Month: February 2026

Gemini Stock Drops 80% After IPO as Crypto Winter Tests Winklevoss Exchange

The crypto marketโ€™s strong correction is affecting everyone. Cameron and Tyler Winklevossโ€™s Gemini faces significant peril following a massive plunge in crypto prices. The New York-based exchange, which went public in late 2025, is now grappling with a โ€œhard landingโ€ scenario as the crypto winter exposes the fragility of its aggressive expansion plans amid a 40% market correction. The downturn has erased the bull market gains that underpinned the companyโ€™s growth strategy, forcing management to test how quickly they can reposition a money-losing operation with little margin for error. โ€œYou…

Michael Saylor Hints at Strategy’s 100th Bitcoin Purchase

Michael Saylor, chairman of the Bitcoin treasury firm Strategy, has signaled the companyโ€™s impending 100th Bitcoin purchase, marking a significant operational milestone in an accumulation campaign that began in August 2020. The Orange Century. pic.twitter.com/8zelTduTPC โ€” Michael Saylor (@saylor) February 22, 2026 The firm currently holds 717,131 BTC according to official stats and has executed purchases for 12 consecutive weeks, continuing its aggressive acquisition strategy despite recent market volatility. On Saturday, Saylor suggested the transaction was imminent by sharing portfolio tracking data on X, a communication method he frequently employs…

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How Pig-Butchering Crypto Scams Turn Trust Into a Financial Weapon

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Key takeaways Unlike phishing attacks that defraud victims quickly, pig-butchering scams build long-term emotional trust before introducing fraudulent crypto investment opportunities. From casual outreach and relationship building to fake profits, escalating deposits and blocked withdrawals, each step is carefully designed to deepen commitment. Blockchain security firm CertiK reported $370.3 million in scam-related losses in January 2026 alone, with social engineering tactics accounting for the majority. Authorities are targeting scam networks and laundering operations, yet cross-border jurisdictional issues and encrypted communications complicate crackdowns. Pig-butchering frauds involve a long-drawn, methodical approach in…

Arthur Hayes reveals portfolio packed with gold, oil, and Bitcoin

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Crypto investor Arthur Hayes has outlined a diversified portfolio spanning commodities, defense stocks and digital assets, signaling a continued preference for hard assets alongside select cryptocurrencies. Summary Arthur Hayes unveils diversified portfolio spanning commodity miners, oil majors, defense contractors, Latin American energy stocks, major cryptocurrencies and physical gold. Allocation reflects his long-held macro thesis centered on inflation risks, geopolitical tensions and monetary debasement favoring hard assets. Hayes recently doubled down on HYPE, challenging Multicoinโ€™s Kyle Samani to a $100,000 bet that the token will outperform large-cap altcoins over six months.…

Crypto Use Cases Narrow, but Will Show Its Winners: NYDIG

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The number of crypto applications that can attract investors is starting to shrink as the industry matures, but that could be a positive to show the sectorโ€™s long-term winners, says the crypto services company NYDIG. NYDIG research lead Greg Cipolaro said in a note on Friday that the โ€œinvestable universeโ€ of crypto is narrowing to applications or services that โ€œextend traditional finance products onto blockchain infrastructure.โ€ He specifically named Bitcoin (BTC), tokenized assets, stablecoins, some decentralized finance infrastructure, and a limited number of โ€œgeneral-purposeโ€ blockchains like Ethereum, adding that beyond…

Analyst Predicts The Ethereum Price Bottom With A Marked Path To $15,000

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Despite the Ethereum price looking to be leveling out below $2,000, the slowdown in the crash has done nothing to allay fears that more decline is coming. In fact, analysts believe that this stop is only temporary and that the second-largest cryptocurrency by market cap will make another major drop soon. This is due to past performance, where the Ethereum price has often staged a major reset before eventually making a possible bottom. The Scenario That Says Ethereum Price Is Headed For $600 Calls for Ethereum reaching $10,000-$15,000 were echoed…

Bitdeer cuts BTC holdings to zero as Bitcoin slides to $65K

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Crypto mining firm Bitdeer Technologies Group has reduced its pure Bitcoin holdings to zero after selling its entire weekly production, as Bitcoin slid to around $65,000 amid renewed market pressure. Summary Bitdeer Technologies Group reported zero pure BTC holdings as of Feb. 20, 2026, after selling its entire weekly output of 189.8 BTC. The company disclosed BTC output of 189.8 BTC and BTC sold of 189.8 BTC, with net BTC added at -943.1 BTC. The update comes as Bitcoin trades around $65,000, increasing pressure on miner profitability. In a weekly…

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AI Assistants could Transform Governance: Buterin

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Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin says artificial intelligence could help create more efficient decentralized governance models and enable users to make better-informed decisions.ย ย  Buterin said in an X post on Sunday that one of the main issues with democratic and decentralized modes of governance, like DAOs, is the โ€œlimits to human attention,โ€ because of the many decisions that can require a wide range of expertise or time, which most donโ€™t have. โ€œThe usual solution, delegation, is disempowering it leads to a small group of delegates controlling decision-making while their supporters, after…