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Strategy Inc., the largest corporate holder of Bitcoin, is preparing to issue more perpetual preferred shares to attract investors who want Bitcoin exposure without sharp stock price swings. Meanwhile, the move comes as its stock swings sharply with Bitcoin, and the company looks for safer, yield-based funding options tied to its digital asset treasury strategy.

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Solana's fundamentals strengthen as Alibaba partnership and rising Open Interest meet a critical $80 test.

 

XRP's price has drifted lower this week, slipping roughly 4.5% and trading below $1.40, as macroeconomic pressures and unresolved regulatory issues weigh on digital assets. Related Reading: Bitcoin Giant Awakens: 2,043 BTC Moved After 7-Year Slumber Market data from major price aggregators show XRP's market capitalization at around $85 billion, amid persistent volatility in broader crypto markets.

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In a Bitcoin laundering case, an asset disposal stalemate arises when authorities have identified, frozen, or seized cryptocurrency but cannot lawfully liquidate or return it to victims. The blockage persists until ownership, forfeiture, and procedural requirements are satisfied.

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Phong Le unveils Stretch product expansion as company's common stock plunges 73% from November peak

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Fundstrat's Tom Lee argues Ether is close to the bottom and says investors should be thinking about opportunities instead of selling.

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Strategy CEO Phong Le has revealed a plan to address investor concerns over MSTR stock price volatility, while continuing to purchase more BTC. The largest corporate Bitcoin holder to focus on Stretch (STRC) perpetual preferred shares offering to fund Bitcoin purchases.

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Cardano Founder Charles Hoskinson has confirmed the privacy-based blockchain Midnight's mainnet would launch in March. This comes as demand for privacy coins, as an expert predicts a major shift in capital from Bitcoin to these assets.

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XRP is signaling a breakeven phase rather than aggressive profit-taking, as the market enters a key reset zone.

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Network processes 17.3M daily transactions while maintaining third-largest crypto position by market cap

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Story Highlights The live price of the Polygon coin is . POL price predictions for 2026 suggest potential highs of $0.7548. Long-term forecasts indicate POL could reach $4.94 by 2030. Polygon (POL) has a mind-blowing Layer-2 scaling solution project for Ethereum, which is primarily designed to address slow speeds and the network's high transaction fees.

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David Schwartz, Ripple's newly appointed CTO Emeritus and co-creator of the XRP Ledger, has described Bitcoin as "a technological dead end."

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Charles Hoskinson has confirmed that LayerZero will be integrated into the Cardano blockchain, marking a major step in Cardano's institutional expansion strategy. The announcement came during his keynote at Consensus Hong Kong 2026, where the Input Output CEO revealed that the institutional-focused protocol will be ported over to Cardano.

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Dogecoin corrected some gains and traded below $0.0950 against the US Dollar. DOGE is now holding the $0.0885 support but might decline further.

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Bitcoin fell to $65,800 on Wednesday, slipping below short-term trend lines and keeping a retest of $60,000 in play as liquidity thins beneath current levels, according to Cointelegraph's analysis of market data. Although at the time of writing, it has recovered to $67,326.

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BNB Chain and YZi Labs host Bengaluru hackathon Feb 27-28 with $160K prizes and fast-track access to $1 billion Builder Fund for winning teams.

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Ripple's RWA strategy puts XRPL at the center of EU expansion.

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Investors are focused on January's CPI release after stronger-than-expected jobs data forced a repricing of rate expectations.

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Ethereum has slipped below the key $2,000 level again, reflecting renewed selling pressure across the broader crypto market. The move places ETH back in a technically fragile zone, where sentiment tends to deteriorate quickly as traders reassess risk exposure and liquidity conditions tighten.

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Midnight will target "billions who don't know they need privacy" rather than privacy maxis as mainnet launch nears in March, he said.

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Veteran short seller Jim Chanos slammed Strategy Inc. (NASDAQ:MSTR) for touting the stability of its perpetual preferred shares on Wednesday, even as its main stock continues to get hammered. Chanos Takes Fresh Dig At Strategy Chanos reacted to a Bloomberg interview where Strategy CEO Phong Le described the firm's Perpetual Stretch Preferred Stock (NASDAQ:STRC ) closing at $100 as the “story of the day” and “exactly how it was engineered to perform.

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XRP tests $1.65 resistance as technical analysis points to potential $0.90 target zone

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Ethereum faces big changes ahead. The blockchain platform's co-founder Vitalik Buterin laid out his vision for how the network can work with artificial intelligence without losing what makes it special.

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XRP continues to struggle to reclaim higher price levels as persistent selling pressure weighs on the broader crypto market. Recent price action suggests a cautious environment, with traders showing reduced appetite for aggressive positioning amid ongoing volatility and uncertain macro conditions.

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Binance shifts emergency fund reserves to BTC and announces TradFi perpetual contract amendments, while revealing $6.69B in scam prevention for 2025.