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• Stakers who vote at least twice during their lock period would earn roughly 2% annualized rewards from the WLFI treasury

• The bill seeks to open up crypto investment options for public retirement plans and protect digital asset activities on an individual level

• Bitcoin touches $70,000 before fading as altcoins lead the strongest bounce in weeks Ether, solana, and cardano all outpaced bitcoin on the day, suggesting a rotation into higher

• Uniswap’s UNI jumps 15% as governance vote to expand fee switch gains momentum A governance proposal would activate protocol fees across eight additional chains and automate fee

• The GENIUS Act will take effect on the earlier of 18 months after enactment, which would make it Jan

• The rally marks one of the strongest single-day rebounds in weeks, snapping a steady slide that had pushed bitcoin down sharply from its October highs

• Bitcoin snaps back near $69,000 but analysts warn the market may not be out of the woods yet Crypto rebounds sharply from Tuesday’s lows, yet traders question whether the move ma

• Nvidia rises after earnings beat Wall Street’s expectations, lifting AI-related crypto stocks The AI bellwether reported $68 billion revenue last quarter, expecting it to grow to

• ETHZilla’s ETH holdings have shrunk after multiple sales, including $40 million in October and $74 • 5 million in December

• Solo bitcoin miner turns $75 of rented hashrate into a $200,000 block reward The miner rented 1 petahash per second through on-demand cloud mining and got lucky on block 938,092,

• MrBeast editor nabbed by prediction market firm Kalshi for alleged insider trading The company said it punished the MrBeast employee and another user it said tried to get away wi

• Santiago Santos explains why token prices mislead, and how stablecoins and first-principles investing drive real crypto adoption

• The following article is adapted from The Block’s newsletter, The Daily, which comes out on weekday afternoons

• What early Bitcoin architect Adam Back thinks of this cycle Cited in the 2008 Bitcoin white paper, Back argued volatility is typical even as regulatory clarity and institutional

• Circle shares surged 30% to around $80 after earnings, extending pre-market gains as analysts pointed to stronger-than-expected margins

• Blockfills co-founder and CEO Nicholas Hammer has stepped down The crypto lender suspended client deposits and withdrawals earlier this month due to recent market and financial c

• The UK is picking winners for its digital dollar future while Coinbase CEO cries foul Coinciding with the FCA’s announcement of its stablecoin trial, Coinbase’s Brian Armstrong c

• Kalshi says it has closed two insider cases involving a former California gubernatorial candidate and an editor who worked at MrBeast

• t54 Labs has raised $5 million in a seed round from Anagram, Franklin Templeton, Ripple and other investors

• Tether invests $200 million in digital marketplace Whop to expand stablecoin payments The online marketplace said it will embed Tether’s crypto wallet tools and USDT, USAT tokens

• Crypto Long & Short: When ETF options start driving bitcoin In this week’s Crypto Long & Short Newsletter, Gregory Mall of Lionsoul Global on how ETFs have shifted a growing shar

• A $100 million crypto campaign fund with a pro-Trump vibe so far failed to show up The Fellowship political action committee promised $100 million, with reports that Tether may h

• Billionaire Alan Howard’s crypto incubator WebN closes down WebN backed innovative digital asset firms like KAIO, Twinstake, TruFin and Geometry • What to know: WebN received an

• Hut 8’s 2025 results were weighed down by $220 million in unrealized digital asset losses, reversing large gains a year earlier

• Bitcoin climbs to $67,500, Circle leads crypto stocks higher, as bounce strengthens Ether, solana and dogecoin are among the altcoins posting 10% or more advances • What to know:

• Bitcoin treasury firm GD Culture set to sell BTC holdings to fund share buybacks The company’s stock has lost about two-thirds of its value since peaking last year, nearly in ste

• XRP jumps 6% as exchange data points to institutional accumulation Break above $1 • 37 draws strong spot demand, with ETF inflows and retail buying suggesting positioning shift •

• TBD, co-founded by former dYdX team members, has raised $3 million in a seed round co-led by CMT Digital and ParaFi

• Both the FCA and the Bank of England are working in concert to develop a comprehensive set of regulations for stablecoins

• Endowments eye crypto allocations amid tougher return outlook for traditional investments Lower expected gains from traditional assets have prompted some funds to test bitcoin an

• About 94,636 BTC tied to the 2016 Bitfinex hack, roughly 30% of the U • Strategic Bitcoin Reserve, remain frozen pending legal proceedings

• A ’torrent’ of AI agentic commerce running on stablecoins and high-throughput blockchains seems very likely, Stripe’s co-founder said

• CoinDesk 20 performance update: Polkadot (DOT) surges 17 • 2% as all assets rise Avalanche (AVAX), up 12 • 9% from Tuesday, was also among the top performers • CoinDesk Indicespr

• Circle reported $770 million in Q4 revenue and reserve income as USDC circulation reached $75 • 3 billion and issued 40% CAGR guidance

• Project 0’s new Pay feature offers a way for users to pay off their credit cards by borrowing against their crypto investment portfolios

• Safe Labs is rolling out a way for users to earn euro-denominated yield using a EUR CoinVertible vault on Morpho

• Tether has taken a stake in Whop as the marketplace adopts its WDK to enable USDT and USAT onchain creator payouts

• The chief of the SEC is headlining an event sponsored by a crypto firm at war with it SEC Chairman Paul Atkins is a marquee speaker at a policy summit backed by Unicoin, whose CE

• South Korean police have arrested two individuals over the alleged theft of 22 BTC seized during a 2021 hacking investigation

• These bitcoin-linked stocks are doing better than BTC Your day-ahead look for Feb. • 25, 2026 What to know: You are viewing Crypto Daybook Americas, your morning briefing on what

• Circle Q4 earnings beat estimates as USDC issuance grows, shares surge The issuer of the USDC stablecoin posted EPS of 43 cents for the fourth quarter, beating the consensus esti

• Circle Q4 earnings beat estimates, shares jump 15% in pre-market The issuer of the USDC stablecoin posted EPS of $0.43 in its fourth-quarter earnings report on Wednesday, beating

• ACI founder Marc Zeller published a sweeping ‘audit’ of Aave Labs’ past performance and funding ahead of a key DAO vote.

• Bitwise CIO Matt Hougan said crypto markets may be underestimating Wall Street’s accelerating shift toward tokenization.

• Senator opens probe on Binance over alleged $1.7 billion flow to Iranian entities Richard Blumenthal sent Binance co-chief Richard Teng a letter asking him for records about the

• Crypto rebounds from oversold levels, altcoin season indicator revisits January high Bitcoin rose as much as 3.7% overnight before paring gains, while altcoins outperformed and t

• One of longest mining capitulations nears end, signaling potential BTC price bottom Hash Ribbon recovery and sub production pricing suggest the worst of the bitcoin drawdown may

• Prediction markets are platforms that allow users to trade on the outcomes of real-world events. • Participants buy and sell shares representing the potential outcomes of the eve

• Influencers would be required to reveal compensation tied to their recommendations, and the crypto assets they personally hold.

• Leading stablecoin Tether shrinks again as market cap looks set for second straight monthly drop Growth of tether and other top stablecoins has stalled, posing risk to the broade

• Hong Kong to issue first stablecoin issuer licenses next month. • Finance chief Paul Chan announces March approval timeline. • Licenses will regulate fiat-referenced stablecoin i

• Crypto firm with U.S. • bank charter holds bitcoin holder Strategy’s preferred stock Anchorage Digital, the first federally chartered U.S. • crypto bank, has added perpetual pref

• $61M USDT seized by NC prosecutors from pig butchering scam. • Funds traced to crypto wallets used to launder stolen money. • Victims lured online to fake trading platforms, losi

• Anchorage CEO Nathan McCauley stated that Anchorage Digital plans to ‘build the future of BTC’ with Strategy.

• Dogecoin jumps 5% as breakout flips resistance into support The token is consolidating around $0.0940-$0.0945 with higher lows, signaling constructive momentum after the breakout

• Bitcoin bounces above $65,000 as dollar weakens and bullish hopes build A broad uptick across tokens arrived alongside a softer greenback and a rally in Asian equities, though an

Anchorage Digital invests in Strategy’s STRC token, supporting BTC ecosystem and long‑term vision. Signals long‑tactic vision for BTC, reinforcing long‑term commitment and strategi

Stripe considers acquiring PayPal to expand payment services, driving consolidation and market reach. Aligns with industry consolidation trend, positioning Stripe for growth and co

• Crypto wallets for AI agents are creating a new legal frontier, says Electric Capital As AI agents grow more autonomous, developers are already giving them crypto wallets, allowi

Treasury OFAC sanctions Operation Zero after theft plea, tightening crypto security and enforcement. Company involved in crypto‑fueled trade‑secret theft, raising security concerns