Crypto for Thursday, February 19, 2026

• Inside the meeting: White House favors some stablecoin rewards, tells banks it's time to move
• Crypto Price Prediction Today 19 February – XRP, Solana, Dogecoin
• China’s Alibaba AI Predicts the Price of XRP, Shiba Inu and PEPE By the End of 2026
• Bitcoin options market structure leans toward $60K retest in February
• XRP Price Prediction: Ripple Just Built a “Fast Lane” for Banks – Why Big Money Is Choosing XRP Over Every Other Coin
• 'Warhammer' Veteran Jervis Johnson Warns AI Could Become the 'Asbestos of the Internet'
• Bitcoin Price Prediction: Trump Insider Confirms $1 Million BTC Target – Are Whales Preparing for a Massive Rally?
• Kraken’s xStocks tops $25B in volume with more than 80K onchain holders
• SEC Chair Paul Atkins Says Regulators Should Not Panic Over Falling Crypto Prices
• AI in Hollywood? 'Silicon Valley' Star T.J. Miller Isn't Worried
• Bitcoin Lightning Network exceeds $1B in monthly volume: Report
• Bitcoin’s monthly losses break records, but history says a turnaround is brewing
• Bitcoin steadies near $67,000 as traders pay for crash protection
• Google Brings AI Music Generation to Gemini—We Tried It, and It's Too Little Too Late
• Bitcoin eyes new liquidity as the Fed’s $18.5 billion repo spike reignites money printer chatter
• SEC leaders seek to clarify how tokenized securities interact with existing regulation
• Community banks see net deposit outflows to Coinbase: Study
• Tightening Bitcoin Bollinger Bands forecast explosive price move, but which way?
• ProShares seeks stablecoin reserves with GENIUS Act-compliant Treasury ETF
• Bitcoin Network Stagnation: Active Supply Plateaus as Price Volatility Fades
• Ethereum Treasury Sharplink Reports Growing ETH Holdings, Institutional Investment
• XRP sentiment hits a 5-week high as money rotates away from Bitcoin and Ethereum
• Ripple CEO confirms White House meeting between crypto, banking reps
• 'The Sandbox' Adds Web-Based Games in Season 7 Accessibility Push
• Latest White House talks on stablecoin yield make 'progress' with banks, no deal yet
• Bitcoin ETFs still sit on $53B in net inflows despite recent outflows: Bloomberg
• Accenture Is Tracking Whether Employees Use AI—And Promotions Are on the Line
• 'Bitcoin Going to Zero' Google Searches Rise With Crypto Sentiment in the Dumps
• Important Coinbase Announcement Concerning XRP, ADA, and Other Altcoin Investors
• ‘Resilient’ Bitcoin holders defend BTC, but bear floor sits 20% lower: Glassnode
• Eric Trump reitrates claim bitcoin is just getting started on its road to $1 million
• Russia May Block Foreign Crypto Exchanges Under New Domestic Regulations
• Susquehanna-backed Blockfills up for sale after $75 million lending loss
• Warren Presses Treasury, Fed to Rule Out Bitcoin Bailout As Prices Tumble: Report
• CME Will Make Crypto Derivatives Trading 24/7 in May as Wall Street Eyes Similar Goal
• Ether.fi Moves Crypto Card Product to OP Mainnet From Scroll
• Bitcoin 'roadmap to bottom' says $58.7K Binance cost basis now crucial
• CME targets May launch for 24/7 crypto derivatives trading
• Bitcoin ETFs will go to zero sooner than we think if outflows don’t slow down as $8.5B leaves since October
• U.S. Federal Reserve researchers sing praises of prediction markets
• Why Verifiable Data Is the Missing Layer in AI: Walrus
• Bitcoin miners chase 30 GW AI capacity to offset hashprice pressure
• Brian Armstrong Shares Fresh Coinbase Retail Metrics – What the Data Shows
• Fed's Neel Kashkari calls crypto 'utterly useless,' dismisses stablecoins as 'buzzword salad'
• Ethereum Foundation Flags Post-Quantum Security as Core Priority in 2026 Protocol Roadmap
• Bitcoin price forecast sees new breakdown as crypto liquidates over $200M
• Robinhood vs. Vitalik: Why the trading app is building it own L2 while Ethereum founder cools on them
• What's the Best AI Model to Run Your Business? The One That Lies Best, Apparently
• Crypto for Advisors: crypto vaults explained
• Anchorage Digital offers non-U.S. banks a stablecoin stand-in for correspondent banking
• Trump-linked World Liberty taps BlackRock-backed Securitize for hotel tokenization
• Bitcoin faces a new selloff if oil holds $70 after spike and the Fed turns less patient
• Mike McGlone softens bitcoin downside target to $28,000 after backlash over $10,000 call
• Dash Evolution chain integrates Zcash Orchard privacy pool
• Pi Network’s PI Dominates the Altcoin Market, Yet Bears See Storm Ahead
• UAE sits on $344 million unrealized profit from its bitcoin mining operations
• Bitcoin miner Bitdeer tumbles 17% as $300 million convertible note offering spurs dilution fears
• Finish the job on digital asset market structure
• If CLARITY stalls, on-chain perps stay offshore — and US traders get pushed out
• Banks can’t seem to service crypto, even as it goes mainstream
• CoinDesk 20 Performance Update: Bitcoin (BTC) Drops 0.3% as All Assets Decline
• Voltage rolls out USD-settled Bitcoin Lightning credit line for businesses
• Deutsche Börse exec says tokenization is an evolution, not a threat
• Bitcoin Price Prediction: What Is the Most Probable Next Move for BTC as Momentum Stays Weak?
• The Market Priced in Cuts, the Fed Mentioned Hikes. What It Means For Bitcoin Price?
• Why bitcoin’s rare oversold RSI crash signals a long, slow grind ahead
• Morning Minute: OpenAI and Paradigm Turn Focus to Smart Contracts
• Figure is debuting its tokenized stock along with upsized $150 million offering
• SocGen taps XRP Ledger for euro stablecoin distribution
• Google searches for ‘Bitcoin going to zero’ at highest since 2022
• Ledn Closes $188M Bitcoin-Backed Bond Deal – Is Crypto Credit Back From the Dead?
• Blockchain data may predict drug overdose surges months in advance: Chainalysis
• Canary and Grayscale Launch Sui ETFs With Staking Rewards in the US
• Bundesbank President Wants Euro-Pegged Stablecoins to Prevent Dollarization
• 200M XRP Pulled From Binance – Bullish Signal or False Alarm?
• Robinhood Layer-2 Testnet Logs 4 Million Transactions in Crypto First Week
• Crypto VC funding surging again sounds like a rally, until you trace where the money actually lands
• Polymarket’s lawsuit could decide who regulates US prediction markets
• Illicit networks accounted for $141 billion of the trillions of stablecoin volume in 2025
• Crypto markets feel the chill, Base, ether.fi reorganize layer-2 landscape
• Solana Faces $870 Million Token Unlock – What It Means for SOL Price
• Coinbase CEO Says Quantum Computing 'Solvable Issue' for Crypto
• Robinhood’s L2 testnet hits 4M transactions in first week, CEO says
• Hacker returns $21M in Bitcoin stolen from South Korean authorities: Report
• Bitcoin, ether rise as altcoins lag in low-volatility trade
• The bank of the future: 77% of stablecoin users say they’d open a wallet with their bank today
• Morgan Stanley, other top holders add Bitmine exposure amid sell-off
• A $1.2T shift toward Bitcoin may be starting — and one grim index says altcoins may never rally
• $27.8B in Unrealized Losses Hit Bitcoin Self-Custody Holders as ETFs Shed $8.5B
• Optimism Plunges Double Digits Amid Base's Tech Stack Overhaul
• Ripple (XRP) Drops 5% Daily, Bitcoin (BTC) Slips to $67K: Market Watch
• Ledn raises $188M in first Bitcoin-backed loan securitization: Bloomberg
• Bitcoin ETFs see $133M outflows as sentiment stays in ‘extreme fear’
• Big Bitcoin Price Move on the Horizon: Is BTC About to Drop Below $60K?
• Ledn raises $188 million with first bitcoin backed bond sale in asset backed market
• Bitcoin, ether, xrp ETFs bleed while Solana bucks outflow trend
• Bitcoin Range-Bound Under Pressure as Analysts Eye $55,000
• CoinFello Debuts Onchain AI Agent at ETHDenver
• ICON Amsterdam Reports Record 2025 Performance and Announces Planned U.S. Expansion for 2026
• Why address poisoning works without stealing private keys
• AI Disruption Could Cut Creator Earnings by Nearly 25% by 2028, UNESCO Warns
• Altcoin Selling Pressure Hits Five-Year High as Confidence Wanes
• Fed Economists Praise Prediction Markets as States Step Up Enforcement
• OpenAI pits AI agents against each other to red team smart contracts
• ETH Denver 2026 Opens With Builder Energy Despite Crypto Slump
• South Korea’s Hanwha makes a $13 million bet on ‘seedless’ crypto wallets