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[PRESS RELEASE – Dubai, UAE, February 20th, 2026] Feed Every Gorilla (FEG), a decentralized finance infrastructure project established in 2021, marks its five-year anniversary, reflecting continued development of blockchain-based protocol infrastructure designed to support decentralized token ecosystems and on-chain financial systems. Since its launch, FEG has focused on developing transparent and verifiable smart contract infrastructure […]

Small wallets have increased their BTC holdings by 2.5% since October's all-time high while large holders trimmed 0.8%, Santiment data shows.

Cryptocurrency markets showed resilience Friday after US President Donald Trump unveiled a new universal 10% tariff on imports. The post Bitcoin, Ether Hold Strong as Trump Announces Additional Universal 10% Tariff appeared first on Cryptonews.

MARA acquires a 64% stake in French computing infrastructure operator Exaion, expanding into AI and cloud services as Bitcoin miners pivot toward data center revenue. MARA Holdings has completed the purchase of a majority stake in French computing infrastructure operator Exaion, deepening its push into artificial intelligence (AI) and cloud services. The deal, first agreed in August 2025 with EDF Pulse Ventures, gives MARA France a 64% stake in Exaion after required regulatory approvals were secured, the Bitcoin miner said in a Friday announcement. French energy giant EDF will remain a minority shareholder and continue as a customer of the business. The investment also creates a broader alliance. NJJ Capital, the investment vehicle of telecom entrepreneur Xavier Niel, will acquire a 10% stake in MARA France as part of a partnership with MARA. Read more

Uniswap founder Hayden Adams highlighted a case where a victim lost a “mid-six-figure” portfolio to a fake top search result posing as Uniswap. Hayden Adams, founder of the decentralized exchange Uniswap, has warned users about fraudulent ads impersonating the platform, highlighting a case in which a victim reportedly lost everything. It comes after January saw the highest amount of money stolen in crypto scams in 11 months. “Scam ads keep returning despite years of reporting,” Adams said in an X post on Friday. “There were scam Uniswap apps while we waited months for App Store approval,” he said. Read more

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Bitcoin only needs a “marginal amount of new demand” to push higher, according to macroeconomist Lyn Alden, who is watching for a potential peak in AI stocks as a signal. Bitcoin’s next major leg up could hinge on artificial intelligence stocks becoming excessively overvalued in the eyes of investors, according to macroeconomist Lyn Alden. “It could be that the AI stocks eventually just peak, they get so silly big that they can’t get realistically much higher,” Alden told Natalie Brunell on the Coin Stories podcast published to YouTube on Thursday. When an asset’s price rises to a level where further gains are harder to justify, capital often moves into other opportunities with more potential upside. Read more

Feeding a well-crafted prompt into Claude reveals surprising 2026 forecasts for XRP, Solana and Dogecoin.According to Claude’s projections, all three assets could rise at least 5x by Christmas.Here’s a breakdown of why Claude is bullish on them.XRP ($XRP): Claude Charts a Long-Term Path Toward $8In a recent update, Ripple reaffirmed that XRP ($XRP) sits at […] The post Leading AI Claude Predicts the Price of XRP, Solana and Dogecoin By the End of 2026 appeared first on Cryptonews.

A wave of new catalysts across crypto markets, paired with strengthening chart structures, is fuelling expectations that XRP, Bitcoin and Ethereum may be posting fresh all-time highs (ATHs) sooner than anticipated.Below is a breakdown of key narratives gaining traction in headlines and technical chart patterns that hint at powerful tailwinds heading towards summer.Discover: The best […] The post Crypto Price Prediction Today 20 February – XRP, Bitcoin, Ethereum appeared first on Cryptonews.

The event hosted at Mar-a-Lago blended politics and digital assets, signaling deeper ties between industry and power brokers.

European Central Bank President, Christine Lagarde, runs an institution that trades in certainty, and she does it in a moment that rewards ambiguity. Earlier this week, the story around her took on a familiar European shape: official silence wrapped around very specific timing. The FT reported Lagarde is expected to step down before her term […] The post ECB slaps a €1.3B price tag on the digital euro amid leadership change rumors appeared first on CryptoSlate.

The securities regulator has continued its Project Crypto work to make unofficial policy changes as it moved to let broker-dealers treat stablecoins as capital.

Ripple is heading to the White House and if you think about it, this is crazy.The White House administration is convening a third high stakes meeting on stablecoin yields, and Ripple chief legal officer Stuart Alderoty is on the invite list alongside legal leaders from Coinbase and a16z.The focus whether stablecoin issuers should be allowed […] The post XRP Price Prediction: Ripple Has Been Invited to the White House — Is the US Government About to Back XRP? appeared first on Cryptonews.

A Trump-tied hotel development in the Maldives and the Dubai Land Department announced details on tokenizing their real estate projects this week. Entities in Dubai and the archipelagic nation of the Maldives are moving forward with tokenized real estate development projects worth millions of dollars, combined. On Friday, the Dubai Land Department announced that it would launch the second phase of a real estate tokenization pilot program. The move followed about $5 million worth of real estate in Dubai being tokenized, allowing the resale of about 7.8 million tokens. The tokenization infrastructure partner for the pilot, called Ctrl Alt, which is also licensed as a Virtual Asset Service Provider in Dubai, will issue “Asset-Referenced Virtual Asset management tokens” to facilitate the transfer of the tokens on secondary markets. Read more

Crypto prices edged higher on Friday despite a splash of tariff turbulence after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Trump's levies illegal.

Bitcoin price is getting closer to the decision zone by the day.Price is trapped inside a clear triangle structure, with converging support and resistance squeezing volatility. This kind of compression rarely lasts. When markets tighten like this, they usually explode in one direction, and it could be either way.Each rejection from resistance and bounce from […] The post Bitcoin Price Prediction: Bitcoin Is Stuck Inside a Triangle – And What Happens Next Could Shock the Market appeared first on Cryptonews.

Despite the sharp multi-month market downtrend, Bitcoin whales added 236,000 BTC since December 2025, with order size data showing large players building new positions. Large Bitcoin (BTC) holders have steadily increased their holdings in recent months, with the total balance climbing back to levels last seen before the October 10, 2025, market crash. At the same time, crypto exchange data shows whale-related outflows averaging 3.5% of exchange-held BTC over a 30-day rolling period, the highest since late 2024. Bitcoin wallets or “whales” holding 1,000 to 10,000 BTC, have rebuilt reserves over the past three months. The cohorts increased their total balance to 3.09 million, from 2.86 million BTC on Dec. 10, 2025, a 230,000 BTC addition that restores their balance to pre-October 2025 levels. Read more

Bitcoin is down 46% from its October peak—and the largest holders keep depositing to exchanges, presumably to sell, says CryptoQuant.

Eric Trump called the offering a balance against meme coins, as the tokenization project has a lengthy timeline.

Despite bearish pressure and weak US economic data, Bitcoin's recovering hashrate and new onchain security protocols raise the chance for a surge to $70,000. Key takeaways: A minor 4.3% Bitcoin price increase to $69,600 could trigger over $600 million in forced liquidations for bearish traders. Rising network hashrate and the BIP-360 quantum security proposal are helping to diminish long-term technical concerns. Read more