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• Hashgraph Group introduces blockchain‑based supply‑chain traceability platform. • TrackTrace targets EU Digital Product Passport compliance starting 2027. • Records product data,

• Bitcoin price drops 4% to $62,700, breaching $63,000 threshold. • RSI near record lows suggests potential bottom formation. • Panic selling driven by short‑term holders and loss‑

• Bitcoin ETF sell-off is ‘purification’ of bull case, investor says Bitcoin ETF investors have recorded sustained outflows this year, but EMJ Capital’s Eric Jackson argues a longe

• USDC revenue could rise 2‑7× with payment adoption. • Stablecoin revenue was 19% of total in 2025. • Congress debates stablecoin reward bans. • Coinbase remains a major stablecoi

• Canaan acquires 49% stake in three Texas mining sites. • Sites provide 120 MW power and 4.4 EH/s hashrate. • Joint venture entities include Alborz, Bear, Chief Mountain. • WindHQ

• Framework Ventures acquires 10% stake in mortgage firm Better. • Partnership aims to launch $500M DeFi credit program on Sky. • Tokens tied to mortgages will generate yield in st

• Anthropic launches Claude Code Security, an AI code vulnerability scanner. • Tool scans entire codebase, flags vulnerabilities, suggests patches. • Market reaction: cybersecurity

TRM Labs’ blockchain intelligence platform integrates with Finray’s XZiel compliance engine. System provides real‑time risk alerts for suspicious crypto and fiat transactions. Enab

• Terraform admin Todd Snyder sues Jane Street for alleged insider trading. • Claims Jane Street used confidential info from Terraform insiders. • Accused of manipulating market pr

• Citrini Research’s ‘Global Intelligence Crisis’ report warns AI could trigger massive economic disruption. • AI could eliminate large workforce share, slash consumer spending, th

• Binance stablecoin reserves dropped 18.6% since Nov, falling $10B to $41.4B. • Binance still holds ~64% of all exchange stablecoin reserves, dominating the market. • Crypto liqui

• DATs are publicly traded firms that treat cryptoassets as core treasury holdings. • They amass large crypto balances, offering investors indirect exposure via stock purchases. •

• Fed proposes codifying removal of reputation risk from banking supervision. • Aim to halt crypto debanking driven by political or religious concerns. • 60‑day window for public c

• Taylor Lindman, former Chainlink Labs deputy counsel, appointed SEC Crypto Task Force chief counsel. • Selig, former chief counsel, now CFTC chair, vacated role. • Lindman brings

• Step Finance, Solana NFT analytics, SolanaFloor, and Remora Markets shut down after $27M hack. • Hack occurred Jan 31, 2024, draining 261,854 SOL from treasury wallets. • Securit

• Backpack Exchange offers 20% equity to token stakers for a year. • Stakers can swap tokens for equity at a fixed ratio, aligning token value with company. • 25% of 1M token suppl

• Spot Bitcoin ETFs experiencing four consecutive months of net outflows, dropping holdings by 85k BTC since Oct 2025. • ETF net assets peaked at $170B in Oct 2025, now $84.3B, cum

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• Bitcoin may reverse course and rally to $75K: Here’s how Traders struggle to determine if the crypto market bottom is in, but liquidity fears, AI industry valuation worries, and

• Michael Saylor says quantum threat to Bitcoin is more than 10 years away The Strategy CEO downplayed quantum risks on Natalie Brunell’s Coin Stories podcast, saying any credible

• PayPal draws takeover interest following 46% stock slide: Report After a yearlong share slump, PayPal is fielding buyout approaches as rivals weigh asset sales and a possible ful

• Negative Bitcoin funding rate may signal pending short-squeeze above $70K Bitcoin holds its range trend even as the funding rate turns negative and BTC open interest flatlines. •

• Trump’s Board of Peace exploring stablecoin to aid Gaza’s digital economy. • Stablecoin would not replace fiat, but enable digital transactions for Gazans. • Board requires $1B m

• Bitcoin’s weekly candle broke 200‑EMA for first time since Oct 2023, ending 882‑day uptrend. • Break signals potential new price lows, as 200‑EMA historically separates expansion

• Price predictions 2/23: SPX, DXY, BTC, ETH, XRP, BNB, SOL, DOGE, BCH, ADA Bitcoin and altcoins sold-off as US stock markets digested US President Donald Trump’s fresh 15% global

• Satlantis launches Bitcoin-native ticketing platform with built-in Lightning wallets The events platform embeds Bitcoin Lightning wallets into each event, allowing organizers to

• Trump crypto company says ‘coordinated attack’ on stablecoin failed The price of World Liberty Financial’s token dipped about 7% early on Monday, later reported to be the result

• ProShares GENIUS ETF’s $17B debut boosts case for tokenized money market funds IQMM’s historic first-day launch underscores how traditional cash funds are adapting to compete in

• XRP price chart and whale activity warn of a drop below $1 XRP has formed a classic bearish pattern on its two-day chart, and if confirmed, a price drop to $0.80 could be in the

• OCC grants Crypto.com conditional approval for bank trust charter While Coinbase and others await decision on their applications, the federal banks regulator has already signaled

• US lender Rate unveils mortgage program recognizing crypto holdings The nationwide RateFi product allows borrowers to count crypto holdings toward mortgage underwriting requireme

• Bitcoin traders diverge over BTC price strength with $60K in sight Bitcoin gained both upside and downside targets as the Wall Street open brought fresh BTC selling pressure and

• Measuring Bitcoin payments is tough due to intermediaries, crypto cards, instant conversions. • Surveys show a minority of holders used crypto for purchases, rarely distinguishin

• Tether flashes Bitcoin bottom signal: Can BTC stage another 100% rally? • Bitcoin price more than doubled the last time Tether’s crypto market capitalization dropped by $3 billio

• Revolut confirms ex-employee threatened to leak KYC data for crypto ransom A crypto trader said a former Revolut employee tried to extort him and contacted his relatives. • Revol

• Curve founder says DeFi must ditch token emissions for real revenue Curve founder Michael Egorov told Cointelegraph that protocols cannot ’live without real revenues flowing’ as

• Standard Chartered sticks to $2T stablecoin call but trims T-bill impact Standard Chartered slashed its forecast for T-bill demand from stablecoins to $800 billion to $1 trillion

• Fictional 2028 AI memo imagines mass layoffs and stablecoin adoption Citrini Research’s 2028 scenario imagines AI turbocharging corporate profits, while hollowing out consumer de

• Austria’s regulator slaps new business ban on KuCoin’s EU exchange The Austrian Financial Market Authority has frozen new business at KuCoin EU months after granting the exchange

• Strategy adds 592 BTC for $40M in 100th Bitcoin purchase Strategy bought 592 Bitcoin for $39.8 million in its 100th purchase, increasing holdings to 717,722 BTC. • Cointelegraph

• How SocialFi, memecoins and AI pushed Base to the top of the L2 ladder Base rode SocialFi, memecoins and AI agents to the top of Ethereum’s layer-2 ladder before turning inward t

• Bitmine’s unrealized losses near $8.8B as Ether drops 60% in six months. • Ether trades below Bitmine’s average cost, testing cyclical vs structural weakness. • Bitmine continues

• Crypto funds lose $288M as ETPs extend outflow run to five weeks Crypto investment products posted outflows for a fifth straight week, marking the longest exit streak since the l

• Crypto funds lose $288M as ETPs extend outflow run to five weeks Crypto investment products posted outflows for a fifth straight week, marking the longest exit streak since the l

• Bitcoin treasuries log rare selling streak as BTC trades near $66K Continued selling from treasury companies and US Bitcoin ETFs threatens a deeper retracement for BTC, but some

• Bitcoin treasuries log rare selling streak as BTC trades near $66K Continued selling from treasury companies and US Bitcoin ETFs threatens a deeper retracement for BTC, but some

• BOK pushes for bank‑led consortium to issue won‑pegged stablecoins, citing US GENIUS Act. • Central bank warns private issuers could undermine monetary policy and FX stability. •

• ‘Investable universe’ of crypto is narrowing: NYDIG NYDIG’s Greg Cipolaro says only a handful of crypto applications are attractive to investors and that the sector needs to reev

• NYDIG notes only a handful of crypto applications remain attractive to investors. • Focus shifts to Bitcoin, tokenized assets, stablecoins, and select DeFi infrastructure. • Gene

• JPMorgan admitted to closing Trump accounts after Jan. 6. • First time the bank publicly acknowledged de‑banking. • Trump sued for $5 billion, claiming political discrimination.

• JPMorgan concedes it debanked Trump after Capitol attack Court documents indicate that JPMorgan de-banked Trump, with debanking one of the main reasons the Trump family turned to

• A researcher at the Near Foundation told Cointelegraph last year that he was working on AI-powered digital twins that vote on behalf of DAO members to address low voter participa

• Vitalik Buterin proposes AI integration to strengthen DAO governance. • Near Foundation researcher develops AI-powered digital twins for voting. • Digital twins simulate member p

• Binance claims sanctions exposure fell 97% since Jan 2024, now 0.009% of total volume. • Company attributes decline to internal review and removal of non-compliant staff. • Binan

• Binance says sanctions exposure has declined 97% since 2024 Binance doubled down on its compliance credentials in a blog post after a report published earlier this month accused

• Top Stories of The Week Metaplanet CEO rejects claims it hid details of BTC trades Metaplanet CEO Simon Gerovich pushed back against accusations that the company misled investors

• OpenAI employee’s AI agent ‘accidentally’ sent $442K to beggar One theory is that Lobstar Wilde tried to send 52,439 LOBSTAR tokens but misinterpreted Solana’s UI and sent 52.4 m

• Missouri lawmakers advance new Bitcoin strategic reserve bill A similar bill proposing a Bitcoin Strategic Reserve was introduced in February last year, but failed to advance pas

• Michael Saylor hints at Strategy’s 100th Bitcoin buy Bitcoin-treasury firm Strategy has accumulated 717,131 Bitcoin since August 2020, and has made 99 Bitcoin purchases to date.

• Crypto exchange network is helping Russia skirt sanctions: Elliptic Elliptic says that despite increased regulatory pressure, a handful of crypto exchanges continue to serve sanc