Bitwise Asset Management, which manages over $15 billion in client assets, has acquired Chorus One to expand its multichain capabilities. Announced on February 24, 2026, the deal integrates Chorus One’s $2.2 billion in staked assets into the Bitwise...
The launch of IronClaw and the GPU marketplace follows a multi-year pivot led by NEAR co-founder Illia Polosukhin, a co-author of the landmark "Attention is All You Need" paper that pioneered Transformer models. Throughout 2024 and 2025, NEAR...
Taylor Lindman, the former Deputy General Counsel at Chainlink Labs, has officially joined the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) as the Chief Counsel for its Crypto Task Force. Lindman succeeds Michael Selig, who recently vacated the...
Step Finance has announced the immediate cessation of all business operations following an unrecoverable $27 million security breach in late January 2026. The shutdown extends to its high-profile subsidiaries, including the ecosystem media outlet SolanaFloor and the real-world...
The US Federal Reserve issued a formal proposal on Monday, February 23, 2026, to codify a ban on using "reputation risk" as a basis for bank supervision, a move intended to halt the controversial practice known as Operation...
Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has sold 1,869 ETH worth approximately $3.67 million over a 48-hour period, according to on-chain data from Lookonchain. The transactions, which were routed through the MEV-resistant CoW Protocol, coincided with a 5.7% decline in...
BitMEX co-founder Arthur Hayes has publicly disclosed his current investment portfolio, revealing a strategic shift towards “hard assets” and specific cryptocurrencies as he prepares for a macro environment defined by persistent inflation and geopolitical volatility. In a post...
Global cryptocurrency exchange OKX has released its 40th consecutive monthly Proof of Reserves (PoR) report, revealing a 3.04% increase in user Bitcoin holdings since mid-January. The snapshot, taken on Tuesday, February 4, 2026, confirms that the platform maintains...
Bitcoin ($BTC) plummeted below the $65,000 mark on Sunday evening, February 22, 2026, wiping out all gains from the previous 48 hours and triggering a massive $360 million wave of long liquidations in just 60 minutes. The sharp...
The Central Bank of Brazil (BCB) has announced a phased regulatory roadmap that will bring institutional virtual asset service providers (VASPs) under formal supervision by 2027. This initiative, revealed by Antônio Marcos Guimarães, deputy head of the bank’s...
