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Rising tensions around the Strait of Hormuz are raising the risk of an oil supply shock that could tighten global liquidity and trigger a fresh Bitcoin selloff.

Starknet has unveiled strkBTC, a wrapped bitcoin asset designed to introduce shielded transactions to bitcoin holders seeking greater privacy.

Centralised crypto markets are facing sustained pressure as spot trading volumes fall for a fifth consecutive month.

World Liberty Financial has unveiled a proposal that would require holders of unlocked WLFI tokens to stake their assets for 180 days before they can participate in governance decisions.

Ethereum holder retention has rebounded after falling to its weakest level since 2021, raising fresh hopes of a market shift in 2026.

U.S. and Israeli forces conducted a decisive decapitation strike against the Iranian leadership in Tehran on February 28, 2026.

Indiana lawmakers have approved House Bill 1042, marking a decisive move in the state-level battle over cryptocurrency regulation in the United States.

Anthropic has released its 2026 Agentic Coding Trends Report declaring that software development is moving away from manual coding toward orchestrating artificial intelligence agents.

Bitcoin climbed back above $68,000 in early Asian trading after Iran confirmed the death of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei during a joint US and Israeli military operation.

Eleven Democratic senators have formally urged the U.S. Treasury and Department of Justice to investigate Binance over alleged breaches of sanctions and anti-money laundering laws.

Federal authorities in Washington have seized or frozen more than $580 million in cryptocurrency linked to scam centres operating across Southeast Asia.

The XRP Ledger Foundation said it has patched a critical vulnerability in a yet-to-be-enabled amendment to Ripple’s XRP Ledger, preventing what could have been a major exploit before deployment on mainnet.

Australia’s crypto sector is showing steady growth in user adoption and regulatory engagement, although banking barriers and legal uncertainty continue to weigh on the industry, executives said at the XRP Australia 2026 event in Sydney.

Two people have been arrested in South Korea after police lost 22 seized Bitcoin now valued at about $1.4 million, with the funds missing for four years before being uncovered during a wider audit.

Bitcoin’s recent wave of investor selling appears to be nearing exhaustion, potentially easing downward pressure but leaving the market facing months of sideways consolidation, according to analyst Willy Woo.

Ether could remain rangebound over the coming weeks as macroeconomic uncertainty and regulatory developments appear largely priced in, according to Swyftx lead analyst Pav Hundal.

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has outlined a roadmap to strengthen the network against future quantum computing threats, identifying four key areas requiring upgrades.

Bitcoin is approaching a key onchain milestone, with 19,993 unique wallets now holding at least 100 BTC, according to data shared by Santiment.

Ransomware attacks increased sharply in 2025, with nearly 8,000 public leak events recorded, a 50% jump from 2024, according to a new report by Chainalysis.

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency has released a 376-page proposal to implement the Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for US Stablecoins Act, setting out operational rules for federally supervised payment stablecoin issuers.

Escalating tensions between the United States and Iran are pushing investors toward safe-haven assets, with gold drawing renewed demand as equities and crypto markets face pressure.

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei publicly rejected a Pentagon ultimatum demanding unrestricted military use of the company’s Claude AI system ahead of a Friday deadline tied to a $200 million contract.

South Korea’s National Pension Service expanded its stake in Strategy Inc by 20% in Q4 2025, adding 102,769 shares to hold 614,409 shares valued at about $93.4 million at year-end.

More than $8.72 billion in Bitcoin and Ethereum options expire today, marking February’s largest derivatives event and covering roughly 20% of total open interest.