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Oleg Ogienko, the public face of A7A5, pitched the ruble-pegged stablecoin as a fast-growing trade rail built to move money across borders despite sanctions pressure.

The management company behind the university’s $56.9 billion endowment opened a new position in BlackRock's spot Ether ETF, while reducing its Bitcoin ETF stake by 21%. The Harvard Management Company, which manages the eponymous university’s endowment, has reduced its stake in BlackRock’s spot Bitcoin exchange-traded fund and opened a new position in the asset management company’s Ether ETF. In a Friday filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission, Harvard’s endowment reported that it had reduced its position in the BlackRock iShares Bitcoin (BTC) Trust ETF to $265.8 million as of Dec. 31 from $442.9 million in Q3 2025. The investments marked the company offloading more than 1 million shares of the ETF, to 5.4 million in Q4 from 6.8 million in Q3. In addition to the 21% reduction in its Bitcoin position, the Harvard Management Company reported a new investment with exposure to Ether (ETH). According to the SEC filing, the endowment purchased more than 3.8 million shares of BlackRock’s iShares Ethereu...

Tokenized real-world assets added 13.5% in 30 days, led by increasing activity on Ethereum, Arbitrum and Solana, even as the broader crypto market lost $1 trillion in value. Demand for tokenized real-world assets (RWAs) continued to grow over the past month, even as broader cryptocurrency markets faced heavy selling pressure, underscoring the sector’s resilience and growing institutional footprint. The total value of onchain RWAs increased 13.5% over the past 30 days, according to data from RWA.xyz. The increase reflects both higher asset issuance, meaning more tokenized securities brought onto public blockchains, and growth in the number of unique wallet addresses holding these assets, signaling expanding participation. As of Feb. 16, all major blockchain networks tracked by RWA.xyz recorded increases in tokenized asset value, led by Ethereum, with roughly $1.7 billion in net growth, followed by Arbitrum at $880 million and Solana at $530 million. The figures refer to the increase in total onchain value of t...

The Ethereum co-founder argues that prediction markets’ current focus on short-term crypto bets is putting them on a path to ‘corposlop.’

The firm signaled that it’s embracing preferred shares.

"Are you actually prepared for the longest bear market in history," one analyst asked.

Bitcoin Short Squeeze Alert: Extreme Funding Rates Signal Volatility The post Bitcoin Price Prediction: BTC Shorts Hit Their Most Extreme Level Since the 2024 Bottom – Is a Massive Squeeze Coming? appeared first on Cryptonews.

The scoop: Bitcoin is on pace for a fifth straight monthly drop if February closes red, its longest losing streak since 2018, while spot ETF flows flip persistently negative, reinforcing a new reality: post-ETF BTC is trading like a rates-and-risk instrument. If it doesn't reverse in March and reclaim $80k, it will equal its worst […] The post Bitcoin on track to equal its most bearish period in history – only one price matters now appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Hong Kong's Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) granted Victory Fintech a license.

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More online businesses are integrating cryptocurrency into their payment systems. This trend is especially noticeable among companies serving customers in multiple regions. For them, it’s a useful addition to their existing payment methods. To take crypto payments, a business needs a solid payment gateway to process them smoothly. This guide explains how to begin clearly […]

Crypto's adolescence is over—and institutional capital is changing the rules of engagement, says WisdomTree's latest market analysis.

This on-chain metric turning negative has repeatedly meant seller exhaustion and the transition from bear markets to bull cycles.

Harvard Management Company trimmed its Bitcoin ETF position while starting a new stake in a spot Ethereum fund.

South Korea’s regulators are deploying AI systems to monitor crypto trading, flag manipulation and strengthen digital asset enforcement. South Korea is transitioning crypto market surveillance to AI-driven systems, in which algorithms automatically detect suspicious trading activity, replacing manual processes. The new detection model employs a sliding-window grid search technique, scanning overlapping time segments to spot abnormal patterns such as unusual volume surges. Through 2026, the Financial Supervisory Service plans to enhance AI capabilities with tools to detect coordinated trading account networks and trace manipulation funding sources. Read more

Lawmakers want to make it illegal for any party in the EU to transact with Russian counterparties using crypto, to help enforce sanctions.

As U.S. lawmakers consider limits on data and mining facilities because of energy usage, the industry wants to explain that their crypto worries are unfounded.

While the U.S. exited crypto funds, Europe and Canada posted inflows as international investors bought the dip.

PIPPIN is now the 7th-largest meme coin.

The scoop: The Netherlands has just moved to tax Bitcoin like a stock, marked to market. Lawmakers in the Dutch House backed a Box 3 overhaul that would tax “actual returns,”  including annual price changes in liquid assets like BTC, at a flat 36%, even if you never sell. The plan targets Jan. 1, 2028 (pending […] The post EU crypto reporting goes live and Netherlands immediately votes on 36% Bitcoin tax – even if you don’t sell appeared first on CryptoSlate.