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Ripple stands at the most consequential regulatory inflection point in its history. The company holds conditional OCC approval for a national trust bank charter—pending final sign-off—while the CLARITY Act, stalled since January with over 130 amendments, faces a White House-imposed March 1 deadline for banking and crypto industry consensus. Chief Legal Officer Stuart Alderoty described recent negotiations as “productive” and urged the industry to move “while the window is still open.” CE

Bitcoin's New Year prices surged from $314 in 2015 to $94,419 in 2025—30,000%+ gains despite 70%+ drawdowns. However, the 2026 New Year opening at $87,508.40 marks 7.3% decline from 2025, validating analyst warnings of correction toward $69,700-$71,400 support zone.

Market speculation suggests a Hong Kong hedge fund's distress contributed to Bitcoin's rapid decline from $90,000 to $60,000, with unusual ETF trading volumes revealed. Analysts caution against attributing the crash solely to this entity.

ChatGPT crypto analysis 2026 reveals scenario-based forecasts as single-number predictions fail amid volatile ETF flows. Bitcoin ranges from $55K-$85K bear to $180K-$250K bull, while Ethereum spans $2K-$3.2K to $9K-$14K. This analysis combines institutional outlooks from Standard Chartered, Bloomberg Intelligence, and Fundstrat with market structure observations.

The −1.0 MVRV band has aligned with Bitcoin’s macro bottoms across multiple bear market cycles. Current data places this statistical undervaluation zone near $52,040 as a potential support area. On-chain metrics show repeated transitions from capitulation to accumulation near this band. Th

Shiba Inu faces bearish pressure with a pattern of lower highs and ongoing selling within a descending channel. Despite a recent bounce, risks of further declines remain unless it breaks key resistance levels around $0.0000062.

2026 Year of the Horse (Bing Wu Year) meme coins mainly feature Chinese themes, with "I’m on my horse" gaining the most attention, once soaring over 700%, with a market capitalization surpassing $52 million. The token name combines a Chinese swear word pun, quickly becoming popular in Chinese-speaking communities. Other popular ones include "Horse to Success" (a lucky phrase emphasizing the New Year atmosphere), "Dark Horse" (a narrative of reverse rise), "Crying Horse" (self-deprecating trapped emotions), "Teng Little Horse" (cute pet style), and others.

BlackRock increased its stake in Bitmine Immersion Technologies by 165.6% in Q4 2025, now holding 9.05 million BMNR shares valued at \$246 million, betting on Bitmine’s rapidly growing Ethereum treasury, which holds 4.3 million ETH—3.5% of total supply—plus nearly \$10 billion in combined assets. Yet the institutional endorsement arrives as Ethereum itself trades at \$1,958, just 5% above critical support, with whales offloading 160,000 ETH in nine days. The contradiction captures crypto

Midnight (NIGHT) increased by 2% during the Friday morning trading session, shortly after founder Charles Hoskinson announced plans to launch the mainnet at the end of March during the Consensus 2026 event. This information has further boosted market sentiment, helping NIGHT sustain its short-term recovery momentum.

Written by: JW, Techub News The start of 2026 is colder than expected. I thought we had weathered a long downturn, with spring just around the corner, but reality has been a sudden "late cold snap." It's like scrolling through Twitter and seeing those "Builder" types boast about their achievements, only to turn around and see them secretly change their status to "Open to work" on LinkedIn. Recent news has also shown that even Jack Dorsey, the Bitcoin fundamentalist with thick eyebrows who is the founder of Block and co-founder of Twitter, can't hold on anymore. According to Bloomberg, Block (formerly Square) has initiated a layoff plan, cutting 10% of its staff. Even if you're a payments giant, even if you hold cash in hand.

Several Taiwanese financial institutions, including private banks and pure online banks, have completed negotiations with partnered VASPs over the past year to submit applications to the Financial Supervisory Commission (FSC) for a trial virtual asset custody business. However, they have been repeatedly rejected. The FSC's reason is that "the number of warning accounts is too high," and they require banks to significantly reduce the number of warning accounts before their applications can have a chance of success.

Binance has integrated Ripple USD (RLUSD) on the XRP Ledger, allowing immediate deposits while pausing withdrawals until liquidity is sufficient. This move aims to enhance on-chain liquidity, benefiting traders with low fees and quick settlements. The integration is part of a broader trend to increase RLUSD's availability across platforms.

World Liberty Financial (WLFI), supported by Trump, plans to launch the World Swap foreign exchange trading platform, co-founder Zak Folkman announced at the Hong Kong Consensus Conference. The platform will use WLFI's USD1 stablecoin as the settlement currency, aiming to transfer foreign exchange trading onto the blockchain. The global forex market has a daily trading volume of over $7 trillion, with most transactions currently conducted off-chain.

Protect Progress plans to spend $1.5 million on efforts to oppose Rep. Al Green in Texas. The cryptocurrency industry remains a significant investor in political campaigns in the U.S. Christian Menefee supports blockchain innovation and could benefit from pro-crypto funding. The pro-crypto polit

David Schwartz, Ripple’s Emeritus Chief Technology Officer, ignited a fresh crypto civil war on February 12, 2026, by declaring Bitcoin a “technological dead end” that now relies entirely on adoption and network effects rather than innovation. His remarks came during a heated exchange over XRP Ledger decentralization, where Schwartz pointed to Bitcoin’s 2010 and 2013 coordinated rollbacks as proof that no blockchain is truly immune to governance intervention. Hours later, XRP community influ

Cryptocurrency finance company ETHZilla launches Eurus Aero Token I, supported by two leased commercial jet engines to a leading American airline. Each token is priced at $100, with a minimum purchase of 10 tokens, aiming to hold until 2028. ETHZilla purchased these two engines in January for $12.2 million, funded by the sale of part of its ETH reserves.

Coinbase outlined its strategic direction for 2026 in its shareholder letter, focusing on an all-in-one trading platform, stablecoin payments, and "bringing the world on-chain." However, the Base network recently experienced widespread transaction delays due to configuration changes, reflecting insufficient infrastructure stability. Despite Base's market advantages, user experience remains affected. The fix involved only rolling back rather than reconstructing, raising doubts among investors about the credibility of future commitments.