Oklahoma House Bill 1203, known as the Strategic Bitcoin Reserve Act, passed the House Committee on Feb. 25, moving to the floor.

Bitcoin is experiencing a significant new correction, dropping to $85,760 after reaching an all-time high of $101,000 in January 2025. This 16% decline echoes a surprising prediction by Changpeng Zhao (CZ), founder of Binance, who had anticipated this scenario since December 2020.

Tornado Cash dev Alexey Pertsev was convicted on money-laundering charges last year and is currently waiting to appeal his conviction.

Bitcoin is still in its early adoption at 3% in 2025. Bitcoin adoption witnessed a dramatic shift in 2024, driven by BTC ETF approvals.

James Howells, the man behind a $775 million Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) treasure hunt, is pushing back against waste management experts claiming recovering the lost fortune impossible. What Happened: A U.K. waste expert said the chances of recovering a lost hard drive containing 7,500 BTC from a Newport landfill are 1 in 902 million, essentially zero, due to the landfill's massive size and waste accumulation over the years, The Block reported.

TL;DR Ripple will update the XRP Ledger with compliance tools, liquidity improvements, and greater interoperability with other blockchains. A peer-to-peer lending system and an Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM)-compatible sidechain will be integrated. New features will include decentralized identity (DID), price oracles, and an Automated Market Mechanism (AMM) to optimize operations.

BTC price lows near $85,000 come amid hopes that they may just end up a Bitcoin bull market "deviation."

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin is advocating for deeper research into the Poseidon hash function as the network explores ways to improve zero-knowledge (ZK) proof efficiency. In a Feb.

There's mixed sentiment regarding Bitcoin's next move amid a bearish prediction.

After announcing its bitcoin inheritance product in November, Block's Bitkey is rolling out the offering on Wednesday.

"Just when I thought I was out, they pulled me back in." This iconic line from such a cinematic masterpiece as "The Godfather" seems to perfectly describe what is happening on the price chart of Bitcoin (BTC) right now.

Fold Holdings, Inc., a bitcoin financial services company, has acquired an additional 10 bitcoin for its corporate treasury. The purchase, made at an average price of approximately $87,500 per bitcoin, brings Fold's total holdings to over 1,000 bitcoin.

The Ethereum Foundation will donate $1.25M for the legal defense of Alexey Pertsev, still under electronic monitoring in Holland. Vitalik Buterin reiterated his stance that writing code is not a crime in itself.

A former SEC enforcement attorney, John Reed Stark, made an epic prediction regarding the ongoing Ripple Labs Inc. case with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Stark's prediction was posted on X as he believes that current signals show the SEC might drop its case against Ripple.

BTC's price could dump to $70,000, predicted Arthur Hayes.

XRP investors might need to wait longer for the asset to make a decisive breakout, as a reliable technical indicator suggests that more losses could be on the way.

Bitcoin's price fell to $86,099 on February 26th, wiping out almost $1.06 billion from crypto's market cap and sending ripples across the industry. According to Coinglass tracking, around 230,000 positions have been liquidated for the day.

As Bitcoin struggles to maintain its credibility with distressed investors, the crypto market as a whole is plunging into a troubling downward spiral. The total capitalization at an unprecedented level since November 2021 reveals a multifaceted crisis.

In a significant development for XRP, the fourth largest cryptocurrency, major Japanese cryptocurrency exchange Bitflyer is planning to launch XRP crypto CFD, allowing leverage trading for traders.

TL;DR Short-term Bitcoin holders sent 79,300 BTC, worth approximately $7 billion, to exchanges, selling at a loss during the recent price crash. This massive sell-off reflects the fear and uncertainty dominating short-term speculators, as BTC price hit 15-week lows. Long-term investors, however, remain firm, providing support to the market amid the volatility.

The cryptocurrency market has hit an exceptionally rough patch in recent trading with, for example, Bitcoin (BTC) collapsing $10,000 in just two days to its press time price of $85,811 — its lowest level since the Trump re-election rally started in early November.

Deribit's volatility index bounced between 48 and 52, indicating Bitcoin investor uncertainty after recent crypto market declines.

After spending most of February trading within a range, Bitcoin (BTC) has broken below the consolidation zone, slipping under $90,000 for the first time since November. The leading coin now trades at $88,956.

The Bitcoin market has fallen a bit in the early hours of Wednesday, as the markets continue to see a lot of noise in general.

The Ethereum Foundation is set to donate $1.25 million to support Alexey Pertsev's legal defense, highlighting the ongoing battle over privacy and the criminalization of open-source development in the blockchain space. The post Ethereum Foundation Donates $1.25M for Tornado Cash Dev Alexey Pertsev's Legal Defense appeared first on Cryptonews.

The cross-chain “Inclusive Layer” makes it easier to launch consumer apps on Ethereum, its leading Layer 2s and Solana.

The much-anticipated Ethereum upgrade, Pectra, has encountered a significant issue that has delayed its planned timeline. Originally expected to roll out on the Holesky testnet on February 24th, the upgrade ran into finalization issues that prevented nodes from reaching consensus on blocks, an essential step for making them immutable.

Impatient crypto investors may be itching to sell their XRP (XRP 2.70%) holdings considering that the coin's price is down by around 24% in the last 30 days alone.

Bybit hacker laundered around 20% of Ethereum stolen from the recent theft. Hackers hold more Ethereum than Vitalik Buterin and Ethereum Foundation.

The price of bitcoin fell sharply as US trading began on Wednesday, dropping to below $86K for the first time since mid-November. Sentiment in the crypto market is "on the floor at this moment in time", says Simon Peters, crypto analyst at eToro.

Despite talks of SEC getting ready to drop the appeal, XRP tanks 10% overnight - is the bloodbath over?

The Ethereum Foundation (EF) held an Ask Me Anything (AMA) session on Reddit on February 25, 2025, featuring prominent researchers such as Vitalik Buterin, Justin Drake, and Dankrad Feist. The session covered critical topics, including Ethereum scaling, Layer 1 revenue, and network security, while also providing insights into the forthcoming Pectra upgrade.

With multiple traders accusing Binance and other CEXs of fueling the crypto crash, the exchange replies with a technical answer. While the reply now accuses traders as misunderstanding data, controversy remains heated around Binance.

Spot Bitcoin exchange traded funds (ETFs) in the US are recording a massive sell-off as investors' sentiment turned bearish. February 25 saw more than $937 million in outflows from US Bitcoin ETFs, the largest since January 2024.

Bitcoin's price has been going through a significant drop over the last couple of days, losing a key support level. However, there is still a good chance for the market to rebound soon.

The Ethereum Foundation has stepped in to support Alexey Pertsev, a developer behind Tornado Cash, by donating $1.25 million toward his legal defense. Announcing the donation on Feb. 26, the Foundation emphasized the importance of privacy and the rights of developers, saying: “Privacy is normal, and writing code is not a crime.

Ethereum's price has been dropping consistently over the past few months since it was rejected from the $4,000 level. Meanwhile, there is still the possibility for a deeper decline in the coming weeks.

As I'm writing this on Monday evening, one Ethereum (ETH -0.08%) coin is worth $2,482. The leading smart contracts coin is dipping below the $2,500 mark for the first time since last November, and you'd be down by nearly 15% if you bought Ethereum a year ago.

Analyst Justin Bennett warns that failure of Ethereum price to hold this level could result in a sharp correction to $1,000 citing the crypto's logarithmic channel pattern.

Ripple's price has been consolidating in a specific range over the past few months despite the substantial volatility experienced in the past few days. However, as things stand, it could only be a matter of time for another big move to taka place.

On-chain market activity on the Bitcoin (BTC) network shows that whales have sold the coin massively in the last seven days. These large holders have offloaded 25,740 BTC onto the Bitcoin market.

Ethereum price has declined for three consecutive days, forming a death cross pattern and risking a drop to $1,500. Ethereum (ETH) fell to $2,430 on Wednesday, down more than 40% from its highest level in November.

Blockchair announced today the launch of its Stacks Explorer, further expanding its mission to provide comprehensive blockchain analytics.

The price of XRP has jumped by 8% in the past 24 hours, with the coin stepping back from the brink of another big dump. The post XRP Chart Flashing Bearish Signals – Is a 30% Crash to $1.50 Next? appeared first on Cryptonews.

Ethereum (ETH) has been caught in a brutal selloff, plunging from $2,815 to as low as $2,315 after a massive $1.5 billion hack on Bybit. On Monday, ETH crashed alongside Bitcoin as panic spread across the market.

BlackRock recently filed paperwork with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), indicating the acquisition of 12.2% of MicroStrategy's shares, worth around $204 million at the current market value. The asset manager's bold move with MicroStrategy, a corporation that holds significant Bitcoin investments, hints at BlackRock's intent to capitalize on a possible Bitcoin downturn – giving rise to rumors of a looming Bitcoin sell-off.

Bitcoin (BTC) recently saw its biggest single-day loss since August 2024, which pushed it below the short-term holder (STH) realized price. The recent downtrend also appeared to have spooked institutional investors after Cathie Wood's ARK Invest offloaded $9M in spot BTC ETFs.

Shares of Strategy (NASDAQ: MSTR) have dropped by over 55% from the November 24 high at $543 to around $250. With the software intelligence firm now holding approximately 499,096 Bitcoin—worth around $44 billion at current prices—market participants are wondering whether the company could ever face a forced liquidation of its massive Bitcoin treasury.