Crypto

Top crypto equities like Bitcoin treasury firm Strategy and crypto exchange Coinbase are among the most shorted stocks, says Goldman Sachs.

David Schwartz says the XRP Ledger was deliberately designed to prevent Ripple or any single actor from controlling the chain.

The online marketplace said it will embed Tether's crypto wallet tools and USDT, USAT tokens to power crypto payments for over 18 million users.

The four firms will now have free reign to experiment in a program that will inform final UK stablecoin rules set to be released later this year.

In this week’s Crypto Long & Short Newsletter, Gregory Mall of Lionsoul Global on how ETFs have shifted a growing share of bitcoin volatility into U.S. equity options markets.

The Fellowship political action committee promised $100 million, with reports that Tether may have been tied as a backer, but the fund has so far delivered zero.

The tokenized US Treasury market had a market capitalization of under $4 billion at the start of 2025 and has been gradually rising. The tokenized US Treasury market has surged by over $1 billion since the beginning of 2026, despite macroeconomic uncertainty and concerns over the US government’s growing national debt. Tokenized US Treasurys are government debt instruments that are a form of real-world assets (RWAs) represented onchain by a token. The market capitalization of tokenized Treasurys climbed to more than $10.8 billion at the time of writing from $8.9 billion on Jan. 1, according to data from RWA.xyz. Read more

The total crypto market cap has added $150 billion in just over a day.

WebN backed innovative digital asset firms like KAIO, Twinstake, TruFin and Geometry.

Kalshi revealed its first enforcement actions Wednesday, against a political candidate and an employee of YouTube star MrBeast.

Solana price eyes a potential rise toward the $110-$115 range, according to a confluence of bullish technical and onchain indicators. Solana’s SOL (SOL) has rallied 10% over the past 24 hours, rising to an intraday high of $86 on Wednesday. The recovery was accompanied by a leap in futures activity, with SOL’s open interest rising by more than 5% to $5.27 billion. Analysts are now focusing on the short-term technical setup and fundamental indicators that may signal a major turning point for SOL. Read more

Social media giant Meta is quietly plotting a return to stablecoins. This time, however, the primary beneficiary may not be Mark Zuckerberg’s metaverse, but the US Treasury market. On Feb. 24, Coindesk reported that Meta was exploring stablecoin-based payments for a possible rollout in the second half of 2026, likely through a third-party provider rather […] The post Meta’s digital dollar comeback could unlock a $1 trillion Treasury shift Washington is not ready for appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Ether, solana and dogecoin are among the altcoins posting 10% or more advances.

The stablecoin issuer reported $770 million in revenue for the final 2025 quarter, beating forecasts as full-year sales rose 64% and USDC circulation topped $75 billion. Stablecoin issuer Circle Internet Group reported stronger-than-expected fourth-quarter earnings on Wednesday, driven by rapid growth in its USDC stablecoin business and expanding payments operations, underscoring continued momentum in an otherwise challenging crypto market. For the quarter ending Dec. 31, 2025, Circle posted revenue of $770 million, a 77% increase from a year earlier, and reported net income of $133.4 million, or 43 cents per share. Analysts expected per-share earnings of 16 cents on revenue of $747 million.  The strong quarter was fueled in part by a 72% year-on-year increase in the circulation of Circle’s US dollar-pegged stablecoin, USDC (USDC), which reached about $75.3 billion by year-end. Read more

Bitcoin began an assault below the 200-week exponential moving average in fresh signs of upward BTC price momentum at the start of the US session. Bitcoin (BTC) hit $67,000 at Wednesday’s Wall Street open as bulls shook off fresh US tariff pledges. Key points: Bitcoin enjoys a sustained rebound as BTC price action rises above $67,000. Read more

Check out which are the new trading pairs added to Binance's Cross Margin section.

The company's stock has lost about two-thirds of its value since peaking last year, nearly in step with bitcoin's record price above $126,000.

Senator Richard Blumenthal has launched an inquiry into alleged Iran-linked crypto transfers as Binance pushes back against the claims.

Circle’s USDC grew 72% in Q4 as transaction volume soared and CRCL stock popped on bullish AI and payments commentary.

Break above $1.37 draws strong spot demand, with ETF inflows and retail buying suggesting positioning shift.