Day: February 18, 2026

Bitcoin price at risk of hitting $50k, Coinbase premium sinks

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Bitcoin price remained in a tight range this week, and the waning Coinbase Premium Index points to more downside as institutional demand wanes. Summary Bitcoin price has formed a bearish pennant pattern on the daily chart. The Coinbase Premium Index has remained in the red, a sign of weak demand from the US. Futures open interest has continued falling this month. Bitcoin (BTC) was trading at $67,420 on Wednesday, down modestly from last weekend’s high of over $70,000. It has slumped by double digits from its all-time high of $126,300.…

Bitcoin may take 7 years to upgrade to post-quantum: BIP-360 co-author

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Seven years. That’s how long Bitcoin researcher and BIP-360 co-author Ethan Heilman estimates it would take for the blockchain to migrate to full quantum resilience if it started tomorrow.  And he says that’s an optimistic forecast, based on everyone agreeing on the roadmap. “Three years until it activates. This assumes two and a half years to get the BIPs done and the code reviewed and tested. Assuming everyone wants it, half a year to activate,” he tells Cointelegraph. Every Bitcoin holder will need to migrate their funds to new quantum-safe…

World Order Shift Sparks New Crypto Cycle, Analyst Predicts

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A fraying global order and a renewed bid for gold may be the early setup for the next crypto cycle, even if Bitcoin hasn’t confirmed the signal yet. That’s the argument from Will Taylor (@Cryptoinsightuk), who laid out a macro-to-crypto framework in a Jan. 17 X post. Taylor framed his post as an attempt to timestamp his thinking rather than deliver a clean forecast. “I’m going to try and relate this as much to crypto as possible, because that’s where the majority of my investments reside,” he wrote. Taylor’s starting…

Bitcoin stays volatile while MUFG says stables work better as money

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Bitcoin slips ~2% in 7d as MUFG touts stablecoins’ price-stable payments. Summary TC trades near $68k, with a 7d move of about -2.25%, and a 24h range around $66.7k–$69.1k.​ MUFG’s Hardman says stablecoins better meet money’s role via price stability, fast settlement, and low-cost transfers versus BTC’s higher volatility. Stablecoins, often fiat-pegged, are gaining attention as digital cash and could see higher adoption in payments while BTC remains mainly a store-of-value asset. An analyst at Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group has stated that stablecoins represent a more suitable currency option than…

ECB To Launch Payment Provider Selection For Digital Euro

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The European Central Bank (ECB) is moving closer to a pilot for a digital euro, with Executive Board Member Piero Cipollone outlining plans to begin selecting payment service providers (PSPs) in early 2026, ahead of a 12-month test scheduled for the second half of 2027. Cipollone on Wednesday held an executive committee meeting of the Italian Banking Association. He said the pilot would involve a limited number of payment service providers, merchants and Eurosystem staff. Selection of participating providers is expected to start in the first quarter of 2026. Cipollone…

How Europe’s Blockchain Sandbox Ties Innovation to Regulation

The European Union, often criticized for prioritizing rulemaking over innovation, is pointing to the European Blockchain Sandbox as an example of how regulation can boost innovation. After three cohorts of confidential dialogues, the initiative has produced a 230-page best practices report and drawn in nearly 125 regulators and authorities. The European Commission tapped law firm Bird & Bird and its consortium partners to lead the initiative, which matches blockchain use cases with regulators for confidential dialogues aimed at clearing legal challenges. Marjolein Geus, a partner at Bird & Bird, told…

$1.78M ‘Vibe-Coded’ Oracle Bug Puts AI-Coauthored Contracts Under Scrutiny

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Moonwell, a decentralized finance (DeFi) lending protocol deployed on Base and Optimism, was exploited for about $1.78 million after a pricing oracle for Coinbase Wrapped Staked ETH (cbETH) returned a value of about $1.12 instead of $2,200, creating a mispricing that attackers were able to use for profit. Moonwell said in an incident post-mortem that a governance proposal executed on Sunday misconfigured the cbETH oracle by using the cbETH/ETH exchange rate alone, causing the system to report cbETH at about $1.12. The protocol said liquidation bots and opportunistic borrowers exploited…

Stalling Under $70K: Bitcoin Range War Intensifies as Key Technical Signals Clash

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Bitcoin is consolidating within a tightening range as momentum signals remain conflicted across time frames. As of Feb. 18, 2026, BTC’s price structure at $67,336 per unit reflects stabilization rather than confirmed directional expansion, with technical indicators reinforcing a cautious, range-bound environment. Bitcoin Chart Outlook On the daily chart, bitcoin’s price remains well below the […] Original

Bitcoin गिर क्यों रहा है? Crypto Market में Panic Selling क्यों हो रही है?

▶ Coinbase Website: Coinbase.com ▶ CEX Website: cex.io Aaj Bitcoin aur poora Crypto Market me heavy dump dekhne ko mil raha hai. BTC aur ETH dono sharp गिर रहे hain aur market me panic selling ka माहौल बना हुआ है. Is video me hum cover karenge: ✅ Bitcoin kyu gir raha hai? ✅ Crypto market me panic kyu ho raha hai? ✅ ETF outflow ka kya impact hai? ✅ Global stock market aur interest rate ka effect ✅ Investors ko ab kya karna chahiye (Hold / Buy / Wait?) Ye…