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The DeFi landscape is currently in the process of transitioning from fragmented liquidity to a single, unified, omnichain future. To facilitate cross-chain interaction, Oku (an advanced trading platform built on the Uniswap v3 network) has just announced its integration with Circle’s Cross Chain Transfer Protocol (CCTP). Customers will now be able to transfer their native $USDC from 14 different blockchains with no slippage at all; thereby removing one of the biggest challenges confronting crypto: using potentially unreliable, wrapped assets. Bridging the Gap with Native Liquidity Historically, the conventional method of transferring assets between chains has involved the ‘lock-and-mint’ approach. Users…

Table of Contents What Is OnRe Finance?How Did It Get to $100 Million?Why Does Regulatory Backing Matter Here?What’s the Bigger Picture? OnRe Finance, the Bermuda-licensed onchain reinsurance company built on Solana, crossed $100 million in assets under management on February 17, 2026. That’s four months ahead of its original 12-month target, reaching the milestone in just eight months. By February 20, AUM had already climbed past $102.97 million, with DeFiLlama data independently confirming roughly $102 million in total value locked. For a protocol connecting onchain capital to real-world reinsurance risk, that kind of traction says something about where institutional appetite…

The U.S. SEC Division of Trading and Markets has issued updated guidance on crypto market activity, providing greater clarity for exchanges, broker-dealers, and alternative trading systems (ATSs). While the agency did not introduce new rules, it signaled it would not object to certain crypto trading structures and capital treatments, provided firms continue to comply with existing federal securities laws. The guidance addresses crypto pairs trading, stablecoin capital calculations, disclosure standards, clearing obligations, and Regulation M considerations for crypto exchange-traded products (ETPs). Key Points SEC allows direct trading between security tokens and assets like Bitcoin without fiat conversion. Broker-dealers can treat…

Key Highlights: Bithumb added GoPlus ($GPS) to its KRW market, triggering a brief 20% price spike soon after listing. $GPS, a Web3 security layer token, supports staking, security services, and transaction protection across blockchain networks. Early trading saw volatility controls and Travel Rule limits in place as the market tested demand for the newly listed asset. South Korea’s crypto exchange Bithumb has announced the listing of GoPlus ($GPS), adding the token to its Korean Won market and triggering a sharp but brief price reaction. Soon after the listing notice went live, $GPS jumped more than 20% before pulling back. The…

Bitcoin mining captivates many people, including those inexperienced in the field who wish to enter the crypto world without having to invest heavily. The problem, however, is that mining Bitcoin without investing a bit is practically impossible. In fact, to be honest, it is possible to try mining Bitcoin with low-cost equipment, but it is practically impossible to achieve results. The real risk is spending money on energy costs without earning anything, or almost nothing. The situation changes only if one is willing to invest a bit. Bitcoin Mining The First Method The Second Method The Third Way How Bitcoin…

As quantum computing advances, post-quantum cryptography is rapidly moving from niche research topic to a core pillar of long-term cybersecurity planning for governments and enterprises. Report overview and strategic context Standards and regulation driving quantum-safe migration Momentum in PQC adoption and key use cases From experimentation to production deployment Investment, innovation, and market dynamics Industry leaders and ecosystem convergence Sector-specific adoption and innovation trajectories Barriers, enablers, and strategic outlook Guidance for decision-makers About Research And Markets Report overview and strategic context The new “Post-Quantum Cryptography” market study, published today, on Feb. 23, 2026, by ResearchAndMarkets.com in Dublin, analyzes how quantum-safe…

Sui Network is pushing decentralized finance (DeFi) beyond spot trading with the launch of DeepBook Margin. A new layer built on the protocol’s existing DeepBook infrastructure that brings fully on-chain margin trading to its ecosystem. This upgrade expands liquidity mechanics from static pools into a more dynamic and capital-efficient financial layer. Therefore, it enables developers to embed leverage, rewards and automated risk processes directly into their applications. DeepBook Margin represents a shift from traditional, isolated liquidity towards a system where borrowing, trading, and reward incentives operate within a shared architecture. Essentially, Sui’s DeFi stack is evolving into something closer to…

After the aggressive sell-off toward the $1.8K region, the market has transitioned into choppy consolidation, while lower timeframes are now approaching a decisive breakout point. The key question is whether this compression resolves to the upside or results in continuation within the dominant downtrend structure. Ethereum Price Analysis: The Daily Chart On the daily timeframe, $ETH continues to trade inside a descending channel, with the midline acting as dynamic resistance and the $1.8K region serving as a firm structural base. Following the aggressive sell-off, the price action has turned increasingly choppy, printing overlapping candles and minor retracements rather than impulsive…

We all just watched PayPal’ stock PYPL sit out the entirety of 2025’s bull run, even as its fellow tech stocks went utterly parabolic taking unprecedented control of the entire stock market, crypto pumped Bitcoin to an astounding $126,000, and AI took off too. But PayPal just kept crashing. On January 9, it dropped another 1%, closing at $57.66. And this wasn’t a one-day thing. It’s been stuck in the dirt for months. At the same time, insiders sold PYPL in Q4 2025 and none of them bought while short sellers made millions of dollars off PayPal, per data from…

The crypto industry and traditional banking lobbies appear to be inching toward a historic compromise following weeks of gridlock that threatens the passage of the key U.S. digital asset legislation. Stuart Alderoty, chief legal officer at Ripple, emerged from the closed-door session with a highly optimistic outlook on the progress made regarding the stalled CLARITY Act. “We rolled up our sleeves and went through specific language today. Work will continue in the coming days. Let’s get this right and make the US the crypto capital of the world!” The White House takes the wheel Sources have reported that this third…