It starts looking like a classic superpower standoff: the U.S. tightening the screws on stablecoins with the Clarity Act, Wall Street bankers lobbying to kill yields, and Russia suddenly saying “maybe we should have our own.”
XRP Tries to Base After Months of Decline as $1.52–$1.56 Liquidity Caps Upside
XRP has traded in a sustained downtrend for months, as sellers controlled the daily chart and kept price below a falling trendline and the 50-day EMA.
Kraken Backs Trump Accounts for Wyoming Newborns After Lummis Announcement
Kraken will fund Trump Accounts opened for newborns in Wyoming, according to an announcement shared by Wyoming Senator Cynthia Lummis.
Crypto.com Gets ISO IEC 42001:2023 AI Certification as AI Expansion Grows
Crypto.com said it received ISO/IEC 42001:2023 certification, an international standard for an AI management system, as the company expands its Crypto.com AI expansion work.
X Smart Cashtags: when social media becomes financial infrastructure
X is about to make the timeline a lot more useful for crypto traders.
CFTC eyes prediction markets, the next regulatory frontier for crypto
Prediction markets, bets on real-world events like elections, sports, or economic outcomes, are heating up, and the CFTC wants in.
The great convergence: how institutional capital is normalizing crypto
Crypto’s wild ride is not over, but the script is changing. Galaxy Digital’s Steve Kurz calls it the “great convergence” — a slow but steady merge between crypto and traditional finance where institutions stop treating digital assets as a sideshow and start slotting them into core portfolios.
Solana Slides Under Key Trendline as Megaphone Pattern Fuels $1,000 Talk
A weekly Solana Tether chart shared by X user CryptoCurb shows SOL trading near $87.29 on Binance on Feb. 15, 2026, after slipping back toward a long rising support line.
Regulation IS action: the stablecoin battlefield goes global
Stablecoin regulation is the new front in a global monetary war. With the U.S. Clarity Act looming, Wall Street bankers pushing to ban yield on stablecoins, and Russia quietly studying its own digital dollar rivals, the fight over who controls the future of programmable money is heating up.
Ethereum’s On-Chain Strength vs. Price Lag Signals Structural Conviction
I view Ethereum’s price stalling near $2,050, even as staking surpasses 30% of total supply, as a classic divergence where on-chain conviction is strengthening while short-term price action remains subdued due to broader market caution and ETH/BTC’s persistent downtrend.
This dynamic reflects strong long-term holder commitment and tighter circulating supply, both of which are fundamentally constructive for Ethereum’s role across DeFi and broader on-chain finance.
Heading into Lunar New Year week, when volumes typically thin out, I expect Bitcoin to consolidate in the mid-$60,000 to low-$70,000 range with limited downside risk.
Ethereum may experience muted volatility as well, but there is room for a modest rebound if liquidity conditions stabilize or ETF flows show renewed strength.
Key macro drivers such as U.S. rate expectations and institutional capital flows will likely determine post-holiday momentum.
If sentiment improves, Ethereum’s current setup could reinforce the view that it is trading below its structural value, supporting healthier market development as capital gradually rotates back into utility-driven assets.
Ryan Lee, Chief Analyst at Bitget
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