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Bitwise Plants Its Flag In ETF Staking With Chorus One Buyout
Crypto asset manager Bitwise just made one of its boldest moves yet. The company has acquired Chorus One, a staking infrastructure firm that manages more than $2.2 billion in assets across dozens of blockchain networks. The deal brings 50 Chorus One employees into Bitwise’s growing onchain div...
Thu, Feb 26

Solana Price Prediction: ETF Inflows Fuel SOL Push Toward $90 Barrier
Solana (SOL) is attempting to stabilize after weeks of selling pressure, with price action now centered around a critical technical zone that could determine its next directional move. Related Reading: MoneyGram Joins Cardano’s Midnight As Federated Mainnet Validator After falling from recent highs ...
Thu, Feb 26

Dogecoin And XRP Open Interest Crash To 2024 Levels, Here Are The Figures
Open interest in the derivatives markets for Dogecoin and XRP has fallen back to levels last seen in 2024, according to data from Coinglass. Slower capital inflows into the broader crypto market and extended outflows have weighed on the price action of these cryptocurrencies, and the impact is now v...
Thu, Feb 26

Why Is the Crypto Market Surging Today? Breakout Momentum Builds Ahead of U.S. Data
The crypto market is showing renewed strength after several days of volatility, with prices rebounding as traders reposition ahead of key U.S. economic data. A mix of technical recovery, macroeconomic expectations, and market structure dynamics has helped digital assets regain momentum. Related Read...
Thu, Feb 26

Cardano’s Price Remains Under Downside Pressure, But Here’s What Investors Are Up To
With the persistent downside performance of the Cardano price over the past few weeks, its short-term outlook is turning out to be uncertain and highly volatile. However, investors’ action is telling a different story as sentiment quietly recovers among key ADA holders, which could impact and change...
Wed, Feb 25

Ripple CTO Emeritus Fires Back at XRP Ledger Centralization Claims
Ripple CTO Emeritus David “JoelKatz” Schwartz pushed back against claims that the XRP Ledger (XRPL) is effectively centralized, after founder and CIO of Cyber Capital Justin Bons argued that XRPL’s Unique Node List (UNL) structure makes validators “permissioned” and gives Ripple-aligned entities “ab...
Wed, Feb 25

Why Has Ripple Spent $2.7 Billion In Acquisitions In 3 Years, And What Does It Have To Do With XRP?
Ripple, a crypto payments company and the largest XRP holder, has been aggressively expanding and developing its infrastructure for the past three years. Within this short timeframe, the crypto firm has acquired six different companies, spending more than $2.7 billion. While these acquisitions have ...
Wed, Feb 25

Bitcoin Holders Underwater As Supply In Loss Spikes, Reaching Historic Extremes
After several attempts, the Bitcoin price finally reclaimed the $65,000 mark, but ongoing volatility and uncertainty across the cryptocurrency market still linger. With BTC falling below this support level, pressure on investors appears to have increased significantly, as evidenced by the number of ...
Wed, Feb 25

XRP Investors Don’t Benefit: Analyst Says You’re Delusional If You Don’t See This
Ripple’s aggressive expansion strategy is once again under scrutiny from disgruntled XRP investors. What was presented as a milestone moment for the company has instead reignited debate over whether Ripple’s ecosystem growth is translating into measurable value for XRP holders. XRP Price Slumps Desp...
Wed, Feb 25

This Is Not The First Time XRP Has Crashed 69%, Here’s What Happened Last Time
Crypto analyst Crypto Patel has stated that this is not the first time that XRP has crashed 69%. He provided a positive outlook for the altcoin, noting that it recorded a parabolic rally the last time this happened. XRP Pumped 835% Last Time It Crashed 69% In an X post, Crypto Patel stated that XRP ...
Wed, Feb 25

Bitcoin Depot Tightens The Rules: Show Your ID Or No Deal
Americans lost $333 million to crypto ATM fraud last year alone. That staggering number sits at the heart of why Bitcoin Depot, the country’s biggest Bitcoin ATM operator, just made a sweeping change to how it does business — one that affects every single person who walks up to one of its mach...
Wed, Feb 25

Bitcoin Forms Descending Pattern That Led To 2018 Bear Market Bottom
Bitcoin may be shaping a bottoming structure that looks like the formation seen at the end of the 2018 bear market, according to crypto analyst Osemka.After reviewing past macro lows, the analyst is of the notion that the current Bitcoin setup is not similar to the 2022 cycle but instead is closer t...
Wed, Feb 25

Wall Street Call: TD Cowen Targets $225,000 Bitcoin By 2027
TD Cowen is reiterating a bullish medium-term path for Bitcoin, projecting roughly $225,000 per coin by the end of fiscal 2027, while sketching an upside scenario that would take the asset to around $450,000. The call leans on tokenization as a structural demand driver, but the firm flags that the r...
Wed, Feb 25

Why $61,359 Just Became The Most Important Bitcoin Price Point
The Bitcoin price continues to be stuck in a drawdown trend and broke below the $64,000 support at the start of this week. This move solidified the bears being in charge, thereby signaling the possibility of more sell-offs as investors move to avoid more losses. Amid the chaos, a major historical tr...
Wed, Feb 25

Former Chainlink Exec Replaces Michael Selig As SEC’s Crypto Task Force Chief Counsel
As the Trump administration pushes lawmakers and regulators to develop clear regulatory frameworks, a former Chainlink executive has joined the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) Crypto Task Force as its new legal chief. Related Reading: CZ Eyes Binance US Expansion Following Withdrawal Of S...
Wed, Feb 25

XRP ETF From BlackRock Possible By Late 2026, Canary CEO Predicts
The market for XRP ETFs has already secured full approval from the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), with six products now managing more than $1 billion in combined assets. Yet one major player remains absent: BlackRock. According to Canary Capital Chief Executive Officer Steven McClurg, ...
Wed, Feb 25

MoneyGram Joins Cardano’s Midnight As Federated Mainnet Validator
MoneyGram has joined Midnight’s launch-phase infrastructure as a federated node operator, adding a major cross-border payments brand to the Cardano based privacy-focused network’s initial mainnet cohort ahead of a planned March launch. The move matters because Cardano’s Midnight is explicitly positi...
Wed, Feb 25

Odds Of Crypto Market Structure Bill Passing This Year Fall To 40% On Polymarket
The likelihood that the long‑awaited crypto market structure legislation, known as the CLARITY Act, will become law this year has fallen sharply over the past 24 hours, according to data from prediction platform Polymarket. Traders now assign the bill a 42% chance of passing in 2026, reflecting grow...
Wed, Feb 25

Bitcoin Is Flat Out Better Than Gold, Cathie Wood Says
Ark Invest has been putting real money where its mouth is. In a single day — February 12 — the firm snapped up shares across three separate companies tied to the crypto space. Related Reading: Could A Stablecoin Fund Gaza Relief? Trump’s Board Of Peace Is Considering It According to trading disclosu...
Wed, Feb 25

Blockchain Association Calls For Modernized Crypto Tax Rules In New Release
As congressional momentum behind the crypto market structure bill known as the CLARITY Act slows, the Blockchain Association has stepped forward with its own proposal aimed at shaping the next phase of digital asset regulation in the United States. On Tuesday, the Washington-based nonprofit — which ...
Wed, Feb 25


