Tokenised gold markets such as PAXG and XAUt are now responsible for virtually all publicly visible gold price discovery when CME futures close from Friday evening to Sunday, according to Theo chief investment officer Iggy Ioppe.
Trump Media & Technology Group said it is considering spinning off its flagship platform Truth Social into a standalone publicly traded company as it deepens its push into crypto and fintech.
A large trader on decentralised perpetuals exchange Hyperliquid saw a $42 million leveraged bitcoin long partially liquidated after BTC slipped below $66,000 over the weekend.
Ripple has unveiled a revamped institutional strategy for the XRP Ledger aimed at accelerating tokenisation and regulated finance adoption through new funding structures and builder support programmes.
Ripple chief executive Brad Garlinghouse said XRP’s US regulatory clarity has positioned the token for stronger institutional adoption after a federal court ruled it is not a security.
Crypto hacks and exploits resulted in approximately $37.7 million in losses in February 2026, marking the lowest monthly total since March 2025, according to data from Certik.
Michael Saylor reignited speculation of another bitcoin purchase after posting his closely watched orange dot acquisition chart on X, a signal traders increasingly associate with impending balance sheet expansion at Strategy.
Bitcoin rebounded to $68,200 in early Sunday trading after US-Israeli air strikes on Iran and confirmation of the death of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei steadied risk sentiment.
Hyperliquid’s HYPE token is attempting a steady recovery, but derivatives data shows $28.9 million in short liquidations clustered above $35, leaving traders exposed to a potential volatility spike.
Bitcoin is trading at a steep discount to gold and global money supply trends, potentially signalling a reversal higher, according to Jan3 chief executive Samson Mow.
Vitalik Buterin has shifted the Ethereum scaling debate back to the protocol’s base layer, arguing that deep architectural bottlenecks in the state tree and virtual machine now pose greater long-term constraints than Layer 2 rollups.
Polymarket recorded $478 million in single-day notional trading volume as geopolitical tensions escalated following coordinated US and Israeli strikes on Iran.
