume collapsed. Daily active addresses interacting with the Astherus Vault on BNB Chain fell from 29,062 on September 24 to 146 on February 19, a 99.5% decrease, while decentralized exchange volume on

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Latest White House talks on stablecoin yield make 'progress' with banks, no deal yet

Participants said more progress was made but no compromise deal emerged after a White House meeting on Thursday that again brought bankers and crypto policy experts to the table to try to break the impasse around the market structure bill. Ji Kim, CEO of the Crypto Council for Innovation, called

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Peter Schiff Warns Bitcoin Could Crash to $20,000

Peter Schiff warned Bitcoin could crash to $20,000 if it breaks $50,000, citing historical drawdowns and rising market risk. His prediction comes as Bitcoin trades near $66,000 amid US–Iran war fears that have increased uncertainty across global markets. Schiff said a drop below $50,000 now

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Ripple CEO confirms White House meeting between crypto and banking reps

The White House convened representatives from the cryptocurrency and banking industries to discuss a Senate market structure bill, focusing on differences over stablecoin yield provisions. Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse told Fox News that the company’s chief legal officer, Stuart Alderoty, attended the meeting earlier in the day. Unconfirmed reports

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Solana Stays Below $90 as Recovery Signals Clash With Loss Selling

Solana has lingered below $90 after nearly two weeks of consolidation, with the token trading around $81 and confined between $78 support and $87 resistance. The sideways action reflects persistent uncertainty across the crypto market: on-chain indicators point to gradual improvement, but investor losses continue to weigh on sentiment. The

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Hayden Davis linked to $50M Pump.fun allocation and multi-million sell-off

Blockchain analytics firm Bubblemaps linked a wallet attributed to Hayden Davis to a $50 million USDC investment in Pump.fun’s private PUMP sale. That wallet received 12.5 billion PUMP tokens at launch, a holding worth about $73 million at the time. The wallet moved roughly 80% of those

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How Bitcoin Could React If the US Strikes Iran

Bitcoin traded near $66,400 on February 19, holding close to $66,000 after days of volatility as fears of a possible US military strike on Iran grew. Multiple American outlets say US military officials told President Donald Trump that strike options are ready and could be executed as early

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Ethereum ETFs End 4-Week Outflow as Whales Accumulate, Recovery at Risk

Ethereum has broken a four-week streak of ETF outflows. Spot ETFs recorded net outflows in the weeks ending January 23, January 30, February 6 and February 13, then posted a net inflow of $6.80 million for the week ending February 18. That shift suggests institutional selling has paused, though

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XRP Poised Below $1.51 as $47M in Shorts Face Liquidation

XRP has entered a prolonged consolidation phase, trading sideways beneath a key resistance zone near $1.51. Derivatives data and liquidation heatmaps show about $47 million in short positions clustered at that level, creating a visible barrier above the current price and capping upside attempts. On-chain metrics point to continued