MARA Shares Rise After Bitcoin Miner Strikes AI Data Center Deal
Vince Dioquino / decrypt - The Bitcoin miner moved to convert U.S. sites into AI-ready campuses, though analysts say confirmed tenants will be key.
Back to Top / Thursday, February 26, 2026, 10:20 pm / permalink 19856 / 5 stories in 8 days
Y Combinator-Backed Axiom Exchange Employees Accused of Insider Trading: ZachXBT
André Beganski / decrypt - Multiple employees at Axiom, a non-custodial trading platform, allegedly engaged in insider trading, said blockchain investigator ZachXBT.
Back to Top / Thursday, February 26, 2026, 11:22 am / permalink 19810 / 5 stories in 8 days
Ethereum Foundation Drafts Seven-Fork ‘Strawmap’ Through 2029
Vismaya V / decrypt - The roadmap targets faster finality, native privacy, quantum-resistant cryptography, and gigagas throughput across planned upgrades.
Back to Top / Thursday, February 26, 2026, 8:21 am / permalink 19790 / 4 stories in 8 days
MetaMask Crypto Debit Mastercard Launches Across United States
Logan Hitchcock / decrypt - The Mastercard-powered MetaMask debit card is now rolling out access to all users across the United States.
Back to Top / Thursday, February 26, 2026, 8:21 am / permalink 19789 / 3 stories in 8 days
Bitcoin Treasury Company GD Culture May Sell BTC to Buy Back Shares
Logan Hitchcock / decrypt - Another treasury firm could backtrack on accumulating crypto, with GD Culture eyeing Bitcoin sales as a way to boost its stock price.
Back to Top / Wednesday, February 25, 2026, 5:21 pm / permalink 19756 / 3 stories in 9 days
Bitcoin, Ethereum and Solana rally as analysts flag pause in ‘10 a.m. dump’ after Jane Street lawsuit
RT Watson / theblock - The rally marks one of the strongest single-day rebounds in weeks, snapping a steady slide that had pushed bitcoin down sharply from its October highs.
- Altcoin-led rebound — Ether, Solana, DOT outpace Bitcoin (2)
- Cautious analysts — Rally may be transient, traders unconvinced (3)
- ETF flows and Jane Street scrutiny — Institutional mechanics under lens (4)
- Short squeeze — Forced liquidations wipe out bearish bets (2)
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Altcoin-led rebound — Ether, Solana, DOT outpace Bitcoin
Cautious analysts — Rally may be transient, traders unconvinced
ETF flows and Jane Street scrutiny — Institutional mechanics under lens
Short squeeze — Forced liquidations wipe out bearish bets
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Back to Top / Wednesday, February 25, 2026, 5:21 pm / permalink 19754 / 12 stories in 9 days
Circle reports $770 million Q4 revenue as USDC circulation reaches $75 billion, targets 40% CAGR for stablecoin
Brian Danga / theblock - Circle reported $770 million in Q4 revenue and reserve income as USDC circulation reached $75.3 billion and issued 40% CAGR guidance.
Back to Top / Wednesday, February 25, 2026, 10:22 am / permalink 19725 / 7 stories in 9 days
U.S. sanctions Russian firm Operation Zero following crypto-funded trade secret theft
Sarah Wynn / theblock - The Treasury’s OFAC has sanctioned the Russian company Operation Zero following the guilty plea of a man who admitted to stealing software.
Back to Top / Tuesday, February 24, 2026, 4:21 pm / permalink 19687 / 9 stories in 10 days
Fintech giant Stripe circles possible PayPal acquisition: Bloomberg
RT Watson / theblock - Founded in the 1990s, PayPal is considered a pioneer in facilitating internet payments and normalizing digital wallets.
- Live rumor: Stripe in talks to buy PayPal (5)
- Other: non-deal Stripe coverage (1)
- Payments shakeup: merger would reorder the industry (1)
- Stablecoins and crypto: implications of a Stripe-PayPal tie-up (3)
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Live rumor: Stripe in talks to buy PayPal
Other: non-deal Stripe coverage
Payments shakeup: merger would reorder the industry
Stablecoins and crypto: implications of a Stripe-PayPal tie-up
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Back to Top / Tuesday, February 24, 2026, 4:21 pm / permalink 19685 / 11 stories in 10 days
Meta Hopes to Launch Stablecoin Payments Project This Year
PYMNTS / pymnts - Meta is hoping to enter the stablecoin payment space sometime this year, CoinDesk reported Tuesday (Feb. 24), citing unnamed sources. The move would happen if the Facebook owner is successful in integrating with a third-party company to facilitate stablec…
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WisdomTree Gets SEC Nod to Enable Instant Settlement for Tokenized Money Market Fund
André Beganski / decrypt - WisdomTree is enabling instant settlement for its tokenized money market fund, indicating its product won't be limited by Wall Street’s pace.
Back to Top / Tuesday, February 24, 2026, 12:22 pm / permalink 19666 / 5 stories in 10 days
Ethereum Foundation begins staking part of ether treasury, plans to deploy about 70,000 ETH to generate yield
James Hunt / theblock - The Ethereum Foundation has begun staking a portion of its ether treasury, targeting about 70,000 ETH to generate rewards for operations.
Back to Top / Tuesday, February 24, 2026, 11:22 am / permalink 19653 / 3 stories in 10 days
Solana DeFi Project Step Finance to Wind Down Weeks After $29M Hack
Callan Quinn / decrypt - The Solana projects made the "difficult decision" to cease operations after January's treasury breach and subsequent failed rescue efforts.
Back to Top / Tuesday, February 24, 2026, 9:21 am / permalink 19641 / 3 stories in 10 days
Bitcoin is crashing for 3 reasons today. They have more to do with the state of the world than the crypto market
Michael Grothaus / fastcompany - It’s another bad day for Bitcoin. Over the past 24 hours, the digital token has declined nearly 4.5%, putting it just above $63,000 and within range of its 52-week low. But this time, Bitcoin’s fall seems to have nothing to do with the token itself—or the…
- Buyers, treasuries and narratives: accumulation reshapes BTC supply (4)
- Liquidations loom as traders fear full-blown capitulation (5)
- Macro shocks force widespread de-risking of volatile assets (3)
- OTHER — market breadth and altcoin pressure (3)
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Buyers, treasuries and narratives: accumulation reshapes BTC supply
Liquidations loom as traders fear full-blown capitulation
Macro shocks force widespread de-risking of volatile assets
OTHER — market breadth and altcoin pressure
All Other Stories
Back to Top / Tuesday, February 24, 2026, 8:22 am / permalink 19639 / 16 stories in 10 days
Terraform Labs sues Jane Street for alleged insider trading prior to Terra-Luna collapse: WSJ
Danny Park / theblock - Terraform Labs' liquidation administrator sued Jane Street, accusing the firm of insider trading leading up to the collapse of Terra-Luna.
Back to Top / Tuesday, February 24, 2026, 12:21 am / permalink 19621 / 4 stories in 11 days
Strategy (MSTR) Stock: 100th Bitcoin Purchase Brings Holdings to 717,722 BTC
Trader Edge / parameter - TLDR Strategy made its 100th Bitcoin purchase since adopting its BTC treasury strategy in August 2020. The company bought 592 BTC for ~$39.8 million at an average price of $67,286 per coin. Total holdings now stand at 717,722 BTC, acquired at a total cost…
Back to Top / Monday, February 23, 2026, 11:21 am / permalink 19577 / 5 stories in 11 days
Bitmine ups Ethereum treasury stake to 4.42 million ETH, now holds 3.66% of supply
Brian Danga / theblock - Bitmine increased holdings to 4.42 million ETH, controlling 3.66% of supply and generating $171 million staking revenue.
Back to Top / Monday, February 23, 2026, 10:22 am / permalink 19576 / 4 stories in 11 days
Based Raises $11.5M To Expand Crypto SuperApp Globally
Clinton / ventureburn - Based Expands Its Web3 Consumer SuperApp Based, a Web3 consumer SuperApp, has raised $11.5 million in Series A funding. The round was led by Pantera Capital with participation from CoinbaseThe post Based Raises $11.5M To Expand Crypto SuperApp Globally ap…
Back to Top / Monday, February 23, 2026, 9:22 am / permalink 19571 / 4 stories in 11 days
'Ethereum Is Going Hard': Vitalik Buterin Backs Censorship Resistance Upgrade
Jason Nelson / decrypt - Ethereum developers scheduled a controversial upgrade for later this year. Buterin said it reinforces the network’s cypherpunk principles.
Back to Top / Saturday, February 21, 2026, 6:20 pm / permalink 19541 / 4 stories in 13 days
Spot bitcoin ETFs notch five straight weeks of outflows for first time since March 2025
Zack Abrams / theblock - U.S. spot bitcoin ETFs recorded about $316 million in net outflows during the holiday-shortened Presidents' Day trading week.
- Broader ETF and industry developments (4)
- Miners liquidate treasuries; states and firms reposition holdings (4)
- On the trading floor: Spot ETFs hemorrhage cash, five weeks (7)
- Retail panic and whale selling trigger liquidations, market wobble (10)
Broader ETF and industry developments
Miners liquidate treasuries; states and firms reposition holdings
On the trading floor: Spot ETFs hemorrhage cash, five weeks
Retail panic and whale selling trigger liquidations, market wobble
Back to Top / Saturday, February 21, 2026, 2:20 pm / permalink 19533 / 25 stories in 13 days