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Institutional interest in Strategy’s (formerly MicroStrategy) preferred securities is building at a time when the company’s common stock, MSTR, remains one of the market’s most-watched bearish trades tied to Bitcoin. The clearest signal came this week, when Prevalon Energy and Anchorage Digital said at Strategy World 2026 that they had each allocated part of their […] The post MSTR short squeeze chances shift as traders bet $5B against MSTR while Strategy returns 11% yield appeared first on CryptoSlate.

The license allows Gate to execute payment transactions in the EU, including direct debits and credit transfers under PSD2 rules. Crypto exchange Gate has secured a Payment Institution license in Malta, a license under the European Union’s PSD2 framework, giving the crypto exchange a regulated foothold to offer payment services across the bloc alongside its existing crypto permissions. The company said Thursday that its Malta-based entity, Gate Technology, received the license from the Malta Financial Services Authority (MFSA). Gate said the approval supports its strategy of linking traditional payment infrastructure with Web3 services in Europe. The authorization adds payment capabilities to Gate’s existing EU crypto permissions. On Oct. 1, 2025, Gate announced that it had obtained a license under the EU’s Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation, allowing it to provide exchange and custody services across member states. Read more

Jimmy Wales Calls Bitcoin a Bubble — Polymarket Disagrees The post Wikipedia vs. On-Chain: Why Jimmy Wales’ Bitcoin Bubble Call Clashes With Polymarket Data appeared first on Cryptonews.

Fresh inflows lift US Bitcoin ETFs toward a potential first weekly gain after five consecutive weeks of outflows totaling $3.8 billion. US spot Bitcoin funds extended their rebound Wednesday as BTC reclaimed $68,000, pulling in $506.5 million in inflows, the largest daily total since Feb. 2. Bitcoin (BTC) exchange-traded funds (ETFs) are nearing a potential first week of inflows after five weeks of net outflows totaling $3.8 billion, with weekly inflows now at $560.4 million, according to SoSoValue data. The gains mark two consecutive days of inflows, hinting at a possible upside following a massive February sell-off that wiped out $20 billion in net assets. Read more

The OCC’s proposal to implement the GENIUS Act would bar yield on payment stablecoins and introduce a rebuttable presumption against common issuer-affiliate reward structures. The US Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) has dropped a 376‑page proposal to implement the Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for US Stablecoins (GENIUS) Act that looks to settle the ongoing stablecoin yield fight. The proposal is open to public comment for 60 days from Wednesday’s publication date, and sets out detailed rules for permitted payment stablecoin issuers under the OCC’s jurisdiction. Supervised entities would be barred from paying any form of interest or yield, whether in cash, tokens or other consideration, “solely in connection with the holding, use, or retention” of a payment stablecoin, consistent with section 4(a)(11) of the GENIUS Act.  Read more

DOT, STABLE, and UNI have rocketed the most in the past day, with gains of over 20% in some instances.

A massive leveraged long in the ARC perpetuals market collapsed on Lighter, triggering auto-deleveraging but limiting liquidity provider losses to about $75,000. A big crypto trader lost $8.2 million after a leveraged bet on the ARC perpetuals market unraveled on the decentralized derivatives platform Lighter, forcing the platform to tap its backstop liquidity and trigger auto-deleveraging to manage risk. In a series of posts on X, the platform explained that the whale built a very large long position over several days, pushing total open interest in the ARC (ARC) market to about $50 million, while about 600 traders and market makers took the opposite side. The trade began to fail when ARC’s price dropped around 6:00 pm ET on Wednesday. About $2 million of the position was liquidated on the order book, and the remaining position was moved into Lighter’s liquidity provider pool (LLP), where it was handled under a high-risk strategy category. Read more

The Core Team said they continue with the updates, and the latest is right around the corner.

Crypto market sentiment has been lifted as billions re-enter the space, but could it be a bull trap? 

The proposal details how banks, nonbanks and foreign issuers could operate stablecoins under U.S. banking supervision.

The move follows investor exits, asset sales and a retreat from holding Ethereum on the public company's balance sheet.

Online claims have drawn attention to how institutional middlemen hedge Bitcoin ETF shares, exposing a gap between inflows and spot buying.

Reports show both Anthropic and OpenAI are revising safety commitments amid surging investment and competition.

Canaan Buys Cipher Mining Assets: Is $200K Bitcoin Next? The post Bitcoin Price Prediction: Major Miner Just Expanded in Texas: Is a Massive BTC Production Surge Coming? appeared first on Cryptonews.

CFTC chair Mike Selig said the agency established a prediction markets advisory to help catch insider traders, warning there would be consequences. A former contender for governor of California has been banned from Kalshi after betting on his own candidacy last year in violation of insider trading rules, the prediction market platform said on Wednesday. According to a statement from Kalshi’s head of enforcement, Robert DeNault, the politician bet about $200 on his candidacy for governor of California and posted about it on X, leading to a five-year suspension on the prediction market platform and a $2,000 penalty. Kalshi did not name the politician, but said he is no longer running for governor and is now running for Congress. Read more

Nvidia’s earnings lifted technology shares and steadied broader markets, even as investors weigh how long the AI investment cycle can run.

Bitcoin markets are bracing for Friday’s $10.5 billion monthly options expiry. Does the data show bulls or bears at an advantage? Key takeaways: Bitcoin bulls need a 9% rally from current levels to take the advantage in Friday’s $10.5 billion options expiry. The 90% correlation between Bitcoin and the Nasdaq 100 Index shows that tech investor sentiment drives market confidence. Read more

The price of Bitcoin reclaimed the $66,000 mark earlier today UTC, creating positive crypto markets following positive remarks by President Trump in his State of the Union address. Retail may be a little unsure of crypto but institutions are quietly buying the dip.So, more positive developments from US regulators could help drive a bull market. […] The post Crypto Price Prediction Today 25 February: XRP, Solana, Bitcoin appeared first on Cryptonews.

Crypto rebounds sharply from Tuesday's lows, yet traders question whether the move marks a lasting turn or another range-bound bounce.

Running carefully structured prompts through Grok AI produces ambitious 2026 price outlooks for XRP, Cardano and Ethereum, despite the near-term uncertainty rocking markets.Below, we examine how realistic Grok’s projections are in the current cycle.XRP (XRP): Grok AI Bets XRP to Hit $8 by 2026In a recent update, Ripple reiterated that XRP ($XRP) remains the cornerstone […] The post Elon’s Grok AI Predicts the Price of XRP, Cardano, and Ethereum By the End of 2026 appeared first on Cryptonews.