Month: February 2026

Block, Inc. (NYSE:XYZ) CEO Jack Dorsey said Thursday that advancements in artificial intelligence models and efforts to streamline operations drove the company’s choice to lay off nearly half its workforce. Push Toward ‘Functionalization During the company’s fourth-quarter earnings call, Dorsey was probed about the timing and rationale behind the neary 40%...

The price of Bitcoin has been cut in half since hitting its all-time high. That much is hard to ignore. But according to a new report from financial services firm River, the price chart is telling only part of the story. Underneath the surface, Bitcoin adoption across institutions, governments,...

Japan’s regulatory framework for stablecoins could enhance its digital finance sector, challenging dollar dominance and fostering global blockchain integration. The post SBI Holdings, Startale Group to issue first trust-based yen stablecoin JPYSC under Japan’s framework appeared first on Crypto Briefing....

While Jack Dorsey cites AI-enabled productivity gains as the reason for Block’s cuts, the deeper shift is in payments plumbing: stablecoin settlement threatens to compress the fee stack that fintech acquirers have relied on for years....

The proposal redirects stablecoin arbitrage from institutional market makers to large token holders and links voting rights to capital commitment....

Swyftx lead analyst Pav Hundal says near-term uncertainty has already been priced into Ether, and without any surprise catalysts, it will likely trade sideways for now....

Bitcoin is currently testing the $69,000 level as resistance after rebounding from the $64,000 zone, attempting to recover from its recent corrective phase. While the short-term momentum appears constructive, broader market conditions suggest that conviction remains limited. The move higher is unfolding in an environment characterized by reduced participation...

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) pressed for details in a Senate hearing Thursday on the Trump family’s application to establish a stablecoin bank linked to their World Liberty Financial (CRYPTO: WLFI) platform. Warren Demands Transparency On WLFI Warren grilled Comptroller of the Currency Jonathan Gould on whether regulators obeyed the law on...

On-chain data shows spot demand for Bitcoin is returning as the Apparent Demand metric has started to grow for the first time since late November. Bitcoin Apparent Demand Has Seen Its 30-Day Sum Turn Green In a new post on X, CryptoQuant head of research Julio Moreno has discussed...

Leading cryptocurrencies cooled down on Thursday amid uncertainty over potential market bottoms. Cryptocurrency 24-Hour Gains +/- Price (Recorded at 8:25 p.m. ET) Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) -2.13% $67,060.77 Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH)                -2.60% $2,007.51 XRP (CRYPTO: XRP)                          -2.40% $1.40 Solana (CRYPTO: SOL)                          -3.97% $85.44 Dogecoin (CRYPTO: DOGE)             ...