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XRP strength continues to dominate headlines while building steadily on the charts.

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Senate momentum, $1.23B ETF inflows, and rising XRP utility counter bearish EMAs as $1.0 support and $2.5 resistance dominate.

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Economist Timothy Peterson expects Bitcoin to trade above its current level by December, though some analysts are pushing back on that view.

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Timing matters: Macro shocks and whale activity put Bitcoin's next move in question.

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The price of Bitcoin has been stuck in a consolidation range below $70,000 so far this week, after spending most of the previous weekend above it. While the flagship cryptocurrency's price movement has been largely — and painfully — sideways in recent weeks, this represents a notable improvement from how the month of February started.

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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.

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Bitcoin crashed hard. The drop sent shockwaves through derivatives markets where overleveraged traders got completely wiped out in what analysts are calling a massive deleveraging event.

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XRP's realized losses hit $1.93 billion this week, the biggest since 2022.

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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 hashrate has shown signs of softening.

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XRP Ledger deepens its foothold in real-world asset tokenization as Dubai activates secondary trading for tokenized real estate, unlocking regulated resale of millions of property-backed tokens and accelerating blockchain integration into official land registry systems.

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Ethereum's getting a major overhaul. Vitalik Buterin and his development team want to roll out significant changes this year, and they're not backing down from the controversy that's brewing around it.

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France has officially approved the sale of a majority stake in Exaion, a key data center subsidiary of state-owned energy giant Electricité de France (EDF), to U.S.-based bitcoin miner MARA Holdings Inc. The $168 million deal, first announced in August 2025, concludes after months of scrutiny tied to national security and digital sovereignty concerns. MARA Holdings, headquartered in Florida and recognized as one of the largest publicly traded bitcoin mining companies, will acquire a 64% stake in Exaion.

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Robert Kiyosaki ramps up bitcoin buying amid market turmoil, warning a historic stock market crash is imminent and positioning the cryptocurrency as a superior hedge to gold as the dollar faces mounting pressure.

 

XRP has posted its largest realized losses since 2022, according to on-chain data released by Santiment on February 21. The analytics firm reported a weekly realized loss of $1.93 billion, marking the highest level in 39 months.

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At the beginning of February, the price of Bitcoin tumbled to a new low not seen since US President Donald Trump got elected in November 2024. This downside volatility is believed to have been precipitated by the overleveraging in the BTC market at the time.

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Dogecoin price is hovering just above the $0.10 level as traders evaluate market momentum and broader crypto trends. After weeks of sideways trading, analysts suggest that a renewed wave of buying pressure could push DOGE toward the $0.20 mark this month.

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Google searches for bitcoin zero in the United States have surged to a record high, reaching 100 on Google Trends relative interest scale in February. The spike coincided with Bitcoins slide toward $60,000, marking a more than 50% decline from its October all-time high near $68,000.

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SBI Holdings, one of Japans largest financial conglomerates, is launching its first blockchain-based bond designed specifically for retail investors. The 10 billion yen (approximately $64.5 million) issuance, branded as the SBI START Bonds, merges traditional fixed-income investing with blockchain settlement technology and crypto incentives, marking a significant step in Japans digital securities market.

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Irans currency crisis in 2026 has pushed the rial into free fall, with hyperinflation eroding savings and devastating household finances. Mounting sanctions, policy missteps, and geopolitical pressure have left ordinary citizens struggling to afford basic goods.

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Bitcoin (BTC) is showing signs of stabilizing after a sharp selloff earlier this month, but analysts caution that a rapid recovery may not be on the horizon. According to Vetle Lunde, head of research at K33, current market conditions resemble late-stage bear market phases seen in September and November 2022, periods that preceded extended consolidation before a broader recovery.

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Bitcoin (BTC) edged lower on Saturday after U.S. President Donald Trump announced a new 15% global tariff, escalating trade tensions despite a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling that invalidated his earlier tariff actions. The court determined that Trump lacked the authority under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) to impose the previous round of tariffs introduced earlier this year.

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CryptoQuant said the exchange whale ratio has risen to 0.64, the highest level since 2015, suggesting whales are leading selling activity.

 

Nakamoto was active until roughly 2010, before disappearing, leaving behind what is widely considered the largest single Bitcoin holding.

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Japanese financial conglomerate SBI Holdings is aggressively deepening its integration with the XRP ecosystem through calculated new moves.

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Algorand draws the line between reckless AI-generated contracts and responsible agentic engineering practices