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Crypto investors in the Netherlands could face changes to their tax bills after lawmakers in the House of Representatives approved reforms that will alter how the country’s existing levy on investment assets is calculated. The idea of paying tax on unrealized profits has sparked anger among crypto circles, with critics arguing it could force holders to liquidate assets to meet tax obligations. Some users on social media described it as “beyond insane” as volatility in token prices could leave investors with tax bills on gains that later evaporate. The fact that the Netherlands has agreed that 36% unrealized gains tax…

Cryptocurrency exchanges will have to set up a subsidiary in Russia and abide by its laws to be allowed to work there, the country’s monetary authority has made that clear. The statement comes amid fears that Russian authorities are planning to cut off access to global trading platforms for digital assets as soon as they regulate the domestic market this year. Moscow to license crypto exchanges if they establish a presence in Russia Foreign-based providers of crypto-related services will be permitted to operate in the Russian economy through locally registered subsidiaries, the Central Bank of Russia (CBR) has indicated. The…

AIW3 has made a strategic alliance with Snowball Labs to enhance the decentralized trading infrastructure, account, and settlement and risk layers. The partnership aims to provide identity abstraction, cross-chain settlement, and real-time risk attribution to decentralized perpetual markets. Partnership Announcement 🤝We’re partnering with @AIW3_Official to bring enterprise-grade identity and settlement infrastructure to decentralized perpetual markets.What this partnership enables:→ Username-based strategy execution – Vault managers and traders operate with… pic.twitter.com/U2xtI0Vuft — Snowball Money (@snowball_money) February 18, 2026 Although stablecoins and real-world assets (RWAs) are being transitioned on-chain, both companies are now in agreement that the speed of execution is no longer…

Anchorage Digital has partnered with Kamino and Solana Company to roll out a structure that allows institutions to borrow against staked Solana without moving assets out of regulated custody, potentially addressing a key friction between traditional finance and decentralized lending markets. In a Friday announcement, Anchorage said the initiative expands its Atlas collateral management platform by integrating with Kamino, a Solana-based decentralized lending protocol. The effort is being carried out in collaboration with Solana Company, a publicly traded Solana ($SOL) treasury created in partnership with Pantera Capital and Summer Capital. Under the structure, institutions can use natively staked $SOL as…

Ethereum has crossed a symbolic threshold, with more than half the total ether ($ETH) issued now held in its proof-of-stake (PoS) contract for the first time in the network’s 11-year history, Santiment said in a post on X that has been met with criticism. The onchain analytics firm on Tuesday said that 50.18% of all $ETH issued historically is now sitting in the staking deposit contract. The figure reflects cumulative $ETH that has flowed into the contract since staking was introduced ahead of the network’s 2022 transition from proof-of-work to PoS. According to CoinDesk data, the total supply of ether…

The post is a response to affirmation that housing finance agencies will implement the order of President Trump to buy mortgage-backed securities worth up to 200 billion dollars. This action was instantly compared to quantitative easing and Richard Mize called it QEx. The response is less enthusiastic and more surprised. To a large part of the observers, the policy is not new. It reverberates on interventions of the crisis times. But it is the timing that is questionable. Questions Over Transmission of Rates Mize openly wonders how this would in fact drive the mortgage rates down. The inflation has already…

Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse estimated an 80% chance that the Clarity Act, expected to bring legal clarity to the cryptocurrency sector in the US, will be signed by the end of April. Garlinghouse conveyed the message that “progress should not come before excellence” in order to end the uncertainty in the sector. Speaking at an event in New York, Garlinghouse stated that the Clarity Act was very close to approval by the Banking Committee, but the process stalled. “We were very close, it would have been a huge positive step, but it stopped,” Garlinghouse said, noting that some negative events…

In a Friday announcement, Coinbase has delisted 25 perpetual futures contracts, and the pattern is sector-driven rather than random. The exchange settled all open positions using a 60-minute average index price before suspension, removing exposure to a cluster of tokens concentrated in high-volatility narratives. Coinbase’s massive derivatives cleanup: Who got cut? A lot of the affected contracts are in the AI and data economy segment. IO, GRASS, PROVE and PROMPT are all connected to decentralized computing, data labeling and AI infrastructure. These tokens did well during the 2025 AI rally because of speculation, but derivatives liquidity has gotten thin as…

The Layer 2 blockchain Sui has introduced a groundbreaking custom PCR verification feature that fundamentally changes how users verify application security, announced on January 15, 2025, marking a significant advancement in blockchain security protocols. Sui PCR Verification Feature Explained Sui’s new Platform Configuration Register verification system represents a major innovation in blockchain security. This technology enables automatic verification that application code remains uncompromised while operating within Marlin Nautilus, a specialized security zone. Consequently, users can now trust applications without undergoing separate verification processes. The system operates through cryptographic proofs that continuously validate code integrity during execution. Platform Configuration Registers serve…

Compound was once the default answer for crypto lending in decentralized finance. Launched in 2018 by Robert Leshner and Geoffrey Hayes, the protocol lets users earn interest or borrow assets directly on Ethereum, in a fully decentralized manner, without banks or brokers. For early DeFi users, it felt obvious. The project raised millions in backing from Andreessen Horowitz, Bain Capital Crypto, Paradigm, and Coinbase Ventures. Compound also helped popularize yield farming, especially after launching its governance token, $COMP, in 2020, which turned passive users into active participants. By 2021, Compound was the core infrastructure for crypto lending. Billions of dollars…