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Incident reports and blockchain analysis in the industry published by industry sites and security analysts reported a loss of $1.78 million at Decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol Moonwell after a critical oracle pricing error that briefly underpriced the Coinbase Wrapped Staked $ETH token (cbETH) at about $1.12 compared to its real market value of about 2,200. The wrong pricing due to the misconfigured oracle integration resulted in immediate liquidations and immediate collateral seizure of automated market participants. More than 1,096 cbETH were liquidated by liquidation bots and arbitrage participants as a result of the event, which increased the overall bad debt…

In its latest analysis, MakroVision assessed the technical outlook for Ethereum ($ETH). According to the report, Ethereum rapidly retreated to lower support levels after losing key support zones, experiencing a sharp and strong sell-off. The analysis noted that following strong selling pressure, the price initially reacted in the $1,730-$1,800 range. This area was described as acting as a short-term bottoming zone, and the market is currently seeking a temporary equilibrium. According to MacroVision, Ethereum’s medium-term structure clearly remains in a downtrend. The falling red trendline and successive lower peaks technically indicate that the downward trend continues. The analysis specifically highlighted…

Wall Street broker Bernstein said 2026 is likely to mark the start of a tokenization “supercycle,” with digital assets having probably bottomed after a weak end to 2025, making market dips an opportunity to add exposure to crypto-linked stocks. The broker says sentiment weakened late last year but underlying fundamentals remain intact, analysts led by Gautam Chhugani wrote in a Tuesday report. Bernstein maintained its bitcoin BTC$91,535.96 forecast of $150,000 in 2026, with a $200,000 target for the peak of the next market cycle in 2027. The world’s largest cryptocurrency was trading around $91,600 at publication time. While bitcoin finished…

Passing the CLARITY crypto structure bill could improve market sentiment amid the ongoing downturn, according to United States Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent.The stalling of the CLARITY bill over concerns voiced by crypto industry executives has negatively impacted the industry, Bessent told CNBC on Friday. He said: “In a time when we are having one of these historically volatile sell-offs, I think some clarity on the CLARITY bill would give great comfort to the market, and we could move forward from there. I think if the Democrats were to take the House, which is far from my best case, then the…

The innovation and crypto regulation are not usually in sync. Nevertheless, there is a new twist to the matter as one of the big platforms is making an attempt to keep ahead of both. An announcement published by BSCNews shows that Crypto.com is the first crypto-native organization to receive the ISO/IEC 42001:2023 certification on artificial intelligence systems management. This will position Crypto.Com in a special place. When most of the platforms discuss the adoption of AI, only a handful of them have configured their systems to be in line with an internationally recognized governance framework. Consequently, this action is an…

12 Chainlink standard integrations landed across 7 services on Ethereum, Solana, $BNB Chain, Polygon and Robinhood Chain. Bank of England chose the network for the 2026 Synchronisation Lab and CME launched $LINK futures expanding regulated access. Chainlink posted a weekly adoption update showing 12 integrations of the Chainlink standard across seven services and five chains: $BNB Chain, Ethereum, Polygon, Robinhood Chain, and Solana. New integrations named in the update included Asseto Finance, Ondo Finance, PokemonBNB, Polymarket, Robinhood, and Tessera. ⬡ Chainlink Adoption Update ⬡ This week, there were 12 integrations of the Chainlink standard across 7 services and 5 different…

A governance dispute inside the Aave ecosystem intensified after two detailed reports offered contrasting interpretations of the protocol’s past funding and contributions ahead of a vote on a proposed $50 million package for Aave Labs. Aave Chan Initiative (ACI) founder Marc Zeller on Wednesday published what he called a transparency report reviewing Aave Labs’ historical funding and applied a return-on-investment framework to past DAO grants. Hours earlier, Aave Labs released its own contributions report outlining its role in building the protocol since 2017. The dispute centers on the “Aave Will Win” framework, a proposal asking tokenholders to approve funding worth…

More than 260,000 $ETH, worth $543 million at the time of writing, was deposited to Binance within minutes, marking one of February’s largest concentrated Ethereum inflow events. Lookonchain linked the transfers to wallets associated with Garrett Jin, also known as Bitcoin OG, from the 2010s. This move comes as $ETH tries to stabilize near $2,000 after the week of macro data revived the risk-on sentiment. Tracking the whale: Who is Garrett Jin? A big chunk of 261,024 $ETH, worth about $543 million when it was sent to Binance, became one of the biggest single-venue Ethereum events in February, and it…

Key Takeaways Anthropic is seeking a $10B funding round at a $350B valuation. The raise would nearly double its valuation and follows heavy capital commitments from Microsoft and Nvidia. Anthropic, the AI research company behind the Claude chatbot, is seeking to raise $10 billion at a $350 billion pre-investment valuation, according to the Wall Street Journal. The proposed funding would nearly double the company’s valuation from four months ago and mark one of the largest private capital raises in the AI sector this year. Singapore sovereign wealth fund GIC and technology-focused hedge fund Coatue Management are expected to lead the…

As tax reporting rules for digital assets evolve, holders of $XRP may be unknowingly paying more taxes than necessary, according to tax specialists and blockchain analysts. The issue is drawing attention ahead of the upcoming filing season, particularly with the rollout of updated reporting requirements that expand how cryptocurrency transactions are tracked. Cold Storage Transfers Create Cost-Basis Confusion A growing number of investors are moving $XRP tokens from exchanges into private wallets or cold storage to improve security. While such transfers are generally non-taxable events, reporting systems on many exchanges can sometimes treat the movement as a sale when the…