Raw News Items
28 itemsFebruary 21, 2026
- DecryptScore: 90
'Ethereum Is Going Hard': Vitalik Buterin Backs Censorship Resistance Upgrade
Ethereum developers scheduled a controversial upgrade for later this year. Buterin said it reinforces the network’s cypherpunk principles.
- The BlockScore: 85
IoTeX hit by private key exploit draining around $2 million from bridge contracts, per co-founder
IoTeX co-founder Raullen Chai said losses are "significantly lower" than circulating estimates, but has not provided a specific figure.
- CointelegraphScore: 85
Crypto market retraces almost all 2024-2025 US election pump gains
The crypto market experienced a historic market crash in October that derailed the uptrend and caused investor sentiment to plummet.
- CointelegraphScore: 75
Bitcoin miner MARA buys majority stake in AI data center firm Exaion
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.
- CointelegraphScore: 75
Spot Bitcoin ETFs record five weeks of net withdrawals, totaling $3.8B
US spot Bitcoin ETFs logged five straight weeks of outflows, with $315.9 million leaving last week as institutional investors de-risk amid macro uncertainty.
- The BlockScore: 75
Five crypto exchanges are helping Russia evade sanctions, filling Garantex’s void: Elliptic
One exchange has processed at least $11 billion in crypto from an office in the same building previously occupied by sanctioned exchange Garantex.
- The BlockScore: 75
CryptoQuant says bitcoin whale deposit activity grows amid ongoing bear phase
CryptoQuant said the exchange whale ratio has risen to 0.64, the highest level since 2015, suggesting whales are leading selling activity.
- CointelegraphScore: 70
Uniswap founder slams scam crypto ads after victim 'lost everything'
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.
- CointelegraphScore: 70
IoTeX confirms ‘suspicious activity’ involving token safe, says losses contained
IoTeX said it is assessing suspicious activity tied to a token safe, coordinating with exchanges to trace funds after analysts linked the incident to a possible private key compromise.
- DecryptScore: 70
Bitcoin Quantum Threat Takes Center Stage at Ethereum Conference
At ETH Denver, developers warned that advances in quantum computing could threaten Bitcoin’s digital signatures as the industry continues to debate how to prepare.
- CoinDeskScore: 70
Bitcoin price slips after Trump hikes worldwide tariff to 15% from 10% despite Supreme Court decision
U.S. President Donald Trump announced a 15% worldwide tariff on imported goods, despite an earlier Supreme Court decision that invalidated earlier trade actions.
- CoinDeskScore: 70
Japan's SBI to issue 10 billion yen onchain bond with XRP rewards for retail investors
The SBI START Bonds offer a fixed interest rate, blockchain settlement, and XRP rewards for eligible investors registered on the firm’s exchange.
- The BlockScore: 70
Spot bitcoin ETFs notch five straight weeks of outflows for first time since March 2025
U.S. spot bitcoin ETFs recorded about $316 million in net outflows during the holiday-shortened Presidents' Day trading week.
- CoinDeskScore: 65
Ethereum's Vitalik Buterin proposes AI 'stewards' to help reinvent DAO governance
The system would use zero-knowledge proofs and secure environments (MPC/TEEs) to protect voter identity and sensitive data while preventing coercion and bribery.
- CryptoSlateScore: 60
Crypto has a native version of the M2 money supply that’s falling and killing Bitcoin liquidity
Stablecoin supply is crypto’s deployable cash. With a total stablecoin market cap of around $307.92 billion and down -1.13% in the past 30 days, the pool has stopped growing month over month. When supply stalls, price moves get sharper, and Bitcoin feels it first in thin depth and bigger wicks. Stab...
- CoinDeskScore: 60
Blue Owl liquidity crisis has investors bracing for 2008-style fallout — it could mean bitcoin's next bull run
Private-equity firm Blue Owl Capital (OWL) tumbled nearly 15% this week as it was forced to liquidate $1.4 billion in assets to pay investors looking to exit one of its private credit funds.
- CoinDeskScore: 60
Inside France’s strict rules for selling majority stake of its state energy cloud to U.S. bitcoin miner
The French government imposed conditions, including a 10% stake by NJJ Capital, to address national interest concerns.
- CoinDeskScore: 60
Iran’s rial collapse mirrors Lebanon’s crisis, driving citizens to bitcoin
With the rial plunging, middle-class savers are bypassing local banks to move billions into the domestic crypto ecosystem.
- CointelegraphScore: 45
What’s next for crypto in Europe after Christine Lagarde steps down?
ECB president Christine Lagarde is a crypto skeptic, but her likely successors are no more enthusiastic about cryptocurrencies.
- CoinDeskScore: 40
Small investors are buying bitcoin. For a rally to succeed, the whales need to join in.
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.
- CoinDeskScore: 40
How AI is helping retail traders exploit prediction market 'glitches' to make easy money
A fully automated bot quietly captured micro-arbitrage opportunities on short-term crypto prediction markets, netting nearly $150,000
- CoinDeskScore: 40
Bitcoin echoes 'late 2022' bear market bottom, K33 says
The current levels offer an attractive entry for long-term investors, even if their patience will be tested, Vetle Lunde said.
- CoinDeskScore: 40
‘Bitcoin to zero’ searches spike in the U.S., but the bottom signal is mixed
Google Trends data shows the term hit a record high in the U.S. this month, though global interest has fallen since peaking in August.
- CointelegraphScore: 30
Bitcoin's bull catalyst could be AI stocks becoming 'silly big': Lyn Alden
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.
- CointelegraphScore: 30
Bitcoin $150K price calls are ‘drying up,’ which is healthy: Santiment
Bitcoin “retail optimism is fading,” which may be a healthy indicator as sentiment returns to neutral territory, according to Santiment.
- DecryptScore: 30
Marketers Could Use AI to Make Sure You See Their Ads—Here's How
Researchers built AdGazer, a machine learning tool that predicts whether you'll actually look at a digital ad—before it's ever shown to you.
- CointelegraphScore: 20
US lawmakers critical of Trump tariffs, say it will derail economy
The tariffs are just taxes on American businesses and consumers, while providing no benefit to the economy, critics of Trump's policies say.
- CointelegraphScore: 20
Trump raises global tariff rate to 15%, but crypto markets are unfazed
US President Donald Trump is now using alternative legal routes to levy tariffs, but critics say his authority to impose them is still limited.