Month: February 2026

With the end of the month approaching and negotiations still ongoing, the long-debated crypto market structure legislation known as the CLARITY Act is facing a critical moment in Washington.  The bill, which aims to establish clear rules for digital asset markets in the United States, has encountered significant obstacles...

The creator platform’s new product lets users trade tokens linked to social-media traction, a Polymarket-style bet on vibes rather than events....

Abu Dhabi-linked sovereign investors held more than $1 billion in U.S. spot Bitcoin ETF exposure at the end of 2025, a milestone that comes as the broader market faces renewed outflows this week. The disclosure adds to a broader wave…...

Bitcoin-focused public company Nakamoto Inc., led by chairman and CEO David Bailey, has signed definitive agreements to acquire BTC Inc. and UTXO Management GP, LLC in an all-stock transaction valued at approximately $107.3 million. The deal brings together companies closely…...

WLFI rallied 20% as traders positioned ahead of the World Liberty Forum and large on-chain withdrawals drew attention. World Liberty Financial (WLFI) was trading at $0.1178 at the time of writing, up about 20% in the past day. The token…...

Ethereum’s proof-of-stake contract address now holds over half of the Ether supply “for the first time in the coin’s eleven-year history,” reported on-chain analytics provider Santiment on Wednesday. This appears somewhat misleading, as approximately 37 million ETH are currently staked, representing approximately 30% of the total supply of 121.4...

[PRESS RELEASE – George Town, Cayman Islands, February 17th, 2026] Zircuit, a security-first digital asset company backed by YZiLabs, Dragonfly, and Pantera, today announced the launch of Zircuit Finance. Incubated by a team from Quantstamp, Zircuit Finance is a secure platform for institutional-grade strategies, a stablecoin vault designed to...

The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has moved to defend its authority over prediction markets, filing a friend-of-the-court brief as state-level legal challenges against the sector intensify. CFTC defends control of US prediction markets In a video posted on…...

Crypto majors soften while Asian equities rebound modestly, with traders continuing to weigh quantum fears, ETF flows and a possible shift in bitcoin’s broader trend....

Coinbase Global Inc. (NASDAQ:COIN) CEO Brian Armstrong acknowledged on Tuesday that the company is “misunderstood” on Wall Street, stating that some traditional finance players have not been able to stomach the cryptocurrency “disruption.” Is TradFi Skeptical Of Crypto? In an X post, Armstrong said that while one section has been “leaning” and...