• Crypto mining can help energy volatility, Paradigm responds to policy onslaught As U.S. • lawmakers consider limits on data and mining facilities because of energy usage, the ind
• Institutional crypto adoption is accelerating, driving larger VC checks, bank-led custody, and lending. • Stablecoins are emerging as the internet’s dollar, backed by clearer reg
• Bitcoin hovers near $69k, buoyed by increasing whale buying despite market outflows. • ETF outflows signal investor caution, tightening liquidity and heightening price sensitivit
• Ether steadies after $540 million sell wave to outperform wider crypto market Crypto markets remain under pressure despite firmer U.S. • equity futures, with ether rebounding tow
• Crypto investment products have posted a fourth straight week of outflows, with $3.74 billion exiting over the past month, per CoinShares.
• Russia’s daily crypto turnover is over $650 million, Ministry of Finance says Government and central bank officials are pushing for legislation to regulate cryptocurrency activit
• OKX snags European payments license for stablecoin and crypto card expansion The Payments Institution license, gained in Malta, aligns the exchange with European Union regulatory
• Crypto market drowns in red as bitcoin falls to $68,000 Traders are bracing for a heavy week of macroeconomic events, including Fed minutes and the core PCE inflation report. • W
• The ruling stems from posts Armstrong made in March 2025 falsely accusing O’Leary of murder in connection with a 2019 boating accident.
• Pastebin comments push ClickFix JavaScript attack to hijack crypto swaps February 15, 2026 10:17 AM 0 Threat actors are abusing Pastebin comments to distribute a new ClickFix-sty
• Bier also promised forthcoming efforts to cut down on spam posts and apps on X, a stance which has sometimes drawn the ire of crypto traders.
• Introduction 18 projects raised $62 million this week, led by Inference Research ($20M), Avenia ($17M), and LevlFi ($7M), while Strategy, Bitmine, and DDC Enterprise added roughl
• In moving away from traditional banks to focus on Web3 companies, the threat actor is leveraging LLMs, deepfakes, legitimate platforms, and ClickFix.
• TVL plunged 63.5% QoQ to $157.2M, stablecoin supply dropped 33.4%, reflecting DeFi deleveraging. • Lending protocols Yei Finance and Takara Lend drove 76.1% of the quarterly TVL
• 22 projects raised $463 million this week, led by Gold.com ($150M), Anchorage Digital ($100M), and TRM Labs ($70M), while Strategy, DDC Enterprise, and TRON Inc. • added roughly
• 270M phishing attempts on Ethereum and BSC, 17M victims, $83.8M lost. • Attack exploits wallet address usability; attackers craft lookalike 40‑char hex addresses. • Scammers send
• Chinese regulators intensify crackdown on crypto, targeting exchanges and mining. • Court cases show middlemen circumventing bans by acting as intermediaries. • Middlemen facilit
• Gates met with Trump to discuss tech policy, climate action, and bipartisan cooperation. • He expressed skepticism about Elon Musk’s DOGE hype, citing volatility and lack of fund