Day: 18 February 2026

Denver, Colorado, February 17th, 2026. Tectonic announced the inaugural Quantum Summit, an ETHDenver 2026 event focused on practical preparation for post-quantum cryptography. The event will take place Feb. 19, 2026, at RISE Comedy in Denver. Quantum computing is advancing, putting the cryptography used across much of the internet and many ...

Arthur Hayes, co-founder of BitMEX, has warned that Bitcoin’s recent price divergence from the Nasdaq 100 index serves as a critical warning for global dollar liquidity. In his latest "This is Fine" blog post, Hayes argues that while gold and equities have bucked trends to rise, Bitcoin’s disastrous performance in ...

Billionaire tech investor Peter Thiel and his venture capital firm, Founders Fund, have completely divested their holdings in ETHZilla, an Ethereum-focused treasury company, according to a recent filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).  The filing indicates that Thiel’s firm reduced its ownership to 0% by early 2026, ...

Intesa Sanpaolo, Italy’s largest banking group, has disclosed a substantial $96 million investment in spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) according to its latest 13F filing with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).  The filing, which details holdings as of December 31, 2025, reveals that the bank has moved ...

Abu Dhabi’s leading sovereign investment vehicles have significantly increased their exposure to digital assets, with the latest disclosures revealing a combined holding of over $1.1 billion in BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT).  According to 13F filings submitted to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Tuesday, February 17, 2026, ...

Copenhagen-based Northstake has integrated Australian infrastructure provider Pier Two into its Staking Vault Manager (SVM), a move designed to broaden the pool of professional-grade node operators available for institutional Ethereum staking.  The addition allows regulated asset managers and custodians to leverage Pier Two’s validators within the modular stVault framework, which ...

Bitcoin’s market dominance has stopped climbing and is now drifting sideways in line with the broader crypto market’s consolidation, according to a new chart from analyst Markus Thielen. After peaking at 65.1% during the Ethereum-driven hype phase, BTC dominance fell to 56.8% and has only clawed back to around 58.0%, ...

Coinbase is continuing to push its position as a leading bridge between traditional finance and crypto, even as parts of Wall Street remain cautious. In a recent AMA with analysts, CEO Brian Armstrong explained why the exchange is often misunderstood by traditional investors, pointing to what he calls a “classic ...

The policy debate over how far U.S. authorities should go in policing blockchain innovation intensified this week after industry advocacy group Coin Center called on lawmakers to advance legislation aimed at protecting software developers from prosecution. In a letter sent to the US Congress, Coin Center argued that developers who ...

LeveL Markets has announced a strategic partnership with EDX Markets, aiming to make it easier for institutions to trade digital assets through regulated and familiar market infrastructure. LeveL Markets, a U.S. registered broker-dealer and operator of the LeveL ATS, will integrate its institutional trading technology with EDX’s digital asset venue ...