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Core Scientific (CORZ), a bitcoin mining and digital infrastructure company, sold just over 1,900 bitcoin in January for approximately $175 million, according to CORZ Q4 earnings call. The sale implies an average price of about $92,100 per $BTC, about 35% higher than today’s $67,000 current price, as it accelerates its shift toward AI focused data center operations. Chief Financial Officer Jim Nygaard said on the Q4 call the company “we also opportunistically sold just over 1,900 bitcoin for approximately $175 million,” adding, “at this time, we hold under 1,000 bitcoin and expect to remain opportunistic going forward.” On Dec. 31,…

Table of Contents What Is Robinhood Chain?Infrastructure Partners And Technical FoundationWhat’s Available On The Public Testnet?Tokenized Assets And Real-World ApplicationsTimeline And Mainnet Launch PlansConclusionResources Frequently Asked Questions Robinhood launched a developers’ version of its custom blockchain, called Robinhood Chain, on Feb. 10 with Chainlink serving as the oracle infrastructure provider. The testnet went live at the Consensus event in Hong Kong, marking the company’s latest push into crypto-based financial services and tokenized versions of traditional stocks. JUST IN: @RobinhoodApp launches public testnet and partners with Chainlink as the oracle platform for Robinhood Chain. Builders can leverage Chainlink’s data, interoperability, and…

Railgun activity remained elevated in February, despite the overall market downturn. The mixer remains one of the key products in the Ethereum ecosystem that may see growth in the coming years, as privacy remains a concern. Railgun holds peak value locked, showing robust activity as one of the most widely used mixers. The rise of Railgun offers an alternative to Tornado Cash for regular activity and has been adopted by DeFi users to disguise positions. Total value locked on Railgun expanded to over $113M, with most of the value on the Ethereum network. Polygon, Arbitrum, and BNB Chain make up…

While the steadily declining prices have stolen virtually all headlines over the past month, Ethereum ($ETH) on-exchange supply has also fallen back to levels not seen since mid-2016. Specifically, the total Ethereum supply on cryptocurrency exchanges sat at 16 million $ETH on February 9, according to data available on CryptoQuant, while the asset itself was trading at around $2,000, down 34% on the monthly chart. The drawdown has unfolded gradually rather than through a sharp drop, pointing to a sustained change in how holders are positioning their assets. Notably, the datashows that reserves continued to fall even as $ETH prices…

A high‑stakes crypto trader opened $32.6m in leveraged longs across 17 assets, sitting on $3.4m in unrealized gains and spreading risk with diversified perpetuals. Summary A trader opened $32.6m in long perpetual positions across 17 cryptocurrencies, with $3.4m in unrealized profit and no shorts.​ The account runs ~2.8x average leverage, shows a 6.49% max drawdown, and keeps substantial free margin for further adjustments.​ A second portfolio with 12 assets also shows multi‑million floating gains, drawing attention from institutional and retail watchers. A cryptocurrency trader has opened long positions valued at $32.6 million across 17 digital assets, generating $3.4 million in…

The FDIC has agreed to pay $188,440 in legal fees and drop its fight to withhold crypto-related “pause letters,” settling a FOIA lawsuit tied to alleged Operation Choke Point 2.0 debanking tactics and closing a case that forced the regulator to release records showing how banks were allegedly pressed to halt or limit crypto activity. In a joint status report filed Friday in federal court in Washington, D.C., the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation agreed to pay the full attorney’s fees from History Associates Incorporated, the research firm that filed the records request at Coinbase’s direction, and revise certain FOIA practices.…

Bybit has teamed up with Doppler Finance to launch $XRP yield products on its Earn platform. The company said the move is part of its ongoing effort to expand the utility of major digital assets through secure and user-focused solutions. “$XRP has remained a core asset for our users, and expanding its utility has been an important priority,” Jerry Li, Head of Earn and Wealth Management at Bybit, stated. The collaboration addresses $XRP’s inability to support native staking by offering an institutional-grade alternative, Bybit noted. Doppler Finance is expected to provide regulated custody, audited reserves, and a real-time verification framework…

The Provenance blockchain hit a new milestone on Wed. Feb. 11, as its total value locked (TVL) climbed to an all-time high of $1.2 billion. This marks a 7% increase in TVL over the past 24 hours, and a roughly 570% jump since early November 2025, when TVL stood at about $179.9 million, according to DeFiLlama data. Notably, Figure Markets is currently the only protocol tracked on Provenance by DeFiLlama, meaning the network’s entire TVL is essentially tied to Figure’s activity. Figure Markets is described as a decentralized custody platform, which offers spot trading, crypto-backed lending, and yield-bearing assets. DeFiLlama…

DEX volumes in February fell by over 37% against the previous month. Despite this, DEX activity for the past month is the highest since February 2025. DEX activity showed some resilience in February, despite falling from the strong yearly start in January. February 2026 had the best DEX performance since 2020, breaking the record from February 2025. DEX activity had its best February performance since 2020, breaking the 2025 record. | Source: Dune Analytics For the past month, DEX volumes climbed to over $284B, breaking the 2025 record of $239B. The activity also broke above the 2021-2022 bull market, where…

Ethereum ($ETH) drops toward $2,000 amid continued market volatility and selling pressure. Whale moves, ETF activity, and Bitcoin weakness fuel the recent decline. MVRV suggests $ETH may be near a historical bottom, signalling potential rebound. Ethereum’s recent rebound appears to be losing steam after the cryptocurrency reached a high of $2,136. The coin is now quickly slipping towards the $2,000 mark, marking a continuation of a downtrend that has persisted over the past month. Ethereum ($ETH) is currently trading around $2,015, representing a 34.9% decline over the last month. The sharp monthly decline is part of a broader pattern of…