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Metaplanet posts FY2025 loss as Bitcoin unrealized losses top $1 billion

Tokyo-based Metaplanet released its fiscal 2025 results, reporting revenue of 8.9 billion yen, a 738% year-over-year increase driven by its Bitcoin income business, which generated roughly 95% of total revenue. Operating profit rose to 6.28 billion yen, a 1,694.5% jump, while total assets climbed from 30.

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Fake Trezor, Ledger Letters Target Crypto Wallet Users

Users of crypto hardware wallets Ledger and Trezor are again receiving physical letters designed to steal seed recovery phrases. Cybersecurity expert Dmitry Smilyanets reported receiving a spurious Trezor letter on Feb. 13 that demanded an “Authentication Check” by Feb. 15 or warned of device restrictions. The mailpiece included a hologram

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The RWA War: Stablecoins, Speed, and Control

Consensus Hong Kong 2026 played out as an RWA conference that happened to be about crypto. Conversations moved beyond pitch decks to sharp disagreements over architecture, regulation, and what tokenization is actually meant to solve. Panelists converged on one point: stablecoins are the most successful real-world asset token. 'The

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Jeffrey Epstein Emails Show Plans to Meet Gary Gensler To Talk Crypto

Epstein files reveal emails showing Jeffrey Epstein discussed Gary Gensler attending meetings to talk about digital currencies in 2018. The documents also confirm Epstein funded MIT’s Bitcoin developer initiative and invested $3 million in Coinbase and other crypto firms. However, the files do not confirm any direct financial relationship

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Dogecoin and Two Tokens Renew Hopes for Meme Coin Season

Dogecoin’s price may still hold the clues to whether meme coin season returns. Between February 6 and February 15, Dogecoin rallied about 47%, while the total meme coin market cap climbed around 43%, showing Dogecoin continues to lead the sector. Two closely aligned tokens, BONK and Shiba Inu, are

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Bitcoin Bounce Fades as Q1 Losses Deepen; Downside Risk Returns

Bitcoin is trading around $68,700, down nearly 22% year to date and on pace for its weakest first quarter since 2018. After starting the year near $87,700, BTC has shed almost $20,000 in just a few weeks, putting pressure on the broader crypto market. A 9% rebound

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Germany‘s Central Bank President Touts Stablecoin Benefits for EU

Joachim Nagel, president of Germany’s central bank, backed both a euro-pegged central bank digital currency and euro-denominated stablecoins in remarks prepared for a speech at the New Year’s Reception of the American Chamber of Commerce in Frankfurt. He said EU officials were "working hard" toward the

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Nicki Minaj to Speak at Trump-Backed World Liberty Forum

Nicki Minaj will speak at the World Liberty Forum on February 18 at Mar-a-Lago. The summit is hosted by World Liberty Financial (WLFI), a DeFi project backed by Donald Trump’s family. Her appearance comes weeks after she publicly endorsed Trump at a government-linked event in Washington, D.C., where

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Over $321M in tokens to unlock mid-February 2025

More than $321 million in crypto tokens will unlock during the third week of February 2025, a wave that could introduce market volatility and influence short-term price movements. Major releases expected include LayerZero (ZRO), YZY (YZY), and KAITO (KAITO). LayerZero will unlock 25.71 million ZRO on February 20, roughly

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Bitcoin Holds Key Level as Altcoins Face Bearish Pressure

Bitcoin started the week cautiously as bulls try to keep the price above $67,500 while bears sell rallies near the $74,508 resistance. Investors are not rushing to buy the dip, with $133.3 million in outflows from BTC exchange-traded products last week and $3.8 billion leaving crypto

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Crypto outlets remove coverage after study links press releases to scams

Several crypto media sites quietly removed articles that discussed a Chainstory study finding most press releases came from high‑risk or scam‑linked projects. Sources allege external pressure from within the crypto PR ecosystem, though no direct public evidence names who requested the takedowns or why they occurred. Chainstory analyzed

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Ethereum Price Stuck Near $2,000 as Holder Exodus Slows Recovery

Ethereum is trading near $2,000 and has struggled to build sustained upside. The asset was at $1,970 at the time of writing and remains above $1,902 support but below $2,051 resistance. On-chain metrics point to realized losses saturating. The Spent Output Profit Ratio (SOPR) slid to

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Zcash builders split from ECC, form ZODL and rebrand wallet

Zcash’s original creators have formally broken away from the Electric Coin Company (ECC) and launched a new independent development entity, Zcash Open Development Lab (ZODL). The team announced the Zashi wallet will be rebranded as "Zodl," and the app will rebrand with the next update. The change

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Whale–Holder Fight Could Push XRP Toward $1

XRP dropped about 13% after a rejection near the $1.67 resistance zone and is down nearly 10% over the past 24 hours. That pullback followed a brief surge on February 15 that produced a long upper wick, suggesting sellers stepped in and forced the price lower. Technically, the token

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Nexo Relaunches Crypto Platform in the United States

Nexo will relaunch its digital asset services and crypto exchange in the United States on Monday, more than three years after leaving the market amid battles with federal and state regulators. The rebooted platform will offer flexible and fixed-term yield programs, a spot cryptocurrency exchange, crypto-backed credit lines and a

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Crypto Funds Post $173 Million Outflows as XRP and Solana Draw Inflows

Crypto funds recorded a fourth consecutive week of net outflows, shedding $173 million as investor caution persisted across major digital assets. The latest weekly fund flows report from CoinShares shows cumulative withdrawals of $3.74 billion over the past four weeks, a slowdown from the heavy selling seen in late

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3 Altcoins That Could Hit New All-Time Highs In The Third Week Of February 2026

Capital is rotating into select mid-cap altcoins as momentum builds near critical technical levels. Several tokens are compressing just beneath record highs, while others are stabilizing after shallow pullbacks with their trend structure intact. An analysis identified three altcoins that could form new all-time highs in the third week of

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3 Meme Coins To Watch In The Third Week Of February 2026

Momentum is rotating aggressively within the meme coin sector, with select names breaking structure and attracting speculative inflows. Several tokens are pressing into key technical inflection points where confirmation could unlock continuation moves. PIPPIN has surged 142% over the past seven days and was trading at $0.690 at the

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Gate Founder Dr. Lin Han: AI Will Transform Trading in Two Years

Gate has grown from a one-person project founded by Dr. Lin Han in 2013 into one of the largest cryptocurrency exchanges, serving over 49 million users, employing more than 2,000 people, and listing north of 5,000 tokens while offering a suite of traditional financial products. Dr. Lin credits

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Hive, Riot earnings reports, FOMC minutes: Crypto Week Ahead

Hive Digital Technologies and Riot Platforms headline this week’s crypto earnings calendar. Both data-center operators have expanded operations by adding high-performance computing for AI applications alongside their bitcoin mining activities. The Federal Reserve will also shape markets, with minutes from the most recent FOMC meeting due Wednesday. The committee

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3 Altcoins Facing Liquidation Risk in the Third Week of February

The crypto market entered the third week of February with recoveries across several altcoins, but negative sentiment remains, leaving optimistic traders exposed to potential liquidations. XRP, DOGE and TAO are drawing attention this week because of distinct developments and attendant risks. XRP’s liquidation map shows cumulative Long liquidations slightly

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Harvard rebalances crypto exposure: trims Bitcoin, buys Ether ETF

Harvard Management Company (HMC), the investment arm of Harvard University’s endowment, reduced its stake in the iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT) by roughly 21%, trimming about 1.5 million shares, the firm’s latest SEC 13F filing shows. Despite the cut, Bitcoin remained one of the endowment’s largest publicly

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Binance rejects claims of Iran-linked transfers and firings

Binance pushed back against a Fortune report, rejecting allegations that it enabled sanctions-violating transfers tied to Iran and fired compliance investigators who raised concerns. Fortune said internal investigators found more than $1 billion in transfers linked to Iranian entities moving through the platform between March 2024 and August 2025, involving

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Dogecoin Talks Surge: Will DOGE Recover Soon?

Discussions about Dogecoin picked up sharply in mid-February, with LunarCrush showing a 33.19% month-over-month rise in mentions. Holders are hopeful for a recovery after DOGE lost more than 75% of its value since last year. Renewed optimism has been driven largely by developments around Elon Musk and X. Talks

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Quantum Computing May Be Impacting Bitcoin Valuation

Analyst Willy Woo says growing concern about quantum computing has broken Bitcoin’s 12-year outperformance trend versus gold, and markets may be pricing the risk that so-called “lost” BTC could be reactivated if quantum advances made private keys vulnerable. Charles Edwards has similarly linked quantum fears to recent Bitcoin price