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Public Bitcoin miners collectively held 115,335 $BTC as of Feb. 20, worth roughly $7.4 billion at the recent price, but that treasury dropped 4.44% month-over-month, the first sustained contraction since miners began stockpiling coins as balance-sheet assets. The decline wasn’t an accident. Riot Platforms sold 1,818 $BTC in December 2025 for $161.6 million in net proceeds. Bitdeer liquidated its entire treasury, selling 189.8 $BTC it mined plus dumping 943.1 $BTC from reserves to fund a pivot into AI infrastructure backed by $300 million in convertible notes. The pattern suggests miner treasuries are shifting from strategic reserves to working capital, and…

Dubai has taken another step toward digitizing real estate markets. On February 20, the Dubai Land Department (DLD) and tokenization firm Ctrl Alt announced Phase Two of the city’s real estate tokenization project. The new phase introduces controlled secondary market trading for tokenized properties on the $XRP Ledger. The update follows an earlier pilot that tokenized 10 properties worth more than $5 million. With secondary trading now live in a regulated test environment. Officials aim to improve liquidity and expand investor access. Ripple Custody continues to secure the on-chain assets through the project’s infrastructure partners. Phase Two Unlocks Secondary Trading…

Hyperliquid has officially entered the US policy arena with the launch of the Hyperliquid Policy Center, a lobbying and regulatory advisory group focused on decentralized finance (DeFi). The center will be led by prominent crypto lawyer Jake Chervinsky, marking a significant step as the industry increasingly engages with Washington, D.C. Hyperliquid Launches $28 Million DeFi Policy Center, Names Jake Chervinsky CEO Chervinsky, the inaugural CEO, brings extensive experience advocating for the crypto sector at Capitol Hill. He previously held senior positions at the Blockchain Association trade group and venture firm Variant, and served as an associate at Baker McKenzie. “We’re…

Ethereum is attempting to push back above the $2,000 level as the broader crypto market navigates persistent uncertainty and ongoing selling pressure. Recent price action reflects a fragile recovery effort rather than a confirmed trend reversal, with volatility remaining elevated and traders cautious after months of corrective momentum. The $2,000 threshold has become a key psychological and technical battleground, shaping short-term sentiment as investors evaluate liquidity conditions, macro signals, and derivatives positioning. A recent CryptoQuant analysis offers additional insight into evolving market dynamics, particularly within Ethereum’s derivatives landscape. Data tracking the Estimated Leverage Ratio on Binance shows a clear shift…

Rain, a US stablecoin infrastructure provider and a principal member of the Visa payment network, has secured major funding to expand its global presence. The platform raised $250 million in a Series C funding round led by the global investment firm Iconiq, according to an announcement on Friday. The round values Rain at $1.95 billion, bringing the company’s total funding to $338 million, following a $58 million Series B round in August 2025 and another $24.5 million raise in March last year. The latest funding featured several existing investors, including the venture arm of Michael Novogratz-founded Galaxy Digital, Sapphire Ventures,…

PALM BEACH, Fla. — Prediction markets are starting to play a role in how traditional financial markets move, New York Stock Exchange President Lynn Martin said Wednesday at the World Liberty forum in Palm Beach. “It was very clear for us… that prediction markets [were being used] as an input to traditional markets,” she said at the event hosted at Mar-a-Lago, pointing to a moment during the 2024 U.S. presidential election when S&P futures spiked unexpectedly. According to Martin, the move was later explained by crypto-based prediction platform Polymarket having shown Donald Trump as the likely winner before other sources…

Crypto exchange Binance says it has “significantly reduced exposure” to sanctioned entities and high-risk jurisdictions, including exposure to Iran since January 2024. In a blog post titled “Setting the record straight” on Monday, Binance said its sanctions-related exposure as a percentage of total exchange volume has fallen by about 97% in that time, and now sits at around 0.009%. Exchange volume to sanctions-related entities has declined. Source: Binance The post comes after a Feb. 13 Fortune report citing anonymous sources alleging that Binance fired at least five investigators who had supposedly uncovered evidence of Iranian sanctions violations. Binance denied the…

Talk about winning the lottery. A solo miner walked away with over $200,000 in bitcoin while renting just $75 of hash power. A solo miner validated block 938,092 around 8:04 a.m. UTC on Tuesday, earning the full 3.125 $BTC block reward using hashrate rented through on-demand cloud services, according to blockchain data from Mempool.space. The miner spent roughly 119,000 satoshis, about $75, to rent 1 petahash per second of computing power and used CKPool, a service that lets individual miners work independently while relying on a pool server to broadcast and submit solutions. The math on that return is absurd.…

Key takeaways MegaETH leverages Ethereum for its superior blockchain execution environment. A stress test on MegaETH achieved 55,000 transactions per second. Layer two solutions that replicate layer one services face security challenges. Ethereum’s strength is crucial for the entire smart contract ecosystem. Ethereum’s scaling strategy is shifting from layer twos to enhancing layer one. Recent changes in Ethereum’s roadmap represent a logical pivot. Regulatory pressures are pushing some rollups towards centralization. Ethereum may return to higher transaction costs as activity shifts back to layer one. Current low transaction costs are due to activity migration to layer twos. The energy spent…

Hyperliquid ($HYPE), a blockchain-based exchange that processed more than $250 billion in perpetual futures trading last month, has launched a U.S. lobbying and research arm aimed at shaping how lawmakers regulate decentralized finance (DeFi). The Hyperliquid Policy Center, a Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit, will focus on regulatory frameworks for decentralized exchanges, perpetual futures and blockchain-based market infrastructure, according to a Wednesday press release. Jake Chervinsky, a prominent crypto lawyer and former policy head at the Blockchain Association, will serve as founder and CEO. The launch comes as Congress and federal agencies debate how to oversee crypto trading platforms and derivatives markets.…