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Ethereum falls away from key resistance levels, but the next move could determine if a rally or further decline is ahead. Ethereum ($ETH) is currently priced at $1,958.4, showing a significant 6.2% decline over the last 24 hours. The price chart reveals a steep selloff after a brief rally, with Ethereum’s value sharply dropping from over $2,090 earlier in the day. Ethereum’s 24-hour trading volume is $3.41 billion, up 11.25%, suggesting active participation. Ethereum’s performance metrics paint a picture of a broader downtrend. Over the past 7 days, $ETH has lost 6.2%, with a 40.57% drop in the last 30…

In December 2025, the Dubai Financial Services Authority (DFSA) shared its updated Crypto token regulatory framework, allowing DFSA-regulated entities to choose which crypto tokens to work with, eliminating the need for DFSA approval. The update was supposed to come into effect in January 2026. This is why today, the DFSA has published a Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) document to support firms in understanding and implementing its updated Crypto Token regulatory framework. The FAQs are intended to provide practical clarification on the application of the DFSA Rulebook to financial services and activities involving Crypto Tokens in or from the Dubai International…

Kraken has integrated its over-the-counter (OTC) trading desk with ICE Chat, bringing its crypto spot and options liquidity into a messaging platform widely used by institutional traders. The move places Kraken’s OTC services directly inside an existing communications tool for trading desks across major financial centers, aiming to streamline access to digital assets within established workflows. The integration allows more than 120,000 ICE Chat clients to connect directly with Kraken’s OTC desk via the same real-time messaging environment they already use to communicate across global markets. Traders can now contact Kraken’s team from within ICE Chat to discuss and execute…

Polygon has posted higher daily transaction fees than Ethereum over the last three days, with an analyst pointing to robust user activity on prediction market Polymarket. According to the latest data from Token Terminal, Polygon raked in $407,100 worth of transaction fees on Friday, compared to Ethereum’s $211,700, with the data indicating this is the first time Polygon has ever flipped Ethereum in daily transaction fees. Average daily fees over the past 30 days on Ethereum and Polygon. Source: Token Terminal The gap has since narrowed, with daily transaction fees on Polygon at $303,000 on Saturday, while Ethereum saw about…

Starknet has launched strkBTC, a new Bitcoin wrapper that promises to bring enhanced privacy features to decentralized finance (DeFi) without compromising on performance. strkBTC allows for shielded balances and transfers, enabling private Bitcoin transactions within DeFi ecosystems. “Typically, there is a performance-privacy payoff. We are breaking that… there are many traditional Bitcoin wrappers, but strkBTC adds something different: privacy, delivered by the most privacy-literate team in the space,” said Eli Ben-Sasson, Co-founder of StarkWare. Ben-Sasson emphasized that strkBTC maintains composability, allowing users to move Bitcoin through DeFi with private balances and transfers without isolating capital. The strkBTC protocol focuses on…

Ethereum’s correction appears to be accelerating, with price sliding toward the critical $1,900 support level and futures sentiment hitting its most bearish reading in three months. Summary Ethereum price is under pressure across all major timeframes, with structure still tilted to the downside. Futures traders are increasingly defensive, as aggressive selling begins to dominate derivatives flows. The $1,900 level now stands as a pivotal support; holding it could stabilize price, while a break may accelerate losses. At press time, Ethereum was changing hands at $1,958, marking a 6.4% drop in the last 24 hours as continued selling dragged prices lower.…

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong is pointing to China as a model for US stablecoin policy. The timing raises questions about his motives. Armstrong’s defense of China’s central bank digital currency interest payments comes as his company fights to preserve a key revenue stream under threat from the US banking lobby. The GENIUS Act, passed last July, allows platforms like Coinbase to share yields with stablecoin holders — a provision that banking groups are now pushing to eliminate. What Armstrong Said Armstrong took to X on January 8 to praise China’s approach to its digital currency. “China has decided to pay…

The banking industry should not be threatened by crypto companies offering stablecoin yield to customers, and both sides must compromise on the issue, according to White House crypto adviser Patrick Witt. Witt said it was “unfortunate” that the issue of stablecoin yield has become a major point of contention between the crypto industry and banks, adding that crypto service providers sharing yield with customers does not threaten the banking industry’s business model or market share. He told Yahoo Finance: “They can also offer stablecoin products to their customers, just the same as crypto. This is not an unfair advantage in…

Blockchain analytics platform Arkham has pointed to a notable movement in the $JELLYJELLY token’s futures trading. According to the company’s social media post, there has been a sudden increase in the amount of open positions in $JELLYJELLY. Arkham stated that this rise could indicate an attempt at price manipulation by an organized group. According to the platform’s monitoring data, the surge in open positions was concentrated particularly on the OKX and Bybit exchanges. During the same period, a gradual accumulation of $JELLYJELLY tokens was observed on centralized exchanges such as MEXC, KuCoin, and Bitget. The simultaneous occurrence of increased open…

Chain Aware AI has entered into a formal collaboration with 4AI in order to reinforce decentralized AI infrastructure on $BNB Smart Chain. The partnership is expected to integrate on-chain behavioral intelligence with decentralized AI agents, which will result in smarter, faster, and more secure Web3 applications. 4AI X ChainAware 💛We’re partnering with @ChainAware to power the next gen of AI agents with predictive intelligence.⚡️Smart Personalization: Agents that know your on-chain moves. ⚡️Growth Tech: AI-driven portfolio & yield optimization. ⚡️Security: Real-time fraud detection… pic.twitter.com/LRL1g5fq8G — 4AI 🔶 $BNB (@4aibsc) February 16, 2026 4AI is a decentralized AI marketplace, which runs on…