Raw News Items
30 itemsFebruary 22, 2026
- CryptoSlateScore: 85
The SEC just gave Cardano a 75-day shortcut to a spot ETF that took Bitcoin 240 days
CME's Cardano futures went live on Feb. 9, and that date may matter more for ETFs than for trading. Under the SEC's new generic listing standards for commodity-based trust shares, one of the clearest fast lanes for a spot crypto ETP is having regulated futures on a CFTC-supervised venue for at least...
- CoinDeskScore: 85
To freeze or not to freeze: Satoshi and the $440 billion in bitcoin threatened by quantum computing
As quantum computing inches closer to reality, nearly 7 million bitcoin, including Satoshi Nakamoto’s 1 million coins, are potentially at risk.
- CointelegraphScore: 85
SEC allows broker-dealers to take 2% 'haircut' on stablecoins
Staff said the US regulator would "not object" to broker-dealers counting stablecoin holdings toward their net capital requirements.
- CryptoSlateScore: 75
Bitcoin bulls could walk into a $1 billion liquidation trap as Bank of America warns multiples are about to compress
Bank of America's latest market call reads less like a typical bear forecast and more like a structural warning about what happens when markets stop paying premium multiples, even if profits keep growing. The firm argues that the S&P 500 remains “statistically expensive” on 18 of 20 valu...
- CointelegraphScore: 75
Bitcoin price may rebound to $85K as CME 'smart money' slashes shorts
Futures traders slashed bearish Bitcoin bets last month, a shift that preceded a 70% rally in 2025 and a 190% increase in the BTC price in 2023.
- CryptoSlateScore: 75
Trump’s crypto firm made $1.2 billion in 16 months because it found a way to sell resort debt as tokens
A Trump-linked crypto firm is bringing the former president's brand into the structured credit market. World Liberty Financial plans to tokenize loan-revenue interests tied to the Trump International Hotel and Resort Maldives, offering investors exposure to projected interest payments connected to t...
- CointelegraphScore: 75
Bitcoin miner Bitdeer dumps entire BTC reserves, holdings drop to zero
Bitcoin miner Bitdeer liquidated 943 BTC from reserves and sold newly mined coins, cutting corporate holdings to zero.
- CoinDeskScore: 70
ProShares' stablecoin-ready ETF sees $17 billion debut, sparking speculation about Circle
Analysts speculated that a large issuer like Circle might be moving reserve assets en masse into the ETF, but data show otherwise.
- CoinDeskScore: 70
Bitcoin see-saws around $68,000, DOGE, ETH slide as tariff uncertainty weighs on risk assets
President Donald Trump raised the global tariff rate to 15% despite a Supreme Court ruling against earlier emergency trade measures, keeping pressure on China and other partners.
- CryptoSlateScore: 70
Bitcoin’s calm price action is a trap: The steady ETF bid that supported it has already disappeared
Spot Bitcoin ETFs gave the market a clean, daily scoreboard: a green print meant fresh cash crossing the boundary from traditional brokerage accounts into Bitcoin exposure, and a red print meant the opposite. For much of the first year of spot ETFs in the US, that scoreboard tracked sentiment and se...
- CryptoSlateScore: 70
Bitcoin miners face a margin crunch that historically precedes strong returns within 90 days
Bitcoin just got ~15% harder to mine as hashrate falls—pushing miner revenue back into the $30 stress zone Bitcoin’s mining economy has tightened again, but its undertones could pave the way for a price recovery in the top crypto. Over the past weeks, the network difficulty jumped, while the hashrat...
- CryptoSlateScore: 70
Supreme Court nukes Trump tariffs — up to $175B in refunds could hit Bitcoin market next
The Supreme Court's Feb. 20 decision striking down President Donald Trump's IEEPA-based tariff program as illegal creates a massive fiscal overhang that could function as an unintended liquidity injection. The Court ruled 6-3 that the International Emergency Economic Powers Act does not authorize th...
- CoinDeskScore: 70
Mentioning 'bitcoin' or crypto on AI agent OpenClaw's Discord will get you banned
The project's creator nearly deleted the viral AI agent after crypto scammers hijacked his accounts, launched a fake token that hit $16 million, and harassed him for weeks.
- CryptoSlateScore: 70
Bitcoin enters a 150-day danger zone as Trump pivots to a 1974 trade law the Supreme Court hasn’t touched yet
Bitcoin trades sideways as Trump cites Trade Act for 15% tariffs after Supreme Court limits IEEPA authority, and the market starts watching the 150-day clock It is one of those rare weekend sessions where the chart barely moves… yet it still feels like something is about to snap. Bitcoin is ho...
- CoinDeskScore: 65
XRP falls 4% as network sees biggest realized loss spike since 2022
Past capitulation waves have preceded sharp recoveries, but this time price is still fighting technical resistance even as ledger activity surges.
- The BlockScore: 65
Bitdeer’s bitcoin treasury drops to zero after miner liquidates remaining 943 BTC
The liquidation makes Bitdeer the largest publicly traded bitcoin miner by self-mining hashrate to hold no BTC on its balance sheet.
- CointelegraphScore: 65
Crypto infrastructure company BitGo named issuer for FYUSD stablecoin
The GENIUS Act-compliant stablecoin is geared toward institutional investors in Asia features a programmable layer for agentic AI commerce.
- CryptoSlateScore: 65
Election odds, but with an ETF wrapper: the “ambient gambling” shift coming to brokerage accounts
A set of new ETF filings wants to turn election outcomes into brokerage-account tickers. If approved, they’d also make “political risk” a tradable product on the same rails that already carry spot Bitcoin ETFs, pulling attention, liquidity, and regulatory pressure into the same lane. Rou...
- DecryptScore: 60
Blockchain Apps Have Failed to Win Over the Masses, Ethereum Builders Admit
Ethereum builders at ETH Denver said that the crypto infrastructure has been laid—but not products people actually want to use.
- CryptoSlateScore: 60
Why did Bitcoin sell off as the yen surged fast enough to trigger cuts across risk books?
Bitcoin sometimes sells off hard on days with no crypto headlines. A recurring driver sits outside crypto: a yen-funded carry unwind that forces cross-asset deleveraging, then transmits into BTC through thinner liquidity, wider spreads, and fast position reduction in derivatives. Here's the core mec...
- CryptoSlateScore: 60
862k jobs vanished, CPI cooled, and Bitcoin now trades like a bond – What Would Satoshi Say?
Bitcoin is trading like a rates product now because real yields are the new “gravity” Earlier this month, we saw the macro picture shift in a very real and tangible way. The record of last year's job level changed significantly, and markets treated that update as fresh information to trade on. Two d...
- CointelegraphScore: 60
Crypto capital rotates from tokens to stocks as new launches struggle: DWF
More than 80% of 2025 token launches trade below listing price while IPO funding and M&A in the crypto sector surge, suggesting that investors prefer equity exposure.
- CoinDeskScore: 40
How decentralized AI is leveling the playing field
Forget OpenAI and Google. New decentralized networks are putting an end to Big Tech's monopoly.
- CointelegraphScore: 40
Curve Finance founder says disagreement within a DAO is a healthy sign
Decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs) govern some of the biggest decentralized finance protocols, including Curve Finance and Aave.
- The BlockScore: 40
AI agent created by OpenAI dev ‘accidentally’ sends entire memecoin holdings to reply guy
The recipient quickly sold the entire stack of Lobstar tokens for a profit of about $40,000, though the same amount of tokens is now worth over $400,000.
- CoinDeskScore: 40
SportFi’s next act: onchain markets built around match-day results
An area of blockchain-based finance focused on increasing fans' engagement with sports teams, SportFi uses tokens to grant access to privileges such as limited voting rights and exclusive rewards.
- CointelegraphScore: 30
Crypto investors move ‘pretty wide’ beyond majors as dip drags on: Exec
Robinhood’s head of crypto, Johann Kerbrat, pointed out that crypto investors are looking for more ways to explore crypto beyond just holding tokens amid market uncertainty.
- CointelegraphScore: 30
Bitcoin historical price metric sees $122K 'average return' over 10 months
Bitcoin past performance gave 88% odds of higher prices by early 2027, the latest in a series of new bullish BTC price predictions.
- CointelegraphScore: 20
50% of Bitcoin's past 24 months ended in gains: Economist
Economist Timothy Peterson expects Bitcoin to trade above its current level by December, though some analysts are pushing back on that view.
- CointelegraphScore: 20
AI agent OpenClaw confirms ban on Bitcoin, crypto discussions in Discord
OpenClaw creator Peter Steinberger confirmed that users can be removed for mentioning Bitcoin and crypto on Discord.