Crypto

• Crypto for Advisors: crypto vaults explained Crypto vaults explained: Learn about risk layers (smart contract, redemption), composability and how RWAs will change DeFi yields. •

• The firm has invested in infrastructure like DoubleZero and Monad, the stablecoin app Payy, and ICO capital formation platform MetaDAO.

• CME Group will begin offering 24/7 cryptocurrency futures and options trading on May 29 as volumes hit record highs.

• Across the globe, it remains common for crypto users to have their bank accounts frozen and transfers blocked, even as institutional adoption rises. • Panos Mekras, co-founder an

• Crypto markets feel the chill, Base, ether.fi reorganize layer-2 landscape Your day-ahead look for Feb. • 19, 2026 What to know: You are viewing Crypto Daybook Americas, your mor

• Ether, XRP, Solana slide in crypto retreat despite tech-led lift in Asia stocks Major tokens stayed under pressure even as risk sentiment improved in equities, with a firmer doll

• Warren urges Treasury and Fed to avoid bailing out crypto billionaires amid Bitcoin selloff. • She warns bailout would be unpopular, shifting taxpayer wealth to crypto elites. •

• Crypto industry executives at Cointelegraph’s LONGITUDE conference in Hong Kong stressed the importance of addressing Bitcoin’s technological risks and said that clear US regulat

• South Korea’s Hanwha makes a $13 million bet on ‘seedless’ crypto wallets The South Korean financial firm backs the U.S.-based blockchain company to accelerate enterprise wallet

• Ether.fi will migrate roughly ‘70,000 active cards, 300,000 accounts, and millions in user TVL to Optimism,’ over the coming months.

• Sam Altman’s OpenAI unveils ‘EVMbench’ to test whether AI can keep crypto’s smart contracts safe Developed with Paradigm, the tool is OpenAI’s attempt to determine whether modern

• Crypto Long & Short: Crypto’s liquidity mirage In this week’s Crypto Long & Short Newsletter, Leo Mindyuk of ML Tech writes that while crypto markets look liquid on paper, execut

• Bitcoin volatile, but flat, while crypto stocks bounce amid cooling AI fears Coinbase, Circle, Galaxy, IREN and Riot led the early morning rebound among crypto-related stocks as

• Solomon owns very little bitcoin, remains an observer in the evolving crypto landscape. • He sees crypto and traditional finance as part of one evolving system. • Tokenization wi

• Hyperliquid Foundation donates $29M worth of HYPE tokens to launch DeFi policy advocacy group. • New group aims to influence U.S. regulations to support decentralized finance gro

• Bitcoin nearing late bear market territory, echoing 2022 bottom signals. • Defensive sentiment rises as traders adopt cautious stance. • Leverage levels drop, indicating reduced

• American crypto holders are scared and confused about this year’s new IRS tax rules Crypto tax platform, Awaken Tax, polled 1,000 crypto holders about a radical shift from self-d

• AMLBot says social engineering drove 65% of crypto cases it probed in 2025 Social engineering and impersonation-related scams were the most frequent attack vectors targeting cryp

• Bitcoin trades $67,484, holding tight $66k-$70k range, up 1.04% in 24h. • Ether at $2,020, up 1.43% daily, showing modest gains. • Treasury firms and public institutions were key

• Bitcoin steady near $68k, trading within $65.1k-$72k range since Feb 6. • Volatility cooling, funding rates flat/slightly negative, open interest steady at $15.5B. • WLFI token s

• BH Digital Asset fund lost 29.5% in 2025, worst year since 2021 launch. • Fund underperformed Bitcoin, which fell 6% during the same period. • Prior years saw strong gains: 43% i

• US spot Bitcoin ETFs posted $104.9M net outflows on Tuesday, marking the first session of the week. • Total trading volume fell 80% to just over $3B, down from a record $14.7B on

• Peter Thiel has fully exited ETHZilla, as confirmed by a recent SEC filing. • ETHZilla’s share price fell after the announcement, reflecting investor uncertainty. • The firm is p

• XRP’s 15‑month low at $1.12 may be a new generational bottom after a 50% rally to $1.67. • Exchange‑held XRP fell to a five‑year low, indicating holders are moving tokens to self

• Bitwise files prospectus for six prediction‑market ETFs, branded PredictionShares, in the U.S. • Funds pay out if Democrats or Republicans win presidential, Senate, or House race

• The Digital Chamber launches Prediction Markets Working Group to champion clarity for US prediction markets. • Group urges CFTC to keep primary oversight, opposing state regulato

• Coin Center urges Senate not to axe crypto developer protection bill Coin Center said internet and cloud hosting providers aren’t prosecuted when criminals misuse their platforms

• eToro shares pop 20% as crypto revenues bolster Q4 earnings eToro CEO Yoni Assia says he is positioning the trading platform ‘for a financial system that is increasingly moving o

• Bridge, Stripe-owned stablecoin platform, gets conditional OCC approval for national trust bank charter. • Approval allows Bridge to offer stablecoin products, custody, issuance,

• Crypto venture capital firm Dragonfly raises $650 million despite ‘gloom of a bear market’ The firm’s fourth fund positions it alongside a16z and Paradigm even as blockchain VC f

• Amid crypto VC shakeout, Dragonfly closes $650M fund with focus on real-world assets Dragonfly’s raise comes as crypto venture capital shifts toward tokenized real-world assets,

• Top crypto treasury companies Strategy and Bitmine add to BTC, ETH stacks The buys lift Strategy holdings to 717,131 BTC and Bitmine to 4.37 million ETH, expanding corporate cryp

• Logan Paul sells tokenized Pokemon card for $16M, marking high-profile NFT sale. • Gemini announces departure of several top executives amid strategic shift. • Strategy Inc. comp

• Bitcoin stalls below $70,000 as macro fears hit critical threshold. • Rising VIX at 22.50 signals heightened market volatility and risk‑off sentiment. • US 10‑year Treasury yield

• Gemini Space Station announces departure of COO Marshall Beard, CFO Dan Chen, and CLO Tyler Meade. • Co‑founder Cameron Winklevoss to assume additional revenue‑generating duties.

• Crypto custodian BitGo a potential acquisition target for Wall Street firms, analysts say Compass Point and Canaccord call BitGo a potential acquisition target and defend the sto

• Crypto infrastructure firm BitGo a potential acquisition target for Wall Street firms, analysts say Compass Point and Canaccord call BitGo a potential acquisition target and defe

• South Korea lifts 9‑year corporate crypto ban, allowing listed firms to trade under regulated framework. • Corporate investments capped at 5% of annual equity and limited to top

• The crypto tax reckoning is here We are officially entering the ‘crypto tax enforcement era’, but the new rules, written by people who don’t understand crypto, could have some bi

• Revenue from ‘cryptoassets’ declined to $3.6 billion during the fourth quarter amid a broad market decline.

• Dragonfly closed a $650 million fourth fund, topping its target as the firm deploys capital during a downturn.

• LiFI Composer allows users to combine different actions like swaps, bridging, deposits, and staking into a single transaction.

• BitMine adds $90 million in ETH - Tom Lee says crypto sentiment reminiscent of 2018 and 2022 bottoms The Ethereum treasury firm continues its buying spree with its largest weekly

• Strategy added 2,486 BTC for $168.4 M last week, raising holdings to 717,131 BTC. • Average purchase price $76,027 per BTC, below the current $68,000 market price. • Funding sour

• Poland president vetoes MiCA bill again as crypto companies look to license abroad President Karol Nawrocki vetoed a second MiCA crypto bill, saying it was ‘practically identical

• Crypto slides as tech stocks and gold retreat; bitcoin-Nasdaq correlation turns positive Bitcoin falls to $68,000 as tech-led risk-off move deepens, gold extends correction and m

• Monero transaction volume stays above 2022 levels, even after major exchanges delist the privacy coin. • 48% of newly launched darknet markets in 2025 support only XMR, signaling

• UK crypto rules too slow to support global hub ambitions, says Agant CEO Regulatory delays risk blunting Britain’s digital asset push, said Andrew MacKenzie, head of the pound-pe

• SBI Holdings targets majority stake in Singapore crypto exchange Coinhako Japan’s SBI Holdings has signed a letter of intent to buy a controlling stake in Singapore-licensed cryp

• Stablecoin use in everyday spending, cross-border work, and savings allocation is growing rapidly among crypto-savvy consumers.

• Polygon surpassed Ethereum in daily transaction fees for first time, driven by Polymarket activity. • Friday fees: Polygon $407k vs Ethereum $211k, a significant gap. • Saturday

• Crypto sentiment hits extreme fear as Matrixport flags possible bottom With Bitcoin sentiment at four-year lows, analysts have flagged historic oversold signals and potential sel

• Kraken sponsors Trump Accounts in Wyoming, citing crypto alignment The Wyoming-based crypto exchange said it wanted to give back to the state it calls home, which it chose for it

• Crypto.com receives ISO/IEC 42001 AI certification as it expands its AI business Crypto.com is expanding AI services as one of its three core business lines, amid broader industr

• Crypto phishers are sending letters to Trezor, Ledger users again It’s not the first time scammers have used snail mail to target victims of hardware wallet company data breaches

• The prolonged slide into fear territory traces back in large part to the events of Oct. • 10, 2025, widely referred to as ‘10/10.’

• ‘We do not do illegal things’: Inside a U.S.-sanctioned stablecoin issuer’s race to build a crypto giant Oleg Ogienko, the public face of A7A5, pitched the ruble-pegged stablecoi

• Tokenized RWAs climb 13.5% despite $1T crypto market drawdown Tokenized real-world assets added 13.5% in 30 days, led by increasing activity on Ethereum, Arbitrum and Solana, eve

• Hong Kong regulator approves first crypto company license since June Hong Kong’s Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) granted Victory Fintech a license. • What to know: Hong K

• How South Korea is using AI to detect crypto market manipulation South Korea’s regulators are deploying AI systems to monitor crypto trading, flag manipulation and strengthen dig