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A new framework allows institutions to borrow against staked SOL while the assets remain in qualified custody, as US lawmakers debate DeFi oversight. Anchorage Digital has partnered with Kamino and Solana Company to roll out a structure that allows institutions to borrow against staked Solana without moving assets out of regulated custody, potentially addressing a key friction between traditional finance and decentralized lending markets. In a Friday announcement, Anchorage said the initiative expands its Atlas collateral management platform by integrating with Kamino, a Solana-based decentralized lending protocol. The effort is being carried out in collaboration with Solana Company, a publicly traded Solana (SOL) treasury created in partnership with Pantera Capital and Summer Capital.  Read more

Bitcoin’s post-CPI rally above $69,000 may help complete the V-shaped recovery chart pattern and also confirm that $60,000 was the sell-off bottom. Bitcoin (BTC) charged above $69,000 on Friday as US CPI data showed cooling inflation, leading traders to hope for a short-term BTC price recovery. Key takeaways: Traders favor a short-term BTC price relief rally, but bulls must first take out the resistance at $68,000 to $70,000.  Read more

Bitcoin developer contributors just cleared a documentation hurdle that crypto Twitter treated like an emergency quantum patch. It wasn't. On Feb. 11, a proposal for a new output type, Pay-to-Merkle-Root (BIP-0360), was merged into the official Bitcoin Improvement Proposals repository. No nodes upgraded. No activation timeline exists. The BIPs repository itself warns that publication doesn't […] The post This “quantum-safe” Bitcoin idea removes Taproot’s key-path — and raises fees on purpose appeared first on CryptoSlate.

After recent liquidations, traders have piled into shorts again, pushing Bitcoin funding rates deeper into negative territory.

Delaying the CLARITY market structure bill until 2027, after the US midterm elections, may significantly reduce its chances of passage, the Treasury Secretary said. Passing the CLARITY crypto structure bill could improve market sentiment amid the ongoing downturn, according to United States Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent. The stalling of the CLARITY bill over concerns voiced by crypto industry executives has negatively impacted the industry, Bessent told CNBC on Friday. He said: I think if the Democrats were to take the House, which is far from my best case, then the prospects of getting a deal done will just fall apart,” Bessent continued. He said that getting the bill passed “as soon as possible” and sent to US President Donald Trump for signature by spring, which occurs between late March and late June in the US, is important, given the potential shift in the balance of power in the 2026 midterm elections.  Read more

Six weeks of red candles. Total bloodbath as XRP price down 62% from its highs. But out of nowhere Binance unlocked full XRPL integration.That means RLUSD, can flow directly through the biggest crypto exchange on the planet.RLUSD just crossed $1.5 billion in circulation. First time ever. It’s handling 500,000 transactions monthly and pushing $5 billion […] The post XRP Price Prediction: Binance Just Unlocked Full XRPL Support – Is This the Trigger for XRP’s Next Parabolic Run? appeared first on Cryptonews.

A new report from Google AI Threat Tracker shows how hackers from North Korea, Iran and Russia are using AI to speed up their attacks.

The 24-year-old faces 21 criminal charges for losing nearly a million dollars worth of customer funds prosecutors say were never invested in crypto.

While Q4 was rough and the Q1 outlook is sobering, there are plenty of signs of hope within the Coinbase ecosystem.

Bitcoin onchain analysis eyed a potential end to the BTC price downtrend as its MVRV ratio returned to levels not seen in three years. Bitcoin (BTC) is approaching “undervalued” territory for the first time in three years as a classic indicator nears its inflection point. Key points: Bitcoin has not been so “undervalued” versus its market cap since March 2023, research shows. Read more

Barclays, Benchmark, Clear Street, and JPMorgan all cut targets, citing weak retail trading and macro headwinds.

PI is the best-performing top 100 cryptocurrency today (February 13).

Bitcoin bulls enjoyed a relief rally to $69,000 on the back of soft US CPI inflation data amid hopes of BTC price action making a "higher low." Bitcoin (BTC) gained at Friday’s Wall Street open as a fresh US inflation surprise boosted the mood. Key points: Bitcoin price action heads toward key resistance after US CPI inflation data cools beyond expectations. Read more

FedEx joins firms like Google, IBM, and Dell on the Hedera Council, running a network node and contributing to governance.

DeFi Education Fund says developers of non-custodial protocols should not be regulated as intermediaries under the U.K.’s proposed crypto regime.

Coinbase just posted the kind of earnings report that makes two groups of people sweat at the same time. The first group is obvious, COIN shareholders who saw the company swing into a loss while crypto prices and activity cooled. Coinbase reported about revenue of roughly $1.78B for the quarter and a loss of -$2.49 […] The post Coinbase lost $667M but one boring custody detail decides whether crypto ETF holders should worry appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Stańczak came aboard in 2025 after the exit of longtime chief Aya Miyaguchi amid criticism the foundation wasn’t doing enough to push the Ethereum ecosystem.

Workforce monitoring software was abused in two cases of attempted ransomware attacks, researchers from Huntress found.

Bitcoin Cash (BCH), up 5.3% from Thursday, joined Uniswap (UNI) as a top performer.

Bitcoin traded mostly sideways in the past week, but every breakout attempt was halted in its tracks.