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Prediction markets promised something elegant: put money behind beliefs, and the price converges on reality. The wisdom of crowds, sharpened by skin in the game. No pollsters, no pundits, just probabilities inching toward truth as traders stake capital on what they know. However, the moment those markets matter (politically, financially, and socially), the best information […] The post 200 insider trading probes opened on Kalshi and one quiet change could remake prediction markets overnight appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Crypto is becoming a permanent 401(k) fixture. We detail the shift from regulatory bans to presidential mandate and new DOL guidance, plus the latest big institutional bets.

Ether looked bullish, with onchain data showing that the ETH price may have hit a macro bottom as a key support level holds. Ether (ETH) price is up 18% since plunging below the $1,800 mark on Feb. 6, reclaiming the $2,000 support level. Surging price volatility and a low MVRV Z-score value are also signaling a local bottom forming. Key takeaways: Ether realized volatility on Binance has risen to its highest level since March 2025, hinting at a potential recovery. Read more

Multiple employees at Axiom, a non-custodial trading platform, allegedly engaged in insider trading, said blockchain investigator ZachXBT.

The declines are coming as the Nasdaq tumbles nearly 2%, led by a post-earnings selloff in Nvidia.

Also: Ethereum’s “strawmap”, Robinhood chain update and OpenAI + smart contracts

In an interview with Cointelegraph, CEO Nic Puckrin breaks down the forces behind Bitcoin’s bear market and what could come next in 2026. In an exclusive Cointelegraph interview, crypto YouTuber and CEO of Coin Bureau Nic Puckrin says he expects 2026 to play out as a “tale of two crypto markets” — institutional conviction on one side, and near-total retail apathy on the other.  While headlines have been dominated by exchange-traded funds, policy shifts and big-money adoption, he argues that the everyday investor isn’t showing up the way they did in previous cycles — and he explains why that matters for what comes next. He also revisits the debate around Bitcoin’s “four-year cycle.” Many traders declared the old playbook dead after an unusual run-up before the halving and the absence of a classic blow-off top. However, Puckrin outlines why recent price behavior has forced even skeptics to reconsider their views.  Read more

Bitcoin price strength failed to reclaim a key support zone with traders still expecting the bear market to match previous cycles. Bitcoin (BTC) began to give back gains at Thursday’s Wall Street open as bulls faced a new resistance headache. Key points: Bitcoin fails to reclaim some recently-lost support levels as its $70,000 rebound loses momentum. Read more

Before the Senate Banking Committee gaveled its banking-oversight hearing to a start, crypto claimed much of the oxygen, including in an OCC policy push.

[PRESS RELEASE – Singapore, Singapore, February 26th, 2026] Stablecoins have become a foundational layer for settlement, moving value across payments, remittances, and treasury operations worldwide. As these flows grow, the infrastructure behind dollar-denominated stablecoins matters as much as the assets themselves. USDC and Circle Cross-Chain Transfer Protocol (CCTP) will be launching on Morph, bringing payment stablecoins and […]

The goal is to reduce Solana’s growing geographic concentration in Europe and introduce multicast functionality.

Nearly half of the Bitcoin supply sits underwater, yet accumulation lags, which is keeping the price trapped in a fragile consolidation range for now.

Crypto traders blame Jane Street for a daily 10 a.m. Bitcoin dip after a Terraform lawsuit claimed dubious trading practices, but analysts say timing matches broader risk repricing. Cryptocurrency investors accused quantitative trading company Jane Street of pressuring Bitcoin’s price with a daily, programmatic sell-off at the US market open, but market analysts and data suggest the pattern is not consistent, and no single company can force Bitcoin into a prolonged bear market. The claims surged online a day after Terraform Labs’ court-appointed administrator sued Jane Street, alleging insider trading tied to transactions that worsened the collapse of Terra’s algorithmic stablecoin ecosystem in May 2022. Several market watchers, including crypto influencer Justin Bechler, have argued that Jane Street’s holding of BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust exchange-traded fund (ETF), known as IBIT, could mask a net short Bitcoin position through hedges that do not appear in public filings. Bechler argued that Jane Stre...

American Bitcoin posted a $59.5 million Q4 loss while its revenue rose and its Bitcoin stack topped 6,000 coins, as peers pivot to AI and sell down treasuries. American Bitcoin Corp. (ABTC) reported a fourth quarter 2025 net loss of $59.5 million, even though its revenue climbed to $78.3 million, up 22% from the third quarter, according to its latest earnings release and 8‑K filing with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).  The Trump family‑backed Bitcoin (BTC) miner posted a Q4 gross margin of 53% and said it had “mined Bitcoin at a 53% discount” to spot purchasing. A sizable non‑cash loss on digital assets contributed to a full-year 2025 net loss of $153.2 million, driven in large part by fair‑value markdowns on its Bitcoin holdings.  Read more

XRP remains in a corrective phase across both USD and BTC pairs. The recent bounce from locally oversold conditions has eased immediate downside pressure, but the broader structure still reflects a dominant downtrend, with rallies so far failing to reclaim major resistance zones or longer-term moving averages. Ripple Price Analysis: The USDT Pair On the […]

ZachXBT.alleges a senior Axiom employee used internal dashboards to access private wallet data and track traders’ activity, raising questions about potential insider trading.

Ethereum has staged a notable rebound from the recent capitulation low near the mid-$1,700s, but the broader structure remains corrective after months of persistent downside. The current advance looks more like a short-term relief rally within an established downtrend than a confirmed trend reversal, so the focus is on whether the price can reclaim key […]

Aptos (APT) declined 11% and Aave (AAVE) dropped 6.6%, leading index lower from Wednesday.

[PRESS RELEASE – San Francisco, CA, February 26th, 2026] SolanaCDN delivers 3.8x faster shred propagation through a global mesh of 35,000+ nodes, provided as a public good for the Solana network Pipe Network today announced the launch of SolanaCDN, a free, open-source Solana validator client with an integrated CDN acceleration layer. Built as a fork […]

Bitcoin’s rebound toward $70,000 over the last 24 hours has revived a familiar debate in crypto markets: whether Wall Street firms operating within the spot exchange-traded fund (ETF) ecosystem have gained too much influence over price discovery. The latest target is Jane Street, the quantitative trading firm that is both a major ETF intermediary and […] The post Notice Bitcoin selling off at market open? Jane Street is taking the blame, but the data points elsewhere appeared first on CryptoSlate.