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David Solomon says he owns “very little” bitcoin, a candid admission that places the Goldman Sachs chief personally inside the asset class he once treated with caution. Goldman Sachs Boss Discloses Owning ‘Very Little' Bitcoin at the World Liberty Forum in Florida Solomon disclosed his holdings Feb.

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The price of Dogecoin (DOGE) is steadily approaching a critical level that could shape its next significant move. According to a crypto analyst closely tracking the meme coin's price action, a reaction at this key level could form a “divergence,” a technical pattern often associated with a major trend reversal.

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A drop in Solana's dApp revenues, along with limited institutional and retail investor interest, adds vulnerability to SOL's $78 support.

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Binance-affiliated investment firm YZi Labs (formerly Binance Labs) publicly accused asset manager 10X Capital on Wednesday of failing to comply with US securities disclosure requirements. The dispute comes amid broader governance changes at CEA Industries.

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With most buyers underwater, Ethereum's market feels heavy, quiet, and dangerously fragile.

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MicroStrategy's blended Bitcoin cost basis has moved lower after new purchases executed below the company's prior average purchase price. The mechanism is straightforward: adding coins at prices beneath the historical average pulls down the weighted-average acquisition cost for the overall position.

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Abu Dhabi just made a quiet but massive Bitcoin bet.Sovereign linked investors disclosed more than $1.04B in U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs at the end of 2025. Mubadala Investment Company alone reported over 12.7M shares of BlackRock spot Bitcoin ETF, worth about $630.7M. Al Warda Investments added another 8.2M shares, valued near $408.1M.

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Bitcoin's “short-term holder stress” metric has fallen to lows not seen since 2018, suggesting the market has capitulated and possibly bottomed.

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Coinbase signaled its crypto-backed lending product is expanding in the U.S., unveiling support for XRP, Dogecoin, Cardano, and Litecoin.

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Although current prices sit well below recent peaks, ongoing industry developments and technical indicators suggest XRP, Bitcoin and Ethereum may be setting new all-time highs (ATHs) sooner than you think.Below is a closer look at what could be happening in the news and on the price charts over the next fiscal quarter and a half.

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Crypto influencer Ran Neuner said Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) failed its defining test as a store of value, questioning the entire thesis for the first time in 12 years after capital fled to gold instead of BTC during recent market stress. The Store Of Value Failure Neuner argued Bitcoin evolved from “peer-to-peer cash” into “digital gold” as the community fought for ETF approval and institutional access.

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XRP's derivatives markets are still showing signs of bearish pressure, with funding rates across major exchanges now in negative territory. According to real-time data, funding rates have been predominantly below zero in recent trading sessions, with the lowest exchange funding rate recorded around -0.0748%.

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Running a carefully structured prompt through ChatGPT can reveal some striking 2026 price outlooks for XRP, Dogecoin, and Solana.Based on ChatGPT's projections, all three cryptocurrencies could reach fresh all-time highs (ATHs) sooner than you think.Below, we break down the analysis.

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TL;DR Singularry AI launches Singularry Agent, an autonomous DeFi copilot on BNB Chain. Each agent is an ERC-721 token storing its profile, logic and learning record. The platform integrates over 130 DeFi tools, including swaps, lending and bridges.

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XRP is quietly climbing the rankings while price action looks boring.The XRP Ledger just moved into sixth place by tokenized real world asset value, overtaking Solana and closing in on BNB Chain. Over the past 30 days alone, the network added $354M in tokenized assets.

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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.

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Coinbase expands onchain lending by adding XRP, DOGE, ADA, and LTC as collateral, letting U.S. users borrow up to $100K in USDC.

 

Goldman Sachs CEO David Solomon has disclosed that he owns Bitcoin, marking his first public confirmation of personal exposure to the asset.

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OpenAI and Paradigm launched EVMbench, a tool that tests how capable AI agents are at finding and fixing smart contract vulnerabilities.

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Short-term Bitcoin buyers are becoming cautious, and accumulation is slowing even as net positions stay positive.

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TL;DR 10.18 million SOL exits liquid staking protocols, worth roughly $870 million. The withdrawal converts locked tokens into immediately tradable supply. Long-term holder accumulation drops 65% in February, from 2.88 to 1 million SOL. Solana records the exit of 10.

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The waning cryptocurrency market momentum, coupled with ongoing geopolitical tensions, continues to hamper Bitcoin's price trajectory, pushing it downward. With BTC's price and sentiment dropping significantly, the market appears to have entered a phase of heightened uncertainty and caution as investors look for alternative assets to hedge against geopolitical risks.

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Bitcoin (BTC) has dropped 2.2% on Wednesday, Feb 18, 2026, to trade at about $66,446 at press time. The flagship coin saw its fear-and-greed index drop to 12/100, which CoinMarketCap classifies as extreme fear.

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Phantom is launching an MCP server that supports AI-driven autonomous transaction signing, quote swapping, and token transfers, according to Phantom. The implementation centers on Model Context Protocol (MCP) so AI agents can interact with wallet functions programmatically.

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An activist investor said Bitcoin miner Riot Platforms needs a "renewed sense of urgency" in order to capitalize on the major AI opportunity.