Stripe considers acquiring some or all of PayPal: ReportBloomberg reports that Stripe is in early acquisition talks with PayPal as the payments giant has battled competition, leadership turmoil and an 85% stock drop from its peak.Feb 25, 2026Martin Young
Crypto lobby Blockchain Association pitches tax plan to CongressThe Blockchain Association urged Congress to exempt low-dollar crypto transactions and tax mining and staking rewards upon sale.Feb 25, 2026Brayden Lindrea
Anthropic says it's been targeted in massive distillation attacksAnthropic alleges Chinese AI companies DeepSeek, Moonshot and MiniMax made 24,000 accounts and 16 million Claude exchanges to scrape its AI bot for training.Feb 25, 2026Brian Quarmby
Bitwise acquires Chorus One, potentially paving way for more staked ETFsBitwise’s acquisition of Chorus One expands the company’s staking capabilities to more than 30 blockchains, including Solana, Hyperliquid, Monad, Avalanche and Sui.Feb 25, 2026Brayden Lindrea
ETH options turn bearish as traders prepare for extended Ether price downsideEther faces a bearish trend as onchain fees and network deposits hit multiyear lows. Until derivatives metrics stabilize, ETH price remains at risk.Feb 24, 2026Marcel Pechman
ESMA warns crypto perpetual derivatives likely fall under CFD rulesThe EU authority tracking compliance under the MiCA framework issued a warning to those marketing crypto derivatives as “perpetual futures or perpetual contracts.”Feb 24, 2026Turner Wright
Coinbase opens stock and ETF trading to all US users in multi-asset pushThe exchange now allows US customers to trade thousands of stocks and ETFs commission-free alongside crypto, with 24/5 access and instant funding.Feb 24, 2026Nate Kostar
Kraken debuts tokenized stock perpetual futures for non-US tradersKraken’s new contracts, built on the xStocks framework, offer up to 20x leverage on tokenized benchmarks tied to US equities and gold.Feb 24, 2026Nate Kostar
Key Bitcoin onchain signal may mark BTC’s next demand revivalBitcoin remains pinned below $65,000 as random bouts of intense selling pressure persist, but one onchain indicator has stabilized, providing insight into when spot market demand may return.Feb 24, 2026Biraajmaan Tamuly
Polymarket users favor Meteora in bets over ZachXBT crypto takedownUsers placed more than $7 million betting on the outcome of the crypto sleuth's investigation, expected to be announced on Thursday.Feb 24, 2026Turner Wright
Longest Ether dip since 2022 ignored by whales: What’s next for ETH?Ether whale order sizes are shrinking, while a $2 billion short cluster near $2,000 frame a tightening liquidity scenario for ETH after a sixth week of red price action.Feb 24, 2026Biraajmaan Tamuly
Empery Digital shareholder demands sale of 4,000-plus BTC treasury, resignationsA 9.8% shareholder has doubled down on calls for Empery Digital to sell its BTC holdings, return capital to investors and remove its CEO and board.Feb 24, 2026Sam Bourgi
WisdomTree gets SEC approval for round-the-clock trading of tokenized MMFThe approval allows WisdomTree’s tokenized Treasury money market fund to trade and settle around the clock within the US regulatory framework.Feb 24, 2026Nate Kostar
Binance CEO accuses WSJ of defamation over Iran sanctions reportTwo major news outlets published similar reports on Monday claiming that Binance had fired or suspended employees involved in an investigation into crypto going to Iranian entities.Feb 24, 2026Turner Wright
What NYSE’s exploration of onchain systems means for financial marketsTokenized securities, 24/7 trading and onchain settlement could allow the NYSE’s blockchain plans to reshape post-trade processes in financial markets.Feb 24, 2026Dilip Kumar Patairya
Better, Framework Ventures reach $500M stablecoin mortgage financing dealThe deal channels crypto liquidity into US home loans, testing whether blockchain-based capital can fund traditional mortgage markets at scale.Feb 24, 2026Sam Bourgi
Ethereum price drops to $1.8K as data suggests ETH bears are not done yetEther’s drop to $1,800 reflects weak technicals and onchain signals that point to continued downside risk as Ethereum ETF outflows persist.Feb 24, 2026Nancy Lubale
Bitcoin ‘fair value’ gap sets $45K target as AI woes haunt stocks, goldBTC price targets stayed bearish with a zone of interest below $50,000 as macro assets saw increasing downside pressure at the Wall Street open.Feb 24, 2026William Suberg
Nansen to set up Bhutan entity in Gelephu Mindfulness CityThe blockchain analytics company will incorporate locally and hire in the kingdom's Special Administrative Region as the region advances its digital asset strategy.Feb 24, 2026Nate Kostar
Tether-backed Oobit adds crypto-to-bank transfers for local payment networksThe Tether-backed crypto payments app is expanding beyond retail spending with wallet-based off-ramps into domestic banking rails.Feb 24, 2026Ezra Reguerra
Bitcoin traders ‘excess loss-realization’ may push BTC price below $44KBitcoin price dropped 25% in 2022 and 50% in 2018 after similar on-chain loss signals, a warning sign for BTC’s next move.Feb 24, 2026Yashu Gola
Smarter Web adds $30M Coinbase credit line to speed Bitcoin buys after fundraisesThe UK-listed Bitcoin treasury company says the facility will bridge equity settlements, enabling faster Bitcoin purchases during volatile markets.Feb 24, 2026Ezra Reguerra
Binance adds Ondo’s tokenized stocks in latest RWA pushBinance listed 10 of Ondo's tokenized stocks, ETFs and commodities on Binance Alpha with UAE regulatory approval, expanding crypto access to real-world assets.Feb 24, 2026Helen Partz
Ethereum Foundation starts staking ETH as client diversity concerns persistEthereum Foundation’s move to stake its own ETH, using minority clients and distributed infrastructure, throws fresh focus on how Ethereum’s staking landscape is evolving.Feb 24, 2026Christina Comben
‘Bitcoin scarcity is dead’: Crypto executives push back on viral claimDerivatives don’t mint new Bitcoin, analysts say, pushing back on viral claims that state paper BTC has broken the 21-million cap.Feb 24, 2026Yohan Yun
Solo Bitcoin miner bags over $200K block reward using rented hashrateA solo Bitcoin miner hit a rare jackpot of more than $200,000 after validating a block through $75 worth of rented hashrate.Feb 24, 2026Zoltan Vardai
Vitalik sells 17K ETH in one month after earmarking $45M for privacyArkham data shows the Ethereum co-founder’s attributed wallets fell from about 241,000 ETH to 224,000 ETH this month.Feb 24, 2026Amin Haqshanas
Bitcoin faces 6 massive challenges to become quantum secureBitcoin’s block size debate caused a civil war. Upgrading to post-quantum will be much more difficult.Feb 24, 2026Andrew Fenton
Stablecoin stagnation, tariffs a headwind for Bitcoin prices, analysts sayTariff shocks led to a capital rotation from crypto into precious metals and tokenized commodities, as analysts warn that the thin crypto market liquidity is limiting a wider recovery.Feb 24, 2026Zoltan Vardai
Stablecoins reinvent the intermediary and build bottlenecks, once againStablecoins scale to trillions but risk reinventing intermediaries. Open interoperable rails are essential to keep money truly programmable and borderless.Feb 24, 2026Aishwary Gupta