Ethereum Price May Slip Below $1.5K as Buterin Keeps Selling ETH

Ethereum’s native token, Ether (ETH), is on track to test and potentially break the $1,500 support level in the coming days. Key takeaways: Ethereum has entered the breakdown phase of its prevailing bearish continuation pattern. ETH price may decline below $1,500 by early March amid founder-led selling. ETH bear pennant breakdown targets $1,475 On Monday,…

Bitcoin Market Cap Drops as Traders Predict Deeper Losses

Bitcoin slid below $65,000 over the weekend before stabilizing on Monday as traders on prediction market Polymarket increased bets that the cryptocurrency’s pullback has further to run. The odds of Bitcoin (BTC) falling below $55,000 climbed to 72% on Polymarket, with $1.2 million in volume on the platform. Other bearish bets include price declines below…

Ethereum Price May Slip Below $1.5K as Buterin Keeps Selling ETH

Ethereum’s native token, Ether (ETH), is on track to test and potentially break the $1,500 support level in the coming days. Key takeaways: Ethereum has entered the breakdown phase of its prevailing bearish continuation pattern. ETH price may decline below $1,500 by early March amid founder-led selling. ETH bear pennant breakdown targets $1,475 On Monday,…

Animoca Brands Secures VARA VASP License in Dubai to Serve Institutions

Animoca Brands has secured a Virtual Asset Service Provider (VASP) license from Dubai’s Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority (VARA), clearing the way for the company to broaden its crypto operations across the Middle East. The license allows the Hong Kong-founded Web3 investor and platform developer to offer broker-dealer services and investment management related to virtual assets…

AI bot’s tipping blunder hands $250,000 memecoin pile to X sad story poster

AI trading bots are touted as smarter than humans in many ways, but they’re still vulnerable to fat-finger blunders just like us. On Sunday, OpenAI engineer Nick Pash’s automated artificial intelligence trading bot “Lobstar Wilde” tried tipping an X handle, called “treasure David,” 4 solana (SOL) for his uncle’s tetanus treatment, but accidentally sent its…

Bitcoin ETFs Bleed, Metaplanet Reject Allegations: Hodler’s Digest

Top Stories of The Week Metaplanet CEO rejects claims it hid details of BTC trades Metaplanet CEO Simon Gerovich pushed back against accusations that the company misled investors about its Bitcoin strategy and disclosures. Critics on X have argued that Metaplanet delayed or withheld price‑sensitive information about large Bitcoin purchases and options trades funded with…

Vitalik Buterin Pitches Transaction Simulation Security Idea

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has suggested using “transaction simulations” and other similar features to improve the user experience and security of Ethereum wallets and smart contracts.  In a post to X on Sunday, Buterin argued that security and user experience are not separate fields, as both revolve around user intent — ensuring protocols are doing…

SEC Tells Broker-Dealers Stablecoins Can Count Toward Net Capital

The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) staff last week clarified that broker-dealers can apply a 2% “haircut” to their stablecoin holdings without objection from the SEC. Previously, broker-dealers were uncertain whether to apply a 100% haircut to their dollar-pegged stablecoins, meaning that they did not count the tokens toward their net capital under existing…

Bitcoin May Rebound to $85K as CME ‘Smart Money’ Slashes Short Bets

Bitcoin (BTC) bottomed after CME futures speculators turned net bullish in April 2025. A similar positioning shift is resurfacing in 2026, raising the odds of a BTC price recovery in the coming weeks. Key takeaways: BTC futures, technicals hint at $85,000 price target Non-commercial Bitcoin futures traders cut their net position to about -1,600 contracts…

Disagreement Means a DAO Is Healthy: Curve Finance Founder

Disagreements within a decentralized autonomous organization (DAO) are a sign of a healthy DAO, according to Dr. Michael Egorov, founder of the decentralized finance (DeFi) platform Curve Finance. DAOs are a decentralized organizational structure that relies on smart contracts to automate functions and member voting to govern onchain protocols. Egorov said that both a 2024…