Bitcoin Ponzi Scheme CEO Sentenced to 20 Years, DOJ Says

Market News The CEO gets 20 years in prison for running a fake Bitcoin investment scheme. Over 90,000 people lost $200 million while investor money funded luxury spending. A U.S. federal court sentenc...

Trump’s Truth Social Files For Bitcoin, Ethereum, Cronos Crypto ETFs Amid Institutional Outflows

The Truth Social Fund, linked with the Trump Media, has sought approval from the U.S. SEC for two crypto exchange-traded funds (ETFs). This comes as the institutional flows became negative in key digi...

Polygon Price Surges 13% As December Style Smart Money Signal Returns

Key Insights Polygon (POL) price bounced 13% from Feb. 11 lows after bullish divergence formed. Whales accumulated 90 million POL between February 10 and 13 before the rally started. Same Smart Money ...

$50 Crash Call Meets DeFi Lockup Record

Solana faced mixed signals on Feb. 12 as a popular trader warned of a $50 drop while DeFiLlama data showed a new record for SOL locked in DeFi. The contrast put price weakness and onchain positioning ...

CFTC Taps Chainlink’s Sergey Nazarov for Key Innovation Panel

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has appointed Chainlink co-founder Sergey Nazarov to its Innovation Advisory Committee, a panel launched and sponsored by Chairman Michael S. Selig...

Crypto Market Halves in Value

Bitcoin The cryptocurrency industry has officially entered a bear phase, according to Dr. Lin Han, founder and CEO of Gate.io. Key Takeaways The crypto market has entered a confirmed bear cycle, with ...

Lighter Enables Unified Collateral for Spot and Futures Trading

LIT surged 13% following a week of product updates. LIT, the native token of decentralized perpetuals exchange Lighter, rose as much as 13% over the past 24 hours as the platform rolled out new tradin...

Gold Solidifies at Above $5000: Analysts Flag Support and Resistance Areas

The gold prices kept at the market at the mark above $5,000 because the market players evaluated short-term resistances and support areas around. The metal traded around $5,060 in the last session wit...

A Potential Surge Awaits If BTC Conquers The $70K Threshold

Bitcoin V-Shaped Rebound: A Potential Surge Awaits If BTC Conquers The $70K Threshold Skip to content Home Crypto News Bitcoin V-Shaped Rebound: A Potential Surge Awaits if BTC Conquers the $70K Thres...

XRP ETFs Face $6.42M Outflow, Grayscale’s GXRP ETF Records Largest Loss

TLDR XRP ETFs saw a daily outflow of $6.42 million, with cumulative inflows at $1.22 billion. XRPC ETF reported a $1.44M net inflow, but its market price declined by 2.25%. XRP ETF experienced a daily...

Eyes Now on $89.61 Breakout

Key Insights: SOL rebounds from $72–$75 support, gaining nearly 10% in 24 hours. Analysts monitor $89.61 resistance as next breakout level for confirmation. 4-hour chart shows bullish trend flip, but ...

Historical Pattern From 2017 Signals Bitcoin Price Crash To $35,000

Bitcoin is still playing out a series of price actions that look like they may be entering a deeper correction phase. A technical analysis shared on social media platform X by crypto analyst Chiefy su...

The Netherlands House Has Approved a 36% Tax on Unrealized Capital Gains

The Netherlands’ House of Reps has approved a 36% tax on unrealized capital gains. Wet werkelijk rendement Box 3 targets 2028 takeoff in the Dutch country. Analysts note that the new tax regime could ...

Wall Street analysts slash Coinbase (COIN) price targets after Q4 miss — but shares still rally

Shares of Coinbase (COIN) jumped 12% Friday despite the crypto exchange missing fourth-quarter earnings expectations, as analysts reacted to the report with a mix of caution on short-term pressures an...

New York Begins Handing $1,200 To Residents Per Month in Guaranteed Income Pilot Program – Here’s Who Will Receive the No Strings Attached Payments

New York Begins Handing $1,200 To Residents Per Month in Guaranteed Income Pilot Program – Here’s Who Will Receive the No Strings Attached Payments – The Daily Hodl ...

Binance’s France chief targeted by armed men looking for crypto

David Princay, the president of Binance’s France arm, was targeted by armed robbers on Thursday just hours before the same gang attacked an unnamed crypto entrepreneur at their home. According to loca...

Ethereum Hacker Moves Stolen ETH After Two Years in Dormancy

A hacker address implicated in the exploit of Mixin network is back to life after two years of inactivity. As flagged by Lookonchain, the hacker’s wallet address appears to be selling the siphoned fun...

How Low Could Bitcoin Fall After Standard Chartered Cut Its Forecast?

Standard Chartered lowered its 2026 Bitcoin price target from $150,000 to $100,000 and said BTC could decline toward $50,000 in the near term. BTC is trading near $66,400, below its 50-week moving ave...

Binance’s Internal Shakeup Over Iran-Linked Transaction Concerns

Binance has recently terminated over five members from their compliance and investigations teams following alerts about transactions exceeding $1 billion allegedly tied to Iran. The controversial tran...

SEC Division of Corporation Finance to prioritize crypto assets reform, Director Moloney

The Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) Division of Corporation Finance is proposing that a clear taxonomy be developed for crypto assets in order to determine when they are no longer to be con...

Binance’s CZ Responds to Iran Sanctions Firing Claims

Crypto exchange Binance is facing renewed scrutiny after reports that several compliance investigators were dismissed following internal findings tied to Iran-related transactions. The developments co...

CEO of the World’s Largest Bitcoin Mining Company Discussed the Future of BTC

CEO of the World’s Largest Bitcoin Mining Company Discussed the Future of BTC – Bitcoin Sistemi &#...

Crypto Market Cap Falls $1T While This New Altcoin Gains 3x

The start of 2026 has brought renewed volatility to the cryptocurrency market. Within weeks, overall crypto capitalization has dropped sharply, erasing hundreds of billions in value and putting pressu...

Softer US CPI Data Dramatically Caps Dollar Gains As Yen Demand Holds Strong

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Manchester City Expands Partnership With Revolut in New Back-of-Shirt Sponsorship Deal

Manchester City, the champions of the Premier League, have announced a multi-year deal with a global fintech company called Revolut, making the company the Official Back of Shirt Partner to both the m...

IREN joins MSCI USA Index as inclusion takes effect Feb 27

IREN joins MSCI USA Index after Feb 27 close: implications IREN Limited will be added to the MSCI USA Index after the close of trading on February 27, 2026, according to StockTitan. The addition takes...

Crypto Taxes 2026: What XRP Holders Must Know About 1099-DA Reporting

The post Crypto Taxes 2026: What XRP Holders Must Know About 1099-DA Reporting appeared first on Coinpedia Fintech News As tax reporting rules for digital assets evolve, holders of XRP may be unknowin...

U.S. Attorney Warns the Public to be Wary of Romance Scams

Romance scammers are shameless, exploiting trust and emotions. Fraudsters target victims on dating websites, social media platforms, and messaging apps. Beware of red flags associated with romance sca...

OP Price Prediction: Targets $0.22-0.25 Recovery by March 2026

Jessie A Ellis Feb 12, 2026 16:22 OP Price Prediction Summary • Short-term target (1 week): $0.19-0.20 • Medium-term forecast (1 month): $0.22-0.25 range • Bullish br...

Tesla stock faces bearish breakdown as growth slows — Musk views aren’t helping

Tesla stock price remains in a deep correction after falling by about 17% from its all-time high, a drop that has erased over $130 billion in value. Summary Tesla stock has dropped by 17 percent from ...

$40M lifeline? Why Circle-Lighter’s revenue-sharing deal could reignite LIT

Lighter [LIT] perpetual DEX has reportedly reached a revenue-sharing deal with Circle on interest income from USDC deposits on the platform. According to analysts, this could be a key lifeline and bul...

The Context 160: 🔎 Trump and Justin Sun’s governance betrayals

Over 14 months ago the Trump-founded World Liberty Financial passed a governance vote that would involve it launching an Aave instance to support its borrowing and lending features. This vote was impo...