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Nym, a decentralized, open-source, and incentivized infrastructure that provides comprehensive, network-level privacy for users and the internet, has announced its landmark strategic partnership with Cardano ($ADA). Cardano ($ADA) is also a decentralized and proof-of-stake (PoS) blockchain platform for security and scalability alternatively to earlier networks. 🛡️Online privacy is the condition for digital freedom. That’s why we’re working with Midnight Network to ensure that their protections for private payments and private smart contracts extend to the network level.🔑Today, we’re excited to announce that NymVPN now accepts… — Nym (@nym) February 24, 2026 The primary purpose of this partnership is to enhance…

Three Solana-based platforms have announced they are shutting down after a Step Finance hack at the end of January that has been deemed unrecoverable. Solana portfolio dashboard and DeFi aggregator Step Finance announced on Monday that it would be winding down operations. The closure also extends to subsidiaries Solana NFT analytics and the ecosystem media outlet SolanaFloor, as well as lending and yield protocol Remora Markets. “Following the hack at the end of January, we explored every possible path forward, including financing and acquisition opportunities,” it stated, referring to a $27 million security breach of its treasury wallets in January.…

Ethereum remains in a broader corrective phase, trading below key moving averages and inside a well-defined descending structure. While short-term stabilization is visible near support, the higher-timeframe trend still favors sellers unless major resistance levels are reclaimed with strong momentum. Ethereum Price Analysis: The Daily Chart On the daily timeframe, $ETH continues to respect a descending channel, consistently forming lower highs beneath both the 100-day and 200-day moving averages. The recent breakdown accelerated the price into the $1,750–$1,800 demand zone, where buyers have stepped in to slow the decline, but the structure remains bearish overall. The $2,300–$2,400 region now acts…

Shares of major online retailers rose Friday after the US Supreme Court struck down President Donald Trump’s blanket tariffs, ruling that the president lacks authority under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act to impose broad import duties. Amazon gained more than 2%, while Etsy jumped near 10% and Shopify climbed over 2%. eBay, Wayfair and Pinduoduo also advanced. In a 6 to 3 ruling, the Court said IEEPA does not authorize tariffs and cited the major questions doctrine, with Chief Justice John Roberts writing that actions with significant economic impact require clear congressional approval. The decision voids a 10% levy…

Tensions are escalating between cryptocurrency exchange Binance and The Wall Street Journal. Binance Co-CEO Richard Teng stated that the recent article published in the newspaper was “defamatory” and announced that they had sent an official letter demanding the immediate correction and complete retraction of the false statements. Richard Teng, in a social media post, claimed that news reports regarding Binance’s compliance program contained serious inaccuracies. Teng alleged that the company had communicated the necessary corrections to the journalist prior to the report, but received no response to this feedback. According to Teng, the published content contains statements that do not…

Public Bitcoin miners are planning about 30 gigawatts of new power capacity aimed at artificial intelligence workloads, nearly three times the 11 GW they currently have online, as they race to offset shrinking mining margins and reposition for the next growth cycle. The buildout, compiled by TheEnergyMag across 14 publicly traded Bitcoin (BTC) miners, underscores how aggressively the industry is pivoting away from traditional hashpower amid persistently weak hashprice conditions. On paper, the planned expansion amounts to what TheEnergyMag described as “a small country’s worth of power infrastructure.” In reality, much of the 30 GW sits in development pipelines, interconnection…

Step Finance, a popular Solana-based DeFi portfolio tracker, is shutting down following a major security breach. The company announced today that it will cease operations, along with SolanaFloor and Remora Markets, after a hack in January 2026 drained around $30 million in assets. Unlike smart contract vulnerabilities, the hack targeted compromised devices, exposing endpoint security risks in crypto infrastructure. 🚨 UPDATE: Step Finance, SolanaFloor, and Remora Markets confirms shutdown following its Jan. hack, with a buyback planned for STEP holders. pic.twitter.com/S6s6DKPP82 — Cointelegraph (@Cointelegraph) February 24, 2026 Step Finance Faces Major Loss After Hack The breach involved the theft of…

The Ethereum price action has not inspired much confidence recently. It has stayed mostly flat over the past 24 hours and remains down over 5% in the past seven days. Yet a small recovery attempt is underway. Since February 19, Ethereum has rebounded about 4.5%, helped by a bullish divergence on the daily chart. This signal usually suggests that selling pressure is weakening. But at the same time, a sharp drop in staking demand is raising a new question. Is returning liquidity quietly building pressure against this recovery? Bullish Divergence Appears, Yet Falling Staking Demand May Be Returning Supply Ethereum’s…

Broker-dealers regulated by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) can treat their stablecoin holdings as regulatory capital, according to a tweak this week to a frequently-asked-questions document maintained by the agency. That’s a seismic shift offered in the form of a minor addition to the SEC’s “Broker Dealer Financial Responsibilities” FAQ. It’s on-brand for a regulator that has made a steady series of changes to its crypto approach through informal guidance, industry correspondence and staff statements ever since its Crypto Task Force began work during the administration of President Donald Trump. In this case, a new question No. 5…

Coinbase, Binance, and Kraken all announced tokenized products on Tuesday as the trend takes hold among crypto exchanges amid a depressed market and capital rotation into more structured products. Coinbase has teamed up with Yahoo Finance to link crypto tickers and equities on the news site directly to the San Francisco-based crypto exchange, where users can trade them, either the digital asset or a tokenized stock. The companies said in a joint press release that it’s the first step to integrating Coinbase data more deeply into Yahoo Finance. Tokenized real-world assets have continued to grow even as the broader crypto…