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  • Bitcoin tax panic is rising because the IRS can see your crypto sales — and you may have to prove what you paid
    CryptoSlate - 22:10 Feb 18, 2026
    At 7:12 a.m. on a random Tuesday in February, an email lands with a subject line that looks harmless enough: “Your tax forms are ready.” For Maya, a part-time designer who bought a little Bitcoin during the 2021 hype, then sold small chunks across a couple of apps when life got expensive, it feels like […] The post Bitcoin tax panic is rising because the IRS can see your crypto sales — and you may have to prove what you paid appeared first on CryptoSlate.
    Tags: Bitcoin
  • Peter Thiel dumps all ETH treasury shares after “Ethereum’s MicroStrategy” fell 95% since August
    CryptoSlate - 20:10 Feb 18, 2026
    Peter Thiel went to zero in ETHZilla, and the ETH treasury company trade just got a lot more real On Feb. 17, an amended 13G/A posted to ETHZilla’s investor site listed Peter Thiel and Founders Fund-related vehicles at zero shares and 0.0% beneficial ownership. The filing also stamped a “date of event” of Dec. 31, […] The post Peter Thiel dumps all ETH treasury shares after “Ethereum’s MicroStrategy” fell 95% since August appeared first on CryptoSlate.
    Tags: Peter Thiel MicroStrategy Ethereum August
  • Bitcoin whales added 200,000 BTC in a month — but short-term demand is fading at the same time
    CryptoSlate - 18:05 Feb 18, 2026
    Bitcoin's ongoing price struggles is turning into a market defined less by “bad news” and more by mechanics, the kind that can keep a downtrend alive even when selling looks tired. According to CryptoSlate's data, the BTC price is down approximately 46% from the record high near $126,000 set in early October 2025 and trading […] The post Bitcoin whales added 200,000 BTC in a month — but short-term demand is fading at the same time appeared first on CryptoSlate.
    Tags: Bitcoin
  • The metrics that matter for XRP network health and how to read them without counting noise
    CryptoSlate - 16:13 Feb 18, 2026
    XRP network health scorecard: wallets, trustlines, DEX volume, uptime Key takeaways Ripple and Aviva Investors said Feb. 11 they intend to tokenize traditional fund structures onto the XRP Ledger “over 2026 and beyond.” Messari’s State of XRP Ledger Q4 2025 reported 425,400 total new addresses in Q4 2025 (down 4.9% QoQ) and average daily active […] The post The metrics that matter for XRP network health and how to read them without counting noise appeared first on CryptoSlate.
  • Is China using US Bitcoin ETFs as a backdoor? Mystery Hong Kong firm invested $436M in BlackRock’s IBIT
    CryptoSlate - 14:00 Feb 18, 2026
    An obscure Hong Kong firm has disclosed a $436 million position in BlackRock’s Bitcoin ETF, a revelation that is fueling speculation about Chinese capital flowing into crypto through offshore side doors. Laurore Ltd, a previously unknown entity, reported the stake in BlackRock Inc.’s iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT) in a filing with the US Securities and […] The post Is China using US Bitcoin ETFs as a backdoor? Mystery Hong Kong firm invested $436M in BlackRock’s IBIT appeared first on CryptoSlate.
    Tags: China IBIT Mystery Hong Kong BlackRock Bitcoin ETFs
  • TradFi is selling crypto income on Wall Street but a hidden switch decides who gets in
    CryptoSlate - 12:30 Feb 18, 2026
    Bitwise's February announcement arrived as two moves packaged as one. The crypto asset manager announced a partnership with Morpho to launch curated yield vaults and simultaneously acquired Chorus One's institutional staking business. It looks like a deliberate assembly: curation mechanisms to filter protocol risk, infrastructure to deliver returns, and enough operational scaffolding to make the […] The post TradFi is selling crypto income on Wall Street but a hidden switch decides who gets in appeared first on CryptoSlate.
    Tags: Wall Street TradFi
  • BlackRock will skim 18% of staked Ethereum ETF rewards from investors — and ETHB exits could take weeks
    CryptoSlate - 10:33 Feb 18, 2026
    BlackRock has sharpened the staking posture for its iShares Staked Ethereum Trust ETF (ETHB), outlining a plan to keep most of the fund’s ETH staked and earning rewards rather than held in custody. In its latest amended filing, the sponsor said that under normal market circumstances, it would seek to keep 70% to 95% of […] The post BlackRock will skim 18% of staked Ethereum ETF rewards from investors — and ETHB exits could take weeks appeared first on CryptoSlate.
    Tags: Ethereum ETHB BlackRock
  • Russia’s censorship crackdown and WhatsApp ban expose the decentralization gap the crypto industry keeps missing
    CryptoSlate - 21:30 Feb 17, 2026
    Russia’s recent messaging crackdown is the cleanest real-world stress test of decentralization in years, and it produced an awkward result. Roskomnadzor began throttling Telegram on Feb. 10, citing “non-compliance.” Two days later, authorities fully blocked WhatsApp, removing its domains from Russia's national registry and forcing users toward VPNs or MAX, a state-backed messenger that critics […] The post Russia’s censorship crackdown and WhatsApp ban expose the decentralization gap the crypto industry keeps missing appeared first on CryptoSlate.
    Tags: WhatsApp Russia
  • Strategy can survive Bitcoin crashing to $8,000 – but can it escape the slow bleed of dilution?
    CryptoSlate - 20:05 Feb 17, 2026
    Strategy (formerly MicroStrategy) has become the public market’s most widely traded Bitcoin proxy, using equity, convertible notes, and preferred stock to build a balance sheet dominated by the top crypto. However, as Bitcoin trades near $68,000 and Strategy shares hover below $130, investors are paying closer attention to the mechanisms that allow the company to […] The post Strategy can survive Bitcoin crashing to $8,000 – but can it escape the slow bleed of dilution? appeared first on CryptoSlate.
    Tags: Bitcoin Strategy
  • Bitcoin now only 5% away from historic “buy zone” which could trigger start of the next bull run
    CryptoSlate - 18:10 Feb 17, 2026
    The Bitcoin “buy zone” meme just got real again, here’s what it means in the ETF era A certain kind of Bitcoin post shows up right on schedule. It usually arrives right after price stops feeling fun. This week it came from PricedinBTC, dressed up as a neat table titled “Forward Returns by Drawdown Level.” […] The post Bitcoin now only 5% away from historic “buy zone” which could trigger start of the next bull run appeared first on CryptoSlate.
    Tags: Bitcoin
  • Bitcoin’s next bull run may start soon if it drops into this historic “buy zone”
    CryptoSlate - 18:10 Feb 17, 2026
    The Bitcoin “buy zone” meme just got real again, here’s what it means in the ETF era A certain kind of Bitcoin post shows up right on schedule. It usually arrives right after price stops feeling fun. This week it came from PricedinBTC, dressed up as a neat table titled “Forward Returns by Drawdown Level.” […] The post Bitcoin’s next bull run may start soon if it drops into this historic “buy zone” appeared first on CryptoSlate.
    Tags: Bitcoin
  • Binance employee hunted down in botched France home invasion as crypto “wrench attack” spike spreads
    CryptoSlate - 16:05 Feb 17, 2026
    A botched home invasion in the Paris suburbs on Feb. 12 marked a tactical shift in crypto's physical-threat or “wrench attack” landscape. The target, according to French media reports, was the CEO of Binance France. Binance confirmed an employee was targeted and said the employee and family are safe. Two phones were stolen before the […] The post Binance employee hunted down in botched France home invasion as crypto “wrench attack” spike spreads appeared first on CryptoSlate.
    Tags: Binance France
  • US debt will match WWII-era extreme at $64 trillion within a decade – how does Bitcoin benefit?
    CryptoSlate - 14:20 Feb 17, 2026
    The fiscal mathematics of the United States are drifting toward a threshold that markets can no longer afford to ignore, and a level that, relative to GDP, hasn't transpired since the last world war. Washington’s latest budgetary outlook suggests the nation is on a trajectory to accumulate nearly $64 trillion in federal debt over the […] The post US debt will match WWII-era extreme at $64 trillion within a decade – how does Bitcoin benefit? appeared first on CryptoSlate.
    Tags: WWII-era Bitcoin
  • Crypto privacy just became an economic crisis as MEV bots siphon millions and most users still leak everything
    CryptoSlate - 12:27 Feb 17, 2026
    On some Ethereum L2s, bots now burn over half the gas just searching for MEV, and they don’t pay proportionally for it. That’s a scaling and market-fairness problem rooted in market structure. The privacy conversation in crypto has finally escaped the “anonymous money” framing that dominated the last cycle. In early 2026, the urgency is […] The post Crypto privacy just became an economic crisis as MEV bots siphon millions and most users still leak everything appeared first on CryptoSlate.
    Tags: Crypto
  • Standard Chartered slashes XRP price target by 65% as whales send millions of tokens to Binance
    CryptoSlate - 10:24 Feb 17, 2026
    XRP is sliding even as the XRP Ledger (XRPL) rolls out features that supporters have long framed as a bridge to institutional adoption. According to CryptoSlate's data, the token has been trading around $1.47, while a mix of fresh supply signals, cooling marginal demand, and broader risk-off behavior continues to pressure the price. At the […] The post Standard Chartered slashes XRP price target by 65% as whales send millions of tokens to Binance appeared first on CryptoSlate.
    Tags: Standard Chartered Binance
  • Coinbase diamond hands vs Binance panic sellers — the $60,000 stress test
    CryptoSlate - 23:05 Feb 16, 2026
    Bitcoin's recent price crash towards $60,000 did more than just shave billions off market capitalizations or liquidate leveraged positions. It served as a massive, chaotic stress test that exposed a widening behavioral fracture between the two most dominant venues in the digital asset economy. On one side stands Coinbase, the largest US exchange, where Chief […] The post Coinbase diamond hands vs Binance panic sellers — the $60,000 stress test appeared first on CryptoSlate.
    Tags: Binance Coinbase
  • If the SEC stays softer, Aave’s DAO could start capturing $100M+ annualized revenue
    CryptoSlate - 19:10 Feb 16, 2026
    Aave Labs posted a governance proposal on Feb. 12 asking tokenholders to endorse a strategic package that would direct 100% of Aave-branded product revenue to the DAO treasury, formalize brand protection, and center the roadmap on Aave V4. The initiative was named the “Aave Will Win Framework.” The proposal hasn't been implemented yet, as an […] The post If the SEC stays softer, Aave’s DAO could start capturing $100M+ annualized revenue appeared first on CryptoSlate.
    Tags: Aave
  • Bitcoin no longer acting like “digital gold” because its correlation with physical gold, USD collapsed
    CryptoSlate - 19:10 Feb 16, 2026
    In 2025 and early 2026, Bitcoin's behavior has been less “digital gold” and more regime-dependent. Sometimes it trades like a tech beta, then like a rates-and-liquidity-duration trade, and only intermittently like a hedge. The real story is which macro regime makes which identity dominate next. The setup matters. The Federal Reserve held the Fed funds […] The post Bitcoin no longer acting like “digital gold” because its correlation with physical gold, USD collapsed appeared first on CryptoSlate.
    Tags: Bitcoin
  • Bitcoin on track to equal its most bearish period in history – only one price matters now
    CryptoSlate - 17:05 Feb 16, 2026
    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.
    Tags: Bitcoin
  • EU crypto reporting goes live and Netherlands immediately votes on 36% Bitcoin tax – even if you don’t sell
    CryptoSlate - 15:15 Feb 16, 2026
    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.
    Tags: Netherlands Bitcoin

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