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Crypto whale "samurai.eth" recently sold over $3M in $PAXG as part of a multi-week liquidation, offloading a total of 2,503 $PAXG worth $12.89M in three weeks, indicating aggressive rebalancing and impacting the gold-backed digital token market.

The crypto market surged by 3.66% to $2.36T, with Bitcoin and Ethereum both showing significant gains. However, NFT sales dropped 12.66%, and a security breach affected Figure. Meanwhile, Cisco expanded its AI operations amid these developments.

Pundi AI has integrated with MWX, which will create the first ever decentralized AI marketplace for small and medium enterprises (SMEs). This unprecedented cooperation will help connect the traditional operating methods of the business world with the developing decentralized form of artificial

XRP is trading near $1.40 on February 14, holding above key support despite a partial U.S. government shutdown that began at midnight. The cryptocurrency has gained 4.3% in the past 24 hours, benefiting from a broader market recovery that added 3.77% to total crypto capitalization. Institutional inflows remain robust, with XRP products on the NYSE and NASDAQ recording a combined \$2.97 million in daily inflows on February 13. However, on-chain data from CryptoQuant shows XRP's 30-day vo

A senior Ripple ecosystem leader has confirmed that global financial heavyweights including Mastercard, BlackRock, and Franklin Templeton are actively exploring the XRP Ledger (XRPL) for tokenization, payments, and settlement solutions. Meanwhile, Evernorth—led by former Ripple executive Asheesh Birla—is building one of the world's largest institutional XRP treasuries, worth at least \$1 billion, to power its fully on-chain financial operations. These developments signal a profound shift

Crypto-linked stocks led the market on Friday as Coinbase (COIN) surged 18% and Strategy (MSTR) jumped 10%, fueled by a sharp rebound in Bitcoin and renewed investor appetite for digital asset exposure. The rally came despite Coinbase reporting a \$666.7 million Q4 loss and multiple Wall Street firms cutting price targets, suggesting traders are looking past near-term earnings weakness toward long-term growth in subscription revenue, stablecoin income, and the potential for regulatory cl

XRP is showing signs of a potential trend reversal, holding above \$1.35 after hitting a yearly low of \$1.12 earlier this month. A rare on-chain signal—the MVRV-Z Score—has remained negative for nearly two weeks, a pattern that historically preceded XRP's 546% rally from \$0.45 to \$2.91 in late 2024. However, rising exchange reserves near 13 billion XRP suggest selling pressure persists, creating a classic clash between bottoming signals and supply-side headwinds. Adding to the bullish

The White House's top digital asset advisor, Patrick Witt, declared that "trillions of dollars in institutional capital" are poised to enter Bitcoin and cryptocurrency markets once the CLARITY Act passes, providing the regulatory clarity institutional investors demand. With the House having passed its version last year and the Senate finalizing amendments, the market structure bill faces two critical hurdles: resolving the stablecoin yield standoff between banks and crypto firms, and add

US spot Bitcoin and Ethereum ETFs are experiencing sustained capital outflows, with total assets plunging from recent highs near \$115 billion to approximately \$83 billion for Bitcoin funds, while Ethereum ETFs have contracted from \$18 billion to \$11 billion. This significant capital rotation comes as investors increasingly allocate to international equity ETFs, which recorded their strongest inflows in years—absorbing roughly one-third of total ETF inflows in January despite represen

Solana Company (NASDAQ: HSDT) saw its shares surge 17% on Friday after announcing a new structure that allows institutions to borrow against natively staked SOL tokens while keeping the assets in custody. Developed in partnership with Anchorage Digital and Solana’s Kamino lending protocol, the solution enables holders to unlock on-chain borrowing liquidity without unstaking or selling their tokens, preserving eligibility for staking rewards. The move comes as publicly listed Solana treas

Pi Network is experiencing a sharp price rebound, with Pi Coin surging over 18% to reclaim the \$0.16 level as the project approaches a critical mainnet upgrade deadline on February 15. The rally comes amid broader crypto market relief following cooler-than-expected U.S. inflation data, but it's the technical catalyst—a mandatory node upgrade that will transition the network from Protocol 19 to 22—that has traders watching closely. With daily trading volume exploding past \$32 million an

The Digital Chamber, a leading blockchain trade association, has released a counter-proposal to break the deadlock over stablecoin yields that is holding up the Senate's CLARITY Act. Responding to bankers' demands for a total ban on stablecoin rewards, the crypto group signaled willingness to abandon interest-like payments for static holdings but insisted on preserving rewards tied to transactions, liquidity provision, and ecosystem participation. With the White House demanding a comprom

In a fervent call to action on February 14, 2026, Michael Saylor urged the public to "Go Bitcoin today," declaring that "the money won’t fix itself." This renewed conviction comes as Strategy (formerly MicroStrategy) holds a staggering 714,644 BTC despite facing a \$5.9 billion unrealized loss with Bitcoin trading near \$67,800. Saylor’s message is clear: waiting for traditional monetary systems to improve is futile, and financial sovereignty demands deliberate Bitcoin adoption. For the