Day: 23 February 2026

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has sold 1,869 ETH worth approximately $3.67 million over a 48-hour period, according to on-chain data from Lookonchain. The transactions, which were routed through the MEV-resistant CoW Protocol, coincided with a 5.7% decline in the price of Ethereum, which fell from $1,988 to $1,875.  These latest ...

Institutional investors are accelerating their push into crypto, but industry veteran Meltem Demirors argues the shift is less about supporting the crypto economy and more about capturing new fee streams. In a recent post, Demirors said large asset managers are not entering digital assets to buy tokens outright, but to ...

Corporate Ethereum treasury firms are facing mounting strain as the crypto market downturn deepens, with analysts warning the sector may be nearing a decisive moment for Ether’s long-term investment narrative. Bitmine Immersion Technologies is currently sitting on significant unrealized losses as ETH trades far below its average acquisition price. Third-party ...

BitMEX co-founder Arthur Hayes has publicly disclosed his current investment portfolio, revealing a strategic shift towards “hard assets” and specific cryptocurrencies as he prepares for a macro environment defined by persistent inflation and geopolitical volatility.  In a post shared on Monday, February 23, 2026, Hayes detailed a concentrated selection of ...

A growing divide is emerging between traditional private credit funds and a new wave of Bitcoin-backed digital credit products, as performance data highlights sharp differences in price stability and investor confidence. Shares of FSK, one of the largest publicly traded business development companies and a key proxy for the private ...

The Bank of Korea has renewed its proposal to keep Korean won-pegged stablecoin issuance mainly within commercial banks, citing concerns over monetary policy control and financial stability.  In a report submitted to the National Assembly Strategy and Finance Committee, the central bank described won-backed stablecoins as “currency-like substitutes” that must ...

Global cryptocurrency exchange OKX has released its 40th consecutive monthly Proof of Reserves (PoR) report, revealing a 3.04% increase in user Bitcoin holdings since mid-January. The snapshot, taken on Tuesday, February 4, 2026, confirms that the platform maintains a reserve ratio of over 100% for all primary assets, including Ethereum ...

Veteran crypto advocate Erik Voorhees has returned to Ethereum in a major way, purchasing nearly $20 million worth of ETH roughly a year after offloading a sizable portion of his holdings. On-chain data flagged by analytics platform Lookonchain shows that Voorhees spent approximately $20.38 million in USDC to acquire 9,911 ...

Kyrgyzstan’s National Council for the Development of Virtual Assets and Blockchain Technologies held a video conference with Justin Sun, founder of the global blockchain platform TRON, to discuss strategic collaboration in the virtual asset sector. Farkhat Iminov, Head of the Secretariat, provided an overview of Kyrgyzstan’s virtual asset market, regulatory ...

The zERC20 team has officially launched zBNB, the first asset on its privacy-focused protocol, enabling secure, private transfers on the BNB Chain. The release comes as BNB Chain approaches its goal of 20,000 transactions per second (TPS) by 2026, highlighting the growing need for privacy alongside increasing network transparency. Private ...