“New” Bitcoin Whale Losses Deepen as Binance Inflows Rise

Bitcoin’s (BTC) price continued to consolidate near $68,000 on Tuesday, but sustained weakness below this level may generate additional sell pressure from the newest cohort of large holders. While the long-term whales remain in profit, short-term whales are sitting on sizeable unrealized losses. One analyst highlighted how this pressure may impact BTC’s price, as other…

Monero Activity Holds After Delistings, Study Flags Network Behavior

Monero activity has remained steady even as major cryptocurrency exchanges have pushed the privacy coin off their platforms, according to new research by TRM Labs. Data shows transaction usage in 2024 and 2025 stayed above levels seen before 2022, suggesting demand did not fade even after many big trading platforms removed or restricted the token…

Strategy and Bitmine Expand BTC, ETH Holdings Amid Market Slump

The two largest publicly traded crypto treasury companies expanded their digital asset holdings this week, with Strategy adding 2,486 Bitcoin and Bitmine Immersion Technologies buying 45,759 Ether, deploying about $260 million combined. Strategy said it spent $168.4 million on Bitcoin (BTC) purchases Feb. 9-16, bringing total holdings to 717,131 BTC. The acquisitions were funded through…

CFTC Chair Doubles Down on Defending Prediction Markets

Michael Selig, who chairs the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission under President Donald Trump, announced the agency would be responding to what he called an “onslaught of state-led litigation” against prediction market platforms. In a video posted to X on Tuesday, Selig said that the CFTC had filed an amicus brief — also known as…

Bitcoin Bears Cap BTC At $70K Despite Negative Funding

Key takeaways: Bitcoin’s futures funding rates briefly turned negative, signaling that bullish traders currently lack the conviction to use leverage. Uncertainty regarding the long-term profitability of artificial intelligence has pushed investors toward gold and US government bonds. Bitcoin (BTC) failed to reclaim the $70,000 level on Tuesday following a retraction in the S&P 500 futures….

Bitcoin Grabs Bid Liquidity Below $67,000 As Iran Tensions Flare

Bitcoin (BTC) dipped below $67,000 at Tuesday’s Wall Street open as risk assets responded to new geopolitical pressures. Key points: Bitcoin joins stocks in a geopolitics-driven sell-off to the start the US TradFi trading week. Bid liquidity gets crunched with the BTC price range still firmly in place. Strategy adding to its BTC stack failed…

Starknet Taps EY’s Nightfall for Institutional Privacy on Ethereum Rails

Starknet developer StarkWare has integrated EY’s Nightfall privacy protocol to let institutions run private payments and decentralized finance (DeFi) activity on public Ethereum-aligned rails, targeting banks and corporates that need confidentiality without giving up auditability.  In a Tuesday release shared with Cointelegraph, StarkWare positioned the move as a way for enterprises to use a shared,…

Gemini ousts COO, CFO and Chief Legal Officer after international exit and 25% staff cuts

Gemini Space Station Inc. (GEMI) is parting ways with three top executives, including its chief operating officer (COO), chief financial officer (CFO) and chief legal officer (CLO), the exchange disclosed in a filing on Tuesday. COO Marshall Beard, CFO Dan Chen and CLO Tyler Meade are all leaving effective immediately, according to the filing. Beard…

Poland President Vetoes Crypto Bill As Firms Seek MiCA Licenses Abroad

Poland’s president vetoed a second bill meant to align the country’s crypto rules with the European Union’s Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation framework, deepening uncertainty for local platforms as a key transition deadline approaches. President Karol Nawrocki declined to sign Bill 2064 last week, marking the second veto of proposed legislation to implement the EU’s Markets…

Bitcoin Sentiment Hits Lows Amid Oversold Signals

Crypto market sentiment has fallen to extreme lows, a condition that has historically preceded short-term rebounds, according to analysts at Matrixport, though they caution further downside remains possible. “Sentiment has fallen to extremely depressed levels, reflecting broad pessimism across the market,” said Matrixport in a note on Tuesday.  Matrixport’s own Bitcoin (BTC) “fear and greed…