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Foundry USA hashrate down 60% since Friday amid deadly storm: Report

Winter storm Fern is currently sweeping across the United States and has already left 1 million residents without electrical power.

'Opportunists' pushing protocol changes are BTC's biggest threat: Saylor

Major changes to the Bitcoin protocol should be well-thought-out and rare, Strategy co-founder Michael Saylor previously said.

Bitcoin sells off into weekly close as bulls face $86K BTC price reckoning

Bitcoin began losing gains as US futures prepared to open as markets geared up to deal with a host of potential downside volatility catalysts.

Tezos Tallinn upgrade now live, slashes block times to 6 seconds

The Tallinn protocol upgrade marks Tezos' 20th major update since launching in 2018, and was implemented without a network fork.

Cathie Wood’s ARK adds Coinbase, Circle, Bullish as crypto slides

The fourth-quarter crypto pullback hit ARK ETFs, with Coinbase emerging as the biggest drag on performance.

Colombia’s second-largest pension fund to offer Bitcoin exposure

AFP Protección says access to the Bitcoin-linked fund will be limited to qualified investors and will not alter the core allocation of Colombian pension savings.

Once-prominent NFT marketplace Nifty Gateway to wind down operations

The Gemini-owned NFT platform will close on Feb. 23, 2026, entering withdrawal-only mode as another major casualty of the sector’s prolonged downturn.

Polymarket sees January US gov't shutdown odds surge to 77%

The spike in Polymarket odds comes just days after United States President Donald Trump said “we’re probably going to end up in another Democrat shutdown.”

US Bitcoin ETFs bleed $1.72B in five-day outflow streak

The extended outflow streak comes as a widely used crypto sentiment indicator has stayed within the “Extreme Fear” range since Wednesday.

Bitcoin payments held back by tax policy, not scaling tech: Crypto exec

Crypto sales are taxable under current United States policy, but lawmakers have proposed tax exemptions for small transactions.

PENGUIN memecoin surges 564% following White House social media post

The Nietzschean Penguin (PENGUIN) memecoin had a market capitalization of about $387,000 before the US White House published its post.

Bitcoin nodes running BIP-110 crosses 2% as spam wars heat up

The Bitcoin proposal caps arbitrary data in an attempt to combat spam from non-monetary transactions on the Bitcoin network.

Could Europe sell US debt if a Greenland deal doesn’t come through?

Some European policymakers have floated the idea of selling off US debt as a way of combating US belligerence, but it may be much more difficult in practice.

Stablecoin yield bans could push capital offshore into ‘unregulated instruments’

Proposed restrictions under the US CLARITY Act could drive demand for offshore and synthetic dollar products as investors seek yield outside regulated markets, experts warn.

Netherlands risks capital flight with unrealized gains tax on stocks, crypto

Investors and crypto users warn the proposed unrealized gains tax could drive an exodus of capital and talent.

Ethereum prepares for quantum era with new security team and funding

Ethereum developers to launch biweekly sessions on quantum-resistant transactions as Foundation commits $2 million in new funding to harden core cryptography.

GameStop moves entire Bitcoin stash, signaling potential sale: CryptoQuant

A full sale at current prices would imply about a $76 million loss on GameStop’s Bitcoin bet, having purchased its 4,710 Bitcoin at an average purchasing price of $107,900.

Democrats file ethics-focused amendments to crypto market structure bill

The amendments marked the latest Democratic Party-driven push to prevent US officials from profiting off of crypto interests.

Trump-picked OCC head proceeds with consideration of WLF's bank charter

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency said no political or personal financial ties will impact the procedural review of World Liberty Financial’s bank charter application.

SEC dismisses civil action against Gemini with prejudice

The SEC was satisfied with Gemini’s agreement to contribute $40 million toward the full recovery of Gemini Earn investors’ assets lost as a result of the Genesis bankruptcy.

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