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Cointelegraph.com - 17:46 Feb 17, 2026
The buys lift Strategy holdings to 717,131 BTC and Bitmine to 4.37 million ETH, expanding corporate crypto treasuries despite continued market weakness. The two largest publicly traded crypto treasury companies expanded their digital asset holdings this week, with Strategy adding 2,486 Bitcoin and Bitmine Immersion Technologies buying 45,759 Ether, deploying about $260 million combined. Strategy said it spent $168.4 million on Bitcoin (BTC) purchases Feb. 9-16, bringing total holdings to 717,131 BTC. The acquisitions were funded through share sales under its at-the-market program, including 785,354 shares of STRC preferred stock for $78.4 million in net proceeds and 660,000 shares of Class A common stock for $90.5 million. As of Monday, Strategy reported an aggregate purchase price of $54.52 billion for its Bitcoin holdings, implying an average acquisition cost of $76,027 per BTC. The latest purchases were made at an average price of $67,710 apiece. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 17:15 Feb 17, 2026
Bitcoin bulls’ attempt to break above $70,000 stalled after a key US macroeconomic “fear” metric broke a critical threshold. Is a revisit to BTC's yearly lows back in play? Bitcoin (BTC) price continues to compress under $70,000 on Tuesday, and data suggests that the risk of new year-to-date lows remains if bulls fail to turn the level into support. The whipsaw nature of Bitcoin’s price surged as US market volatility climbed back above a critical level, and Treasury yields saw their sharpest weekly drop in months. Analysts suggest this macro backdrop may hint at an extended slowdown phase for BTC price, while onchain data shows traders still waiting for a stronger bullish catalyst. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 16:53 Feb 17, 2026
Nakamoto will acquire BTC Inc and UTXO in an all-stock deal, consolidating Bitcoin media, events and asset management under one Nasdaq-listed company. Nakamoto, the Bitcoin treasury company formerly known as KindlyMD, has signed definitive agreements to acquire BTC Inc and UTXO Management GP, advancing its plan to build a Bitcoin-native operating company. The transaction will be financed entirely with Nakamoto’s common stock under a previously disclosed call option contained in a Marketing Services Agreement (MSA) with BTC Inc. The MSA granted Nakamoto the right to acquire BTC Inc, which in turn held a call option to acquire UTXO, the company disclosed Tuesday. Under the terms, BTC Inc and UTXO holders will receive 363,589,816 shares of Nakamoto common stock on a fully diluted basis. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 16:43 Feb 17, 2026
The exchange's chief legal officer, chief operating officer and chief financial officer are out and Cameron Winkelvoss will take on more responsibilities. Gemini Space Station, the parent company of cryptocurrency exchange Gemini, said that three of its C-suite executives would be leaving effective immediately, with co-founder Cameron Winklevoss assuming additional responsibilities. In a Tuesday filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission, Gemini said it would be “parting ways” with chief operating officer Marshall Beard, chief financial officer Dan Chen and chief legal officer Tyler Meade. The company said it did not plan to replace Beard, who also resigned from Gemini’s board. Winklevoss is expected to take on revenue-generating responsibilities. Danijela Stojanovic, previously Gemini’s chief accounting officer, has been appointed as interim CFO. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 16:27 Feb 17, 2026
South Korea reopens crypto to corporations with strict caps and asset limits. This is part of a broader strategy that includes stablecoin legislation and potential spot crypto ETFs. South Korea is ending a nine-year ban on corporate crypto trading, allowing listed entities and professional investment companies to reenter the market under a regulated framework. Corporate participation will be tightly controlled, with investments capped at 5% of annual equity capital and limited to the top 20 cryptocurrencies traded on regulated domestic exchanges. Institutional entry may gradually improve liquidity and market structure, but strict limits mean large capital inflows from corporate treasuries are unlikely in the short term. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 16:13 Feb 17, 2026
BTC price fell below the key $70,000 level as tensions between the US and Iran ramped up and a broad risk-asset sell-off liquidated late BTC long positions. Bitcoin (BTC) dipped below $67,000 at Tuesday’s Wall Street open as risk assets responded to new geopolitical pressures. Key points: Bitcoin joins stocks in a geopolitics-driven sell-off to the start the US TradFi trading week. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 15:00 Feb 17, 2026
StarkWare is integrating EY’s Nightfall privacy protocol into Starknet to give institutions private payments and DeFi access on public Ethereum-aligned rails, while preserving auditability. Starknet developer StarkWare has integrated EY’s Nightfall privacy protocol to let institutions run private payments and decentralized finance (DeFi) activity on public Ethereum-aligned rails, targeting banks and corporates that need confidentiality without giving up auditability. In a Tuesday release shared with Cointelegraph, StarkWare positioned the move as a way for enterprises to use a shared, open layer-2 rather than closed, bank-only networks, while working with a Big Four firm that already audits many of the organizations it wants to onboard. The integration brings Nightfall, an open-source zero-knowledge (ZK) privacy layer built by EY, that lets transactions be verified without revealing underlying data, onto Starknet to enable private B2B and cross-border payments, confidential treasury management and 24/7 token... -
Cointelegraph.com - 14:00 Feb 17, 2026
The appointments add traditional finance and institutional crypto experience as the layer-1 blockchain scales its post-launch strategy. The Monad Foundation has hired three senior executives from Optimism, FalconX and BVNK as it expands its focus on institutional adoption following its November mainnet launch. Urvit Goel joins as vice president of go-to-market from the Optimism Foundation, Joanita Titan becomes head of institutional growth after leading custody and staking at FalconX, and Sagar Sarbhai joins as head of institutions for Asia-Pacific, most recently at BVNK. The three executives previously held roles at JP Morgan, Deutsche Bank, Anchorage Digital, Fireblocks and Amazon, bringing backgrounds in traditional finance and institutional crypto infrastructure. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 13:55 Feb 17, 2026
Stablecoin outflows slow to $2 billion as Binance consolidates 65% of CEX liquidity, signaling capital concentration even amid the ongoing crypto bear market. Stablecoin outflows from centralized exchanges have slowed sharply even as CryptoQuant’s indicators continue to flag weak market conditions, a sign that investor capital is consolidating rather than leaving the sector, the market data provider said. Flows on centralized exchanges (CEXs) have stabilized somewhat, with outflows totaling just $2 billion over the past month, CryptoQuant said in a statement to Cointelegraph on Tuesday. By contrast, late 2025 saw $8.4 billion in outflows at the start of the bear market, highlighting the moderation in redemptions, CryptoQuant’s marketing head Nick Pitto told Cointelegraph. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 13:29 Feb 17, 2026
Investigators say Raees and Ameer Cajee are back in South Africa years after Africrypt’s collapse, while investors still struggle to serve legal papers. South Africa’s so-called “Bitcoin Brothers,” Raees and Ameer Cajee, have quietly returned to the country years after the collapse of their crypto investment platform Africrypt, according to a new TV investigation. A segment aired Sunday by investigative program “Carte Blanche” said the pair is residing inside the gated Zimbali Estate in KwaZulu-Natal, MyBroadband reported on Monday. According to the report, journalists attempted to approach the property but were blocked by private security. The team also reportedly traced the brothers to a holiday location in Umhlanga and a recent address in Johannesburg, but failed to make direct contact. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 11:58 Feb 17, 2026
President Karol Nawrocki vetoed a second MiCA crypto bill, saying it was “practically identical” to a previous version, leaving local companies in limbo ahead of a summer MiCA deadline. Poland’s president vetoed a second bill meant to align the country’s crypto rules with the European Union’s Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation framework, deepening uncertainty for local platforms as a key transition deadline approaches. President Karol Nawrocki declined to sign Bill 2064 last week, marking the second veto of proposed legislation to implement the EU’s Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCA), the president’s office said Thursday. Nawrocki vetoed a similar measure in December and described Bill 2064 as “practically identical” to the original Bill 1424 vetoed previously. The veto followed an announcement by the Polish Financial Supervision Authority (KNF), warning that Poland has not designated a competent authority to supervise the crypto market, highlighting the MiCA transition deadline of July 1, 2026. Read... -
Cointelegraph.com - 11:03 Feb 17, 2026
American restaurant chain Steak ‘n Shake said its nine‑month burger‑to‑Bitcoin strategy has driven same‑store sales growth and a $15 million Bitcoin reserve. Steak ‘n Shake said its same‑store sales have “risen dramatically” since it launched a burger‑to‑Bitcoin strategy in May 2025 that routes every Bitcoin payment into a corporate treasury reserve. In a Monday post on X, the US fast-food chain said that it had successfully combined a “decentralized, cash-producing operating business with the transformative power of Bitcoin,” and thanked Bitcoiners for making it possible. The chain did not provide figures or define what it meant by “risen dramatically.” Steak ‘n Shake began accepting Bitcoin at participating locations on May 16, 2025, in a phased rollout. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 10:33 Feb 17, 2026
TRM Labs says Monero usage remains above pre-2022 levels as darknet markets shift toward XMR, while unusual node behavior may offer investigators network-level clues. Monero activity has remained steady even as major cryptocurrency exchanges have pushed the privacy coin off their platforms, according to new research by TRM Labs. Data shows transaction usage in 2024 and 2025 stayed above levels seen before 2022, suggesting demand did not fade even after many big trading platforms removed or restricted the token over traceability concerns, TRM Labs said. In 2024, major exchanges, including Binance and Kraken, moved to delist or phase out Monero (XMR) over compliance concerns. Pressure increased this year when Dubai’s financial regulator banned privacy coins like Monero and Zcash (ZEC) on licensed platforms in the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC). Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 07:45 Feb 17, 2026
Japan’s SBI Holdings has signed a letter of intent to buy a controlling stake in Singapore-licensed crypto exchange Coinhako. Japanese financial conglomerate SBI Holdings is moving to deepen its presence in the crypto sector, announcing plans to take a controlling position in Singapore-based exchange Coinhako. In a Friday announcement, the Tokyo-listed firm said its wholly owned subsidiary, SBI Ventures Asset, has signed a letter of intent with Coinhako’s parent company, Holdbuild, to inject capital into the business and purchase shares from existing investors. If completed, the transaction would give SBI Holdings a majority stake and make Coinhako a consolidated subsidiary, subject to regulatory approval. “Bringing Coinhako into the SBI Group as a consolidated subsidiary is not merely an investment in a single platform,” chairman and CEO Yoshitaka Kitao said, describing the acquisition as part of a broader effort to build international infrastructure for digital assets, including tokenized securities and sta... -
Cointelegraph.com - 07:00 Feb 17, 2026
A global survey of 4,658 crypto users found 39% receive income in stablecoins and 27% use them for payments, with stronger adoption in emerging markets. A global survey commissioned by BVNK and conducted by YouGov found that 39% of crypto users and prospective users across 15 countries receive income in stablecoins, while 27% use them for everyday payments, citing lower fees and faster cross-border transfers as key drivers. The survey of 4,658 respondents, conducted online in September and October 2025 among adults who currently hold or plan to acquire cryptocurrency, found that stablecoin users hold an average of about $200 in their wallets globally, though holdings in high-income economies average around $1,000. It also found that 77% of respondents would open a stablecoin wallet with their primary bank or fintech provider if offered, and 71% expressed interest in using a linked debit card to spend stablecoins. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 06:45 Feb 17, 2026
Polygon briefly surpassed Ethereum in daily fees as Polymarket activity surged, highlighting shifting user demand toward Layer-2 networks. Polygon has posted higher daily transaction fees than Ethereum over the past three days, with an analyst pointing to robust user activity on prediction market Polymarket. According to the latest data from Token Terminal, Polygon raked in $407,100 worth of transaction fees on Friday, compared to Ethereum’s $211,700, with the data indicating this is the first time Polygon has ever flipped Ethereum in daily transaction fees. The gap has since narrowed, with daily transaction fees on Polygon at $303,000 on Saturday, while Ethereum saw about $285,000. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 06:19 Feb 17, 2026
ZeroLend founder “Ryker” says several blockchains the lending protocol operates on are now “inactive,” leading to periods where it has operated at a loss. Decentralized lending protocol ZeroLend says it is shutting down completely after the blockchains it operates on have suffered from low user numbers and liquidity. “After three years of building and operating the protocol, we have made the difficult decision to wind down operations,” ZeroLend’s founder, known only as “Ryker,” said in a post the protocol shared to X on Monday. “Despite the team’s continued efforts, it has become clear that the protocol is no longer sustainable in its current form,” he added. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 21:57 Feb 16, 2026
Chinese New Year’s digital yuan red packets now come with extra interest, Asia’s tech and fintech giants get FOMO for crypto. Asia Express -
Cointelegraph.com - 21:57 Feb 16, 2026
Chinese New Year’s digital yuan red packets now come with extra interest, Asia’s tech and fintech giants get FOMO for crypto. Asia Express -
Cointelegraph.com - 21:57 Feb 16, 2026
Chinese New Year’s digital yuan red packets now come with extra interest, Asia’s tech and fintech giants get FOMO for crypto. Asia Express
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