Two of Abu Dhabi’s major investment firms increased their exposure to BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT) in the fourth quarter of 2025, buying into the ETF as bitcoin fell about 23% during the quarter. Mubadala Investment Company added nearly four million IBIT shares between October and December, bringing

Bridge, the stablecoin platform owned by Stripe, said it received conditional approval from the US Office of the Comptroller of the Currency to operate as a federally chartered national trust bank. In a Tuesday notice, Bridge said the conditional approval allows the company to "operate stablecoin products and services

MYX Finance has fallen into oversold territory for the first time in its trading history after weeks of intense selling. Heavy profit-taking and forced exits, set against a broader bearish crypto market, accelerated the drop. Since February 8 MYX’s correlation with Bitcoin has flipped from -0.42 to +0.

Solana remains under sustained pressure as on-chain flows show roughly $202 million worth of SOL moved to exchanges since the start of the month. Exchange wallets have added about 2.35 million SOL, increasing sell-side liquidity after active deposits began declining following an earlier spike. This surge in exchange-directed supply

Wall Street analysts at Compass Point and Canaccord see BitGo as a likely acquisition target as the company pushes into full-service institutional crypto finance. Compass Point analyst Ed Engel, who has a buy rating, said BitGo’s suite of services could appeal to traditional firms seeking to offer crypto products

Pi Coin swung sharply over the past month, falling nearly 38% between Jan. 14 and Feb. 11 before reversing and rallying as much as 58% into mid‑February, then pulling back. Investor sentiment fell from 9.06 in early December to nearly zero by Feb. 4, but it recovered to

Dragonfly Capital has closed its fourth fund, raising $650 million to back what it sees as the next phase of blockchain companies, fund general partner Rob Hadick posted on X. The firm signaled a move away from consumer apps toward more traditional financial products built on blockchain rails — including credit

BitMine’s stock has shown early signs of recovery, rising 6% on Feb. 13 and 7.32% over the past five days, even as Ethereum — which BitMine closely tracks — fell 3.3% over the same week. The divergence suggests the stock may be trying to catch up, but the rebound

Bitcoin dropped sharply ahead of the US market open on Tuesday, falling 1.7% to roughly $67,600 and extending a volatile start to 2026. The move tracked weakness in equity futures, with Nasdaq 100 contracts down 0.9% and S&P 500 contracts down 0.6%. The coin’

James E. Thorne, Chief Market Strategist at Wellington-Altus, framed bitcoin and gold as opposing bets on the US economy. "For the record. Bitcoin Is a Bet on Trump’s Success. Gold Is a Bet on America’s Failure," he wrote. Thorne said gold has become a "verdict&

Crypto market sentiment has plunged to extreme lows, with Matrixport's Greed & Fear index reflecting broad-based pessimism. The firm's 21-day moving average of its Bitcoin gauge has dipped below zero, a setup that historically precedes durable bottoms when the average begins to turn upward. Matrixport cautioned

StarkWare has integrated EY’s Nightfall privacy protocol into Starknet, enabling institutions to run private payments and decentralized finance activity on public Ethereum-aligned rails. The move is aimed at banks and corporates that need confidentiality without giving up auditability. Nightfall is an open-source zero-knowledge privacy layer that lets transactions be

Hedera (HBAR) has gained about 1% in the past 24 hours and roughly 11.3% over the last week, even as monthly and quarterly returns remain negative. Recent price action and a pullback between Feb. 14 and Feb. 15 suggest a potential breakout setup is forming. On the 12-hour chart

Building a swap DApp is relatively straightforward, but running it under real market conditions—with bots, arbitrageurs and volatile liquidity—is not. At Consensus Hong Kong, Andrey Fedorov, CMO & CBDO at STON.fi, described how STON.fi launched as an AMM on TON and later built Omniston to aggregate

Ethereum is up about 1% over the past 24 hours and remains near the $2,000 level, but it has struggled to recover. Over the 10 days between Feb. 6 and Feb. 15, ETH mounted three separate rebounds that showed early strength but could not sustain higher prices. The token

A BlackRock executive framed the potential vividly: with about $108 trillion in household wealth across Asia, a mere 1% allocation to crypto could translate into nearly $2 trillion in inflows. BlackRock’s IBIT ETF has grown to roughly $53 billion, underscoring how large institutions can move markets even as most

Bitcoin has stalled around $68,282, remaining range-bound as equity volatility and shifting rate expectations have capped recovery attempts. Long-term holders have built a critical supply cluster above $65,000, the LTH CBD Heatmap shows, anchored in the 2024 first-half accumulation range and repeatedly absorbing recent selling pressure. That band

XRP is attempting to regain upward momentum after weeks of consolidation. Price action shows a symmetrical triangle that could yield a roughly 33% breakout and lift the token above $2 if resistance is breached. Volatility across the broader cryptocurrency market means confirmation will depend on market conditions. On-chain metrics point

Veteran analyst Ran Neuner and others are questioning Bitcoin’s long-held role as a safe haven and digital gold. Despite a weakening US Dollar—the US Dollar Index fell roughly 9% in 2025 and another 2% year-to-date in 2026—Bitcoin declined 20–22% YTD, trading for $68,255 as of

Short positioning in the US dollar has reached its highest level since January 2012, the Bank of America foreign exchange and rates sentiment survey shows. The US Dollar Index is down 1.3% year to date, and overall dollar exposure has fallen below the lows of April 2025 as fund

Kevin O’Leary said concerns about quantum computing are keeping institutions from increasing their Bitcoin allocations. He described quantum computing as a “new concern floating around now” and said the possibility of a powerful quantum system eventually compromising blockchain cryptography is enough to make large investors cautious. He warned that,

XMR climbed nearly 10% to $335.66 after TRM Labs published a report underscoring Monero’s resilience and rising use in privacy-focused markets despite delistings from major exchanges. TRM Labs found on-chain activity for Monero remained broadly stable in 2024–2025 and consistently higher than pre-2022 levels. That pattern held

A global survey commissioned by BVNK and conducted by YouGov found 39% of crypto users and prospective users across 15 countries receive income in stablecoins, while 27% use them for everyday payments, citing lower fees and faster cross-border transfers as key drivers. The online survey of 4,658 respondents, carried

Bitcoin faces renewed risk of a fresh dump as persistent whale selling coincides with weak buying support. The coin has posted five consecutive months of red candles and still lacks a clear long lower wick that would indicate strong demand. If incoming supply outpaces buying, another slide could follow. Whale

Artificial intelligence dominated Consensus Hong Kong 2026, with voices ranging from government officials endorsing a nascent machine economy to venture capitalists declaring the crypto AI hype cycle over. Byteplus said multiple major exchanges are already running its AI agent products for intelligent customer service, multi-agent research and AML workflow automation,