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  • Notice Bitcoin selling off at market open? Jane Street is taking the blame, but the data points elsewhere
    CryptoSlate - 14:21 Feb 26, 2026
    Bitcoin’s rebound toward $70,000 over the last 24 hours has revived a familiar debate in crypto markets: whether Wall Street firms operating within the spot exchange-traded fund (ETF) ecosystem have gained too much influence over price discovery. The latest target is Jane Street, the quantitative trading firm that is both a major ETF intermediary and […] The post Notice Bitcoin selling off at market open? Jane Street is taking the blame, but the data points elsewhere appeared first on CryptoSlate.
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  • Circle’s $461M payout shows who captures USDC yield — and it’s not Circle
    CryptoSlate - 12:13 Feb 26, 2026
    Circle's fourth quarter earnings tell a story the company would prefer investors understand through the lens of growth: USDC circulation climbed 72% year-over-year to $75.3 billion, reserve income surged 69%, and adjusted EBITDA quintupled. However, the income statement reveals a different architecture in which the issuer generates yield and immediately bargains most of it away […] The post Circle’s $461M payout shows who captures USDC yield — and it’s not Circle appeared first on CryptoSlate.
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  • MSTR short squeeze chances shift as traders bet $5B against MSTR while Strategy returns 11% yield
    CryptoSlate - 10:22 Feb 26, 2026
    Institutional interest in Strategy’s (formerly MicroStrategy) preferred securities is building at a time when the company’s common stock, MSTR, remains one of the market’s most-watched bearish trades tied to Bitcoin. The clearest signal came this week, when Prevalon Energy and Anchorage Digital said at Strategy World 2026 that they had each allocated part of their […] The post MSTR short squeeze chances shift as traders bet $5B against MSTR while Strategy returns 11% yield appeared first on CryptoSlate.
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  • US Strategic Bitcoin Reserve could lose 30% in one ruling as Bitfinex battle intensifies
    CryptoSlate - 20:30 Feb 25, 2026
    The US Strategic Bitcoin Reserve could lose nearly 30% of its holdings in a single legal move, even if the government does not sell a single coin. Last year, President Donald Trump signed an executive order creating a Strategic Bitcoin Reserve. The order directed the Treasury Department to consolidate government-held BTC into a reserve account […] The post US Strategic Bitcoin Reserve could lose 30% in one ruling as Bitfinex battle intensifies appeared first on CryptoSlate.
    Tags: Bitfinex Strategic Bitcoin Reserve
  • Bitcoin reveals a rare bullish cycle bottom signal before bouncing as futures bears tighten their grip
    CryptoSlate - 18:10 Feb 25, 2026
    Bitcoin is flashing its most oversold signal on record amid its continued price struggles in this current macroeconomic environment and persistent exchange-traded fund (ETF) outflows. According to CryptoSlate data, BTC's price dipped to around $62,700 over the last 24 hours, while its weekly relative strength index (RSI) printed roughly 25.7. BTC has risen to above […] The post Bitcoin reveals a rare bullish cycle bottom signal before bouncing as futures bears tighten their grip appeared first on CryptoSlate.
    Tags: Bitcoin
  • Meta’s digital dollar comeback could unlock a $1 trillion Treasury shift Washington is not ready for
    CryptoSlate - 16:05 Feb 25, 2026
    Social media giant Meta is quietly plotting a return to stablecoins. This time, however, the primary beneficiary may not be Mark Zuckerberg’s metaverse, but the US Treasury market. On Feb. 24, Coindesk reported that Meta was exploring stablecoin-based payments for a possible rollout in the second half of 2026, likely through a third-party provider rather […] The post Meta’s digital dollar comeback could unlock a $1 trillion Treasury shift Washington is not ready for appeared first on CryptoSlate.
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  • If Bitcoin can hold $65,000 after its strong bounce it could avoid a deeper crypto winter
    CryptoSlate - 14:35 Feb 25, 2026
    Bitcoin spent the last two days sliding down familiar shelves, and the order book kept printing lower bids as liquidity thinned. However, by Wednesday afternoon, the price traded back toward $65,000 after sweeping the low $63,000s, with the last 24 hours spanning roughly $62,800 to $66,200. The bounce depicts a market that hit the air […] The post If Bitcoin can hold $65,000 after its strong bounce it could avoid a deeper crypto winter appeared first on CryptoSlate.
    Tags: Bitcoin
  • Crypto traders are chasing 10x leverage in the US while Europe tightens the screws behind the scenes
    CryptoSlate - 13:25 Feb 25, 2026
    Two regulators converged on the same market from opposite directions in February 2026. The European Securities and Markets Authority warned that derivatives marketed as “perpetual futures” or “perpetual contracts” tied to Bitcoin and Ethereum likely fall within the scope of contracts-for-difference regulations, regardless of what firms call them. Days earlier, US Commodity Futures Trading Commission […] The post Crypto traders are chasing 10x leverage in the US while Europe tightens the screws behind the scenes appeared first on CryptoSlate.
    Tags: Crypto Europe
  • Bitcoin miners sell $348M BTC as power costs bite and the $7.4 billion treasury begins shrinking fast
    CryptoSlate - 12:05 Feb 25, 2026
    Public Bitcoin miners collectively held 115,335 BTC as of Feb. 20, worth roughly $7.4 billion at the recent price, but that treasury dropped 4.44% month-over-month, the first sustained contraction since miners began stockpiling coins as balance-sheet assets. The decline wasn't an accident. Riot Platforms sold 1,818 BTC in December 2025 for $161.6 million in net […] The post Bitcoin miners sell $348M BTC as power costs bite and the $7.4 billion treasury begins shrinking fast appeared first on CryptoSlate.
    Tags: Bitcoin
  • A record 206% stock bubble is building pressure that threatens Bitcoin’s recovery
    CryptoSlate - 10:12 Feb 25, 2026
    Bitcoin is entering a period where macro sequencing matters more than narrative. Equity markets are trading near record valuations, real yields remain elevated, and credit markets are expanding into increasingly opaque corners of the financial system. None of these conditions guarantees an imminent break. But together they form the backdrop for what could become a […] The post A record 206% stock bubble is building pressure that threatens Bitcoin’s recovery appeared first on CryptoSlate.
    Tags: Bitcoin
  • If Bitcoin loses this level, the chart’s winter path to $49,000 opens up fast
    CryptoSlate - 21:20 Feb 24, 2026
    Bitcoin spent the last two days sliding down a familiar set of shelves, and the order book kept printing lower bids as liquidity thinned. By this morning, it sat at $63,214, a level that places the price inside the lower band on my two-year channel map. The receipts are straightforward, and the consequences sit inside […] The post If Bitcoin loses this level, the chart’s winter path to $49,000 opens up fast appeared first on CryptoSlate.
    Tags: Bitcoin
  • Bitcoin on course for record fifth straight monthly loss as $4.5B ETF outflows put $58,000 in sight
    CryptoSlate - 19:30 Feb 24, 2026
    Bitcoin is heading toward an uncomfortable milestone, a potential fifth consecutive monthly decline if February closes in the red, and the setup is starting to look less like a crypto-specific drawdown and more like a macro-driven repricing. This five-month losing streak would be notable in the post-ETF era and would also be Bitcoin’s longest stretch […] The post Bitcoin on course for record fifth straight monthly loss as $4.5B ETF outflows put $58,000 in sight appeared first on CryptoSlate.
    Tags: Bitcoin
  • As 59% of supply turns red Bitcoin faces slide to $54,000 if the next demand zone fails
    CryptoSlate - 17:35 Feb 24, 2026
    As Bitcoin trades in the low-$60,000s, the ledger shows nearly half of holders are sitting on losses. Newhedge’s percent supply in profit gauge shows 51.78% of coins are in profit with BTC around $63,275, implying roughly 10.35 million BTC in profit versus 9.64 million BTC in loss. However, this weekend, analyst DurdenBTC’s supply in profit […] The post As 59% of supply turns red Bitcoin faces slide to $54,000 if the next demand zone fails appeared first on CryptoSlate.
    Tags: Bitcoin
  • Ethereum’s liquidity crunch is deepening as ETFs dump $3B and the Foundation locks up 70,000 ETH
    CryptoSlate - 16:10 Feb 24, 2026
    Ethereum is getting two headline signals at once, and they point in different directions. On-chain trackers have flagged a burst of ETH sales linked to Vitalik Buterin, the network’s most recognizable figure. At nearly the same time, the Ethereum Foundation began staking part of its treasury, positioning the move as a long-term shift in how […] The post Ethereum’s liquidity crunch is deepening as ETFs dump $3B and the Foundation locks up 70,000 ETH appeared first on CryptoSlate.
    Tags: Ethereum Foundation ETFs
  • XRP ETF inflows collapse 93% as price capitulates, will this cause a reset or repair phase?
    CryptoSlate - 14:05 Feb 24, 2026
    XRP is entering a stretch where on-chain cost basis, leverage, and flow data may matter more than broad market narratives. The token is approaching a critical point after a sharp rise in realized losses, with on-chain activity showing investors moving coins below their purchase prices. That is a classic capitulation signal. It often appears near […] The post XRP ETF inflows collapse 93% as price capitulates, will this cause a reset or repair phase? appeared first on CryptoSlate.
  • Stablecoin depegs are back — and Binance’s $4.5B USD1 supply chokepoint is setting up the next liquidity shock
    CryptoSlate - 12:30 Feb 24, 2026
    World Liberty Financial's stablecoin slipped to $0.994 on Feb. 23, a 0.6% deviation that lasted minutes before recovering. For a token backed one-to-one by dollars and government money market funds, with over $5 billion in circulation and the fifth-largest market share among stablecoins, the wobble wasn't supposed to happen. But it did, and the gap […] The post Stablecoin depegs are back — and Binance’s $4.5B USD1 supply chokepoint is setting up the next liquidity shock appeared first on CryptoSlate.
    Tags: Binance Stablecoin USD1
  • Brazil cuts Bitcoin miner import duty to zero and companies may plug them into stranded solar next
    CryptoSlate - 10:56 Feb 24, 2026
    On Feb. 20, Brazil's foreign trade council published a technical resolution reducing import duties to zero for a narrow class of hardware: SHA256 Bitcoin miners exceeding 200 terahashes per second with energy efficiency below 20 joules per terahash. Three days later, French state-owned energy giant Engie told Reuters it was considering installing Bitcoin miners at […] The post Brazil cuts Bitcoin miner import duty to zero and companies may plug them into stranded solar next appeared first on CryptoSlate.
    Tags: Bitcoin Brazil
  • Bitcoin can rebound fast and hard as $7.7T in “sidelined funds” enter new opportunity window
    CryptoSlate - 20:10 Feb 23, 2026
    A $7.8 trillion cash pile sits in US money market funds, earning, rolling, waiting. The Federal Reserve began this easing cycle on Sept 18, 2024, and it's now been 522 days since that first cut. Looking at historical market movements, we're entering a window whereby funds have typically started to rotate back into riskier assets. […] The post Bitcoin can rebound fast and hard as $7.7T in “sidelined funds” enter new opportunity window appeared first on CryptoSlate.
    Tags: Bitcoin
  • Bitcoin rebounds after $100B tariff whiplash — but $60k options price target hints at bigger risk
    CryptoSlate - 18:15 Feb 23, 2026
    Bitcoin's weekend selloff led to about $100 billion in crypto market value losses during the reporting period and was triggered by a sudden burst of tariff policy uncertainty. Over the last 24 hours, BTC price had slipped below $65,000, pulling the broader crypto market down with it. The top digital asset had recovered above $66,000 […] The post Bitcoin rebounds after $100B tariff whiplash — but $60k options price target hints at bigger risk appeared first on CryptoSlate.
    Tags: Bitcoin
  • Largest US Bitcoin miner dumps entire BTC stash as margin pressure intensifies
    CryptoSlate - 16:35 Feb 23, 2026
    Bitdeer, the largest Bitcoin mining company by hashrate, wiped its BTC ledger clean this week. Its corporate Bitcoin treasury now shows 0 BTC as the company sold 189.8 newly mined BTC and pulled 943.1 BTC from reserves. A mining business usually carries Bitcoin like pressure in a pipe, some flows out as revenue, some stays […] The post Largest US Bitcoin miner dumps entire BTC stash as margin pressure intensifies appeared first on CryptoSlate.
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