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Missouri’s House advanced House Bill 2080 to create a “Bitcoin Strategic Reserve Fund” managed by the state treasurer. The fund would accept private Bitcoin gifts, grants, donations, bequests or devises from eligible residents and select government entities; taxpayer funds would be barred from purchases. Any Bitcoin received must follow custody safeguards, including cold storage, third‑party custodianship options, and limits on dealings with foreign or illicit actors. Holdings must be held at least five years before conversion, transfer or sale. The treasurer must publish biennial reports and security audits disclosing holdings, transactions and custody practices. Supporters, led by sponsor Rep. Ben Keathley, frame the measure as a way to accept crypto donations and diversify reserves without risking general funds. Critics point to market volatility and political risk from putting public assets into a single volatile asset. The bill moves to committee hearings for expert and public testimony and may be amended before a full House vote.

Bitcoin has shifted back into bearish territory after peaking earlier this cycle, with price trading near $66,000 and a technical structure of lower highs and lower lows. Immediate support is being watched around $60,000; a decisive break below could open room for deeper corrections with some analysts identifying a possible bottom zone near $40,000. On the upside, reclaiming about $74,000 would be needed to restore short-term bullish momentum. Market volatility and risk-off sentiment are driving capital rotation: traders are examining large-cap altcoins such as Ethereum (ETH), which is trading near $1,950 with support around $1,700 and resistance near $2,100, and scanning presale tokens for entry opportunities. The article highlights Pepe Dollar (a presale token on Ethereum, quoted at $0.007823 in Stage 3 of its presale) as an example of presale projects gaining visibility. The piece is a paid press release and not investment advice.

World Liberty Financial (WLFI) reported a coordinated attack on its dollar-pegged stablecoin USD1 that briefly pushed the token to $0.994 before it rebounded to par. WLFI said attackers breached several cofounder X (Twitter) accounts to spread false information and paid influencers to amplify FUD while opening large short positions in $WLFI to profit from the volatility. Developers reported no reserve losses and credited USD1’s mint-and-redeem mechanism and 1:1 backing—held in short-term U.S. Treasuries, dollar deposits, and cash equivalents, custodied by BitGo with monthly attestations by Crowe—for restoring stability. USD1’s market cap is approximately $4.8 billion; it remains smaller than leading stablecoins USDT and USDC. WLFI noted prior targeted attacks (including an EIP-7702–related exploit and earlier account compromises) and urged users to follow verified channels for updates. Key takeaways for traders: a short-lived depeg occurred to $0.994 (≈0.6% below peg), no reported reserve loss, potential ongoing targeted manipulation attempts, and possible heightened volatility or short squeezes in the near term.

Satlantis has launched a Bitcoin-native events and ticketing platform that embeds Lightning Network wallets directly into event accounts. The platform offers ticket tiers, attendee management and event pages similar to Eventbrite, but automatically generates a unique Bitcoin (BTC) wallet per event so organizers can accept BTC payments and withdraw funds without relying only on traditional processors. Satlantis integrates with Stripe for fiat processing and plans to add stablecoin support, enabling organizers to accept Bitcoin, fiat or both from a single dashboard. Backers listed on the company’s crowdfunding page include Bitcoin Opportunity Fund and Timechain Capital. Satlantis aims to lower ticketing fees and expand payment access in regions with limited payment rails by using the Lightning Network for low-cost, cross-border transactions. The article notes wider crypto ticketing trends — from early Bitcoin acceptance by sports teams to NFT ‘right-to-buy’ products — and cites Lightning Network growth data (an estimated $1.1 billion across 5.2 million transactions in November) as context for frictionless Bitcoin payments.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average plunged below 49,000, closing at 48,745.32 after an over-850 point drop that puts the index in correction territory (down >10% from its recent peak). Traders attributed the sell-off to a fresh wave of multilateral tariff measures — including an EU proposed levy on semiconductor imports, U.S. draft retaliation on $50 billion of EU goods, and Asian export controls on rare earths — which have sparked broad risk-off sentiment. The VIX jumped about 35%, and industrial and technology sectors led losses due to exposure to global supply chains. Economists warn investors are pricing in higher input costs, supply-chain disruption and slower GDP growth. With inflation still a concern, central banks (notably the Fed) have limited room to ease policy, removing a common cushion for equities. Market psychology also amplified the move: the round-number breach of 49,000 triggered automated selling and faster de-risking by institutions. Short-term impacts likely include increased volatility, sector rotation out of export-sensitive stocks, and pressure on risk assets. Longer-term outcomes depend on whether diplomatic de-escalation restores trade clarity; continued escalation could prolong economic drag. (Keywords: Dow Jones, market correction, tariffs, VIX, supply chain, Fed)

Guide Labs, a San Francisco startup, has open-sourced Steerling-8B, an 8-billion-parameter large language model engineered for inherent interpretability. Unlike traditional black-box LLMs, Steerling-8B includes a concept layer that tags and traces outputs back to specific training data, enabling direct lineage for factual citations, nuanced concepts, and audit trails. CEO Julius Adebayo — who began the research during his MIT PhD — says the model trades only a modest portion of raw capability for transparency, achieving about 90% of comparable opaque models while using less training data and still exhibiting emergent behaviors. Guide Labs uses AI-assisted annotation to organize training data into traceable conceptual categories. Immediate applications include regulated sectors (finance, healthcare), content provenance and copyright verification, content moderation, and scientific research (e.g., protein folding). The company, a Y Combinator alum with a $9M seed from Initialized Capital, plans larger interpretable models, an enterprise API, agentic systems, and vertical-specific deployments. The move comes as regulators (EU AI Act and similar rules) increase demand for auditable AI. Steerling-8B promises built-in auditability and bias-mapping, positioning interpretable architectures as a practical compliance and governance tool for organizations deploying AI.

Solana Company (HSDT) announced construction of the “Pacific Backbone,” a low-latency infrastructure network linking Seoul, Tokyo, Singapore and Hong Kong to support staking, validation and trading services for the Solana ecosystem. The initiative targets institutional clients — market makers, high-frequency traders and traditional finance firms — across the Asia-Pacific region and aims to offer DeFi tools, liquid staking, automated market makers and execution services tailored to regulated institutions. Work begins immediately, with performance optimizations and product launches expected within 12–18 months. Solana Company said the move will reduce reliance on external providers, cut latency and provide compliant infrastructure for regulated markets. The firm highlighted Solana’s throughput (over 3,500 TPS) and its position as the second-largest Solana treasury holder with 2.3 million SOL (~$180m). Solana Company shares fell ~13.3% to $1.76 during the session; SOL was down ~6% in 24 hours amid broader crypto weakness. CoinDesk sought comment from the company. Primary keywords: Solana Company, Pacific Backbone, low-latency infrastructure, SOL, institutional demand.

SolanaFloor, a major Solana-focused news hub for DeFi, NFTs and market data, is winding down operations effective immediately due to financial difficulties at parent company Step Finance. The team said it explored options but could not find a viable path forward; existing content will remain accessible as an archive while no new articles, videos or newsletters will be produced. Step Finance previously restructured in November, retiring its dashboard, APIs and mobile app to concentrate on its higher-growth brands, including SolanaFloor and Remora. Earlier this year a wallet compromise at Step Finance resulted in the theft of roughly $30 million in SOL, triggering a ~90% crash in the STEP token; STEP traded around $0.0008 at press time, down ~99% from pre-incident levels (CoinGecko). The shutdown removes a widely used Solana news and analytics resource and may reduce ecosystem media coverage and promotional channels. Primary keywords: SolanaFloor, Step Finance, Solana, SOL, STEP token, wallet compromise, restructuring.

World Liberty Financial (WLFI), the crypto firm backed by Donald Trump and his family, reported a coordinated multi-pronged attack that briefly pushed its USD1 stablecoin off the $1 peg and knocked the WLFI governance token down about 7–8%. The company said hackers compromised several co-founder X (Twitter) accounts, short sellers opened large positions against the WLFI token and paid influencers to spread FUD. On Binance USD1 briefly fell to about $0.98 on one feed (CoinGecko showed a smaller dip to ~$0.994) before parity was restored within roughly 30 minutes. WLFI credited USD1’s mint-and-redeem mechanism and 1:1 backing for the rapid stabilisation and pointed to its collateral structure as resilient. The incident followed a WLFI forum at Mar-a-Lago and comes amid scrutiny over ties to Binance — Forbes reported Binance holds a large share (~87%) of USD1 supply. Traders should note the short duration of the depeg, exchange price disparities, the role of social media-driven FUD and short sellers as catalysts, and the elevated reputational and regulatory risk for projects tied to high-profile figures.

The Ethereum Foundation (EF) announced a focused 2026 DeFi strategy emphasizing permissionless, privacy-first, self-custodial, and open-source financial infrastructure. Led by Charles St. Louis and ivangbi in the App Relations team, EF priorities include: building clearer channels with DeFi teams; improving protocol security (audits, runtime protections, reducing admin-key risks); promoting decentralization and open-source composability; advancing privacy as base infrastructure for payments, trading, and lending; and standardizing risk, disclosure, and tokenization frameworks. EF will produce research, events, and content and is watching DeFi×AI, institutional adoption, stablecoins/payments, and novel financial primitives. The team will attend Digital Asset Summit and EthCC and invites builders to connect via defi@ethereum.org. EF positions DeFi as central to Ethereum’s mission and pledges to defend cypherpunk principles amid growing TradFi adoption.

Ethereum co‑founder Vitalik Buterin proposed using simulated transactions and overlapping specifications to reduce the gap between user intent and on‑chain outcomes, reframing crypto security around intent rather than just code. Buterin argues perfect security is impossible because human intent cannot be fully encoded; examples like ambiguous recipient identifiers, forks, token semantics and metadata leakage illustrate the problem. His suggested fixes emphasize redundancy: multiple, independent specifications (type systems, formal verification, multisig, spending limits, transaction simulations and post‑assertions) that must agree before execution. He also sees value in AI—fine‑tuned LLMs can approximate a user’s normal behavior and provide an orthogonal signal of intent—but warns LLMs must not be the sole arbiter. Good security, he adds, minimizes friction for low‑risk actions while imposing meaningful barriers on high‑risk ones. The proposal is conceptual rather than a concrete protocol change, offering a design framework for wallets, smart contracts and wider stack security.

Crypto Snack announced the Alkemya Metacore Security Token Offering (STO) will list on a regulated tokenised securities exchange, marking the company’s entry into the expanding real-world asset (RWA) tokenisation market projected to exceed $100 billion in 2026. The offering totals 800 million tokens; an initial exchange offering (IEO) of 50–200 million tokens will be released first, followed by structured monthly tranche releases to support liquidity and price stability. Crypto Snack retains an allocation and will receive proceeds plus ongoing cash distributions from remaining holdings. The firm is also tokenising UK real estate, commodities and securities with projects up to $1.5 billion, offering 24/7 tradability and institutional-grade settlement and compliance. RWA is one of five revenue pillars in Crypto Snack’s ecosystem, which includes a partnership processing crypto payments for an English Premier League club, a consumer rewards platform covering 2,000+ US brands, a licensed iGaming division launching in 2026, and an integrated wallet/payments app. The company positions $SNACK (a BEP-20 token on BSC, available on PancakeSwap) as the utility token tying revenues across those verticals back into the ecosystem. CEO Stuart Morrison emphasizes the move from speculative crypto to asset-backed yield generation. The STO listing date is pending confirmation.

Advisers to President Trump’s US‑led “Board of Peace” are examining a proposal to introduce a US‑dollar‑pegged stablecoin to aid economic reconstruction in postwar Gaza. Sources say discussions are preliminary; no definitive framework or agreements exist. The initiative could involve Gulf Arab and Palestinian firms experienced in digital payments and would be overseen by the Board of Peace and the National Committee for the Administration of Gaza (NCAG). Proponents argue a stablecoin could reduce reliance on physical cash—potentially limiting Hamas’s revenue streams—and enable commerce despite disruptions to Gaza’s traditional financial channels. Critics warn a Gaza‑specific digital currency risks isolating Gaza economically from the West Bank and complicating interterritorial payments. The plan remains exploratory; regulators, scope, issuance, custody, and access rules are unresolved. Primary keywords: Gaza stablecoin, dollar‑pegged stablecoin, Board of Peace. Secondary/semantic keywords included: digital payments, economic reconstruction, NCAG, Gulf issuers, cash reduction.

XRP is developing a Gartley harmonic pattern near $1.30 after prolonged rotation between $1.80 resistance and $1.20 support. Price recently rejected the 0.618 Fibonacci retracement and is completing internal swings (X-A-B-C), which may precede an impulsive leg D. Analysts say maintaining support above $1.20 is the invalidation point; hold above that and the Gartley setup remains valid. If leg C completes and leg D unfolds, harmonic measurements project up to ~60% upside toward resistance near $1.80 (and potentially higher) without requiring an immediate breakout. Traders should watch for sustained higher lows, rising volume, and respect of Fibonacci zones as momentum confirmation. Key SEO keywords: XRP price, Gartley pattern, Fibonacci 0.618, $1.30 support, $1.20 invalidation, leg D target.

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman defended modern AI data centres, calling online claims about large water use "completely untrue" and saying newer facilities avoid water cooling. He acknowledged energy consumption as the pressing issue and urged a rapid shift to nuclear, wind and solar as AI demand grows. Altman compared the costly training phase of models to raising humans for 20 years while arguing energy efficiency should be measured per query after training. Indian tech billionaire Sridhar Vembu criticized equating technology with humans, reflecting broader unease about AI replacing jobs. The article highlights the US trend toward massive off-grid data centre projects — some planning to run primarily on natural gas plus solar — backed by Meta, OpenAI, Oracle and others. Examples include an 8,000-acre West Texas project and multiple sites in Wyoming, New Mexico, Pennsylvania, Utah, Ohio and Tennessee. Analysts warn off-grid gas-powered centres threaten climate goals; the EPA has enforced emissions rules against at least one setup (Elon Musk’s Memphis facility). Data centres consumed electricity comparable to entire countries (e.g., Germany or France) after the 2022 AI boom. The US runs 5,246 data centres using at least 17 GW; many off-grid projects are planned, and some states have eased approvals. Local opposition is rising over water use, emissions and higher local electricity costs; PJM grid prices have jumped and tech firms pledged $15 billion toward new generation capacity. Key points for traders: accelerating AI-driven power demand may shift capital toward energy and infrastructure equities, increase regulatory scrutiny, and create localized grid stress that can affect data-related crypto services and hosting costs.

Nomura Holdings warns that structural forces could tilt Euro area inflation higher beyond 2026, posing a major challenge for the European Central Bank. The bank’s macroeconomists highlight three long-term drivers: demographic decline shrinking labour supply and pushing wages up, large-scale green transition investment raising demand for materials and labour, and geopolitical-driven supply-chain regionalisation increasing costs. These factors create a ‘persistent inflationary bias’ distinct from the transitory post‑pandemic shock. Nomura suggests the ECB may face a policy dilemma: tolerate higher inflation, push rates materially above a new neutral rate, or risk inducing a sharper slowdown. The report notes the Eurozone’s institutional constraints — a monetary union without full fiscal union, heterogeneous labour markets, energy import dependency and fragmented capital markets — amplify risks compared with other economies. Market implications include higher term premiums on long-dated euro bonds and downward pressure on growth-oriented equities; governments may need coordinated fiscal and supply-side reforms to boost productivity. For traders, the key takeaways are a potential long-run shift to higher interest-rate expectations in the euro area, greater bond-market volatility, and sectoral pressure on growth stocks. (Keywords: Eurozone inflation, ECB policy, Nomura, green transition, demographics.)

Curve founder Dr. Michael Egorov said disagreements in decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs) are a healthy sign of active governance. Egorov cited the 2024 Curve DAO grant proposal to Swiss Stake AG (about $6.3m) and a recent Aave DAO dispute over Aave Labs’ CoW Swap integration — which raised fee and intellectual property questions and saw a proposal to move control to the DAO fail. He argued that unanimous agreement often reflects apathy and low participation; independent analysis suggests typical DAO turnout rarely exceeds 15%, while Curve’s 2025 revised proposal achieved roughly 80% participation thanks to long-term token lock incentives. The article includes AAVE technical data: price near $114–115, 24h decline around 2–3%, RSI ~40, EMA20 ~$123, and support/resistance levels (supports ≈ $110.85 and $105.44; resistances ≈ $119.36 and $136.26). Egorov noted that legal recognition of DAOs could reduce disputes by improving interaction with traditional finance. The piece frames DAO debates as governance engagement rather than dysfunction and highlights implications for AAVE governance and market sentiment.

Michael Saylor and MicroStrategy signal another large Bitcoin purchase as the company’s holdings approach 717,131 BTC (near a 750,000 BTC target). MicroStrategy’s average buy price is around $76,000 per BTC and the firm recently added roughly $168 million in Bitcoin, underscoring ongoing accumulation despite unrealized losses. XRP Ledger on-chain activity has risen sharply, with successful transactions up about 40% and daily operations nearing 2.5 million — a sign of growing utility-driven demand beyond speculative flows. Shiba Inu (SHIB) ends February with a market capitalization near $3.65 billion and a circulating supply of ~589 trillion tokens; analysts highlight a tokenomics ceiling that makes price targets like $0.01 unrealistic without massive supply burns or extreme market expansion. Key stats: MicroStrategy BTC holdings 717,131; recent purchase ~$168M; average cost ~$76,000; XRPL daily transactions ~2.5M (+40%); SHIB market cap ~$3.65B, supply ~589T. Primary keywords: Bitcoin accumulation, MicroStrategy, XRP Ledger transactions, Shiba Inu market cap, SHIB tokenomics.

Circle’s USDC Treasury minted $250 million USDC on March 21, 2025, a move visible on-chain and reported by Whale Alert. The mint reflects a $250 million fiat deposit into Circle’s regulated reserves and increases USDC supply on a 1:1 basis with USD backing. Large mints typically provide immediate, deployable capital for centralized exchanges, OTC desks, custody providers or DeFi protocols. Analysts and on-chain tracking indicate newly minted USDC often reaches exchange or custody addresses within 48 hours, boosting exchange stablecoin reserves, market depth and reducing slippage on major pairs (e.g., BTC/USDC, ETH/USDC). Short-term effects may include higher buy-side capacity and upward pressure on spot markets if funds are used for spot purchases; alternatively, capital can flow into lending and liquidity pools, lowering borrowing costs and increasing protocol liquidity. Industry sources stress the operation is routine treasury activity tied to verified USD deposits and covered by Circle’s reserve attestations, not an unbacked expansion. Traders should monitor exchange inflows, DeFi pool liquidity, and OTC activity for follow-through buying or yield shifts. The event underlines stablecoins’ role as a blockchain-transparent liquidity layer and the utility of on-chain monitoring tools for spotting potential capital deployment.

Generative AI development enables businesses to automate repetitive tasks, create content, and accelerate decision-making by producing original text, images, audio, video and code from learned data patterns. The article outlines benefits—improved productivity, hyper-personalized customer experiences, faster innovation, and role evolution—and warns of challenges including data privacy, bias, misinformation and need for ethical governance. Key 2026 trends highlighted are: mainstream AI agents, multimodal models, domain-specific models, on-device lightweight AI, governance and safety emphasis, hyper-personalization, synthetic media, and stronger ROI discipline. The recommended development steps are: define purpose, collect and clean data, choose model architecture (commonly transformer-based), train, evaluate for accuracy and bias, deploy and monitor. The piece concludes companies should invest now to stay competitive and suggests partnering with specialist vendors for Gen AI development.

Binance.US — the U.S. arm of global exchange Binance — is exploring deeper banking relationships and the possibility of obtaining a financial charter after the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) dropped its 2023 lawsuit against the platform. Changpeng “CZ” Zhao, Binance’s co-founder and largest shareholder (no longer involved in daily operations), told Bloomberg that a friendlier regulatory environment could enable enhanced banking ties or charter applications, though any move depends on legal and management decisions. The SEC had sued Binance and CZ in June 2023 on 13 counts, including operating an unregistered exchange and offering unregistered securities; regulators dismissed the case with prejudice in May following policy shifts under the second Trump administration and a mutual agreement. The 2023 lawsuit previously forced Binance.US to suspend dollar deposits and withdrawals for about 18 months, sharply reducing trading volume and market share. Separately, Binance paid $4.3 billion in penalties in late 2023 related to anti-money-laundering violations; CZ pleaded guilty, served a four-month sentence, was released in September 2024 and later received a presidential pardon in October 2025. CZ denies business ties to the Trump family and says he does not intend to return as CEO. Key keywords: Binance.US, banking partnerships, financial charter, SEC dismissal, CZ, regulatory shift.

ProShares’ GENIUS-branded money market ETF (IQMM) recorded an unprecedented $17 billion in first-day trading volume after its launch, underlining strong demand for cash-management products as tokenization gains traction. IQMM is an actively managed fund that primarily holds short-duration government securities. Although much of the initial volume stemmed from internal allocations—ProShares shifting cash from existing funds into IQMM for treasury management—the debut highlights the strategic importance of money market vehicles in portfolio construction. The launch comes amid growing interest in tokenized money market funds on blockchain rails as yield-bearing, compliant alternatives to dollar-pegged stablecoins. The GENIUS Act, which the ETF’s structure complies with, established federal guardrails for payment stablecoins, including reserve and transparency standards, and has prompted Wall Street initiatives to create tokenized money funds. Analysts and institutions — including commentary from Bloomberg and the Bank for International Settlements — point to tokenized money market funds as a fast-growing instrument for collateral and cash management. Key takeaways for traders: IQMM’s $17B debut signals heavy institutional appetite for cash-like yielding products; tokenized money market funds are positioned as regulated, interest-bearing counterparts to stablecoins; and the GENIUS regulatory framework may accelerate institutional adoption of tokenized cash instruments.

Susquehanna International Group (SIG) disclosed in recent SEC 13F filings that its spot Bitcoin ETF exposure has surpassed $1.3 billion, with Grayscale’s GBTC representing the bulk of that allocation. SIG holds more than 17.27 million GBTC shares, valued at roughly $1.09 billion at the reporting date. The firm says this allocation reflects a multi-year, quantitative strategy focused on liquidity, product design and fee structure rather than short-term trading. SIG also reported a bearish position in the Canary XRP ETF (XRPC) via 18,800 put options (≈$366,000 notional). The disclosures come amid recent market weakness: Bitcoin trading near $65,000 after a 3% drop and XRP down about 7% to $1.36, with ETF flows showing recent outflows but a modest rebound ($88.1m inflow reported Friday). The filing reiterates SIG’s long-term conviction in Bitcoin as a store of value while keeping diversified exposure across other digital-asset ETFs.

Chainlink (LINK) is trading around $8 inside a multi-year descending channel that formed after its 2021 peak near $53. Price has compressed into a higher-timeframe demand zone between $7.50 and $5.60 on the three-week chart, with $4.76 identified as the structural invalidation level on a 3W close. Analysts note repeated liquidity sweeps into the support area that were absorbed, and several higher lows inside the demand block indicate sustained buying interest. Volatility on the three-week timeframe has contracted sharply, and traders are monitoring for acceptance above the descending trendline and a confirmed 3W close above the range high. Technical targets highlighted by analysts (CryptoPatel) include $26.30, $52.22 and $100 — implying upside of roughly 226%, 552% and 1,110% from current levels, and multi-year expansion figures between about 1,232% and 1,675% from the demand-zone low. The setup is framed as a long-term spot accumulation or swing strategy rather than a short-term trade. A decisive break and weekly acceptance above the channel would be bullish; a 3W close below $4.76 would invalidate the macro bullish case and open the door to further downside. Key SEO keywords: Chainlink, LINK price, resistance levels, demand zone, breakout, liquidity pools, 3-week chart.

XRP has featured in three recent developments that could affect its market outlook. 1) SBI Holdings/SBI Ripple Asia announced technical support to implement blockchain solutions using the XRP Ledger and launched a ¥10 billion (~$64.5M) blockchain-based bond (SBI START Bonds) with XRP rewards for eligible users. SBI holds a ~9% stake in Ripple Labs, reinforcing institutional ties in Asia. 2) On-chain data (RWA.xyz) shows the XRP Ledger now accounts for about 63% of tokenized US Treasury supply within OpenEden’s TBILL vault, with TBILL issuance on XRPL near $61.7M—surpassing Ethereum, Solana and Arbitrum in this niche. 3) A US Supreme Court ruling on tariffs (and potential refunds up to ~$150B) was highlighted by commentators as a macro event that may drive cross-market volatility, which historically has influenced XRP price action. Key figures and sources: SBI press release (Feb 20, 2026), RWA.xyz data cited by Xaif Crypto, commentators JackTheRippler and Levi Rietveld. Traders should note growing institutional utility on XRPL and concentrated tokenized-treasury exposure, both of which can support demand; but macro-driven liquidity shocks from tariff-related volatility could produce sharp short-term price swings. Primary keywords: XRP, XRP Ledger, SBI, tokenized US Treasuries, OpenEden. Secondary/semantic keywords: blockchain bonds, RWA, TBILL, market volatility.

Toncoin (TON) rose about 4% to $1.37 amid a 25% daily volume spike to roughly $80 million and rising DeFi total value locked (TVL) of $165 million. Open interest climbed to $182 million with longs representing roughly 70% of recent ’rekt’ value, and more short liquidations observed in the past 12 hours. Stablecoin market cap on TON increased to $941 million with USDT dominance at 79%, suggesting capital rotation into TON protocols. Technically, TON is testing a descending trendline and faces near-term resistance at the 50-day EMA (~$1.48). A decisive breakout above $1.50–$1.48 could open momentum toward the 200-day EMA near $2.00. Key risks remain linked to broader market sentiment — notably Bitcoin weakness around $65.8k, macro headwinds, deleveraging and ETF outflows — which could push TON back toward support near $1.12. Primary keywords: Toncoin, TON price, volume spike, TVL, breakout. Secondary/semantic keywords: 50-day EMA, 200-day EMA, open interest, stablecoin market cap, capital rotation.

President Trump’s announced 15% flat US tariff baseline has redistributed trade advantages: Brazil, China and India see the largest reductions in trade-weighted effective rates (Brazil −13.6pp, China −7.1pp, India −5.6pp), while several close US allies (UK +2.1pp, Italy +1.7pp, Singapore +1.1pp) face higher effective rates. Analysis from Global Trade Alert shows Vietnam, Thailand, Malaysia and Taiwan also benefit relative to the prior reciprocal tariff regime. Canada and Mexico retain advantages under USMCA. Legal context: the US Supreme Court limited use of the IEEPA on Feb 20, but the administration retains tariff tools — Section 232 (national security), Section 301 (targeted measures), and Section 338 (up to 50% rates). The temporary 15% surcharge was enacted under Section 122 and is valid for 150 days unless Congress acts; an attempt to block it recently failed in Congress. Trade implications: the flat 15% baseline may be transitional. Section 301 investigations, negotiations and legal disputes are likely to shape the next phase. Historical precedent (2018–19 trade war) suggests affected countries adapt via rerouting exports through third countries; some of those re-route beneficiaries now gain under the flat tariff. Expect further investigations, bilateral talks and potential tariff tweaks, affecting supply chains and cross-border trade patterns. SEO keywords: 15% tariff, Trump tariffs, BRICS, trade-weighted effective rate, Section 301, supply chains. Main keyword (15% tariff) appears multiple times.

A three-day moving-average “death cross” signal has reappeared on Bitcoin’s chart and could be confirmed in late February, chartist Ali Martinez warns. Historically, the 50/200 simple moving average crossover on the 3-day timeframe preceded final bear-market capitulations in 2014, 2018 and 2022, each followed by steep additional declines (roughly 45–52%). Bitcoin hit an all-time high near $126,000 in October 2025 and is trading about 48% below that peak (around $66,000 at time of reporting). Martinez says a repeat of past moves could imply a further 30% decline (~$40,000) or a 50% drop (~$30,000). Recent market pressure includes a sharp intra-day $4,000 fall, taker-sell volume spiking to $2.3 billion in an hour, forced long liquidations of ~1,247 BTC (~$81m), and open interest falling to $19.5 billion — factors tied to elevated negative sentiment. The analyst cautions there are no guarantees price will follow historical patterns, but the current structure aligns with setups that preceded prior major downside moves. Key keywords: Bitcoin, death cross, 3-day chart, moving averages, liquidation, open interest.

Crypto.com has received conditional approval from the U.S. Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) for a national trust bank charter for its Foris Dax National Trust Bank (Crypto.com National Trust Bank). The charter permits federally regulated services including digital-asset custody, staking of custodied assets, and trade settlement, positioning Crypto.com to serve institutional clients as a qualified custodian under federal oversight. CEO Kris Marszalek called the decision a compliance milestone. Crypto.com joins other crypto firms — including Circle, Ripple, Paxos and Stripe’s Bridge — that have secured conditional OCC charters; Coinbase and World Liberty Financial have filed applications. The surge in charter applications follows the OCC’s guidance that banks may hold crypto assets and legislative steps on stablecoins (e.g., the GENIUS Act). Traditional banking groups, notably the American Bankers Association, are urging slower, more transparent approvals and stronger safety standards, reflecting tension between incumbent banks and crypto firms. For traders, the ruling signals growing regulatory integration of crypto custody into the U.S. banking system, which may increase institutional flows and improve custody counterparty confidence once final OCC conditions are met; however, remaining oversight steps, potential charter conditions, and wider regulatory responses will shape actual market impact.