Crypto for Tuesday, February 17, 2026

• Why Bitcoin Open Interest Has Seen Its Largest Decline in Almost 3 Years
• Ether bulls target $2.5K as staking ETF launch, RWA market cap reflect growth
• Crypto Price Prediction Today 18 February – XRP, Solana, Dogecoin
• China’s DeepSeek AI Predicts the Price of XRP, PEPE and Shiba Inu By the End of 2026
• Bitcoin Miners Withdraw 36K BTC as Bullish Signals Grow
• Precious Metals Royalties Firm to Offer Dividends in Tether's Tokenized Gold
• Stripe-Owned Bridge Gains National Bank Trust Charter to Boost Stablecoin Offerings
• Abu Dhabi wealth funds bitcoin ETF holdings topped $1 billion at end of 2025
• Stripe-owned Bridge gets OCC conditional approval for national bank charter
• Quantoz gains Visa nod to issue stablecoin-linked debit cards in Europe
• Russia’s censorship crackdown and WhatsApp ban expose the decentralization gap the crypto industry keeps missing
• HIVE Digital posts 219% revenue jump as miner-AI hybrid strategy gains traction
• Abu Dhabi Funds Boosted BlackRock Bitcoin ETF Exposure to $1 Billion by End of 2025: Filings
• Gold firm Elemental Royalty to pay out dividends in Tether's tokenized gold
• Ethereum Is Neutral, People Aren’t: Vitalik Buterin Draws a Clear Line
• Bitcoin Miner Bitdeer Overtakes MARA, Establishing Hash Rate Lead: JPMorgan
• New Bitcoin whales are trapped underwater, but for how long?
• XRP Price Prediction: Deadly “Gravestone Doji” Spotted – Can XRP Go to Zero?
• Bitcoin Price Prediction: 12-Year Trend Shattered Has Broken – Is “Quantum Computing” Secretly Killing Bitcoin?
• Stripe's stablecoin firm Bridge wins initial approval of national bank trust charter
• Strategy can survive Bitcoin crashing to $8,000 – but can it escape the slow bleed of dilution?
• Crypto venture capital firm Dragonfly raises $650 million despite 'gloom of a bear market'
• Traders pinpoint three price targets for Bitcoin if $70K holds as resistance
• Bitcoin chart pattern, whale activity warn of another 20% price drop
• Bitcoin Stalls at a Critical Stress Zone as On-Chain Data Warns the Bottom May Not Be In Yet
• Kraken integrates with ICE Chat to expand institutional OTC access
• Shorting the Top: Unknown Trader Up $7M While Others Lose Millions
• Gemini Stock Dives as Winklevoss-Led Crypto Exchange Dumps Executives
• CFTC chair doubles down on defending prediction markets from state lawsuits
• Amid crypto VC shakeout, Dragonfly closes $650M fund with focus on real-world assets
• Bitcoin stays pinned below $70K as BTC’s negative funding rate flashes warning sign
• Bitcoin’s next bull run may start soon if it drops into this historic “buy zone”
• Bitcoin now only 5% away from historic “buy zone” which could trigger start of the next bull run
• Gold Loses Momentum: Why This Could be Good News for Bitcoin (BTC)?
• Top crypto treasury companies Strategy and Bitmine add to BTC, ETH stacks
• Hayden Davis Resurfaces After LIBRA Crash, But His Latest Trades Are Deep in the Red
• Macro headwinds test Bitcoin price as $70K crumbles amid US market volatility
• Tom Lee Expects 'Defining Year for Ethereum' as BitMine Buys ETH Amid 'Rock Bottom' Vibes
• Nakamoto to acquire BTC Inc, UTXO in $107M all-stock deal
• Gemini post-IPO shakeup sees exit of three top executives
• XRP Price Target $1.90 as Grayscale Names It the ‘Second Most Talked-About Asset’
• Crypto infrastructure firm BitGo a potential acquisition target for Wall Street firms, analysts say
• South Korea lifts 9-year corporate crypto ban: What the policy change means
• Pippin (PIPPIN) Dips 20% Daily: Brutal Collapse on the Way?
• Is the Netherlands Taxing Unrealized Crypto Gains? It's Complicated
• Trading platform eToro shares jump 14% after posting record Q4 profit despite crypto revenue drop
• Strategy’s Bitcoin Buying Accelerates as $48 Billion BTC Stash Sits Underwater
• Bitcoin price ignores $168M Strategy buy, and falls as Iran tensions escalate
• Binance Controls 65% of CEX Stablecoin Reserves – What It Means for Liquidity
• The crypto tax reckoning is here
• Binance employee hunted down in botched France home invasion as crypto “wrench attack” spike spreads
• Bitcoin treasury company Nakamoto to acquire BTC Inc and UTXO in $107 million all-stock deal
• CFTC's Selig opens legal dispute against states getting in way of prediction markets
• Bitcoin slips below $67,000 as software stocks continue to plunge
• ZeroLend Latest DeFi Platform to Shut Down Amid Liquidity, Revenue Pressures
• Analyst Warns of Multi-Year Reset as Bitcoin Liveliness Falls
• 'See You in Court': CFTC Chair Defends Jurisdiction as States Fight Prediction Markets
• Starknet taps EY Nightfall to bring institutional privacy to Ethereum rails
• Gemini stock falls 10% after it parts ways with COO, CFO and Chief Legal Officer months after IPO
• Bitcoin Price Analysis: BTC Must Reclaim These Key Levels to End the Downtrend
• Steak ‘n Shake Reports Bitcoin Acceptance Has ‘Dramatically’ Lifted Sales in 9 Months
• Ripple Price Analysis: $1.65 Rejection Shakes XRP – Breakdown or Bullish Reset Next?
• Pred Raises $2.5M to Build the Fastest Trading Experience in Sports Prediction
• CoinDesk 20 Performance Update: Bitcoin Cash (BCH) Drops 2.2%, Leading Index Lower
• The hardware hurdle: Cysic and Cardano clash over the future of decentralized compute
• US debt will match WWII-era extreme at $64 trillion within a decade – how does Bitcoin benefit?
• BitMine adds $90 million in ETH — Tom Lee says crypto sentiment reminiscent of 2018 and 2022 bottoms
• Monad hires former FalconX, BVNK and Optimism executives
• Binance holds 65% of CEX stablecoin reserves as outflows cool: CryptoQuant
• Morning Minute: Harvard Sells Bitcoin for Ethereum
• Africrypt founders back in South Africa years after platform collapse: Report
• 2,486 BTC: Strategy Doubles Down as Portfolio Hits Unrealized Loss
• Michael Saylor's Strategy purchased $168 million in bitcoin last week
• Congressman Calls for Review of Overseas Support for Autonomous Vehicles
• Banking giant Intesa Sanapolo discloses $100 million bitcoin ETF holdings, along with Strategy hedge
• Hardware Wallet Owners Hit With Snail Mail Phishing Campaign
• Ripple (XRP) News Today: February 17th
• Public Masterpiece Announces PMT Chain, A Layer 1 Built for the Real-World Asset Economy
• Crypto privacy just became an economic crisis as MEV bots siphon millions and most users still leak everything
• Bitcoin improvement proposal to block spam draws heat from heavyweights
• Poland president vetoes MiCA bill again as crypto companies look to license abroad
• Polygon Flips Ethereum in Daily Fees as Polymarket Oscar Betting Hits $15M
• Crypto slides as tech stocks and gold retreat; bitcoin-Nasdaq correlation turns positive
• Matrixport: Crypto Extreme Fear Suggests Incoming Inflection Point
• Germany Central Bank President Endorses Crypto Stablecoins Under EU MiCA Framework
• Steak ‘n Shake says same-store sales rose ‘dramatically’ after Bitcoin rollout
• President Trump Says Crypto Market Structure Bill Will Pass Soon
• Ireland's Data Watchdog Joins Global Regulators Probing X Over AI Image Risks
• Monero use holds despite delistings as darknet markets shift to XMR
• Pi Network’s PI Token Is Back in Green as Bitcoin (BTC) Struggles at $68K: Market Watch
• Standard Chartered slashes XRP price target by 65% as whales send millions of tokens to Binance
• Bitcoin remains under pressure near $68,000 even as panic ebbs
• Ripple (XRP) Price Predictions for This Week
• Popular burger joint Steak ’n Shake says bitcoin adoption boosted sales ‘dramatically’

• Pi Network (PI) Price Predictions for This Week
• UK crypto rules too slow to support global hub ambitions, says Agant CEO
• SBI Holdings targets majority stake in Singapore crypto exchange Coinhako
• DeFi protocol ZeroLend shuts down after three years, citing inactive chains and hacks
• Crypto Funds See 4th Week of Outflows, but XRP and SOL Shine: CoinShares Report
• Stablecoins gain ground for paychecks and daily spending: BVNK report
• Steak 'n Shake Says Bitcoin Has Lifted Sales 'Dramatically' in 9 Months
• Polygon daily fees flip Ethereum amid prediction market boom
• DeFi lender ZeroLend shuts down, blames illiquid chains
• This Crypto Winter Much Healthier Than Previous Cycles: Bitwise CIO
• Kraken Backs 'Trump Accounts' for Wyoming Newborns
• BofA survey flags dollar bearish bets at over a decade high. Here's what it means for bitcoin
• Bitcoin’s Long-Term Holders Show Signs of Strain After February Sell-Off
• Wallet Founder Warns of Coordinated Scam Targeting XRPL Users
• Philippines' Digital Bank Maya Looks to US Market for Up to $1B IPO